music features/Abracadabra: The Mother Father Gentleman Launch of Son Ga-In
posted Monday, May 6th, 2013
by amy | Comments (2)

She’s not yet into her 30s, but Brown Eyed Girls’ member Son Ga-In could take over the world if she wanted to. She’s got the talent, the backbone, and… of course, she’s got the sex appeal to achieve it.

tv reviews/Sherlock – Season 1
posted Monday, April 29th, 2013
by Rodrigo | Comments (6)

The fun of watching Sherlock relies mostly on the interactions between Watson and Holmes, both greatly performed by Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch.

blog/100th post: 100 of my favorite things
posted Friday, April 19th, 2013
by mirella | Comments (2)

Since I haven’t done personal lists like many YAM regulars, I’ll just go and do a general list of 100 things I love.

film reviews/Toilet (Japanese Film)
posted Friday, April 5th, 2013
by Ghost Writer | Comments (3)

Toilets are important in Japan. And who’s better to talk about toilets than Naoko Ogigami’s often dry humor, especially if it’s going to be at the hand of Masako Motai.

blog/Remembering Breakthrough Music Videos
posted Thursday, March 28th, 2013
by amy | Comments (0)

So I ask again, what happened to Breakthrough Music Videos?

film reviews/Paraiso (Peruvian Film)
posted Monday, March 25th, 2013
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In Paraiso, Hector Galvez got together a group of Peruvian kids of the closer outskirts of Lima and told a fictionalized drama that reads a lot like a documentary at times.

film reviews/Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo
posted Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
by amy | Comments (6)

3MSC follows a hot-tempered Marty Stu and an uptight girl who fall in love in the most ridiculous kind of way. Spain’s answer to Twilight meets Nicholas Sparks.

film reviews/Date Night (2010)
posted Friday, March 15th, 2013
by amy | Comments (2)

A suburban New Jersey couple’s romantic night out turns into a nightmare when they get into a case of mistaken identity.

book reviews/Little Star (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
posted Thursday, March 14th, 2013
by Diandra Rodriguez | Comments (3)

It begins with a baby found in a forest. It ends with a scene of carnage set to the sounds of ABBA.

blog/The Greatest Love of All… Brit Rock
posted Thursday, February 14th, 2013
by Adrienne Lew | Comments (0)

In this blog entry, Adrienne zeros into how the subject matter of romantic love (Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, after all) has been handled lyrically by two ‘great’ (in terms of popularity at least, if not musicality) Brit bands from the 1990s.