Yoshiyuki Kishi’s movies are always intense, and intensely emotional. The director peels back layers of desperate working-class citizens who aspire to become more than they could ever realistically achieve. Their confines might be systemic, like the boys trying to fight their way out of an environment of rampant youth unemployment and a broken social welfare system in Kishi’s ‘Wilderness’ series. but they could also be deeply psychological. In Kishi’s most recent full-length ‘Prior Convictions’ it is both: The film explores the shortcomings of Japanese law enforcement while also telling the story of how a rough childhood can have serious long lasting implications.
Prior Convictions is screening at Camera Japan
Three years into her profession, Kayo has spent a good portion of her young-adult life working as a probation officer. Although she has found the work rewarding and made many friends throughout her career, all sense of comfort...
Prior Convictions is screening at Camera Japan
Three years into her profession, Kayo has spent a good portion of her young-adult life working as a probation officer. Although she has found the work rewarding and made many friends throughout her career, all sense of comfort...
- 9/28/2022
- by Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette
- AsianMoviePulse
This Japanese docudrama is an excellent primer on the scary near- meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. After the earthquake, a tsunami triggered a ‘major nuclear event.’ A group of dedicated engineers struggle against odds to regain control. It’s another 21st Century disaster writ large — we applaud the camaraderie and commitment of the response teams while bureaucratic and political Bs threatens to doom half of Japan. As with last week’s Spacewalker I’m betting that most negative reviews were written by people who saw the English language dub job … in the original Japanese, star Ken Watanabe’s performance is terrific.
Fukushima 50
Blu-ray
Capelight
2020 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Available from Amazon / 29.98
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Kôichi Satô, Tomorô Taguchi, Mark Chinnery, Yuri Nakamura, Justin Leeper, Yasuko Tomita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Shirô Sano.
Cinematography: Shoji Ehara
Visual Effects...
Fukushima 50
Blu-ray
Capelight
2020 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Available from Amazon / 29.98
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Kôichi Satô, Tomorô Taguchi, Mark Chinnery, Yuri Nakamura, Justin Leeper, Yasuko Tomita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Shirô Sano.
Cinematography: Shoji Ehara
Visual Effects...
- 4/24/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox has bagged six nominations at the 56th Asia-Pacific Film Festival including Best Film and Best Director.
Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have secured nominations in Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor categories respectively.
Rajeev Ravi has been nominated in Best Cinematography category for Monsoon Shootout.
The awards will be announced on December 15 in Macau. The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (Apff) is an annual event hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific (Fpa).
Best Picture:
“The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong)
“Like Father Like Son” (Tokyo)
“The Lunchbox” (Mumbai)
“Stray Dogs” (Taipei)
“Ilo Ilo” (Singapore)
“In Bloom” (Tbilisi)
Best Director:
Tsai Ming-liang, “Stray Dogs” (Taipei)
Bong Joon-ho, “Snowpiercer” (Seoul)
Ritesh Batra, “The Lunchbox” (Mumbai)
Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi, “Closed Curtain” (Tehran)
Wong Kar-wai, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong)
Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Like Father Like Son” (Tokyo)
Best Actor:
Irrfan Khan, “The Lunchbox” (Mumbai)
Nick Cheung,...
Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have secured nominations in Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor categories respectively.
Rajeev Ravi has been nominated in Best Cinematography category for Monsoon Shootout.
The awards will be announced on December 15 in Macau. The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (Apff) is an annual event hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific (Fpa).
Best Picture:
“The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong)
“Like Father Like Son” (Tokyo)
“The Lunchbox” (Mumbai)
“Stray Dogs” (Taipei)
“Ilo Ilo” (Singapore)
“In Bloom” (Tbilisi)
Best Director:
Tsai Ming-liang, “Stray Dogs” (Taipei)
Bong Joon-ho, “Snowpiercer” (Seoul)
Ritesh Batra, “The Lunchbox” (Mumbai)
Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi, “Closed Curtain” (Tehran)
Wong Kar-wai, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong)
Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Like Father Like Son” (Tokyo)
Best Actor:
Irrfan Khan, “The Lunchbox” (Mumbai)
Nick Cheung,...
- 12/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 36th Annual Saturn Award nominees were announced this past Friday by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Word has it we should keep an eye on Adam Green’s Frozen and Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell.
The nominations:
Best Science Fiction Film
The Book of Eli (Warner Bros)
Knowing (Summit Entertainment)
Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Star Trek (Paramount)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20th Century Fox)
Best Fantasy Film
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros)
The Lovely Bones (Paramount)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (Warner Bros.)
Watchmen (Warner Bros.)
Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Bros.)
Best Horror Film
The Box (Warner Bros.)
Drag Me to Hell (Universal)
Frozen (Anchor Bay Films)
The Last House on the Left (Rogue / Universal)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)
Zombieland (Sony)
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
2012 (Sony...
The nominations:
Best Science Fiction Film
The Book of Eli (Warner Bros)
Knowing (Summit Entertainment)
Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Star Trek (Paramount)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20th Century Fox)
Best Fantasy Film
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros)
The Lovely Bones (Paramount)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (Warner Bros.)
Watchmen (Warner Bros.)
Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Bros.)
Best Horror Film
The Box (Warner Bros.)
Drag Me to Hell (Universal)
Frozen (Anchor Bay Films)
The Last House on the Left (Rogue / Universal)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)
Zombieland (Sony)
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
2012 (Sony...
- 2/23/2010
- by Jonathan
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
It's that time of year again: The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced the nominations for its 36th Annual Saturn Awards.
Lots of genre flicks and stars are represented in the film, television, DVD, and theatre categories, which is always good to see! The Academy's membership is open to the public, and the presentation show will take place on June 24, 2010, in Burbank, CA.
Following is the full list of nominees from the press release:
Movies
Best Horror Film:
"The Box" (Warner Bros.)
"Drag Me to Hell" (Universal)
"Frozen" (Anchor Bay Films)
"The Last House on the Left" (Rogue/Universal)
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (Summit Entertainment)
"Zombieland" (Sony)
Best Science Fiction Film:
"The Book of Eli" (Warner Bros)
"Knowing" (Summit Entertainment)
"Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Star Trek" (Paramount)
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (Paramount)
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (20th Century Fox)
Best Fantasy Film:
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox...
Lots of genre flicks and stars are represented in the film, television, DVD, and theatre categories, which is always good to see! The Academy's membership is open to the public, and the presentation show will take place on June 24, 2010, in Burbank, CA.
Following is the full list of nominees from the press release:
Movies
Best Horror Film:
"The Box" (Warner Bros.)
"Drag Me to Hell" (Universal)
"Frozen" (Anchor Bay Films)
"The Last House on the Left" (Rogue/Universal)
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (Summit Entertainment)
"Zombieland" (Sony)
Best Science Fiction Film:
"The Book of Eli" (Warner Bros)
"Knowing" (Summit Entertainment)
"Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Star Trek" (Paramount)
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (Paramount)
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (20th Century Fox)
Best Fantasy Film:
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox...
- 2/19/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for the 36th Annual Saturn Awards, revealing the domination of "Avatar" and "Lost". The big budget sci-fi movie has a chance to have its glorious moment in the event as it earns ten nominations while the hit ABC series grabs the most nods in TV categories with eight.
Beside "Avatar", those which receive multiple nominations in feature film categories are "Sherlock Holmes" with eight, as well as "Inglourious Basterds" and "Watchmen" which are tied with seven each. "Lost", in the meantime, is followed close by "Dexter", "Breaking Bad" and "True Blood" with five nods each.
The winners of the 36th Annual Saturn Awards will be announced at a ceremony held on June 24 in Burbank, California. Beside honoring movie and TV, the awards show will also recognize excellence in home entertainment (DVD) and stage presentation.
The Nominations List...
Beside "Avatar", those which receive multiple nominations in feature film categories are "Sherlock Holmes" with eight, as well as "Inglourious Basterds" and "Watchmen" which are tied with seven each. "Lost", in the meantime, is followed close by "Dexter", "Breaking Bad" and "True Blood" with five nods each.
The winners of the 36th Annual Saturn Awards will be announced at a ceremony held on June 24 in Burbank, California. Beside honoring movie and TV, the awards show will also recognize excellence in home entertainment (DVD) and stage presentation.
The Nominations List...
- 2/19/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Hurrah for the weekend! For today is Friday and two whole days of fun and freedom loom before us, what are you going to do with yours? Perhaps you’re in the mood for some fun with the lads, if so check out The Hangover. A huge hit in America, the raucous comedy has stormed to the top of the Us box office knocking the latest Disney•Pixar animation, Up from its perch. Or if you’re looking for something more action-heavy, there’s John Woo’s war flick Red Cliff or if you’re eager to be scared silly then there’s horror thriller The Last House on the Left. Click over for more…
If you see… Three groomsmen awake after a night of wild partying in Las Vegas to find they’ve lost the groom-to-be in outrageous comedy hit, The Hangover.
Why Not (Sensibly) enjoy some of the...
If you see… Three groomsmen awake after a night of wild partying in Las Vegas to find they’ve lost the groom-to-be in outrageous comedy hit, The Hangover.
Why Not (Sensibly) enjoy some of the...
- 6/12/2009
- Boxwish.com
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