coolinjapan Reviews

Frontline: Putin's Way (2015) Season 33, Episode 2

Excellent documentary

[10/10 · 28 June 2022]

Ignore the negative reviews from the Russian bots. This is a fine investigative documentary and shows the world just how much they have underestimated Putin and how Russia is run like a mafia state.

It is must see for anyone trying to understand Putin's rise to power and the extremes he will go to to achieve his aims.

Love and Honor (2006)

A period classic

[9/10 · 3 August 2021]

This is a really good film. Slow paced, just like real life in the Edo jidai. A good story, excellent acting and it gives good insight to the daily life of a low level samurai. There's a great atmosphere with not flashy but realistic scenery.

If you are looking for lots of action and swordplay, this isn't for you. But I found this film strangely moving and quite beautifully arranged.

Well worth seeing.

You've Been Trumped (2011)

A good documentary

[9/10 · 21 March 2021]

A story of how money, power and greed destroyed a unique natural environment, and severely damaged the lives of local people in the area. The Scottish government under Salmon behaved disgracefully. Offers a preview of a pre-presidential Trump and the methods he and his underlings used to get their way. later, the promised local jobs and revenue for Scotland failed to materialize of-course. It should have served as a warning.

Totally Under Control (2020)

Analysis of a disaster

[10/10 · 21 March 2021]

This is an excellent documentary of how a disaster was made far, far worse by an inept and incompetent Trump administration.