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2 comments Jan 31, 2012  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
Shanghai – Review

Shanghai – Review

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding. Click for the full review...

2 comments Jan 10, 2012  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
Babel – Review

Babel – Review

4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Click for the full review...

Comments Jan 3, 2012  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
Never Forever – Review

Never Forever – Review

Sophie Lee has been trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant. Her husband's family, devout Korean Catholics, prays for the couple. His failure to have a child is deeply shameful to him, so when he attempts suicide, Sophie tries something extreme: she follows an undocumented immigrant - a Korean who resembles her husband - from a fertility clinic to his apartment in New York City where she proposes to hire him to sire her child. She offers $300 per session and $30,000 if she gets pregnant. Click for the full review...

1 comment Dec 23, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas – Review

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas – Review

Six years have elapsed since Guantanemo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. Click for the full review...

1 comment Dec 21, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
Shutter – Review

Shutter – Review

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved. Click for the full review...

1 comment Dec 8, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
One Missed Call – Review

One Missed Call – Review

In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths. Click for the full review...

Comments Nov 29, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
The Year of the Yao – Review

The Year of the Yao – Review

Despite facing the odds against cultural and language barriers, the pressure of representing a nation of 1.2 billion, as well as facing Shaquille O'Neal, the NBA's most dominant player, 7ft 6in Chinese basketball phenom Yao Ming succeeds in his first year in the NBA. Click for the full movie review...

Comments Nov 28, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
One Last Dance – Review

One Last Dance – Review

An assassin is hired to kill the men responsible for kidnapping an important man's son. With every death, the killer gets closer to the last kidnapper's name. Harvey Keitel also stars in this great film. Click for the full review...

Comments Sep 26, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
Fantastic Fest 2011: Path of Blood – Demon at the Crossroads of Destiny – Review

Fantastic Fest 2011: Path of Blood – Demon at the Crossroads of Destiny – Review

Fantastic Fest HAS BEGUN! First up is an Austin filmmakers short film based on Japanese stories of honor and glory. Will his great swordsmanship be enough to survive the treacherous demon lord and his minions? Path of Blood is a highly stylized paper animated short film that promises more paper cuts than you can handle. Click to watch the short film for FREE and see our full review...

6 comments Sep 22, 2011  |   Posted by in Domestic Film Reviews
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist – Review

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist – Review

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. Click for the full review...



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