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Zodiac (2007) Movie Review
(Movie review by John C. Ford) David Fincher wants you to feel exhausted. He wants to show you how the interminable search for the Zodiac, a real-life California serial killer, chewed up the lives...
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Ghost Rider (2007) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Richard Lewis) I sat down in the theater with a big smile on my face. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I had managed to somehow find...
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The Queen (2006) Movie Review
(Movie review by John C. Ford) In 2003, a well-regarded director of independent films spun Oscar gold from a wisp of a storyline — a tone poem about a woman and a man from...
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Hanbando (2006) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Eric Choi) I had my doubts about “Hanbando” from the very beginning. It was clearly a nationalistic film, the sort of patriotic movie that exploits a very current situation in order...
Read More »The Host (2006) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Eric Choi) Finally, a movie that is so refreshingly entertaining that it puts most blockbusters to shame. “The Host” is the new film by director Bong Joon-Ho (“Memories of Murder”), and...
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Lucky Number Slevin (2006) Movie Review
(Movie review by John C. Ford) “Lucky Number Slevin” is like a house of cards with baroque design — an exercise in style that, while dazzling in its details, leaves little to savor other...
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A Time to Love (2004) Movie Review
(Guest Movie Review by Alex Lui) It was inevitable that the classic love story Romeo and Juliet would get updated yet again, as if having to endure Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying interpretation in his 1996...
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Turtles Can Fly (2004) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Donnie Saxton) If you are looking for yet another opinion on the propriety of the Iraq war, you won’t find it in the first film from Iraq since the war began....
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Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (2004) Movie Review
Guest Movie Review by Alex Lui For followers of the Final Fantasy games, “Advent Children” comes as a reward for those long hours spent in front of the TV pushing buttons and ignoring a...
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Serenity (2005) Movie Review
Guest Movie Review by Alex Lui Fans of the now defunct science fiction show “Firefly” seems to be the main reason “Serenity” has reached the big screen at all. Cancelled in mid-season during its...
Read More »Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Eric Choi) Expectations can ruin a movie. That’s the adage that must have been on Park Chan-wook’s mind as he prepared to release “Sympathy For Lady Vengeance,” the final film in...
Read More »Crying Fist (2005) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Eric Choi) Ryoo Seung-wan has always been a talent to watch. A director with a unique ability for blending the artistic with the commercial, Ryoo is no doubt one of the...
Read More »The Young Unknowns (2000) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Oshram ) If there’s one thing Hollywood loves, it’s when young filmmakers bitch on-screen about how horrible it is to work in Hollywood. My friend Steve had a phrase for this...
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Two Men Went to War (2002) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Oshram ) The premise of “Two Men Went to War” is something only the English could dream up: two men, Private Cuthbertson (Leo Bill) and Sergeant King (Kenneth Cranham, who looks...
Read More »Womb Raider (2002) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Donnie Saxton) About halfway through “Womb Raider,” an unambitious, uber erotic spoof of 2001′s “Tomb Raider,” the star character (Cara Loft) summons a great deal of conviction and curtly says to...
Read More »Shaye and Kiki (2005) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Donnie Saxton) Most of the time spent watching “Shaye and Kiki,” the first DVD release from Indican Pictures, will be spent with a furrowed brow. Writer/director Eric Fournier and co-conspirator Shaye...
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The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Shari ) Well, Earth is destroyed, but luckily guy-next-door Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is best friends with an alien named Ford Prefect (Mos Def, “The Woodsman”), who saves Arthur’s life by...
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3 Steps to Heaven (1995) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Donnie Saxton) “3 Steps to Heaven” is a British crime drama about a female protagonist named Suzanne (Katrin Cartlidge) who takes it upon herself to solve the mysterious death of her...
Read More »Crash (2005) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Oshram ) I knew very little about “Crash” going in; actually, it wasn’t even my idea to go, but a friend talked about seeing it, and I was torn apathetically between...
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