Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

At its best, this contains the kind of music I wish Warp released all the time.

This is straight up Shaw Brothers action, from the camera movements to the geysers of blood to the way in which characters die.

There were plenty of moments where Violence & Technology became a rather invigorating listen.

One of the year’s best, and I can’t wait to hear more Nobody in upcoming years.

Their music proves to be quite a bit more than just the sum of their obvious influences and inspirations.

I’m hardpressed to think of a film I’ve seen in recent months with as much heart, drama, and glorious humanity as Spellbound.

Overall, I’d have to say that Mercury Radio Theatre’s music lends itself much better to a live setting.

Winged Migration gives us a front row seat to a spectacle that has been going on, above our heads, for thousands of years.

Their most unpredictable and heaviest album to date.

There’s no doubt that Jonze is a real talent, but what’s more, and this comes across time and again, a very passionate one as well.

This probably kicks more ass than any soundtrack has a right to.

Although I loved parts of the film, overall Grimm just didn’t do too much for me.

Purple Butterfly is often an arresting and breathtaking film but also a frustrating film to watch as well.

If I’m being unduly harsh on the movie, it’s because I found it so incredibly disappointing.

I found it very hard to feel for characters so completely dense and mean-spirited.

Gems like this one are the whole reason why I watch and review movies in the first place.

There’s a moment when 9 Souls ceases being an entertaining film about bumbling ex-cons and becomes something far deeper.

The Scent of Green Papaya concerns itself with being realistic, with finding the beauty in the ordinary.

One instance where an abundance of style actually hinders the film more than helps it.

This brilliant adaptation gives a classic Western text an exotic twist that could easily open people’s eyes to a whole new realm of world cinema.