An interesting (better) film from the maker of Demonlover. Highlights are a brooding performance from Asia Argento and some nice handheld camera. This from the NYT:

While tweaking their current project, two young engineers accidentally discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities--ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...

Another sleazy trawl through the rotting underside of life courtesy of Ferrara; this time the setting is Manhattan and the story focuses on a serial killer who picks off hookers and exotic dancers and records his murderous deeds in a diary. Berenger and Murray, who run rival agencies for the latter, each suspect the other of the crimes but soon realize they actually have to work together to protect their clients; also caught up in the maelstrom is Griffith as Berenger's bisexual, drug-addicted ex-girlfriend.

In a nightmare city inhabited only by criminals and police... a mystic detective finds a tool to catch a villainous outlaw.

What if Superman went up to his room, pulled out a Luger and blew his head clean off? OK, it's a stupid question. Superman is the Man of Steel -- bullets wouldn't hurt him. But they did kill George Reeves, the first actor to play Superman on television -- 104 episodes from 1952 to 1958. Kids loved him. But Reeves didn't love himself. Typecasting had stalled a career that started with a bang in 1939 with Gone With the Wind. On June 16th, 1959, Reeves, 45, left the party he and his fiancee, Leonore Lemmon, were throwing at his Hollywood home, went upstairs and bang -- he's dead.

Actor William Conrad ("My Blood Runs Cold") directs the fright thriller Brainstorm. It is based on an unpublished story by Lawrence B. Marcus; the screenplay is by Mann Rubin. Brainstorm moves from romance to crime following the conventions of film noir, but ultimately distinguishes itself by the depth of its exploration of insanity.

HONG KONG -- Bong Joon-Ho takes a page from the Hollywood horror machine for his latest, a boxoffice monster both literally and figuratively. With "The Host" Bong has pulled together a multilayered horror-drama that works more often than not. The film gets back on track after a clumsy middle section that's too long and finishes strong, and Bong fans, horror fans and Asiaphiles are likely to be thoroughly satisfied. There's a chance for moderate breakout success overseas.