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Japanese Poster Appreciation Month - January 2009

New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, January 1, 2009

We are now fully off and into Japanese Poster Celebration Month at Cinema is Dope with this minimal but perfect Japanese Poster artwork for Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo).

Japanese Poster Appreciation Month - January 2009 (Archive):
::: January 6 - Sisters (1973)
::: January 5 - Crime Boss (1972)
::: January 4 - White Lightning (1973)
::: January 3 - The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
::: January 2 - Rolling Thunder (1977)
::: January 1 - Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008)
::: January 1 - Army of Darkness (1992)
::: Preview - Cannonball! (1976)
::: Previous Japanese Posters Featured @ Cinema is Dope

Japanese Cinema Sites I Highly Recommend:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

* If you don’t see your site listed here and it covers Japanese cinema please comment below so that I can review it and possibly include it in future lists.

About Japanese Poster Artwork Celebration Month:
To kick off 2009, I can think of no better way of doing so than celebrating Japanese poster artwork. The emphasis will be more of western films through the lens of Japanese poster artwork and of course some of my own personal all-time favorites. At a future date I’ll probably have a month devoted to solely Japanese films and their poster artwork. So be sure to tune in each day during the month of January as I have an incredible amount of incredible Japanese posters that will be on display. Hopefully at the end of this I can convert many of you into life long fans of Japanese posters!

Please help and spread the word on the January 2009 themed Japanese Poster Celebration Month here at Cinema is Dope. Tweet your friends. Mention it in your Facebook status or Friendfeed. Link to it on your blog. Any support is greatly appreciated!!!!!

You can follow along at these specific urls/web addresses:
::: www.cinemaisdope.com/category/movie-wallpaper-japanese-poster-celebration-month/
::: http://tinyurl.com/japanese-poster-2009

Starring in these posters will be: Antonio Sabato, Bruce Campbell, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, David Carradine, Dustin Hoffman, Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, George Lazenby, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Jack Nicholson, James Coburn, Jennifer Billings, Jim Brown, Jimmy Wang Yu, John Boorman, Kate Jackson, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Michael Caine, Peter Fonda, Richard Pryor, Roddy McDowall, Sergio Leone, Sidney Poitier, Susan Strasberg, Warren Oates, William Devane and many more…

If you’re interested in Japanese cinema, I highly recommend the following Cinema is Dope picks for January 2009. For this months book selection we have Behind the Pink Curtain by Jasper Sharp. For video recommendation this month we have Linda Linda Linda.

Additionally fans of Japanese cinema will want to pick up this amazing Yasujiro Ozu tribute shirt from Mondo Tees!

As always when in Austin, Texas, be sure to check out Weird Wednesday (January/February 2009 lineup) or Terror Tuesday (January/February 2009 lineup) and of course Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

My current favorite restaurants in Austin that are an absolute must visit are Clay Pit (be sure to place an order of naan bread) and Uchi. Be sure to tell them CinemaisDope.com sent you if you visit.

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Happy New Year!

2009 is here and no better way to ring it in than with Mighty Mouse! Lots of things in store today, Japanese Poster Celebration kicks off, my list for best cinema of 2008 and more! Stay tuned throughout the day.

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, December 25, 2008

As the fire roasts around the world celebrating Christmas today, I thought these images would make for a great added gift and a definite must for marking your calendars to check this out in 2009 (hopefully US audiences will get to see the original in addition to the dubbed version Disney is putting together). I haven’t seen a lot of the earlier Hayao Miyazaki work and am just now going back through it. I’m starting with Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta ) and going on from there. If you have any suggestions on titles of his you think I should 100% check out please let me know in the comments below. I plan to watch them all but specific recommended titles would help me out for which ones to watch first!

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The cat aka The Baron (voiced by: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi - original; Cary Elwes - US version) in Yoshifumi Kondo’s, Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo sumaseba).

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Amazon.com Link:
::: Buy the Whisper of the Heart DVD

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, August 23, 2008

78-year-old Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) in the upcoming Pixar film, Up.

Related Coverage:
::: First Look: Pete Docter Reveals More on Pixar’s Up - First Showing

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, August 22, 2008

This Hayao Miyazaki anime is rated as one of the best sci-fi films ever made of any kind! I’ve yet to see it and I’m thinking the wait is long overdue.

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Amazon.com Link:
::: Buy the Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind DVD

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