Pongpat Wachirabunjong – Heroic Cinema https://www.heroic-cinema.com The guide to Asian movies in Australia Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:28:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 18894642 Chocolate (2008) https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/chocolate-2008/ Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:57:25 +0000 http://www.heroic-cinema.com/?post_type=reviews&p=13248 The one chocolate that most reminds me of this movie is a jaffa. Hard and crunchy on the outside, soft and melty on the inside.

Chocolate was Yanin “Jija” (or “Jeeja”) Vismitananda’s debut film role and director Prachya Pinkaew, the late Panna Rittikrai, and team created a movie designed to showcase her talents, much like they did for Tony Jaa with Ong Bak. A fairly basic story, acted out fairly basically, sets up a goal for our hero to … (read more)

]]> 13248 The Legend of Suriyothai (2001) https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/legend-of-suriyothai-the-2001/ Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:41:20 +0000 http://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/legend-of-suriyothai-the-2001/ Well after seeing this film there is only one thing I can possibly say, and that is SHOW ME THE MONEY! I’ve yet to see a film come from Thailand or South East Asia that is so lush, and it’s none of this CGI stuff, this is sheer set and costume extravagance. The film reportedly cost anywhere between 8 – 20 million dollars US. But I guess when you have the Thai royal family backing the film, anything is possible.… (read more)

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