With Valentine ’s Day rolling around I thought it would be cute to spend the next week reviewing an array of romance movies that you could spend your Valentine’s day watching (If you have nothing better to do like me). I am actually not too fond of the clichéd romance, and usually like a good physiological drama or mystery. But I put myself...
I’m here to explain why you need to put Our Times on your ‘to watch list’ if you already haven’t. In a span of two hours I managed to smile, laugh, and cry. Our Time tells a nostalgic story of youth and first-love. It is a familiar formula from past Taiwanese film success You are the Apple of my Eye (2011), but Our Times still manages to make a familiar story line enjoyable as well as...
I’m a sucker for anything with Takeshi Kaneshiro in it, and what girl doesn’t love a film with some romance? On these two thoughts alone I told myself “why not?” and gave Lavender (2000) a try. It wasn’t one of those films that had been recommended to me by a friend or shared by someone online. Rather, I came across it browsing some...
I know I am of the unpopular opinion, but the 70's has to be my least favorite decade of films to watch. I know that many of Hollywood's most iconic films (Godfather, Rocky, Jaws, etc.) came out in the 70's, but something about the filming style and aesthetics of the decade always rubs me the wrong way. It doesn’t stop me from watching movies...
Here is what I already knew before I made the decision to watch As the Gods Will (2014): Takashi Miike is the Director In a span of almost 25 years he’s directed at least 90 works. It is said that 13 Assassins (2010) and Audition (1999) are his most notable over sea successes, but Crow Zero (2007) and One Missed Call (2003) are...
This film is the adaptation of the Taiwanese novel by Giddens Ko of the same title. Giddens both wrote and produced the film. He already had box office success in Taiwan with You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011), which was also a novel to film adaption. I personally have not seen it, but now I plan to as many say it...
While I have seen my fair share of Japanese cinema, I am not too well versed in the work of director Kon Ichikawa. I did find his film career to be quiet a fascinating one that spans from 1945 well into 2006. Through watching his films alone you would be able to see the ways Japan has transitioned into modernity as a nation...
