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Takashi Miike’s ‘13 Assassins’ Presents Ballet of Blood

Submitted by BrianTT on May 27, 2011 - 1:59pm.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

CHICAGO – You will see a lot of movies this season that don’t deliver on their set-up. Whether it’s because they’re setting up the audience for another installment in a blockbuster franchise or just the fact that movies made by big studio committees often drop the ball, it’s simply a fact. Whatever one can say about Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” opening this weekend at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago and currently available On Demand, it absolutely, undeniably delivers the goods. And those goods are soaked in blood.

Attempted J-Horror ‘One Missed Call’ Instead Grudgingly Makes Us Laugh

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 5, 2008 - 5:06pm.

HollywoodChicago.com Oscarman rating: 1/5 CHICAGO – Hello, J-Horror. Please hang up and dial again. In fact, the message “please hang up and dial again” should have been given to director Eric Valette before accepting Takashi Miike’s remake “One Missed Call” as his American directorial debut.

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