Happy Halloween! Dusk to Dawn Horrorthon at American Cinematheque!
American Cinematheque hosts all night horror movie night for Halloween every year, so we went there again this year :D
I have recently come to find out about this documentary film about a Japanese avant-garde artist, Yayoi Kusama called "KUSAMA: Princess of Polka Dots" directed by Heather Lenz.
We went to see Chapter 27 out of curiosity... and we knew that the actor Jared Leto was going to be present at the NUART theater over this weekend.
The movie is about a guy, Mark David Chapman and the three day period that led up to the horrible crime of John Lennon's assassination at his home in NYC. The movie is intended to be a deep exploration of Chapman's psyche without putting substantial emphasis on the murder.
Many late nights :)
I've been working so hard keep updating/designing to maintenance Reelz Channel Awards Watch website with Bhavani. Last Sunday was our big night because of the Academy Awards - Finale of the Awards' season.
Recent purchase from Costco for $51.99 "Planet Earth: The Complete Series". The set comes with 5 discs and features 10 minute behind the scenes footage at the end of each episode. Very powerful series. It's amazing to discover about the many interesting animals and creatures that have interesting behavior and living patterns... and at the same time, this series make you deeply think about the many issues the earth encounters today.
Every Saturday in the summer, Hollywood Forever Cemetery opens its gates to the cinespia cemetery film screening to watch classic films with their favorite stars (the dead ones). What a cool concept! And this is their 7th season :)
Cast & Crew only screening for Permanent Vacation (aka. What We Did On Our Holidays) was premiered at Fina Arts Theater on Tuesday night, April 10th 2007.
New Beverly Cinema (MAP)
7165 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 938-4038 URL:New Beverly Cinema | my space
ALL SHOWS are DOUBLE FEATURES (or sometimes more) ADMISSION: $7.00 | $6.00 (Students) | $4.00 (Seniors & Children)
One of the coolest movie theaters in Los Angeles!
"The New Beverly Cinema has been in business continuously since May 5, 1978. When it opened, revival theatres were quite common in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Today, the New Beverly is one of the very last full-time double bill revival houses left in the entire U.S"
A friend of ours (Karen!) told me about this obscure Korean film called "301/302" a while back. First reason being, is that the title is called "301/302", the number I use (302) to identify myself. Secondly, this movie storyline revolves a lot around cooking, which is one of the things I love to do. And lastly, this film is somewhat part of the Asian horror genre... and I'm Japanese whose husband loves all foreign horror films :D Hehehehe! So, we had many reasons to watch this movie, and we put this in our queue at Netflix, so we could check it out!!
Lighthearted Chick Flick TV show :)
Worth seeing? I think so. It's cute, entertaining, and different! You can catch all the episodes online if you missed or haven't watched any!
URL:DEXTER | MySpace SCHEDULE: SUNDAYS @ 10PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME
We caught DEXTER on SHOWTIME few nights ago and it might become a show we could get addicted to... :) They keep running repeats pretty often, so it's still not too late to catch up with the episodes to understand what's going on!
There is a series of tv skits called "Japanese Tradition" by a popular Japanese comedy group known as "Rahmens". When my sister came to visit us from Japan this summer, she brought a DVD of "Japanese Tradition : Kosai". It shows what "Kosai" is... and how "Kosai" (love relationship) develops in Japan. Everything is overly exaggerated with some truth and fake aspects of Japanese culture. It's really funny, so I looked it up on YouTube to see if there are any other ones, and I found the Sushi version and more :D ~ enjoy
AKA: The Shadow Within YEAR: 1970 COUNTRY: Japan LANGUAGE: Japanese GENRE: ARTHOUSE | DRAMA | MATSUMOTO SEICHO SERIES DIRECTOR: Yoshitaro Nomura (野村芳太郎) WRITER:Seicho Matsumoto (松本清張) MUSIC:Yasushi Akutagawa (芥川也寸志) CAST: Go Kato (加藤剛) | Shima Iwashita (岩下志麻) | Mayumi Ogawa (小川真由美) | Kaneko Iwasaki (岩崎加根子) | Yusuke Takita (滝田裕介) | Hisato Okamoto (岡本久人) - the boy COLOR: Color (Eastmancolor) RELATED LINKS:Z-grade | imdb | goo 映画
This is a 70s film about a middle-aged Japanese Salaryman (Hamajima) who is not quite satisfied with his life. He is a good husband, kind of shy, and has a regular old job as a travel agent. One day, a beautiful lady (Taiko) recognizes him and they start talking on the bus. It turns out that the lady is his childhood friend from his hometown. Soon, they start developing a love interest.
AKA: Shiro Hebi Komachi / White Snake Woman / 白蛇小町 YEAR: 1958 COUNTRY: Japan LANGUAGE: Japanese GENRE: HORROR | GHOST | YOKAI DIRECTOR: Mitsuo Hirotsu (弘津三男) WRITER: Kinzou Tsuchiya (土屋欣三) MUSIC: Takeo Watanabe (渡辺岳夫) CAST: Shouji Umewaka (梅若正二) | Tamao Nakamura (中村玉緒) | Toshio Chiba (千葉敏郎) | Sentarou Izumi (和泉千太郎) | Rumiko Komachi (小町瑠美子) | Ikuko Mouri (毛利郁子) - the snake woman! COLOR: Black and White RELATED LINKS:Z-GRADE™ Warehouse of Unwanted
This is an obscure Daiei JAPANESE YOKAI SNAKE WOMAN story gem starring glamour girl and snake actress IKUKO MOURI. This is a rare Japanese black and white YOKAI film from 1958. I grew up watching YOKAI movies every summer with my father to try and forget about the hot and sticky weather in Japan and get some good chills at night. So, the YOKAI style film has always been one of my favorite genres, especially in the summertime :)
This is another nerdy topic, but Paul had read about this show in WIRED magazine and saw a banner on IMdB... so we started watching last week! And we have been enjoying this show on SCI-FI channel so much that I thought to mention about it :) Basically, this is a reality tv show to see who has what it takes to be a true superhero done by legendary comic-book creator Stan Lee!! What a fun, brilliant idea for a reality show! That's right! There are superheroes with costumes, super-powers, and gadgets, and there are different tasks to be tested on the show! And, the best part of this show is... it's very serious! They are not joking!
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