Review: Labyrinth of Cinema
It can feel to me at times as if movies about movies are the best… movies. Sometimes you need to stretch that; Once Upon ...
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Movies
LFF Review: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
I have to say that Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is a wonderfully enigmatic film from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. With cases of mistaken identity ...
Movies
Uh oh, Nic Cage is kooky again in trailer for Prisoners of the Ghostland
Following its Sundance premiere, the first trailer for Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland delivers some Mad Maxian aesthetic and outrageous Eastern Western violence with ...
Movies
Hideaki Anno will direct a Shin Kamen Rider film
With his brilliant Shin Godzilla turning five this year, and the upcoming Shin Ultraman looking to premiere later in 2021, anime and film icon Hideaki Anno has ...
Movies
Takeshi Kitano sets Neck as his next and final directing role
Prolific Japanese actor and director Takeshi Kitano has announced plans for his next feature production, Neck, or Kubi, which the legendary entertainer is also ...
Square Enix shares 90-second clip of The World Ends With You
Out of the blue, Japanese publisher Square Enix has shared a 90-second clip of its upcoming anime adaptation of the popular JRPG The ...
News
Aya and the Witch is Studio Ghibli’s first 3D CG film
It was not long ago that Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki provided an update on the animation house’s ongoing projects; Hayao Miyazaki’s don’t-call-me-retired ...
Reviews
Review: Altered Carbon: Resleeved
Netflix has shown commitment to their adaptation of Altered Carbon, the sci-fi series of books by Richard K Morgan. Chronicling the interstellar exploits ...
Classic Toei Tokusatsu will soon be available on YouTube
Toei Company, one of Japan’s oldest and largest entertainment production and distribution companies, has announced that they’ll be making their classic slate of ...
Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki gives an update on Miyazaki’s latest
Speaking recently with Entertainment Weekly, veteran producer and Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki provided some updates on the animation house’s upcoming feature How Do You ...
Live action One Piece series underway at Netflix
Pirates are awesome. Pirates are so. Cool. They’re like cowboys! But on the high seas! They also curse more, and instead of whiskey they ...
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Review: First Love
When history’s overtaken all of us, I think Takashi Miike’s will be a name left standing. For one thing, the Japanese genre-master is ...