(Movie Review by Erick Kwon) Nearly a decade after “Patlabor: The Movie 2″ comes “W(asted)XIII,” the long-awaited third Patlabor feature. Like its predecessors, “WXIII” is a science-fiction/thriller set in a semi-futuristic world where human-piloted robots (or “labors”)...

(Movie Review by Bill Paterson) I have to admit I was a Miike virgin prior to watching the DVD debut of “Shinjuku Triad Society.” From all I’d heard and read about the director’s visceral style, I expected to have the dry heaves before the half-hour mark. I should point out that...

(Movie Review by Bill Paterson) Have you ever watched a horror movie and, rather than battle an irrational paranoia that you might somehow be killed, actually find yourself hoping for it? Well, I seriously considered taking a meat cleaver to my own cranium within the first five minutes of “Guilty...

(Movie Review by Bill Paterson) As this is my first review for BeyondHollywood.com, let’s set a few ground rules. First, I don’t use big words just to show you how smart I am. I know lots of fancy words. Like sycophant, for example. But you’re looking for an informed opinion on movies...

(Movie Review by Bill Paterson) Sad to say, I enjoyed this film the least of the three in the set. I probably shouldn’t take points off just because “Ley Lines” is a little less frenetic than its hyperactive predecessors. But I can’t help it: This one bored me. Although, I did...

(Movie Review by Erick Kwon) When watching a sequel or remake, I try to avoid comparing it to the original, unless the sequel/remake in question goes out of its way to invoke the original. “Battle Royale II: Requiem” does just that, so let’s get any notion of “newer = better”...

(Movie Review by Bill Paterson) You sort of have to grade these low-budget independent horror flicks on a curve. Like when you have a class full of lacrosse players taking “Intro to Spanish”. Let’s just assume getting an “A” is improbable. By that standard, some of the...