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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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July 22, 2017July 22, 2017

SDCC 2017 [Panel Review]: Stranger Things.

STRANGER THINGS (Saturday - Hall H) - After coming off of an incredible season -- with this their first time in Hall H -- Stranger Things took over the stage to huge applause! It's never easy to follow Warner Bros. or even Charlize Theron, but things hosted by nerd comedy god Patton Oswald (Agents of …

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July 10, 2017January 9, 2018

CASTLEVANIA [Season One Review]: Dracula’s Curse.

"What a horrible night to have a curse." I was quite surprised to hear that Netflix was making an animated series based on Konami's hit video game Castlevania. I was even more surprised that it was being penned by none other than Warren Ellis, one of my all time favorite comic book writers. Video game …

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July 5, 2017

ASSASSIN’S CREED [Animation / News]: From Video Game to Anime.

It looks like the producer of the Castlevania animated series, which debuts this week on Netflix, has another series waiting in the wings. Adi Shankar announced on Facebook that his next project is an "anime" version of Assassin's Creed. His post reads as follows: "I’m happy to let you guys know that I’ve selected my …

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May 24, 2017May 25, 2017

CASTLEVANIA [Netflix Series Teaser]: Warren Ellis-Style ’80s Video Game Anime has Release Date!

The first teaser for the Castlevania Netflix animated series dropped today after there being much speculation as to when this highly anticipated series was going to make its debut. Now we know: June 7th. Writer Warren Ellis has been mentioning Castlevania for a while now in his weekly email to his fans. Having only played …

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April 18, 2017

RIFFTRAX LIVE – SAMURAI COP / MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 [Reviews]: It’s All Ter-Riff-ic!

"WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES!" If you are a fan of Mystery Science Theater...as I indeed am...the past few days have been a godsend. Between the trio of Michael Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy skewering the bizarre, hallucinogenic Samurai Cop during the first Rifftrax Live event of 2017 (two more are slated for later this …

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