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The (One-Armed) Machine Girl (2008) Movie Review
Ami (Minase Yashiro) is your typical high school student. She hangs out with her friend, plays basketball, and watches over her younger brother, Yu (Ryosuke Kawamura), who, unbeknownst to her is being bullied by the son of a yakuza and his friends. The gang extorts money from Yu and his friend Takeshi, and when they [...]
June 30th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 2 Comments | Read MoreThe Fall (2006) Movie Review
Best known for directing commercials and music videos (‘Losing My Religion’ for R.E.M. is perhaps his most famous effort), director Tarsem Singh (just Tarsem to you and me) applies his photographer’s eye and considerable imagination to his latest project, “The Fall.” A film of audacious visual exuberance, “The Fall” is that rare thing: a [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Gopal | 0 Comments | Read MoreRainbow Eyes (2007) Movie Review
The recent renaissance of Korean mystery thrillers continues with the cryptically titled “Rainbow Eyes” from director Yang Yun Ho, who previously gave viewers the melancholy “Holiday” and martial arts drama “Fighter In The Wind”. Here, he follows in the wake of genre hits such as “Seven Days”, “Voice of a Murderer” and others with a [...]
June 29th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreWanted (2008) Movie Review #2
At the rate that Hollywood is cranking through comic books to fill up its studios, film worthy comics may soon become as scarce as crude oil. The latest entry is “Wanted,” helmed by Russian action golden boy du juor, Timur Bekmambetov (director of the currently in progress “Night Watch” vampire trilogy). Based on [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Gopal | 0 Comments | Read MoreWanted (2008) Movie Review
“Night Watch” (2004) put Russian director Timur Bekmambetov on the map. Based on the novel by Sergei Lukyanenko, it tells of the ancient battle between light (good) and dark (evil) and the man who will decide which side will triumph. Why did this Russian language film make such a splash? It’s a visual stunner with [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 2 Comments | Read MoreMy Love (2007) Movie Review
“My Love” is the latest from noted Korean romanticist Lee Han, who previously charmed genre fans with “Lover’s Concerto” and “Almost Love”. Here, he attempts to out-do himself by assembling an impressive all-star cast in an unabashedly sentimental exploration of the many different faces of love.
The film follows four different couples in Seoul, all [...]
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (2006) Movie Review
As the credits rolled at the end of “The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief” (2006), I immediately thought of “Leaving Las Vegas,” “The Grifters,” and “Requiem for a Dream,” three feature films that have also left me with a similar sense of numbness and depression. All of these films are about [...]
June 28th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Signal (2007) Movie Review
Around midnight in the city of Terminus, Ben (Justin Welborn)’s TV turns itself on, waking him up. Broadcasting across the airwaves is a signal that consists of pulsating and morphing images and an annoying droning sound. After he returns to bed, his lover Mya (Anessa Ramsey) tells him that she has to go home; her [...]
June 25th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 0 Comments | Read MoreSpeed Racer (2008) Movie Review
“Speed Racer” is a visual oil spill, lushly colored, slick and thin. Doing a live action, big budget version of a 1960’s Japanese animated series sounds doomed to failure. The original Speed Racer comic books had some depth and characterization, but the anime, especially the American culturally neutral version was just ocular fun: [...]
June 23rd, 2008 | Laurence Bush | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Hammer (2007) Movie Review
“Some guys don’t know their destiny till it hits them in the face.”
Can the currently reigning King of the Unibrow really make a decent movie? YES, quite actually.
I’m sure that I am not alone when first hearing that former Loveline / The Man Show “co-host” Adam Carolla was bringing his vision to the silver screen. [...]
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!!!! 
