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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

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Happy 1000th Top Flicks Fans

It took a while, but

Happy 1000th fan!

If you aren’t following the list yet, you might discover a gem or two!

Posted on June 27, 2021 In Chinese, English, Films, French, Fun, Japanese, Korean, Misc., Russian, Screencaps, Sharing, Spanish, Swedish actress, alfonso cuaron, amy adams, animation, anne hathaway, aoi miyazaki, audrey tautou, ayumi ito, bae doona, best of, bjork, blog, by amy wong, canada, china, chris lee (li yuchun), chulpan khamatova, contemporary classics, disney, elle fanning, ellen page, emily blunt, eva green, evan rachel wood, france, gaichu (harmful insect), gong li, greta garbo, guillermo del toro, hayao miyazaki, his dark materials, huzzah, independent, india, internet, japan, joan crawford, julianne moore, juliette binoche, kate winslet, korea, kwai lun-mei, lars von trier, latin america, laura linney, madhuri dixit, marion cotillard, meryl streep, mia wasikowska, miki nakatani, movie classics, musical/choreography, naomi watts, natalie portman, nicole kidman, nobuhiro yamashita, noomi rapace, olivia williams, pan's labyrinth, penelope cruz, peru, philip pullman, quiet room ni youkoso, rachel mcadams, rani mukerji, rankings, russia, saoirse ronan, sarah polley, shinobu yaguchi, shunji iwai, spain, studio ghibli, sweden, swing girls, tabu (actress), taiwan, tetsuya nakashima, theauteurs.com, ueno juri, vidya balan, whale rider, yu aoi, zhang yimou, zhao wei (vicky zhao), zhou xun

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Shangri-la Goosebumps with Leehom and Han Hong

I honestly don’t have the time to keep up with variety shows on a regular basis, but this showed up on my YT recommendations and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to watch Leehom on a duet with Han Hong. It gave me goosebumps. I love Shangri-la (心中的日月) on its own original version, but this arrangement for Come Sing with Me (我想和你唱) just gave me the chills.

Han Hong’s voice goes so well with Leehom’s. ToT

Also, DAMN~ I used to not give much for Hebe’s voice, but girl has continued surprising me all decade. I don’t remember her being much of a vocalist, but I’m shooketh with her performance of Angel Devil (魔鬼中的天使). I wonder if she found Julio Iglesias’ not-so-secret microphone stash.

Leehom also got better. Maybe they’re all getting better sound engineers.

Posted on July 4, 2018 In Celebrity, Chinese, Clips, English, Music, Sharing, Television big vocal chops, china, han hong, lee hom wang, performance, reality tv/variety, taiwan

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Isabella Leong Prepares for Comeback~

*(%&#*&$(#*&$*#&%*(
expletive~

YAS~

Any Isabella is better than no Isabella at all.

Posted on June 22, 2018 In Celebrity, Chinese, English, Photoshoots, Sharing actress, china, comeback, fandom, isabella leong, news, taiwan

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My 2017 Letterboxd Year in Review

Interesting! I figured I watched less movies this 2017 than I did in 2016, but turns out I got a couple more films/hours logged. And there were a couple more titles that I didn’t log because they’re not on Letterboxd. They just happened to be not current movies, I suppose.

I’m still, currently, very much obsessed with Mamamoo, though. LOL That’s 30% of my movie-watching time doing Mamamoo-related stuff.

2018 doesn’t look to be an improvement to 2015 levels xD

I’m also not sure whether Ryo Kase is my Most Watched Actor this year, considering I went on a non-logged marathon of Shweta Menon movies— like 4 or 5. But, once again, latest highest-rated movies reflect some of my movie-watching; a little American indie, a little Indian and a little Chinese.

I did find enough for my usual Top30 Favorite Film Discovery post :)

And a super lengthy post on my favorite films this year, which has already changed xDDDDDD

Posted on January 6, 2018 In English, Films, Screencaps, Sharing amy wong, china, fandom, india, internet, japan, ryo kase, social media, taiwan, yam

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And my Fave 50 Songs of 2017 Are~

goran kudasai, dozo~

Posted on December 22, 2017 In Chinese, English, Graphics, Japanese, Jobs, Korean, Misc., Music, Sharing, Spanish a.r. rahman, amy wong, best of, beyonce, brown eyed girls, by amy wong, china, comeback, eminem, independent, india, japan, korea, latin america, lee hom wang, lee hyori, mamamoo, mavis fan (fan xiaoxuan), new album, new music, rankings, shiina ringo, soundtrack, stefanie sun, taiwan, tv drama / tv series / miniseries, utada hikaru

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So it’s begun! Music Highlights of 2017~

My yearly tradition~

(even though I haven’t been writing at all~~~ lol)

I hope I get to be more productive next year.

Sharing is caring!

Happy listening~

Posted on December 16, 2017 In Chinese, English, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Jobs, Korean, Music, Sharing, Spanish amy wong, best of, by amy wong, china, comeback, ding wei, independent, japan, korea, latin america, lee hyori, new album, new music, new talent, rankings, stefanie sun, taiwan, yam

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Moomoos Will Never Let Go~

Confession; I had been considering revoking my 24/7 moomoo status for a more casual one where I would just listen to the good music, but that doesn’t seem the case after Mamamoo’s Purple Party in Taiwan this weekend. LOL They won’t let me.

I had been considering it because, though my music consumption has gone up, I need to increase my movie consumption. I also need to find the time to exercise once again, which I could easily do while watching movies, but can’t while watching Mamamoo fancams. LOL You’re watching fancams for a reason, you can’t NOT watch them without missing details. They also seem to be doing well financially to the point that they can afford brand stuff that I can’t or would be willing to afford xD

However, after the Taiwan event with fans and listening (then watching) Solar be so moved, asking whether she deserves all this love, it seems unlikely in the near future that I’d be soft ‘drop’ them. I also wanna give a shout out to the Mamamoo Taiwan MooMoo Union because- JOB WELL DONE, you guys~ teaching the fanchants, and doing the event, feeding the staff and even the journalists. You guys did amazing, pushing the bar for fans to behave and show their idols all your love~ You guys make me want to be a better Moomoo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tiqjh82Z-w

Also, the Taiwan MC. Super fun. Repeat after teacher. xD

And last, but not least, streamers. What would we do without you, guys.

Posted on October 1, 2017 In Celebrity, Chinese, Clips, English, Korean, Music, Sharing concert, fandom, mamamoo, musings, rainbows & puppies, taiwan

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Mayday 3DNA: I Never Forget my Promise~

I recently bought myself a bluray copy of the Mayday 3DNA film/concert, which I didn’t love at first. But Mayday was my dad’s last favorite band, and I found that he had been carrying Mayday’s music on his phone and on a USB drive, alongside a copy of the movie; so now it just brings memories of him to me.

I remember I re-watched the movie on his first commemorative month, and I cried a bit with the whole Lam Suet is a dad LOL but I just truly lost it with the storyline of the brother and sister. On last night’s rewatch, however, it was all tears when listening Ashin singing during the concert. Even during Liang Ai-I-N-G (戀愛ING) [MV] LOL I need the subtitles, though.

so I’m all like~ Huh… this movie is not that bad. I still think the ending feels very forced with the stealing (WHY couldn’t they all go to the concert, yo!). But feelings nonetheless~ I miss my dad, but specially yesterday. And it wasn’t even any special day… just one of those blue ones.