MUSIC REVIEW . Lindsay Lohan . A Little More Personal (RAW)

Lindsay Lohan is a hot property these days. Bounding from controversy to controversy, film to film, and to feud to feud (Paris and Hillary), she can’t seem to stay out of the limelight. In fact, Kris has accurately stated Lohan is the millenial answer Tiffany, the white trash singer who took on Debbie Gibson [...]

What’s weirder than Nuke Verge and Gay ‘ol Oprah? CELEB NEWS, of course!

MIAMI VICE IS BETTER THAN PIRATES
Well, I’m not saying it’s better, but it’s making box office history. I guess Colin Farrell should stalk kids more often.
MEL GIBSON IS AN ALCOHOLIC JEW-BASHER
Mad Max got real drunk and real anti-Semitic after being pulled over by a deputy in L.A. Whoa, all the theological brownie points [...]

Funky Forest: The First Contact Trailer

Kris and I first discovered Katsuhito Ishii with Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl and Party 7 a few years back. Most of you probably know him from the Anime segment in Kill Bill Vol. 1. But, however you may know him, it’s obvious the guy has a wealth of talent, and is surely one [...]

Takeshis’ movie review

I must admit, Takeshi Kitano’s films are an acquired taste. For example, my first viewing of Sonatine I found to be quite tedious. However, upon my second viewing, a couple years and a few Kitano films later, I began to recognize the subtle nuances of Kitano’s performance and the dichotomy of the violent Yakuza city [...]

Lance Bass Admits He’s Gay. Finally.

Just in off the wires:
Lance Bass, band member of ‘N Sync, says he’s gay and in a “very stable” relationship with a reality show star. Bass, who formed ‘N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn’t earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn’t want to [...]

Shortbus Trailer now online

I originally saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch as part of a Mythology and folklore class during my days as an English major. Trippy stuff. The director’s new film looks to be slightly more accessible, a mix of both Mitchell’s Hedwig and possibly Araki’s Splendor; certainly interesting. From the press release:

Written and directed by Mitchell [...]

Dakota Fanning’s Messed Up Mom

Rising starlet Dakota Fanning has just finished filming a key scene for Hounddog, a film, which according to Cinematical, concerns “ a young girl who turns to Elvis for inspiration after suffering through a tremendous amount of abuse.” The nature of this scene? A full-on child rape. And you want to know the worst part? [...]

Review Smash! Lady in the Water, Basic Instinct 2, Stray Cat Rock, and more

Lady in the Water
Including a critic in your film, and making him the brunt of jokes and ridicule is guaranteed bad reviews, even if the film is quite good. This is certainly the case with M Night’s latest, Lady in the Water, a tale of a lost sea nymph who winds up in the pool [...]

MUNCHIES . Yaki Musubi Crisps (Sozai Meguri Kongari Genmai)

I can remember happily chomping on grilled mochi (steamed and pounded glutinous rice) and musubi (formed triangular rice balls) with just the right amount of nutty crispiness and toasty warmth. The latter, flavored by mom with a only a light coating of shoyu (soy sauce) and, at request, goma (sesame seeds), was the perfect [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Clerks 2

I first saw Clerks on VHS during its initial release week my freshman year of high school. Back then no one really knew about Clerks, or director, Kevin Smith. So, I made the mistake of watching it with my mother. Now I had watched a lot of R rated films by that time, but that [...]

AnimEigo announces Shogun Assassin Amnesty Program

AnimEigo, the company that brought you wonderfully restored versions of Lady Snowblood, Red Lion, Demon Spies, and near all of the Lone Wolf and Cub films has just completed a painstaking restoration of Shogun Assassin, released on a special edition DVD this month. Now, those of you who are fans know this film has not [...]

TRAILER PARK: TMNT, WTC, The Motel, and more.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The turtles are back, only in CG. No, John Woo had no involvement. Yes, the film takes place between the first and the second films. Casey Jones, April O’Neil, but no Shredder. Animation is pretty fluid. We’ll see how close it gets to the Eastman/Laird source material. Check out the [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . The Neighbor No. 13

The revenge genre has seen a noticeable rise in popularity in the past few years, fueled by hits such as Kill Bill and Chan Wook Park’s Vengeance trilogy. While those films have received quite a bit of critical acclaim (with style often being confused for substance, and academics making quite a many misplaced proclamations of [...]

The Science of Sleep Trailer

Sorry for the slow updates. It has been so prohibitively hot in the Dreamlogic office these days we haven’t been able to stand more than a few minutes at the computer. Anyways, in an effort to catch up, Michel Gondry’s got a new film coming out: The Science of Sleep.
With the glut of remakes [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Ashura

Based on a play “Ashura-jô no hitomi,” and directed by Yojiro Takita of Onmyoji fame, Ashura (aka: Blood Gets in Your Eyes) is a surprisingly intelligent tale of star crossed love and demon apocalypse, harkenening back to cinematic greats such as Kwaidan. Rie Miyazawa plays Tsubaki, a young woman in 19th century Edo, Japan with [...]

MUSIC REVIEW . Meiko Kaji - Zenkyokushu

I was first introduced to Meiko Kaji’s music back in the late 1990’s with Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41. Though only my initial viewing, I found the theme song amazing, and it stuck with me long after the film. It wasn’t until later that I became a true Kaji fan. I had knowledge of her [...]

Is Universal really Universal?

I was at lunch today, when I noticed a “Universal Cleaning” truck with a logo not unlike that of Universal Pictures. This started me thinking. If Universal is indeed intending to portray itself as the Universal film company, why is their logo merely a view of the earth from space? Shouldn’t the focus be further [...]

Like that smell? Take it with you!

This is a trip. A Japanese inventor has created a device that can “record and replicate” smells.
People stopping to smell the roses can now take that sweet floral fragrance home with them or even send it to a faraway grandmother thanks to a new gadget in Japan that records and replicates the world’s odors.
The new [...]