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The Horde
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) The slew of zombie films continues with The Horde, a French feature from newcomers Yannick Dehan and Benjamin Rocher. By the directors’ own admission, they stole a trick from From Dusk Till Dawn, beginni... -
I Lost My Body
My interview with the director of the outstanding French adult animation I Lost My Body is available on the Animation For Adults website here, while my article on the film is available on the AllTheAnime website here. The film itself is ... -
Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions (S1)
(Neo, Uncooked Media) Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions is an excellent teen comedy-drama – a label that fits a show that’s broad comedy for the first half and urgent drama for the second. It’s by the studio (Kyoto Animation) and director... -
Captain America: The First Avenger
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Captain America: The First Avenger is theoretically part of an ongoing story, namely the Marvel superhero films linked by the eyepatched Samuel L. Jackson. A year ago, I complained at length about last y... -
Punishment Park
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Made a decade before Cannibal Holocaust and generations before Blair Witch, Punishment Park is a 1971 mockumentary by the British director Peter Watkins, released as a Blu-ray/DVD by the Eureka label. Wh... -
Devilman crybaby
(Neo, Uncooked Media) Thanks to his friend, Ryo, the sensitive, weepy Akira is merged with a demon in a blood-drenched orgy. Now he transforms into the berserk hero Devilman, created to save humanity. Or was he? Now on Netflix, Devilman ... -
Big Fish and Begonia
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Towards the climax of the Chinese cartoon Big Fish and Begonia, there’s a watery apocalypse. Huge tubular waterfalls break through clouds and hammer down on the green fantasy realm where most of the film takes pl... -
Obituary: Richard Williams
My obituary of the Roger Rabbit animation director Richard Williams is on the Sight and Sound magazine website here. -
Berserk (TV and films)
(My review of the 1998 Berserk TV series, published in Neo magazine, is below; my reviews of the film versions are underneath.) In a medieval-style world, as brutal as Game of Thrones, the ragtag Band of the Hawk wins acclaim on the batt... -
Earth to Echo
My review of Earth to Echo is on the Empire magazine website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgIv_hrjdg [amazon_link asins='B00PKRQGH4,B00M4A92TO' template='ProductCarousel' store='anime04c-21' marketplace='UK' link_id='dbdb8828-c870-1... -
The Dark Knight Rises
(SFX Magazine, Future Publishing) We’ve seen many superhero series begin on the big screen. Until this year, though, we hadn’t seen one with a proper ending. That we get one in The Dark Knight Rises testifies to the strength of Christoph... -
Stake Land
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Stake Land is a zombie apocalypse picture. The undead may burn in the sun, and they may be dispatched by pointy sticks rather than headshots, but the film still belongs on the “Z” side of the library, no... -
Kiki’s Delivery Service
My review of Kiki's Delivery Service was posted on Anime News Network. -
Our Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Experience
And so... I was planning to go to the "official" public screening of the first minutes of Evangelion 3.0+1.0, in Shinjuku in the heart of Tokyo, on July 6. Carlos and me did indeed queue diligently for an hour under the glowering portrai... -
Isao Takahata Exhibition Opens in Tokyo
The mammoth exhibition “Takahata Isao: A Legend in Japanese Animation” opened in Tokyo's Museum of Modern Art at the start of June 2019 and will run into October. Carlos and me visited it this week, and I'm preparing a full report for th... -
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
I reviewed both halves of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series for (Neo, Uncooked Media). My review of the first half is on the Neo website, while my review of the second half is below. In Neo 143, we heaped praise on the first h... -
Gunbuster
(Neo Magazine, Uncooked Media) French director Jean-Luc Goddard declared, “All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” In the 1980s a gang of Japanese geeks declared, All you need for an anime is a girl and a mecha... Okay, make that ... -
Anthem of the Heart
(Neo, Uncooked Media - There are also further observations on the film in an article I wrote for the AllTheAnime blog.) Ever since she made a terrible mistake in her childhood, schoolgirl Jun has been afraid of speaking. But then she’s p... -
Martian Successor Nadesico
(Neo, Uncooked Media) 2196: the Earth is under attack from the mysterious “Jovian Lizards”. A new ship is launched against the enemy, the Nadesico, with the most eccentric crew imaginable. But they’ll learn that everything they think abo... -
Pieta in the Toilet
My article on the Japanese live-action film Pieta in the Toilet is available on the AllTheAnime blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUJxihgOK4Y -
Article: Hayao Miyazaki Vs Alan Moore
My article on 'Hayao Miyazaki Vs. Alan Moore' is on the ManagaUK website. -
Mardock Scramble
(I reviewed the first Mardock Scramble film in Neo magazine, Uncooked Media, below. My reviews of the second and third films are linked underneath.) In a future New York where cars drive on air and technology resembles magic, a wretched ... -
Durarara!
My review of the original 26-part Durarara! series is available on the Neo magazine website, along with my review of the first sequel series, Durarara!! x2 Shou. My Neo review of the second sequel series, Durarara!! x2 Sho, is below. Fol... -
Sound! Euphonium (S1)
(Neo Magazine, Uncooked Media) Kumiko, a euphonium (brass instrument) player, wants a fresh start at her new high school. With a couple of classmates, she joins the school’s apparently hopeless orchestra. But both Kumiko and the orchestr...