Sep 3, 2001 Movies 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 Movies 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 Anime Movies 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 Movies 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 Movies 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 Movies Game of Death by Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee (Review) There’s a certain shameless morbidity to Game of Death.
Sep 1, 2001 Anime Black Magic M-66 by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Review) Overall, it’s not a terrible anime; it just feels really rushed.
Aug 28, 2001 Movies The Mission by Johnnie To (Review) A stylish hitman film that deserves a much better ending.
Aug 27, 2001 Music Monkey Steals the Peach by Narcoleptics (Review) With some better production and a larger label, Narcoleptic could do very well for themselves.
Aug 27, 2001 Music Legend Music Demo by Guy David (Review) If you’re familiar with Plone or Boards of Canada, you should know what to expect from David.
Aug 27, 2001 Music Wind Chains by Molly Zenobia (Review) If gothic music lived up to it’s name this is what it would sound like.
Aug 18, 2001 Music Suspende Animation by Timonium (Review) Timonium is adept at playing music in which silence and space is as much an instrument as the guitar or drums.
Aug 18, 2001 Music No Sleep More Fun by Theselah (Review) It’s lounge music for the common kid. It’s a jazzy emo-pop.
Aug 18, 2001 Music Love Ambition Demo by Matt Easton (Review) Easton isn’t doing anything mind-blowing here. He’s just very adept at penning good songs, musically and lyrically.
Aug 18, 2001 Music We Are Eyes, We Are Builders by Soviet (Review) My first impression of Soviet’s sound was a mixture of Depeche Mode and Devo.
Aug 18, 2001 Movies 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 18, 2001 Music I Don’t Think There’s No Need to Bring Nothin’ by Linford Detweiler (Review) There’s a depth, often dark and mysterious, that flows around the base of each song.
Aug 18, 2001 Music Danse Macabre by The Faint (Review) They’re a rock band intent on ripping the entrails out of their Korgs, producing the skronkiest, bleepiest sounds they can — and getting booties to shake and bodies to move across the land.
Aug 8, 2001 Music Ask Me Tomorrow by Mojave 3 (Review) Mojave 3 has gone for a starker acoustic sound that’s stripped down, sparse, and surprisingly more inviting.
Aug 4, 2001 Movies Tokyo Raiders by Jingle Ma (Review) This is cinematic frosting… all sweet and sugary, but ultimately fluff.