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Colorful New Trailer for Keishi Ohtomo’s Rurouni Kenshin Impresses
If you like samurai action flicks with a hefty dose of style and blood, then director Keishi Ohtomo’s upcoming endeavor “Rurouni Kenshin” is a motion picture that you should strongly concern yourself with. I’ve...
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Brand New Set Pic from Director George Miller’s Mad Max: Road Fury
As far as behind-the-scenes photos go, this snapshot of a futuristic automobile from “Mad Max: Road Fury” is pretty standard stuff. It’s just a vehicle, covered with a tarp, parked on top of a...
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Smiling, Happy Poster and Some Release Info for Michael J. Gallagher’s Smiley
I’ve had my eye on this flick a while now, and I’m quite excited that it’s finally getting a North American release across several different platforms this fall. If you can’t catch the film...
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Men Who Turn Into Goats: Bovidaen Madness Awaits Those Who Hear The Ghost Tales
I really don’t know what this movie is about, but apparently it has something to do with a guy who turns into a goat. Did you hear me? A GUY WHO TURNS INTO A...
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Five Directors Tackle Four Tales in the South Korean Genre Flick Horror Stories
Usually I don’t do anthologies. Although I absolutely love short stories in literary form, I’m not the biggest fan of their cinematic counterparts. There are, of course, a few exceptions to this rule —...
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Beat the Sweltering Heat by Indulging in Ice Cube and Ice-T’s Trespass. For Free. Right Now.
Man, it’s hot outside. I mean seriously freaking hot. I don’t know about you, my friend, but I’m staying indoors today and tomorrow. Shut-in mode has been officially engaged. After riding inside the toaster...
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Lest We Not Forget: Check Out the Video for Prince’s Batdance
When director Tim Burton’s big-screen version of “Batman” was released way back in the year 1989, the film had its very own soundtrack featuring songs written, composed, and performed by Prince. One of the...
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Apparently, All Sorts of Cool Things Happen When You’re a Millionaire on the Run
Director Kim Ik-Ro’s upcoming South Korean effort “Millionaire on the Run” is being billed as a drama, but for the life of me, I can’t understand why. I mean, I suppose there are dramatic...
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Cinetic Rights Management Goes for Elias’ Gut, Snags Digital Distro Rights
Anymore, I find myself spending most of my horror-oriented time with low-budget indies, due in part to the absolute piss-poor selection of genre-related endeavors currently available at the box office. One of the brightest...
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Dora the Explorer Gets Gritty in This Trailer For a Movie We’ll Never See
I generally don’t spend very much time watching fake movie trailers. When I stumble across one that’s particularly well-executed, I get agitated that I’ll never see the whole film, which ultimately derails my enjoyment...
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Even More Badass Imagery from Gordon Chan’s The Four
Someone asked me the other day if I ever get tired of talking about movies. Truthfully, I don’t. When I get excited about a project — which I do, quite often — I can...
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Brand New Trailer for Marco Mak’s Over-the-Top Action Flick Naked Soldier
I know most people aren’t as excited about this one as I am, but that’s because they don’t appreciate a good girls-and-guns flick when they see it. Andy Sidaris is treated like a God...
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Japanese Drama The Brat! Has Pretty Big Breasts, is Full of Romance Dreams
If “Women on the Edge” is too much of a downer — that reference probably doesn’t make sense if you didn’t read this article — then perhaps director Taichi Suzuki’s upcoming 2012 drama “The...
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Intense Trailer For Masahiro Kobayashi’s Post-Quake Drama Women on the Edge
I usually don’t go for Japanese tearjerkers; the melodrama just doesn’t agree with me, kind of like soft cheese. However, director Masahiro Kobayashi’s post-2011 earthquake drama “Women on the Edge” has struck a chord...
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Teaser and a Poster for the South Korean Thriller Conspirators
Sometimes the fun of Asian cinema is trying to overcome the language barrier. For instance, director Kim Hong-Sun’s upcoming South Korean thriller “Conspirators” might be about organ harvesters on a cruise ship, a theory...
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Hen’s Tooth Home Video Brings Hal Needham’s Megaforce to DVD
I played the video game tie-in for director Hal Needham’s 1982 cheese classic “Megaforce” long before I saw the actual movie. My short-lived obsession with my beloved Atari 2600 cartridge in no way prepared...
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One Crazy Ass Trailer for the Japanese Horror Flick Kuchisake-onna Returns
The whole slit-mouthed woman urban legend in Japan seriously freaks me out. The imagery alone is enough to loosen my bowels, especially once you factor in the whole uber-creepy “Am I pretty?” nonsense. Freaky,...
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Aerial Antics Abound in the Teaser Trailer for the South Korean Actioner Return to Base
At some point, director Kim Dong-Won’s jet fighter flick “Soar into the Sun” became “Return to Base”. I’m not sure when, and I’m not sure why, but it did nevertheless. What’s worse: I didn’t...
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Tatsuya Fujiwara and Ryuhei Matsuda Join Forces for I’m Flash!
All you need to know about director Toshiaki Toyoda’s upcoming action/drama is this: It features both “Death Note” and “Battle Royale” alumni Tatsuya Fujiwara and “Nightmare Detective” star Ryuhei Matsuda. Sure, there’s other things...
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