A cynical businessmen falls for an earnest architecture student in Stanley Kwan’s landmark LGBTQ+ drama
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A Legend (传说, Stanley Tong, 2024)
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GO (2001) review
An exquisite structured exploration of how fictions of nationality fracture and shape they societal field as well as the subjects subject to it and the relational dynamics they…
Pulse (2001) review
“An extra-ordinary apocalyptic horror narrative that explores, in a refined way, the destructive impact of consumption – the pulsating attraction of injecting solitary enjoyment by enga…
Fruits Basket (2001)
While definitely an “Early 2000’s shojo anime” there is a lot here that really endures (and endears) that makes it worthwhile as more than just an important contextual…
Stranger in the Shogun’s City by Amy Stanley
History tends to represent the voices of men and those in power. Typically, governmental officials, who are most often men, know how to read and write. And those…
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) Dir: Stanley Tong
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Pulse (2001) [Film Review]
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GO (Isao Yukisada, 2001)
A young man struggles to define himself while caught between two equally hostile cultures in Isao Yukisada’s disarmingly charming youth drama.
A2 (2001) [Documentary Review]
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A2 (Tatsuya Mori, 2001)
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Hot Blooded (뜨거운 피, Cheon Myeong-kwan, 2022)
A petty footsoldier tiring of the underworld life finds himself dragged into internecine gangland conflict in Cheon Myeong-kwan’s retro gangster picture.
Yu Yu Hakusho
Seasons: 1 Episodes: 5 Country Of Origin: Japan Network: Netflix Overdub: Yes Completed, Running or Canceled: Pending Renewal Summary: After a selfless act costs him his life, teen…
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On my quest for anime back in the early days, I came across Yu Yu Hakusho. It took me ages to finish it since I dropped it about…
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A manga about delinquent Yusuke Urameshi who dies saving a child. Since it was not his time to pass on, he is offered a chance at reviving and…
2001: 21st-Century Digital Toys
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Wife recommends The Stanley Parable and makes spouse reminice on the good-old-days of choose your own adventure books and how these games have evolved.
Yu Yu Hakusho Rules
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The “secret” fan club, 1991-2001
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298 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 5
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299 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 6
On this episode Seamus finishes rereading Vinland Saga, Morgana enjoys BL Metamorphosis, and dakazu loves creepy girls with mind powers in Meiko no Asobiba! And we’ve finally arrived…
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296 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 4
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