Teaser For Live Action GANTZ (part 1)

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Back in the 1990's I knew alot of Anime/Manga that was out mostly than's to Helen McCarthy's Anime UK magazine it was essential reading for all British/Irish anime/manga fans. But like many things the rightwing media of Uk destroys anything popular by sentsationalising it with some negative press articles (they caught onto the hentai - porn anime and made people think all anime is pornographic   as well violent) and the fans drew away alltogether or underground.  I've tried my best to keep up with whats going on maybe borrowing friends anime or watching it online. Japan is very proud of there animation & comicbook industry if your aged 1 or 99 theres always something for you a respected medium so watching popular titles become animation then live action cinema versions is not unusal so we have the latest GANTZ.
The great thing about this anime its known worldwide and even though many manga/anime's do become live action some can be a bit poorly made more made for tv than cinema but Gantz does look like one of the better ones. I have heard of it but have no clue what the story is all about but if you enjoy young guys jumping around in leather pvc suits and a mysterious black ball check this out, i've tried to get a english synopsis but no luck.
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Trailer For Korean Slasher BEDEVILLED

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Below is the trailer for Jang Cheol-so debut directoral movie BEDEVILLED. The movies main genre is Horror/slasher but throw in elements of comedy, vengance and looking at the trailer it has been well made as many movies in similar genres can be poorly made and just becomes another bog standard slasher flick.
The movie doesn't have a release date yet but if your from South Korea expect it before the end of this year possibly late summer/autumn.

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Trailer For Aussie Thriller BLAME

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BLAME is the directoral debut for Australian director Michael Henry which is making its world premiere at Melbourne Film Festival with its national release on September 2nd. Movie stars Sophie Lowe, Kestie Morassi, Damian de Montemas , Simon Stone, Mark Leonard Winter and Ashley Zukerman.

Seeking justice and revenge, five friends violently attack a man in his remote country house. Their plan: the perfect murder. Confident that their victim's death by his own hand will not be questioned, they overdose him on sleeping pills, but it all goes horribly wrong when their attempt fails and their victim fights for his life. 

In the aftermath, questions are raised about the true nature of the events leading up to the botched attack. As lies and secrets are revealed, the dynamic of the once-tight group shifts as the friends begin to question each other's motives. As they move closer to the truth, the weight of their quest for justice drives them to a place of no return.

First Teaser Trailer For Tran Anh-Hung's NORWEGIAN WOOD

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It took me a few minutes to click this movie is an adaptation of one of my favourite author's Haruki Murakami NORWEGIAN WOOD. Movieis directed by Vietnamese director Anh Hung Tran and it will be the author's first book to be transfered to the big screen so alot of expectations will be very high. The trailer doesn't show much (it is only a teaser) to have any thoughts on it but it does look good so far. As this book is inspired by an Beatles song music will probably play a big part of this movie and ive seen a few posts that say this movies score maybe be by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood so interest is even greater now!!!

Norwegian Wood stars Rinko Kikuchi,Ken'ichi Matsuyama and Kiko Mizuhara with the movie due for release in Japan on December 11th, trailer after the break...

Benny Chan' sCITY UNDER SIEGE has its Main trailer

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About 2 weeks ago I posted the trailer for Benny Chan's maniac mutant american comicbook inspired movie City Under Siege now it has its main trailer which you can watch above and will be out on August 12th. It looks even more cheesier but hey comicbook inspired movies are the populas in movies worldwide so we cant argue but its from Hong Kong so the martial arts will be good though.

Synopsis: Sunny (Aaron Kwok) is a clown in a circus act but he aspires to be a top performer just like his dad, The King of Flying Knife. While in Malaysia, Sunny and a few of his circus performer friends go for a treasure hunt, stumbling upon barrels of bio-chemicals left from the war.

Upon returning, some of the members are mutating due to inhaling the bio-chemicals but Sunny seems fine from the exposure. They gain extraordinary superhuman powers. The leader of the entertainment outfit Chang Tai Chu (Colin Chou)decides to use this newfound strength to do evil.

As there is an increase of crime in the city, the media and the police get involved. Kungfu master Suan Hou (Wu Jing) and policewoman Xin Hua (Zhang Jin Chu) enter the fray, while Angel (Shu Qi), a reporter who is recently demoted, also pursues the case in hopes of rescuing her flagging career.

French Trailer For Julian SchnabeL's MIRAL

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Below is the French trailer for Julian SchnabeL's movie MIRAL starring Slumdog Millionaire's Frieda Pinto, Willem Dafoe,Vanessa Redgrave and Alexander Siddig.
Hiam Abbass plays a Palestinan woman who sets ( real) orphanage in Jerusalem and Pinto plays Miral a girl who grows up in the orphanage becoming a activist when she is assigned to teach at a refugee camp and sees the whole outcome that Palestinians & Israelis dont get on well with each other.
The movie will annoy a few folks especially in States as politically could be seen as left wing and the shocking thing is The Weinstein Company are releasing this movie in USA?! The messege of this film will be alot more forceful than Schnabels last movie Diving Bell and the Butterfly which is a big hit with many critics.
Miral is due out late 2010.

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Trailer For Dennis Gansel's WE ARE THE NIGHT

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2008 German director Dennis Gansel had a worldwide hit with The Wave the true story of a school experiment in fascism gone badly wrong proving how weel he canblend young person's pop culture with major issues. Roll on 2 years and he's back with WE ARE THE NIGHT possibly a new look on the young adult vampire genre less Twilight more The Lost Boys (or girls) crossed with gossip girl maybe,movie stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt

One night 18-year-old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop. When she resolves to turn her back on the bloodsucking band of sisters, Louise's fury knows no bounds. Lena will have to choose between immortal love and immortal life...

Trailer for Thriller Restaurant (Gekijô-ban: Kaidan resutoran )

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It's not just the American's who like to bring Comicbooks to the big screen, the Japanese do to and have probably doing it a lot longer than there Yankee cousins. The trailer below is an fine example of Manga/Anime adaptation of Gekijô-ban: Kaidan resutoran:THRILLER RESTAURANT.
The movie is based on thepopular manga book series that ran from 1996-2007 based on a Kaiden restaurant Obake Garcon (Ghost Waiter) tells horror stories to children. The books have just recently been created into a anime which aired last october and this movie actually is a animtion/live action hybrid with the first 13 minutes all been in animation before converting to live action.
This is basically one for the young teens/kids and its strange that the movies director Masayuki Ochiai is more known for his adult horrors like Parasite Eve, Infection and Hollywood remake of the Thai horror Shutter.

Thriller Restaurant will be in Japanese cinemas from August 21st, trailer after the break...

English Version Trailer For Anime REDLINE

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Back in the early 1990's I was lucky in the UK to have a chance tp follow Manga& Anime when you could go into shops buy various magazines, watch anime on tv that wasn't Pokemon or Beyblade, new videos (it was still video back in those days)out everyweek and you had unlimited resources to find out whats going on. Nowdays thanks to antianime sentsationalised reporting by the rightwing media of UK the fanbase has went more underground or struggles to find where to get new movies/comics, its sad because theres more to anime than just Naruto. I still love to delve in and see what I'm missing but finance prevents me going further because when you have great anime like REDLINE you want to be involved more.
Redline is the creation of Takeshi Koike (Ninja Scroll) and Katsuhito Ishii (Taste of Tea) for Madhouse Studios and the movie will be getting a release in North America soon as for UK & Ireland thats a good question.
It's sad in today society especially in UK & Ireland watching animation or reading manga and your over 25 the media regards you as mentally unstable, if only they understood animation and comic books are for all ages!

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U.K Trailer for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s BIUTIFUL

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If you enjoyed Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel you’ll  appreciate his follow up BIUTIFUL.