Review: Hold My Hand At Twilight [Japan]

THE SHORT VERDICT:

Mostly, Show is an offbeat, quirky little thing that is endearing and charming, even as it serves up plot developments that I might not have expected.

My favorite thing about this one, is our would-be OTP, played by Hirose Suzu and Nagase Ren, whom I found likable and quite delightful, particularly when they were together.

Props to Show, though, for making sure to give our lead characters individual attention as well, instead of just banking on their combined cuteness quotient, which I personally thought was pretty high. I found that nicely refreshing.

Show does wobble a bit in sticking the landing, but we do ultimately get our happy ending, so that’s an overall win, yes?

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Flash Review: Mix [Mixed Doubles] [Japanese Movie]

Because today’s in-flight offerings leaned mostly dark, with most of the Korean movies that I hadn’t seen having to do with death, murder and such (eep), I found myself giving Japanese movie Mix (also known as Mixed Doubles) a whirl.

I’m admittedly not much interested in table tennis, but I do have a fondness for Aragaki Yui after loving her in adorable J-drama We Married As A Job.

Plus, an uplifting movie didn’t sound like a bad thing – even if the medium was a sport that I had little interest in.

Even though it did take me a while to get into this one, and even though our story ran a fairly predictable course, I must say that by the end, I did finish the movie with a smile on my face, and thoughts swirling in my head.

I even pulled out my laptop to capture said thoughts, right here on the plane.

That’s.. not too bad, wouldn’cha say? 😉

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