Archives for the ‘Previews’ Category

First Impressions: green chord

By Owen • Feb 6th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Opinion, Previews, music, rock4 comments

There’s going to be a double (or triple, quadruple, depending) review of the album later up on the site, but not till Shay gets his copy of green chord since, in his words, he’d “like to save his ears for the CD” instead of succumbing to the necessary evil of internet piracy. God bless his [...]


Amigo Crayon Shinchan

By Shay • Apr 9th, 2006 • Category: Anime/Manga, Japan, Previews, humor2 comments

Everbody’s favorite goofy little kindergartner with an affinity to dance and draw elephants on his private parts is back. Crayon Shinchan will come out with his new movie Odore Ami-go (Dance Amigo) on April 15th.
As it’s understood, Odore Ami-go involves a man in Shinchan’s town mixing up peoples’ identities, a secret agent, and lots and [...]


Scrap Heaven or Hell?

By Shay • Apr 2nd, 2006 • Category: Japan, Previews, movies2 comments

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. Their [...]


Takeshi’s Takeshis’

By Shay • Mar 25th, 2006 • Category: Japan, Previews, movies2 comments

Slated for a DVD release on April 7th is Takeshis’ the movie. Takeshis’ is a sort of self-reflective work by writer/ director/ actor/ comedian/ genious-extraordinaire Takeshi Kitano. Talk about fun!
Takeshis’ is essentially about two Takeshi Kitanos. One is the seemingly actual ‘Beat’ Takeshi and the other is a man who dreams of being like him. [...]


Pyramid Head…?

By Mike • Dec 14th, 2005 • Category: Previews, movies, video games4 comments

With the Silent Hill film under heavy construction, many alterations to the game can already be noticed. One of which is the appearance of Pyramid Head.

But wait… No James Sunderland? Being a huge Silent Hill fanatic myself, I encountered a strange question: How can the film have Pyramid Head without James Sunderland? The purpose [...]


King Crimson

By Shay • Dec 10th, 2005 • Category: China, Previews, movies0 comments

When I heard about a Chinese film starring such talents as Nic Tse, Cecilia Cheung, and Hiroyuki Sanada, I couldn’t help but get all excited. Master of the Crimson Armor (aka Mo Gik, The Promise) is an epic martial arts fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige. It will open with limited release in the US [...]