Happy Weekend!
I hope you are feeling fine.
This is the second part of the trailer post. The first part is here.
I’m still not feeling good and as a result I’ve limited screen time. I did find time to talk about the film Raise the Red Lantern (1991) on Heroic Purgatory and I watched:
Scream (2022)
Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021)
Lovecraft Country (2020)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1977)
Knives Out (2019)
I also posted a review of the horror short SWALLOW and an interview with its director, Mai Nakanishi.
What else was released this weekend?
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie 
バスカヴィル家の犬 シャーロック劇場版 「Basukabiru ke no Inu Sha-rokku Gekijouban」
Release Date: June 17th, 2022
Duration: 119 mins.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Writer: Kazuhiko Mino (Script), Arthur Conan Doyle (Original Novel),
Starring: Dean Fujioka, Takanori Iwata, Yuko Araki, Maho Yamada, Izumi Inamori, Nijiro Murakami, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Kippei Shiina, Ryoko Hirosue,
Synopsis: Another movie continuation of a TV series. This one adapts Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective novel series “Sherlock Holmes,” this one inspired by “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Homare Shishio (Dean Fujioka) is a detective working with psychiatrist Junichi Wakamiya (Takanori Iwata) head to a mysterious island in the Seto Inland Sea where they find a strange-looking Western-style house, the inhabitants of which are members of a brilliant family who are plagued by a curse that sees them hounded by an evil dog…
Kyoto Camaro Detective 
京都カマロ探偵 「Kyouto Kamaro Tantei」
Release Date: June 17th, 2022
Duration: 79 mins.
Director: Yuichi Yoshida
Writer: Ken Miyazaki, Yuichi Yoshida (Script),
Starring: Takeshi Tsukamoto, Yuichi Kimura, CROKET, Yuu Kamio, Yoko Mitsuya,
Based on an urban legend!
Synopsis from JFDB: Maro Kamata, a self-proclaimed “private detective,” is a freelancer whose only pride is his favorite car, a Camaro. He spends his days with a low self-esteem, when he receives a request from his favorite girl from a hostess club to find her missing father! With the support of his friends, a self-proclaimed martial artist and a genius hacker, he tries to get to the heart of the matter, but an unbelievable turn of events awaits him…?
To Somewhere Other than Here 
ここ以外のどこかへ 「Koko Igai no Doko ka he」
Release Date: June 18th, 2022
Duration: 79 mins.
Director: Rei Shiina
Writer: Rei Shiina (Script),
Starring: Ao Morimoto, Riko Tsujimoto, Ikko Konatsu, Kikka Ooiwa, Naoya Watanabe, Nanako Honda,
Synopsis: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Hikaru’s mother has forbade her to leave their house. In contrast, Minao is troubled by her mother’s daily drinking and has no place to stay. When Hikaru runs away from home, the pair encounter each other and take an aimless walk through the night…
100 Years and Hope 
百年と希望 「Hyaku-nen to Kibou」
Release Date: June 18th, 2022
Duration: 107 mins.
Director: Takashi Nishihara
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
Based on an urban legend!
Synopsis: Takashi Nishihara of Sisterhood fame has been filming social movements since the 2000s and comes with a documentary covering the current state of the Japanese Communist Party as it approaches the 100th anniversary of its founding – July 15, 2022 – the 100 Years. The documentary shows how they are getting on in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and the House of Representatives elections, gets perspectives from old party members and younger ones, and shows the editorial department of the Communist Party newspaper. Through this, we get some of the hopes for change in Japan where the Liberal Democratic Party, which promotes neoliberalism, has long been in power and run the country into its present crises.
MAKHALISS 
マカリス 「Makarisu」
Release Date: June 18th, 2022
Duration: 35 mins.
Director: Koji Yamamoto
Writer: Koji Yamamoto, Carsten Dau, Kenta Ikeda, (Script), Arthur Conan Doyle (Original Novel),
Starring: Diana Acevedo, Yui Ohta, Hirota Kotomi, Glen Caspillo, Mio Kiyota,
Synopsis: A dark fantasy where the titular Makhaliss is a ruthless god of death who has a change of heart when he meets Satsuki, a girl in bad condition who feels guilty about the pain her mother feels. He begins to understand the emotion of “love”.
Kaitou Queen wa Circus ga Osuki 
怪盗クイーンはサーカスがお好き 「 Kaitou Kui-n wa Sa-kasu Osuki」
Release Date: June 17th, 2022
Duration: 99 mins
Director: Saori Den
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa (Screenplay), Kaoru Hayamine (Original Creator)
Starring: Yuga Yamato (Queen), Kazuki Katou (Joker), Yuma Uchida (RD), Ayaka Shimizu (Mari Ito), Yuri Noguchi (Silver Cat Hitomi),
Animation Production: East Fish Studio
Synopsis from ANN: Phantom Thief Queen is a person who can steal anything they desire. Their gender, age, and nationality are unknown. Together with their partners Joker and RD, they fly around the world in their airship. Now, Queen has their eyes set on a cursed jewel: the legendary “Rose of Linden.” However, there is an unexpected incident, and a mysterious circus troupe steals the jewel before Queen can. Queen will challenge the various members of the troupe, including a hypnotist, a magician, and an acrobat, in order to take back the jewel. For nothing is impossible for Queen.