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Tekken: Blood Vengeance – Review

Tekken: Blood Vengeance – Review

The film is a fully computer-generated 3D feature with a 90-minute running time and tells a story set between the fifth and sixth installments of the series. The film's screenplay was written by Dai Sato and it's being directed by Youichi Mouri, who has previously directed the opening movies for Tekken 5 and Tekken 6. Click for the full review...

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Belladonna of Sadness – Review

Belladonna of Sadness – Review

Loosely based on the nineteenth-century classic "The Witch" by historian Jules Michelet, Belladonna of Sadness tells the story of a young "everywoman" in a brutally repressive and exploitative feudal society. Click for the full Anime review...

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Only Yesterday – Review

Only Yesterday – Review

Poetry, nostalgia and the mundane life are all rendered beautifully in this masterpiece. Come see why Only Yesterday is one of Studio Ghibli's most celebrated anime classics in the full review...

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Buddha: The Great Departure – Review

Buddha: The Great Departure – Review

The Great Departure now cross-cuts between the two boys, jumping through time as each grows older inside very disparate lives as part of their two rival kingdoms. Planned as a trilogy, come see if the first film live up to the high standards of such plans. Click for the full review...

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man – Review

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man – Review

New to Blu-ray, in 2024, the terrorist incident known as "The Laughing Man Incident" occurred in which Ernest Serano, president of the groundbreaking micromachine company, Sereno Genomics, was kidnapped and ransomed. Join us as we review the latest from the Ghost in the Shell franchise. Click for the full review...

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Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound – Review

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound – Review

The film is set after Goku's death, and initially focuses on Gohan's entry into the Tenkaichi Tournament. Many skilled fighters have travelled from afar to compete in the tournament, and decide who is number one. Click for the full review...

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Aachi and Ssipak – Review

Aachi and Ssipak – Review

Aachi and Ssipak is a delightfully wicked piece of animation. It's full of fun, and politically incorrect, full of high octane action, and set against a nonsensical background in the future. It's rude, vulgar, and totally unapologetic about it. Click for the full review...

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Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society – Review

Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society – Review

It has been two years since "Major" Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9, a Special Forces unit assigned to cyber crime and answerable only to the Prime Minister of Japan in 2034. How does this film stack up? Click to read the full review...

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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights – Review

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights – Review

Kelly Hu leads an all-star cast in the newest DC animated film. With the Green Lantern movie about to hit theaters, Warner Bros. has released the latest in its direct to DVD (or Blu-Ray combo pack) movie from DC Comics. Click for the full review...

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Armitage: Dual Matrix – Review

Armitage: Dual Matrix – Review

Five years after the OAV series, Third series robot Naomi Armitage and her husband Ross Sylibus now live peacefully on Mars with their daughter, until a corporation wants to know the secrets of the third's ability to bear children. Click for the full review...