Jason M
@filmnohito.bsky.social
Low-key film guy - Monkey Island 2/Tactics Ogre/Final Fantasy Tactics/Vagrant Story/Shenmue/Ikaruga for life.
"I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in. Therefore, I never die with regrets."
"I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in. Therefore, I never die with regrets."
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
May 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
May 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
May 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
May 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Show me someone who looks good in sunglasses 🕶 😎
Four film versions of this story in total exist, including a 1990 TV movie starring Tatsuya Nakadai, which Jason briefly mentions as he and John get into a heated debate as to which version is superior, changes between the two, and cut scenes in the Japanese/international versions of the 2010 remake
May 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Four film versions of this story in total exist, including a 1990 TV movie starring Tatsuya Nakadai, which Jason briefly mentions as he and John get into a heated debate as to which version is superior, changes between the two, and cut scenes in the Japanese/international versions of the 2010 remake
The final battle sequence in the story features some of the biggest and best crowd fighting scenes in cinema history as the 13 assassins battle overwhelming odds.
May 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The final battle sequence in the story features some of the biggest and best crowd fighting scenes in cinema history as the 13 assassins battle overwhelming odds.
Really great atmosphere and I was on edge throughout chase/fright sequences. It must be the stylistic antecedent of so many horror movies: skeletons in wells, bad dads, haunted wheelchairs and I can see images from modern horror like Ring (1998), Silent Hill 2, and more. Very satisfying.
December 6, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Really great atmosphere and I was on edge throughout chase/fright sequences. It must be the stylistic antecedent of so many horror movies: skeletons in wells, bad dads, haunted wheelchairs and I can see images from modern horror like Ring (1998), Silent Hill 2, and more. Very satisfying.
Slight spoilers... The Changeling (1980) is a superior haunted house movie - better mystery than The Legend of Hell House (1973), which has fab build up and poor payoff. George C. Scott drives the film has an exasperated man trying to wrestle free from gruesome history and the scares are plenty.
December 6, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Slight spoilers... The Changeling (1980) is a superior haunted house movie - better mystery than The Legend of Hell House (1973), which has fab build up and poor payoff. George C. Scott drives the film has an exasperated man trying to wrestle free from gruesome history and the scares are plenty.
One extremely nasty kill where a person gets squashed and the cast give it their all. I liked the music/maths = interdimensional time travel ideas - music of the spheres - to battle a satanic killer composer/house from the past.
The ELO rip-off music is fun, too.
The ELO rip-off music is fun, too.
December 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
One extremely nasty kill where a person gets squashed and the cast give it their all. I liked the music/maths = interdimensional time travel ideas - music of the spheres - to battle a satanic killer composer/house from the past.
The ELO rip-off music is fun, too.
The ELO rip-off music is fun, too.
"There's something maddening in this house. Time and space have their own rules here." Paganini Horror (1989), directed by Luigi Cozzi.
Part Dreams of the Witch House, part bio-horror/rock musical, the poster is the best thing about this film. Appearances from Donald Pleasance, Daria Nicolodi.
Part Dreams of the Witch House, part bio-horror/rock musical, the poster is the best thing about this film. Appearances from Donald Pleasance, Daria Nicolodi.
December 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
"There's something maddening in this house. Time and space have their own rules here." Paganini Horror (1989), directed by Luigi Cozzi.
Part Dreams of the Witch House, part bio-horror/rock musical, the poster is the best thing about this film. Appearances from Donald Pleasance, Daria Nicolodi.
Part Dreams of the Witch House, part bio-horror/rock musical, the poster is the best thing about this film. Appearances from Donald Pleasance, Daria Nicolodi.
Cliff: You met her family? Think her family's gonna be OK that you're a white guy?
Mickey: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man...
Cliff: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.
Mickey: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man...
Cliff: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.
November 28, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Cliff: You met her family? Think her family's gonna be OK that you're a white guy?
Mickey: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man...
Cliff: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.
Mickey: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man...
Cliff: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.
Lone Star by John Sayles is full of quietly comic dialogue and characters.
Cliff: I never thought I'd see that a buddy of mine would be dating a woman with three bars on her shoulder.
Mickey: I think it's beyond what you'd call dating.
Cliff: You're gonna get married?
Mickey: Maybe.
Cliff: I never thought I'd see that a buddy of mine would be dating a woman with three bars on her shoulder.
Mickey: I think it's beyond what you'd call dating.
Cliff: You're gonna get married?
Mickey: Maybe.
November 28, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Lone Star by John Sayles is full of quietly comic dialogue and characters.
Cliff: I never thought I'd see that a buddy of mine would be dating a woman with three bars on her shoulder.
Mickey: I think it's beyond what you'd call dating.
Cliff: You're gonna get married?
Mickey: Maybe.
Cliff: I never thought I'd see that a buddy of mine would be dating a woman with three bars on her shoulder.
Mickey: I think it's beyond what you'd call dating.
Cliff: You're gonna get married?
Mickey: Maybe.
It's a film that smoothly and quietly exhorts us to treasure life and people/places, past and present, via our lead characters played perfectly by the feisty Kurumi and director Fukuma himself. She pushes people forward through tart behaviour and ESP while his memories allow ghosts on screen
November 22, 2024 at 9:31 PM
It's a film that smoothly and quietly exhorts us to treasure life and people/places, past and present, via our lead characters played perfectly by the feisty Kurumi and director Fukuma himself. She pushes people forward through tart behaviour and ESP while his memories allow ghosts on screen
I fell in love with "Not Born Yesterday" 「きのう生まれたわけじゃない」, from Kenji Fukuma. I adored spending time with the charming characters who lead slightly off-kilter lives on the edge of Tokyo - psychic kids, ghosts, bookshops and farming feature.
Tragically, he died shortly after completing the film.
Tragically, he died shortly after completing the film.
November 22, 2024 at 9:31 PM
I fell in love with "Not Born Yesterday" 「きのう生まれたわけじゃない」, from Kenji Fukuma. I adored spending time with the charming characters who lead slightly off-kilter lives on the edge of Tokyo - psychic kids, ghosts, bookshops and farming feature.
Tragically, he died shortly after completing the film.
Tragically, he died shortly after completing the film.
This is the fourth Akiyoshi Koba film I have seen and his best, so far. Really loveable characters, cool fight scenes with snappy special effects. All good vibes. AND Mika Akizuki as an adorably dressed killer
November 21, 2024 at 8:24 PM
This is the fourth Akiyoshi Koba film I have seen and his best, so far. Really loveable characters, cool fight scenes with snappy special effects. All good vibes. AND Mika Akizuki as an adorably dressed killer
Esper X Private Detective Agency - Searching for Good-Bye - is a laidback esper thriller set in downtown Tokyo where the lead character is Philip Marlowe-esque, in so far as he keeps getting beaten up but comes out on top because he is a guy of good morals and often underestimated.
November 21, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Esper X Private Detective Agency - Searching for Good-Bye - is a laidback esper thriller set in downtown Tokyo where the lead character is Philip Marlowe-esque, in so far as he keeps getting beaten up but comes out on top because he is a guy of good morals and often underestimated.
Despite seeing it at fests, it came out of nowhere for me. It's a quiet comedy/drama that lasts nearly two hours but it was time well spent because the characters and their situation felt important and the moments of humanity - the fear and love and care - really shone through.
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Despite seeing it at fests, it came out of nowhere for me. It's a quiet comedy/drama that lasts nearly two hours but it was time well spent because the characters and their situation felt important and the moments of humanity - the fear and love and care - really shone through.
99% Cloudy... Always has a normal couple where the wife, Kazuha's Asperger's and the husband's desire for children, strains the relationship
The Asperger angle allows exploration of societal pressures/comedy moments as it casts a cloud on Kazuha's life in nuanced ways that didn't feel exploitative
The Asperger angle allows exploration of societal pressures/comedy moments as it casts a cloud on Kazuha's life in nuanced ways that didn't feel exploitative
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
99% Cloudy... Always has a normal couple where the wife, Kazuha's Asperger's and the husband's desire for children, strains the relationship
The Asperger angle allows exploration of societal pressures/comedy moments as it casts a cloud on Kazuha's life in nuanced ways that didn't feel exploitative
The Asperger angle allows exploration of societal pressures/comedy moments as it casts a cloud on Kazuha's life in nuanced ways that didn't feel exploitative
Leave in Summer (あの娘は知らない) features Momoko Fukuchi (daughter of Sho Aikawa) acting in Aya Igashi's carefully composed tableaux. Each frame is rich with emotion about characters nursing broken hearts in a seaside town.
Available to stream until Nov 24 here t.co/zb9YyKugTI
Available to stream until Nov 24 here t.co/zb9YyKugTI
November 19, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Leave in Summer (あの娘は知らない) features Momoko Fukuchi (daughter of Sho Aikawa) acting in Aya Igashi's carefully composed tableaux. Each frame is rich with emotion about characters nursing broken hearts in a seaside town.
Available to stream until Nov 24 here t.co/zb9YyKugTI
Available to stream until Nov 24 here t.co/zb9YyKugTI
It does feature some audacious and awesome sequences like a training mission involving gasoline - a reminder of Sibelle Hu's nasty experience on DEVIL HUNTERS
November 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM
It does feature some audacious and awesome sequences like a training mission involving gasoline - a reminder of Sibelle Hu's nasty experience on DEVIL HUNTERS
It has a stellar line-up of leading ladies and martial artists like Sibelle Hu, Cynthia Rothrock, and Kara Hui.
There are times where the adolescent pranks and squabbles between the guys and gals give the film an air of a campus comedy but sometimes the violence is gasp-out-loud painful to watch.
There are times where the adolescent pranks and squabbles between the guys and gals give the film an air of a campus comedy but sometimes the violence is gasp-out-loud painful to watch.
November 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM
It has a stellar line-up of leading ladies and martial artists like Sibelle Hu, Cynthia Rothrock, and Kara Hui.
There are times where the adolescent pranks and squabbles between the guys and gals give the film an air of a campus comedy but sometimes the violence is gasp-out-loud painful to watch.
There are times where the adolescent pranks and squabbles between the guys and gals give the film an air of a campus comedy but sometimes the violence is gasp-out-loud painful to watch.
The Inspector Wears Skirts starts and ends with stellar action with Hong Kong comedy in the middle. It's about young women training to be female commandos.
It's a battle between the sexes as they overcome relationship woes, frisky men, a so-so musical sequence and casual sexism to beat the bad guys
It's a battle between the sexes as they overcome relationship woes, frisky men, a so-so musical sequence and casual sexism to beat the bad guys
November 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The Inspector Wears Skirts starts and ends with stellar action with Hong Kong comedy in the middle. It's about young women training to be female commandos.
It's a battle between the sexes as they overcome relationship woes, frisky men, a so-so musical sequence and casual sexism to beat the bad guys
It's a battle between the sexes as they overcome relationship woes, frisky men, a so-so musical sequence and casual sexism to beat the bad guys
Here's the poster for the show.
November 12, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Here's the poster for the show.
Alien Romulus is, as expected, a Frankenstein's monster of a movie. Alvarez did his thing of upping the gore/goo but most of the film lifts nearly everything from the original quadrilogy. Well made but empty
Say what you will about Prometheus/Covenant, they at least had ideas/expanded the universe.
Say what you will about Prometheus/Covenant, they at least had ideas/expanded the universe.
October 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Alien Romulus is, as expected, a Frankenstein's monster of a movie. Alvarez did his thing of upping the gore/goo but most of the film lifts nearly everything from the original quadrilogy. Well made but empty
Say what you will about Prometheus/Covenant, they at least had ideas/expanded the universe.
Say what you will about Prometheus/Covenant, they at least had ideas/expanded the universe.
I am saddened over Akira Toriyama's passing. Like many, I have grown up with his artwork and loved the immense sense of adventure and possibility. It always reminded me to keep striving and smiling because the world is full of wonder. Even his "enemy" characters have cute smiles.
March 8, 2024 at 7:05 AM
I am saddened over Akira Toriyama's passing. Like many, I have grown up with his artwork and loved the immense sense of adventure and possibility. It always reminded me to keep striving and smiling because the world is full of wonder. Even his "enemy" characters have cute smiles.