582 – Movie Machinations 4 – Running on Karma
Join us as we take a wild ride on beefcake monks, contortionist killers, and karma with Running on Karma! Seamus presents us this eclectic movie that he claims is a better representation of Buddhism than our ongoing Osamu Tezuka Buddha Retrospective! We also discuss the new season of live-action One Piece, the end of BEASTARS anime, and much more!
Continue reading423 – Movie Machinations 3 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula
We’re celebrating Halloween by watching Francis Ford Coppola‘s Bram Stoker’s Dracula! Plenty of discussion on gorgeous costumes, bad British accents, and how it inspired #DRCL midnight children and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust! We also talk about Demon Slayer, The Queen of Villains, Baroque Ketsuraku no Paradigm, and more!!!
Continue reading501 – Movie Machinations 2 – Velvet Goldmine
This week we discuss the end of Nobunaga no Chef and the connection of Sunny Sunny Ann! with Glaeolia 2! Then, we examine the glam-rock Velvet Goldmine for Movie Machinations, to see it’s connection to Paradise Kiss!!!
Continue reading490 – Movie Machinations 1 – Tampopo
Apologies in advance, as we suffered through lots of technical issues this week! But we’re excited for you to join us for our first ever Movie Machinations episode! After discussing the death of Akira Toriyama, we review Juzo Itami‘s “Ramen Western”, Tampopo!!!
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