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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Media Mix, Nov. 28, 2010
Here’s yesterday’s Media Mix, which is about one television reporter’s dogged pursuit of the truth behind the Ashikaga murder case, which remains unsolved since the man originally convicted in 1992 was found innocent last year. In the article, I mention how … Continue reading
December 2010 CDs
Here are the CD reviews I wrote for the December 2010 issue of EL Magazine, which came out November 25. All the albums were released by local labels in Japan during the month of November 2010. Speak Now -Taylor Swift … Continue reading
December 2010 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the December issue of EL Magazine, which came out yesterday. They cover films released in Tokyo between late November and mid-December. Titles without opening dates have already been released. Amelia Mira Nair’s … Continue reading
Needs more blue: Russell Crowe in Tokyo
The last time Russell Crowe came to Japan, eight years ago to promote A Beautiful Mind, he was dressed like a slumming indie rocker (he was still fronting that band, Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts) and chain-smoking on the dais. … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Movies
Tagged Cate Blanchett, Kevin Durand, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Russell Crowe, Sheriff of Nottingham
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Media Mix, Nov. 21, 2010
Here’s a link to this week’s Media Mix, which is about the Fuji TV drama “Freeter, Ie wo Kau” (A Freeter Buys a House). For those who aren’t familiar with the term, a “freeter” is a “free arbeiter,” meaning a … Continue reading
Taylor made for Japan
On my way up to the balcony of Studio Coast to join the other media people for the Tokyo release party of Taylor Swift’s new album, Speak Now, a fellow foreigner who I’d never met before asked my why I … Continue reading
Be my friend: Selling “The Social Network” to Japan
When Aaron Sorkin and Jesse Eisenberg came to Japan earlier this month to attend the Tokyo International Film Festival, whose opening film was The Social Network, which Sorkin wrote and Eisenberg stars in, they hung around and did a press … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Movies
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, David Fincher, Facebook, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network
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Media Mix, Nov. 14, 2010
Here’s the link to this week’s Media Mix, which is a discussion of the Japanese government’s handling of two long-running territorial disputes, which coincidentally blew up at the same time, and the media’s general passive handling of related coverage.
Posted in Media
Tagged Kunashiri, Northern Territories, Senkaku Islands, Territorial dispute
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Media Mix, Nov. 7, 2010
Here’s today’s Media Mix in the Japan Times The darker side of motherhood In the first edition of the famous book of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, published in 1812, the story that has become known as “Snow White” … Continue reading
TIFF, the interviews
The Tokyo International Film Festival ended a week ago, and the publicity department has finally posted all four of my interviews on their website. These were done specifically for the festival, which means they chose the subjects, not I. Except … Continue reading
