Showing posts with label HIFF 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HIFF 2019. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Weathering with You 『天気の子』 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Weathering with You 『天気の子』
The Director: Makoto Shinkai
The Cast: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Kentaro Araki, Chieko Baishô and Kana Hanazawa
The Story: A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Mone Kamishiraishi
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Ryô Narita
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Ryûnosuke Kamiki
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Tôko Miura
The Fable / ザ・ファブル - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: The Fable / ザ・ファブル
The Director: Kan Eguchi
The Cast: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Koichi Sato, Mizuki Yamamoto, Ryo Kimura
The Story: An legendary assassin from Tokyo is forced to live as a normal person in Osaka for one year without killing anyone.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Fumino Kimura
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HIFF 2019
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Jun'ichi Okada
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Mizuki Yamamoto
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Sôta Fukushi
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Mina-Anud - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Mina-Anud
The Director: Kerwin Go
The Cast: Dennis Trillo, Jerald Napoles, Matteo Guidicelli, Alvin Anson and Mara Lopez
The Story: Paradise is upturned when 3 tons of cocaine wash up on the peaceful shores of a fishing village. Two local surfers must decide if the lure of a richer tomorrow is really worth risking family and freedom.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Lou Veloso
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Mara Lopez
Monday, November 18, 2019
Exit / 엑시트 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Exit / 엑시트
The Director: Lee Sang-geun
The Cast: Cho Jung-seok, Im Yoon-a, Ko Du-shim, Park In-hwan, Kim Ji-Young
The Story: A rock climber tries to save the day when a mysterious white gas envelops an entire district in Seoul, South Korea.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Bae Yoo-ram
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Cho Jung-seok
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HIFF 2019
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Im Yoon-a
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Kim Kang-Hoon
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Lee Bong-ryeon
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Lee Dong-hwi
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Yellow Rose - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Yellow Rose
The Director: Diane Paragas
The Cast: Eva Noblezada, Princess Punzalan, Dale Watson, Libby Villari and Lea Salonga
The Story: Rose, an undocumented 17 year old Filipina, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Her world is shattered when her mom suddenly gets picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Eva Noblezada
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HIFF 2019
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Lea Salonga
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Libby Villari
Signal 100 / シグナル100 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Signal 100 / シグナル100
The Director: Lisa Takeba
The Cast: Kanna Hashimoto, Yuta Koseki and Toshiki Seto
The Story: A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Kanna Hashimoto
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Yuri Tsunematsu
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Yûta Koseki
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Blood Machines - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Blood Machines
The Director: Seth Ickerman
The Cast: Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Christian Erickson, Natasha Cashman, Joëlle Berckmans, Noémie Stevens, Alexandra Flandrin, Garance Silve and Walter Dickerson
The Story: An artificial intelligence escapes her spaceship to turn into a female ghost and challenges two blade runners to a galactic chase.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Anders Heinrichsen
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HIFF 2019
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos / 나쁜 녀석들: 더 무비 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos / 나쁜 녀석들: 더 무비
The Director: Son Yong-Ho
The Cast: Ma Dong-Seok, Kim Sang-Jung, Kim Ah-Jung, Jang Ki-Yong, Kang Ye-Won
The Story: Bad guy prisoners are sent on a mission to capture bad guy escaped prisoners.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Ma Dong-seok
Nina Wu / 灼人秘密 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Nina Wu / 灼人秘密
The Director: Midi Z
The Cast: Wu Ke-Xi, Sung Yu-Hua, Hsia Yu-Chiao and Shih Ming-Shuai
The Story: Struggling actress gets dream role and the experience comes with unexpected consequences.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Cheng Jen-shuo
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HIFF 2019
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Huang Shang-Ho
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Ming-Shuai Shih
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Moon Wang
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Tang Chih-Wei
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Vivian Sung
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Wu Ke-Xi
Monday, November 11, 2019
Kampai! Sake Sisters - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Documentary Review
The Movie: Kampai! Sake Sisters
The Director: Mirai Konishi
The Cast: Miho Imada, Rebekah Wilson-Lye and Marie Chiba
The Story: Once forbidden to set foot into sake breweries, today women are the ones driving the most exciting changes within the sake industry in Japan. This documentary delves into the passionate lives of three pioneering women.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Documentary
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HIFF 2019
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Dark Place - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Dark Place
The Directors: Kodie Bedford, Perun Bonser, Rob Braslin, Liam Phillips, Bjorn Stewart
The Cast: Tasia Zalar, Katherine Beckett, Luka May Glynn-Cole, Leonie Whyman and Clarence Ryan
The Story: Australian genre cinema takes an exciting leap forward with a quintet of tales that approach postcolonial Indigenous history through the lenses of horror and fantasy, all made by filmmakers of Aboriginal origin.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019
TwoOhSix Picks - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Presented by Halekulani
This is now my fifth year covering the Hawaii International Film Festival and I am so excited for this year's lineup of films, I wasn't sure how I was going to narrow it down for my TwoOhSix Picks selections. Well, here we are, I've done the work, and the list is complete. Check out the twenty films that have been chosen to be this year's TwoOhSix Picks.
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HIFF 2019
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Parasite (기생충) - Movie Review
The Movie: Parasite (기생충)
The Director: Bong Joon-ho
The Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik and Park So-dam
The Story: All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Andreas Fronk
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Choi Woo-sik
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HIFF 2019
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Lee Jeong-eun
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Lee Sun-kyun
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Park Keun-rok
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Park Seo-joon
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Song Kang-ho
Friday, November 1, 2019
Knives Out - Movie Review
The Movie: Knives Out
The Director: Rian Johnson
The Cast: Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford and Jaeden Martell
The Story: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Presented by Halekulani - Lineup Announcement
Hard to believe this will be my fifth year covering the Hawaii International Film Festival and yet here I am perusing the press release for the 2019 rendition of one of my favorite film festivals of the year. This might be the best year yet as the curators of this cinematic extravaganza have put together a roster of films that make me wish I could be there for all of it.
Opening night will feature Taika Waititi's latest offering Jojo Rabbit which is a great way to kick things off and then the festivities will come to a glorious conclusion as Weathering with You, Makoto Shinkai’s follow up to the crazy popular Your Name, hits the screen. Keep on reading to get the full lowdown from the recently unveiled press release.
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HIFF 2019
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Dance with Me 『ダンスウィズミー』 - Fantasia 2019 movie Review
The Movie: Dance with Me 『ダンスウィズミー』
The Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
The Cast: Ayaka Miyoshi, Yuu Yashiro, Chay, Takahiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Muro
The Story: Hypnotized woman who sings and dances any time she hears music sets off on a journey to fix her musical dilemma.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Akira Takarada
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Ayaka Miyoshi
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Fantasia 2019
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HIFF 2019
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Go Back to China - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Go Back to China
The Director: Emily Ting
The Cast: Anna Akana, Richard Ng, Lynn Chen, Kelly Hu, Kendy Cheung
The Story: When spoiled rich girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Anna Akana
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Christina Thomas
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HIFF 2019
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Ines Laimins
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Lynn Chen
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Richard Ng
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SIFF 2019
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