DOUBLE FEATURE OF DEATH: Rambo and Battle Royale
RAMBO
Apparently, John Rambo was right: Nothing is over. As the world exerted a collective snigger after Sylvester Stallone announced there would be a new “Rambo” film — the fourth of the franchise — coming on the heels of the final “Rocky” installment, I joined in.
As much as I […]

The World Series Of Poker is coming up soon in Las Vegas. Players from all over the world will gather in the poker mecca and try to become part of poker history. A few Japanese players will be among them. I, myself planned to participate in one or two events this year, but fell a little short of the my buy-in […]

Good vibes, happy faces, ringing ears, hangovers and a subconcious reminder that I need another haircut, all stemmed from an atypical source in Japan, an evening of live music.

Japan, unfortunately, isn’t well known abroad for its local music scene and as such, does nothing to inspire foreigners to check out the live performances available to […]

As a college senior in 1999, I was living a pretty isolated existence. Stuck in a rundown apartment building (and paying the unbelievably low rent of $225 U.S. per month) the only thing I had going for me was a premium cable package that helped advance my growing interest in film. One film stood out […]

It’s unfortunate that this is the inaugural review I am writing for sevententotokyo. Not that the film is that brutally heinous (though it’s not exactly a masterpiece). It’s just that I usually don’t get too involved in the horror genre these days. First, because I think the medium has been dead for years, and second, […]

The American hit movie Cloverfield opened here in Japan on Saturday. The movie has enjoyed great success not only in the United States, but around the world. What’s it all about? It’s simply the story of a small group of friends who try to survive an attack on New York City by a giant monster.
The […]