Well, well. What do we have here… Watched This Month? It’s that ancient monthly post I said I would keep up with. So much for that! I lasted five months from January until May until I got sidetracked and the posts stopped. Apologies! Forgiveness, please! Here’s the long overdue list that covers every film IContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: June – September 2016”
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Manga Review: Billy Bat (Naoki Urasawa)
Billy Bat is an intricately woven mystery-thriller; it’s a manga where twists and turns are around every corner and one which you will have to invest quite a bit of time into before any kind of revelation or payoff, but my is it gripping. We begin with Kevin Yamagata; a Japanese-American cartoonist whose series BillyContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Billy Bat (Naoki Urasawa)”
Movie Talk: All About Lily Chou-Chou
Title: All About Lily Chou-Chou (リリイ・シュシュのすべて) Director: Shunji Iwai Screenplay: Shunji Iwai Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Itô, Yû Aoi Released: Oct 2001 (JP), Jul 2002 (US), Aug 2002 (UK) Ever since I discovered All About Lily Chou-Chou in 2006, it has held a special place in my heart. Along with Takeshi Kitano’s Sonatine,ContinueContinue reading “Movie Talk: All About Lily Chou-Chou”
Movie Talk: Warcraft
Title: Warcraft Director: Duncan Jones Screenplay: Duncan Jones, Charles Leavitt Starring: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell Released: Jun 2016 (US & UK) I saw Warcraft earlier on and wanted to offer some quick thoughts. I feel obliged to say I’ve never played the Warcraft strategy game series, but my girlfriendContinueContinue reading “Movie Talk: Warcraft”
Watched This Month: May 2016
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”
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)”
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