Creative Spotlight: Episode #89 – Sunny Choi
The Creative Spotlight episode #89 is proud to host one of most talented musicians in the world. Sunny Choi has over thirty million YouTube views and has played in front of thousands with rave reviews. She has charted in Billboard magazine, been featured in newspaper articles in Asia, Europe and North America, and has developed a global following. Click to read the full interview...
Godzilla – Review
Japanese director Ishiro Honda's "Gojira" a.k.a "Godzilla" (1954) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the disc include Terry O. Morse's reworking of the original film, "Godzilla, brand new video interviews with cast and crew members; and a video interview with Japanese cinema expert and film critic Tadao Sato. Click for the full review...
Cosplay Corner Episode #25: Denise Kuan
Denise is definitely a woman who knows her craft. She is a versatile, knowledgeable, organized and efficient womenswear designer with a strong background in embroidered, beaded cut-and-sewn garments and knitted-to-shape sweaters. Naturally, these lists of talents gravitated their way into the world of Cosplay. Click to read the full interview...
Persona 4: The Animation – Review
Persona 4 takes place in the same universe as Persona 3 in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV, during which it is said that one can see his/her \"other half\" when staring at the TV screen. Click for the full anime review...
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Bloody Monday [Season 2] – Review
Set two years after the first season of "Bloody Monday," an aircraft carrying a nuclear weapon threatens Tokyo & genius hacker Fujimaru Takgi (Haruma Miura). After the chilling fast paced conclusion of season one I wasn’t sure the second season would live up to the first in terms of tension. I was wrong! Click for the full TV series review...
Paradise Kiss – Review
A chance encounter leads Yukari, a burnt out high school student, to a group of dedicated fashion design students. She becomes their model for their graduating exhibition and discovers her talent for modeling. Click for the full review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #88 – Minjae Lee
Minjae lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, and growing up, not many people accepted the way he used colors in his work. Which is quite ironic because it is his colorful artistic view that draws you in with its powerful colors, halting imagery and clever juxtaposition of beauty, innocence and fragility. Click to read the full interview...
A Snake of June – Review
Mona tackles a heavy movie on her first duty as writer. What makes the film so controversial, aside from its somewhat twisted sex scenes (which are primarily masturbatory), is that the positive character developments are through Sadean, non-consensual, felonious actions including or bordering on rape, murder, blackmail, false imprisonment, and so on. Click for the full review...
Perfect Education: Maid for You – Review
There are two ways to watch Perfect Education: Maid for You. One is to get angry at the overt misogyny and promotion of this idea that women can be kidnapped and socialized into perfect lovers. After several real-life incidents in Japan that mirror the storyline, Maid for You does seem to be made in pretty bad taste. Nonetheless, Constantine breaks down the film. Click for the full review...
Cosplay Corner Episode #24: Echoing Artemis
Echo is a cosplayer who masquerades as a psychologist by day and although her studies mean that costuming has to play second fiddle, it has always been her sanity break and will be for years to come. Admittedly, one of the nicest personalities I’ve had the pleasure running into in a cosplayer, her interview has a lot of good insight and helpful tips that was just too good not to share. Click for the full interview...
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