David LaSpina (@dbooster) - CineTV

David LaSpina

Japan

David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.

4 days ago

Money Job There is a great opinion piece by Ben Stiller about Gene Hackman. It's on the New

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about 1 month ago

Need More Fun Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today was long and hard and I need a laugh, so let's jump right in and laugh! Research has shown that laughter is good for us. It has all…

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2 months ago

Star Trek Movie Ranking I just posted about Trek a week or so ago ([here][trek]), so I wasn't planning on returning to this topic anytime soon, but then Rolling Stone just had to make a list ranking…

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2 months ago

Karate Kid Legends - The Union of Two Series I planned to write about something else today, but when I saw this news, the 80s kid in me couldn’t resist switching gears and covering it Anyone around my age grew up with The Karate Kid . It wa

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3 months ago

The Original Star Trek Trilogy No, I'm not talking about Star Trek I – III, I'm talking about parts II, III, and IV. Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the first film, wasn't a

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3 months ago

An Assortment of Memes on this Boxing Day Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. Well it's Christmas day for most of you. It's actually the day after for me.…

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4 months ago

More Cowbell Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. So I was chatting with another foreigner and what should come up, but the…

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5 months ago

Forget Your Election Worries and Laugh Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. I haven't done one of these in awhile, but after the US election results the…

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5 months ago

Out of Ideas Christopher Booker once wrote an essay called "The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories" in which he argued that there are only seven basic stories in the world and that

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7 months ago

Words Make a Difference: Movie vs Book, part II Some time ago I wrote about the use of shall not and cannot in The Lord of the Rings, how the former was used in the movie and the latter was used in the book; how they…

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