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Off Road (2007) Movie Review
A great example of effective low-key film making, “Off Road” marks the debut of Korean director Han Seung Ryong, who had previously worked as an editor on the likes of “Bongja”, “Resurrection of the Little Match Girl” and “Untold Scandal”. A hard-hitting tale of desperation and woe, the film has already won critical praise having [...]
June 21st, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreMarriage Trap (2008) Movie Review
Despite its decidedly generic cover and familiar premise, to pitch “Marriage Trap” as a simple romantic comedy would definitely be selling it short. Marking the debut of Mainland Chinese director Zhang Cheng, the writer of Ning Hao’s excellent “Crazy Stone”, the film is actually a surprisingly witty and cleverly plotted affair mixes in social commentary, [...]
June 21st, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreCome Drink With Me (1966) Movie Review
Remember those days when you went through the junk in your attic and stumbled across a piece of treasure that you’d forgotten about. Maybe it was an embarrassing photo of a drunk family member at a party, or a sterling silver Buddha with the clock in the belly. The one you won at the last [...]
June 19th, 2008 | Kevin Nickelson | 0 Comments | Read MoreJames Bond: Devil May Care (2008) Book Review
In celebrating the centennial of literary legend Ian Fleming’s birth, the trustees of the author’s estate appointed one of Britain’s most popular novelists to revisit the world’s most famous secret agent. Their choice is nonetheless exquisite.
Sebastian Faulks takes us back to the James Bond of 1967; there are no cell phones and illicit gadgetry beyond [...]
Under the Same Moon (2007) Movie Review
Those of us living in Southern California cannot escape the illegal immigration issue. Whether it is men in The Home Depot parking lot looking for work or the busboy at our favorite restaurant, citizens from the other side of the Mexican border have become a permanent part of our lives. And as the economy falters, [...]
June 19th, 2008 | Dan MacIntosh | 0 Comments | Read MoreFilm Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007) Book Review
This book is another one in the long and precious series ‘Short Cuts’ by Wallflower, made up of short guides to various aspects of cinema. The series includes titles like CRIME FILM: Investigating The Scene, SHAKESPEARE ON FILM: Such Things as Dreams Are Made Of, WAR CINEMA: Hollywood on the Front Line, THE NEW HOLLYWOOD: [...]
June 17th, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 0 Comments | Read MoreContour (2006) Movie Review
What if you took a group of American Martial Artists, gave them the green light on a picture, and let them run the entire production with no regard for script, casting, or other marketable angles for the picture? You would end up with the Indican Pictures recent release to DVD… Contour.
There are three [...]
Rogue (2007) Movie Review
Aussie director Greg Mclean probably didn’t think there was anything more dangerous than the crocs in his new movie “Rogue”. Of course, that was before he met the suits in Hollywood. What was supposed to be Mclean’s much-anticipated follow-up to his critical and commercial hit “Wolf Creek” ended up being a tangled mess of changed [...]
June 17th, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Incredible Hulk (2008) Movie Review
Ang Lee’s version of the Hulk was not welcomed by diehard comic book geeks, barely-men who were too busy fawning over the latest Michael Turner sketch drawings of a half-naked Witchblade to watch Lee’s “The Ice Storm” or “Pushing Hands”, and thus had no idea what they were getting into when they stepped into those [...]
June 14th, 2008 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read MoreKung Fu Panda (2008) Movie Review
“Kung Fu Panda” is the story of a fat (is there any other kind?) panda that dreams about being an awesome kung fu warrior, and when given the chance, rises to the occasion. In-between those moments, we get plenty of fat jokes at the panda’s expense, and enough cartoon kung fu violence to, possibly, convince [...]
June 11th, 2008 | Nix | 3 Comments | Read More
It looks like a dud. I saw the trailer. Tom is the only person speaking with an American news network ...
nothing they payed fox.... 
OMG!!!! 
