Anime

Cowboy Bebop to get live action revival from Thor writer

Posted 9 years ago

Despite the critical and commercial lashing GHOST IN THE SHELL received, studios are still out there looking for the next hot anime property to give the live action treatment. There’s no shortage of shows and movies to choose from, and...

Shout! Factory & Funimation to release In This Corner of the World anime

Posted 9 years ago

Good news, everybody! Shout! Factory and Funimation Films have joined forces to jointly distribute the animated feature IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD on August 11, 2017. Written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, the film is based on the award-winning Japanese...

Jordan Peele in talks to direct Akira!

Posted 9 years ago

With GHOST IN THE SHELL getting the live-action movie treatment, all I could think was, "Well, hopefully, this means we will be getting that long-awaited AKIRA live-action flick soon too." That is, if GHOST IN THE SHELL is a hit…...

The Test of Time: Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Posted 9 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...

New Matrix not a reboot or remake after all, according to writer Zak Penn

Posted 9 years ago

Like most kids who grew up in the '90s, I love THE MATRIX. Hell, I still wear black trenchcoats because of it (well, also, because it hides my weight). I'm even a MATRIX sequel apologist, as while I don't think...

Makoto Shinkai’s anime masterpiece Your Name finally gets a U.S. trailer

Posted 9 years ago

I have to admit that I'm a little ashamed of myself for the way in which I've been ignoring anime these past few years. The list of films and shows I have yest to check out is sickening and I...

Hayao Miyazaki will come out of retirement, again, for another feature film

Posted 9 years ago

Ha! I totally called this bit of news back in 2013, when legendary filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki, announced his retirement just as the Oscar-nominated film, THE RED TURTLE, went into production. Though, to be fair, I think we all saw this coming. Just...

Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali join Alita: Battle Angel

Posted 9 years ago

Man, it feels like James Cameron has been trying to make this thing forever. Honestly I thought it was never going to happen, especially since it seemed like he was going to be busy making AVATAR movies until he croaked. But...

Adult Swim releases trailer for new season of Samurai Jack

Posted 9 years ago

I unfortunately missed out on SAMURAI JACK when it first aired, putting my energies into other cartoons at the time. Which is a shame, because I have so many friends vouching for it, and from what I've seen the action and animation...

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