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Live-action adaptation of Junji Ito’s Tomie coming to Quibi

Posted 6 years ago

Mobile-only streaming service Quibi – which is still a thing apparently, even though they reportedly lost 90% of users after their free trial ended – is attempting to win those users back by adapting the popular manga TOMIE from acclaimed artist...

New photos revealed for Netflix’s upcoming Ju-On: Origins series

Posted 6 years ago

JU-ON is a classic Japanese horror franchise, which was remade for American audiences as THE GRUDGE – twice – with the last one coming out this year. However, it is still extremely popular in Japan (to the point that at...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters director wants a prequel with no humans

Posted 6 years ago

Writer/Director Michael Dougherty was recently in the news for having signed on to write HBO's upcoming HELLRAISER (sequel?) series. But before that he wrote/directed the fun and underrated (if still flawed) GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, which was about Members of...

Trailer for Kaiju mockbuster film Raiga: God of the Monsters stomps online

Posted 6 years ago

Since GODZILLA came out in 1954, kaiju films have been a mainstay in Japanese film culture. In fact, Rodan and Mothra were originally stars of their own series before joining up with Godzilla in pre-AVENGERS-esque crossovers. Now, some kaiju stood the test...

Director of Japanese cult classic Hausu Nobuhiko Obayashi passes away

Posted 6 years ago

HAUSU is probably one of the craziest filmgoing experiences I've ever had a pleasure to witness. It's beautiful to look at, surreal, and – above all else – unique. There's nothing out there quite like it. And that's all thanks to the...

Netflix has announced 12 new anime series and one full-length feature

Posted 9 years ago

Lately, I've bouncing between a few different anime offerings on Netflix, by tuning into shows and movies like: LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIA, DEATH NOTE, YOUR LIE IN APRIL, and PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA. Now, it's been announced that the premiere streaming service will...

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...

The Ring vs. The Grudge movie (Sadako v Kayako) releases new trailer!

Posted 9 years ago

WOLFMAN VS. FRANKENSTEIN. FREDDY VS. JASON. ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS. And now we can add SADAKO V KAYAKO (the monsters from THE RING and THE GRUDGE, respectively) to the pantheon of horror movie beat-em-ups. Not only that,...

Americanized remake of Takashi Miike’s Shield of Straw on the way

Posted 10 years ago

I've mentioned my love of Takashi Miike before. And while I'm a huge fan, he has over ninety credits to his name (and at least half of those – though probably more – are full feature films), so I haven't...

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