Lollipop Magazine

Hoot Island – Review

February 28, 2005

Hoot Island is certainly an oddity. No, this isn’t a fetish site. It’s basically devoted to pictorials of young nubiles disrobing while in the act of laughing.

All Look Same – Review

February 28, 2005

Can you tell the difference between Chinese, Korean, and Japanese? A Chinese friend explained the differences to me once. I bombed the test spectacularly.

10 Eastern – Review

February 28, 2005

There really is a strange kind of coherence in going from goofy to nice to cute to completely screwed up in the space of ten seconds.

The Matrix: Revolutions – Review

October 4, 2004

The Wachowski Brothers deserve credit for building a whole universe. Same unsettling feeling: This is just a better Johnny Mnemonic. Which s not exactly praise.

Shaolin Soccer – Review

October 4, 2004

Shaolin Soccer is – like Bad News Bears, Caddyshack, and other Western sports comedies of the past – goofily inspiring, and well worth repeated viewings.

School of Rock – Review

October 4, 2004

Jack Black plays a fat, overzealous loser, who scams his way into a snooty prep school as a substitute teacher, because… well, who really cares?

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Review

October 4, 2004

This modern day Samurai tale reminds me of Evil Dead II in its depiction of impossible grievous bodily harm, and KB is every bit as sick/fun. An absolute blast.

Blow Up – Review

October 4, 2004

Layers of meaning infused in a deceptively simple story. Papers have been written about Blow Up’s layers. Herbie Hancock’s brilliant score has aged beautifully.

Battle Royale II – Review

October 4, 2004

Watching a trashy film about teenagers murdering each other is one thing, but focusing on realistic fear and pain kind of takes the naughty enjoyment out of it.

The Notorious MSG – Review

October 4, 2004

The Notorious MSG are three Chinese gangstas who rap about Green Cards, take-out restaurants, and “bittez.”