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AKB48Fan rated March Comes in Like a Lion

March Comes in Like a Lion 9/10

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I have been an avid follower of the March Comes In Like A Lion anime since it first started last year. It's one of the best slice of life dramas I've seen and this is the 1st of 2 live action adaptation movies of it. It centres on Rei Kiriyama, a disconnected lonely teenager who lost his entire family in a car accident as a child and was adopted by his father's friend whose children despise him as he always beat them at a Japanese chess game called shogi. Now living alone, Kiriyama has grown up to be a great shogi player and his only friends are those in the shogi club until he meets the kindly Akari Kawamoto and her 2 siblings (themselves orphans after their mother died) who show him what the meaning of being a family is really about. I found this movie to be superb. The filmmakers have captured the characters perfectly especially Rei's rival and friend Nikaido played by an unrecognisable Shôta Sometani. The first half of the movie revolves around Rei trying to find his place in society and the second half concentrates on shogi with Rei playing in the finals of the Newcomer Tournament. Whilst many might find chess to be boring, it is made to be rather gripping in this movie. Ryunosuke Kamiki is excellent as the child shogi prodigy Rei and his interactions with the Kawamoto family is sweet. I'm really looking forward to seeing the concluding part to the story and how it all pans out.

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AKB48Fan rated Parks

Parks 7/10

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This Japanese movie was made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Inokashira Park which is situated in Kichijoji, one of Tokyo's surburbs. It's a beautiful park with it's large pond and is very popular with people. The story is about 2 young women trying to find an acquitance of one of their grandfather's. They find that person's grandson who tells them that his grandmother died recently. Upon discovering an old reel tape of a unfinished song that his grandmother had made back in the 60's, the trio decide to work together complete the song. This is a quaint little movie revolving around the friendship of 3 young adults trying to finish a song and performing it at a music festival. One of them after falling asleep even imagines she is back in the 60's with the people that started to write the tune. There is extensive footage of Inokashira Park in Summer and some during the cherry blossom season. The song that the trio is trying to complete I wouldn't say is very good (crap lyrics to be honest) but it didn't distract me from enjoying the movie even though it has a paper thin plot. The main cast do a decent job with the material given to them but it is certainly not actress Ai Hashimoto's best work. I don't think this movie will appeal to everybody but give it a shot and see what you think.

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Three women take it upon themselves to get back at their evil boss in this funny comedy. Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin make a fantastic team. There was obviously an incredible chemistry at work between them. Along with Dabney Coleman they play their fantastic characters to the hilt. There are some silly moments when the 3 women high after smoking pot imagine how they will get rid of their boss. The mix up at the hospital, though inane, is needed to keep the story going. The supporting cast has some real interesting roles as well. Elizabeth Wilson plays the office snitch and anyone who has ever worked in an office can count themselves lucky if there are only one of those in your place of work. It might not be a memorable movie but it is a lot of fun and Dolly Parton's catchy tune is wonderful. All in all, a very enjoyable 80's comedy.

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AKB48Fan rated Hoffman

Hoffman 8/10

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Everybody was so used to seeing Peter Sellers act in comedies they weren't sure what to make of this movie in which he plays it dead straight as a creepy man Hoffman who blackmails his secretary Miss Smith after he finds out her fiancee has been giving company secrets away to competitors. Hoffman will keep silent about the matter if she'll agree to spend the weekend at his home. This is a very underrated movie of Sellers and one which he wasn't too enamoured with at the time as he believed he was playing himself. He wanted to reshoot some footage but this never happened apparently. I was a little bit disturbed with this story at first but I gradually begin to warm to the character of Hoffman. A very lonely man with limited social skills and who was betrayed by his wife. He loves his young secretary from afar but is afraid to say anything to her. Sinead Cusack is fantastic and stunning as Miss Smith, who has found herself in the most baffling of circumstances. To be fair to Hoffman, he treats Miss Smith very nicely even though she was expecting the worst from him and over time she starts to warm up to him. It builds up to a heartwarming ending. This may not appeal to many Sellers fans but I enjoyed it. You get to see a different side to him.

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AKB48Fan rated The Servant (1963)

The Servant (1963) 8/10

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What an incredible psychological drama this is with a sharp script by Harold Pinter about class warfare and sexual games between a wealthy but lazy man Tony and his man servant Hugo Barrett. The two men constantly play a tug of war for power in all forms and in the end the roles have been reversed. You can cut the tension with a knife in this movie as other female characters are introduced which serve to further the rift between the two men. This movie would be absolutely nothing without the performances of it's two men, and they both deliver in equal measures. The women are both superb as well, Wendy Craig being sharp and vicious (not used to seeing her like this as she always played nice homely roles when I was growing up) and sexy Sarah Miles being naive and sensual. Dirk Bogarde is amazing as he turns more sinister and terrifying as time passes on. James Fox is also fantastic as the composed young man at the start of the movie but by the end is a shattered wreck. It's such a cracking movie and is highly recommended.

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A ridiculous action/martial arts movie by Godfrey Ho that makes no sense! It has no ninja with cybernetic implants at all! What Ho has done is take footage from another movie The Daring Kung Fu Refugee, shot new footage and made this one out of it all. And to top that he's also stolen some tunes from various Western shows (Miami Vice TV theme for instance) and incidental music from the original Dirty Harry movie. The mishmash plot is about a top technical secret film that's been stolen and a CIA agent is sent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. It won't take you long before you're completely lost with this movie because it's just jumbled mess of random scenes put together. The ninjas on show are very special as they can appear and disappear whenever they please! If you still want to watch this and decipher what's going on then I can only wish you good luck. You're gonna need it!!

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Peter Finch in one of his best screen roles as Johnnie Byrne recently re-elected Labour member of Parliament. He's got ambitions and he'll do whatever it takes to succeed, to get to the front benches where the Labour ministers sit when they're in power. He's got a wife that he's estranged from and a mistress he's cheating on also with yet another woman. Johnnie Byrne is such a despicable person and the viewer will have no sympathy for him whatsoever. Whether it's stirring up trouble for the Prime Minister or playing away with various women and it's thanks to Finch' talents that make Byrne such an interesting character to watch. Donald Pleasance also shines as a nasty Labour MP. At the time of it's release, people weren't aware of how things worked inside Parliament so I believed it alarmed some politicians that it showed some to be so ruthless in their activities. There are some great views of the old Euston Station before it was demolished in 1963 as well. Overall, this forgotten movie is well worth a watch if you get the chance.

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AKB48Fan rated Blade of the Immortal

Blade of the Immortal 9/10

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Manji is a battle-hardened samurai who committed quite heinous crimes in a past life. A mysterious 800-year-old nun introduces a bloodworm into his body which will regerate/heal any damaged part of his body, thereby being cursed with immortality. In order to be freed from this eternal life, he has vowed to kill 1000 evil men. Manji crosses paths with a young girl named Asano Rin whose parents were murdered in front of her by a gang of elite fighters. He promises to help her avenge their death. Another blood soaked production by Takashi Miike and the 100th movie he has directed. Who else is best at making ultra violent movies with superb fight choreography than him. It's a blast from start to finish and I thought the way the black and white part of the movie segued into the color portion was amazing. The movie has a story that manages to remain relatively simple to follow but still turns out to be profound because of a strong character development. All the characters have depth and are performed brilliantly by the actors and actresses involved in this movie. Kimura Takuya convinces as the bitter yet passionate samurai Manji and Sugisaki Hana impresses as the innocent yet traumatised young woman Rin. The fight scenes are quite brutal, fast and pitiless. In the end, Miike delivers another winner. Highly recommended.

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