Jun 2, 2001 Music A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure by Matmos (Review) At the moment, it’s the most fascinating thing I’ve listened to in a long time.
Jun 2, 2001 Music 100 Broken Windows by Idlewild (Review) An abrasive, tuneful pop-punk-rock collision that works because of the band’s talent and ability.
Jun 2, 2001 Music Imaginary Cars by LN (Review) LN’s latest contains the patented VBM brand of breathy, melancholy love songs.
Jun 2, 2001 Music Rock Action by Mogwai (Review) Mogwai change up their sound a bit with more emphasis on vocals, to excellent results.
Jun 1, 2001 Best of Opus Music The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads by Lift To Experience (Review) It’s this dichotomy between the worldliness and the spirituality in their songs that makes Lift To Experience’s music so interesting to me.
May 28, 2001 Movies Heavy by James Mangold (Review) What makes this film so unpleasant, and yet so riveting, is its honest treatment of the story.
May 28, 2001 Movies Yi Yi by Edward Yang (Review) Yang is very content to let the scenes speak for themselves, without feeling a need to use dialog.
May 27, 2001 Movies The Prisoner by Chu Yen-Ping (Review) It’s not a classic by any means but it’s a far sight better than what I thought it would be.
May 27, 2001 Movies Human Traffic by Justin Kerrigan (Review) A movie can’t get by on just flashy characters, a tacked on love story, and over-the-top dialog.
May 27, 2001 Movies Open Your Eyes by Alejandro Amenábar (Review) Just when you think you have it figured out, the movie forces you to rethink everything you just saw.
May 27, 2001 Movies Croupier by Mike Hodges (Review) An enthralling thriller that uses quiet tension, superb acting, and a sharp script to keep you interested.
May 27, 2001 Movies Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam (Review) The movie soon becomes a delirious ride through all sorts of fantastic settings.
May 26, 2001 Movies Godzilla 2000 by Takao Okawara (Review) This is everything that I want from a Godzilla movie.
May 26, 2001 Movies Swordsman 2 by Ching Siu-Tung (Review) This film throws so much at you it’s nearly impossible to take in.
May 24, 2001 Anime Movies Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (Review) Though released 1988, Akira stills stands unrivaled as one of the landmarks of animation.
May 24, 2001 Movies Wheels on Meals by Sammo Hung (Review) For early 80’s Chan, stick with stuff like Project A or Police Story.
May 24, 2001 Anime Vampire Princess Miyu by Toshiki Hirano (Review) More than once, I was left scratching my head and wondering what was going on, with no help from the dialog.
May 24, 2001 Movies The Suspect by Ringo Lam (Review) Overall, not terrible, but not really that good either.
May 24, 2001 Movies Raising Arizona by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Review) A rip-snorting good time of a film.
May 24, 2001 Movies New Legend of Shaolin by Wong Jing (Review) There’s so much going on in this film at any one given time that it’s easy to miss some things.