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Archive for the 'Movie and Theater' Category

Pat Morita, and Only the Brave

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

I didn’t grow up watching Happy Days like my wife, and barely remember Karate Kid, but of course I know who Matsuo ‘Arnold’ Takahashi is and who could forget who Mr. Kesuke Miyagi is… Noriyuki “Pat” Morita just passed away on thanksgiving day. played a role in more than 100 films, and was one of […]

Superhero?

Friday, March 25th, 2005

For my work, I wrote a little personal blog piece about baseball steroid issue. The not-so-super baseball superheroes. Enjoy!
Speaking of superhero, I saw The Incredibles. It was one of the best animated film I’ve seen. I enjoyed it very much.

I’m not watchin’ highlight, just livin’ my life

Friday, January 28th, 2005

Oh my, I haven’t posted here for over two weeks! I have been busy updating JapaneseBallPlayers.com, (that is, when I am not shoveling) and am finally happy with how it is working now. I did a major backend upgrade and most everything is database-driven. Pretty cool. I am just learning so much about php/mysql stuff. […]

Movies that get you down

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

I saw Dogville last night. It was… well, good. Actually great movie: the scenes, set concept (theater stage like setting) and lighting and photography was wonderful. Acting was great. But story was… depressing. People being sad, mean, unfair, taking advantage and passively accepting injustis. Benefiting from other poeple’s misfortune, to quote from the film. Like […]

Nagasaki

Monday, October 11th, 2004

I just saw a movie Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa (IMDB, AllMovie). The movie has very interesting topic and pretty strong message. It is about WWII and Atom Bomb on Nagasaki, and how the surviver of the war (grandma) cope with loss and change of time. The whole Atomic Bomb thing is a topic […]

Fahrenheit 9/11

Saturday, October 9th, 2004

Was able to watch Fahrenheit 9/11, thanks to Netflix. Michael Moore is no doubt good at what he does. In the movie he somehow makes the point without being too in your face (unlike when he is on Bill Maher’s show etc.) The whole part about the Bush family’s connection with Bin Laden family and […]

First batch of Netflix flicks

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

Got my first three movies. Better Luck Tomorrow, Casablanca, and In America. In America was great. It is a hard movie to swallow for poeple like me who just became dad. I guess it makes you realize how good you have it and make you appreciate your everyday. Very good, it made me cry. Though, […]

Brilliant movie

Thursday, June 24th, 2004

I just saw a most brilliant movie, its Tampopo (All Movie, imdb, nytimes) by Juzo Itami. Damn, it was good. Very Monty Python like, “…and now something completely different…” and has awesome food scenes. Ramen, of course, French, Italian (how to eat spaghetti), DIm Sum on the train (?), Moo Shoo Duck, Zaru Soba, Korean […]

Cabaret - The Musical

Saturday, April 17th, 2004

I may be involved in production of Cabaret, the musical as part of Kit Kat Klub Band. I am just collecting links now…

Story line
Back ground
Fan page
fan page
Lyrics
musicals.net
links

Three movies in three nights

Sunday, March 28th, 2004

Spirited Away, The Triplets of Belleville, and Lord of the Rings: Two Towers.
I didn’t know anything about it, except that it was nominated for Oscars, but The Triplets was awesome! French movie but no subtitle needed. Visually and musically it was super entertaining. Cool, jazzy, artistic, beautiful, and funny. Really one of the best […]