The Karate Kid with Noodles is how the wife described this quirky little film. The Ramen Girl is the story of a harebrained woman who follows her boyfriend to Japan, only to have him dump her as he heads off to greener pastures. The Fates intervene and guide her from her boring job as an office drone to take up the noble task of learning how to make soup. In standard When the Student is Ready the Master will Appear fashion our hero has a hard time working in the Ramen shop across the street from her apartment. Like all…
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A Slight Trick of The Mind by Mitch Cullin
The Sherlock Holmes we met in A Slight Trick of The Mind is a 93 year man that walks with two canes and seems to be losing what is left of his once great mind. It is a sad tale that is soaked with nostalgia for the days gone by when Holmes could solve a crime just by looking at the mud on a shoe’s heel or listening to the twang of an accent. Holnes still cares for bees and still roams around the world. He visits the site of the Hiroshima Nuclear Attack and marvels at the steel skeleton…