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FANTASIA 2017: Read Up On The First Wave!

This year’s events at Fantasia Film Festival is jam-packed with a sick load of titles that have been ramping up with buzz this year. The announcement was made on Tuesday for the first wave with the full line-up forthcoming on July 5 and the entries this year read something fierce and exciting if you’ve been keeping up, including Jung Byung-Gil’s The Villainess, Fukuda Yuichi’s Gintama, Jimmy Henderson’s Jailbreak (read our review), Miike Takashi’s JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Joe Lynch’s SXSW hit, Mayhem, and many more. Click here for photos or read on below! FANTASIA’S 21st EDITION TO FEATURE NUMEROUS WORLD PREMIERES, CANNES SENSATIONS, AND NORTH AMERICAN DEBUTS! The North American Premiere of Cannes Sensation THE VILLAINESS, World Premiere of new work from Géla Babluani, North American Premiere of Takashi Miike’s JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE, a special screening of Luc Besson’s VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A […]

Otomo Keishi's MUSEUM Finally Lands A Full Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Actor Oguri Shun is well on the way with at least one other live-action manga prospect in Fukuda Yuichi’s Gintama for next year. For now, we turn our attention to his most recent role as a detective on the hunt for a serial killer menacing in a frog mask in Otomo Keishi’s Museum based on Tomoe Ryosuke’s 2013 publication. A body mauled to death by dogs is found and other heinous murders follow. The killer only appears on rainy days and is witnessed wearing a frog mask. A police detective is on the case and to his surprise; he finds out the next target could be his wife and child who had left him 2 weeks ago. The film is currently headed toward a world premiere next month for the 21st Busan International Film Festival Midnight Passion line-up before opening in Japan on November 12. The film’s summer promotional push […]

Otomo's MUSEUM Terrorizes With A New Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Starting this August I’m bent on catching up with the fervor on director Otomo Keishi’s Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy here in the U.S. from Funimation Films. That’s now set on the back of my mind while his latest feat, Museum, is already getting traction with a pair of chilling teasers already online. This week, we now have a first full trailer that immerses you in the sheer terror of living in a city menaced by a bloodthirsty killer in a frog mask. Such is the premise for Tomoe Ryosuke’s 2013 graphic novel of the same name, and while not having ever read the manga, I think it’s safe to say Otomo hits the notes really well for this one. SYNOPSIS: A series of grotesque murder cases takes place on rainy days. Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) works to catch the murderer like he has done with past cases, but he soon realizes […]

Watch Two Creepy-Ass Teasers For Otomo Keishi's MUSEUM

Lee B. Golden III

The set up for director Otomo Keishi’s latest feat falls a bit on the bizzare, which is fairly fitting considering the nature of the story. It’s Museum, an adaptation of Tomoe Ryosuke’s 2013 graphic novel that sees actor Oguri Shun as a detective relentlessly pusuing a serial killer in a frog mask who commits his crimes on rainy nights. The catch, of course, is something much more with the detective now forced to find and protect his family before its too late. I never read the manga, but I think it’s within reason to suggest that a film like Museum may be on course for audience appeal. The most recent teasers suggest something worthwhile for fans of crime and gruesome suspense and I highly advice no beverages if you’re not a fan of spittakes. Check them both out below.