Two Asian Blokes
A podcast where we chat about Asian pop culture: films, tv shows, cartoons, video games, comics, books, food… whatever we’re feeling on the day, really. A little bit of news, a little bit of analysis, but a whole lot of fun. New episodes every Monday!
Episodes
143 episodes
Jackie CHAN-uary - The Karate Kid (2010) extended audio
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!This week we are ringing in the Lunar New Year by ta...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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30:27
Jackie CHAN-uary - Mr. Nice Guy (1997) extended audio
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!This week we are celebrating not only Jackie Chan-...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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27:58
Jackie CHAN-uary - The Myth (2005) extended audio
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! Our second movie for this ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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30:15
Jackie CHAN-uary - Wheels on Meals (1984) extended audio
Watch the video version on YouTube -- https://youtu.be/zUbJcFKos5UHappy 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 o...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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27:09
132 - Baby Assassins: Nice Days REVIEW! Company employees vs Independent Contractors: The Movie
In this episode we talk about the ongoing NewJeans vs HYBE situation as well as people getting angry at Knocked Loose playing the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Thavy also gives us a quick review of his Christmas movie for this year: Terrifier 3. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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131 - Dìdi REVIEW! A painfully relatable journey
In this episode we talk about the censorship of Japanese anime, as well as some teasers for the upcoming Netflix anime titles Devil May Cry and Splinter Cell: Deathwatch. We also look at a teaser for a hypothetical second season of Scavengers R...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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130 - Joker 2: Folie à ZZZZZZZZZZZ
In this episode Thavy is joined by the Two Asian Blokes number one fanboy, Lak. Lak was kind enough to offer up a spare room for Thavy to stay in during his Hokkaido adventures, so Thavy's gift to him was a conversation about Joker 2, a notorio...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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129 - Silent Hill Part 1 - Japan banter and gimp-stomping
In this episode we celebrate the 3-year birthday of Two Asian Blokes Podcast by playing a videogame and gas-bagging about our recent trip to Japan. Here is Part 1 of our epic playthrough of the Silent Hill 2 remake. Jump onto YouTube to see vid...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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128 - Look Back and The Shadow Strays! From wholesome to gruesome...
In this episode we celebrate our return from Japan with two movies - one centred around two Japanese schoolgirls and one where the opening scene involves a bunch of Yakuza getting killed.Look Back is a 2024 Japanese anim...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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127 - A Tale Of Two Sisters... Character Chaos pitches their Disney remake!
In this episode we invite special guests Rhiannon and Margaret, hosts of the podcast Character Chaos, to discuss Kim Jee-woon's 2003 horror classic, A Tale Of Two Sisters.This was Rhiannon and Margaret's first viewing of A Tale Of Two S...
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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126 - Chinese Pipa player REACTS to Knocked Loose and Hitsujibungaku
In this week's episode, Danh takes a break and Thavy invites his good friend Angel on the show to look at some music.Angel has dabbled in piano and is well-versed in the traditional Chinese instrument, the Pipa. Not ordinarily utilized ...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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27:55
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125 – Halloween Special! Strange Darling, The Substance, Speak No Evil, In A Violent Nature, and The Handsome Guys
In this week's Halloween Special we reviewed five big spooky releases of this season! No spoilers unless otherwise stipulated.Strange Darling - a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by JT Mollner and starring Willa Fitzgeral...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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124 - Terminator ZERO review! The Terminator franchise goes FULL-BLOWN ANIME
In this week's episode we talked the latest in the NewJeans vs HYBE scandal, Shōgun winning big at the Emmys, as well as mini-reviews for Blumhouse's afrAId and Alex Garland's Devs...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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123 - The Killer (2024) vs The Crow (2024)! Battle of the BAD remakes
In this week's episode we had a big whinge about two bad modern remakes of classic films from the 80s and 90s, John Woo's The Killer and as Rupert Sanders' The Crow.The Killer (2024) is directed by John Woo and stars Nathalie Emmanuel a...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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1:31:55
122 - Trap, Ma Da: The Drowning Spirit, Alien: Romulus. It's spooky triple feature time
In this week's episode we reviewed three horror movies, two bad ones and one good one. Which is which - who's to say?Trap (2024) is a tense thriller about a serial killer escaping from a pop concert. Starring Josh Hartnett and one of M....
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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1:28:08
121 - Third World Romance REVIEW. A touching tale of love and poverty
In this week's episode we talked the Paris Olympics, the Terminator ZERO trailer (with a side of zankensoki action), and Squid Game season 2 (with a side of Mr. Beast controversy). Danh also has a big whinge about spoilers on the internet and T...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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1:17:20
120 - How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. A beautifully relatable story
In this week's episode we talked about the passing of Cheng Pei-pei, Shogun cleaning up at the Emmys, as well as the trailer for the American remake of The Killer by John Woo. We also offer up mini-reviews for Long Legs and The Acolyte, before ...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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1:08:34
119 - Sydney Film Festival! Kinds of Kindness, Black Box Diaries, A Different Man and The Contestant
In this week's episode talk about four movies we saw as part of this year's Sydney Film Festival:-Kinds of Kindness directed by Y
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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1:04:53
118 - KILL! The most VIOLENT Indian movie we have EVER seen
In this week's episode we did a retrospective on the Beverly Hills Cop series and mini-reviews for the newest instalment, Axel F, as well as Jessica Alba led Trigger Warning, before getting into the main review for this episode: an action-packe...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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1:20:31
117 - Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In! Look out, he's got spirit powers!
In this week's episode we covered Crazy Rich Asians news, Lord of the Rings news, Inside Out 2 box office, as well as a mini-review for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, before getting to our main review for this episode - Twilight of the Warriors: Walled...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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1:27:47
116 Four J-horror shorts you can watch for FREE! The JFF Horror Shorts Competition 2024
In this week's episode we took a look at four J-horror shorts from emerging Japanese directors that have excelled in their field: Best Wishes To All by Yuta Shimotsu, Closet by Hiroto Nakano, KARAKASA by Kenji Yamamoto and The Invitation by Hir...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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56:37
115 FURIOSA: A Mad Max Saga. Are culture wars CRIPPLING perfectly good movies?
In this week's episode we covered the Japanese Film Festival news and the Assassin's Creed Shadows scandal. We also did mini, spoiler-free reviews for the Fallout TV show, Fremont, and Atlas, before getting to the main review for this episode -...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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1:30:56
114 - SHŌGUN review! Finally, East meets West without the CRINGE
In this week's episode we covered Bladerunner 2009 news, Stray Kids at the MET Gala, Scavengers Reign news, as well as mini-reviews for Challengers and X-Men '97, before moving on to our main review for the episode, Shogun on Disney+.Th...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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1:22:06
113 - First time watching Perfect Blue (1997) featuring Rice n Mics Podcast
In this week's episode we invited Rice n Mics Podcast host, Tung, onto the show to talk about Perfect Blue (1997) - the animated 90s cult film from legendary Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon.This was Tung's first viewing of Perfect Blue a...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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Episode 112 - The Roundup: Punishment!! The glorious return of Jang I-su
In this week's episode, we let Thavy rant a bit more about Coachella and modern music. We also discussed the HYBE x ADOR controversy, the One Punch Man live-action adaptation, the teaser trailer for Baby Assassins 3, Alex Garland's Civil War, Z...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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