No jokey or rambly preamble from me today; just a quick reminder to make sure to get your regularly scheduled health screenings. This might be particularly rich coming from me, as I avoid going to the doctor like it is the plague, but a few years ago I had a strange chest pain issue come up, and I was quick to schedule a stress test to make sure everything was on the up-and-up within me (it was!). But also: I'm 45 now, and I have been putting off getting a physical because I

During the Sengoku period of Japan, Lord Murashige (Masahiro Motoki) finds himself trapped inside his own castle as his enemies close in around him. With his forces surrounded and his chances of survival becoming increasingly slim, Murashige turns to an unlikely source for help: a prisoner named Kanbei Kuroda (Masaki Suda), a brilliant strategist who has been captured and imprisoned within the castle. Despite being his captive, Kanbei possesses an understanding of war that co

I am firmly in the time of year where it's getting easier and easier to find movies on streaming that came out in the current calendar year and will add to my new release count when I watch them. It's the best. For the first few months, January though May or so, it's difficult to find many new releases on streaming, but after that, it becomes something of a bonanza! And I love it. I always get through April, look at the number of new release films I have watched on the year,