More Asian Cinema, a.k.a. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is superhuman (minor spoilers)

So I’ve been watching lots of Asian cinema recently. Not sure why it’s been such a heavy concentration lately. But there you go.  Here’s a quick run down:
Hard Boiled. Always heard it was an action masterpiece, so I decided I better watch it. The film is directed by John Woo and stars Chow Yun-Fat and [...]

Man Bites Dog & Eyes Without A Face

While I was partying at All Tomorrow’s Parties in New York this past weekend, I was able to catch a couple of movies. Criterion had a room where they were playing a wide variety of movies they’ve released over the years. Both of the ones I saw happened to be black and white French movies [...]

I’ve Been Watching Movies, I Swear

So it’s been quite a while since I’ve reviewed any movies but I assure you it’s not because I haven’t been watching them. Just the opposite, actually. I’ve been watching a lot of stuff but for the most part, I’ve been watching things that I don’t really think are worth reviewing. But I figured I [...]

The Cube Trilogy

The three movies in the Cube trilogy (Cube, Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero) are a bunch of psychological horror/thriller/sci-fi B-movies. I don’t know many people who have seen them. If they sound familiar, maybe it’s because you saw them on the shelf of your local video store or a friend mentioned them to you. [...]

Daft Punk’s Electroma

In light of my recent re-watching of this movie (it came out on DVD on July 22), I thought I would share my original review of it when it screened at The Brattle Theater in Boston. This review was originally written for my now-all-music blog, Anti-Gravity Bunny, and was published on February 28th, 2008.
Electroma played [...]

The Last Winter

I saw an ad for The Last Winter in a magazine and, not having heard anything prior to that or even gaining any relevant information about the movie from the ad, was immediately interested and knew I had to see it, regardless of what kind of reviews it had. The reason being it starred Ron [...]

Right At Your Door

If you have a fear of impending doom coming from the hands of terrorists, it’d be best if you stayed away from Right At Your Door. The premise of this film is a dirty bomb goes off in downtown L.A. and we see the subsequent fear and chaos that erupts in one particular home outside [...]

24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People is a crazy movie and not quite what I was expecting. When I heard the title and saw the psychedelic colors on the cover of the DVD, I immediately thought trippy rave movie, (similar to Groove). And when the opening credits came on, it seemed like I was right. I’m not [...]

Batman continues

In preparing for the movie everyone has been waiting for, this summer’s blockbuster extravaganza, The Dark Knight, I decided to pop Batman Begins into the old DVD player and get myself ready.
I should preface this whole thing by going back a bit. I’m bats for the Batman. Before I moved into my tiny apartment and [...]

The Dirty Dozen

Sometimes I watch a movie and I feel like I’m the only person left who hasn’t seen it yet. Actually, that happens a lot, as I try to catch up on “the classics” as often as possible. The Dirty Dozen is definitely one of those movies. A classic, and one that before today, I had [...]