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Film Review No.112: Death Note (Desu Nōto)
I am not kidding you, that’s actually the Japanese for Death Note. Sometimes I wonder what’s the point of different languages. Then I remember how hot French girls can sound. Really helps take the...
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Film Review No.114: Death Note: The Last Name
Well that was handy wasn’t it? I reviewed the first Death Note film last week and here’s the sequel. If you’ve read my previous review you’ll probably be able to guess how much I was looking forward...
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Film Review No.127: Volver
So after watching The Skin I Live In a couple of weeks back I thought I’d chuck another Almodovar on my Lovefilm rental list. I chose Volver because I’d never seen the whole film and would you look at...
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Film Review No.133: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Bit of a mouthful of a title that ain’t it? Not as bad as The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain but it’s close. Also this film doesn’t have Hugh Grant in it so that’s good. Sorry...
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Film Review No.147: Tokyo Story
Back when I watched and reviewed Mark Cousin’s Story Of Film (Review No.126) one directors work featured in that documentary struck me strongest. It was the work of a director I only had a passing...
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Film Review No.214: The Artist
During 2012 a number of films were released that could almost be seen as love letters to the history of cinema. We had Hugo which featured the early career of George Melies and many silent cinema...
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Film Review No.216: Battleship Potemkin
In my last review, for Mulholland Drive, I remarked that I don’t enjoy writing reviews of unquestionably great films. I find writing those reviews a taxing experience due to the fact that whatever I...
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Film Review No.217: Dororo
I wanted to search for a less challenging film to review the last two I covered. Something that would actually have flaws I could get my teeth into. Something that wouldn’t carry with it the weight of...
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Film Review No.220: Floating Weeds (Ukigusa)
You know what I love? Other than inappropriate humour, that is. Discovering a new artist that I enjoy. Last year I watched Mark Cousin’s excellent documentary The Story Of Film. Early on in the film…...
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Film Review No.227: Sholay
Many years ago I got myself coerced into watching a number of Bollywood films by some Asian work friends who, as far as I could tell, thought it was funny that I’d actually watch them. To them...
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Film Review No.251: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
A couple of weeks back… probably more by the time you stumble across this review whilst looking for something else Final Fantasy VII related… I did a post about video game based film adaptations and...
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HORROR WEEK! Film Review No.255: Onibaba
So I happily admit to having a bit of a thing for classical Japanese cinema these days. Been trying to spread out the reviews so this doesn’t become Japanese Cinema Dump but it’s nearly Halloween and...
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Film Review No.264: Battle Royale
For one of them British people like me it’s kind of insane for me to consider the idea that Battle Royale was not available in a home release form in the U.S. until 2012. It is entirely understandable...
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Film Review No.268: Chennai Express
So I was perusing Netflix to find something to watch last night when I see in my Twitter feed that Film Crit Hulk has reviewed Dhoom 3. Dhoom 3 is currently doing a crazy amount of business in India...
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Film Review No.270: Riki-Oh – The Story Of Ricky
Oh man, where do I begin with this film? Some of you may be aware of The Story of Ricky. Mostly aware you’d be aware of its infamy as being one of the most gloriously brutal and violent films of its...
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GODZILLA SEASON: Film Review No.303: Godzilla Vs Mothra
Not to be confused with the 1964 film Mothra Vs Godzilla, which, in the U.S, was released as Godzilla vs The Thing, but was eventually re-released as Godzilla Vs Mothra before the 1992 film, Godzilla...
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GODZILLA SEASON: Film Review No.304: Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla 2
Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla 2 is not the sequel to Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla. The sequel to that film was Terror of Mechagodzilla. Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla 2 exists in the different era from the...
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GODZILLA SEASON: Film Review No.305: Godzilla Vs Spacegodzilla
What’s more of a threat to the world than a Mechagodzilla? Ignoring that Mechagodzilla was the hero character in the last film for a second. Why, a Spacegodzilla of course. Spacegodzilla is big and...
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GODZILLA SEASON: Film Review No.306: Godzilla Vs Destoroyah
During Godzilla Vs Spacegodzilla there is a few moments that provide a sense of looming finality to this Godzilla series. Certain loose ends from previous films are raised and tied into...
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GODZILLA SEASON: Film Review No.308: Godzilla 2000
How long did it take Toho to get back to making Godzilla films after the US film was a giant turd? Not much over a year. Hell, they probably started planning and pre-production the moment Emmerich’s...
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