A Journey to the Center of Cinematic Madness

Takeshi Kitano's debut film Violent Cop (1989) is one of the most pathetic efforts at making a film I've seen in a while. The screen...

Takeshi Kitano's Brother (2000) has an interesting premise: Kitano mixing yakuza and American organized crime through his deadpan comedy...

Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961) has been an influential in many ways. It has not only spawned a few remakes (including Sergio Leone'...

Wong Kar-wai's debut film, As Tears Go By (1988), is more traditional than the film's later films. Essentially, it is the story of a...

( image source ) I've never been a fan of action movies in particular. Recently it has become more and more rare for me to like one. Whe...

Troy Duffy, Troy Duffy what have you done? I've just witnessed one of the worst examples of American trash cinema with a huge cult follo...

Akira Kurosawa's epic masterpiece, Seven Samurai (1954), is constantly brilliant throughout its monstrous running time (three and half h...

No matter how you try to describe it, Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) will always sounds silly - because the film is utte...

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001) is a movie that was made after the original slice-of-life anime TV show that was like...

Hideaki Anno's Cutie Honey (2004) is a live-action adaptation of a popular anime series. Anno's extremely campy take on the silly sh...

(all the snapshots are of Hero; VLC couldnt open my House of Flying Daggers DVD for some reason) This I'm reviewing two films by Zhang Y...