Archive for September, 2006

US release of Lady Vengeance

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

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From the director of Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance comes the last and final film of his “revenge” trilogy. The DVD has been available since Tuesday. Here’s a low down of current prices:

Dvd Pacific - $15.94

Amazon - $15.99

Deep Discount DVD - $18.61

And of course, there’s always Netflix!

DVD Review: Afro-Punk

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

coverWelcome to the movement

Director James Spooner was on shaky ground when he decided to make a documentary about black punk rockers. If in the wrong hands, a topic like this might have easily done the opposite of what it intended to do. Instead of portraying black punks as a group of struggling outsiders, they might have come across as poseurs, or even worse—self-haters.

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PinkTank

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Okay, I finally decided on what this empty space is going to be about. PinkTank is a website devoted to giving a unique and cultural view on pop culture with provoking, informative and humorous commentary. There will be a particular heavy bias on alternative, underground pop culture. For example, cult and foreign films, underground, experimental music, surrealist fiction, etc. etc.

There will be plenty of reviews posted. Mostly reviews I already wrote for Popmatters.com. Hopefully that’s not against the rules.