Corduroy Makes a Cake

King of Thieves, and other matters…

Michael Caine
Jim Broadbent
Tom Courtenay
Ray Winstone
Michael Gambon

Today we watched the trailer for King of Thieves, starring Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, and Tom Courtenay, and also featuring Ray Winstone and Michael Gambon, all famous British actors. It's based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in British history. Check it out!

Denkikan is now showing A Ghost Story, with Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. I hope to go and see it fairly soon. Other cinemas have Creed 2.

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Corduroy Makes a Cake

Corduroy Makes a Cake

King of Thieves, and other matters…

Michael Caine
Jim Broadbent
Tom Courtenay

Today we watched the trailer for King of Thieves, a movie based on the true story of the biggest robbery in British history. It's good to see so many famous British actors together. The cast also includes Ray Winstone. Michael Caine is now 85 years old.
There has been no movement at the top of the Premier League. Both Liverpool and Manchester City won. However, Tottenham lost to Manchester United, and Arsenal also lost, meaning that the race for the top 4 is very competitive.

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Progress check

1. Check your Gofun ha Juubun performance over the year. 
2. Make a new My Errors post*.
3. Post a podcast episode (a book review) using Screencastify.
4. Make sure you have posted all your book reviews on your blog (with the book reviews tag), incorporating improvements from the Manaba version.
5. Make sure you've posted other Manaba assignments on your blog, too, with improvements as necessary.
6. Make sure you have at least 10 posts on your blog each month. If you had fewer than 10 posts one month, you can make up for it the following month. But just making up the number of missing posts is not enough! For example, if you had 7 posts one month, you might think that 13 posts is enough the next month to make 20 posts over two months. But actually you need 18 posts the next month (13 + 5) to make up for the shortfall.

* This should include several examples. It should also include recognition of your previous My Errors posts and an account of what you've done since then, for example continuing to focus on the same type(s) of errors, or changing your focus to a different one.

TEST:

• Blog Check
• Short Essay (paying attention to your focus error(s))

Coming Through the Rye, A Ghost Story, New Year, and other matters…

J. D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye

Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Today we watched two movie trailers. You can see both of the movies at Denkikan. I think both look very interesting so I want to try to see both of them. I like Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara very much, so I especially want to see A Ghost Story. Coming Through the Rye also looks very interesting. It has a connection with the J. D. Salinger story, Catcher in the Rye.
By the way, the Premier League looks very interesting this season. The lead at the top is just four points, so it may be a very close race.
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Coming through the rye, A Ghost Story, New Year, and other matters…

Today we watched two movie trailers. One movie is playing at Denkikan this week, and the other will start next week. The first one was Coming Through the Rye. As the name suggests, it has a connection with J. D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye. A boy studying at a prep school who is very unpopular with the other students likes writing, and he goes looking for J. D. Salinger. The story really isn't about J. D. Salinger, but more about the boy and his relationship with a girl and his feelings about something he did in his past.
The other one was A Ghost Story. This one stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. It has something to do with remembering the past. The ghost in the story is not frightening.
In the Premier League, Manchester City beat Liverpool. There is now only a 4-point gap at the top.
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Greta, and other matters…

Today we watched the trailer for a new suspense thriller starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert. It looks a bit frightening but rather interesting. It begins when Chloë Grace Moretz finds a bag that someone has left on the subway. She finds the owner's name and address inside the bag and takes the bag to her, and then becomes friends with the owner, a French woman. However, the woman is not as kind as she at first seems, and it turns out that she regularly leaves bags on subways in order to catch people. The Japan release date isn't set yet.

Liverpool are on top of the Premier League! This seems to be a surprise to everyone, because it was thought that it would be easy for Manchester City to win the title again. The winter period will be very exciting because there are many matches being played. The next round is tomorrow!

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Downton Abbey, Roma, and other matters…

Alfonso Cuarón

Today we watched two movie trailers. The first one was Downton Abbey. As the name suggests, this is related to the TV series. The trailer had very few details, so I think probably the movie is only half made. The next one was Roma, the new movie from Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican director of Gravity and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In both trailers, there wasn't any talking at all.

We had classes at PUK yesterday, and I had evening classes, so this doesn't feel very Christmassy, but I hope you have all had some fun or have some fun planned. In England, one big part of Christmas is football, and I'm looking forward to the Boxing Day games tomorrow. They are followed by the New Year games, of which Manchester City v. Liverpool is the most anticipated.

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Welcome to Marwen, and other matters…

Steve Carell

Director: Robert Zemeckis


Today we watched a trailer for Welcome to Marwen. It's a movie, due to start in the U.S. at Christmas, that stars Steve Carell as Marwen, a man who is attacked and badly injured and makes dolls and creates a fantasy life based on them. The animation looks very interesting, and it looks like a moving story.

On Saturday, I enjoyed the SUTLF conference, which was held at Sojo University. If you get the chance, please go and visit their SILC.

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Marwen, and other matters…

Today we watched the trailer for Welcome to Marwen, a new Steve Carell movie based on a true story. It features a lot of dolls designed by Marwen, a man who was attacked and became disabled. It looks very, very interesting. It hasn't yet started playing in the U.S., so probably it won't be in Japan for quite a long time. It has a 95% "want to see it" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

In the Premier League, Liverpool beat Manchester United 3–1 yesterday, so they are still top of the league, with Manchester City close behind. Spurs and Chelsea occupy 3rd and 4th spots.

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Mary Queen of Scots

Saoirse Ronan
Margot Robbie

Today we watched the trailer for Mary Queen of Scots, a new movie set in the 16th century starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. It is due to come to Japan in March next year.

Have you been following the English Premier League? On Saturday, Manchester City lost for the first time this season, which means that Liverpool are now in 1st place.

It looks like this season's title race will be very exciting!

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Mary Queen of Scots, and other matters…

Saiorse Ronan
Margot Robbie

Mary Stuart: queen of France

Today we watched the trailer for Mary Queen of Scots, a movie starring Saiorse Ronan as Queen Mary and Margot Robbie as Queen Elizabeth I and set in the 16th century. It's playing in several other countries now, and I hope it will come to Kumamoto early next year. According to allcinema.net, it is actually scheduled for its Japan opening in March, but we cannot be sure that it will come to Kumamoto so soon. There is also another, older movie with the same title. Check it out!
You can find out more about the movie here!
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Midnight Run

We spent two classes watching Midnight Run. Please write a review of the movie on your blog!

Taiwan collaboration

Don't forget that the collaboration with Taiwan lasts for only three weeks! In that time, you need to communicate to get to know the students, as well as complete an essay introducing sightseeing spots in both countries. As I mentioned before, the students know that our classes are on Mondays, and most of them are looking out for your contributions, and responding on Tuesday or Wednesday. If you ignore them until the following Monday, it will be difficult to complete the assignment well, and it is also bad manners.

• Please try to contribute twice a week between classes.
• At the end, please edit and compile your contributions into an essay at the bottom of your page.

Everybody Knows, and other matters…

Javier Bardem
Penélope Cruz

Today we watched the trailer for Everybody Knows, a thriller (?) starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. At first, it seems to be a pleasant movie about family and friends, but it turns out there is some dark secret. It looks very interesting. I wonder when it will come to Japan?
Did anyone watch Arsenal play Spurs? To everyone's surprise, Arsenal beat Spurs 4–2! So now Arsenal are in the top 4 and Spurs are in 5th place. (77 words)

Philadelphia, After the Gold Rush, and other matters…

Denzel Washington
Tom Hanks
Neil Young

Today we watched a movie trailer and listened to a song on YouTube. Both were quite old. Philadelphia is from 1993, but it looks like it's been rereleased. After the Gold Rush is a Neil Young album from 1970.
As you probably know, Philadelphia stars Tom Hanks as an accountant who catches AIDS and is fired from his job. Denzel Washington plays the lawyer who takes Tom Hanks's case against the company that fired him. I never saw the movie when it came out, so maybe I will watch this 25th-anniversary edition.

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Henry and Mudge under the yellow moon

But there was one thing about Halloween that Henry did not like: ghost stories. And Henry’s mother loved to tell ghost stories. Every Halloween, she put on her witch’s hat, lit candles, and told ghost stories. She thought Henry liked them because he told her he liked them. But really he hated them. They scared him. He was afraid to tell her that.

Henry is a young boy who loves his dog Mudge. Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon consists of three stories, Together in the Fall, Under the Yellow Moon, and Thanksgiving Guest. The above quotation is from the second story, Under the Yellow Moon. Mudge is also frightened by ghost stories!

Rylant, C. (1987). Henry and Mudge under the yellow moon. New York, NY: Simon Spotlight.

Henry and Mudge under the Yellow Moon (Henry & Mudge) 著者 : Cynthia Rylant Simon Spotlight 発売日 : 1996-06-01 ブクログでレビューを見る»

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