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“Japan Cuts” Above The Rest
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/29/2008
- Movies , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
Japan Society has curated an impressive program that includes classic and recent works from the late grandmaster Kon Ichikawa, the funniest Giant Monster flick you’ll ever see, and Quentin Tarantino in Takaski Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django…
Movie Review--Kisaragi
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/27/2008
- Fandom , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
Probably the most impressive, most fun feature film I’ve ever seen about fandom…
Movie/Manga Review—Dororo
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/25/2008
- Anime and Manga , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films
- Unrated
Osamu Tezuka’s epic horror-fantasy turns out be a masterwork across media…
Movie Review--Tokyo Gore Police
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/23/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films
- Unrated
The title kind of says it all, doesn’t it?
Movie Review--L: Change The World
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/22/2008
- Anime and Manga , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films
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I just attended the North American premiere of this latest live-action Death Note installment and right away my whole summer seems to have improved…
Movie Review--Like a Dragon
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/21/2008
- Games and Gaming , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
Takashi Miike makes a movie out of a videogame… or is it the other way around?
The Best Asian Genre Movies, Period
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/19/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
Even if you can’t manage to claw your way to the Big Apple over the next couple of weeks for NYAFF, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with its offerings and queue them mentally. With directors such as Miike and To, and films such as the Death Note sequel L: Change the World and the live-action Dororo, we’re talking state-of-the-art genre movies…
Movie Review—Hair Extensions
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/18/2008
- Movies , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films
- Unrated
An inventive and possibly shocking pastiche of J-horror that mines one its central motifs for all it’s worth? I’m there…
Movie Review—Flash Point
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 03/14/2008
- Asian Films
- Unrated
Don’t dwell on its generic-sounding title and its familiar Dirty Harry-like protagonist: once the action starts in this crime thriller, you’ll forget about everything else. Your heart will pound, your eyes may water, and by the time you leave the theater you’ll feel alive in a way that only classic HK popcorn flicks can make you feel...
Viz Media Participates in the JAPAN! CULTURE + HYPER CULTURE Exhibit
- By Arthur David
- Published 02/4/2008
- Festivals and Filmmakers , Asian Films , Theatre , Comics/Graphic Novels , Anime and Manga
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Viz Media is participating in the JAPAN! CULTURE + HYPER CULTURE exhibit taking place in the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on Feb. 5-17
