Good news ( good cat news )

Cat news: Today my kitty Jack had his second post-op X-ray to check his lungs and digits for cancer. The pictures were clear, phew! The doctor said if it was an aggressive cancer they would expect to see a recurrence by now. I still need to keep a close eye on his digits, but for now ~relief~. Unless I notice something, he won't need another X-ray ( Read more... )

There's stuff I keep wanting to post about and keep not posting about, which means: do a meme instead ( Read more... )

Just watched the 2009 documentary, Mine, and I strongly recommend it to anyone with pets ( Read more... )

(so I can still use a santa hat icon on DW *g ( Read more... )

Saw State of Play this weekend -- no spoilers, but I liked it. Excellent cast. I haven't seen the BBC original yet, so can't compare, but I really liked the movie.

(Of the previews I remember: Terminator: Salvation, one of the shorter previews. Still looks cool. Michael Mann's movie about Dillinger with Johnny Depp -- one of those extended previews ( Read more... )

thevetia and I did a comparison of the US and Hong Kong DVD versions of this visually interesting, gorgeous, frustrating, and flawed film, which we are both quite fond of for some reason (aside from the pretty!). ( Two versions compared )

I watch too damn many Asian movies, this is true. It's an addiction! Some recent ones (all are subtitled except for the first):

Soredemo boku wa yattenai (a.k.a. I Just Didn't Do It) (Japan; 2006) starring Ryo Kase and Koji Yakusho. Realistic legal drama about a young man arrested for groping a teenager on a crowded train. ( Read more... )

1.) Because I could not resist Kōji Yakusho with long hair, in kimono, wearing gloves, and riding a horse, I went to see Silk before it disappeared from the cinema. Okay, I do live in a cave, because I had no idea Callum Keith Rennie was in it. ( reactions, spoilers )

A mixed bag of HK movies.

1. Heavenly Mission (2006) starring Ekin Cheng, Alex Fong, and Stephen Fung. ( Read more... )