Archive for May, 2009

  • Blown Out!

    Blown Out!

    Comics Convention and Asian Film Festival have been axed. Well, not cancelled but I can’t attend – No one seems to be interested…. Maybe next year…
  • Marvel to Reboot Daredevil? (At Last!!)

    Marvel to Reboot Daredevil? (At Last!!)

    The chaps over at Golden Apple Comics blogged yesterday that non other than Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck of BSG), was in the store stocking up on all the back issues of...
  • Showing My Age

    Showing My Age

    Something different today – although it’s kind of Film related… Gary Numan‘s ‘The Pleasure Principle‘ reaches the grand old age of 30 this year. To celebrate, he’s dedicating an entire...
  • [REVIEW] Ong Bak 2

    [REVIEW] Ong Bak 2

    DIR: Tony Jaa With all the controversy attached to this film, it was a wonder that it would ever reach our screens at all. Jaa reportedly, at one point going...
  • Kuniyoshi Exhibition

    Kuniyoshi Exhibition

    Master of woodblock printing, Utagawa Kuniyoshi [1797-1861], has in the region of 10,000 colour prints to his name. Along with Katsushika Hokusai (who’s to blame for the oft used ‘The...
  • Japanese Cinema Blogathon

    Japanese Cinema Blogathon

    Michael over at Wildgrounds has had a great idea! For the week June 15th – 21st, an incursive event to raise the awareness of Japanese Cinema to all. Whilst my...
  • Blood: The Last Vampire Update

    Blood: The Last Vampire Update

    Further to Janos’ post, Ohh Yeah!, thought I’d add that Sony Pictures have updated their official website. It’s well worth checking out. Blood: The Last Vampire
  • [REVIEW] Café Isobe

    [REVIEW] Café Isobe

    I assumed after reading the blurb about this flick, that it was going to be a couple of hours spent smirking at the idiotic actions of a woman hungry bloke...
  • Registrations Closed

    Registrations Closed

    Sorry if you’re genuinely interested in becoming a subscriber or poster on the site, but I’m being swamped with spam registrations. If you are NOT a bot and want to...
  • [REVIEW] ICHI

    [REVIEW] ICHI

    Another return to the classic Zatoichi series, this time the lead part is taken up by a young woman. The premiss stays the same, she’s blind, on a mission and...
  • LDD

    LDD

    So much for keeping the site up-to-date. As soon as I promised to do so, the Migraine Monster came out of hibernation and started to brand my brain. This all...
  • [Review] Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge

    [Review] Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge

    You would be fooled (like I was) into thinking that this film is all about blood and gore … it’s not. In fact, although the villain is indeed a chainsaw...
  • Upgrade

    Upgrade

    Ok, it’s not really an excuse for not writing anything for a month (or more!) but the site was a little bit behind the times (on the back end side...

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