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Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta, Japan, 1992, Theater)

On: October 3rd, 2005 at 10:48 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Can you believe that I’ve never seen the Miyazaki Hayao classic Porco Rosso from start to finish? So when I saw that it was playing on campus I just had to go out and see it — on a school night, no less. There was a lot of snickering among the 12 or so other [...]

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (Thailand, 2003, DVD)

On: October 3rd, 2005 at 10:29 pm | Number of Comments » 0

I actually saw Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior a few weeks ago out of curiosity for the hype surronding it, but have been too preoccupied to blog it. In a word, it’s best described as very good Jackie Chan martial arts, but with more bone-crunching. Thai martial arts sensation/crazy idiot Tony Jaa is indeed recklessly impressive [...]