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GENERAL ASIAN FEATURE FILM REVIEW SITES
Asian DVD Guide
Announces new releases for China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore. One can also search specific titles under each country. Titles link to Internet Movie Database.
Best of the Web/Movies
This is a helpful resource for researching film on the Internet.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
A general movie site that provides excellent access to film reviews. Search by title and look for 'external reviews' in the left hand column. IMDb also provides lists for all countries. Titles are listed in their original language. To find the English language title, look at the 'Additional Details' section.
MediaCircus.net
Over 800 reviews of Asian films by Anthony Leong, author of Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong.
Movie Review Index.com
A massive database of Asian film reviews. Site includes over 165,000 DVD reviews from over 350 online DVD review sites. WARNING: Site contains adult material.
Subway Cinema Film Reviews
New York Asian Film Festivals.
GENERAL SITES FOR PURCHASING ASIAN FILMS ON DVD
Amazon.com
Makes available a large number of Asian films on DVD, region 1 as well as other regions.
DVDAsian.com
One of the leading sources for Asian DVD's. Based in California, it sells Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Hong Kong DVD's. Its selection of Korean DVD's is very good compared to other sources.
edaymovie.com
Sells Chinese, Japanese and Korean DVD's and VCD's. Discounted prices. Located in Maryland.
Tai Seng Entertainment
Markets over 2500 Asian movies. Also sells 1000's of hours of Asian's best TV programs produced by HK-TVB (Hong Kong's prime TV network).
TigerCinema
Modeled on Netflix, TigerCinema provides the best Asian and Asian American DVD rentals.
YesAsia.com
One of the best sources of Asian DVD's. Will sometimes accept special order requests for titles not in their database. Also sells unsubtitled DVD's.
ZoomMovie.com
A U.S. source for Japanese and Korean DVD's, and VCD's. Offers discounted prices.
Chinese Cinema: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
Links to many useful materials on Chinese films, e.g., lists of best films.
Chinese Movie Database
Covers production, cast and crew, awards and biographies, reviews and books, and other information of Chinese language movies made in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Database also includes TV programs. Offers over 16,000 film/TV entries.
East Asian Cinema - Wikipedia
General survey of East Asian film with links to the Cinema of China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, and Taiwan. Leads the user to numerous articles on specific Chinese films and directors.
HK Flix
Specializes on Hong Kong film, but also sells videos from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Thailand. Provides list of recommended films.
Hong Kong Movie Database
Access to reviews requires free member registration. Also provides user forum. Referred to as the definitive web resource on Hong Kong movies.
LoveHKFilm.com
A site promoting and celebrating Hong Kong cinema. Excellent source of reviews and recommendations.
So Good - Hong Kong DVD Movie Reviews
Contains both quick-take and 'main' reviews. Occasionally covers Chinese and Taiwanese film.
spcnet.tv: Review Archive - Taiwan
A list of Taiwanese films with links to user reviews. Arranged chronologically by year. Provides links to YesAsia.
Amazon Japan
It is possible to limit search to DVD's. There is an English language version of this site.
CDJapan
Japan based source of DVD's. Lists subtitled movies but does not indicate region. Prices are in yen and USD. Limited number of titles.
Cinema of Japan -Wikipedia
Excellent summary of Japanese film with numerous links to articles on specific films and directors.
Films: Genre: Japan
A list of close to 100 Japanese films with links to reviews.
GreenCine - Japanese Cinema to 1960
An article on early Japanese film with links to reviews.
Japanese Movie Listing
Alphabetical list of Japanese films with brief annotations. Also features a list of Japanese movies by director.
JpopHelp.com: North America's Online Source for Japanese Media!!
Sells recent Japanese DVD's imported from Japan. Very high prices.
Midnight Eye - The latest and best in Japanese cinema
An extensive list of reviews focusing on contemporary Japanese film.
AsianDB.com
Located in Seoul with an English language website. Notes subtitles and region. Large stock of Korean films as well as DVD's from other countries.
Cinema of Korea - Wikipedia
An excellent summary of Korean film with numerous links to articles on specific films and directors.
Koreanfilm.org
The definitive site on Korean film. Lists reviews of over 250 films, organized both alphabetically, and by year. Also offers essays, links, lists of films released, a critics' poll, etc.
KOREAN FILM ARCHIVE
Provides a database (in English) for Korea's Korean Film Archive.
MediaCircus Korean Movie Reviews
Movie reviews and essays by Anthony Leong, author of Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong.
spcnet.tv: Review Archive - Korea
A list of Korean films with links to user reviews. Arranged chronologically by year. Provides links to YesAsia.
3rd I South Asian Film Festival
3rd I's film festival showcases diverse images of South Asians through independent films. Lists films shown from 2003-2007. A good source of information on South Asian film.
Anytamil.com
Source for purchasing DVD's and VCD's in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.
BOLLYWOOD & LOLLYWOOD Reviews
Lollywood refers to Pakistani films.
Eros Entertainment
Major distributor for Bollywood DVD's. Features list of the top 100 DVD's. WARNING: Home page has sound.
INDIAN CD STORE.COM
Located in Texas. Sells Bollywood movies on DVD. Provides a list of films by year, as well as an alphabetical listing. Nearly all DVD's sold are multiregion supported.
NEHAFLIX
A five-star yahoo store (online store located in the U.S.). Offers very low prices for DVD's in Tamil, Punjabi, Malayam, Bengoli, Telugu, and Gujarati. Titles are O-region free.
South Asian cinema - Wikipedia
An excellent survey with numerous links to types of South Asian Cinema and specific films and directors.
Upperstall.com - A Better View of Indian Cinema
Proposes to provide analytical write-ups of Indian cinema's classics and their luminaries and a "serious" side of Indian cinema's latest films.
zulm.net
Excellent resource that rates the audio/video quality of Indian DVD's and links to online reviews.
All About Thai Cinema
Provides reviews of Thai films.
CinemaThai
Lists Thai films by year with links to reviews.
Cinemanila International Film Festival
Offers each year an ASEAN competition and a Local (Filipino) competition for the best feature films of the year.
eThaiCD.com
Sells Thai DVD's and VCD's. DVD's are region 3. Not all have subtitles.
Go2viet.com
Source for Vietnamese DVD's. Located in California. Website in English and Vietnamese. Provides limited number of very inexpensive titles, DVD's and VCD's. Some are subtitled in English.
redfilms
Sells a handful of independently produced Malaysian feature films on DVD through Amazon.
Regal Entertainment, Inc.
Excellent source for Filipino movies on DVD.
Sensasian.com
A source for popular Malaysian films on DVD. Also carries popular DVD's from all over Asia.
Southeast Asian cinema - Wikipedia
Provides an outline leading to summaries of the cinema of the countries of Southeast Asia. The country articles provide links to articles on specific films and directors.
Thai Cinema
Lists Thai films according to genre.
Thai Film Reviews
Alphabetical list of Thai films with links to reviews. The list notes the year and a rating number.
Thailand - LoveAsianFilm.com
Reviews for major Thai films.
Wais Kwai's Thai Film Journal
Features over 128 reviews of Thai films along with other information.