Alien vs. Ninja Review
It’s always hard to review a film like Alien vs. Ninja (also known as AvN). Released by Nikkatsu as part of their Sushi Typhoon label and directed by Seiji Chiba, AvN is a high concept low brow genre film that pits Aliens against Ninjas (yes the plural is more appropriate). The film has aliens, the … Read more
A Serbian Film Review
A Serbian Film opens with a scene that effectively sets up one of the main recurring themes in the film and also gives the audience a small taste of the uncomfortable and increasingly horrified feeling they are going to experience throughout the 100 minute running time. The film opens on a porn scene which a young boy is … Read more
The Adjustment Bureau Review
Adapted from the Philip K. Dick short story The Adjustment Team (currently in the public domain andavailable online), The Adjustment Bureau is the directorial debut of George Nolfi, whose previous film credits include sceenwriting duties on The Bourne Ultimatum and Ocean’s Twelve. At the centre of The Adjustment Bureau is Democratic Congressman David Norris (Matt … Read more
Dream Home Review
Dream Home opens with statistics about property prices in Hong Kong and a statement about how crazy the city is and that you have you have to be crazy to survive. One such crazy resident of Hong Kong is Cheng Li-sheung (Josie Ho) who wants to buy her dream home but is thwarted at every … Read more