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Category: Japanese Films

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 Jana J. Monji

SDCC 2019: Godzilla at 65

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 Jana J. Monji

Remembering Pearl Harbor: ‘None But the Brave’

October 29, 2016November 5, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Tampopo’ Means Rāmen Time ✭✭✭✭✭

October 21, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Shin Gojira’ (Godzilla Resurgence) ✭✭✭: Science Fiction as Protest

August 19, 2016August 2, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ and the Buddhist Moon

June 23, 2016August 2, 2018 Jana J. Monji

The Cultural Significance of the Whale in ‘The Boy and the Beast’

July 3, 2015 Jana J. Monji

Reflections on ‘When Marnie Was There’

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  • Animation Is Film: ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ Thought-Provoking ☆☆☆☆☆ October 19, 2019
    Director Anca Damian’s “Marona’s Fantastic Tale” (“L’Extraordinaire voyage de Marona”), is an easy pick for animal lovers although the first scene is traumatically sad. If you’ve ever had to pick up an animal, dead, from traffic, you’ll now what I mean.”Marona’s Fantastic Tale” wont special Jury Mention at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival. Wit […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Film Is Animation 2019: ‘White Snake’ Slithers Full of Fantastical Women☆☆☆☆ October 19, 2019
    Let’s talk about the end before the beginning. Please stay until the very end–through the credits of “White Snake” (白蛇). The film is a prequel to an old folktale which began as a parable of good versus bad, but through the years has been translated into a romantic adventure, filled with demons, dare-doing, demons, shape-shifters […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Animation Is Film: ‘Children of the Sea’- The Exploration of Self and Sea ☆☆☆ October 19, 2019
    The Japanese animated feature, “Children of the Sea,” or 海獣の子供 (Kaijū no Kodomo) is the adaptation of a youth (read target market men in their twenties) monthly manga magazine series that was published from 2007 to 2012. Written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi, the series is a mystery that isn’t resolved in the film that […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Jojo Rabbit’: Bouncing Black Comedy About a Boy and His Hero–Hitler☆☆☆☆☆ October 19, 2019
    When you watched “The Producers,” did you ever think something like “Springtime for Hitler” was possible? “Jojo Rabbit” isn’t a musical , but it is  a comedy about a boy and his hero and imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, and growing up and surviving treacherous times. “Jojo Rabbit” isn’t a Mel Brooks movie nor is it […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Native American Heritage Month Movie List 2019 October 16, 2019
    What movies should you watch for Indigenous Peoples’ Day?  Inspired by last year’s PBS mini series, the four-part documentary “Native America,” I asked the experts, from the first Native American actor to receive an Academy Award to the first Native American to earn a Pulitzer Prize to a first-time feature filmmaker, local activists and the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Dolemite’ Is F-Bombing Historic Dynamite ☆☆☆☆ October 16, 2019
    No, geologists and rockhounds, the title is not misspelled. Dolomite may be a mineral, but Dolemite with two e’s instead of two o’s is the pimp alter ego of Rudy Ray Moore (1927-2008) and if you haven’t heard of him, “Dolemite Is My Name” is an obscenely (R-rated) entertaining Netflix biopic starring Eddie Murphy that […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’–A Tale of Much Maligned Fairy and Mayhem to Marriage ☆☆ October 16, 2019
    Remember when Sleeping Beauty was an example of how disastrous improper etiquette could be at formal occasions? If you thought your drunk uncle telling bawdy jokes were bad at your wedding, at least your first-born daughter wasn’t cursed by a snubbed fairy or sorceress. There are also likely language teachers who are despairing that the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Latino Heritage Month Last Chance October 12, 2019
    National Hispanic Heritage Month officially ends on a Tuesday (Oct. 15), but that doesn’t mean the party has to end for you. John Leguizamo’s Tony nominated show “Latin History for Morons” continues its run at the Ahmanson until Oct. 20 (Sunday) before it heads on to Seattle, Washington, Oakland and Chicago. On Saturday, Oct. 19, […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Diversity in Nineteen Nineteen October 11, 2019
    As an Asian American, it was hard walking through the Huntington Library’s centennial celebratory exhibition, “Nineteen Nineteen.” The curators made an effort for diversity, citing the limitations of the Henry and Arabella Huntington’s interests, they were able to add books referencing African American soldiers returning from World War I and even included th […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Gemini Man’: Double Will Smith Not Worth the Trouble☆☆ October 11, 2019
    Do you remember those Double Mint commercials? They always suggested that twins were double the fun. “Gemini Man” doesn’t actually feature twins, but through the grace of CGI, Will Smith plays both the world’s premiere hitman and his younger clone.  In this action thriller, it’s more double or nothing and we get nothing. I love […]
    Jana J. Monji
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