ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: Sleep (2020)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally wrote about this movie on November 2, 2021 when it was offered on the Arrow Player. Now that Arrow Video is releasing it on blu ray, we’re sharing it again. The new Arrow blu ray release of Sleep features an audio commentary by film critic and historian Kim Newman with author Sean Hogan, visual […]
Karei-naru tsuiseki (1975)
The Great Chase is a blast. Etsuko Shihomi — Sister Street Fighter herself — stars in a spy film from Norifumi Suzuki (School of the Holy Beast, Roaring Fire, ten Torakku Yarō movies which are caper films in the world of dekotora, highly decorated trucks) that was exactly what I needed on a winter day filled with post-holiday […]
Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019)
Inspired by Ray Bradbury’s “The Fog Horn,” which was also made as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, this movie features a creature called Nebula, which was designed by Keizo Murase, who has sculpted everything from Varan, Mothra, Matango, Gamera, Yongary and numerous appearances of Godzilla. He’s still working, getting ready to direct a movie called Brush of the God about a […]
Mighty Jack (1968)
Not only did Eiji Tsuburaya co-create Godzilla, he was the man who brought us Ultraman. His Tsuburaya Productions continues to own the rights to the various Ultra series that have spun off from the original show such as Ultraman Gaia, Ultraman Dyna, Ultraman 80 and The Ultraman. Tsuburaya considered this series his best work, as it was about people, […]
VOD RELEASE: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally watched this wild trip during Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021. Now that it’s available, we hope that everyone gets a chance to get their mind blown by it! Kato lives above the shop that he owns in Kyoto, Japan and spends whatever time he has left after working playing in […]
Kikujiro (1999)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. She currently works as a freelance ghostwriter of personal memoirs and writes for several blogs on topics as diverse as film history, punk rock, women’s issues, and international politics. For links to her work, please visit https://www.jennuptonwriter.com or send her a Tweet @Jennxld […]
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