Gantz live-action movie trailer

A trailer for the upcoming live-action films Gantz, directed by Shinsuke Sato and based on Hiroya Oku's sci-fi action manga. The first of two Gantz movies should premiere in Japan next year in January, followed by a second movie in spring 2011. The film's lead actors will be Kazunari Ninomiya (Tekkon Kinkreet, Letters from Iwo Jima) and Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City, NANA, Kamui Gaiden), playing as Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, respectively. The two are college students who die in a subway accident, only to be brought back to life by a mysterious black sphere known as GANTZ. Equipped with advanced weaponry and special suits that give them superhuman abilities, they're forced to carry out alien assassination missions, earning "points" toward eventually buying their freedom. However, various incidents along the way complicate matters. (based on Nippon Cinema synopsis)

The Boondock Saints

Directed by Troy Duffy. Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus play the Catholic Irish brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus. They live in an Irish-American neighborhood in Boston. They live a common life working at a meat packing factory.

The story gets started when the brothers are celebrating Saint Patrick's Day (Irish celebration) in a friend's pub. Suddenly, three Russian mobsters show up in the pub. Aggressively, they threaten the pub owner and order him to shut his business down. The brothers try to talk with the mobsters but it only caused a fight to break up.

The next morning, the mobsters go to the brothers' house in order to kill them. But the brothers fight back and kill them.Upon getting rid of the Russian mobsters, the brothers have a sort of "divine revelation" which makes them hunt down and eliminate mafia members, killers, rapists, pedophiles...summing up, all kind of human scum. People start calling them "The Saints" and gradually , they gain more and more supporters. As their killing spree goes on, FBI Agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe) is designated to arrest "The Saints". But, Smecker can't help but wonder if "The Saints" doings are right or wrong.

The Boondock Saints was screened in US theaters for a short time (it only lasted on for about a week).Also, the film was severely criticized for being very violent. Nowadays, in spite of the aforementioned circumstances, The Boondock Saints is considered as a cult movie. A sequel to this movie entitled "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day" was released on DVD last year.

Voices of a distant star

This story takes place in 2046, when the ruins of an extraterrestrial civilization are discovered in Mars. There have been great technological advances and humans are thinking about sending an interstellar expedition next year. Mikako Nagamine y Noboru Terao are students. But while Noboru will enroll in Highschool, Mikako will take part in the Interstellar expedition. Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star) is the story of a long distant love relationship in which the protagonists keep their relationship alive through text messages.

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Godzilla

If i had to choose what my favorite monster is, it would be “The King of Monsters,” Godzilla. Godzilla is a giant lizard with the ability to spit fire out from its mouth. It is the biggest threat Japan has ever faced. The mayhem unleashed whenever Godzilla emerges from the sea is terrifying and the destruction it leaves behind shocking.

The firt Godzilla movie was released in 1954. In its first appearance, the Japanese army faced the giant monster. Tokyo became the battlefiled where the story took place. The origins of Godzilla were attributed to the radiation caused by the explosion of the Atomic bombs in Japan during World War II. “Godzilla ,The King of Monsters” immediately reached worldwide popularity. It also created a new film genre known as “Monster movies”. As a consequence of its success, lots of “Monster movies” were released, most of them produced with a very poor quality.

“Godzilla” is considered as a “B serie movie” which means a movie made with a low budget, not so fancy special effects (I mean, it was made in 1954), but with lots of creativity included with some sort of magic touch, that makes them “cult movies”.

After the first movie was released, a considerable number of sequels contributed to create the legend that Godzilla is nowadays. Among the worth mentioning is, “Godzilla versus MechaGodzilla”. In this movie a Special Japanese Squad is founded to face the monster. The “Anti.Godzilla Squad” has created a robotic replica of Godzilla so that they can get rid of it once and for all. This mechanical Godzilla version is highly equipped with a vast variety of weapons. Altough “MechaGodzilla” seemed superior than Godzilla, the battle left both Godzilla and MechaGodzilla really damaged. Godzilla is forced to run away to its hideout in the sea deeps, and MechaGodzilla is left almost unserviceable.

Among all the monsters Godzilla has fought in more than 50 years of its existence, there was one that was as famous as itself, King Kong. Honestly, it was also one of the worst Godzilla movies. In this movie an expedition goes to “Skull Island” to do some scientific research. They are shocked when a gigantic Gorilla appears in front of them. Rapidly, back up arrives to the Island and captures Kong. They take a sedated Kong to Japan. Unfortunately, at the same time that King Kong arrives to japan, Godzilla shows up. Tokyo is on maximun alert. The rage of Godzilla is unstoppable. As a last resort, the Japanese government decides to set Kong free to fight Godzilla. The battle between Japanese monster versus American monster gets started. Actually, this movie has a really poor quality but just to see Godzilla and King Kong together in a movie is worth it. Apparently, this movie has two endings. It is said that in the movie screened in Asia, Godzilla beat King Kong and the film screened in America has King Kong as the winner. I have to say that I’ve only watched the film in which Godzilla is beaten by King Kong. I’ve never been able to see the version in which Godzilla beats Kong. Maybe, the double ending rumor is just an urban legend. Since in the movie Godzilla is the bad guy, if he had beaten Kong, Tokyo would have been destroyed. So, that makes me think that the double-ending is just a prank.

In 1999 Universal Picture Studios released a Hollywood version of Godzilla. The movie was simply entitled, “Godzilla” and was set in New York. Despite that the fact that this movie had an almost 100 million dollar budget, the result was a dissapointment. First of all, the producers of the movie created a new Godzilla. Many of Godzilla fans were dissapointed because even though the movie was called “Godzilla”, it really wasn’t Godzilla. The movie starred Matthew Broderick and the frenchman Jean Reno. The rest of the cast was formed by some semi-unknown actors. The direcor of this movie was none other that the guy who directed “Independence Day,” Rolland Emerich. In short, the movie counted on a big buget, decent cast, great director and a huge publicity campaign before its release, but none of them helped the catastrophe that this movie became. The critics were merciless. I’d recommend this movie only if you are a hardcore Godzilla fan. I’m one of them. So, while it was playing, I went to watch it twice and then bought the VHS recording of it.

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds, the latest Tarantino Film, is starred by Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger,Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Brühl and Eli Roth. Comedian Mike Myers also participates in this film as well as actor Samuel L. Jackson, who is the narrator. With the slogan "You haven't seen war until you have seen it throught the eyes of Quentin Tarantino". This movie turns around Lieutenant Aldo Raine(Brad Pitt) who is accompanied by a group of Jewish American Soldiers whose mission is to kill and torture as many Nazis as possible during World War II. It will also tell the story of a young woman who will try to avenge the death of her parents killed by the Nazis. Part of this film is based on the movie Inglourious Bastards made by Italian film maker Enzo Castellari in 1978. Inglourious Basterds is to be released in theaters on August,21.

Persepolis

Persepolis is an animation movie based on the graphic novel of the same name. It was created by Marjene Satrapi, directed by Vincent Paronnaud and produced by Xavier Rigault and Marc-Antoine Robert. This movie won the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and the Special Jury Award at the Cinemanila International Film Festival. Also, it was selected to be the inaugural movie at the Film Festival of Valladolid (Spain). Persepolis revolves around Marjene, a girl who lives with a westernized family in Iran during the 70's. During this period in which the Sha regime ruled Iran, countless cases of abuse of authority occurred. So, this situation makes Marjene have political left wing ideas. After the fall of the Sha regime, the revolution in Iran came. This event makes Marjene´s life and Iran in general, change radically. This story starts when the fundamentalists take power in an authoritarian manner and so, the Islamic Revolution breaks out. During this period the women are forced to wear a veil and thousands of people are incarcerated. Marjene is excited about the latest trends that are going on in the Western hemisphere (punk rock,Michael Jackson, etc.) while suffering the horror of the political persecution in her country. When she becomes a teenager, she is sent to a French School. There, she becomes a witness of the events that took place during those years in Iran. Meanwhile , Iran is devastated because of rising fundamentalism and the war against Irak.

Wicked City

Demonic creatures from a parallel dimension have come to our world. This phenomenon has been going on for decades. So, a special group in charge of dealing with these creatures has been created. They are called The Black Guards. Recently, the governments of our world and the representatives of the parallel dimension have come to a peace agreement that needs to be ratified. Renzaburo Taki, one of the best Black Guards, is responsible for making sure that the negotiations run smoothly. Unfortunately, Not everyone wants the peace between the two worlds to last any longer.

Ponyo

Japanese title: Gake no Ue no Ponyo
Spanish title: Ponyo en el acantilado sobre el mar
English title:Ponyo on a cliff by the Sea

Ponyo is a Japanese movie of Studio Ghibli. It was written and directed by Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki. It was first screened in japan on June,27,2008. It was featured in the festival of Venecia in late August of 2008, becoming one of the favorites to win the León de Oro award (Gold Lion). Gake no Ue no Ponyo revolves around a city by the sea in which Sosuke, a five-year old child, lives. Sosuke rescues a little red fish which he calls Ponyo from a cliff littered with debris. So strong was the friendship between Ponyo and Sosuke that Ponyo wants to become a human being.
The movie is greatly inspired by some watercolors and drawings that Miyazaki made before the film production.
The storyline for Ponyo follows the necessity of equilibrium between humans and their environment and our need for friendship between ourselves.

RoboGeisha, Poster and Trailer

RoboGeisha is the latest movie of Machine Girl director Noboru Iguch. It will be released around the end of this year in Japan. Enjoy the trailer. It is really insane.

Santo, El enmascarado de Plata

Blue Demon and El Santo

Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras versus the mummies of Guanajuato

Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (*23 de septiembre de 1917 - † 5 de febrero de 1984) was better known as "Santo el enmascarado de Plata" ( Saint, the silver masked). He adopted his nickname in 1942. He was an actor and a professional wrestler. Maybe, he is the most famous wrestler in Latin America, and he also is considered as a legend of this sport in México. His career as a wrestler lasted almost four decades. He became a popular heroe and a symbol of justice because his character reached beyond wrestling and became a sort of super heroe. El Santo has his own comic book and starred 52 movies. The wrestling film genre, pioneered by El Santo, also had other popular wrestlers such as Huracán Ramírez (Hurricane Ramírez), Blue Demon and Mil Máscaras (One thousand masks). After Rodolfo Guzmán (El Santo) passed away, the youngest of his sons, Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez, adopted the name and mask of his father. He is known as "El Hijo del Santo" (The son of the Saint).

Astro Boy, Second theatrical trailer

The second theatrical trailer for Astro Boy releasing October 23 2009.

Astro Boy The Movie, Trailer and posters

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Tenma (Nicolas Cage). Powered by positive blue energy, Astro Boy (Freddie Highmore) is endowed with super strength, x-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly.
Embarking on a journey in search of acceptance, Astro Boy encounters many other colorful characters along the way. Through his adventures, he learns the joys and emotions of being human, and gains the strength to embrace his destiny. Ultimately learning his friends and family are in danger, Astro Boy marshals his awesome super powers and returns to Metro City in a valiant effort to save everything he cares about and to understand what it takes to be a hero.

Midori

Midori is an anime adaptation of the classic manga "Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show" created by Suehiro Maruo. The story of a young and pretty girl called Midori is one of an impossible love, but also a tale of a twelve year old girl´s journey through unimaginable horror. Midori has left her house after her mother died and her father abandoned her.Then, Midori joins a freak circus. The circus is depicted as a monstrous reflection of disgraced beings shown as a fair spectacles. Making this film took five years because it was drawn by only one person, Hiroshi Harada.

Braindead

Lionel's mother being bitten by the monkey-rat

Lionel taking care of his half-zombie mother

Fighting Zombies

Braindead is a comedy-gore movie directed by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) in 1992. It had a three million dollar budget. It followed the gore-style of other Jackson´s movies, such as Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles. It is considered as one of the bloodiest movies ever made. The movie takes place in New Zealand during the 50's. The protagonist Lionel Cosgrove (Timothy Balme) lives with his overprotective mother (Elizabeth Moody). Lionel always does everything her mother orders him to do. Then, Lionel falls in love with Paquita (Diana Peñalver) a young woman who works in a local grocery store. One day, Lionel and Paquita went on a date to the zoo and Lionel´s mother followed them in secret. Unfortunately, while Lionel´s mother was spying on her son, she is bitten on the arm by a mysterious creature known as the monkey-rat of Sumatra. Gradually, the monkey-rat´s bite starts turning her into a man-eating zombie. Although, Lionel is horrofied, he tries to live with his zombie-mother as if nothing had happened...thus, unleashing in this way, a catastrophic zombie-mayhem.

Tron Legacy

The sequel to the classic science fiction film Tron is going to be released in 2010. This sequel is directed by Joseph Kozinki. Steven Lisberger who directed the original Tron film will participate in this new movie as a producer. Jeff Bridges will perform Kevin Flynn's role again and actor Garrett Hedlund will act as Flynn's son. Tron Legacy's plot will revolve around Sam Flynn 's journey to find his father's whereabouts. As he searches for his father, he will find himself trapped in the same world of fierce programs and gladiatoral games in which his father has been living for 25 years.