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MLB: Dodgers 4, Red Sox 1 (July 19, 2024) – Freeman’s grand slam lifts L.A.
26 October 2024 9:10 PM | No CommentsPerhaps in a sign of things to come before his World Series Game 1 heroics, Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam in the eighth inning.
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Paris 2024: Tennis – Djokovic vs. Nadal, le denouement?
30 September 2024 9:31 AM | No CommentsTo win his elusive Olympic gold medal, Novak Djokovic had to get past an intriguing encounter that only happened due to some luck.
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Photos: Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai’i 2024
31 August 2024 5:38 AM | No CommentsHeld at Honolulu's Ala Moana Beach every Memorial Day Weekend, 2024 marked the 25th anniversary of the Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai'i ceremony.
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![Song: “Ashibina” Composed by Shuken Maekawa Performers: Mari Miyasato, Miyaka Nishihira & Rev. Blayne Nakasone Sakata Event: The Pacific Buddhist Academy’s 18th Annual Taiko Festival, Moanalua High School Performing Arts […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/PBA-18th-Annual-Taiko-Festival_240317_001_54b-75x75.jpg "“Ashibina” – 2024 PBA 18th Annual Taiko Festival")
“Ashibina” – 2024 PBA 18th Annual Taiko Festival
30 August 2024 4:33 AM | No CommentsSong: “Ashibina” Composed by Shuken Maekawa Performers: Mari Miyasato, Miyaka Nishihira & Rev. Blayne Nakasone Sakata Event: The Pacific Buddhist Academy’s 18th Annual Taiko Festival, Moanalua High School Performing Arts […]
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![Song: “Count on Me” Composed by Bruno Mars, Phillip Lawrence and Ari Levine Performers: Addi Hernandez & Mone Sugimoto Event: The Pacific Buddhist Academy’s 18th Annual Taiko Festival, Moanalua High […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/PBA-18th-Annual-Taiko-Festival_240317_001_50b-75x75.jpg "“Count on Me” – 2024 PBA 18th Annual Taiko Festival")
“Count on Me” – 2024 PBA 18th Annual Taiko Festival
28 August 2024 10:02 AM | No CommentsSong: “Count on Me” Composed by Bruno Mars, Phillip Lawrence and Ari Levine Performers: Addi Hernandez & Mone Sugimoto Event: The Pacific Buddhist Academy’s 18th Annual Taiko Festival, Moanalua High […]
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About Author: Rex Baylon
Posts by Rex Baylon
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Film Review: “Tatara Samurai” (たたら侍)
Rex BaylonPosted on June 1, 2017 | No CommentsYoshinari Nishikori’s "Tatara Samurai" skirts around the delights of a good gonzo violent chambara movie in favor of a meditative drama. -
Graphic Novel Review: Bitch Planet, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 12, 2017 | No CommentsKelly Sue DeConnick’s graphic novel Bitch Planet (2014-ongoing), is an unabashed celebration to the harridan, hellcat vixens of the female sex. -
Graphic Novel Review: Daytripper
Rex BaylonPosted on May 10, 2017 | No CommentsDo any of us really take full advantage of all that life we’ve been given to live? That is the question which plagues the main character in Daytripper. -
Graphic Novel Review: Kill or be Killed, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 9, 2017 | No CommentsEd Brubaker and Sean Phillips' most recent collaboration is a vigilante thriller in the vein of ‘70s classics like Taxi Driver or Death Wish. -
“Apocalypse Child” – 2016 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 20, 2016 | No CommentsUltimately Mario Cornejo's “Apocalypse Child” is a mess, with a plot that goes nowhere and offers very little in the way of emotional connection. -
PARTsPARTs IMSEONOC Fall 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on April 27, 2016 | No CommentsDesigner IMSEONOC of PARTsPARTs closed out the Seoul Fashion Week Fall 2016 collections with a very lively but chaotic outdoor show in the Buam-dong commercial district. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Deadly Class” Vols. 1-3 (Issues 1-16)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 28, 2015 | No CommentsLike the '80s high school milieu it is set in, Deadly Class is a brutal heartbreaking read that will be an essential part of any comic fan's library. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Velvet” Vols. 1-2 (Issues 1-10)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 23, 2015 | No CommentsIt's not such a leap that Ed Brubaker would yet again craft an engaging noirish thriller for his readers in Velvet, an ongoing series that began in 2013. -
Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Sada”
Rex BaylonPosted on November 21, 2015 | No CommentsObayashi's 1998 work makes Sada Abe no longer the subject of prurient interest but possibly one of the most unique female figures in 20th century Japan. -
“Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast”: Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on November 18, 2015 | No CommentsNobuhiko Obayashi’s “Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast” (1986) critically explored the era when Japan began to exponentially militarize.