J. Fletcher

by J. Fletcher|25 January 201208 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

The Japanese have a habit, and a knack, of adapting popular low-budget television series for the big screen, and their domestic box-office would indicate that the trend isn’t about to abate anytime soon. One of the more successful TV-to-film transitions...

A Chat with Makoto Shinkai

by J. Fletcher|24 November 201124 November 2011|Interviews

"... One of my motives for making this film was a desire to spin my own ending to that book." Animation, like any film genre, maintains a certain hierarchy of talent based on admiration, reputation and experience. And perhaps more...

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr & Mrs Oki’s Fabulous Trip: Review

by J. Fletcher|04 May 201117 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

Full of idiosyncratic social commentary underscored with droll comedic styling Ryuichi Honda’s A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki’s Fabulous Trip is an unexpectedly refreshing example of just how arbitrary and charming the Japanese sense of humour can be;...

Ōba: The Last Samurai: Review

by J. Fletcher|10 February 201117 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

There is an inherent debate that usually surfaces whenever Japan enters the arena of factual war films, most due to the countries supercilious forays into revisionist history. However, director Hideyuki Hirayama’s Ōba: The Last Samurai manages to avoid such problematic...

GANTZ: Review

by J. Fletcher|25 January 201117 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

With Hollywood showing no signs of relenting on their homogenized blockbuster comic book exploits, Japanese cinema thankfully continues to draw from a far darker - and to be honest - more compelling creative pool of its native manga for cinematic...

Bam Margera: Jackass at Heart

by J. Fletcher|10 October 201025 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Having making headlines for their antics in the streets of Japan, India and Australia during their last cinematic outing before indulging various forms of rehab, collaborations and convalescence, the boys of Jackass reunite for another round of big screen capers...

Dark Days

by J. Fletcher|27 September 201027 September 2010|Features

With the imminent release of Let Me In, the American adaptation of the acclaimed supernatural Swedish thriller Let The Right One In, I sat down for a conversation with director Matt Reeves to discuss the 'Difficult Second Album Syndrome' and...

Alessandra Torresani: Ex Machina

by J. Fletcher|20 January 201024 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

It could be argued that 2004’s Battlestar Galactica has redefined the parameters of contemporary science fiction in ways that no other television show has done since the likes of The Twilight Zone or classic Star Trek. From its innovative cinematography,...

Peter Jackson: That 70s Show

by J. Fletcher|14 December 200914 April 2022|Interviews, Post Category

Since the mammoth undertaking and subsequent release of his King Kong remake in 2005, Oscar winning filmmaker Peter Jackson has mostly relegated himself to the role of producer these past few years, garnering critical acclaim with his work in bringing...

Neill Blomkamp: Straight Outta Joburg

by J. Fletcher|25 June 200911 March 2022|Interviews, Post Category

While the name Neill Blomkamp may not garner much recognition at the moment, the short films and commercial work of this South African-Canadian director has teased stardom for a number years. His most recognizable efforts, a series of Citron car commercials...

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