April 2000 – Page 22 – Lollipop Magazine

Wicked City – Review

April 1, 2000

Animated, hard-boiled, detective science fiction jam-packed with grotesque sexual imagery. Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the author of Vampire Hunter D.

Vampire Hunter D – Review

April 1, 2000

With bad translation and insipid dialog no longer dragging it down, Vampire Hunter D is still plagued by bad animation, grating characters, and a lack of style.

Superstar – Review

April 1, 2000

The idea of a klutzy outsider suffering through humiliation only to prevail in the end has been done to death, but there are worse movies of that ilk out there.

Splendor – Review

April 1, 2000

If you’ve seen Gregg Araki’s previous films, it’s surprising this is actually a mostly light-hearted, good-natured comedy exploring “poly” relationships.

Perfect Blue – Review

April 1, 2000

It falls short of the animated Hitchcock promised in the promotional material, Perfect Blue’s tale of hunted celebrity is a good psychological thriller.

Prozzak – Hot Show – Review

April 1, 2000

The zany, power pop world of Simon and Milo, two Canadian characters prowlin’ the world for love. If this disc were a tape, I’d have worn it bald long ago.

Primal Scream – Xtrmntr – Review

April 1, 2000

Between My Bloody Valentine records, he was adding 1000 tracks of distortion and guitar to this one. Sloppy & messy, just the way I like it.

Pop Unknown – If Arsenic Fails, Try Algebra – Review

April 1, 2000

Dreamy Brit-pop/atmosphere in bed with traditional emo. Soothing tempos filled with emo guitar stylings, but salvaged from Bland City with written vocal lines.

Pollen/ Co-Ed split – Review

April 1, 2000

A great split between two very impressive bands. Pollen is pop-punk ala Descendents at its best.

Pollen – Chip – Review

April 1, 2000

Quirky, funny, and with a knack for tunes about girls. The vocalist is as strong as Chad or Milo, and he’s got an equally muscular band behind him.