The Incite Mill: 7 Day Death Game – Review
Ten people arrive at a building, having been promised a mysterious new job that pays $1,200/hr. They soon find themselves locked inside the building with two rules: All participants must return to their rooms by 10:00pm each night, and secondly, the ‘experiment’ will continue for seven days or until only two participants survive. Click for the full review...
Prince of Tears – Review
More a tale of personal betrayal than a depiction of a nation going through turmoil, Chinese director Yonfan's, Prince of Tears is a glossy melodrama set in Taiwan in the 1950s when the hunt for communists on the island led to the period known as the white terror. Click for the full review...
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker – Review
Teruhisa Yahaji, active producer, and Art Director Makoto Shiraishi give us an incredible vision of the Batman Beyond universe. Now released in Blu-Ray, and for those of you who don't know the story of Batman Beyond, it is a spin-off of Batman: The Animated Series. One of the best superhero cartoons in history. Click for the full review...
Norwegian Wood – Review
Brave is the director who seeks to bring Haruki Murakami’s 1987 novel Norwegian Wood to the big screen. It’s a 13 million-plus bestseller that, such is the very personal pull it exerts on its readers, still feels like a cult fiction. Click to read the full review...
Top 10 Ridiculous Asian Film Myths
Asian films are home to some of the weirdest footage on the planet. In this edition of the Top 10, we look at the myths that movie studios try to pull on their audiences. They realized this a long time ago and, being writers, used it as an excuse to never do any fact-checking ever again. Well, we're calling 'em out. Click to read the full list...
Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection – Review
A preternatural love for science fiction, leather straps, guns, sex, violence and a hot, kick-ass female lead will only get you so far (cough*Zach Snyder*) in understanding the darkly bombastic science fiction animated series known as Aeon Flux. Click for the full series review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #23 – Chika Okazumi
Episode 23 follows Chika Okazumi, a Japanese photographer, who is one of those rare finds where she inhibits a super perky, fun personality coupled with a powerhouse of talent. I sat down with Chika to discuss Tokyo fashion, Los Angeles weather, and more. Click for the full interview...
Samurai 7: The Complete Series – Review
Based on the Seven Samurai movie (also based on this is the Magnificent Seven), it is a great anime series with great acting, animation, and story. The 3d visuals mixed in are amazing! Samurai 7 is an anime series that most will enjoy. Click for the full series review...
Still Walking – Review
Ah parents. Passive aggressively harassing you on different continents even. Always cooking and feeding you things, then telling you how your life sucks while you stuff your face. Still Walking, the critically acclaimed film by Hirokazu Kore-Eda feels your pain and rolls its eyes for you...click for the full review...
Loft – Review
Loft follows Reiko, a writer, who moves to a countryside villa to quietly work on her next novel. Her new environment turns out to be anything but peaceful though when she sights her next door neighbor moving a thousand-year-old mummified corpse into his university lab for research. Click for the full review...
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