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Toshi OmagariSat 13 Jan 2024
godzilla ‑1.0: negatives lost in translation
I haven’t done a film review in a while! My wife and I went to a London screening of Godzilla ‑1.0 (2023) last month.
Mor 
Toshi OmagariWed 26 Feb 2020
arcade game typography: the first animated fonts in colour
Do you want to see the world’s first multi-coloured and animated font? Actually, three notes: 1. The game was never published. 2. It’s
Toshi OmagariTue 23 Jul 2019
dos disney
Watched two Disney films, Spider-Man: Far from Home and The Lion King remake. spider-man: far from home (2019) I’ll make the
Toshi OmagariTue 16 Jul 2019
sequellites
Watched X‑Men: Dark Phoenix (2019). Not bad, but it’s not dark at all despite the title. The supposed centre of Phoenix’s internal
Toshi OmagariFri 14 Jun 2019
some films
Some films I watched recently: Ed Wood, Saving Mr. Banks, Shazam!, Aladdin, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Ed Wood (1994)
Toshi OmagariFri 12 Apr 2019
just throw in as much crap as you can so it appeals to everyone
Watched the Dumbo (2019) remake, directed by the guy who used to be good 20–30 years ago and has lost his mojo,
Toshi OmagariFri 4 Jan 2019
double feature: aquaman, crusoe
Watched Aquaman (2018). It feels like an insanely expensively made ’80s cartoon, and I wish all the success it deserves. Its inherently
Toshi OmagariThu 29 Nov 2018
undercooked sunday roast
Watched Fantastic Beasts and The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), in which Grindelwald doesn’t do much. While I like most of the characters
Toshi OmagariMon 29 Oct 2018
spoilers! ‘we will peck them to death to-morrow, my dear’
War of the Worlds (2005) is an interesting film which I ocassionally revisit. I like every detail of it, especially the first
Toshi OmagariFri 21 Sep 2018
predator feelings
Watched The Predator. I don’t understand. Why do we have so many garbage sequels this year? I might actually hate it more than
Toshi OmagariThu 16 Aug 2018
impressively güd
Watched Incredibles 2. It was a fun and intelligent film, and it’s very hard for me to say which one I like
Toshi OmagariMon 13 Aug 2018
marathoning all the ocean’s
Watched Ocean’s 8. Since it was the first Ocean’s film I have seen and had no points of comparison, I started watching
Toshi OmagariFri 10 Aug 2018
recycled roar
Watched Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). It was a very nice looking sequel to Jurassic World (2015) but based on an incredibly
Toshi OmagariSun 27 May 2018
watched solo
Starting off, I was expecting to see Han Solo gang-raped by Disney for two hours, which is not quite what happened. Given
Toshi OmagariFri 27 Apr 2018
goodbye, farewell korean war
It was a beautiful, historical day in Korea, but it is sickening to see no government elites in Japan with compliments in
Toshi OmagariSat 14 Apr 2018
takahata’s yesterday
Watched Only Yesterday (1991) to commemorate the passing of Isao Takahata (1935–2018). As with many other of his films, it is very
Toshi OmagariWed 20 Dec 2017
wind and weather part two – see the blazing yule before us
star wars super spoiler discussion ahead continued from yesterday Overall, I really loved the film after I left the theatre. Then I started
Toshi OmagariTue 19 Dec 2017
hail the new – heedless of the wind and weather
Watched Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). I’ll try to make it as spoiler-less as possible, but you will have a clearer
Toshi OmagariWed 25 Oct 2017
jumanji again
Watched Jumanji (1995) again during the return flight from Montreal. Directed by Joe Johnston who started career as production artist on Star
Toshi OmagariSun 15 Oct 2017
2049: it’s a slow burn
Watched Blade Runner 2049. It is not a cheap cash grab, but a worthy follow up that probably does better than the
Toshi OmagariTue 12 Sep 2017
technically it
Watched It. The Pennywise actor is great, but horror scenes are accentuated a bit too much by obnoxious loud sound effect which
Toshi OmagariWed 5 Jul 2017
painful attempt
The Mummy. It’s Universal’s desperate and painful attempt at setting up their own franchise by digging up old monster films. They’ve tried
Toshi OmagariSun 25 Jun 2017
a warrior after all
A couple weeks-late review of Wonder Woman (2017). DC finally made another good movie after Dark Knight Rises (2012). It’s a standard
Toshi OmagariThu 18 May 2017
covenant verdict
Watched Alien: Covenant (2017) yesterday. It’s a seventh Alien film and the sequel to Prometheus (2012), a jumbled mess of inconsequential events
Toshi OmagariFri 14 Apr 2017
i’ve always been oblivious of easter
For the first several years in U.K., I used to go to the classroom or the office only to discover nobody, followed