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Category Archives: Movies
August 2016 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the August issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on July 25. Amy Since the late Amy Winehouse’s career dovetailed with the social media era, her life was thoroughly documented, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Winehouse, Blake Lively, Bryan Cranston, Cate Blanchett, Dalton Trumbo, Dory, Ghostbusters, Ken Takakura, Kipling, Nicolas Cage, Robert Redford
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June 2016 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the June issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on May 25. Burnt Bradley Cooper is good at playing assholes, and Adam Jones, the borderline sociopathic chef he portrays in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradley Cooper, Edward Snowden, George Clooney, James Brown, jodie foster, Michael Moore, Tim Roth, Woody Allen
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May 2016 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the May issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on April 25. Captain America: Civil War No, Cap hasn’t been transported back in time to fight the Rebs. The internecine … Continue reading
March 2016 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the March-April issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last week. The Big Short At the moment there is no more timely piece of entertainment than Adam McKay’s black comedy … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Gaspar Noe, Maggie Smith, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Steve Jobs, Todd Haynes
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Review: Unbroken
As has been well documented, at least by the non-Japanese press, Angelina Jolie’s epic Hollywood retelling of the life of Olympic runner Louie Zamperini was not picked up by the usual Japanese distributor for Universal Studios product due to fears … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Jack O'Connell, Japanese POW, Louie Zamperini
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Review: The Case Against 8
Ben Cotner and Ryan White’s documentary, produced for HBO, immediately sets its priorities and its outlook. As the title forcefully suggests, the movie is a polemic against Proposition 8, the California state initiative to repeal legal same sex marriages, and … Continue reading
Inerasable (Zan’e)
In Japan, real estate agents are by law required to inform potential renters or buyers of murders or suicides that occurred in properties under consideration, though if someone died there of natural causes no one has to say anything. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Ai Hashimoto, Inerasable, J-horror, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Yuko Takeuchi
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