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On DVD/Blu-ray – Review: Battle Royale (2000)
by NIR SHALEV This is a beast of a movie. Koshun Takami’s novel was first adapted into a manga (Japanese comics) and then made into this feature-length film. Battle Royale tells the story of what...
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Photo Play: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: essential Kurosawa ********** Last Week: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Coming Next: Ikiru (1952) RELATED POSTS DVD of the Week – AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa
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Photo Play: Ikiru (1952)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: essential Kurosawa ********** Last Week: Sanshiro Sugata (1943) Coming Next: tba Monday RELATED POSTS Two Lists, Ten Favorites: Films of Akira Kurosawa
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Photo Play: High and Low (1963)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: essential Kurosawa BONUS PICTURE ********** Last Week: Ikiru (1952) Coming Next: Ran (1985) Related Posts DVD of the Week – Yojimbo Times Four
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Trailers for Movies I Like: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
by HELEN GEIB A monthly series. Title self-explanatory. **********
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Photo Play: Ran (1985)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: essential Kurosawa ********** Last Week: High and Low (1963) Coming Next: Throwdown (2004) Related Posts DVD of the Week – The Tragic Women of Ran (1985)
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On DVD/Blu-ray – In the Heat of the Summer
by HELEN GEIB Highs in the low 100s, lows in the mid 70s, and the heat index adds 10 degrees (as we’re fond of saying in the Midwest, it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity). And it’s only the first week...
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Photo Play: The Hidden Fortress (1958)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: fairs and festivals ********** Last Week: Faust (1926) Coming Next: The Music Man (1962)
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Photo Play: Red Shadow (2001)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: a good ninja is hard to find ********** Last Week: Mohabbatein (2000) Coming Next: Shinobi no Mono (1962)
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Photo Play: Shinobi no Mono (1962)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: a good ninja is hard to find ********** Last Week: Red Shadow (2001) Coming Next: Ninja Scroll (1993)
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Photo Play: Ninja Scroll (1993)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: a good ninja is hard to find ********** Last Week: Shinobi no Mono (1962) Coming Next: Samurai Spy (1965) Related Posts Review of Ninja Scroll
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Photo Play: Samurai Spy (1965)
by HELEN GEIB This month on Photo Play: a good ninja is hard to find ********** Last Week: Ninja Scroll (1993) Coming Next: Photo Play will be on vacation until November
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Photo Play – Sword of the Stranger (2007)
by HELEN GEIB frame it and hang it on the wall ********** Last Week: Wu Dang (2012) Coming Next: coming Monday
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Photo Play – Yojimbo (1961)
by HELEN GEIB the play’s the thing ********** Last Week: Jackie Brown (1997) Coming Next: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
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Photo Play – Dororo (2007)
by HELEN GEIB enter a mysterious stranger ********** Last Week: Hard Boiled (1992) Coming Next: The Set-Up (1949)
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Photo Play – Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
by HELEN GEIB flights of fancy ********** Last Week: Thunderball (1965) Coming Next: Paprika (2006)
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Photo Play – Paprika (2006)
by HELEN GEIB dream detective inside a detective’s dreams ********** Last Week: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Coming Next: Onmyoji 2 (2003)
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Photo Play – Onmyoji 2 (2003)
by HELEN GEIB symmetry ********** Last Week: Paprika (2006) Coming Next: Hoosiers (1986)
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Photo Play – Underworld Beauty (1958)
by HELEN GEIB elevated by style ********** Last Time on Photo Play: Hoosiers (1986) Next: Red Cliff (2008)
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Photo Play – K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
by HELEN GEIB art directional pleasures of alt-history fantasy ********** Last time on Photo Play: Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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