Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

Ballistic Kiss makes a pretty convincing argument for loving a film for its style rather than its substance.

A totally enjoyable film about a very mixed up and dysfunctional, yet likable, group of family and friends.

It’s beautiful and swirling dreamy chords with beautiful female vocals, much like My Bloody Valentine.

Tykwer’s attempt is certainly admirable, but it lacks any of the punch or panache that fueled Run Lola Run.

This is a record for a melancholy autumn spent gazing at unreachable stars.

Arkport is at their best when they ditch the new wave and focus on crafting lazy, atmospheric pop songs.

Travis have produced an extremely accessible, melodic album.

A movie that touches on many powerful, provocative issues but also leaves me strangely cold and unaffected.

Not one of Jet Li’s crown jewels, though it’s certainly a far cry better than the pathetic Romeo Must Die.

Brilliantly acted and paced hitman action movie that runs out of steam well before the credits.

Simply describing this film as a movie about a bunch of Shaolin monks playing soccer might be accurate enough, but it barely scratches the surface.

A wonderful, sensitive movie about the constraints of society on individualism and the requirements of compromise.

Yes, it’s silly and cheesy, but what else do you expect from a kung fu movie with the “duck” style?

This movie has so many ideas and doesn’t know what to do with them all.

Like all good collaborations, something new and interesting was forged out of that which was familiar.

My Father My King is ultimately an extremely loud footnote in Mogwai’s history.

There is a great album at the heart of Drukqs. It’s just unfortunate that you have wade through two for it.

Sufjan Stevens displays a real knack for taking his arsenal of abstract sounds and letting them go wild without damaging his music’s integrity.

At times brilliant and interesting, I often found it slow and just barely limping along.