Oct 3, 2001 Vampire Hunter D by Toyoo Ashida (Review) Compared to much of the anime coming out today, it seems pallid and stale.
Oct 3, 2001 Macross Plus: The Movie by Shōji Kawamori (Review) It successfully combines high-tech action sequences with some interesting, if not moving human interest stories.
Oct 3, 2001 My Neighbor Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki (Review) I find it very easy to get caught up in Miyazaki’s films, mainly because his films often resemble how I remember seeing the world as a child.
Sep 14, 2001 Heller in Pink Tights by George Cukor (Review) The cast was an excellent choice, and set the tone for the 1960s, which became an incredible decade for westerns.
Sep 14, 2001 The Wild Bunch by Sam Peckinpah (Review) It’s that age-old argument; is it the world’s violence that corrupts man, or does man’s violence corrupt the world?
Sep 3, 2001 Three Seasons by Tony Bui (Review) Bui’s view of Vietnam is not of a wartorn country, but of a country full of life and energy.
Sep 2, 2001 Butterfly and Sword by Michael Mak (Review) I think there was a period of 20 – 30 minutes where my mind shut down, most likely due to some sort of built-in self-defense mechanism.
Sep 2, 2001 Macross II: The Movie by Kenichi Yatsuya, Kenichi Yatagai (Review) If you’ve got a few spare bucks and two hours to kill, Macross II might be worth a rental.
Sep 2, 2001 Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love Is a Gorgeous, Heartbreaking Masterpiece (Review) Wong Kar-Wai’s ode to unrequited love and passion has an uncanny way of sticking with you long after the credits.
Sep 1, 2001 Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Forever by Deborah Brock (Review) This is definitely not a good movie but I still look back on it with fondness.
Sep 1, 2001 Game of Death by Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee (Review) There’s a certain shameless morbidity to Game of Death.
Aug 28, 2001 The Mission by Johnnie To (Review) A stylish hitman film that deserves a much better ending.
Aug 18, 2001 High Risk by Wong Jing, Ah Lun (Review) At times you wonder how much of High Risk is poking fun at Jackie Chan and how much of it is savage satire.
Aug 4, 2001 Tokyo Raiders by Jingle Ma (Review) This is cinematic frosting… all sweet and sugary, but ultimately fluff.