Ode To The Romantic Comedies of the Past

Kitagawa Keiko and Kusanagi Tsuyoshi in Dokushin Kizoku Oh Man, Doukushin Kizoku is such an awesome drama so far! I love, love, love it!!! I’m up to episode 6 and my initial feeling that this story seemed like a throwback to old fashioned romantic comedies wasn’t off the mark- the show is just FILLED with nods and references to the beloved films of the past!  With music from such movies West Side Story (I Could Have Danced all Night) and...

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Deux Ex Machina

Rise Of The Machines: Kimura Takuya wi Kiritani Kenta *Possible Spoilers Ahead*... Just finished watching episode 8 of Sci-Fi thriller “Ando Lloyd”, and damn, what a kick-butt drama it IS! Colorful characters, an intriguing storyline that keeps you guessing, and some pretty awesome fight scenes too! While the tale of the “Sentient Robots who Surpass Humans in the Evolutionary Chain” has been told before many times in films from “2001” to “The...

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They Came From The Future: Sci-Fi Shenanigans in "Ando Lloyd"

Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou in "Ando Lloyd"As readers of this blog know well, when it comes to dramas, I really love the ones that are more off the beaten path, the less I can predict of the story’s outcome while watching it the better, and MAN, they don’t come more unusual and UNpredictable than the latest Kimura Takuya/Shibasaki Kou drama ANDO LLOYD! Part Science Fiction, Part Romance and ALL-OUT robot-slamming ACTION, this was ONE show that...

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