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As a visual expression, it’s quite captivating and beautiful to behold.

I often describe this film as disturbing, but not for the normal reasons.

Compared to much of the anime coming out today, it seems pallid and stale.

It successfully combines high-tech action sequences with some interesting, if not moving human interest stories.

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.

The cast was an excellent choice, and set the tone for the 1960s, which became an incredible decade for westerns.

It’s that age-old argument; is it the world’s violence that corrupts man, or does man’s violence corrupt the world?

Bui’s view of Vietnam is not that of a war-torn country, but of a country full of life and energy.

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.

If you’ve got a few spare bucks and two hours to kill, Macross II might be worth a rental.

Wong Kar-Wai’s ode to unrequited love and passion has an uncanny way of sticking with you long after the credits.

This is definitely not a good movie but I still look back on it with fondness.

There’s a certain shameless morbidity to Game of Death.

A stylish hitman film that deserves a much better ending.

Unfortunately, the movie just can’t remain a sleek thriller, but has to throw in some melodrama.

At times you wonder how much of High Risk is poking fun at Jackie Chan and how much of it is savage satire.

This is cinematic frosting… all sweet and sugary, but ultimately fluff.