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Blood: The Last Vampire – opening clip

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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!)

But don’t forget the DVD and t-shirt Competition!

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Congratulations to our Blood: The Last Vampire prize winners!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

comp_bloodlastvampWell done to everyone who entered our Blood: The Last Vampire competition. Five lucky entrants will be winning a t-shirt and DVD of the original Anime, with five other entrants geting just the t-shirt. You’ll be receiving your prizes in the post soon…

For those that missed out, don’t fear, we’ll have another competition soon – so stay tuned!

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Congratulations to the winners of our Chanbara Beauty DVD competition!

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Congratulations to the three winners of the Chanbara Beauty DVD competition we ran last month – hope you enjoy the film! To those who didn’t win anything, stay tuned, as we’ll be launching a new competition this Friday…

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Congratulations to the winners of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

A big ‘well done’ to Richard, Sarah and Lee, you’ve just won yourselves a copy of Jonathan Clements Schoolgirl Milky Crisis! (more…)

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Congratulations to the winners of The Good, The Bad, The Weird on Blu-ray!

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Some very lucky readers will get their copy of Kim Jee-woon’s fantastic The Good, The Bad, The Weird on Blu-ray in the next few days. And don’t forget, there’s still time to enter our competition and you can win an exclusive Blood: The Last Vampire t-shirt and this original Anime version on DVD!

» Click here to enter!

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Exclusive interview: Chris Nahon

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

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… (more…)

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Exclusive interview: Gianna Jun

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

We chat to Gianna Jun, who plays the lead Saya in the new version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released this Friday… (more…)

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Out today on DVD and Blu-ray: The Good, The Bad, The Weird

Monday, June 15th, 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.

And don’t forget there’s still plenty of time to bag your self the film on Blu-ray – enter our competition here!

The Good, The Bad, The Weird is released on Blu-Ray and two-disc DVD today by Icon Home Entertainment.

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Released today: Dororo – win the DVD!

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Out today, Akihiko Shiota’s entertaining live-action update of the Dororo manga, by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka – and there’s still a chance to win a copy on DVD…! (more…)

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Schoolgirl Milky Crisis

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

“It was the best of shows. It was the worst of shows. Whenever I had to cover my tracks, I simply called it Schoolgirl Milky Crisis…” (more…)

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Win a Blood: The Last Vampire DVD and T-shirt!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

To celebrate the upcoming release of the live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire we have five DVDs of the original Anime and t-shirts to giveaway AND five t-shirts! (more…)

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Win a copy of Blood: The Last Vampire on DVD

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

To celebrate the release of Blood: The Last Vampire on DVD and Blu-ray, we have three copies to give away… (more…)

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Win a copy of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

We have three copies of Jonathan Clements very entertaining Schoolgirl Milky Crisis – an insiders view of the anime and manga trade – to give away…! (more…)

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Win a trip for two to the London Premiere of Thirst, and meet director Park Chan-wook in person

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Palisades Tartan, the reborn imprint of the Tartan Films label, are offering a chance for two to attend their UK premiere of Park Chan-wook’s Thirst and meet the director in person… (more…)

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Win Chanbara Beauty on DVD - released today!

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Babes, bikinis, blades, guns and zombies – what more could you want? And you can win a copy on DVD…! (more…)

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Win copies of Dororo on DVD!

Monday, August 17th, 2009

We have three copies of the live-action version of Osamu Tezuka’s (Astro Boy) Dororo to give away on DVD… (more…)

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Win The Good, The Bad, The Weird on Blu-ray!

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Fancy owning Kim Jee-woon’s fantastically entertaining The Good, The Bad, The Weird on Blu-ray? Well, it’s your lucky day, as we have three to give away! (more…)

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