May 28, 2005 Movies Born to Fight by Panna Rittikrai (Review) This is a movie you watch purely for the sheer joy of gasping at one insane stunt after another.
May 22, 2005 Movies Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith by George Lucas (Review) I really feel nothing but an ambivalence towards this, the final Star Wars prequel.
May 18, 2005 Anime Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu by Yasuhiro Takemoto (Review) Skipping the fan service, this Full Metal Panic spin-off focuses on goofy humor.
May 11, 2005 Anime Movies Appleseed by Shinji Aramaki (Review) Much of Appleseed’s appeal will undoubtedly be due to its unique visuals.
Feb 5, 2005 Anime Gantz, Vol. 1 by Ichiro Itano (Review) Gantz is positioned as a dark, nihilistic story about mankind’s darker nature. That doesn’t mean it’s any good.
Jan 24, 2005 Movies New Police Story by Benny Chan (Review) Easily one of, if not the, darkest and most somber film that Chan has made to date.
Nov 15, 2004 Video Games Can Halo 2 still be a Halo game when it’s missing the Master Chief? (Review) It seems odd to take a nearly iconic figure like the Master Chief, and do anything that might diminish him.
Sep 18, 2004 Movies House of Flying Daggers by Zhang Yimou (Review) House of Flying Daggers has moments of brilliance that are simply unmatched.
Jul 3, 2004 Movies Samurai Fiction by Hiroyuki Nakano (Review) Samurai Fiction is a loving, humorous — and incredibly stylish — parody/homage to the classic samurai films of yore.
Apr 13, 2004 Movies Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack by Shûsuke Kaneko (Review) The filmmakers’ concept was slightly bigger than what their budget ultimately allowed for.
Apr 13, 2004 Movies Deadend of Besiegers by Hsiao-Hui Chang, Hsin-Yen Chang (Review) A very entertaining and engaging, if somewhat dated, kung fu flick.
Apr 7, 2004 Movies Hellboy by Guillermo Del Toro (Review) There’s so much that I love about this movie and yet, it left me feeling a bit underwhelmed.
Feb 13, 2004 Movies Battle Royale 2 by Kenta Fukasaku (Review) Battle Royale 2 takes everything that was great about Battle Royale and replaces it with something that’s formulaic, amateurish, and exploitative.
Jan 25, 2004 Movies Fist of Legend by Gordon Chan (Review) The first Jet Li film I ever watched, and I think it may very well have spoiled all of his other films for me.
Jan 21, 2004 Movies So Close by Corey Yuen (Review) I wish I could call this movie a guilty pleasure.
Jan 3, 2004 Movies Azumi by Ryûhei Kitamura (Review) Azumi was a huge disappointment, almost a betrayal of sorts, because I know Kitamura is better than this.
Jan 3, 2004 Movies Ong-Bak by Prachya Pinkaew (Review) If you thought these sorts of mind-blowing acrobatics could exist only in the Matrix, then “Ong-Bak” is bound to be an awe-inspiring eye-opener.
Dec 16, 2003 Movies What Price Survival by Daniel Lee (Review) What Price Survival is truly an unsung and under-appreciated movie from Hong Kong cinema’s golden period.
Dec 13, 2003 Movies The Last Samurai by Edward Zwick (Review) My greatest hope for The Last Samurai is that encourages people to seek out the real thing.