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February 26, 2018March 3, 2019

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST [Review]: Homunculus Hogwash.

Fumihiko Sori, director of the live action adaptation of Ping Pong and the Zatoichi inspired film Ichi, set out to make the live-action version of Fullmetal Alchemist a visual spectacle. Sori utilized technology that is new to Japan in an effort to make Japanese CGI more prominent. Sori wanted his version of FMA to be …

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December 23, 2017

BRIGHT [Review]: The Dark Lord is in Another Castle.

On Netflix today is Bright, the most expensive Netflix original film to date with a $90 million budget and a fantasy action crime film written by Max Landis (American Ultra, Victor Frankenstein) and directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch) with the potential to become a massive franchise; the sequel was greenlit before …

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December 15, 2017

THE SHAPE OF WATER [Review]: A Fish-God Out of Water.

Guillermo Del Toro seems to make his best films while he’s at his lowest and in the darkest places in his life. He bounced back with The Devil’s Backbone after Harvey Weinstein and Miramax nearly destroyed his initial vision for Mimic, the Oscar winning Pan’s Labyrinth was Del Toro’s response to questioning who we are, …

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September 8, 2017

DEATH NOTE [Retrospective]: Girlish Screams and Apple Cores.

Adam Wingard’s American live-action version of Death Note based on the original manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata was just released to Netflix last week, but in addition to the 37 episode anime series the source material was also adapted into four live-action Japanese films (the most recent was released in 2016) and a …

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September 4, 2017

ZOJAQAN [Review]: Adventures in Wonderland.

You might call this a bit of late coverage from this years' San Diego Comic Con, but the newly released title Zojaqan, via Vault press -- written by Collin Kelley (Joyride, Hacktivist) and Jackson Lanzing (Batman & Robin Eternal), and illustrated by Nathan C. Gooden (Dixie Vixens, Powerless) -- has hit shelves. Having met the …

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June 8, 2017

THE MUMMY [Review]: An Adventurous Mercury Poisoning.

With glass shattering sandstorms that would make Mad Max adjust his sand-riddled boxers, an overabundance of crows that would leave Eric Draven screaming, “Uncle!,” and a super-sized cluster of camel spiders that would send Peter Parker into a sensory overloaded coma, Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy has arrived to kick off Universal’s new Dark Universe and …

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