Film Review – Toni Erdmann (2016)
Title – Toni Erdmann (2016) Director – Maren Ade (Everyone Else) Cast – Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu Plot – Oddball Winfried (Simonischek) takes up […]
Category Archives: Film reviews: Foreign
Opinion Piece – Please Don’t Remake Your Name
Please don’t remake Your Name An opinion piece by Jordan The beauty of animations, particularly those stemming from the vista of boundless imagination that is Japan, is that the finest […]
Film Review – Tanna (2015)
Title – Tanna (2015) Directors – Martin Butler and Bentley Dean (feature debut) Cast – Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa, Kapan Cook, Dadwa Mungau Plot – On the South-Pacific island of […]
Film Review – The Garden of Words (2013)
The Garden of Words (Koto no ha no niwa) Written and Directed by Makoto Shinkai Voice work by Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa Review by Jordan A faint clap of […]
Film Review – The Boy and the Beast (2015)
The Boy and the Beast (Bakemono no ko) Written and Directed by Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children) Review by Jordan Grab the sword […]
Film Review – Vicious Winter (2013)
Title – Tappava Talvi aka Vicious Winter (2013) Director – Marcus Hägg (feature debut) Cast – Mikko Paara, Barbara Maurer, Siegfried Terpoorten Plot – A crime thriller set in the […]
Film Review – A Silent Voice (2016)
A Silent Voice (Koe no katachi) Directed by Naoko Yamada Based on the manga by Yoshitoko Oima. Screenplay by Reiko Yoshida Review by Jordan Transfixing animation, that captures the gliding […]
Film Review – When Marnie Was There (2014)
When Marnie Was There Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi Based on the novel by Joan G. Robinson Japanese voice acting by Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi English voice […]
Film Review – Your Name (2016)
Your Name (Kimi no na wa) Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimetres Per Second) Voice acting by Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi Review by Jordan “Once in a while when I wake […]
Classic Review – Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Japanese voice acting by Sumi Shimamoto, Goro Naya, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Yōji Matsuda, Iemasa Kayumi English voice acting […]
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) 