Film / Reviews Feb 6, 2020
'Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku': A musical take on an otaku romance
by Mark Schilling
This film adaptation of a web comic by single-named artist Fujita has the central couple dancing and singing their way to love.
Film / Reviews Jun 6, 2018
'50 First Kisses': Swipe left on this rom-com redo
by James Hadfield
An incorrigible playboy spots a young woman at a diner in Hawaii and is instantly smitten. After he plucks up the courage to talk to her, they hit it off and arrange to meet again at the same place the following day. But when ...
Film / Reviews Jul 5, 2017
Gross-out gags make 'Gintama' a miss
by Mark Schilling
Some actors have a knack for picking good material. And some, like Shun Oguri, drift from stinker to stinker: "Museum," "Terra Formars," "Galaxy Turnpike," "Lupin the Third." Still considered a box-office force despite this dismal track record, Oguri stars in "Gintama," the live-action adaptation of ...
Film / Reviews May 18, 2016
'Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis': Japan's pervy hero is top-crotch
by James Hadfield
If you're craving an alternative to the self-important bluster of Hollywood's never-ending superhero pageant, there's no need to wait until "Deadpool" opens in Japanese cinemas next month. For a quick fix of trashy comic-book irreverence, this homegrown product should do the trick nicely. Keishu Ando's ...