Tagged with 2003 films

“‘Bad Boys 2’ Is Michael Bay At His Best, Giving Into His Worst Impulses”

“‘Bad Boys 2’ Is Michael Bay At His Best, Giving Into His Worst Impulses”

“Tastelessness is to Michael Bay as a brimming dumpster is to a gaze of famished raccoons: A sumptuous buffet, where society’s cultural refuse is received as a feast.  In his decades-long career, Bay hasn’t met a taboo he hasn’t at least considered poking with a clapboard. In Transformers: Age of Extinction, he takes a break from the titanic robot battles to have … Continue reading

Review: Zatoichi, 2003, dir. Takeshi Kitano

Review: Zatoichi, 2003, dir. Takeshi Kitano

To describe Japan’s Takeshi Kitano (or Beat Takesi) as anything other than “versatile” is outright unthinkable. While frequently known and celebrated for his forays into crime dramas with a series of films involving cops and yakuza to his credit– Brother, Sonatine, Hana-bi, Violent Cop— Kitano has displayed an unwillingness to be pigeonholed as a participant … Continue reading