MOVIE REVIEW . The Host (aka: Gwoemul)

We all know that formaldehyde is used to preserve dead bodies, and is found everywhere from kleenex to rat poison and cigarettes. We know it’s probably not good for anyone’s health, but did you know the mutanagenic effects formaldehyde has on sealife? Well, with Korea’s big budget entry into the giant monster genre, The Host, [...]

TRAILER WATCH . Dororo, Arubaba, Rescue Dawn, Die Hard 4 and more

Here’s another batch of films to look out for. There’s actually some pretty cool stuff this time!

Aoki Okami . Japanese film on the life and times of Genghis Khan.
Arubaba (aka: Argentine Hag) . The new film by Koki Mitani (The Wow-Choten Hotel). It features Koji Yakusho and illustrations by Yoshitomo Nara.
Dororo . Kou Shibasaki is [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS [In Brief] . Idiocracy, The Proposition, Smokin’ Aces

I’m back with some brief takes on recent flicks. This time we have one worth seeing, and one worth skipping at all costs. Enjoy!
Idiocracy
I love the message of Mike Judge’s Idiocracy, but it is quite the tiring watch. Luke Wilson (the handsome Wilson) plays an army librarian chosen to participate in a military cryogenics experiement. [...]

Weekend Update

No reviews this weekend due to birthday celebrations. Lots of food (SF’s Millennium, review shortly), lots of fun. I did have quite a few presents worth noting, including Zelda on wii, the DVD of The Host (review upcoming, naturally) a crapload of awesome CDs (Love Psychedelico, Mika Nakashima, Dragon Ash, etc.), books, and various [...]

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade dvd Prize Pack contest!

If you read this site, you know I love Shinobi: Heart Under Blade. In fact, we placed it on our Best of Year list for 2006. Now, thanks to Funimation and Filter Magazine, you to can enjoy the awesomeness that is Shinobi (If you haven’t already, check out my review of the film, here.) We [...]

ANIME REVIEW . Beet the Vandel Buster: The Sacrifice

I have always been a hardcore-casual fan of anime, meaning that while I am not a wellspring of knowledge on the subject, I have seen a good amount (mostly dubbed and brought to American TV) and have a few that I absolutely love (Ranma ½, Rurouni Kenshin, Bleach). When I was made aware of [...]

Best Scenes from LaBute’s The Wicker Man

So we saw the Wicker Man remake a while back. Not that great, but not as bad as everyone is saying either. One of the interesting things Kris was mentioning was that she wasn’t sure Neil LaBute is a feminist or a chauvanist…the men in his film are all either pathetic or absolute jerks, and [...]

DVD REVIEW [EARLY] . Sayonara Jupiter

There are really two ways to enjoy tokusatsu eiga, or a Japanese special effects film. The first, and arguably the most prevalent way, is to put on airs of superiority and laugh at the quaint special effects, overly serious dialog, and awkward performances. The second, and my preferred mode of viewing, is to try and [...]

A Bit of Vacation Reading

As you may or may not know (Kris and I have yet to put up the formal trip articles) we just got back from a brief stint in Hawai’i. With vacations comes vacation reading, and we all know there’s nothing better than some ultra light pulpy nothingness to read on the airplane. That’s why I [...]

Red Hot Pocky Commercials

To complement the Men’s Pocky review, here are a few awesome Pocky commercials I dug up on YouTube, starting with the commercial for Men’s Pocky.
Men’s Pocky
Clumsy Pocky
Nosy Mother Pocky
Nosy Fisherman Pocky
Pocky Love
Scary Pocky
Bonus Yukie Nakama commercial

Cheating is a crime

Howard Dean’s “we’re going to MICHIGAAAAAN!” rant just took a new spin. It is a felony in Michigan to commit adultery. That’s right, take notes you philanderers and fence jumpers out there. So be wary if you presently reside in the Wolverine State and your spouse is suddenly anxious to move away [...]

DVD REVIEW . Cops vs. Thugs

Hothead cops, warring yakuza, prime waterfront real estate. It’s about as combustible a mix as one could hope for, and the backdrop of Kinji Fukasaku’s ever so bluntly titled Cops vs. Thugs. All Fukasaku’s favorite themes are present and accounted for: honorable gangsters, despicable authority figures, oppression, passion, fury, and the lone protagonist who refuses [...]

Battle of the Planets (US Gatchaman) Movie forthcoming

Ryan DeRousse over at Obsessed with Film has a post up regarding a forthcoming film version of Battle of the Planets, the American “adaptation” of the Japanese Gatchaman anime, to be helmed by “director Kevin Munroe and producer Tom Gray”. If you’ve not seen Gatchaman, it’s this wonderfully strange tale of mutants in Condor-Man gear [...]

Japanese Spider-Man

With all the excitement over the latest Spiderman film, I figure we might as well drop a post on the old Toei production. It’s spiderman with the usual wall-crawling and webslinging, but with the added bonus of motorcycles, mechs, and a killer soundtrack. Back when I was about five or six years old, my parents [...]

ANIME . Beet the Vandal Buster coming from IlumiToon Entertainment

Here’s another Anime release you guys might be interested in. Beet: The Vandel Buster. I’ve never been a fan of Dragonball, Naruto, Avatar, or the like, but I’ve had many friends who were, or still are. Furthermore, being that this is IlumiToon’s first Anime release, I figure we might as well give it some [...]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force….the Movie?!

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is one of the strangest, most twisted, and funniest shows on television. Needless to say, Kris and I love it. If you’re not familiar with Aqua Teen, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Each episode is fairly short, say a little longer than the average Loony Tunes entry, [...]

Look Ma, no buttons! It’s my new iPhone

The great big announcement at Macworld from Steve Jobs is the iPhone. Even if you knew it was coming, you weren’t sure it would be quite like this. As always, dummy images were dispersed on blogs and the media as some kind of speculation diversion. Apple was supposedly in talks with (it [...]

Strong enough for a cop but made for a woman

Motorola Razrs aren’t the only items to get prettified for purses. Tasers will now come in a variety of colors such as blue, silver, black, and metallic light pink. The new C2 Taser has a sleek new design, resembling a shiny Norelco or something. It has a 15 foot range and 50 [...]