Category Archives: Films

TF Film Review: Knight & Day (2010)

Posted on November 4, 2010 by tokyofox

When I first heard of this film a few months ago I had no real desire to see it and the critical reviews didn’t do too much more to make me want to see it. However, on one of the … Continue reading →

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A Spook-tacular Halloween (2010)

Posted on October 31, 2010 by tokyofox

It’s getting more difficult to think of something original to do at Halloween in my classes. Last year I made a load of new Halloween flashcards and used Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ in a variety of different ways to help the … Continue reading →

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TF Book Review: The Bourne Legacy

Posted on October 21, 2010 by tokyofox

Whilst killing time in the Airport before my August Euro Trip I came across ‘The Bourne Deception‘ in the bookshop which surprised me as I had no idea the Bourne franchise was continuing. On my return I remembered to google … Continue reading →

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Euro Trip Pt VII: Getting Lost in the Maze that is Venice (Italy)

Posted on September 14, 2010 by tokyofox

I was lucky to escape a fine on the train between Verona and Venice. I bought a ticket two minutes before it left and made a dash for the train but stupid rules in Italy say you have to validate … Continue reading →

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TF Film Review: The Karate Kid (2010)

Posted on August 23, 2010 by tokyofox

I recently saw the 2010 re-make of the Karate Kid and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Admittedly I had low expectations as the original is one of my all-time favourite films and didn’t want to see the … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Shop in Tokyo!

Posted on August 11, 2010 by tokyofox

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: Parasailing & Dr Fish in Penang!

Posted on July 28, 2010 by tokyofox

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)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by tokyofox

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

Posted on July 4, 2010 by tokyofox

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)

Posted on June 18, 2010 by tokyofox

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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