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"The latest film from Park Chan-wook is the final part of his revenge trilogy and is another cracking film, though less about the vengeance and more about the Jeunet."

A Bittersweet Life (2005)

added 2006 january 16
Movie Reviews

"A promising revenge thriller ruined by misplaced comedy"

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

added 2005 december 03
Movie Reviews

"The best film of 2005 is almost certainly The Constant Gardner, but for a film just as good, in a far different and less serious way, check out Kiss Kiss Bang Bang."

Unleashed (2005)

added 2005 september 06
Movie Reviews

"Perseverence does pay off, as Jet Li finally makes a decent Hollywood film. In fact, so good it's up there with the mighty Fist Of Legend"

The Interpreter (2005)

added 2005 april 27
Movie Reviews

"A decent thriller, featuring excellent performances from Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, but let down by a lacklustre ending."

The Purifiers (2004)

added 2005 february 04
Movie Reviews

"A low-budget Scottish kung fu film, with boring fights, bad acting and a fight in the dark involving blue glowsticks."

2046 (2004)

added 2005 february 01
Movie Reviews

"Wong Kar Wai's follow up to In The Mood For Love isn't quite as accomplished, but still cements his reputation as the master of conveying mood and emotion via celluloid"

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

added 2004 december 20
Movie Reviews

"Yimou's second wuxia epic is a disappointing tragedy dressed up as unintentional farce."

Oldboy (2003)

added 2004 october 15
Movie Reviews

"Chan-wook Park's ultraviolent revenge tale shits all over Kill Bill from a great height."

Hero (2002)

added 2004 october 08
Movie Reviews

"Zhang Yimou moves from arthouse to martial arts with a gorgeous film about the making of China"

Casshern (2004)

added 2004 september 15
Movie Reviews

"A mind-blowing SF visual feast"

My Sassy Girl (2001)

added 2004 september 10
Movie Reviews

"The best romantic comedy since Amelie"

Hellboy (2004)

added 2004 september 07
Movie Reviews

"Guillermo Del Toro's adaptation of Mike Mignola's anti-hero is decent but could have done with a bigger budget and more interesting action."

Kill Bill 2 (2004)

added 2004 september 02
Movie Reviews

"Quentin Tarantino concludes the Kill Bill story with a turgid film that should have been about two hours shorter and a lot less painful to endure."

Last Life In The Universe (2003)

added 2004 august 24
Movie Reviews

"Another slow, romance set against the backdrop of an Asian metropolis; a Thai Lost In Translation if you will."

Infernal Affairs 2 (2003)

added 2004 august 17
Movie Reviews

"Infernal Affairs was an intelligent, thought-provoking, suspense-laden thriller, but sadly its prequel is none of these."

Zatoichi (2003)

added 2004 august 03
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"An excellent samurai action film"

Lost In Translation

added 2004 february 11
Movie Reviews

"Sofia Coppola's second effort is a slow and dreamy romance film set against the backdrop of Tokyo."

Robot Stories

added 2004 february 06
Movie Reviews

"A collection of four SF tales that uses robots to explore some "deep shit" about humans."

Redemption Ark - Alastair Reynolds

added 2002 november 26
Book Reviews

"A veritable doorstop of a book, replete with sentient weapons, exotic alien technology and some seriously hardcore physics heralds the return of Alastair Reynolds."

Inversions - Iain M Banks

added 2002 august 15
Book Reviews

""... an indisposition due to special circumstances.""

Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds

added 2002 october 05
Book Reviews

"After preparing myself for the worst, based on Adrian's earlier review, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Revelation Space is actually quite good. This might not be immediately apparent from the review but keep reading!"

Spares - Michael Marshall Smith

added 2002 february 05
Book Reviews

""the most incredible DARK TRAGI-COMEDY-HORROR-FUTURE-THRILLER-SF-ODYSSEY type thing you'll ever read!", or near as dammit."

Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds

added 2002 april 26
Book Reviews | 4 comments

"Following his debut "Revelation Space", Alastair Reynolds shows improvement in leaps and bounds."

The Earthquake Bird - Susanna Jones

added 2002 april 04
Book Reviews

"Not bad for a first novel but comes complete with one of the most annoying protagonists ever. Be warned!"

Perdido Street Station - China Miéville

added 2002 april 04
Book Reviews

"Winner of the 2001 Arthur C Clarke Award for Science Fiction, Miéville's second book is a fabulous steampunk fantasy horror. Really."

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

added 2001 september 21
Book Reviews

"An epic work combining science, history, computing and cryptology into a thrilling story of World War 2 heroics and present-day adventure."

The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller

added 2001 july 09
Book Reviews

"In 1986, two seminal works of sequential art were published that would revolutionise the comics industry. One was Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's "Watchmen". The other was Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" and it was to have a lasting effect on the character of Batman and people's perception of the way comics were written."