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I Wish

Edited, Written & Directed Hirokazu Kore-eda Produced by Kentaro Koike & Hijiri Taguchi Released by Magnolia Pictures Japanese with English subtitles Japan. 128 min. Not rated With Koki Maeda, Ohshiro Maeda, Ryoga Hayashi, Seinosuke Nagayoshi, Kyara Uchida, Kanna Hashimoto, Rento Isobe, Nene Ohtsuka, Joe Odagiri, Yui Natsukawa & Masami Nagasawa Never for a moment did […]

Notable Genre DVDs and Blu-Rays of 2011

We all know that countless titles are released for the home video market every year—in the genre category alone there’s too much for any individual to track, including me. Or should I say “especially me” as I tend to focus my energies on theatrical releases. So just in case you’re like me, here are some […]

Outrage

Written & Directed by Takeshi Kitano Produced by Masayuki Mori & Takio Yoshida Released by Magnet Releasing Japanese with English subtitles Japan. 109 min. Rated R With Beat Takeshi, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi & Tetta Sugimoto The bleakly funny Japanese gangster drama Outrage came out in its home country […]