The 2026 hesuipian rush is nearly over and the victor is looking like this:

(02-25-2026, 10:29 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Pegasus 3

I decided to celebrate earning my first black belt with a jidageki flick and this had been popping up as an Amazon recommendation for while now. It was surprisingly good. Lots of sword fights. Like the whole last half hour was sword fights. And they’re decently choreographed, complex multi-action single takes. It centers around two rogue ninja hawtties who don armor - shinguards, vambraces, chest guards and shoulder pads of metal which allows them to block swords in odd ways. There’s a gay shogun and his lover fencing sparring partner who has a dad, an older brother and younger sister who are all sword masters and a traumatized hawtty that plays with a pinwheel until she touches a sword and all her martial skill is triggered. It looks like it’s filmed on made-for-tv video with some cheesy ninja bomb effects. The the sword fights are ok, not mind blowingly fresh or violent, but consistently a dozen plus actions for each take. Good work. It’s not too sanguineous - one of the spit blood and die flicks - you know when some who gets a lethal blow because they spit blood. 

Satisfying in an undemanding way. Mildly D00M recommended. You could do a lot worse wifh an hour and a half.

This is a spin off of another anime that some of my dojo mates (the collegians) are fascinated by and are chomping at the bit over a theatrical movie coming out for this franchise. 

It’s about these girls who have horse ears and tails, and run super fast. They race like racehorses. They’re named after famous racing horses. I can’t quite grok it. 

The original series (based on a video game I believe) is Umamusume: Pretty Derby I think. It’s a typical high school anime, such a prevalent setting for the genre. It’s off kilter but good for year of the horse I suppose. I’ll watch a few more just to get to the bottom of this…

(01-14-2026, 07:18 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote:

(01-14-2026, 09:31 AM)Greg Wrote: The Bluff. February 26. More Karl. More Priyana. This one seems to be flying under the radar.

Priyanka with a sword? 

Say no more

DM is in

Suicide at 71. I suppose that’s worse than how his brother David checked out.

James L. Brooks directs this movie about a Lt. Governor and her chance to be Governor only problems surround her and the job is in peril.

Great cast. Excited to see a new Brooks movie. Not his best work though. Felt like a throwback to movies of the 90s with its silly emphasis on character and plot. Where are the sword fights? Where are the CGI effects? None of that. Just people in situations where they are talking about the problems they face and how they deal with them. Weird.

The Queen really liked this. I felt it was fine.

I took some video of an Elk with a chair caught on his antlers. The video I uploaded has received over 26K views. Two of the local TV stations requested permission to use the video. This morning I received a note from Fox News asking for permission to air the video across all their platforms.

This was allegedly the film by director Robert Clouse that inspired Bruce Lee to work with him on Enter the Dragon. It’s terrible. But an uber Bruce fan recommended it to me because you can see some elements that went into EtD, and he was right. Rod Taylor plays Robby McGee, a private detective of sorts who rescues a woman tossed off a bridge tied to a weigh to sleep with the fishes. Anna Capri is in it, who also stars as the one white woman on Han’s island. DTA is known for its end fight, which was brutal and bloody for its day, but I can imagine why it mightve appealed to Bruce. There’s a grittiness to it that feels authentic. Also, some to the cinematography and use of music is echoed in EtD, right down to Capri’s final scene.

It took me several nights to slog thru. I’d watch about 15 mins and lose interest, flipping back to vids LD Alysa Liu. 

Seen on YouTube. Not D00M recommended at all.

(02-13-2026, 12:29 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Sandiwara

(02-13-2026, 12:33 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: The Singers