Friday, January 30 2009
The Uninvited
The sex-with-daddy business serves as an underpinning to Anna's fundamental trauma.
Thursday, February 22 2007
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Shimizu pulls off the “this ghost is scary just because it’s looking at you” trick so effectively that it stays embedded in your mind.
Friday, October 13 2006
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Rethinking the very concepts of remake, sequel, and translation, The Grudge 2 is not a regular horror movie, or even a regular J-horror movie.
Friday, July 28 2006
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Starting with the fact that its 'high school students' look closer to 30 than 16, John Tucker Must Die is a film out of joint.
Monday, June 12 2006
Aquamarine (2006)
Aquamarine respects bonds between girls, framing this threeway friendship as more engaging than any summertime movie romance.
