The Seven Samurai – 七人の侍, 1954
ASP Culture Club on 30 March arranged a movie night for ASP and friends, to catch a glimpse of the much-rewarded masterpiece Seven Samurai (1954), from award-winning director Akira Kurosawa. The film itself lasts 207 minutes, all shot in black and white, and has been digitally re-mastered, improving sound and visuals. 17 students had signed [...]
上海, 我们爱你 – a short update from Shanghai
Sakarias Eriksson, who is in Shanghai for two months, is telling about his experiences, life and general gossip from the big city.
“My So-called L.O.V.E.”
“My so-called Love” A tense and intriguing film by – I actually don’t know! (I have done my research, not that at all; but it seems to me that the director just doesn’t want to be known or something.) Anyway, the plot revolves this shy and very innocent girl named Kitty. We see Kitty through [...]
Letters From Iwo Jima
Another World War II movie… Why should you bother? The topic seems, in the minds of most people, worn out. Especially if it has a Hollywood stamp on it. You probably feel like every possible story must have been told by now right? Or as if every new story will just be a variation of familiar themes: victory against the odds, brotherhood under fire etc.
Meteor Garden
Meteor Garden I & II Asian fans all around the world, wether they are American-Asian, Canadian-Asian or Scandinavian-Asian, gather together to sing Liu Xing Yu (meteor rain) by F4. This song is not just some stupid theme song for some stupid cliché Taiwanese drama! This is the very first stupid theme song to the very [...]
Koizora 恋空 ~ Sky of Love
Genre: Drama, Romance Millions of people were last fall brought to tears by the movie Koizora. The story of Koizora is nonfictional and was originally a “mobile phone novel” (ケータイ小説, keitai shosetsu) written by a young woman called Mika. Japan can easily be called the cellular capital of the world, where people use their cell [...]
My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro)
A Movie review My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro) Directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki Produced by Toru Hara Distributed by Toho (Japan) Troma Films (USA) Disney (USA) Released in 1988 (Japan) Fox Dub: 1993 (USA) Disney Dub: 2006 (USA) Running time 86 min. Language Japanese My Neighbor Totoro is considered as one of [...]
Lust Caution – A Movie Review
Lust, Caution is a movie by Ang Lee and is based on an Eileen Chang short story. If you have not seen the movie yet I can recommend that you rent it and enjoy this masterpiece with a friend (or a lover- but definitely not with a parent!). You will not regret! Director: Ang Lee [...]