May 6, 2003 Anime Movies The Animatrix by Various Artists (Review) All in all, a very impressive collection that adds quite a bit of flavor to the Matrix world.
Apr 27, 2003 Movies Ditto by Kim Jung-Kwon (Review) This South Korean melodrama’s predictable sappiness belies its earnest performances and some clever time-travel twists.
Apr 27, 2003 Movies Dark Water by Hideo Nakata (Review) With Dark Water, Nakata has delivered everything you could ask from a horror movie plus a little more.
Apr 20, 2003 Movies Cube 2: Hypercube by Andrzej Sekuła (Review) An excuse for the filmmakers to whip around some esoteric math concepts with little regard for plot, continuity, or logic.
Apr 14, 2003 Movies Samurai X: Reflection by Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Review) I was fully unprepared for just how powerful and moving this DVD would be.
Apr 14, 2003 Movies Fantasy Mission Force by Chu Yin-Ping (Review) I have no idea how this movie got made, and there’s a good chance that it’s very existence might negate one or two fundamental laws of nature.
Mar 23, 2003 Movies Don by Chandra Barot (Review) So completely over the top that it’s nearly an assault, one that makes this nearly 3 hour long movie speed along at a breakneck pace.
Mar 23, 2003 Movies Downtown Torpedoes by Teddy Chan (Review) The sort of disposable cheese that gives disposable, cheesy films a good name.
Mar 21, 2003 Movies Cold Fever by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (Review) Beautiful cinematography aside, the movie’s quirkiness and whimsy undermines its emotional impact.
Mar 21, 2003 Movies The Atomic Cafe by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty (Review) It’s a wonder we ever survived the Cold War.
Mar 21, 2003 Movies Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore (Review) A movie about the wonder and mystery of movies, as played out in the life of one man.
Mar 21, 2003 Movies Who Am I? by Jackie Chan and Benny Chan (Review) Easily one of the best of Chan’s recent films, there’s a cohesive plot and the fight scenes are among the best Chan’s ever done.
Mar 21, 2003 Movies Chinese Super Ninjas by Chang Cheh (Review) I swear, this movie has some of the most innovative ways to kill people I’ve ever seen in a kung fu film.
Mar 17, 2003 Movies Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary by André Heller (Review) How you feel about Ms. Junge comes from your own impressions of her and her words.
Mar 17, 2003 Movies Infernal Affairs by Andrew Lau (Review) Infernal Affairs is the sort of slick, intelligent movie that any director would love to have under his belt.
Mar 17, 2003 Movies Zhang Yimou’s Hero Is One of the Greatest Martial Arts Films I’ve Ever Seen (Review) Zhang Yimou’s entry into the wuxia genre is majestic, stirring, and beautiful. Oh, and it features some kick-ass action sequences, too.
Mar 16, 2003 Movies Chinese Odyssey 2002 by Jeffrey Lau (Review) This movie is nothing short of a delight, the kind that gets me giggling like a little schoolgirl every time I think about it.
Mar 15, 2003 Movies Iron Monkey by Yuen Woo-ping (Review) A truly classic kung fu comedy, with amazing fight choreography and the best slapstick this side of a Jackie Chan film.
Feb 23, 2003 Movies Running Out of Time 2 by Johnnie To (Review) A preposterous sequel that offers no real justification for its existence.