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Cinema File: Love & Pop
For the sake of consistency, I’ve refrained from putting this in the Reviews section because Love & Pop is not an anime (though making it into one isn’t a bad idea). This is Anno Hideaki’s first foray into live action, and was released about a year after The End of Evangelion in 1998.
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Tags: Love and Pop, Cinema File
Cinema File: Fearless
This is why white people use guns instead of Kung Fu. ...
Tags: Fearless, Cinema File, Jet Li
Cinema File: The City of Violence
Jung Doo-hong. Ryoo Seung-wan. Need I say more? Well, yeah, probably. ...
Tags: The City of Violence, Cinema File, Jung Doo-hong, Ryoo Seung-wan
Cinema File: 5 Centimeters Per Second part 1: Oukashou
So pretty your eyes will cry eye tears. I guess those would just be normal tears. ...
Tags: 5 Centimeters Per Second, Byousoku 5 Centimeter, Cinema File
Cinema File: Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
This is Eva as it should have been. ...
Tags: Rebuild of Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shin Seiki Evangelion, Cinema File
Cinema File: Kill Zone (SPL: Sha Po Lang)
SPL (2005) stars Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung—a clash that perhaps is not as anticipated Jackie Chan vs. Jet Li or Bruce Lee vs. Tony Jaa (wouldn’t that be epic?), but seems like a good idea nonetheless. The only question is, how good is the film around the action? ...
Tags: Kill Zone, Sha Po Lang, Cinema File, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Simon Yam
Cinema File: Chungking Express (Chung Hing Sam Lam)
I haven’t done a movie in a while, so I’ll go back to an old favorite: Chungking Express. I’m pretty sure I wrote about it a long time ago for import.BOOST, maybe. This is the first Wong Kar Wai film I ever saw, and I have to say the guy is good at making you utterly riveted and absorbed by a film about nothing. I picked up the Criterion Collection’s Blu-Ray release just recently. The transfer to high definition does not hurt its raw, amateur look in the slightest. Christopher Doyle’s superb cinematography is largely responsible for the distinct look of the film, but Wong’s direction is also palpable. The two make a great team. ...
Tags: Chungking Express, Cinema File, Wong Kar Wai, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin
Cinema File: Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance
Don't worry, no spoilers. ...
Tags: Rebuild of Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shin Seiki Evangelion, Cinema File