The Artist–Movie Review
The Artist is not a movie for everyone. Many people are going to stop reading as soon as they realize that this is a silent movie. And yes, if you… Read more »
The Adventures of Tintin–Movie Review
The Adventures of Tintin represents a landmark of sorts for computer-generated animation. This is the first CG-animated movie I have seen that crosses over the Uncanny Valley. After watching it… Read more »
My Week with Marilyn–Movie Review
My Week with Marilyn is a high-minded British historical drama based on some autobiographical writings by filmmaker Colin Clark. In 1956 Clark (Eddie Redmayne) was an eager young college graduate… Read more »
Shakugan no Shana Final–Midseason Comments
So far I’ve been pretty pleased with the third season. It doesn’t suffer from the second season’s weak opening. I’ve seen complaints that they skipped over some of the light… Read more »
2011: The Anime Year in Review
I’m going to go about this in my usual biased way, ignoring anything that didn’t interest me and selecting the shows that were great, the shows that were good, and… Read more »
The Descendents–Movie Review
The Descendents has to be considered a comedy-drama since it deals in a straightforward way with some fairly grim events, yet manages to find a fair amount of humor in… Read more »
Mawaru-Penguindrum Ends
Back in April I said “It’s too early to be naming the best anime series of the year, but unless something truly amazing comes along [Madoka Magica] has it locked… Read more »
Tanbo Art
Sankaku Complex has some amazing examples of “Tanbo Art”, which involves planting different strains of rice in a rice fields to create pictures visible from the air. (Warning: this post… Read more »
Young Adult–Movie Review
In this holiday season, when the theaters are filled with crowds taking the kids to upbeat and uplifting movies, maybe there’s room for a dark but insightful feel-bad comedy like… Read more »
Kyoto–Nijo Castle
October 27, 2011 Nijou-jou (“Second Street Castle”) was built by Ieyasu the first Tokugawa Shogun after he established himself as the supreme ruler of Japan in 1601. It was intended… Read more »