Welcome to my (much delayed) rundown of the best films from the year gone by! Earlier this year, I decided to take a look back at some of the movies the pandemic had initially stricken from my view, composing a list of my favourites from 2020. Now, half an hour before the Oscar’s begin (IContinueContinue reading “Best Movies of 2021”
Category Archives: Anime
Review: GANTZ:O (2016)
I have a soft spot for Gantz. The manga, for all its flaws and shortcomings, is a fantastic piece of entertainment. This film manages to capture a nugget of that, and while it is objectively lacking in detail and plot for audiences unfamiliar with the source material, it nonetheless presents some semblance of story andContinueContinue reading “Review: GANTZ:O (2016)”
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)”
Morning, Roo 