Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1992 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 83m ***** The Iron Man Tetsuo is back… and this time, he’s got a wife and child – sequel to the cyberpunk classic was first released November 10th 1992, when this review appeared in Manga Mania. On Arrow Channel from Friday, September 22nd. […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1995 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 87m ***** Shinya Tsukamoto ventures outside his Tetsuo trappings to deliver further explorations of the ‘New Flesh’ in boxing movie garb. On Arrow Channel from Friday, September 22nd. This review is an amalgam of my reviews for What’s On In London and Manga […]
Directors – Oskar Lehemaa, Mikk Mägi – 2019 – Estonia – Cert. 15 – 88m *** A farmer and his grandchildren must recapture his unmilked cow before its udders burst into lactopalypse – stop-frame epic is out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 2nd and currently screening in previews Estonia’s answer to Britain’s Shaun The […]
Director – Takahide Hori – 2021 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 101m ****1/2 A cyborg is dropped from the planet’s surface into its depths by his immortal but impotent masters to investigate the beings who have evolved in the levels below – feature length, stop-frame epic is out in UK cinemas on Monday, April […]
Director – David F. Sandberg – 2023 – US – Cert. – 130m ***1/2 Three Daughters of Atlas enter present day Philadelphia to repossess a staff which contains power that has been stolen from them; immature teenager recast as adult superhero Shazam! and his six superhero companions must stop them – out in UK cinemas […]
Director – Dean Fleischer Camp – Co-Creator – Jenny Slate – 2021 – US – Cert. PG – 90m *** A man makes a documentary about tiny, stop-frame animation shell character Marcel and his granny, the rest of whose family have mysteriously disappeared – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 17th Expectations are a […]
Directors – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 114m ***** Created as a puppet by a bereaved, religious woodcarver father, a little wooden boy must make his way in a world of ruthless show business, Fascism and war – stop-frame puppet movie is out on Netflix on Friday, […]
Director – Marq Evans – 2021 – US – 96m **** The rise and fall of stop-frame Claymation pioneer Will Vinton and the Portland, Oregon animation studio that bore his name – out on digital from Monday, November 21st Will Vinton, founder of Will Vinton Studios and the man who made Claymation a US household […]
Director – Phil Tippett – 1987-2021 – US – 83m ***** A man in a gas mask descends into a dark, dangerous world on a mysterious mission, encountering strange creatures, humanoids and societal constructs along the way – stop-frame epic 34 years in the making – as of Tuesday, June 28th, has become the most […]
Director – Ottó Foky – 1976 – Hungary – 12m ***** A metal space bird approaches the bean planet to observe various aspects of life upon it before being discovered then shot at with a missile in this remarkable stop-frame short – out on MUBI as part of the animated shorts season Fables, Folklore, Futurism: […]