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Oscar Ballot 2020

January 13, 2020 — Leave a comment

I’m probably two weeks ahead, compared to my Ballot posting last year, which means my Independent Spirit Awards ballot is still halfway done, but my Academy voting ballot is pretty complete.

I might end up watching The Two Popes, but all I’m really waiting for to open in theaters is Bombshell (which opens this Thursday), Little Women and 1917. Harriet is never going to open down here, but I really got a soft spot for this type of movies.

I’m really REALLY surprised Girl in the Hallway didn’t make the cut. You can watch the short on Vimeo.

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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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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BEG is like Good Ole’ Kimchi

I was a little disappointed with a mention of an unmentionable during the Soompi interview with the girls — I think IT was mentioned by Narsha. But they totally made up with this interview with Ask in a Box.

Also makes me love JeA even more. LOL And she won the Kill Bill battle! But really, what got me laughing like an idiot was the response to describing BEG as a flavor, to which Narsha quickly responds “Oriental medicine” xD ‘coz it’s boiled for too long. LOL

Posted on August 14, 2013 In Celebrity, Clips, English, Fun, Korean, Music, Sharing brown eyed girls, fandom, funny, interview, korea, quentin tarantino, subtitles

BEG Kills Bill

When Brown Eyed Girls released the name of the songs, I was immediately drawn to Kill Bill, because DUH! It’s Kill Bill, dude. Now I’m so psyched that THAT song is going to be their comeback single.

I really don’t know and haven’t looked into who is directing this, but it could be either Hwang Soo Ah or Zany Bros, haven’t decided yet. It could be either of those two due to the style of the MV.

Now, the question is… should I buy the CD or wait for the repackage?

Though, I must admit that both versions of Sixth Sense were SO pretty.

Posted on July 25, 2013 In Clips, English, Korean, Music, Sharing brown eyed girls, comeback, huzzah, korea, music video, quentin tarantino

Even if I say so myself~

I’ve got some pretty nice recommendations to share.

yammag-amy-recommendations

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Oscar 2012-2013 Prediction and Watched List

February 23, 2013 — Leave a comment

I didn’t do one last year because… because I didn’t care. I probably care less this year, since I have less films that I liked, and my watching colored-coding has been reduced to “watched” and have no desire “to watch” anything. Let alone “dying to watch” [1] [2]

But here it is- what I’ve watched and some of my rough predictions.

Also attaching [1] my Watched List from last year.

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Shunji Iwai Festival: Vampire Interview

September 14, 2012 — Leave a comment

Soooooo, story of my life. The Shunji Iwai Vampire interview was supposed to begin at 9pm, which means I decided to stay up all the way into 7am my timezone to catch the interview… the problem was I fell asleep well into the 30min. mark with Iwai-san arriving just a few minutes later.

So I missed the whole thing. LOL

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Everything Is A Remix: KILL BILL by Robert Grigsby Wilson

I love this one, despite not having watched many of these films… I still love Kill Bill – Vol.1 more than Vol. 2 though xD. Good stuff… but you know what’s with buying things that come in different parts? They always release a better product… one with additional scenes… or better conversion, there’s always something extra.

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Posted on February 21, 2011 In Clips, English, Films, Fun, Japanese, Sharing bruce lee, chiaki kuriyama, contemporary classics, quentin tarantino

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31-Day Movie Meme: Anomalous Edition

September 8, 2010 — 2 Comments

Ahh… I hope I can finish this post in less than 30min. LOL Or sure I’ll be whining with the people at Anomalous Material for posting so many Memes xD

But we’re lazy, so we’re doing a 31-day Meme into one post. Just like we did on the TV Meme… only with more pictures! Because I think that TV Meme needs photos, right?

1. A Sequel that Shouldn’t Have Been Made

You know there should be something wrong when all the sequels went straight to DVD. That’s a sad sad ending for a good cheesy film like Bring it On. The sequels bring so much shame when mentioning Bring it On, which by the way had Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku… and Gabrielle Union. And cheers. I said Brrrr it’s cold in here! There must be some Clovers in the atmosphere~~~ LOL a perfect introduction to setup what the cheese will be about, and a more poppy-end-of-the 90s-rendition of Hey, Mickey!

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