What if you were kidnapped and held hostage for 15 years without being told why? And then, as if that weren’t maddening enough, one day you are released without being told why. Don’t know why you were kidnapped and don’t know why you were released. All you know is that you are going to dedicate the rest of your life to finding out who was responsible and hunting them down. That’s the premise of the Korean film-yes, another Korean film-titled [...]
Archive for May, 2009
If you live in the Los Angeles area, love free comics and Korean horror movies, be sure to check out “Voices”. On the screening day, Netcomics will give out a copy of the Two Will Come graphic novel to everyone who attends. “VOICES”, based on Netcomics graphic novel Two will Come, is the eerie tale of a young girl who bears witness to a shocking act of violence at a wedding party. For no apparent reason, the groom throws the [...]
Dai Saito (Matsumoto Hitoshi) may look like your average middle-aged chump, but he’s actually a superhero. When electrocuted, Dai Saito transforms into the gigantic, boxer-wearing Dai Nipponjin, doing battle against unsavory super-sized monsters like Jumpy Baddie, Baby Baddie, and of course Smelly Baddie. Saving Japan over and over again is all well and good, but Dai Saito doesn’t get much in return. Estranged from his ex-wife and daughter, he ekes out a boring life with a stray cat in a [...]
In early April of ’96, TV Tokyo aired a series now so popular, so well known that it was compared with the legendary Shin Sekai Evangelion; this series was Tenkuu no Esukafuroune, The Vision of Escaflowne. Review by Shiki. The Vision of Escaflowne combined fantasy with mecha and was an instant hit; it was later released in the United States by Bandai’s Anime Village, and had a short run on the FOX television network . In June of 2000, Sunrise [...]
Review by: Mike Corbitt ?Jet Set Radio. A game some still considered to be the late Dreamcast?s best. A game that many people still enjoy playing even in this day of PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube. A game that started the revolution of ?cel-shaded? games which is now the style used by Nintendo in making their latest Legend of Zelda game. Smilebit has once again brought out a wonder of a game that has lived up to everything this reviewer had [...]
Categories: Video Games, featured
Review by Jedediah Walls “The terror of the night is inescapable.” Don’t let me tell you what this is about, instead, I will tell you what it will do to you. Brutally, the Rurouni Kenshin OAV series shrouds you mystery, immediately touches you, and makes you fall in love with it. It makes you question mankind?s sense of right and wrong and then it leaves you, cursing love and the things that get between it. Not a bad way to [...]
