I’ve watched this DVD for the first time some years ago, but now that my roommate decided to give it a try, I took the opportunity to re-watch it (again! Oh yeah, I’m a nerd when it comes to Animes, Mangas and other Doujins.). If you are familiar with the TV show “Samurai X” that was aired in Portugal by the end of the 90’s, then you probably will recognize this name right away. Rurouni Kenshin, or Samurai X, as the Americans and Europeans like to call it, was one of the most popular Mangas in Japan in the mid 90’s. Later, an Anime version was produced, which made Kenshin Himura one of the most famous characters ever in Japanese animation. 
However, if you’re just expecting to see brutal and violent scenes, which this OVA also has, than you will be disappointed. The main focus of “Trust and Betrayal” is not the bloodbaths brought by the Battousai. Instead, these 4 episodes evolve around a beautiful and tragic romance in an epoch of blood and chaos.
Even though I’m not a big fan of zombie movies, last night I decided to give Danny Boyle’s movie a try. Surprisingly, or not, “28 Days Later” is a very entertaining movie. It all starts with a group of activists who get into a laboratory to set free some chimpanzees that were being subject to experiments. What these activists didn’t know was that the chimpanzees were infected with a highly contagious virus that causes rage. 28 days later, Jim – the main character – wakes up from a coma in a hospital. Soon he realizes that he is all by himself in an abandoned city infested by zombies. During his quest to find a “promised paradise” where the cure was already available, Jim meets some other survivors that will join him in his “adventure”. By the scenario set up here, we could say that it’s just another zombie’s movie, but actually, what makes this a good movie, is the emphasis that Boyle puts on the human relationships and on the brutal truth about the human nature when it comes to survival. Regarding this last point, Boyle could have a gone a little bit further in exploring this topic, but I don’t think that was his main priority when he was creating this movie.
And since Carnival week is still going here in Maastricht and I don’t have to worry about waking up and going to school, me and my roommate decided to go for another movie. This time we picked one that has been in my “must-download" list for quite a while now. “Let the right one in” is probably one of the most beautiful and disturbing movies I’ve watched in the past few months.
Yesterday was the Super Bowl night! I’ve been watching the NFL playoffs the past weeks, and I gotta say, there’s more in this sport than what usually European people think. I always knew that the Super Bowl was a big deal in the US, and so, at my 23 I decided for the first time to stay up, have a couple of beers with some American friends and watch the game.
