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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.

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~

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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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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.

Posted on December 30, 2014 In English, Graphics, Japanese, Jobs, Misc., Sharing 3d animation, animation, ben affleck, best of, blog, canada, christopher nolan, david fincher, disney, ellen page, emily blunt, hugh jackman, independent, india, jake gyllenhaal, james mcavoy, japan, julianne moore, lgbt, madhuri dixit, mia wasikowska, miki nakatani, naomi watts, new talent, olivia williams, satoshi tsumabuki, scarlett johansson, shakespeare, tabu (actress), tetsuya nakashima, vishal bhardwaj, yam, yu aoi

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

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