Role Models–Movie Review
The standard formula for a movie comedy these days seems to involve thirty-something men who haven’t yet grown up. There is nothing particularly original about Role Models but it manages… Read more »
Maria Watches Over Us, Season 1–Anime Review
oni light novelNozomi Entertainment seems to have adopted a unique but sensible business model for importing anime. They look for a series of decent quality that has gone for several… Read more »
ef Taxes My Credulity
ef–a tale of melodies provides a neat answer to one of the main objections that I raised to it’s predecessor ef–a tale of memories. Unfortunately it strikes me as the… Read more »
Happy-Go-Lucky–Movie Review
Happy-Go-Lucky is a mostly-cheerful, mostly-upbeat slice-of-life film featuring a character who is so perky that she at first seems rather annoying. After a while it becomes clear that she is… Read more »
Rachel Getting Married–Movie Review
Rachel Getting Married turned out to be quite a bit darker than I expected. I’m not saying it’s bad–it’s actually a pretty good psychological drama, but you shouldn’t go in… Read more »
World’s Coolest Fountain
The original poster didn’t include any information, but from internal evidence I conclude that this is located in the shopping district called Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka, Japan (a city… Read more »
Japanese Family Titles in Anime
Since my post on Japanese honorifics seems to have become pretty popular, I am going to post my notes on family titles. Once again, this is for the benefit of… Read more »
Slayers Season 1–Anime Review
Sometimes the popularity of an anime series can be measured by its longevity. In this case the original 1995 television season was followed by 5 movies, 2 OVAs and 3… Read more »
The Duchess–Movie Review
The Duchess is a soap opera about the glamorous and scandalous lives of the rich and famous–though 200 years later almost no one remembers these particular celebrities. 17-year-old Georgiana Spencer… Read more »
Connecticut Renaissance Faire
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