Here is what's in theater near me right now: Fast X, The Little Mermaid, Guardian of the Galaxy 3, Across the Spider-Verse, Castle in the Sky.
So if you are wondering how Chinese cinema is doing lately... It's not doing much. Although I have to say, I'm surprised an MCU movie is on the list...
2023-06-04 02:04:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Two explanation marks!! That's how amazing it is!!
First thing first: Patreon has enabled a new service: Free Trial. One enabled, patrons will have the option to test out all the perks for 7 days before paymemt. Would you be interested in free trial? ...
2023-05-28 08:34:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Currently updating you from Hong Kong!
Since I'm away from office, I will not be able to work for the next couple of weeks. However, I have already uploaded the bonus video for this month. And a video on June has been written and recorded. It'll be up shortly after I ...
2023-05-21 04:52:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Last update before I fly my butt to Hong Kong and scavenge for obscure movies in Portland Street! Update will continue, but it'll be sharing more of my journey rather than just general movie talks!
Our last video on America's Monkey King was loads of fun to make! It's...
2023-05-14 22:12:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Watch out, this one might be hard on the eyes.
Okay, it's actually not THAT bad if you are familiar with effects driven TV shows of the 2000s. A strange fever dream of a product with some insulting aspects, to be sure. But it also has a heart of gold.
2023-05-11 15:28:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Just finished the Xenoblade 3 DLC. I thought I'd be the target audience for the story, since I followed the series since the days of Operation Rainfall.
But nope, it expects me to follow it from the days of Xenogears. Talk about a commitment.
For the rest of you who don't care about t...
2023-05-08 00:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Last day of April! Hope your year is going well!
I'm stunned by how well received our last video on Porco Rosso is, and how much attention it is getting. For one thing, it's one of the lesser loved Ghibli film among a mainstream audience. But also, I wrote that video ...
2023-04-30 21:44:58 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while, huh?
This April was a difficult month to get through due to various personal stuff that's happening. But I'm glad I still get another video out for the month. Hope the video is enjoyable!
Porco Rosso is may be advertised as a kid's movie, but it is definitely way mo...
2023-04-27 14:21:31 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I finished playing Yakuza Kiwami. That means I can start working on my next video: The 2007 live action adaption of the game, directed by Miike.
You know what's the most frustrating part of this is? Playing the game probably will not help me understand this movie any more. Because it's ...
2023-04-24 01:18:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Watched a whole bunch of movies recently! You can see my reviews for them on our social media pages.
The only good one is Missing. I didn't like the style it was striving for, but it won me over at the end. Would recommend!
I've been struggling with brain fog la...
2023-04-17 02:59:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Currently in a writer's block. Been playing a lot of Yakuza 0 to distract myself. Got into the game because commenters say they (fail to) learn Mahjong from playing this game. Stayed because of a chicken called nugget that is also a real estate manager.
I just spent a...
2023-04-10 02:17:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you had a great April Fool's, and didn't use it as an excuse to confess your true love.
Our silly little video on Vtuber is gaining a lot of attention, which surprises me. Our channel viewer demographics have very little overlap with Vtubers, and the comment sect...
2023-04-03 04:59:56 +0000 UTC View Post
So many Vtubers, so little time.
This year, we decided not to go too crazy with April Fool's, and just do a proper and maybe a little funny video on Vtubers. Hope you enjoy!
2023-04-01 07:11:49 +0000 UTC View Post
So, due to chronic stress and also sleeping weird, I managed to train my neck to or point where I have to move like Tim Burton's Batman, turning my whole body instead of my neck.
For this reason, progress has been slow. Luckily, there should be no delay for our next upload on April Fool's. ...
2023-03-26 22:09:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I beat Persona 3.
I didn't like it.
I blame it on how truncated the "Portable" version is.
As stated in previous updates, we'll take the rest of March off, in order to prepare for a few things:
I finally came up with an April Fool's video idea. Expe...
2023-03-20 00:57:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The funniest thing is, I'm very close to your typical Asian nerd who can talk to girls stereotype, yet even I receive compliment from my peers, including my straight-male white friends. The desexualization is more or less just a vestigial thing in Hollywood, no longer reflecting the perception of...
2023-03-17 14:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah I totally forgot it was a thing last night. That's how much I pay attention to Award shows these days.
Our next video is gonna be one I didn't announce ahead of time. We'll talk about the desexualization of Asian men in Hollywood, just in time to show Key Hue Qua...
2023-03-13 21:32:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry! Sorry! I uploaded our new episode on Saturday and it completely messed up my sense of schedule. I thought today is Monday.
Hope you enjoy our last video on the Ip Man movies. It was actually a lot of fun to make, mainly because the movies are actually easy to s...
2023-03-09 01:50:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't you hate it when you were expecting some schlocky mess, but got some good movies instead?
By the way, this video doesn't include Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster, because as far as I know, that movie was in pre-production before the first Ip Man movie. If anything, Donnie Yen's version ...
2023-03-04 15:19:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, movie season is finally beginning. Cocaine Bear, Creed 3, Shazam 2, John Wick 4.
I'm also odd interested in 65, as well as Dungeons & Dragons. Yeah they look bad, but they look fun bad. I mean, have you played DnD? All campaigns are fun bad. I'll die on this hill, I tell you. 2023-02-27 22:56:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the late update! Been busy for the past 2 days.
Hope you enjoy our last video on Crazy Rich Asians and Mahjong. It's a bit of a different video than our usual fair, but I had a lot of fun going into the story and reconstructing the game. If you know any othe...
2023-02-21 20:41:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I watched Megan. It was fun.
For the most part, I think this kind of movies movies are better campy than self-serious. But there exist a magical golden zone in which a movie is just campy enough to be fun without being too self-aware and losing all tension. Megan is one of those.
When...
2023-02-13 02:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Been playing some Persona 4 lately. While the story and presentation is not as good as Persona 5, the characters are so much more interesting: The most gung ho girl in the party is also the one who is scared of lightning and ghost stories. The quiet girl is, however, the one who loves them. The p...
2023-02-06 18:50:20 +0000 UTC View Post
This half month long break has been wonderful.
Thanks to shows like Three-Body (good influence) and Junji Ito Maniac (bad influence), I find myself begin writing fiction again. I'm currently writing a short story which is in the process of snowballing into a novella.
I've forgotten ho...
2023-01-30 00:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here in Canada, our largest cinema chain Cineplex implemented online booking fee for buying tickets online without a membership. It's an additional 1.5 dollars PER TICKET, on top of 12.5 dollars for an adult.
Decisions like these that are made by executives with no financial worry is going ...
2023-01-23 16:31:13 +0000 UTC View Post
How has 2023 treating everyone? For some reason, I'm feeling more optimistic than usual. Maybe it's because I'm on break and no longer under pressure.
Anyway, I've been playing Sifu. That game kicked my butt. Maybe shouldn't have enter the game at the hardest difficulty.
Everyday I wake up, my body cracks. That's how you know I'm old and need to take breaks.
Hope you enjoy our last video on the Train to Busan sequels. While Seoul Station and Peninsula are both disappointing movies to me, neither of them are out right bad movie, and ha...
2023-01-09 16:09:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Been a while since we talk about Korean cinema, so let's return to it and explore it with some... salt.
I really wanted to love these two movies, that's why I talk about their strengths in addition to their weaknesses. But when the characters are bad, there really is no salvaging a film, at...
2023-01-05 15:26:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy 2023! Let's hope this will be a good year!
Work on our next video has begun. It'll be about Seoul Station and Peninsula, the two other movies in the Train to Busan series.
This will be the only video this month, as I'll be taking some time off to take brea...
2023-01-01 22:21:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm back! Took an impromptu Christmas break for two days. Let's face it, the festivity makes people not want to work.
Oh and, I decided to give these updates titles. Probably more useful than writing the date.
Hope you all enjoy our last video in Lupin III: The ...
2022-12-28 03:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post