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OBAYASHI ’80s: THE ONOMICHI TRILOGY AND KADOKAWA YEARS Launches At Japan Society In February!

Our own Mike Garcia has covered the work of late auteur Nobuhiko Obayashi on this site for a good deal of time. He lives in Spain, although I’d imagine if he resided in my neck of the woods he’d be all-in with what’s going down at Japan Cuts on a yearly basis, particularly with next month’s run of Obayashi-directed classics titled Obayashi ’80s: The Onomichi Trilogy & Kadokawa Years. The program includes sextet of titles including I Are You, You Am Me (Exchange Students) (1982), School in the Crosshairs (1981), The Little Girl Who Conquered Time (1983), Lonely Heart (Miss Lonely) (1985), The Island Closest to Heaven (1984), and His Motorbike, Her Island (1986). Prices vary for members and non-members alike, so if you’re in town and want some classic Japanese delights in your eyes, head to the website and get your tickets before the slate’s weeklong run beginning February […]

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Hey, New York City! Train With Actor And Martial Artist Bruce Khan In January!

Actor and filmmaker Bruce Khan (Revenger, The Killer) is pounding the pavement lately to promote his own series of martial arts and screenfighting seminars through his platform, S.E.M. Academy, in North America. His next stop will be at Mr. J’s Gymnastics in New York City’s Williamsburg section of Brooklyn on Saturday, January 25, and Sunday, January 26, from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. There’s a payment tier for the events as well, with $150 for one day, $300 for the weekend, and $400 for an entire VIP package that extends to a private one hour session with the actor on whatever attendees want to discuss. There was a promo cut together boosting the event that recently made the rounds which included a little bit of action from his upcoming thriller, Purgatory: Zone Of Murderers, spliced in. That promo pretty much disappeared into the ether, but if you’re in Brooklyn this month and up […]

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KILL BILL: VOL. 1 To Get The Shaolin Jazz Treatment At BEYOND In Cary Next Month!

The seventh edition of Beyond: The Cary Film Festival in Cary, North Carolina, is set to kick off on September 5 at the Cary Theater. Part of the line-up will see the festival’s screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1, in association with 3 Chambers Fest, with the film screened with a live scene-by-scene music score by Shaolin Jazz. The first half of a two-volume diptych, Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 released in 2003, unleashing a revival of classic Asian cinema tropes infused with his groundbreaking and often audacious style. In the film, Uma Thurman stars as an unnamed Bride whose life of repose and impending motherhood and marriage is violently upended by her former employer, Bill, played by the late David Carradine. Having survived the ordeal following a four year coma, the Bride plots course for vengeance against the people who murdered her fiance and wedding party, and […]

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Undiscovered Realm 2024: PopGeeks Toplines Coverage For TMNT And Thundercats Panels!

Our own parent site Pop Geeks had some time to spare in the past week to take a gander at this summer’s goings on at the Undiscovered Realm Comic Con up in White Plains, N.Y.. They joined two panels for the event, one for the cast of New Line Cinema’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), and another for the voice cast of the classic animated series, “Thundercats” (1985). YouTubers @ms.aislingsasmr and @consistency contributed to the video content provided to Pop Geeks which you can view below. Enjoy, and feel free to visit popgeeks.com for more news and updates. Lead image: Undiscovered Realm Official Website

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