DVD: Taro Suwa     DVD:     Taro Suwa      Fear and Trembling Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji Homevision, 2005 Yearning for Acceptance Transmutes into Perverse Battle of Cultures Alan Corneau's film adaptation of Amelie Nothomb's autographical novel "Fear and Trembling" borders on a near perfect portrayal of a young Belgian ingénue's desire to be understood and accepted amidst a backdrop of cultural differences as glimpsed from under the bell ...             Ringu 2 Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato Effectively Creepy I am in the unique position of watching Ringu 2 without having seen the first film. But I did see both English versions of "The Ring." I liked Rikiya Otaka as Yoichi. He seemed alternately vulnerable and scary as the little boy. The sequence where he knocks the ...             Shikoku Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui Adness, 2004 A sad and beautiful Japanese ghost story I thought this movie was wonderful. The Japanese make the best horror films in the world, but many of those films, especially ghost stories such as Shikoku, operate on a different spiritual plane than Western horror. The fact that Shikoku is hyped as a product of the ...             Adrenaline Drive Masanobu Ando, Hikari Ishida Image Entertainment, 2001 AN INTERESTING LITTLE GEM! I WOULD LIKE TO TELL ANYONE WHO MAY BE THINKING OF BUYING THIS FILM THAT IT IS WORTH THE $2-$3.00 THEY ARE ABOUT TO PAY FOR IT. THIS MOVIE, ALTHOUGHT NOT A MASTERPIECE, IT IS NOT A "TURKEY" EITHER. NO, THIS MOVIE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE "GOOD" PILE. PERSONALLY, I LIKE ...             The Guard From Underground Makiko Kuno, Yutaka Matsushige Arts Magic, 2006 Interesting mix of corporate satire and thriller One of the contemporary masters of Japanese film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa here fashions a dark tale that is both a sharp satire of corporate life and a B-movie thriller. A former sumo wrestler (and here, the Western viewer is surprised to discover that not all sumo wrestlers ...             Reincarnation Yûka, Karina (XIII) Lions Gate, 2007 ONE OF THE BETTER HORRORFEST OFFERINGS At the risk of being thought of as a shill for J-Horror films, I really didn't want to like Reincarnation as the best entry into the After Dark Horrorfest, it just sort of worked out that way. Actually, I'd say it was pretty close between Reincarnation and Abandoned. ...             Another Heaven Yosuke Eguchi, Miwako Ichikawa Bedford Entertainment, 2003 Another Heaven is good horror cinema Another Heaven is bloody and grotesque enough to please most horror fans, but the film's attempts at humor (how many times do you have to be shown incompetent policemen running from a crime scene to throw up?) undercut its resonance. Yosuke Eguchi is charming in the ...             Meatball Machine Taro Suwa; Issei Takahashi; Aoba Kawai; Ayano Yamamoto; Kenichi Kawasaki; Shoichiro Matsumoto; Tohru Tezuka TLA, 2007 Mmmm...meatballs... The Good Things *Grossest movie ever! Loads of blood and perversity! (Reminds me a lot of the anime show "Gantz"). *A few good gory fight scenes. *Good filming style. Lots of good camera angles. Has a distinctive look and style. *Production design is good. ...             An Obsession Ryo Ishibashi, Eiko Nagashima Arts Magic, 2005 Celebrated Cannes Award-winning director Shinji Aoyama revisits Kurosawa?s ?Stray Dog? in one of his greatest masterpieces, ?An Obsession?. Like Kurosawa, he weaves his plot around a detective whose stolen gun is used for murder, but from there on in, the two works part company. In Aoyama?s world, obsession is the common condition of man, and ...             Uzumaki Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan ELITE ENTERTAINMENT, 2004 Please enter a title for your review American films lately seem almost universally focussed on either elbaorate plot twists or the many faces of human suffering and redemption. If you want to see something that that defies those conventions, along with often substituting fantasy for realism (though there ...             Spiral [Region 2] Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan Please enter a title for your review American films lately seem almost universally focussed on either elbaorate plot twists or the many faces of human suffering and redemption. If you want to see something that that defies those conventions, along with often substituting fantasy for realism (though there ...          products you might be interested in   search for DVDs adrenaline, meatball, obsession, reincarnation, trembling, underground      geepe.com    web we recommend Yearning for Acceptance Transmutes into Perverse Battle of Cultures randomly chosen book: CCNA Portable Command Guide (2nd Edition) (Self-Study Guide)