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The Film Library Is Shaping Up~

Buying physical media has been a chore lately, you gotta keep an eye out so you make sure you don’t miss your delivery because, for some reason, people cannot just leave your package any longer.

Plus, distributors are doing physical media less and less. The whole of the Indian Cinema industry has decided to phase out physical media in favor of going all in on OTT and VOD. Even enormous hits like RRR are left with no physical release, even in the West. Even Disney is letting Sony handle its physical media, which seems like the end of an era. Then there’s the whole thing about editing and disappearing media from libraries.

So these are some of the most recent -and not so recent- films that have been added to the physical library. I wish I had more disposable income because there are a bunch of titles (and upgrades) that had been added to the wishlist.

These on top of some Bluray upgrades like Sion Sono’s Love Exposure, Kalatozov’s The Cranes Are Flying, brand new Criterion’s for Los Otros and Laberinto del Fauno. Some random BR UK release for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Also, this post makes it so that this year is the most I’ve blogged since 2020. I’m coming for you 2019. Four posts in Feb’24 is the most continuous blogging since Aug’18.

Posted on February 21, 2024 In Chinese, DVD/BR, English, Films, French, Japanese, Misc., Rants, Screencaps, Sharing animation, brad pitt, cate blanchett, china, christopher nolan, criterion, emily blunt, france, guillermo del toro, hugh jackman, india, japan, joan crawford, latin america, mia wasikowska, movie classics, nicole kidman, online shopping, pricey hobbies, russia, shipping (online ordering), silent films, taiwan, yu aoi

The Last 15 Years of Oscar According to Amy

June 6, 2015 — Leave a comment

One go, not much thinking and over-thinking. Yup, this looks about right.

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2000 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 – Moulin Rouge!
2002 – Gangs of New York
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (because I have to)
2004 – Finding Neverland
2005 – Munich
2006 – Letters from Iwo Jima
2007 – There Will Be Blood
2008 – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 – District 9
2010 – Toy Story 3 (because you HAVE TO)
2011 – Midnight in Paris
2012 – Life of Pi
2013 – 12 Years a Slave
2014 – Boyhood

I struggled a little with LotR and (maybe) Toy Story, but I’ll give it to them anyway~ I’m also a bit lukewarm about Finding Neverland and Midnight in Paris, and I totally warmed up to Life of Pi… though I don’t mind Argo. With Boyhood over Whiplash (despite me liking the other one better xD), it makes the list a lot more larger than life.

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~

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.

Posted on February 19, 2015 In Chinese, DVD/BR, English, Films, French, Japanese, Korean, Misc., Russian, Screencaps, Sharing, Spanish, Swedish 2d classical animation, 3d animation, adele, alfonso cuaron, amy adams, amy poehler, amy wong, ang lee, animation, anna kendrick, aoi miyazaki, audrey tautou, ayumi ito, bae doona, baz lurhman, ben affleck, bibi chow (zhou bichang), bjork, brad pitt, brendan fletcher, bruce lee, bryan fuller, canada, carly pope, cate blanchett, celtic woman, charlize theron, chiaki kuriyama, china, christian bale, christina aguilera, christina applegate, christopher nolan, chulpan khamatova, concert, contemporary classics, daniel radcliffe, danny boyle, darren aronofsky, david fincher, dead like me, diablo cody, disney, documentary/making-of, dr. horrible's sing-along blog, eason chan, eita, ellen degeneres, ellen page, emma watson, eric bana, eva green, evan rachel wood, ewan mcgregor, fandom, faye wong, firefly, france, gael garcia bernal, gong li, greta garbo, guillermo del toro, gwyneth paltrow, harry potter, hayao miyazaki, heath ledger, helena bonham carter, his dark materials, hugh jackman, independent, india, jake gyllenhaal, japan, javier bardem, jean pierre jeunet, jena malone, joan crawford, joe odagiri, joseph gordon-levitt, joss whedon, juhi chawla, julianne moore, juliette binoche, jurassic park, kate winslet, kenichi matsuyama, kore-eda, korea, kou shibasaki, kwai lun-mei, lars von trier, latin america, madhuri dixit, maggie cheung, maggie gyllenhaal, marion cotillard, martin scorsese, mary-louise parker, matt damon, mcdull, meryl streep, michael arias, michel gondry, michelle williams, mikako ichikawa, miki nakatani, movie classics, mtv, musical/choreography, naomi watts, natalie portman, neil patrick harris, nicole kidman, nobuhiro yamashita, olivia williams, performance, peru, philip pullman, pink, pixar, quentin tarantino, rachel weisz, rani mukerji, ranveer singh, rie miyazawa, roman polanski, russia, ryan gosling, ryo kase, salyu, sanjay leela bhansali, saoirse ronan, sarah michelle gellar, sarah polley, scarlett johansson, shahrukh khan, shakespeare, shinobu yaguchi, short film, shu qi, shunji iwai, silent films, spain, spike jonze, steve carell, studio ghibli, sweden, tabu (actress), taiwan, tetsuya nakashima, tim burton, toni collette, tony leung, ueno juri, vh1, vidya balan, vishal bhardwaj, wong kar-wai, yu aoi, zhang yimou, zhao wei (vicky zhao)

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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.

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Do your thing.

Posted on November 1, 2014 In Chinese, DVD/BR, English, Films, French, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Jobs, Korean, Misc., Music, Russian, Sharing 2d classical animation, 3d animation, alfonso cuaron, amy adams, amy wong, animation, audrey tautou, awards, baz lurhman, best of, by amy wong, canada, carey mulligan, cate blanchett, china, disney, food, france, guillermo del toro, india, japan, judi dench, kore-eda, korea, lgbt, mia wasikowska, michel gondry, musical/choreography, nicole kidman, nominations, pixar, ranveer singh, russia, sanjay leela bhansali, satoshi tsumabuki, scarlett johansson, soundtrack, special effects, spike jonze, tilda swinton, tobey maguire, yam, yu aoi

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~

Posted on May 2, 2014 In Chinese, English, French, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Korean, Misc., Russian, Sharing, Spanish actress, amy adams, amy wong, anne hathaway, annette bening, aoi miyazaki, audrey tautou, ayumi ito, bae doona, by amy wong, canada, carey mulligan, cate blanchett, charlize theron, charlotte gainsbourg, china, chulpan khamatova, dakota fanning, ellen page, eva green, evan rachel wood, fan bingbing, france, gong li, gwyneth paltrow, helena bonham carter, huzzah, india, japan, joan chen, jodie foster, juhi chawla, julianne moore, juliette binoche, kate winslet, korea, kou shibasaki, kwai lun-mei, latin america, laura linney, li bingbing, madhuri dixit, maggie cheung, marion cotillard, mary-louise parker, mia wasikowska, michelle williams, miki nakatani, naomi watts, natalie portman, nicole kidman, olivia thirlby, olivia williams, penelope cruz, rachel mcadams, rachel weisz, rani mukerji, rankings, rinko kikuchi, russia, saoirse ronan, sarah polley, scarlett johansson, shu qi, spain, tabu (actress), taiwan, tilda swinton, toni collette, vidya balan, yam, yu aoi, zhao wei (vicky zhao), zhou xun

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Going Down the Van Movie-going Memories~

August 30, 2013 — 1 Comment

I was finally doing some room cleaning, and ran into this plastic bag that had a whole bunch of the tickets of movies I caught while living/staying in Van. The results? Of course, I spent over two hours trying to make out some of the fade tickets, arranged them and put them in order of attendance.

The first movie that I caught there was Hulk at what used to be Tinseltown Cinemark. The first two columns cover my first year of studies. My maximum number of movies a month was 9 flicks in January 2004 (Cold Mountain, Big Fish, Peter Pan, 21 Grams, Along Came Polly, Monster, Butterfly Effect, The Cooler and Ginger Snaps 2), April 2004 (Hellboy, The Delicate Art of Parking, Kill Bill, Connie and Carla, Home on the Range, The Punisher, Dogville (twice) and Man on Fire), followed by July 2006 (Devil Wears Prada, The Omen,The Lake House, The King, PotC 2, Lady in the Water, Strangers with Candy, and an unidentified movie that’s already faded) with 8 flicks.

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Even if I say so myself~

I’ve got some pretty nice recommendations to share.

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Posted on May 19, 2013 In Chinese, DVD/BR, English, Films, French, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Jobs, Korean, Misc., Music, Russian, Sharing, Spanish, Swedish, Television 2d classical animation, 3d animation, aftershocks (tangshan dadizheng), alfonso cuaron, amy adams, amy wong, andrea echeverri, animation, anna kendrick, anne hathaway, aoi miyazaki, ayumi ito, bae doona, battlestar galactica, baz lurhman, bbc, ben affleck, best of, bibi chow (zhou bichang), big bang, brad pitt, brown eyed girls, buffy the vampire slayer, canada, carey mulligan, cate blanchett, chang shilei, charlize theron, chiaki kuriyama, china, christopher nolan, chulpan khamatova, clea duvall, coupling, daniel radcliffe, darren aronofsky, dexter, diablo cody, disney, documentary/making-of, eita, ellen page, emma watson, eric bana, evan rachel wood, ewan mcgregor, family outing, food, france, glee, greta garbo, harry potter, haruki murakami, hayao miyazaki, hebe tien, helena bonham carter, hotaru no haka (graves of the fireflies), india, jake gyllenhaal, japan, joan crawford, jodie foster, joe odagiri, jonsi, joseph gordon-levitt, joss whedon, julianne moore, juliette binoche, kate winslet, kore-eda, korea, kwai lun-mei, lars von trier, latin america, lee hom wang, lee hyori, lgbt, li bingbing, louis garrel, maggie cheung, marion cotillard, mark ruffalo, masaki okada, mia wasikowska, michael jackson, mikako ichikawa, miki nakatani, mizukawa asami, modern family, movie classics, natalie portman, nicole kidman, noomi rapace, olivia williams, pixar, quentin tarantino, rachel mcadams, reality tv/variety, rebecca hall, rie miyazawa, roman polanski, russia, ryan gosling, ryan murphy, ryo kase, sa dingding, saoirse ronan, sarah michelle gellar, satoshi tsumabuki, shokuzai, short film, shu qi, shunji iwai, silent films, spain, stefanie sun, steve carell, sweden, t.o.p (big bang), taiwan, tetsuya nakashima, the nightmare before christmas, tilda swinton, tim burton, toni collette, tony leung, tv drama / tv series / miniseries, ueno juri, video game, wagner moura, white stripes, wong kar-wai, wowow, yam, yu aoi, yuguo, zhao wei (vicky zhao), zhou xun

2011 Tops and Bottoms~

April 15, 2012 — 1 Comment

I put together my lists of Top15 Movies, Bottom15 Movies, as well as my Top15 Albums from 2011.

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Hanna: Interview with Seth Lochhead

April 20, 2011

Can we agree that Hanna looks like she could be on our list of Top5 Little Girls on Film?

You can head over here to read the interview.

By the way, first time doing an interview via email. Interesting experience.

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La plus grande actrice: Nicole Kidman?

September 18, 2010 — 4 Comments

The blog C’est la Gene had an article posted a while back during the release of Nine, titled La Plus Grande Actrice du Monde. That’s a big name to uphold… but you know, in honor of the positives reviews that Kidman’s Rabbit Hole has received, and for getting picked up by Lionsgate for distribution and entering the Award race, I decided to take some time to “translate” and dust off on my French.

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