Aug 19, 2022 Movies Hula Girls by Lee Sang-il (Review) Of course, the outcome of the film is never really in question. However, the joy is in the way that the film arrives there.
Apr 14, 2022 Movies Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniels (Review) Michelle Yeoh shines in this trippy sci-fi epic about a woman struggling to pay her taxes, run her family’s laundromat, and save the multiverse.
Mar 26, 2022 Movies Drive by Steve Wang (Review) Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than this.
Jan 21, 2022 Movies Max Reload and the Nether Blasters by Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp (Review) A shallow, mean-spirited movie obsessed with proving its own cleverness time and again.
Aug 23, 2021 Movies The Paper Tigers by Tran Quoc Bao (Review) Tran Quoc Bao’s first feature film is a martial arts comedy gem.
Jun 4, 2019 Movies Some Random Thoughts on Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe (Review) Netflix’s latest romantic comedy offers a fresh spin on the romcom formula — and an awesome Keanu Reeves cameo.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies Ping Pong by Fumihiko Sori (Review) Yes, there’s lots of ping pong, but also a surprisingly nuanced exploration of the thin line between friendship and rivalry.
Feb 13, 2016 Movies Turbo Kid by François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell (Review) The ultra-gory post-apocalyptic BMX action film with a heart of a gold that you’ve been waiting for.
Jun 26, 2015 Movies Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Is Pure, Heartbreaking Cinematic Magic (Review) Pixar’s Inside Out is pure cinematic magic. Also, it reminds me of Mad Max: Fury Road. (No, seriously.)
Aug 22, 2010 Movies Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World by Edgar Wright (Review) When the film worked — which it did, more often than not — it left me positively giddy with a huge smile on my face.
Jul 7, 2008 Movies WALL-E by Andrew Stanton (Review) There were many brilliant ideas and scenes throughout the film, but in the end, they just didn’t gel for me.
Apr 22, 2007 Movies Hot Fuzz by Edgar Wright (Review) Consider it the filmic equivalent of a bacon double cheeseburger with a big side of greasy fries.
Feb 8, 2007 Movies The Amazing Screw-On Head by Chris Prynoski (Review) The world could always use some more goofily charming, historically irreverent sci-fi.
Dec 21, 2006 Movies Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi (Review) Swing Girls is far better than it frankly has any right to be, thanks to the sheer amount of fun, enthusiasm, and aplomb it contains.
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.
Dec 3, 2005 Movies Singin’ in the Rain by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen (Review) Singin’ in the Rain is absolutely full of starry-eyed, classic, incredibly infectious Hollywood panache.
Oct 17, 2005 Movies The American Astronaut by Cory Mcabee (Review) The American Astronaut works best if you think of it as a tweaked version of classic black-and-white serials.
May 28, 2005 Movies Cutie Honey by Hideaki Anno (Review) Silly, cheesy, and fluffy — and unashamedly so.
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.