Monthly Archives: March 2009

THIS ANIME SMELLS LIKE CAT SHIT

By | March 2009

The cute and fuzzies have gone to war…again. Originally a manga series by Motofumi Kobayashi, “Cat S**t One” found animals battling it out with high power weaponry during the Vietnam War. Now, thanks to Studio Anima, those hairy bastards are at it again…

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THIS ANIME SMELLS LIKE CAT SHIT

The cute and fuzzies have gone to war…again. Originally a manga series by Motofumi Kobayashi, “Cat Shit One” – released in the States as...

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TRAFIC: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

Jacques Tati's jokes float on the funny bone like champagne fizzles the tongue – no megaton punchline, just a slowly dawning realization that the world...

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CARTOON RARITIES OF THE 1930S (DVD)

Animation fans have reason to pounce with this collection of 15 rarely-seen cartoons from a number of active animation studios in the 1930s. These films...

TURKISH RAMBO ON THE RAMPAGE

Just when you thought we had seen the last of Turkish rip-off cinema – check out our reviews of Turkish Star Wars, Turkish Star Trek, Turkish E.T.,...

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RUDO Y CURSI

Eight years following the release of “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (2001), actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna team up once again, this time to tell the...

LOS ANGELES UNITED THIS SPRING

The Los Angeles United Film Festival will be held at the historic Los Feliz 3 Cinema on April 30th – May 7th. The festival’s focus is to bring together...

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DEBATE TEAM

The first thing that we see in the documentary “Debate Team” are serious college debate team members who are trained to speak at impossibly fast speeds...

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THE EDUCATION OF CHARLIE BANKS

"The Education Of Charlie Banks" is a film that succeeds at being good without really succeeding in being worthwhile. This directorial debut from...

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GRACE

Well, it's now the end of March, and I still feel confident that “Grace” will be the best horror film to come out this year. Because what is more...

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RANCHERO

To the tune of Don DiLego’s ambient and yet smouldering guitar, and some atmospheric establishing shots of California farmland, we meet Jesse Torres...

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