Author: Jonathan Clements

March 22, 2017 · 0 comments

by Jeremy Clarke. The Age of Shadows opens with an unexpected Warner Bros. logo, confirming it as the Hollywood studio’s first Korean-language production. It was made in conjunction with director Kim Jee-woon’s own Grimm Pictures. His previous works include celebrated horror outing A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and gangster movie A Bittersweet Life (2005), […]

March 19, 2017 · 0 comments

By Andy Hanley. Modern warfare has shifted from troops riding in on horseback to the deployment of tanks and aircraft, onwards to the nuclear threat of “mutually assured destruction”, and now into a whole new era of unmanned drones. What will be the next seismic shift in the landscape of war? In the world of […]

March 16, 2017 · 6 comments

By Andrew Osmond. This month, nostalgia’s really not what it used to be; it’s been tweaked. Two huge Hollywood movies are rolling out with lavish effects and female stars (Scarlett Johansson, Emma Watson). Both are remakes of 1990s films that gained iconic stature. In particular, the trailers for both new films feature numerous shot-for-shot recreations […]

March 13, 2017 · 4 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Kyoto Animation’s film A Silent Voice comes to British cinemas this week; to learn about its story and characters, see our previous article. However, you don’t need to have seen the film to know the story. At the British premiere at Scotland Loves Anime, the audience was asked how many had read […]

March 10, 2017 · 1 comment

Tom Smith doesn’t forget the joker. Anime Limited come up trumps again with selector infected WIXOSS, a series from Steins;Gate director Takuya Satou and Fate/Stay Night writer Mari Okada that’s based around a fictional card game craze with a twist. Like all good card games, WIXOSS packs its fair share of rarities. Yet, unlike a £7.5k […]