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Video: Turning Japanese - Kirsten Dunst 'Akihabara Majokko Princess'
Remember that post back in August last year where I was going on about Kirsten Dunst displaying her CosPlay talents in Akihabara? Well the video finally has... -
John Woo's Rain of Swords
News of Woo's continuation of action flick form are being touted about the Berlin Film Festival at the moment. Rough clips from his latest film, Jianyu Jianghu... -
Video: Cop Out Trailer
Over the years this blog has changed course a few times, but it will always remain true to it's roots when it comes to stuff like this... This trailer has... -
SHOCHIKU to release BECK Live Action
One of the best (IMHO) anime's of recent years has been BECK: The Mongolian Chop Squad. Based on the manga 'BECK' by Harold Sakuishi published by Kodansha in... -
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl DVD
The official release date for the Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl DVD is approaching. Pony Canyon are pushing it out on the 26th of this month and...
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Thirst and Yoga DVD’s
Every now and then, YesAsia gets a good promotion on and offers some great titles at fantastic prices. Today is one of those occasions and the two DVD's on offer are fantastic examples of Korean cinema.
First up is from the creator of Old Boy, Park Chan-Wook and it's the 3-Disc Limited Edtion...
Cherry Blossom Forecast
The Japan Weather Association has released information about this years Cherry Blossom Season. Every spring, Japan turns into a glorious spectacle of pink and white and the Japanese people (who don't need an excuse to party), will be out in their droves to party (Hanami) beneath the Sakura....
Video: Cop Out Trailer
Over the years this blog has changed course a few times, but it will always remain true to it's roots when it comes to stuff like this...
This trailer has been up on YouTube for a bit now, but I had to include it somewhere on the blog, then I remembered that this little site had it's humble...
DVD: Possessed (Living Death) [불신지옥]
It's been a while since I bigged up anything from Korea, so I thought I'd spend the next couple of days going through my watched list and pointing you in the direction of decent flicks that are available now or coming soon. To start, a true gem called 'Living Death' 불신지옥 (English release...
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Video: Turning Japanese – Kirsten Dunst ‘Akihabara Majokko Princess’
Remember that post back in August last year where I was going on about Kirsten Dunst displaying her CosPlay talents in Akihabara? Well the video finally has been finally upped on YouTube and here it is... have to say, I'm not the biggest Kirstin Dunst fan - but this has done a greatmany things to...
New Look…
Posted under Geekdom Incursive, WordPress, blog, web.design on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 by LoLyfe
At last, my web server host has finally sorted out a great many issues with my access to the server and has also rectified some issues with security too - which is nice... So the site can finally be cut over to the new style that's been undergo rigorous testing (!) for the last couple of months....
John Woo’s Rain of Swords
News of Woo's continuation of action flick form are being touted about the Berlin Film Festival at the moment. Rough clips from his latest film, Jianyu Jianghu or Rain of Swords, are being shown for buy ups and are rumoured to be rather epic.
Drizzle is an assassin is hired to take out Zhang - a...
Miike’s Zebraman 2 and 13 Assassins
Looks like Takashi Miike is a busy boy again. This year sees the long awaited sequel to his 2004 Cult Classic 'Zebraman'.
It's 2025 in Zebra City but our hero seems to have lost his memories... and his powers! The Zebra Queen has called martial law (Zebra Time) and is controlling the city, it's...
SHOCHIKU to release BECK Live Action
One of the best (IMHO) anime's of recent years has been BECK: The Mongolian Chop Squad. Based on the manga 'BECK' by Harold Sakuishi published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from February 2000 until it went on hiatus from May 2008.
The story is based around a high school boy that learns...
Too Much Spam
I've had to disable comments from people that don't register. Overnight I received over 2,000 spam comments, mostly from Russia and Turkey, and I just don't have the energy to sift through them to see if any are legit - which I doubt, can't remember the last time I had a legit comment on this...
GitS Goodies
cdJapan are offering a couple of nice bits for those Ghost in the Shell otaku out there. First up a pretty nice little t-shirt with the Section 9 logo:
This item comes in both black and light grey.
And these little gems, Laughing Man...
New Anime Recommendations
I was chatting with Janos the other night about some decent anime that has popped up just recently. I don't usually go big with the anime side of things on the site as there is a staggering wealth of sites dedicated to it out there already, but today I just had to put in a shout for Durarara!! (or...
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl DVD
The official release date for the Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl DVD is approaching. Pony Canyon are pushing it out on the 26th of this month and there's a treat for those people who jump on it now as the first pressing comes with the OST included.
Valentine's Day chocs arrive for high...
Third Window Acquires Rights to Fish Story
Back on the 11th of January, I wrote about one of the better films to be played at last years Terracotta Film Festival in London -Yoshihiro Nakamura's 'Fish Story'. A film about a Punk Rock band's final album recording, a song on it that has a strange gap in and the outcome that it...
Thee Best of Thee
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant [TMGE] were a Japanese Rock band that formed in 1991 but were most prolific from around 1993 after their self released album 'Maximum! Maximum! Maximum!' up until their split in 2003.
The latter part of last year and for the early part of this year, the band's history is...
SCANDAL – Don’t say “lazy” (K-ON! ED Cover)
SCANDAL - Don't say "lazy" (K-ON! ED Cover) @ Yahoo! Video
Great cover ... gotta love...
Kitano’s Outrage
Pretty much my last 'real' post of sorts was back in September when I mentioned the long awaited return to the Yakuza genre for Takeshi Kitano. Well, an official web site has been set up for the film over at Office Kitano and it has a teaser trailer to boot. This trailer only really highlights the...
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Posted under Uncategorized on Thursday, 28 January 2010 by LoLyfe
... but don't know for how long...
Various problems with the host have meant that I've had no access to my server at all since about November. This means any tweaks or theme changes I'd hoped to have done - can't be. Currently looking for a new host with facilities that match 1&1 but can speak...
Fish Story
One of the better films at last year's Terracotta Festival in London was Fish Story. The film by Yoshihiro Nakamura (The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker), is based around an album recorded by a Punk band in 1975. The story flip flops backwards and forwards through time from...
Personal Blog
- Bureaucracy vs. Physical LimitationsSo I have a new Handler at the Health Insurance offices here in town. Or so I originally thought… it seems as though my Handler of many years has passed my file over to someone who is doing a project about getting people back to work. Why does this include me? Well… most of my [...] […]
- 1st Day…I’ve been suffering a lot with a lot of health issues recently, (any regular readers will have yawned and already clicked onwards to read something about cats that talk but if you’re hanging in there and are reading on… ) and these problems have been exacerbated by the copious amounts of antibiotics that were prescribed [...] […]
