Feb 6, 2007 Tom Yum Goong by Prachya Pinkaew (Review) Despite some really fun action scenes, Tom Yum Goong is a decidedly inferior film to its predecessor, Ong-Bak.
Jan 14, 2007 Curse of the Golden Flower by Zhang Yimou (Review) I need to stop the review lest it just become a checklist of everything I dislike about the movie.
Jan 5, 2007 Shut Up & Sing by Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck (Review) Ultimately a testament to such American values as love, friendship, family, and loyalty as much as free speech.
Dec 21, 2006 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.
Dec 2, 2006 District B13 by Pierre Morel (Review) The stunts and fights scenes have an edge and brutality that you just don’t see everyday.
Dec 2, 2006 The Proposition by John Hillcoat (Review) The film always returns to its central violent themes with a crackling, harrowing intensity.
Dec 2, 2006 Casino Royale by Martin Campbell (Review) For the vast majority of its 144 minutes, Casino Royale is absolutely thrilling.
Nov 30, 2006 Geochilmaru by Kim Jin-Seong (Review) There’s something refreshing, even affecting, about the lo-fi approach that Geochilmaru takes to martial arts cinema.
Nov 21, 2006 Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa (Review) Kurosawa’s film takes on topics and expounds upon themes that could have easily come from that most existential of books: Ecclesiastes.
Oct 29, 2006 Chinaman by Henrik Ruben Genz (Review) A winsome film that, ultimately, isn’t as absorbing as its themes and characters warrant.