Tag: canada

  • These TV Girls and their Dreadlocks

    *swoon*

    Sense8 really took me back to As If. xD

    sooz-as-if-sense8-amanita-cosima-orphan-dreadlocks

  • Best 100 Films of this Decade so Far

    Well~ that was a LONG process. Buth ere it is, after nearly four months of movie-watching and voting… the YAM Magazine team’s favorite movies of this decade so far~ Hope you find one you like, discover one… and that we included some of your favorites!

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    Do your thing~

  • Canadian Phase, Vancouver and Bif Naked

    I won’t lie to you- I searched for “Naked Beef” first, then for “Beef Naked” LOL

    I had been using my wiz google skills to try to find some songs released circa mid early millennium (2000-2002), once that failed a couple of times, I went in deep into my disc backups. After some digging around through old-OLD really purani school files… which were mostly poorly labeled (Hey! I found a Psy and Jolin Tsai tracks with no names downloaded circa 2005), I found what I was looking for et more~

    What’s rare and I might post?

    • Amanda Latona – Can’t Take it Back
    • Amanda Mumba – Everybody Doesn’t
    • Ano – 4 tracks of Fruits from the Tree
    • Marit Larsen & Marion Raven – Synger Kjente (or ten tracks off it)
    • Out of your Mouth – Music (Madonna Cover)
    • Tangleroot (20 tracks)
    • The Sunwater Diaries [1] (2 tracks)
    • Capitanes de Lata (the Gloria Maria Solaris children play)

    so if any of those search words bring you here, let me know.

    Anyway, down the rabbit hole of Amy’s memory lane that included pop, country, r&b, hard rock, metal, electro hip hop rock and what not~ I realized that I have Canadian years gap compared to many of my friends, knowing Canadians bands that had only-Canadian hits between 2003-2006. Out of your Mouth (above), GOB, Our Lady Peace, Billy Talent, Barlow [1] are some…

    … and of course I remembered this video of Bif Naked. I knew she was ingrained in my mind because of Buffy, but this video for Tango Shoes and Bif Naked on a tank cruising through downtown Vancouver, Pender St. with spottings of Tinseltown and whatnot. Can’t get more Canadian than that. I remember seeing the video on Much.

    Oh, man~ it does take me back.

  • The Show-Off Film Collection List~

    Oh, Happy Chinese New Year! Let’s start my (supposedly) bad-luck Goat Year with the now-mandatory Letterboxd list of my film collection~

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    I have a really weird history with films– born in the late 80s, you’d think I would’ve grown watching loads of 90s kids stuff, but I actually grew up with a lot of Silly Symphonies (which were released in the 30s) and loads of Disney 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s stuff, plus a lot of more grown up 80s movies. Poltergeist, The Thing, The Fly and The Stuff were particularly scary stuff (and I’m pretty sure I was scared of yogurt or white stuff at some point).

    I don’t ever remember buying any original VHS tape, except for the rare birthday gift of a Disney’s Sing-Along Songs chapter or that X-Men tape I have. My first DVDs buys were Coyote Ugly, She’s All That and Loser — you can’t blame me. I was a 15-year-old girl. The collection grew bigger, and possibly exploded during my years abroad. I’m nearing my 500th movie.

  • 350 Film Reviews and 30 Indian Film Reviews Later~

    I just posted my 350th review, Jigarthanda [also in Español], which happens to be my 30th (sorta) Indian film review. So~ commemorating! Here’s a list of my first 30 Indian film reviews. You can actually see how my journey [1][2][3][4][5] has shaped up from DDLJ, KKHH and K3G YRF, SRK (and Kajol, though I posted her reviews later on) and Karan Johar-centric to Bhansali, Rani, Vidya, Madhuri, alternative Hindi cinema to regional stuff.

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    Here we go (in order of posting date):

    1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge [tmb en Español]
    2. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
    3. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
    4. Chennai Express [tmb en Español]
    5. Black
    6. Khamoshi: The Musical
    7. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
    8. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
    9. Kahaani
    10. U Me Aur Hum
    11. Bombay Talkies [tmb en Español]
    12. Hey Ram
    13. Fanaa
      But honestly~ these photo recaps are best [Part 1][Part 2]
    14. Hasee Toh Phasee
    15. Gulaab Gang
    16. Moondram Pirai/Sadma
    17. Shaadi Ke Side Effects
    18. Aiyyaa
    19. Dedh Ishqiya [tmb en Español]
    20. Siddharth
    21. Goynar Baksho [tmb en Español]
    22. CityLights
    23. Kadal
    24. Bangalore Days [tmb en Español]
    25. The Hundred-Foot Journey [tmb en Español]
      (I know, I know. Not strictly Indian but was produced by Reliance~)
    26. Mardaani [tmb en Español]
    27. Lucia [tmb en Español]
    28. Happy New Year [tmb en Español]
    29. Haider [tmb en Español]
    30. Jigarthanda

    And if you want to keep track of my reviewed Indian films, go here: English, Español.

  • YAM’s Film Choices of 2014

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    Like we always do, the YAM Magazine team got together to vote for their favorite movies in a good ole’ Facebook poll in our secret group. We are so different and live so far away from each other that our choices vary so much, making the list alive. Of course there are movies I wish were lower, and others that were higher… but, all in all, it’s a good varied list for everyone to discover a new title.

    So~ do your thing.

  • Experiment Awards: Best of 2013

    I’m terrible with timing, aren’t I?

    I’m always dissatisfied with my end of the year lists, but I supposed a WHOLE year of catching up is good enough for me to have a proper idea of what I like, right? I managed to squeeze in 227 movies, the rest is history. I hope you like it, that you don’t hate on me for not including some of your faves, that you celebrate that we loved some of others, and that you love me for introducing you to one title you missed.

    experiment-awards-2013

    Do your thing.

  • All My Male Biases Ranked

    Now it’s time for the boys~

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    Who made it and who didn’t? I was surprised myself. LOL Don’t forget to comment and share ;)

  • In Progress: 2014 Film Count

    This is the first time in my movie-counting life that I’ve seen over 50 movies by the middle of the year. As a general number, I picked 48 a year, to make sure I -at least- watched one film a week for my end of the year list.

    amys-2014-film-count

    There’s a LOT of bad and meh movies so far, but there’s also a decent Top10. Not unbelievable, but decent. It’s a working one that would do for a Dec.31 or Jan.01 publishing date. LOL

  • All My Biases in One List Ranked

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    Too much awesomeness into one.

    What made it to the list and where it placed? Some of my biggest biases placed lower than expected, and some that I don’t want to be my bias placed high on there~

    Head over there and do your thing~