Year: 2008

Hell, it just might be the first film to ever qualify as both the best and worst of its given year.

In terms of sheer violence, very few films are in The Punisher’s league. Wine glass stem through the throat, chair leg through the eye…

There are no fairy tales in India, no white knights atop majestic steeds saving young damsels from despair and harm. But for the Western world, in which director Danny Boyle is fully ensconced, this former jewel of the British empire continues to hold romantic allure, whether as a destination for weary travelers seeking the succor…

Much as the quirky indie film has induced irreparable rot into independent cinema, the hyperlink movie has become the go-to framework for overwrought drama for auteurs lacking ingenuity in an increasingly sparse creative landscape. You see, in a hyperlink movie like Syriana or Babel, the world is a giant organic being and we are all,…

America in tights.

Yep, Nazis are still evil.

Relatively sane stuff from Japan. And very, very good.