| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
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| The World of Geisha - Unrated | April 5, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Ghosts - Unrated | April 5, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Persepolis - PG-13 | March 30, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Run Fatboy Run - PG-13 | March 30, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Redbelt - R | March 30, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Funny Games - Unrated | March 29, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Vampire Sisters - R |
Unambiguously exploitative films can be a huge amount of fun but only when the people making these films have a sense of fun which they can bring to the screen. In the case of Vampire Sisters, the film feels far too much like a by-the-numbers exercise and, even with this much flesh and blood on show, the whole thing very quickly grinds to a creaking halt. More |
March 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| PTU (PTU - Police Tactical Unit) - R |
Johnny To has already established himself as one of the better directors to come out of Hong Kong in recent years and he's on fine form with this stylish crime thriller which touches on themes of honour, loyalty and friendship as it progresses, almost fatalistically, towards a genuinely explosive climax. PTU: Police Tactical Unit may be a little light on substance, but the style of the film more than makes up for this. Click here for more |
March 22, 2008 | N/A | |||
| 13 game sayawng (13: Game of Death) (13 Beloved) - Unrated |
Falling Down meets My Little Eye in this smart and shocking horror/thriller. Not only does writer/director, Chukiat Sakveerakul have plenty of visceral observations to make about materialism, the increasingly debased nature of reality type entertainment and and the connection between the two, but the film also reflects on the rapidly shrinking nature of the private space. More here |
March 16, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Doomsday - R | March 12, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Boarding Gate - R | March 11, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Taxi to the Dark Side - R | February 26, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Two Evil Eyes - R |
Both Romero and Argento are icons of the horror genre and, if nothing else, putting their films back to back in this anthology is a fascinating exercise in comparing the strengths of each. It helps immensely that both films in the anthology are solid entries in the respective directors' oeuvres. There's more |
February 25, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Trouble Every Day (Gargoyle) - Unrated | February 23, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Akumu tantei (Nightmare Detective) - Unrated |
Over the years Shinya Tsukamoto has ranged across a variety of genres - from the mind bending SF of Tetsuo to the grimy eroticism of A Snake of June. Although both the genre and the plot can change from one film to the next, Tsukamoto's consistent reworking of similar themes and his kinetic visual style gives his films a distinct auteurial stamp that is difficult to miss. While Nightmare Detective, his foray into the horror genre, may well be the director's most accessible film to date, it is still very much a Shinya Tsukamoto film. This time around he has merged popular concerns with internet suicide pacts with his own themes of alienation, despair and a loss of humanity. The result is a darkly ambitious film that manages to be genuinely chilling. Full Review |
February 11, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Shoot Down - PG-13 |
Using a mixture of news footage and interviews, Shoot Down explores the run-up to and the aftermath of the shooting down of two civillian aircraft by Cuban Migs. It?s a powerful story and writer/director Cristina Khuly, whose uncle was one of those killed, has constructed a remarkably even-handed film. My only real criticism is that the heavy reliance on interviews and news footage does make the narrative a lot drier than it could have been. More here |
February 3, 2008 | N/A | |||
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - R | An unhurried pace gives genuine depth to this surprisingly moving modern western. Well worth seeing. | January 5, 2008 | N/A | |||
| National Treasure: Book of Secrets - PG | December 28, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks - PG | December 20, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - R | December 20, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| I Am Legend - PG-13 | December 20, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - R | December 20, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Dance with the Devil (Perdita Durango) - R | December 18, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) - R | December 7, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| The Golden Compass - PG-13 | December 6, 2007 | N/A |
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