Category: Films

  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Ashita e no Yuigon – Best Wishes for Tomorrow

    Hmm… I actually saw this a long while ago, and I couldn’t re-watch this because I lost my copy, silly me probably didn’t back up. And I couldn’t take any screencaps of Yu in it. I might… someday, take the time to do it, but if you have the film at hand (because you are about to watch it, or plan to)… would you do some captures of Yu and shared them here? Just a few captures would be nice since there aren’t many images online~

    Anyway! Let’s start, shall we?

    Something about the film:
    (From AsianMediaWiki)
    Best Wishes for Tomorrow reenacts the war crimes trials against Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada, commander of the 13th Area Army in the Tokai region, and the general’s 19 subordinates who were accused for executing 38 American soldiers who had landed in the region after bombing it with high-explosives and napalm, killing thousands of civilians.

    Genre: Drama, with depictions of war.
    Starring: Makoto Fujita, Robert Lesser, Fred McQueen, Richard Neil
    Appearances by: Sumiko Fuji, Masahiko Nishimura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Yu Aoi
    Duration: Almost 2hr

    Below, the spoilers~

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  • First-ish Look at Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

    Is this a trailer? Doesn’t feel like one 3P

    Anyway! Disney’s 2d animation is back! It’s been years since the last 2d animated Disney film (2004 with Home on the Range which wasn’t so good), in fact… this is their first princess-ish animated film since~~~ since Aladdin’s Jasmine in 1992, but that was more like an Aladdin flick… or Beauty & the Beast in 1991, but Belle was not really a princess. LOL So! That leaves us with The Little Mermaid’s Ariel in 1989~~~

    Wow, 20 years of my life have just flown by~~~

    The Princess and the Frog reminds me of The Rescuers, and All Dogs Go to Heaven – hint fat crocs… and fat crocs who sing, with a hint of Sebastien from The Little Mermaid~~~ ‘LOL. Still wanna watch though~~~

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/uQBy6jqbmlU?rel=0″]

  • Whale Rider – Films that Changed your Life Forever

    Hmm, it’s been half a year almost since my last talk on Films that Changed your Life Forever~~~ I took a while, because I couldn’t pick a film… and I wanted to pick one that had some significance. This is why I picked Whale Rider! I even kept the ticket!!!

    Whale Rider - Tinseltown ticket

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  • February-ish, March, April Films

    Wow~~~ Long time~~~ included some very varied films and short films. ;P

    Have you been watching any lately???

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  • Be like Others: Transsexuals in Iran

    Be like Others - Transsexuals in Iran - BBC Documentary

    Over the weekend I saw this documentary by Tanaz Eshaghian that surprised me quite a lot. First of all, I had no idea about Iranian policies on sex reassignment, but this documentary is quite an intriguing look into the lives of homosexual people almost being forced into this operation, in order to regain their rights back.

    Some of them go through it, and end up more content with the whole support of their family, but in many situations they face rejection, misunderstanding, and even suffer a lack of attraction from their current partners after the operation.

    I decided to share this with a few of my friends, and thought to take advantage of that upload to share with some of you~~ Won’t really feel like re-uploading, but you can try persuading me in a comment. LOL~~~ In the meantime, take advantage of the upload… you just need Pando.

    Wikipedia

    Download now!

  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Welcome to the Quiet Room

    Something about the film:
    Quiet Room ni Youkoso is a 2007 dramedy telling the story of Asuka Sakura, a up-and-coming journalist who is trying to write an 800-character article, but one day wakes up and finds herself strapped inside the room of a psych ward. Inside, they tell her she had OD’ed, even when Asuka tells them it was an accident, they say she must go through mental treatment so she won’t do it again. During that time, she meets a few unique people that will or won’t mark her for the rest of her life…

    Genre: Dramedy… mind you, Drama is pretty straight forward, but Comedy is pretty dark.
    Starring: Yuki Uchida, Kankuro Kudo, Yu Aoi
    Appearances by: Ryo, Shinobu Otake, Yuko Nakamura, Mai Takahashi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hideaki Anno, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kami Hiraiwa
    Duration: Almost 2hrs

    Spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned. Really, these spoilers may ruin your watching…

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  • Ooh la~ Actress Spotting: Mia Wasikowska

    Mia Wasikowska

    Mia Wasikowska is also Australian (like Tim Pocock, the first Actor Spotting), and is 19 going on 20. You might have seen her on HBO’s In Treatment with Gabriel Byrne, and you can also see her on I Love Sarah Jane (after the post break) directed by Spencer Susser who is set to direct Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Natalie Portman (who is also producing) on the film Hesher.

    You will next see her as Elinor Smith on the Hilary Swank Amelia Earhart bio-film Amelia, and next year as Alice on the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland.

    She was also named one of Top10 Actors to Watch in 2008 by Variety.

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  • Ike-chan to Boku Trailer

    Ike-chan and Me TrailerNippon Cinema has just posted the trailer released by Kadokawa Pictures~~~ with a brief intro by Yu and…

    Ike-chan to Boku, mitte kudasai~~~

    Trailer has a whole bunch of new footage to me… unless they’ve been releasing clips through their website, which I’m not aware of. However, Ike-chan still looks out of place, no? Pops out from the picture… doesn’t look as cute as the one on paper… you think?

    Head over here for the trailer via Nippon Cinema.

  • Meryl Streep + Amy Adams on Julie & Julia Trailer!

    “What is it that you REALLY like to do?”
    Eat!
    *laughs*

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ozRK7VXQl-k?rel=0″]

    I’ll watch anything with these two~~~ xD

  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Mushishi – Bugmaster

    Now, let’s see… I wrote this review a long while ago. So long ago that I ended up watching the anime series xP

    I’ve re-checked this review to try and have a balance between someone who didn’t know anything about Mushishi, and someone who saw the anime, and I think this review serves its purpose. Many of the things I felt weren’t properly built up, are in fact because the anime is very episode-based, and not much of a series… which I liked by the way. The anime is really REALLY great, so if you’re thinking of watching it after (or before) the film, go watch it.

    Anyway… here we go~~

    Something about the film:
    (from Wikipedia)
    This is a 2006 Live Action adaptation of the Manga series by Yuki Urushibara, featuring ubiquitous creatures called Mushi, which most humans are incapable of perceiving. However, there are few who possess the ability to see and interact with them, one of them is Ginko who refers to himself as a Mushishi (or Bugmaster), traveling from place to place to research Mushi and help people suffering from problems caused by them.

    The film corresponds to chapters 2, 7, 9 and 15 of the Manga.

    Genre: Fantasy
    Starring: Joe Odagiri, Nao Omori, Makiko Esumi, Yu Aoi
    Duration: +2hrs

    You know the drill. Spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned.

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