Cunning. Chilling. Psychotic. Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2010 Japanese psychological thriller Confessions has a wonderful though very disturbing storyline: a secondary school teacher enacts revenge on two of her pupils who killed her four year old daughter. Narrated by the teacher, a pupil in the class, one of the killers’ mothers, and both of the murderers; each [...]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Fun. Entertaining. Funny. Everything you could ask for from a Robert Marshall directed film. Jack Sparrow returns again, this time in London – though only briefly, on his quest for the fountain of youth. The Captain comes across Barbossa, Blackbeard, zombies, mermaids, and a priest on his journey. Johnny Depp is on fine form, and [...]
After Dark
I’ve never read a full film script before, but after reading After Dark I feel like I’ve read a short film script. Haruki Murakami’s short novel takes place in Tokyo, in the time of seven hours with only a handful of characters that are mysteriously connected. Female protagonist Mari has her world turned upside [...]
Norwegian Wood
So I went to London this weekend, looking forward to Tran Anh Hung’s film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s amazing novel Norwegian Wood; yes, taken from the title of a Beatles’ song. And what can I say? It was all right, a pretty faithful adaptation, and brought up some scenes I had totally forgotten. But there [...]
Endless May Dreams 