Author: Ghost Writer

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Japanese that the Japanese Don’t Know, The

Based on the manga series Nihonjin Shiranai no Nihongo by Hebizo & Umino Nagiko, it tells the story of Haruko Kano, a young woman whose dream of becoming a high school teacher is trumped when she begins teaching at a Japanese school for foreigners.

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Big C, The – Season 1

Cathy is a 40-something-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal cancer, making her reexamine her own life — which includes an apparently loving but too self-absorbed husband Paul, their annoyingly average teenage boy Adam, her against the system bum of a brother Sean, and a job as a high school teacher.

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Eminem – Recovery

One wonders if Eminem purposely released Relapse to be able to release this. In Recovery, he seems sharper, even if it isn’t on par with some of his previous work.

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Time of Eve

Eve no Jikan tells the story of the fictional future of Japan, in which human-looking robots with top-notch artificial intelligence will be common place. Thus, an Ethics Committee has been established to make the distinctions between humans and robots more noticeable.

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Glee – Season 1

We love musicals, we love over-the-top humor, and we love sappy moments, so we love Glee. We have described the show as the love-child result of a wild night between the cult loser show Freaks & Geeks, The WB’s canceled-too-soon Popular, and High School Musical on LSD. Who’s the father? We don’t know.

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Operación Rescate

Operacion Rescate is the series depicting the fateful events leading up to the taking of the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, Peru by the MRTA terrorists. The events lasted 126 days, in which they tried to negotiate the release of key members of their group, the successful military operation to rescue the hostages, and the later events in which the commandos were prosecuted themselves.

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High School Teacher (2003)

Koukou Kyoushi is about a high school teacher who is dying of an inoperable brain tumor. Then one night he meets Hina. They end up in his apartment, even though nothing happens. The next day, she discovers he is her new high school teacher.

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Shutter Island

Based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, set in 50s United States, it tells the story of Marshal Teddy Danielsm who is in charge of investigating the disappearance of a murderess. She has escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane located on a remote island known as Shutter Island.

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Desperate Housewives – Season 6

Sometimes good things must come to an end. They certainly should end before they go stale, and this is the case with Desperate Housewives. In this sixth season, there’s the new family moving into Wisteria Lane – the Bolens with their mystery. The gags are familiar, so are the jokes.

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House M.D. – Season 6

The sixth season of House M.D. started out with a bang with a two-hour special of House in the psychiatry ward with a bunch of crazy people, but as House becomes nicer, one wonders if the show should make plans to end this season or next to counter the risk of going stale.