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Film Review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
This was posted to my old blog last February 25, 2010. This review mentions some minor plot spoilers. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is one of those films that lingers at the back of one’s mind,...
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Ten Reasons Why Wolverine Really Isn’t Canadian
A slightly different version of this post first appeared in my old blog last May 7, 2009. Spoilers for what does NOT happen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Adam and I were talking about X-Men Origins:...
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Review: Wizard People, Dear Reader
A longer version of this post first appeared on my old blog last June 27, 2009. Okay, let me start at the beginning. There’s this cartoonist named Brad Neely. He recorded an audio track meant to be...
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Review: Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
The San Francisco Book Review published this review last March 2010. It’s no longer available on their website so I’m adding it here for my archival purposes. Nevin Martell’s Looking for Calvin and...
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All Clues, No Solution: Two Reviews
Movie poster from Icon Productions. Some say that Robert Downey Jr.’s 2003 film The Singing Detective is better left forgotten. I have to disagree with that assessment. It is an interesting failure, as...
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Music and Nostalgia at the Indie-Pino Underground Music Fest
I wasn’t sure what to expect at the Indie-Pino: Underground Music Festival, which was held at the Yerba Buena Gardens yesterday. I should have never doubted that the Filipino-American community can...
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Review: Dumbledore as a Detective
While going through the DVD section of the Berkeley Public Library, I lucked out and found Michael Gambon in ITV’s Maigret (1992-1993). Since the mental image of Dumbledore as a detective earlier...
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Film Review: Moonrise Kingdom
This review contains some minor spoilers for the film. To read them, highlight the invisible text with your mouse. To prove that I just don’t watch dusty old DVDs, I went out and caught Wes...
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Emperor Norton Lives On
Totally in character throughout the tour. I enjoy walking tours and historical curiosities. The more obscure the detail is, the more my mind ties itself in knots over it. So when Auey told me there was...
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Reviews: Graphic Novels by Michael Cho, Derek McCulloch, and Anthony Peruzzo
I wrote these book reviews a couple of months back; I forgot to post them on my blog, silly me. These first appeared online at the San Francisco Book Review. Reviewers aren’t supposed to toss...
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