Category: Features

October 12, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. Three tramps, alcoholic Gin, transvestite Hana and teen runaway Miyuki, find an abandoned baby while searching through the trash on Christmas Eve. They decide to return it to its mother, only to plunge into a whirl of scandal, kidnapping and attempted murder, all on the one day when Tokyo is supposed to […]

October 9, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. School’s out for summer, but most of the boys are too deeply involved in an argument about fireworks to notice the drama unfolding elsewhere. Nazuna (Suzu Hirose), their prettiest classmate, won’t be coming back in the new term – her mother is remarrying and moving to a new town, and plans to […]

October 5, 2017 · 0 comments

By Hugh David.For fans of the Japanese Biohazard series, known internationally as Resident Evil, the multimedia spin-offs from the core videogame series have not always satisfied. The live-action feature series in particular has come in for much criticism over the years, despite its increasing financial success. Even now, with its final chapter released on home […]

October 2, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. The seaside town of Hinashi (“Sunless”) takes its name from the long shadow cast over its bay by an imposing cliff, the Shadowstone. These dark waters prove to be an abundant source of fish, but also a favourable environment for merfolk, sea-monsters from many a local legend. Local boy Kai is lured […]

September 28, 2017 · 2 comments

By Andrew Osmond. We wake to the news that Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster Your Name is being developed as a live-action Hollywood film, with no less a name attached than J.J. Abrams as producer – though it may be more significant that the on-board writer is Eric Heisserer, who scripted Arrival. We should stress that most […]