Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

This is a movie you watch purely for the sheer joy of gasping at one insane stunt after another.

Kim packs “A Tale of Two Sisters” with atmosphere and tension to spare.

I really feel nothing but an ambivalence towards this, the final Star Wars prequel.

Crash is not a movie to be enjoyed, to be dissected, or to be analyzed; it is a movie to be absorbed, acknowledged, and contemplated.

Much of Appleseed’s appeal will undoubtedly be due to its unique visuals.

Mochizuki hits all of your standard hitman movie plot points.

Danny Boyle has made a film that is truly and honestly heartwarming, inspirational, emotional, and family-friendly.

Sci-fi fans looking for something with a little more substance, not to mention a brainteaser or two, are in for a treat with this one.

What we have here is merely a taste, and I, for one, am left wanting much more.

Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind is worth watching if only to give one a much better context in which to appreciate Miyazaki’s movies.

An entirely logical, if sometimes sorely flawed, follow-up to Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love.

Easily one of, if not the, darkest and most somber film that Chan has made to date.

Noi the Albino possesses an otherness that makes it a truly surprising, engaging, and thought-provoking debut feature.

‘Blister’ is a hidden gem, one that both affirms the value of our hobbies while also reminding us that there is a real world out there.

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s sophomore film possesses style, attention to detail and character, and depth.

A fun, offbeat little film that showed me there’s more to Hong Kong cinema than heroic bloodshed and kung-fu.

Even with its flaws, The Bird People in China is downright heart-tugging compared to Miike’s usual fare.

As strange as this may sound, it’s been a long time since I was so overjoyed and thrilled to have seen a film as dark and troubling as this one.

It’s almost subversive at the same time, the way it blends such solid characters with plenty of gore and some wicked humor.