Film Reviews

by J. Fletcher|12 September 201329 August 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

It’s not often that a film, be it animation or live action, grabs you from the very first frame, hooking its viewer with a enthralling charm. It’s even more remarkable when that single frame offers nothing more than a domestic...

Star Trek Into Darkness: Review

by J. Fletcher|01 May 201308 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

When you look over the cinematic excursions of J.J. Abrams, the 46-year-old producer, writer and director presents an intriguing conundrum with each film in his repertoire, delivering contradictory fusions of strikingly original, yet instantly familiar storytelling. From his unique take...

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

by J. Fletcher|15 November 201208 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

A leviathan of contemporary anime, revered by legions of fans globally, Hideki Anno’s Evangelion mythos first appeared on Japanese television screens in 1995, enjoying both critical acclaim and fan adulation before crippling budget cuts forced a tragically premature cancellation. But...

The Kirishima Thing: Review

by J. Fletcher|12 August 201208 March 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

Regardless of creed, culture or country there is a singularly unifying trial that all teenagers endure, the cruelty and disruptive refinement of high school. And in a country like Japan, where the image of the archetypal uniformed school student has...

The Wings of the Kirin: Review

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 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...

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