Tag Archives: The Beatles

Review: Mr. Moonlight

Posted on January 27, 2023 by philipbrasor

If, like me, you come to this Japanese documentary about the Beatles’ historic 1966 concerts at Budokan in the hopes of seeing the rare footage of the shows taken by the police for security reasons but sanctioned for more than … Continue reading →

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Review: Yesterday

Posted on October 11, 2019 by philipbrasor

The most interesting thing about this pop star fantasy is that the Beatles estate agreed to license so many songs. McCartney I can understand, since he was always the band’s most fervent champion regardless of how his beloved “tunes” were … Continue reading →

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October 2016 movies

Posted on October 1, 2016 by philipbrasor

Here are the movies I reviewed for the October issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last week. The BFG The title of this Spielberg-blessed fantasy will obviously provide hours of off-color entertainment for nasty-minded adolescents, but it … Continue reading →

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Paul McCartney, Tokyo Dome 2002

Posted on July 18, 2013 by philipbrasor

Paul McCartney just announced that he will play five concerts in Japan this November, three of them at Tokyo Dome. The last time he was here for a concert was 2002, and I wrote about it for The Japan Times. … Continue reading →

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