Classical music and firearms are oddly complimentary. Add in cyborg children and Gunslinger Girl almost pulls the ol’ heartstrings…almost. Gunslinger Girl follows the missions of Italy’s (yes Italy for a change) Social Welfare Agency. Sounds like a retirement home…only it puts down its guests. The Agency, as it is also called, specializes in counter-intellengence and…
Kairo (The Pulse)
Kairo or the Pulse as it is known in America follows a group of college students who investigate a mysterious webcam feed that invites people to talk to ghosts. American moviegoers may remember a movie called the Pulse that came out in 2006, featuring a bunch of CGI antics and a lot of action and…
Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion 2.22 picks up where Evangelion 1.0 leaves off…but not with another rehashed scene from the original series. Thankfully 2.0 has very few of those compared to the first film. You Can (Not) Advance kept me…dare I say?…riveted. Like Eva 1.0 You Can (Not) Advance continues the story from the original series, only it does…
Evangelion 1.01 You are (Not) Alone
I didn’t really care for the original Evangelion series. It was just too pretentous, and the characters rubbed me the wrong way. Shinji in particular was a whiny wrist cutter who made me want him to just go “up the street.” So, when I heard Evangelion was releasing an OVA series I was hesitant to…
Onibaba
Onibaba is a classic Japanese horror movie. It’s set in the 14th century, during the time of the warring states when Japan was torn apart by civil war. It follows two women, a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law who eke out a living by waylaying wounded samurai and selling their equipment to a corrupt merchant. ]…
Coffee Prince
Coffee Prince or Coffee Princess? Its a gender bending drama from Korea. I know its not a Japanese Drama… but there is a Japanese actor in it. This romantic comedy is about a tomboy, Eun-Chan who struggles to support her Mother and younger sister. Mistaken for a boy she gets offered a temporary job by…