James May: Our Man in Japan is a new travel series from Amazon, charting an eleven week trip in Japan, from its northern coast to its southern coast, by presenter James May. My fascination with Japan began with Jonathan Ross’ Japanorama, broadcast in the early 2000s. Since then, I have seen countless travel shows andContinueContinue reading “Series Review: James May: Our Man in Japan”
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Best Movies of 2019
In what seems like barely any time at all, the year (and the decade) has come to a close once again. Though film content has been a little absent from my blog in 2019, my perusing has remained nonetheless ample, and my year wouldn’t be complete without a rudimentary list, which has been unwavering forContinueContinue reading “Best Movies of 2019”
A Wild Sheep Chase Quotes
I knocked out another long overdue Murakami, almost cover-to-cover over the course of two days. I started reading A Wild Sheep Chase a couple of years ago. I worked a job with a split shift and had three hours to kill during lunchtime. At the time, I didn’t have a place of my own toContinueContinue reading “A Wild Sheep Chase Quotes”
Men Without Women Quotes
I started reading Men Without Women in May 2017, the month it was published in English. At the time, I was going through a very difficult break-up. I finally finished the book this week, almost two years later, and feel I am still going through that break-up. I moved home that May, after a two-monthContinueContinue reading “Men Without Women Quotes”
Movie Review: Alita: Battle Angel
Title: Alita: Battle Angel Director: Robert Rodriguez Screenplay: James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis Starring: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein Released: Feb 2019 Fishing through a scrapheap, a nondescript cyborg head, enclosing a human brain, is found by a cybernetics doctor named Ido. With memories of his own deceased daughter still weighingContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: Alita: Battle Angel”
Favourite Music of 2018
Last year I wrote about eleven new songs that I had fallen for. This year, this post is a little late coming because I wasn’t too sure whether I had much to write about. I listen to music every day, but unlike film, I don’t always actively keep on top of it. New albums andContinueContinue reading “Favourite Music of 2018”
Best Movies of 2018
As another year comes to a close, another assemblage of lists, summaries, and rundowns begin to emerge. It has been half a decade since I began chronicling my favourites on this blog. Like most years, I wasn’t sure what to make of 2018 at first, but come the end, there are a number of filmsContinueContinue reading “Best Movies of 2018”
Why Desty Nova Won’t be in Alita: Battle Angel
Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron’s film adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita is just a few months away. A full length trailer was released last week, which gave audiences a taste of what to expect and featured some very welcome reveals, such as the inclusion of Motorball. However, there still isn’t aContinueContinue reading “Why Desty Nova Won’t be in Alita: Battle Angel”
Movie Talk: Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
I discovered Kenji Miyazawa’s novella Night on the Galactic Railroad just a couple of years ago, following the release of Shunji Iwai’s film A Bride for Rip Van Winkle. In the film, the protagonists’ internet handle is Campanella, after one of the central characters in Miyazawa’s work. This is a curious choice. Nanami, the characterContinueContinue reading “Movie Talk: Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)”
Manga Talk: Bio-Booster Armor Guyver
Guyver is a classic — the manga began early in 1985 and is still published to this day. Written and illustrated by Yoshiki Takaya, it follows a high school student named Fukamachi Sho, who stumbles upon a strange device that envelopes him, and subsequently allows him to transform into the Guyver, which is a sortContinueContinue reading “Manga Talk: Bio-Booster Armor Guyver”
Morning, Roo 