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Black Blizzard Review: Hiding From The Past and The Cold
We here at Children of The Blazing Fist are fans of Japan’s famed Colonel Sanders impersonator Kazuo Koike. Series like Crying Freeman, Wounded Man, and Lone Wolf and Cub have entertained us to no end with absurd exploits with this… Read More ›
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The Midnight Meat Train Review: Do Not Trust This Suit Wearing Gentleman
Lions Gate is known as a top-tier independent production house in the West. They may not be as reaching as say MGM or Warner Bros., but even the average movie goer should be able to list off a title or… Read More ›
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Dark Entries Review: John Constantine Has His Work Cut Out For Him
Throughout Comic publishing’s long history of breeding countless companies, you are bound to find just as many imprints. Dark Horse has had past imprints like Legend where well-known creators like Mike Mignola and Frank Miller tried to create a creator-owned… Read More ›
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Sword Of The Stranger Review: Concocting An Immortality Medicine Out Of Steel And Ass-Kicking
Most samurai films are just that, films involving samurai (usually ronin) in a war-torn country and a lordless swordsman trying not to attract attention, just to have destiny kick him into something major that only his skills can solve. The… Read More ›
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Yakuza (Like A Dragon) Review: Kabukichō’s Heat Is Getting To Its Citizens
The early nineties dawn the true start of films based originally on video games. Some people believe that the Super Mario Bros. adaption was what started this movement, a belief that I will uphold for history’s sake. Films based off… Read More ›
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Shinesman Review: The Goal Is To Get Overtime Pay!
Throughout anime’s lengthy history, the parody genre has been a long withstanding staple. Kid shows like Sgt. Frog parodies Gundam and Kamen Rider, the early 2000’s anime Panda-Z parodies Go-Nagai’s famous Mazinger Z, and the anime classic Project A-ko is… Read More ›
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Velveteen & Mandala Review: Velveteen Could Take Tank Girl Any Day
Many of you have been reading manga long enough to know that most manga were originally released in anthologies. Magazines like Shonen Sunday, Cookie, and Weekly Young Jump (the last one I might add contained Tetsuya Saruwatari’s Tough and Kazuo… Read More ›
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The Sixth Gun Review: Villains, Tonight We Ride
Comics have had a long history with the Weird Western genre. Jonah Hex aside, titles like Garth Ennis’ Preacher, Hyung Min-woo’s Priest, and Todd Livingston’s and Robert Tinnell’s The Wicked West, encapsulate the blending of Western with other fictional realms like… Read More ›
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes Review: The Terror of Dr. Phibes
Vincent Price was considered one of horror’s greatest actors. With a career lasting almost sixty years (1935-1993), Vincent Price became an American icon. In the seventies, long after success in the fifties (House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, and House… Read More ›
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Shoulder A Coffin Kuro Review: Every Journey Starts With The First Step
As a fan of hand drawn mediums, I grew to distinguish things based on the style influence of the original creators. As anyone who might have read my other articles, I have a tendency to lean on a works character design…. Read More ›
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Area 88 Review: Before There Was Sky Crawlers
In 2008, famed anime director Mamoru Oshii premiered his film, The Sky Crawlers, to the world. One of the main draws of The Sky Crawlers was its focus around characters whose job was to fly planes and engage in dogfights… Read More ›
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Transmetropolitan Review: Fond Memories Of Yelling At Society
In lieu of my usual tactic of reviewing things out of the mainstream, I am reviewing one special comic. I know what you are all thinking, “Is he going to be writing about The Sandman, The Crow, or The League… Read More ›
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Psycho Gothic Lolita Review: Showcasing Film’s Greatest Umbrella
What makes us as film consumers care about a work? Does it have to do with the various buzz-words marketers employ? Does the title in question have a favored director or main lead in it to draw the consumers’ eye?… Read More ›
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