Oct 29, 2006 Movies Chinaman by Henrik Ruben Genz (Review) A winsome film that, ultimately, isn’t as absorbing as its themes and characters warrant.
Sep 23, 2006 Movies Fearless by Ronny Yu (Review) It’s obvious that this film is a personal project for Jet Li, one he cares deeply for.
Aug 28, 2006 Movies Little Miss Sunshine by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (Review) The constant quirkiness and oddity becomes as rote and routine as any generic Hollywood melodrama.
Aug 22, 2006 Movies Just One Look by Yip Kam-Hung (Review) A gently nostalgic, bittersweet look at how Asian films of yore shape the characters’ memories and actions.
Jul 22, 2006 Movies Truck Turner by Jonathan Kaplan (Review) The movie is so over-the-top, so full of itself, that it’s really hard to be offended by its more backwards views and scenes.
Jul 19, 2006 Movies Water by Deepa Mehta (Review) Like the best “message” films, Water does not preach or cram its agenda down one’s throat.
Jul 9, 2006 Movies The Secret Rivals by James Nam, See-Yuen Ng (Review) The movie became less a piece of entertainment, and more a tattered, browning, fading document from an alternate kung fu universe.
Jul 2, 2006 Movies Superman Returns by Bryan Singer (Review) Superman Returns feels lacking in so much of the spirit that I long for in any movie featuring costumed do-gooders.
May 29, 2006 Movies Godzilla: Final Wars by Ryûhei Kitamura (Review) A terrible way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of cinema’s greatest monster.
May 29, 2006 Movies The New World by Terrence Malick (Review) One of the best and finest things about The New World is that it is no simple black and white story.
May 28, 2006 Movies X-Men: The Last Stand by Brett Ratner (Review) Nowhere near as bad as it could’ve been, but nowhere near as good as it should’ve been.
May 16, 2006 Anime Movies Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children by Tetsuya Nomura (Review) Your enjoyment of the film will be almost entirely dependent on how well you knew and enjoyed Final Fantasy VII, the game.
Apr 4, 2006 Movies Nobody Knows by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Review) Amazing performances and subtle direction anchor Hirokazu Koreeda’s bittersweet movie about children abandoned by their mother.
Mar 12, 2006 Movies Sha Po Lang by Wilson Yip (Review) When its firing on all cylinders, there’s nothing I love as much as Hong Kong cinema, and Sha Po Lang is a reminder of almost every reason why.
Mar 2, 2006 Movies Vital by Shinya Tsukamoto (Review) Not necessarily for the squeamish, but a surprisingly haunting treatise on death and memory.
Feb 2, 2006 Movies Tony Takitani by Jun Ichikawa (Review) Tony Takitani is one of the more poignant and affecting films I’ve seen in a long time, a very powerful movie about longing and loss.
Jan 17, 2006 Movies Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook (Review) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is not just my least favorite of the “Vengeance” trilogy, but also the weakest.
Jan 8, 2006 Movies Café Lumière by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Review) What I realized most watching Café Lumière was just how well Hou captures the inherent mystery of individual human beings.
Dec 30, 2005 Movies The Interview by Craig Monahan (Review) All in all, a fabulous little gem that deserves much more attention than it’s probably received to this date.