Astronaut Woman Asks Man for Space, Gets Blown Out of Airlock
Bravo Station – A woman has been blown out of the airlock by her boyfriend after asking him for “some space”. “I just wanted to ask her...
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- Feb 24
- 3 min
Anime ● Review: From the New World
Intriguing coming-of-age supernatural-fantasy mystery involving humans with telekinesis set in an idyllic village. Highly recommended.
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- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
J-drama ● Review: First Love
Good but not great. Decent writing and performances. Nicely shot. Worth watching if one is interested in the genre.
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- Aug 7, 2022
- 3 min
K-drama ● Review: Hotel del Luna
My Verdict: An amusing supernatural-fantasy drama. Excellent cast. Beautifully lit and shot. But female lead’s past is not well handled.
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- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
K-drama ● Review: You Are My Destiny
Remake of the 2008 Taiwanese series. Tries to be quirky as well as tragic. Drags on for too long. Annoying male lead. Avoidable.
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- May 6, 2022
- 4 min
Sachiko by Endo Shusaku
Sachiko (女の一生<２部>: サチ子の場合, lit. A woman’s life part 2: Sachiko’s case) is a novel by Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作) that was first published in...
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- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
Anime Film Review: Children Who Chase Lost Voices
A fantasy-adventure that follows elementary school student Asuna and widower Mr Morisaki as they deal with death and loss.
70
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
Kiku’s Prayer by Endo Shusaku
Set in 1860s Nagasaki, the story follows 16-year-old Kiku, a strong-willed girl, who falls in love with Seikichi, a young Catholic man.
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- Aug 22, 2021
- 1 min
Francis: COVID Vaccination “an act of love”
In case one isn’t convinced that the Roman church has been infiltrated for the past half a century or so, here’s another reason…
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- Aug 14, 2021
- 3 min
K-drama ● Review: Love Alarm
Interesting premise with potential. It’s a show that I want to like, but some of the characters are difficult to sympathize...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Anime Film & Manga Review: Voices of a Distant Star
Voices of a Distant Star is an OVA and one of Shinkai’s earlier works. Like most of his later works, it explores love and friendship.
80
- Jul 7, 2021
- 4 min
K-drama ● Review: Strong Girl Bong-soon
Mostly enjoyable romantic dramady and very funny at times, but the plotting and pacing plateau in the second half of the series.
170
- May 15, 2021
- 2 min
K-drama ● Review: Uncontrollably Fond
Attempts to be melodramatic emotion porn and fails. It’s not quite Uncontrollably Farcical but there are moments it’s so bad...
170
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
K-drama ● Review: Crash Landing on You
Attempts to be the got-a-bit-of-everything romantic dramady. It somewhat achieves that, but the pacing is unnecessarily slow...
180
- Mar 5, 2021
- 4 min
Anime Film & Manga Review: 5 Centimeters per Second
Anime, Manga and Light Novel review of Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second.
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- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Girl I Left Behind by Endo Shusaku
The Girl I Left Behind (私が棄てた女), first published in 1964, is one of the earlier novels of Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作).
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- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
This novel is a re-telling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The story is narrated by an aging Orual...
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