The Napping Princess (2017) Review **CONTAINS SPOILERS**
So the indie theater by me is doing an anime night special starting this week through the second to last week of December. Most of the films are either not […]
Category Archives: Foreign Films
Any thoughts or reviews on this genre. Includes Asian and animation movies, separate from Asian dramas/TV and animation series, which can be found in the TV Recaps & Rants section.
Our Little Sister (2015) Review
This is a Japanese film that was showing at the local indie theater I like to frequent. I had seen the trailer for this while watching a different movie, and […]
My Golden Days (2015) Review
I really enjoy watching foreign films. I’ll be the first to admit though, that I often find the ending of most French indie films difficult to grasp, and My Golden […]
Patema Inverted / Sakasama no Patema (2013) Review **CONTAINS SPOILERS**
I have never had an experience where a movie gave me motion sickness until I watched Patema Inverted / Sakasama no Patema (2013). At least, not that I recall, anyway. […]
The Wind Rises / Kaze Tachinu (2013) Review
The release for this in theaters was so amazingly limited that I almost didn’t get the opportunity to see this film at all. It would have truly been a shame […]
When Marnie Was There (2014) Review **CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS**
I’ll start by saying I had no idea what this movie was about when I decided to go see it after work on Saturday. I was just in the mood […]
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Review
Nasen, blogger of The Pop Culture Historian has written a well-written review of this film that you might want to give your consideration as well. I wrote this review for […]
Life is Beautiful (1997) Review
Before I begin this entry I just want to say again (at least, I think I’m saying this again?) that I’m really glad I discovered the entry scheduling feature on […]
The Secret World of Arrietty/Kari-gurashi no Arietti (2010) Review
It’s always weird to me when movies I’ve known about for a while and have already seen start showing in theaters over here in the U.S. years later. Ever since […]
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