Category: film reviews

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Paperboy, The

The Paperboy desperately tries to be trashy and fun, but ends up being an experimental mess that lets down its greatest asset.

2

Papa (2012)

A relatively not-so-successful talent manager, Choon-sub, ends up in America as a father of six colorful kids.

2

Painted Skin: The Resurrection

After being punished with 500 years of ice imprisonment, fox spirit Xiaowei escapes and lives, devouring hearts of men in the hope that one day someone will willingly give her their heart so she may become human.

2

Painted Skin

We’ve all heard the story — or maybe you’re new to Asian folklore? Spirit foxes — you can maybe compare them to mischievous forest nymphs in the West — they sometimes like to live among humans just for fun… this is the story of one of them.

0

Pain & Gain

Michael Bay may have finally made a fun and self-aware film, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still stuffed full of tasteless comedy.

1

Page One: Inside the New York Times

Does mainstream and “traditional’ media still have a place in the now fast-space internet world? Page One: Inside the New York Times seeks to find out where the NY Times is heading, or if it even has a way to head to.

5

Paco and the Magical Book

Tetsuya Nakashima’s Paco and the Magical Book tells the story of grumpy old Okunuki (Yakusho) as he enters a board meeting and is sent to a hospital, in which he meets a whole bunch of picturesque characters, including a little girl named Paco who can only retain memories for a day.

4

Pacific Rim (2013)

Under the hand of Guillermo Del Toro, I’m glad to say that Pacific Rim is not only a hell of an spectacle, but it’s also a very solid film for the not-so-good 2013 summer film season.

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Oz, The Great and Powerful

It’s a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book, and it’s a story of a man of dubious character that wants to be great, but learns to be good.