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Shoko and Shoya © Futoshi Nishiya,  Kyoto Animation ,  Shochiku , Yoshitoki Ōima,  Kodansha Promotional movie poster Japanese 聲の形 Hepburn Koe no Katachi Directed by Naoko Yamada Screenplay by Reiko Yoshida Based on A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima Shoya and Shoko (Sixth Grade) 1st Manga Cover Mom and I have been wanting to watch this since it was first shown in this country, but dad was so against it.  We had a chance last Tuesday, but he claimed that we were already late so we watched Alien Covenant instead.  Today, we were supposed to watch Colossal starring Anne Hathaway, but since he was already getting impatient(he had some transactions early in the morning and we bought a small cooking appliance in place of a broken one), and Colossal was still 45 minutes away, he agreed to purchase tickets for A SILENT VOICE. We silently prayed that he would enjoy the film and thankfully he did. It might be set in Elementary and High S...

  "For you, a thousand times over." The KITE RUNNER, a best seller and an awarding winning movie, critically acclaimed at that, is a story of the beautiful, but scarred Afghanistan, a father, his two sons and the people around them.   It is also a story of people leaving Afghanistan, but keeping her and her memories in their hearts. The things happening all over the world makes one think that the whole of Afghanistan is a desolate and ugly country, but it is not so.  It is very beautiful and there are many talented people living in that country.  The movie LONE SURVIVOR also taught me a lot of things about the kindness of their people.  I hope one day she would regain her peace so that people, her children, won't be forced to leave her.   Everyone has a story and more often than not, each person we meet either have skeletons in their closets or have overcome a great hurdle in their lives.  Some have woken up from long nightmares, read...