Cinema
The next Studio Ghibli movie is based on the novel The Borrowers and is being directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who until now had been an animator. The Borrower Arrietty is his first movie as a director. The funny thing is that even though it is based on the novel by Mary Norton, the action of [...]
Thanks to WasabiNoise I discovered Kosai Sekine, a Japanese short film director with quite a few refreshing ideas. This is his last short film, which won the golden medal in the New York City Short Film Festival. I really like the message he wants to share and how he captures the particular atmosphere of a [...]
The other day I was watching the movie “Shogun Assassin” which is based on the manga by Kazuo Koike Kozure-Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub). The movie was released in 1980 and the truth is that, having read the manga, I wasn’t expecting too much of it, however I have to say that I loved it. [...]
“The Vengeance Trilogy” are three korean films made by the Park Chan-wook. The three films plot is not connect but all of them are about vengeance, about brutal and savage vengeance. They also share the same obscure, kafkian and violent atmosphere. The three movies are: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance. All of [...]
I’m a Shaolin Soccer fan but I didn’t know about Shaolin Girl until recently. Shaolin Girl is a Japanese re-make where the main characters are girls instead of guys. Shaolin Girl is a Japanese pro with girls instead of guys. Did you like Shaolin Soccer? And Shaolin Girl?
A canned coffee brand called Boss is using Tommy Lee Jones as their image since two years ago. Canned coffee can be found almost everywhere in Japan, in convenience stores, in supermarkets and also in vending machines, where the user can select whether to have it hot or cold directly from the vending machine. Boss [...]
Naoki Urasawa, the author of Pluto and Monster latest manga hit is 20th Century Boys. I liked a lot 20th Century Boys, it is very similar to Monster in structure but even longer. 20th Century Boys is so popular in Japan that they are making a trilogy of movies. The advertising campaign for the [...]
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¡Indiana Jones!
By the way, did you like the last Indy movie?
During the last Wonder Festival I met Takahashi-san, an artist who works in a traditional special effects company, they don’t use computers. Here there are some of his Godzilla models that were used in two Japanese B series films.
Last weeks I’ve been watching How I met your mother, it’s really fun and at the same time it teaches you many life lessons. What I like the most are the really different character personalities, even though all the main characters are all radically different they are very good friends and they are always doing [...]
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