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Memories
(Memorizu,
メモリーズ)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 11 2022
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(Memorizu,
メモリーズ)
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1/ Magnetic Rose (Kanojo no Omoide, 彼女の想いで) 2/ Stink Bomb (Saishu Heiki, 最臭兵器) 3/ Cannon Fodder (Taiho no Machi, 大砲の街) Directors – 1/ Koji Morimoto, 2/ Tensai Okamura, 3/ Katsuhiro Otomo – 1995 – Japan – Cert. 12 – 113m ***** Executive producer Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime anthology adapts three of his dystopian-themed manga stories into […]

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Fish Story
(フィッシュストーリー)

Director – Yoshihiro Nakamura – 2009 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 112m ***** I review Fish Story for All The Anime. A comet threatens to destroy life on Earth. Three years earlier a religious cult attempts a ferry hijack. In the 1970s a punk band records and disbands before the Sex Pistols do. Welcome […]

Tags 1953, 1970s, 1982, 2009, 2012, Arrow Video, astronaut, band, car, champion, chef, comet, cult, ferry, gigs, hijack, Japan, justice, LP, maths, missing stop, music business, paranormal, punk, punk band, record shop, rock band, scream, silence

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Ishiro Honda
Double Feature
The H Man
(Bijo
To Ekitai-ningen,
美女と液体人間)
and
Battle
In Outer Space
(Uchu Daisenso,
宇宙大戦争)

The H Man ***** Director – Ishiro Honda – 1958 – Japan – Cert. X – 86m Battle in Outer Space ***** Director – Ishiro Honda – 1959 – Japan – Cert. U – 90m Alongside the standalone release of Mothra (1961) comes a double bill of two more Toho science fiction movies directed by […]

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Battle
In Outer Space
(Uchu Daisenso,
宇宙大戦争,
lit. The Great Space War)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 31 2021
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In Outer Space
(Uchu Daisenso,
宇宙大戦争,
lit. The Great Space War)

***** Director – Ishiro Honda – 1959 – Japan – Cert. U – 90m Battle In Outer Space is one of those films that paints on a bigger canvas and sacrifices character development in favour of big-screen visual spectacle, brought to life with state-of-the-art special effects. According to Kalat, the film owes much to the […]

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2001:
A Space Odyssey
(50th anniversary,
70mm)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 18 2018
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A Space Odyssey
(50th anniversary,
70mm)

Director – Stanley Kubrick – 1968 – UK – Cert. U – 149m ***** “Dave, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?” Fifty years after its original release, the SF movie considered by many the greatest ever made returns to UK cinemas in 70mm – exclusively at Picturehouse Central for two weeks […]