A Beautiful Mind
John Forbes Nash, Jr. (played by Russell Crowe in the film) is a kid prodigy. While other boys his age are playing childhood video games, John is reading E.T. Bell's Men of Mathematics. Finding out more in the house than he does at school, the young lad has the...
Wolf Girl & Black Prince
Girls choose bad, abusive people, while relegating good, decent ones to the feared "good friend zone": A misogynistic lie or the cold, difficult fact? Ryuichi Hiroki's "Wolf Girl and Black Prince" appears to say the latter, beginning with its premise. A naive,...
We Were There
Nanami Takahashi is a high school student entering her very first year. Right away on her very first day however, she ends up being the victim of a practical joke by the school's most popular man, Motoharu Yano, who coincidentally likewise winds up in her class. While...
The Liar and His Lover
"The Liar and His Lover" or the title I personally choose "The Girl who loved lies", is the live action movie based upon the manga "Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru" by Kotomi Aoki, published in 2009 by Cheese! publication.( credits on Asian Wiki for this info). Get the...
Su-Ki-Da
2 kids satisfy near a floodgate after school. Yu is a shy 17 years of age lady who takes a seat next to Yosuke as he plays his guitar. Yosuke just recently gave up playing sports and has actually committed himself to playing the guitar. He only plays a few lines over...
Strobe Edge
Similar to most of the ladies in their high school, Kinoshita Ninako (Arimura Kasumi) is content looking at the popular Ichinose Ren (Fukushi Sota). One day, Ninako drops her phone while riding the subway, and Ren accidentally steps on it. The 2 types a friendship...
Paradise Kiss
Paradise Kiss is a standalone sequel/ spin off of Yazawa's Neighbourhood Story (1995-8). The manga tells the story of a high school trainee called Yukari who gets found by some fashion students who desire her to model the designs of their studio "Paradise Kiss" at...
Midnight Sun
Kaoru Amane, 16 years old, did not participate in school but instead sang herself away every night after dark at a square in front of a train station with a guitar in her hands. She led a way of life opposite the norm, sleeping during the day and active in the...
L.D.K.
Absolutely nothing like a film about puppy love. Especially when the movie hit theaters in April, a spring month extremely appropriate for first love. L ♡ DK is a live action motion picture based off the manga of the same name by Watanabe Ayu. It revolves around a...
Heavenly Forest
At a glance, Heavenly Forest falls into the tradition of the extremely formulaic "Pure Love" subgenre that has become progressively popular in both Japan and South Korea recently. A select few of these films have been both fantastic and deeply moving, while the rest...
Hanamizuki
Hanamizuki is not a normal young adult romance. Sure it begins with the shy straight-A student satisfying the young boy from the other side of the tracks by chance, however great woman Sae Hirasawa (Yui Aragaki) is the one who convinces Kouhei Kiuchi (Toma Ikuta) to...
From Me to You
Well-meaning, however socially uncomfortable, Sawako Kuronuma (Mikako Tabe) is nicknamed "Sadako" by her classmates due to the fact that of her comparable hair cut with the primary character from the horror movie "Ringu". Her life then takes a turn when Shota Kazehaya...