best Japanese films of the decade 2000-2009

best Japanese films of the decade (2000-2009) http://bit.ly/bBBO7q (via @largeheartedboy) Related posts top 10 underrated comic book movies (0) Top 10 Japanese documentaries from jfilmpowwow (0) Top 10 Anime movies that surpass Disney by lightyears (0) The Last Guy not on his last mission: DLC, Trophies & Blu-ray hits Japan (0) Panasonic's portable Blu-ray player [...]

[VIDEO] Wish List: Studio Ghibli Collection on Blu-ray

My Neighbour Totoro. Castle in the Sky. Kiki’s Delivery Service. These are among my favourite films of all time. And they are all newly re-released on DVD this week from Disney. …Continued…

Blood: The Last Vampire Blu-ray Disc Review

I watched Blood: The Last Vampire a couple of nights ago and I’m struggling to tell you what the hell it was all about. I’ll tell you this though, it looks fantastic, sounds fantastic and has some of the coolest martial-arts that I’ve seen on screen in a long, long time. And I’ve seen a lot of martial-arts films lately! …Continued…

Top 10 Japanese documentaries from jfilmpowwow

Top 10 Japanese documentaries from @jfilmpowwow – http://bit.ly/1Qtahf (via @theauteursdaily) Related posts RT @theauteurs: Leo McCarey's screwball comedy masterpiece THE AWFUL TRUTH, starring Cary Grant, in its entity on YouTube (0) RT @theauteurs has posted At the cinematheque: "The Life of the Dead" (Desplechin, 1991) (0) Twenty questions with Criterion designer Eric Skillman (0) Trailer [...]

The Ultimate Force of Four Blu-ray Box set (Hero, Iron Monkey, The Legend of Drunken Master, Zatoichi) Review

When the Ultimate Force of Four Blu-ray set arrived at my door, I was already familiar with two of the films – Zhang Yimou’s gorgeous 2002 opus, Hero and Jackie Chan’s astounding The Legend of Drunken Master, originally released in China as Drunken Master II in 1994, edited and released in North America in 2000. I wasn’t expecting much from Iron Monkey and wasn’t sure what Zatoichi would be like. I can happily say, after spending hours with the set over the last few days, that all four of these films are gems. What an amazing surprise! I just wish I had been half as enamoured with their presentation on Blu-ray disc. …Continued…

[VIDEO] This ad for PS3 exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will make you shake your head

I can’t decide if this is the most amazing or the most objectionable thing I’ve ever seen in a mainstream videogame. The “unique” control scheme featured in the amazing advertisement above is exclusive to the PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (authored on Blu-ray disc, of course!) If nothing else, I think the decision to add this to the game is going to get it a lot of press! …Continued…

LOL: Excited Japanese Fangirl Gives Best Harry Potter Interviews Ever

LOL: Excited Japanese Fangirl Gives Best Harry Potter Interviews Ever http://bit.ly/2XZjd6 (via @slashfilm) Related posts Top 10 Japanese documentaries from jfilmpowwow (0) The Last Guy not on his last mission: DLC, Trophies & Blu-ray hits Japan (0) Panasonic's portable Blu-ray player previewed in Japan (0) Mitsubishi Releases Blu-ray DV… (0) Marantz Releases High-end BD/SACD Player [...]

Ponyo and Studio Ghibli films on Blu-ray

My favourite movie on the planet, I mean the absolute best film ever made, in my eyes is Tonari No Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki. Damn near cinematic perfection. And Miyazaki’s best work, by far. Even compared to his most recent, Ponyo, which has just been released on DVD in Japan.

How can you get Ponyo or Totoro on Blu-ray? Well, you can’t. Not yet anyway. …Continued…

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 – Live Action) Coming to Blu-ray in October

Can’t say I was a huge fan of the 2000 animated version of Blood: The Last Vampire. I mean, I really wanted to like it. I tried. But it just came up short for me. And I’m not referring to the 48 minute runtime here. The film just left me wanting. I loved Production I.G.’s animation. Blood looked great. It just didn’t feel like a great vampire story to me.

That being said, I am kind of excited to check out the Blood: The Last Vampire live action film when it opens in theatres here, in Canada (perhaps it’ll be playing at the Fantasia Film Fest in the next couple of weeks?) Despite the film only just making it’s cinematic debut overseas, the Japanese Blu-ray release has already been announced. The Asian Blu-ray Guide got the scoop today: …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of June 30 – Tokyo!

This is another one of those weeks where I’m recommending a film that I haven’t yet seen, but am kind of excited to get my hands on. I had forgotten that Tokyo! was hitting the shops this week. It’s a trio of short films directed by a trio of talented guys: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind), Leos Carax (The Lovers on the Bridge), and Bong Joon-ho (The Host).

I’m a huge fan of Gondry’s work and appreciate what Joon-ho accompished with The Host but I’d be lying if I said I was at all familiar with Leos Carax. In fact, I’d be lying if I said I was excited about this film by anything more than Gondry’s involvement. …Continued…