Hi! Otsuka Drugstore’s beginning is misleading; it doesn’t hint at the emotional heart that underpins the film.The story revolves around the unlikely friendship between Otsuka, middle-aged woman owner of Otsuka drugstore (seen above) and a high school girl, Nakasaku Emi (also seen above). Otsuka tries to advise the girl with her crazy approach that actually hides some good advice and her similar experience in the past – of which we are informed throughout the film through flashback.I...

This blog was submitted by Libbey Coghlan of www.artfxfilms.com (Thanks Libbey!) Saturday June 23rd I attended "Behind the Curtain With ILM, A Talk With Dennis Muren"  followed by a special screening of A.I. Artificial Intelligence.  Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) is an SFX company started by George Lucas, the director of Star Wars. Dennis is the senior visual effects supervisor at ILM. In the late 1990's Kubrick collaborated  with Dennis on the special visual effects for the ...