We review Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love (2000), an intimate, heartbreaking, and emotionally simmering peek into the lives of two forlorn souls (actor Tony Leung and actress Maggie Cheung) who seek companionship with one another after discovering that their spouses are having an affair together.
We review the 2001 anime TV series Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, a zany coming of age comedy from famed anime studio Gainax and director / writer Hiroyuki Yamaga, about two young teenage friends, Sasshi and Arumi, on a slapstick filled series of misadventures through parallel worlds, dished out as hilarious spoofs of young Sasshi’s geeky obsessions, from Dragon Quest to Dating Sims, Giant Robots to Prehistoric Monsters, to Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Hollywood movies and more.
Timestamps:
[00:00] Intro, Jujutsu Kaisen, Pokemon Adventures, Gun X Sword, Atom the Beginning, Lupin World’s Finest Manga
[45:26] Review of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
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Armed with the strength of the black tiger, the courage of the eagle, and the cunning of the ferret, the Team B crew sit down to watch Don Coscarelli’s sword and sorcery adventure, The Beastmaster (1982).
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Just in time for Halloween, the Thieves are back with a review of Tsui Hark and Ching Sui-tung’s spooky romantic comedy, A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), a genre defying tale of star crossed lovers, filled with slapstick comedy, exciting martial arts sorcery, and enough ghouls, ghosts, and zombies to fill your night with frights!
Timestamps:
[00:00] Intro, Vinland Saga, Way of the House Husband
[36:51] A Chinese Ghost Story Review
[1:58:24] Twitter Questions
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On today’s episode of the Blade Licking Thieves, we talk about our hopes for the recently announced continuation of the Berserk manga (sans its creator) and the potential pitfalls facing the creative team; discuss the long awaited and finally realized North American Macross licensing deal; briefly touch on the recent anime series I’m Quitting Heroing; and, finally, we review Shaw Brother Studio’s 1977 King Kong rip-off and certified so bad it’s good cult classic: The Mighty Peking Man.
We review the Daniels’ latest film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, a wild, weird, and wonderfully irreverent journey through the multiverse that’s equal parts exhilarating action film, laugh-out-loud absurdist comedy, poignant family drama, and meaningful commentary on the fractal like nature of the Asian American experience.
Timestamps:
[00:00] Intro, Gunpla, Digimon,and Eat-Man
[42:41] Everything Everywhere All at Once Review
[2:02:54] Twitter Questions
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In Takeshi Kitano’s summer road movie, Kikujiro, a young boy searching for his estranged mother sets out from Tokyo into rural Japan with an unruly former Yakuza as his guide, begetting a series of misadventures, felonious incidents, comedic interludes, surreal vignettes, and tender moments, as bonds of affection form between the unlikely pair.
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introductions and Nonsense
[09:09] Mini-Review of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga Goodbye, Eri
[44:40] Kikujiro Review
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