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Welcome to John Woo-LY 2026, where for the month of July we're celebrating the legendary director of Hong Kong action cinema, John Woo. Every week we'll be revisiting one of his defining films and asking the important questions: do they still hold up, and where do they rank in one of cinema's greatest filmographies? We're kicking things off with A Better Tomorrow (1986), the fi...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast returns with a review of one of our most anticipated South Korean films of the year: Colony . From director Yeon Sang-ho , the filmmaker behind Train to Busan , Colony assembles an incredible cast including Jun Ji-hyun , Ji Chang-wook , Koo Kyo-hwan , Shin Hyun-been , and Go Soo for some sticky zombie action. Expectations were high... perhaps dangerously high. In this epis...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast returns with Korean cinema hype, Fantastic Film Festival highlights, and one of the strangest J-horror comedies we’ve seen in a while. We kick things off by talking about several upcoming South Korean films that already have us cautiously optimistic. There’s Hope from Na Hong-jin, best known for The Wailing, The Brigands of Rattlecreek from Park Chan-wook of Oldboy fame, a...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast returns with another edition of Show-and-Tell, where guests bring an Asian film that means something to them and we dive into why it matters. This time, friend of the show Chad from the Cheers Big Ears Podcast joins us to talk about Big Trouble in Little China — the cult 1980s classic directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell. Part martial arts movie, part fanta...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast returns with Coachella complaints and a deep dive into Exit 8. We kick things off with a discussion about this year’s Coachella. Or more specifically, Thavy has a big whinge. From Justin Bieber’s allegedly “lazy” set to the invasion of the influencers, we ask the important question: is modern festival culture cooked? After that, we move into our main topic: Exit 8, a Japan...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast is back with a special guest episode — featuring Sam from You, Me, and a Podcast — for another edition of Show-and-Tell. In this recurring segment, we invite guests to bring an Asian film that means something to them… and this time, Sam has chosen a heavy hitter: Battle Royale. Which also happens to be Thavy’s favourite movie. No pressure. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Battl...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast returns with “What Have We Been Watching?” and a deep dive into Save the Green Planet! vs Bugonia . After a trip to Japan and a short break from recording, we bring back one of our favourite segments: What Have We Been Watching? — where we catch up on recent releases, hidden gems, and everything in between. This week, we discuss films like Ready or Not 2 , They Will Kill Y...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast celebrates the 2026 Academy Awards by ranking our Top 10 Movies of 2025. Awards season is here, which means it’s time to look back at the best (and unfortunately, the worst) films we watched over the past year. Before we get to the good stuff, we briefly revisit some of the more… memorable misfires of 2025 — because not every movie can be an Oscar contender. From there, we...

Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧  In this episode of Two Asian Blokes , we kick things off with a quick chat about the announcement of a new Evangelion series and the online backlash surrounding a K-Pop festival planned at Belfast . After that, we dive into our main topic: a spoiler-free review and discussion of the Chinese live-action adaptation of  Blades of the Guardians . Based on the popular Chinese...

On this week's episode of Two Asian Blokes Podcast we take a look at two very different films: Rental Family starring Brendan Fraser, and Scarlet, the new animated feature from Mamoru Hosoda. One is a live-action dramedy led by an Oscar-winning comeback king. The other is the latest anime film from one of Japan’s most celebrated directors. Naturally, we have opinions. 🎭 Rental Family (2026)...

Two Asian Blokes Podcast is back for a new year and we have a new years resolution - less slop for 2026! Well, three out of four ain't bad. We're kicking off the year with four big reviews. 🎮 Return to Silent Hill (2026) – A new adaptation of Silent Hill 2, directed by Christophe Gans, who also helmed the 2006 Silent Hill movie. What's the worst that can happen? This movie, that&ap...

We’re wrapping up Jackie Chan-uary with a fan favourite: Rush Hour (1998). With a fourth Rush Hour film reportedly in development, now’s the perfect time to revisit this iconic 90s action comedy that paired Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker for the first time. In this review, we break down why Rush Hour worked so well - its chemistry, action, and cultural impact and how its racial humour reflects the t...

Jackie Chan-uary continues with City Hunter (1993) - a live-action film adaptation of the popular manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo.  This is indeed a strange addition to Jackie Chan's library, with over-the-top cartoony action and humour befitting of its origins in Japanese manga. Does this movie succeed as an adaptation or does it stand on its own as a fun Jack...

We're continuing Jackie Chan-uary with Drunken Master II (1994), or The Legend of Drunken Master as it was called in the West. This is probably Jackie Chan's last Chinese masterpiece and paved the way for his success in the West - ironic considering the nationalist themes running through this movie. But still, who doesn't enjoy watching Wong Fei-hung drink a bunch of industrial grad...

Happy Jackie Chan-uary everyone! In this series we are taking a look at four of our favorite movies from one of our favorite martial artists/actors - the one and only Jackie Chan! Starting with Armour of God (1986) - Jackie Chan's first attempt to do an Indiana Jones movie. And just like an Indiana Jones movie, there are some bits that would cause Disney to put one of their trigger warnings u...

In this week's episode of Two Asian Blokes, we finally review Wicked: Part 1 and Wicked: For Good. Why, you might ask? Well, these two movies happen to be directed by a man that has been mentioned on the podcast quite a bit, usually in a negative context - Jon M. Chu. So what did we think of this series of movies, which are in a genre of film that we're not huge fans of, based on source...

In this special bonus episode of Two Asian Blokes, Danh celebrates Christmas by sitting down with the director and leads of an upcoming indie film, A Christmas Party, Alex Helmer, Jaxon Keller, and Sarah-Grace Donnelly. A Christmas Party is an irreverent Christmas comedy about two childhood friends reconnecting at an awkward family Christmas party, and all the drama, laughs, and love that comes wi...

In this week's episode of Two Asian Blokes, we took a look at a couple of hot South Korean Netflix titles that explore politics, deception, and systemic corruption for the sake of saving face... not really, though. First we take a look at Good News, a dark comedy political thriller directed by Byun Sung-hyun (Kill Boksoon), starring Hong Kyun and Sul Kyung-gu. In the 1970s, hijackers take ove...

Yes, it's another compilation. You might be wondering, "What are these lazy a-holes doin at Two Asian Blokes HQ?" Well, we're playing video games. Check out our YouTube channel for Part 3 of our videos where we are determined to get the third and final ending in Silent Hill f. While you're there you can check out the videos for this series where we examined four movies fro...

First of all, apologies for the poor sound quality. Danh recorded with the wrong mic. Big thank you to Rizky for salvaging it as best he could. In this episode of Two Asian Blokes, we talk about a bunch of recent monster movies. First we review Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, a movie about a horrible monster, but actually he is misunderstood and handsome and has generational trauma. Next w...

Danh is on holiday so let's get pumped for Jackie CHAN-uary 2026 by listening to a compilation of Jackie Chan reviews from Jackie CHAN-uary 2025! SUBSCRIBE to Two Asian Blokes – https://www.youtube.com/@twoasianblokes?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 Wheels on Meals  26:42 The Myth  56:27 Mr. Nice Guy  1:23:46 The Karate Kid (2010) What’s your favourite Jackie Chan film? What would you like to see us...

In this episode of Two Asian Blokes , we’re talking all things Timo Tjahjanto — Indonesia’s master of mayhem and one of the most exciting action directors working today. We kick things off by chatting about the recent announcement that Timo will be directing The Beekeeper 2 , starring none other than Jason Statham. What does this pairing mean for the future of Western action cinema, and how might...

This week for Spook-tober we are joined by special guest Chad from the Cheers Big Ears Podcast to talk about The Medium (2021), a criminally unseen, joint Thai-South Korean production from Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter), produced and co-written by South Korean director Na Hong-jin (The Wailing). The movie, ร่างทรง Rang Song, tells the story of Nim, the local shaman of a small Isan v...

For this week's episode of Spook-tober, we are joined by Kyle of the What Kind of Asian Are You? podcast. Kyle specializes in sharing stories of Asian diaspora from all across the globe, so we thought it would be fitting for him to help us talk about an anthology film featuring three short films from three acclaimed directors from three different parts of East Asia - this is Three... Extremes...

In the first of a series of guest episodes we have leading up to Halloween, we invited Nick Sheist of the Bad Movies We Love podcast onto the show to watch and share his thoughts on Takashi Miike's 2012 thriller Lesson of Evil.  Based on Yusuke Kishi's novel of the same name, this film has been criticised for its debatable taste in the handling of sensitive topics - if you know you know....