November 25, 2008

• Almost December

  I say this every year, but I can't believe it's the holiday season already.  I've started working on my year-end best movies of 2008 list, but there are still one or two movies that haven't been released yet.  I'm particularly looking forward to:

  Hachiko: A Dog's Story:

  "Certainly dogs are big this fall with Disney's hit comedy, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua,"  the Nov. 21 animated entry "Bolt," and "Marley," which is Fox's Christmas entry. But none may be better than the independently made "Hachiko: A Dog's Story," a film that screened at the Crest Westwood on Sunday morning for foreign buyers attending the American Film Market. There wasn't a dry eye in the house for this beautiful and touching American remake of a Japanese film (based on an incredible true story) that stars Richard Gere and Joan Allen. It is perhaps director Lasse Hallstrom's best film since "My Life As A Dog" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" (and yes, that includes his two best picture nominees,"The Cider House Rules" and "Chocolat")." - From latimes.com

  This is based on a true story that happened in Japan, and you can actually find pictures, and an mp3 of the real Hachiko's bark on the Internet.  Here's the picture:

   

  Gran Turino:

  This is a film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.  I'm intrigued because it also stars a predominently Asian-American cast (Hmong to be exact).  Click HERE for the trailer.

  

  In other news, we're getting ready for Thanksgiving.  Instead of cooking, we're going to buy a pre-made meal from Hyatt Hotel, with Turkey, stuffing, yams, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. My wife has volunteered to pass out turkey meals on Thanksgiving morning, so we'll see how it goes. As was the case last year, the attendees at our Thanksgiving Dinner will just be me, my wife, and my parents. All our relatives live on the mainland or in Asia.  If you happen to be in Hawaii on Thursday, just drop in!

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