What a departure it is from Darren Arofnosky’s previous films. The slick and insane editing of ‘Requiem for a Dream’, the vision of ‘The Fountain’…if anything, the… Read more “Smackdown! – The Wrestler”

He walked over to them…sauntered, more like it. His smile, ever so slight, is engaging, cheery, and yet hides an intent that is not so pure, though… Read more “Nice and Neat – Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

“I’m gonna rip your head off. See if it works” The first movie that kick-starts the summer is arguably the most important movie of the year. It’s… Read more “Snikt! – X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

I remember being first intrigued by this film by the title, more than anything else. Though I didn’t know then what the meaning of towelhead actually is,… Read more “Wet and Dry – Towelhead”

There are, predictably, those who are willing to write off this film from the get go. It’s not exactly surprising, given that the first film, though it… Read more “Crawling in My Skin – Cicakman 2”

Zeitgeist. That is the only word that came to mind as I watched this film. Continuing a series of reviews in the vein of ‘DVDs I bought… Read more “Zeitgeist – Kami”

I had put off writing about ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’ (‘좋은놈,나쁜놈,이상한놈’, or ‘놈놈놈’ for short) for some time now for a few reasons. The first… Read more “The Great – The Good, The Bad, The Weird”

I bought the DVD of ‘Budak Kelantan’ almost as immediately as I saw it. Almost, because it was perhaps the second time I saw it adorning the… Read more “A Whole New World – Budak Kelantan”