How insane can a movie get? (Koi no Mon reviewed)

{FILM DIARY}
Koi no Mon (Japan, 2004)
Seen: Sunday, 21st June 2009
Runtime: 114′
Director: Suzuki Matsuo
Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda, Wakana Sakai, Suzuki Matsuo, Hijiri Kojima
Production House: Koi no mon Seisaku Iinkai
Plot: (from imdb)
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
I wonder about the sanity of the people who made [...]

A sweet and funny suicide story (Ashita no Kita Yoshio reviewed)

{FILM DIARY}
Ashita no Kita Yoshio (Japan, 2008)
Finished Watching: Saturday, 20th June 2009
Runtime: 11 episodes (45min. each)
Director: Ten Shimoyama (ep1-2,5,7,10-11), Manabu Asou (ep3-4), Yoshishige Miyake (ep6,9), Akira Hibino (ep8)
Cast: Fumiyo Kohinata, Ryuhei Matsuda, Manami Konishi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Jun Kaname
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Plot: Kita Yoshio has decided to commit suicide in 11 days. He meets [...]

The young Voldemort scene

A slightly more extended version of the young Voldemort trailer is available here and for the first time I actually liked it. The boy works much better on the new clip than on the previous ones - I finally get why they cast him *grin*
I hope the film version is less choppy. I expect the [...]

A naughty video about Severus Snape

Friday, 19 June 2009, 21:19 | Category : Crumbs, Uncategorized
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I thought this was hilarious, I don’t normally like fan videos, but this one was edited really well. Poor Severus lol

P.S. Can you tell I’m avoiding studying for my exams? ;)

More Half-Blood Prince publicity and a lot of Tom Felton

I’ll start off with the one piece of publicity that isn’t Tom Felton related and that’s the Steve Kloves interview, which I think is a very good read :)
This is an interview with Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright and the Phelps twins. I think I’m mainly linking to it because I loved the bit about the [...]

South Africa - the highest rape rate in the world

Friday, 19 June 2009, 19:22 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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This article is very chilling - apparently one in four men in South Africa admit to having raped somebody.

Why chocolate mousse is a better option than a chocolate bar

Friday, 19 June 2009, 19:19 | Category : Crumbs, Uncategorized
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I thought this was rather interesting - some good tips for dieters.

How classical music can bridge divides

Thursday, 18 June 2009, 23:05 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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The story of 16 year old Abel Selaocoe, who plays the cello. He sees classical music as his destiny, even though according to stereotypes black musicians are not associated with the genre.

MONTHLY SUMMARY: May 2009 aka too many things happening at once

Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 18:54 | Category : Life & Stuff, Loaves, Monthly Summaries
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{MONTHLY SUMMARIES}
My Month in Brief
May was a month during which everything kept happening insanely fast and planning anything seemed completely impossible - something would always turn things upside down :-/
Major Events
The month started very inauspiciously when my dad fainted in the local shop. They called the ambulance and my dad refused to go with them [...]

Two male penguins adopt a chick

Monday, 15 June 2009, 20:43 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities
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I thought this was a rather amusing story :)