The Garden of Evening Mists is based on a book of the same name by Tan Twan Eng. Jumping back and forth between “present day” 1980s, the 1950s (where the primary story takes place) and the 1940s, it tells the … Continue reading →

Based on Indonesian comics from the 1970s, Gundala is the story of how a kid named Sancaka learns to wield his mysterious lightning-based powers and becomes a costume-clad superhero…

Old Harlan Thrombey, crime novelist, is found dead, having apparently committed suicide after his birthday party. An unknown person hires Benoit Blanc, the “last gentleman detective”, to investigate this supposed suicide and it isn’t long before everyone in his household … Continue reading →

In Frozen 2, all starts off well, and then it is not. Elsa’s hearing a creepy voice, Olaf’s pondering life, Kristoff’s wanting to propose, and Anna… Has nothing in particular on her mind. Elsa accidentally wakes the spirits or something … Continue reading →

今夜、ロマンス劇場で or Tonight, at the Movies (a.k.a Color Me True, which I find to be a strange alternate title) by Takeuchi Hideki is the story of Kenji, an aspiring assistant director, who is thrilled and flustered by the entrance of … Continue reading →

It’s been 9 years since Toy Story 3! Toy Story 4 is directed by Josh Cooley, a homegrown talent at Pixar in his (feature film) directorial debut. The story? Woody, facing yet another sort-of-extistential crisis when Bonnie seems to prefer … Continue reading →

I went to see it a second time (and I still want to see it again). It was nice to be able to relish all the scenes I loved, and to just pay less attention/go to the bathroom during the … Continue reading →