Category: reviews

INA KAA – Stockholm, Sweden 2011 2

INA KAA – Stockholm, Sweden 2011

Kristin Amparo is involved in several projects. You readers of YAM know her as the lead singer of Combo De La Musica, a band about whom I’ve written before. This evening, Kristin stood alone with her two companions that make up INA KAA, Kristin’s solo project.

Safe House (2012) 0

Safe House (2012)

Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds work well against each other in Safe House. Unfortunately, the film’s biggest enemy is the editing.

Bully (2011) 0

Bully (2011)

This attempt at informing people on the effects of bullying might have had good intentions, but inevitably becomes a misguided, messy documentary that isn’t worth watching.

3

Ghost of a Chance, A

Clumsy attorney Emi Hosho gets her last chance to save her career when she has to defend a man accused of killing his wife. His alibi? A 500-year-old samurai ghost sat on him, and now he must show up at the witness stand in the trial.

10

Dream High 2

Dream High 2 is the second season of the very popular Dream High. Although it had all the odds in its favor, somehow Dream High 2 couldn’t live up to the glory that was the first season of this franchise.

0

Lizette & – Just Smile

Industrial Rock. It is a genre that you normally don’t hear that much of when you put on your normal radio station, and therefore Lizette& will function as a fresh breeze in your everyday ear when you have tired of listening to mainstream rock music.

3

Majority of One, A

A Majority of One is an adapted screenplay from the play of the same name. The play addresses racial prejudice in a story about a Jewish widow who overcomes her dislike for the Japanese after the war when she meets a Japanese businessman.

0

Violeta Went to Heaven

Violeta Went to Heaven is a film about Chilean artist Violeta Parra, who is famous for composing Gracias a la Vida (Thanks to Life) made immensely popular by Mercedes Sosa.

0

Hebe Tien – To Hebe

In her debut, just titled To Hebe, S.H.E member Hebe writes a letter to herself about the complicated dealings of love and self-love.