Category Archives: Movies and TV

Six, already?

Posted on 2005-10-14 by Benjamin Hourigan

Today, Apple released iTunes 6. This is the most gratuitous major version bump I’ve ever seen. Sure, new iPods came out today that play video. It’s about time. And the iTunes music store also carries short films and TV shows … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Movies and TV, News | Tagged Apple, Bump, Itunes Music Store, Music Videos, New Ipods, Selling Music, Short Films, Technology | Leave a comment

Samurai Champloo (review)

Posted on 2005-07-15 by Benjamin Hourigan

Watanabe Shinichirô, (dir.) Samurai Champloo, subtitled by AnimeForever, 7/10 Watanabe Shinichirô’s new series follows the precedent set by his earlier series, Cowboy Bebop, building a style by merging a historical period with an incongruous musical style. In Bebop, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Movies and TV | Tagged Brothel, Connoisseur, Cowboy Bebop, Edo Period, Fuu, High Tension, Himawari, Historical Period, Intriguing Characters, Love And Betrayal, Musical Style, Nujabes, Protagonists, Reviews, Samurai Champloo, Serving Girl, Storytelling Skills, Sunflowers, Tsutchie, Vignettes, Watanabe | 3 Comments

Kagemusha (review)

Posted on 2005-07-4 by Benjamin Hourigan

Kagemusha, directed by Kurosawa Akira (1980), DVD. 6/10 Kagemusha is set in the 1570s, towards the end of Japan’s Sengoku period (1467—1615). It draws on the uncertainty surrounding the death of the historical Takeda Shingen, one of the great warlords … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Movies and TV | Tagged Barricade, Bullet Wound, Combat Scenes, Connecticut Yankee In King, Dramatic Interest, Edo Period, Fight Scene, Human Interest, King Arthur, Kurosawa Akira, Movie Directors, Nobunaga, Petty Criminal, Phenomenon One, Reviews, Sengoku Period, Shadow Warrior, Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Twentienth Century, Warlords | Leave a comment

Sixteen Candles (review)

Posted on 2005-07-2 by Benjamin Hourigan

Sixteen Candles, written and directed by John Hughes (1984). 8/10 Tomorrow night a friend from high-school is having an 80s-themed birthday party. I had this lying around, and I hadn’t seen it before, so I put it on to rekindle … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Movies and TV | Tagged Big Hair, Chases, Collared Shirts, Cool Clothes, Donnie Darko, Ferris Bueller, Friends, Humorous Incidents, Immature Antics, Joan Cusack, John And Joan Cusack, John Hughes, Just Desserts, Love Lorn, Minor Appearances, Molly Ringwald, Moreso, Reviews, Sincerity, Sixteen Candles, Teen Angst, Yesteryear | 1 Comment

Do rônin dream of electric girls?

Posted on 2005-06-14 by Benjamin Hourigan

CLAMP and Madhouse Production, Chobits, animated series (2002), 26 episodes, subtitled by a4e. 7/10

What if there were cute girl robots who could fall in love?

Such is the question that, no doubt, thousands of male rÃ´nin students living in TÃ´kyÃ´ guest houses have asked themselves. Motosuwa Hideki, the protagonist of Chobits, is one such man.

The answer to the question, if you’re unfamiliar with anime, may strike you as surprisingly sensitive. In the near-future that Chobits is set in, there are sexy girl robots, one of whom can fall in love, and it’s bad news for human women and the usual mix of heartache and joy for all concerned. Continue reading →

Posted in General, Movies and TV | Tagged Chii, Classmate, Cute Girl, Doubt Thousands, Guest Houses, Heartache, Human Masters, Human Women, Humanoid Androids, Incapacity, Madhouse Production, No Doubt, Persocom, Personal Assistants, Protagonist, Reviews, Rubbish Collection, Sexy Girl, Shinbo, Spending Time, University Entrance Exam | 5 Comments

Donnie Darko (review)

Posted on 2005-03-20 by Benjamin Hourigan

Donnie Darko. DVD. Written and directed by Richard Kelly, 2001. 9/10 I am bewildered. I do not want to sleep. I do not want to do anything else. I just want to sit and think about it. I don’t understand … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies and TV | Tagged Cult Movie, Donnie Darko, Reviews, Richard Kelly, Sage Words, Sleep | 5 Comments

Before Sunset (review)

Posted on 2005-03-6 by Benjamin Hourigan

Before Sunset. DVD. Directed by Richard Linklater. Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2004. 7/10 This movie is the sequel to Linklater’s earlier Before Sunrise (1995), in which Jesse (Ethan Hawke), an American, meets young a young French woman, Celine (Julie Delpy), on … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies and TV | Tagged Autobiographical Account, Bestselling Novel, Bookshop, Burst, Car Ride, Ethan Hawke, French Woman, Inevitability, Julie Delpy, Reviews, Richard Linklater, Sense Of Duty, Sequel, Six Months, Skirt, Stairs, Superficial Relationships, Time Limit, Vienna, Warner Bros, Warner Bros Entertainment | 3 Comments

Japanese Story (review)

Posted on 2005-02-25 by Benjamin Hourigan

Sue Brooks (dir.) Japanese Story. 2003. 2/10 I was determined not to like this film, and so, unsurprisingly, I didn’t. On one level, this is a film about a woman’s being forced to face and accept the reality of death. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies and TV | Tagged Amazon, Asian Man, Australian Films, Australian Woman, Economic Contexts, Economic Miracle, Female Protagonist, Japanese Characters, Japanese Culture, Japanese Man, Japanese Story, Japanophile, Original Theme, Population Lives, Presences, Reviews, Sandy Edwards, Scriptwriter, Southeast Asia, Sue Brooks, Toni Collette | 8 Comments

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