Posted October 27th by guestblogger in DVD, Reviews
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[Guest post by: Raye Rodriguez]
Death Note is about a straight-a high school student who finds a mysterious black notebook. Inside of the book are a set of rules, the first being “the human whose name is written in this notebook shall die.” With this notebook, he sets his series-long goal to kill all of the criminals on the Earth and become the God of the ‘new world’ that he creates.
As a fan of this series, I was really excited to see this movie. Sadly, I was very disappointed with what I saw. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted July 30th by Garbled Zombie in Celebrity Gossip, Movies, TV Shows
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A live-action adaptation of the extraordinary anime series Cowboy Bebop is bad enough, but then it gets worse. Rumour has it that Keanu Reeves almost certainly has the role of lead protagonist Spike Spiegel. Now, Spike doesn’t really talk much, which is a good thing, but I still have every belief that Reeves will screw this up.
The movie is supposedly under development at Fox, but they haven’t announced anything officially yet. A source close to FirstShowing here says that the movie is still there, and will be headed for a 2010 release. No clear director yet, but Keanu has been attached to Spike Spiegel for some 8 months now. Disturbing.
I’m against a live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, because it is best damn anime I’ve ever seen and one of my most favourite franchises. Now a CG movie or something, I can appreciate that. But why does Hollywood have to take it live action?
The awesome characters from the series will now be replaced by some crappy people like Keanu Reeves and what-not. I also doubt it the series will capture the original theme of the series, its mature Western feel, the importance of the soundtrack and its synchronization with the fight scenes. Instead, we’ll probably just be treated to some fancy special effects.
With the disaster that was Speed Racer, you must understand that it’s difficult to get your hopes up for this. I’m not saying that the anime was much better than what the Wachowkis made of it, but still.
Posted July 9th by David Rodriguez in Movies, Reviews, Video
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Posted April 15th by Garbled Zombie in Movies, Press Release
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In my “Favourite Movies” list, I always dutifully add “Ghost in the Shell”, because it is that good a movie. It is also the prime example I give to the sort of people to judge animation movies incapable to telling serious, intelligent stories. Ghost in the Shell is a work of art, a cinematic masterpiece, no less.
And it’s going to be remade, by Spielberg’s very own Dreamworks. Hit the jump to find out what the hell.
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