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The Man From Nowhere owes a great deal of it’s conception to Taken, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, but only hints at a mutual appreciation towards Eastern cinema. To celebrate its upcoming release on UK DVD, we take a closer look at this special relationship… (more…)

Reserved, considered and with a measured pace. Sorry, are you sure this is Takashi Miike? You know, the same guy who directed Sukiyaki Western Django and The Happiness Of The Katakuris?… (more…)

The 2010 Tokyo International Film Festival will commemorate the life and enduring influence of Bruce Lee with a special tribute at the festival’s Winds of Asia Middle-East section, entitled The 70th Anniversary: Bruce LEE to the Future.

Screenings will include the film that finally catapulted him into the mass populace, Enter The Dragon, sadly released just after his death, and a rare chance to see the Japanese version of Game Of Death, distributed in 1978. There will also be exciting new films that pay homage to Lee nearly 30 years after his death, including Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng’s Gallants and Luu Huynh Luu’s The Legend Is Alive.

The 23rd TIFF will be held from October 23-31, 2010 at Roppongi Hills and other venues in Tokyo.

Find out more from their official website »

Get ready for the next phenomenon as Nakoi Urasawa’s hit manga finally hits our screens as a live-action trilogy… (more…)

The first of Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s three-part adaption of Nakoi Urasawa’s 20 million copy selling 2oth Century Boys is released today – check it out! (Sorry, no English Subs!)

You can read our review of 2oth Century Boys here »

An outrageous spectacle in full eye-popping 3D, but is it really that sexy…? (more…)