Time to get back into the swing of things with the What I Watched column. I have the first two months of the year cataloged and will include any 2014 movies in my annual “Every Movie I Watched” post eight months from now. Until then, here’s what I watched in March. I highlight two movies … Continue reading
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First Trailer for Atsuko Maeda’s ‘Seventh Code’
What originally started out as a music video has evolved into a feature length film. Seventh Code is not only the title of Japanese superstar Atsuko Maeda’s latest single but a collaboration with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira Kurosawa). His filmography includes hits like Tokyo Sonata, The Cure and Pulse. Today, we get … Continue reading
AKB48 Fourth General Election Predicitons
I’ll have a new edition of What I Watched coming up soon, but I’m going to switch gears a bit, since I closed down my Tumblr account, and post up a few AKB related posts. The fourth annual general election is coming up on Wednesday and I couldn’t resist weighing in on who will be … Continue reading
Why (I Think) Maeda Atsuko Graduated From AKB48
The past couple of weeks have been rough for the Japanese idol unit AKB48. The most popular idol group in Japan which annually re-news it’s spot in the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest pop group in the world has had to deal with an illness to Matsui Jurina and a scandal involving … Continue reading