Drive My Car – London Film Festival 2021
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Haruku Murakami, and Anton Chekhov walk into a theatre … and the result is three hours of quietlyContinue Reading
Tag: Japan
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s Kubo and the Two Strings (LAIKA Studio Edition)
Kubo and the Two Strings continues LAIKA Studio’s streak of beautifully created stop motion animated features. This Japanese-themed fairy tale is nothingContinue Reading
Film Review: Wife of a Spy (2021)
Containing the suspense and plot-twists of a Hollywood movie of the 1950s, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Venice Silver Lion-winning filmContinue Reading
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes – Fantasia Film Festival 2021
This single take marvel is a hilariously smart high concept low-budget time travel movie you need to see. Beyond theContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Well Go USA’s The Great War of Archimedes
The Great War of Archimedes is a very different look at WW2 which gives new life to the War Film. New fromContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Blue Underground’s The Final Countdown (Limited Edition)
Top Gun meets Twilight Zone equals The Final Countdown. Not the song but the Sci-Fi Military Actioner that makes its way to 4K UHDContinue Reading
Film Review: Fukushima 50 (2021)
Fukushima 50 looks at the devastating nuclear reactor failure in Japan. The publicity for this movie screams: “AFTER CHERNOBYL, COMESContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Shout Factory’s Weathering With You (Collector’s Edition)
Weathering With You Writer/Director Makoto Shinkai’s follow up to his wildly successful Your Name gets the deluxe treatment by Shout Factory/GKIDS. This Limited Collector’s EditionContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Black Test Car/The Black Report (Collector’s Edition)
Arrow Video brings the bleakest of satires from Yasuzo Masumura to Blu-Ray. Black Test Car and The Black Report are beautifullyContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Graveyard of Honor (Collector’s Edition)
Two Yakuza Films by two Masters. Graveyard of Honor 1975 and 2002 are put together in this great boxset by ArrowContinue Reading