Nope, it’s not the food counter at Ikea – Tetsuo meets the Power Rangers in this schlock horror from the creators of Versus, Kabuking Z: The Movie, Battlefield Baseball, Tokyo Gore Police and The Machine Girl… Read the rest of this article »
We were just talking about that subway scene from the original Anime, weren’t we? And here is the new version – the opening clip from Chris Nahon’s live-action remake starring Gianna Jun. As you can’t have missed, Blood: The Last Vampire opens in UK cinemas tomorrow… Check it out, pretty close, but with a new twist. Enjoy!
(I promise – next week I won’t mention Blood. Not once…honest!)
With the upcoming release of the live-action version, what better time to revisit the original that started it all… Read the rest of this article »
We chat to Gianna Jun, who plays the lead Saya in the new version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released this Friday… Read the rest of this article »
We talk exclusively to Chris Nahon, director of Kiss Of The Dragon and the new live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released Friday… Read the rest of this article »
Here’s a clip from the new Fumihiko Sori (director of Ping Pong and Vexille) reimaging of the infamous Zatoichi character, this time as a female blind musician who also happens to be a master swordsman. Haruka Ayase (Hero) stars in the title role, with support from Shido Nakamura (Red Cliff; Letters From Iwo Jima), Yosuke Kubozuka (Ping Pong) and Takao Osawa (Sky High). Fight choreography is by Hiroshi Kuze, resonsible swords fights on many of Akira Kurosawa’s later films, including Ran, so expect some old school action.
Ichi will be released by Manga Entertainment and opens at ICA London from 7 July, and selected UK cinemas on 10th July 2009.
After a delay in production that put back the release a couple of weeks, Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird finally arrives on UK DVD and Blu-ray, and what an awesome package it is! Sure, this might not be quite the Korean 3-disc First Press limited edition release, but it’s still a pretty fine DVD set – particularly for an Asian release, which invariably end up missing out all the best features.
There’s a fantastic hour and a half long ‘making of’ documentary, featurettes on cinematography, action sequences, production and set design, costumes and much more, over 50 minutes of deleted scenes and alternative endings, and an entertaining four-way interview with the director and his three leads. You can read our updated review here.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird is released on Blu-Ray and two-disc DVD today by Icon Home Entertainment.
Could this really be a return to form for John Woo? Well, we might have only seen the over inflated Asian two-part release, but here at easternKicks we reckon so. And Woo himself looked in good spirits promoting the film at the Sydney Film Festival on Tuesday. With deliberate old-school references to Hard Boiled and The Killer, this is a treat for fans and general cinema-goers alike – welcome home, Johnny boy!
Catch Red Cliff in UK cinemas from today…
To celebrate the upcoming release of the live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire we have 5 DVDs of the original Anime and t-shirts to giveaway AND five t-shirts! Read the rest of this article »
Just a few days after the death of David Carradine, star of the Bruce Lee conceived Kung Fu, was announced, now the death of Lee’s co-star in Enter The Dragon has been announced.
Shih Kien (also known as Sek Kin) may be best remembered as Lee’s one-handed arch-rival in Enter The Dragon, but with a career stretching back to 1940 appeared in hundreds of movies. These included appearing alongside Chow Yun-fat in A Better Tomorrow III, and many Shaw Brothers productions including Buddha’s Palm.
Shih died on Wednesday at a Hong Kong hospital with his children by his side, the Ming Pao Daily News reported.
