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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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“Ruined Heart – Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore” – 2015 BiFan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on July 16, 2015 | No CommentsStarring Tadanobu Asano, "Ruined Heart – Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore" demands an audience that is not afraid to be challenged. -
“Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn” – 2015 Japan Cuts Review
Rex BaylonPosted on July 8, 2015 | No CommentsJuichiro Yamasaki’s sophomore feature, "Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn," falters when it moves into more stylized and metaphoric visual territory. -
“This Country’s Sky” – 2015 Japan Cuts Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 27, 2015 | No CommentsIn this World War II narrative told from the perspective of two women, Haruhiko Arai trusts that the audience will follow him wherever he goes. -
“It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong” – 2015 NYAFF Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 25, 2015 | No Comments"It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong" is full of cliché tropes and based on the premise of a white guy teaching an Asian woman about her cultural roots. -
“Snow on the Blades” – 2015 Japan Cuts Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 21, 2015 | No Comments"Snow on the Blades" (柘榴坂の仇討) is a jidai-geki film that has become the norm for far too long. Its gravest sin is its utter lack of dramatic conflict. -
“Round Trip Heart” – 2015 Japan Cuts Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 19, 2015 | No CommentsYuki Tanada’s eighth feature is a quaint unassuming road trip picture that that barely makes an impression on the viewer after the end credits begin to roll. -
“Meeting Dr. Sun” – 2015 NYAFF Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 18, 2015 | No Comments"Meeting Dr. Sun" is a subversive film whose acerbic wit illustrates how the 99% will rise up and easily steal back what was rightfully taken from them. -
“Belladonna of Sadness” – 2015 Japan Cuts Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 14, 2015 | No CommentsThe third picture in the Animerama trilogy, "Belladonna of Sadness" (哀しみのベラドンナ, 1973) blew away the established aesthetic and thematic norms of the time. -
“Strayer’s Chronicle” – 2015 Japan Cuts Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 13, 2015 | No Comments"Strayer's Chronicle" is an empty husk that has all the requisite parts of an entertaining comic book movie, but doesn’t even manage to be interesting. -
Film Review: Dante Lam’s “That Demon Within” (魔警)
Rex BaylonPosted on June 12, 2015 | No CommentsThe world that Dante Lam creates in "That Demon Within" is a bleak, oppressive one. Bad men are worse than we thought and good guys are tragic heroes.