Author: Phil Mills

News on the latest Godzilla anime outing, the trailer for season 3 of ‘My Hero Academia’, and Doraemon scores another smash hit at the box office.

Baki is back, comedian Tamori takes the lead in Miyazaki’s ‘Boro the Caterpillar’, and ‘Ashita no Joe’ gets another anime adaptation.

‘Mob Psycho 100’ gets a second season, the first teaser appears for the ‘Dragon Ball Super’ movie, and a couple of Pokemon turn to crime fighting.

‘Gegege no Kitaro’ celebrates its 50th anniversary, Funimation unveil their spring seasonal dub lineup, and Cutie Honey returns in an all-new series.

The first teaser arrives for the ‘My Hero Academia’ movie, Studio Ponoc return with a new fantasy outing, and we get the first glimpse of the upcoming ‘Prince of Tennis’ OVA.

The ‘Fairy Tail’ anime returns for a final season, ‘My Hero Academia’ gets its first video game, and Taika Waititi is still involved with the live-action ‘Akira’.

The first trailer arrives for the new Godzilla anime movie, the original City Hunter returns in animated form, and the cast of ‘My Hero Academia’ collaborate with the Marvel cinematic universe.

The limited plot makes it impossible to get involved with any of the characters and the sheer volume of fight scenes quickly forces them to become tiresome.

An easy recommendation as it’s still a fun-filled family adventure that is suitably heart-warming and easy on the eye.

Even though Oshii has an impressive eye for visuals, he really needs to invest more time into the overall package as this is sadly lacking in depth.

One could almost believe the idea was hatched in a few minutes as scenes are needlessly dragged out and nothing significant happens until the closing moments.

It may be a different genre but Kitamura proves he is not just a one trick pony and still knows how to successfully shoot the action and keep the characters interesting throughout.

At times, the film will have you slipping into a catatonic state and you’ll just be praying for the next bit of action to come along.

Written by the hugely informative Bey Logan, ‘Ballistic Kiss’ is an interesting premise let down by budget restrictions and time restraints.

While it may leave a lot to be desired in terms of cinematic competence, ‘Bangkok Adrenaline’ emerges as a fun little ride thanks to the inclusion of several hard hitting action highlights.

‘Bangkok Assassins’ doesn’t even come close to being the action movie it claims to be, and is in fact an atrocious teen romance that just so happens to feature some very bad fight sequences.

‘Battle Royale’ is a fast paced, intense and emotionally charged film that goes where most filmmakers would never dare and produces a highly recommended movie for fans of all genres.

The core concept remains relatively fresh and the switch in style to more of a war-like epic works in the film’s favour.

Aside from the odd comedic highlight, ‘Battlefield Baseball’ feels more like a swing and a miss than a home run.

‘Beast Cops’ is a powerfully shot and highly entertaining movie that raises some important issues regarding today’s society, which really need to be addressed.

As part of the UK home video release of ‘The Red Turtle’, we’ve got an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip featuring co-writer and director Michael Dudok de Wit.

Benny Chan’s classic Hong Kong triad melodrama, ‘A Moment of Romance’ will be available to own on Korean Blu-ray from June 16, 2017.

With a fine set of leading actors, decent fight scenes and some hugely entertaining clichés, it’s a film that always entertains and definitely deserves to be viewed by all action movie fans.

A definite notch up from it’s predecessor, ‘Best Of The Best 2’ is a fine example of a low budget martial arts movie that, whilst nowhere near Hong Kong standards, is extremely entertaining and fun.