Category Archives: Films

Star Wars Shop In Tokyo!

A couple of months ago I found out about a Star Wars shop in Koenji which is a station lying nine minutes west of Shinjuku. Despite living in Tokyo for many, many years I didn’t know about this place and … Continue reading

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Malaysia 2010: Penang Pt I – Parasailing and Dr Fish!

With a forecast of heavy rain every day in Penang we were very lucky to experience only brief moments of drizzle but on the whole it was mostly hot weather. Inevitably that resulted in me getting sunburned (feet and head) … Continue reading

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TF Film Review: The A-Team (2010)

So having worked my way through the A-Team TV series DVD boxsets in the first half of this year I had become overly familiar with the original characters. With that in mind my expectations for the movie were quite low! … Continue reading

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Back To The Future 25th Anniversary

Many people assume that Star Wars is my favourite film but that’s probably just because of the EU (expanded universe) and its endless amount of products. ‘Back To The Future‘ (1985) is actually my number one film of all time … Continue reading

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Rain Fall (2009)

In April last year I wrote an entry about the release of ‘Rain Fall‘ (2009); a film I wanted to see in Japanese but couldn’t due to the language barrier. The boot was well and truly on the other foot … Continue reading

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The Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back which for many, many years was my favourite film of the saga. That changed last year though to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope following my … Continue reading

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TF Film Review: Green Zone (2010)

It seems that its impossible to talk about Green Zone without mentioning the Bourne franchise (which I absolutely loved) so now that I have got that reference out of the way we can move on. This movie came out a couple of … Continue reading

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Kung Fu Panda Special Lesson (2010 Edition)

To celebrate the end of a hard years work for my kids I treated them to non-textbook special lessons in the last week of March which marks the end of the school year in Japan. This was basically the follow up … Continue reading

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TF Film Review: Shutter Island (2010)

When Leonardo DiCaprio burst onto the scene big-time after ‘Titanic’ I wasn’t taken in by all the hype around him. That may be because I am a straight hetrosexual man! However, thirteen years on and I have grown to be quite a fan … Continue reading

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I Am A Machine!

The new Terminator is revealed….

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