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Movie Review: 13 Assassins

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:29 PM PDT

13 Assassins movie poster

13 Assassins
Directed by Takashi Miike
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Goro Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, and Mikijiro Hira
Release Date: April 29, 2011

The lethal dose of violence in 13 Assassins is heightened to such a degree of ferociousness, and yet never does it come off as an overwhelming force that serves as an impediment to our enjoyment. Rather, it plays out to resemble a macabre, lyrical meditation that we gawk at, despite the many severed limbs and decapitated bodies. Instead of being confined to the suffering grounds of 19th century feudal Japan, where bodies writhe in perpetual anguish in the dirt due to swords piercing into human flesh, 13 Assassins identifies with human elements like integrity, devotion, self-sacrifice, and loyalty that all samurais universally adhere to. This is not to say that the film bypasses all things representing violence. There is a battle scene that lasts the film's final 50 minutes. It is astoundingly coherent and enthusiastic in showing its infatuation with bloody violence, all while maintaining an artistically composed countenance [...]

Interview: Voice Actor Steve Blum

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Steve Blum

If you've watch any cartoons produced in the last 20 years, you've probably heard the voice of Steve Blum. Blum has over 400 titles to his credit on his IMDb page. He is widely known to a generation of anime fans as the voice of Spike Speigel in Cowboy Bebop, and is just as widely known (if not more so) as the voice of Wolverine in basically any TV show or video game since X-Men Evolution. And this is just a small sampling of the different characters Blum has played over the years. You can currently hear him as the voice of Starscream in Transformers: Prime, or as the voice of Grayson Hunt in Bulletstorm, along with still playing Wolverine on Marvel's Super Hero Squad and in Marvel Vs Capcom 3. I was able to talk to Blum for a few minutes to learn how he got started, what it's like to be a professional voice actor, and much more [...]

This Is Why I Love The Internet – Watch Now: Bride Turns Wedding Into Metal Fest!

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Metallica

Now this is my kind of wedding party. Imagine this: you're hanging out at the reception, having a drink, waiting for the newlyweds to arrive for the party. They've tied the knot, said their vows, and the bride looks stunning in her gown. All of a sudden, the band rips into some metal... the newlyweds walk in, and the groom takes the vocals, and the bride begins beating down on the drums to the tune of Metallica's "Master of Puppets."

How awesome is that? And the best part? It's real - check out the video at the bottom of this post! [...]

Check Out The Covers For ‘Ultimate Universe Reborn’

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:19 AM PDT

spiderman

It seems a little odd to think about Marvel reinventing the Ultimate Universe because it's so new compared to the standard Marvel U. When the Ultimate Universe started it was to be the place where creators could go to take classic Marvel characters and tell new stories and craft new history's for those characters. No writer would necessarily be stuck with the years of back-story created for these characters in the standard Marvel U. The problem is that over the last few years those predictable story arcs and standard character histories have crept into the Ultimate Universe making it too similar to what we, the readers, expect and taking away the shock value and excitement that were supposed to the be hallmarks of the Ultimate stories.

So, Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman are leading the rebirth of the Ultimate Universe with Bendis of course telling a really new kind of Ultimate Spider-Man story as well as launching an Ultimate Hawkeye miniseries and Hickman bringing on the Ultimates. Ultimate Comics Reborn begins in August with Ultimate Comics Ultimates and Ultimate Comics Hawkeye 1 (of 4) and will be followed in September by Ultimate Comics X-Men and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man. Covers will be done by Kaare Andrews [...]
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