Who isn’t a fan of Rush Hour? Better yet, who isn’t a fan of Jackie Chan? Everybody likes Jackie Chan! It’s like a prerequisite for being normal.
Rush Hour 3 is no let down. Being a instant fan of anything Jackie touches and the Rush Hour series on top of that, how could I be [...]
You know you’re in for a good time when The Cro-Magnons show up. Especially when they perform their latest hit, a movie theme, and they jam in the middle of a go-kart track.
“Girigirigagangan” (”ギリギリガガンガン”) is the latest song by veteran Japanese punk rockers The Cro-Magnons (ザ・クロマニヨンズ). Debuting on the Oricon charts at #6, [...]
A couple of nights of watching Japanese celebrity pop jam-type shows sort of payed off. I guess you could say that, granted that one of the shows seemed dreadfully overpopulated with Johnny’s Entertainment acts. During my stay in Japan I came to realize how many popular musicians/singers that I don’t like though. I’d name [...]
I finally had the oppurtunity to watch ACIDMAN’s live DVD! and world tour final 20060409 is a recording of ACIDMAN’s concert performance at Zepp Tokyo on April 9th, 2006. The DVD was released July 19th and I’ve been itching to see it ever since. As expected, this DVD had everything ACIDMAN fan such as [...]
Although I’m not a big fan of disaster movies, Japan’s latest effort in the genre couldn’t help but catch my attention. The film, Japan Sinks (Nihon Chinbotsu) which was released in theaters on July 24th portrays the ultimate catastrophic disaster: the sinking of Japan.
The trailer looks very intense and crazy. I’m not quite [...]
April 15th marks the release of the 10th theatrical installment of mega-hit anime series Detective Conan (Case Closed in US).This 10th movie comes along with the 10th anniversary of everyone’s favorite pint-sized detective.
Surely the plot will be similar to the rest of the Conan movies and TV show episodes. That is, Conan, Ran, and [...]
Have you ever wanted a more sensory-involving movie viewing experience? Well, you’re in luck then. All you have to do is be in Tokyo and sit through the adventure film The New World.
Yes, smell-o-vision is here! This is the real deal — scent spraying, not the scratch-and-sniff thing tryed a while back. A Japanese [...]
Ultra-cool Hong Kong action director Yuen Wo-ping says that he fears that there will not be a new generation of martial arts action stars. Yuen credits the intense difficulty of martial arts and a less-active Hong Kong culture.
This is surely a shocking statement from such a well-respected talent. If anyone would know the [...]
ArtsmagicDVDs has put out a new release for Takashi Miike’s film, Osaka Tough Guys. It was released on March 28th to North America.
Osaka Tough Guys is one of Miike’s earliest films originally released in 1995. He’s been known to incorporate a sick taste of metaphorical imagery with the use of violence, sex, horror, and pure [...]
March 24th marked the DVD release of the 2005 Japanese movie, Scrap Heaven. The film is a bit unique as far as story goes.
Scrap Heaven is directed by Sang-il Lee and stars Joe Odagiri, Akira Kase, and Chiaki Kuriyama. The film is about the three being taken hostage on a bus ride home. [...]
