Site Updates: 2004

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• 12-04-04: book reviews,
  • K2: Triumph and Tragedy (Jim Curran, 1987)
  • High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (David Breashears, 1999)
  • The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm (Matt Dickinson, 1997)
• 11-18-04: picture review, High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, USA, 1952, 10)
• 10-31-04: film reviews,
  • I ♥ Huckabees (David O. Russell, USA, 2004, 1)
  • picture, Iron Bodyguard (Chang Cheh & Pao Hsieh Li, Hong Kong, 1974, 4)
• 10-30-04: picture review, Young Thugs: Nostalgia (Miike Takashi, Japan, 1998, 8)
• 10-29-04: picture review, Five Shaolin Masters (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong, 1974, 5)
• 10-25-04: book, Digital Fortress (Dan Brown, 1998)
• 10-22-04: picture review, The Thundering Sword (Hsu Tseng-Hung, Hong Kong, 1967, 4)
• 10-20-04: picture review, Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (Miike Takashi, Japan, 1997, 6)
• 10-19-04: book, Deception Point (Dan Brown, 2001)
• 10-13-04: book, Angels & Demons (Dan Brown, 2000)
• 10-11-04: picture review, A Place to Call Home (Wu Chia Hsiang, Hong Kong, 1969, 3)
• 10-07-04: picture review, The Web of Death (Chu Yuan, Hong Kong, 1976, 6)
• 09-30-04: book reviews
  • The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt, 1997)
  • Everest (George Band, 2003)
• 09-17-04: picture review, Rainy Dog (Miike Takashi, Japan, 1997, 6)
• 09-12-04: book reviews:
  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (Jon Krakauer, 1997)
  • Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Michael Baigent / Richard Leight / Henry Lincoln, 1982)
• 09-10-04: reviews and pictures:
  • review, Ley Lines (Miike Takashi, Japan, 1999, 7)
  • more pictures from Peru, this time Nazca
• 08-30-04: reviews
  • picture, American Psycho (Mary Harron, USA, 2000, 8)
  • picture, Dark City (Alex Proyas, USA, 1998, 8)
  • book, The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown, 2003)
  • book, The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in 'The Da Vinci Code' (Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel, 2004)
• 08-25-04: picture review, Shinjuku Triad Society (Miike Takashi, Japan, 1995, 7)
• 08-01-04: picture reviews,
  • It Came from Outer Space (Jack Arnold, USA, 1953, 8)
  • Naked Weapon (Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong, 2002, 6)
  • The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, USA, 1946, 8)
  • The Blob (Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr., USA, 1958, 4)
• 07-29-04: picture reviews,
  • Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, France, 1937, 9)
  • The Adventurers (Ringo Lam, Hong Kong, 1995, 5)
• 07-09-04: picture review, Virus / Day of Resurrection (Fukasaku Kinji, Japan, 1980, 7)
• 07-08-04: picture review, The Five Venoms (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong, 1978, 7)
• 07-07-04: picture review, Invincible Shaolin (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong, 1978, 7)
• 07-06-04: I have now moved the guest book and the message board to ezboard fora. This should make it much more flexible and interactive (and will stop the automated spammers). Go ahead, knock yourself (and me) out.
• 07-04-04: picture film reviews:
  • The Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love (Nishiyama Yoichi, Japan, 2001, 3)
  • The Boxer from Shantung (Chang Cheh & Pao Hsieh Li, Hong Kong, 1972, 7)
• 07-01-04: picture film reviews:
  • To Kill a Jaguar (Hua Shan, Hong Kong, 1977, 7)
  • Soul of the Sword (Hua Shan, Hong Kong, 1978, 7)
  • Young People (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong, 1972, 3)
• 06-28-04: back to Shaws picture review, The Sentimental Swordsman (Chu Yuan, Hong Kong, 1977, 5)
• 06-27-04: film review, Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, USA, 2004, 2)
• 06-26-04: picture review, Full Metal Yakuza (Miike Takashi, Japan, 1997, 6)
• 06-25-04: picture review, Blue Spring (Toyoda Toshiaki, Japan, 2001, 7)
• 06-24-04: finally, my move to Solana Beach is over and I can get back to doing some earnest reviewing. Here's a picture review of an excellent film by Miike Takashi. More Japanese and Hong Kong film reviews to follow this week!
  • Sabu (Miike Takashi, Japan, 2002, 8)
• 06-15-04: book, The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things (Barry Glassner, 1999). Also, sorry for not updating the site in two months (I have heard the requests, believe me!). I have moved to a new place that I am still renovating. However, things should be back to normal by the end of this month, so expect some cool updates in July.
• 04-04-04: book, Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (Michael Sherman and Alex Grobman, 2002)
• 04-02-04: I will soon be posting a few film reviews (sorry for the delay!); for now, I have installed a guestbook and a message board. The site has been seeing quite a bit of traffic (actually, it ran over the 6GB monthly quota), so maybe people who are visiting would like to leave some trace. Be civil :-)
• 03-10-04: book reviews,
  • The Stakes: America in the Middle East (Shibley Telhami, 2004)
  • War and Peace in the Middle East (Avi Shlaim, 1995)
• 03-01-04: book, The Case for Israel (Alan Dershowitz, 2003)
• 02-26-04: many more pictures from our trip to Peru
• 02-13-04: film review, Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, UK, 1971, 9)
• 02-03-04: finally many pictures from our trip to Peru make it online
• 01-31-04: people galleries updated (Hong Kong women and men)