Set in 1978 Oslo, Norway and based off of Nikolaj Frobenius’ autobiographical novel “Theory and Practice,” Sons of Norway focuses on a progressive and hippie-esque family comprised of Magnus... Read more
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack, where do I begin? After debating for two hours with a few beers in hand, the group of people I was relaxing with decided they wanted to tag along for a film which I... Read more
Did you ever see the episode of South Park called “The China Problem” where George Lucas and Steven Spielberg rape Indiana Jones? All the boys were so pissed off and upset that they raped h... Read more
It’s well known that Takashi Miike is one of the world’s most prolific directors, so it should come as no surprise that the director has decided to revisit the musical genre with For Love’s... Read more
Juan (Alexis Díaz de Villegas) is a 40 year old survivor who manages to get by doing almost nothing. He and his halfwit friend Lazaro (Jorge Molina) can only scheme and think about sex. One... Read more
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, A Boy and His Samurai) is one of the most interesting Japanese directors working today so I obviously had to make it a point to sit down and watch his latest... Read more
It seems that every few months I hear about a western film emerging out of Asia and ever since I saw The Good, The Bad, The Weird I make damn sure I pay attention to them in case another ama... Read more
Zero Man vs the Half Virgin is a wacky feature from Japanese director Sakichi Sato (scripted Ichi the Killer) about a guy who realizes he has probably the oddest superpower ever. Kenichiro... Read more
In exactly a week I will be up in Montreal covering the first five days of North America’s largest genre film festival, the Fantasia International Film Festival. Now that we are so cl... Read more
Talk about a great movie going experience. As I sat in the audience eagerly awaiting the New York premiere of Takashi Miike’s latest film, Ace Attorney, a live-action adaptation of the mass... Read more
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