A U.S. spy satellite receives a distress call from a female soldier in Afghanistan and plunges back to Earth intent on a rescue mission. Landing in the sea the satellite is recovered by Hae-gwan (Lee Sung-min) a distraught father who has spent the last decade searching for his missing daughter. Together the odd couple come to an agreement; the satellite … Read the rest
Hotel Petrel Blue (Koji Wakamatsu, Japan, 2012)
Three friends, Yojio (Hiromasa Hirosue), Yukio (Go Jibiki) and Kohei (Takaki Uda) attempt an armoured truck robbery but it goes disastrously wrong after Kohei fails to show. After a stint in the slammer Yukio emerges seeking revenge. Kohei’s trail leads to a hotel by the sea surrounded by lava-topped mountains and its sole, apparently perpetual resident, a stunning, enigmatic beauty … Read the rest