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I AM VASH: 108 Media And Revolution Set Cast, 2022 Start For 70’s Action Crime Series With ‘Paskal’ And ‘Wira’ Director

Adrian Teh (The Wedding Diary, Paskal, Wira) will direct I Am Vash, an original action crime series that will star award-winning talents, actress Sangeeta Krishnasamy (Best Female Actor winner at the 29th Malaysian Film Award, Adiwiraku) and actor Bront Palarae (Gundala, Fly By Night). 108 Media is producing the series with Zainir Aminullah’s premium production shingle Revolution Media as co-producer, with eight one-hour episodes to commence principal photography next May for an early 2023 premiere. I Am Vash takes its cues from historical events, iconography, and real-life superheroes, written and authentically developed with a cross-border writers’ room for both local and international market appeal, with the show’s dialogue to be primarily written in English and Malay, as well as in Tamil and Cantonese dialects. The series revolves around the crime-ridden seaside town of Port Klang during the groovy 1970s in Malaysia, where we meet Vash, a rebellious policewoman who stands […]

BARBARIAN INVASION: Don’t Miss The Official Trailer For Tan Chui Mui’s Jury Grand Prix Winner Out Of Shanghai

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Within the first few seconds of the official trailer for Tan Chui Mui’s new drama, Barbarian Invasion, you might bid that what happens to the two police officers approaching our unsuspecting protagonist sleeping on a park bench doesn’t end well if Doug Liman’s 2002 remake of classic spy thriller The Bourne Identity is anything to by. Alas, that’s part of the aesthetic we’re handed here, with Tan wearing multiple hats for her third outing as director, in addition to writing the script and starring as the lead for her first feature in over ten years. The film also just won the Jury Grand Prix from the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival’s Golden Goblet Awards, beating out 12 competitors at that, so that’s something! Moon Lee, a celebrated award-winning actress, has become a full-time mom and divorcée since retiring. Desperate to regain her sense of self, she jumps at the chance […]

FLY BY NIGHT: Don’t Miss The Official Trailer For Zahir Omar’s Celebrated Malaysian Crime Thriller

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The clock is officially ticking with a Malaysia release now set for April 11 with Zahir Omar’s new crime thriller, Fly By Night. Reviews are already floating out and about and I can proudly add my own to the stack in insisting the film provenly delivers. Unfolding the life of a taxi driver that uses his services as a front for extortion rackets and other criminal activities. When his hot-headed younger brother’s impulsive behaviour lead the cops and triad to their doorstep. As the eldest, he stops at nothing to protect them all. The film was four years in the making and has since screened at Busan, at Jogja-NETPAC in Indonesia, MIFF at Macao, and stateside in California and recently at the inaugura NYAFF winter showcase in New York City. A U.S. release will be much farther down the line as far as the whole business of film goes, but […]