Hello, aliens! I’m a tad late (as usual), but welcome to Watched This Month – May edition! I had a Birthday this month and what seemed like endless busy days, but I managed to get a lot of watching done. Even more than in April, actually! I went a little over-the-top-crazy with the word countContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: May 2016”
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Movie Review: Warsaw ’44
Title: Warsaw ’44 (Miasto 44) Director: Jan Komasa Screenplay: Jan Komasa Starring: Józef Pawlowski, Zofia Wichlacz, Anna Próchniak Released: Sep 2014 (PL), Jun 2016 (UK) On the 1st of August, 1944 the Polish Home Army put in motion a plan to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The Warsaw Uprising was to coincide with the arrivalContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: Warsaw ’44”
Watched This Month: April 2016
Hello, Captain! Welcome to another edition of Watched This Month. After pretty much two solid months of television, I’m finally catching up on some movies! I also recently joined letterboxd, which is essentially a film-focused social network that enables you to track and rate everything you watch. Give me a follow if you’re also setContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: April 2016”
Manga Review: Peace Maker (Nanae Chrono)
Nanae Chrono’s Peace Maker was released at a time where Shinsengumi fiction was confined mostly to television shows and films – in fact, the same year saw the release of Nagisa Oshima’s Gohatto – despite them being a staple of Japanese history and culture. Rurouni Kenshin and Kaze Hikaru were really the only other establishedContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Peace Maker (Nanae Chrono)”
Watched This Month: March 2016
Hello again, wayfarer! Welcome to another addition of Watched This Month. We’re in March now and on time this month. I’m actually away for a couple of days come tomorrow, so I’m glad I could finish this first. I’ve gone and binged on a lot of television again, though I managed to fit a filmContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: March 2016”
Manga Review: Coin Laundry no Onna (Hiro Kiyohara)
Coin Laundry no Onna – otherwise known as The Laundromat Woman – is a humorous, gag-based series that follows the life and times of Maoko, a Sadako-like girl who receives much pleasure in scaring the customers of her laundromat. The manga is presented in an episodic fashion, with each chapter following Maoko and the supportingContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Coin Laundry no Onna (Hiro Kiyohara)”
Manga Talk: Battle Angel Alita
When I read manga, I pay very close attention to panel placement and the fluidity of the artwork, in that is the action easy to follow. Manga can – at times – appear rather erratic, with large jumps between panels and characters who move very suddenly, which is understandable considering authors are very page-limited. PaceContinueContinue reading “Manga Talk: Battle Angel Alita”
Watched This Month: February 2016
Greetings, everybody! We’ve just snuck into March, which means we’re slightly overdue another addition of Watched This Month. February looked to be a slow month at first (after I devoured more than 35 hours of film and television in January), but then I got into a certain TV series, which has been eating away atContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: February 2016”
Manga Talk: Platinum End
Death Note and Bakuman authors Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba started their new series back in November, 2015. The manga – titled Platinum End and published monthly in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine – introduces us to Mirai; a dejected youth who attempts suicide in the opening pages. Moments before his death, Mirai is saved byContinueContinue reading “Manga Talk: Platinum End”
Manga Review: Ping Pong (Taiyo Matsumoto)
Like much of Taiyo Matsumoto’s work, Ping Pong includes the same level of energy and surprising depth that outshines its basis to the point of sheer brilliance. Ping Pong – contrary to the title – is less a story about table tennis and more about the coming of age of two polar opposite individuals. TheContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Ping Pong (Taiyo Matsumoto)”
Morning, Roo 