Category: Movies
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Fat, Sick, and nearly Dead
I watched “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” on Amazon Instant Video tonight. Another great documentary! I’m excited because a few days ago I ordered a Vitamix (1363 Spy [or possibly it was CIA] model) blender which can make great juices. Since I’m currently training for my first marathon, and my father has really enjoyed his […]
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Amazon Instant Video
I’m currently in America for work. I bought some stuff from Amazon, and they offered me a free Amazon Prime trial, which I can cancel within the first month for no charge. I’ve been curious about Amazon Prime Instant Video for a while, so decided to check it out. They have some great videos up […]
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Dinner and a Movie in Tokyo after the Earthquake
Tokyo Midtown is a large tower in Roppongi, we went there for a nice dinner The tower still stands For the past week, R. and I have been at home. I have been working from home (it is great that I work at a company where this is possible) while R. has been off of […]
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Musical Robots, Chocolate, and Alice in Wonderland
Le Chocolat De H chocolate and coffee Tea and Cake Skate Park Art Musical Robots Musical Robots Musical Robots Musical Robot video The other day, R. and I had a rare day off together, so we headed to the Mori Museum of Art for the Roppongi Art Crossing 2010 “Can there be art?” exhibit. Before […]
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Movie Reviews: Up and Avatar
Avatar: a nice sci-fi movie Avatar Na’vi Amazing CGI for humans The annoying floating mountains Grandpa Carl’s flying (in the sky) house A bit before the new year, R. and I went to see the latest Pixar movie, カールじいさんの空飛ぶ家. Simply “Up” in America, and “Grandpa Carl’s flying house” in Japanese. I’ve noticed this trend before […]
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Naoko Ogigami’s “Glasses”
Or, an English review And the Japanese wikipedia entry So, R. and I watched two movies (three, but I am not counting “A Nightmare Before Christmas”, which we watched while I was working yesterday) this weekend. The first was Kamome Shokudo, directed and written by Naoko Ogigami. I enjoyed it. The second was “Glasses”, also […]
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Kagome Shokudo
In English: Kamome Shokudo Last night, R. and I sat down to a nice evening movie. We rented a few things at the start of the weekend, and I was actually pretty excited to watch a Japanese-only movie with her, one of her choosing. She chose Kamome Shokudo, a Japanese comedy set in Helsinki. The […]
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Review of Wall-E in Japan
A few weeks ago, R. and I went to a movie. I used to love going to see movies in New York – and I still do love to see movies, but since coming to Japan I haven’t had the time or the money. Movies here are super expensive. A ticket for a movie costs […]
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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist: Some of my faves are on the soundtrack!
Just saw a commercial for Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and was super excited to hear a Bishop Allen song in the commercial. I did a search, and the soundtrack looks awesome: my favorites, Bishop Allen, also my favorites, We Are Scientists, Vampire Weekend (great set a Summer Sonic 2008!), Band of Horses, Modest Mouse, […]
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Primer
Over the holiday break, I watched the movie Primer. This is a 2004 sci-fi film that I hadn’t heard of, but found ranked pretty high up on Rotten Tomatoes’ List of top 100 Sci-fi movies so I decided to check it out. While my career is in computer science, I did also pick up a […]