The Lady – Review
The Lady is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. Click for the full review...
Top 10 Asian Gay/Lesbian Movies
Presenting the Top 10 Asian Gay / Lesbian Movies, these are films that are not designed to promote or condemn homosexuality, but films which mirror the “coming of age” films, the “romance” films, and just general life-stories that we see so often in mainstream cinema. The difference is that these films are based on same-sex situations. We countdown the Top 10 Asian films representing this theme! Click to see if your favorite made the list...
Lan Kwai Fong – Review
Lan Kwai Fong is a well-known party location in Hong Kong with loads of nightclubs and bars. Everyone likes to go to LKF for fun, one night stands or even true love. LKF has captured the joys and sorrows of many. It’s really quite easy to see why “Lan Kwai Fong” has gone down so well with audiences, as it delivers exactly as promised, about good looking people and couples having sex. Miguel has another take however, click for the full 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...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #84 – Rogie Custodio
Proficient with Photoshop, Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration, Print, Digital Design, Matte Painting, Environmental Design, Props, Concept, etc. Rogie Custodio is a MONSTER. At such a young age, it is hard to believe he is just now carving his niche into the professional world. Click to read the full interview...
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos – Review
In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy. What secrets are hidden in Milos? Riddles must be solved and dangers faced before the truth can be found. Click for the full anime film review...
The Flowers of War – Review
Budgeted at $100 million US, Flowers of War stars Oscar-winner Christian Bale as John Miller, an opportunist mortician on the run in 1937 as the Japanese are invading the province of Nan-king, now known as Nanjing. The Japanese occupation led to the deaths of thousands of Chinese citizens and came to be known by some as the Rape of Nanking or the Nanjing Massacre. Click for the full review...
Top 10 Movies We Want to See in 2012
We present the films of 2012 that are sure to push the limits of what movies can show, all the way to NC-17 — and films that rigorously recaptured the limits movies once worked within, sans wide screen, color or dialogue. Whether the films have been cancelled, rumored or completed, we list our countdown of the films YOU need to put on your list of films to watch. Click to see if your favorite made our list...
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Sekirei: Pure Engagement [Complete Series] – Review
The series is alternately referred to as "full figured," "the breast action harem anime of all time," "busty." "curvaceous," and "titillating." And just for good measure, we're told that "only one amazing pair will be left standing" by series' end and that "the booby traps abound and the measurements are mesmerizing" in the second season of this show. Click for the full anime series review...
Cosplay Corner Episode #22: Eternitie
Eternitie is another newcomer to the cosplay world having began cosplaying in February of 2011. She cosplays ALL sorts of characters from Comics & Anime to videogames and movies. Cosplaying is a huge part of her life and I she wants to eventually own a successful company commissioning costumes for others. It is this passion and drive that compelled me to share her work with my readers. Read below for the full interview...
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