Movie Reviews

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REVIEW: BAXTER, THE

I won’t deny that I like romantic comedies, especially when they’re done well (which is very rare in the last decade or two). But one of the things that bugged me in most of the romantic comedies I have seen is that there’s always a guy who has to lose out so the hero can … Continue reading

REVIEW: MEMORY OF A KILLER, THE

They warned us it would happen. They warned us that insidious Hollywood product would overcome indigenous films, sort of like rabbits being introduced to Australia. The Memory of a Killer, the latest import from Belgium, and winner of many Belgian awards and possibly waffles, is a perfect example of rote Hollywood fare being produced in … Continue reading

REVIEW: SERENITY

Firefly was a decent show. It was pretty neat, a space western with a sense of humor and the brain of Joss Whedon fueling it, something people weaned on Angel and Buffy are quite familiar with. It wasn’t great. In fact, it was his third best television show out of what I believe is a … Continue reading

REVIEW: BROTHERS GRIMM, THE

I really wish Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm was worse. Because then at least it would be a bad movie, and bad movies from great directors can often be as interesting, if not moreso, than good movies by bad directors. I would certainly rather spend time talking about the worst Kubrick film rather than the … Continue reading

REVIEW: SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE

Very early in Park Chanwook’s fantastic Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, there’s a scene where four boys are leaning their ears against a wall, masturbating furiously as they listen to a woman’s moans from the apartment next door. It’s very funny, but the camera slowly slides into the next apartment and we realize that the moans … Continue reading

REVIEW: 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, THE

Any movie that features Seth Rogen in a prominent role is, by definition, a good movie. Rogen was, of course, one of the cast members of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, two of the failed TV shows that director Judd Apatow ran before making the move to the big screen. The 40 Year-Old Virgin marks … Continue reading

REVIEW: VALIANT

Valiant surely seemed a good idea in the planning stage. A CGI feature about homing pigeons in WWII battling it out with evil German falcons? The basis is there for a nice little cartoon. Add voices like Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, John Hurt, John Cleese and Hugh Lurie and it sounds like something worth seeing. … Continue reading

MUSIC REVIEW: OLDBOY (IMPORT)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!LABEL: EMI Music KoreaMSRP: $26.49TRACKS: 24MUSIC BY: Yeong-wook JoNote: We first discussed the idea of music reviews a few months ago, but I had writer’s block back then, so it sat on the backburner until Chan-wook Park’s classy stunner approached its US DVD debut, which gave us the perfect time … Continue reading

REVIEW: FOUR BROTHERS

Where have you gone Dirty Harry and Paul Kersey? This is the question that John Singleton is trying to answer with his new film, Four Brothers. Going against the grain of current films, filled with wimpy girly-men action stars like the feyer than Wray Orlando Bloom, Singleton has put together a hard bitten tough guy … Continue reading

REVIEW: MANGAL PANDEY – THE RISING

Last month McDonalds had to pay out lots of money to Hindu and vegetarian groups because they had been using beef fat in their French fries and keeping it a secret (they haven’t changed, by the way, so if you’re a vegetarian who gets fries at Mickey Ds while your carnivore friends chow down on … Continue reading