Hoo boy. Last night I finally checked out The Machine Girl, the much-talked-about new blood-drenched horror/black comedy schlock-fest by writer/director Iguchi Noboru. In brief - it was god-damn ridiculous. I could almost stop talking there - that is either going to sound like a good time or it isn't - but I guess I'll write down a few more words ( Read more... )

Yesterday I watched Warau Mikaeru, a Japanese movie from 2006. It stars Ueno Juri (incredible in Nodame Cantabile) as Fumio, a young woman who is taken in by her long-lost older brother after her mother dies. She is enrolled in a all-girl religious academy called St. Michael's. She can't manage to keep up her prim-and-proper facade for long, but ( Read more... )

I (finally!) finished watching Teppan Shoujo Akane!! recently, and so I figured I would write out my thoughts on it.

( Teppan Shoujo Akane!! reviewed )

Last night I finished watching the jdorama (Japanese drama) Tatta Hitotsu no Koi ("Just One Love"). I downloaded it sometime last semester but didn't start watching it until a week or two ago. I primarily downloaded it because, despite having not read any reviews/opinions on it, it was on the same station and time slot as My Boss My Hero the season ( Read more... )

As I've observed before, my urges to read and my urges to write tend to come and go at the same time. I've been wanting to write a lot recently, and in turn picked up the closest unread book and read it. The book was "Something from the Nightside" by Simon R. Green.

I wrote on November 1, 2005, of Green's short story The Nightside, Needless To Say ( Read more... )