I found a review of Yoji Yamada’s Otouto, which will be closing the Berlinale this 21st – hopefully Yoji Yamada and the cast can be there. The review has possible spoilers~~~
So you’ve been warned!
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From the The Mainichi Daily News
by Tomomi Katsuta
One of the most “proud to be Canadian” moments at the Winter Olympics Opening, even if you’re not Canadian, was the moment Canadian slam poet, Shane Koyczan, took the stage with his “love song” to Canada “We Are More.”
CTV took some time to catch up with Shane after his presentation.
How does that feel?
I’m honestly flabbergasted. I don’t know how to react. All I can really say is thank-you, and those words never seem to suffice because I want to express the totality of my gratitude, but I don’t have much more to offer than thank-you. I guess it’s like I said in the poem: please and thank-you.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Yes, it’s your favorite movie to hate. LOL
We’ve got a very cool issue this month, but I’m not gonna ramble what’s in it.
Just head over here to download it and read it.
Did you watch the Vancouver Olympics Opening? Sadly, Peru… especifically America Television, even though they’ve got the rights, they’ve only done a 1hr cap of the whole opening. So I ended up watching on ESPN, which wasn’t much better. One, it’s fullscreen instead of wide. Plus, the guys couldn’t shut up on the first part of the show.
I will post cool photos if I find them.
The show was nice. Living in Vancouver, I did get a bit emotional, but not as emotional as I got on Beijing 2008. However, Vancouver did a pretty great show, even though there were some things people point out.
One thing I hated was Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams and the song. It was cheese, I can take cheese but not at the almost beginning of the show. They should have closed the show instead.
Sarah McLachlan was pretty great vocally, as was KD Lang… but does KD Lang need to sing that song again? She does it perfect, but isn’t there another song? Oh yeah, what’s up with the pop-version of the Canada anthem? It just felt not very patriotic, in my opinion.
What I loved the most? The digital displays, beginning with the ice cracking, the killer whales swimming — skipping the yellow fields and the flying dude — and continuing with the punk rock celtic tappers. Because they were punk rock, right? They had tattoos, mohawks, dark eyeliner, leather, jeans and Converse Chuck Taylor Low-Top… and they had plaid fabrics, and they were playing celtic music. I’m pretty sure they did a bit of Riverdance too… plus the tap dancing. With the red maple leaves digital display. It was my favorite.
Check back later in the day. In the meantime, check out the Vancouver2010 website.
Continuing with the If Only… Yu Aoi Edition.
We’re almost done with these, so if you haven’t
participated, you can message me. I’ll email you with details.
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by Acerk
I’m still trying to watch The Last Station, Crazy Heart and A Single Man just so I can get done with voting for the Indie Spirit Awards, so crossing fingers that I get to watch those before the deadline…
It feels like I saw a lot of stuff these days, but the quantity might not be as much because I also saw a lot of TV shows, which would explain why I feel like I’ve seen a lot…
This totally slipped my mind. Winners were announced on January 6th.
Best Picture:
The Hurt Locker
Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor:
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress:
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Original Screenplay:
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Documentary:
Anvil!: The Story of Anvil
Best Picture Not in the English Language:
The White Ribbon
Best Animated Feature:
Up
Best Cinematography:
Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Score:
Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Editing:
Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker
And hello there, I just set out to write 50 film review in a year to get to become a member. Check out the guidelines so you can apply.
*drum-roll*
and the winner is… Pixar’s Up!
Big whoop!
Among the other winners of the night were Futurama, Robot Chicken, Fantastic Mr. Fox (for Writing), 2 wins for Monsters vs. Aliens, and 3 wins for Coraline and Princess and the Frog.
Check out all the winner here.
Ohisashiburi desu. Like… really.
皆様 お久しぶりです。 アオイユウです。
暖かくなったり 雪が降ったり
なんだか忙しい窓外ですが体調など 崩されていませんか。
私はすこぶる元気です。先日 私も出演させていただいている映画
「おとうと」が公開になりました。観てくださった方 ありがとうございます。
楽しんでいただけたでしょうか。冬も残りわずかです。
皆様くれぐれも お身体ご自愛ください。
私は春から撮影に入る「雷桜」の準備、
乗馬の稽古を頑張ります。ではまた。
2010.2 アオイユウ
These were announced on December, LOL
And I didn’t even post on 2008 xD
But the Satellite Awards were out, sadly Toni Collete lost Best Actress Comedy in favor of Lea Michelle on Glee. And Toni lost her SAG nod… that means I got 2/4. Damn.
Anyway, I dunno how popular the Satellite is, but they do have some wacky choices.
First of all, there was no Avatar. Praise Geezus. LOL
These are the Top10 2009 Films according to them:
