©Courtesy of Netflix Her name means love in Japanese, but the pronunciation sounds very similar to “I,” as in the English singular first-person pronoun. Clearly, the title of her new life-story was intended to carry that double meaning. In 2009, Ai Haruna became the first Japanese contender to win the Miss International Queen transgender pageant…
“Life finds a way” Dr. Ian Malcolm (a.k.a. Jeff Goldblum) famously said in Jurassic Park. He was talking about sterilized dinosaurs, but it applies to post-apocalyptic dandelions as well. They might be one man’s weeds, or another man’s flowers, but four intrepid seed-bearing pappi will travel the universe in search of a safe place to…
Nobody ever considered Robert Redford a “horror icon,” but neither the Saw or V/H/S franchises would be what they are today without the buzz they generated at the Sundance Film Festival, famously founded by Redford. From its inception, the festival quickly emerged as launching pad for important films and talented filmmakers, of all genres. The…
©Courtesy of Neon Even in the far future, kids would be much better off minding their parents. The titular Arco learns that the hard way. He wanted to see dinosaurs, which sounds ridiculously irresponsible. Instead, he gets lost in time, crashing into the year 2075. At this point of human development, androids do the work…
©Courtesy of GKIDS Honestly, Edge of Tomorrow might be the worst science fiction title ever. It sounds like a 1960s soap opera. Doug Liman’s Westernized adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novel should have retained the original Japanese title (despite its awkward syntax). Ironically, key-art released after the original theatrical release punched-up the marketing tagline, “Live….
©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Ben is like the Cujo of chimpanzees. He was always part of the family, until the fateful day a rabid mongoose bit him. From then on, he acts like a furry four-foot serial killer. The opposable thumbs evolution provided him lead to a long, bloody night for Lucy and her friends…
©Courtesy of Sony Pictures It wasn’t just the Bossa Nova that came from Brazil. Horror fans know Coffin Joe terrorized the streets of Sao Paulo, while the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the massive snake from the original 1997 Anaconda hailed from deep within the Brazilian Amazon. Film geeks like Doug McCallister and his…
©Courtesy of Netflix These two Shinyas are like the Oscar Madison and Felix Unger of Japanese ballroom dancing. Shinya Suzuki is a messy, hard-partying ladies’ man, who has won a string of Latin dancing championships. Shinya Sugiki is a fastidious, uptight specialist in traditional ballroom dances, who always seems to come in second at international…
©Courtesy of Well go USA Entertainment Thanks to their success repelling the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281, China’s Ming Dynasty decided against any further military aggression directed towards Japan throughout its reign. Samurai like Riku were one of the major factors contributing to Japan’s victories. Frankly, Riku assumes his fighting days have finished when…
©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Las Vegas needs a real-life Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, but not the smaller franchise store from the first film. Fans deserve a full recreation of the bigger flagship restaurant, complete with the river ride, as revealed in the new sequel—like only Vegas could build. Mike Schmidt’s encounters in the smaller Freddy Fazbear’s…
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