Yes, it’s true. The newest film from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli finally releases today here in the U.S. Known as “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” in Japan, the American release has been shorted to just “Ponyo.” The film will be released simultanously on both DVD and Blu-ray, but sadly Disney has chosen to screw Blu-ray fans by denying them the chance at something similiar to the special deluxe DVD edition release that comes complete with a cute Ponyo plushie.
Anyway, the film looks to be awesome and set to be another classic. I suggest you run out and score yourself a copy today…even if it means pushing down that old woman in the video store who was just wanting a copy for her kids to watch tonight. Not that I’m saying I did anything like that. I’m just saying that old biddy was trying to keep me from my Ponyo and she got what was coming to her…
The Canadian born Patrick Boivin describes himself as an autodidactic director, which basically means that he’s completely self taught. While some might consider his lack of a formal education to be a major drawback to his work, one look at his portfolio will quickly change your mind. Whether it’s his bizarre live action shorts or hilariously unique stop-motion animation, all of his film work sports an air of polish that is hard to believe when you discover that he’s practically a one man show. In addition to his role as director, Boivin usually does the scripting, filming, lighting, special effects and editing on all his films. When asked about this, he was once quoted as saying, “Since I didn’t go to film school, nobody told me I wasn’t supposed to do everything.”
Got a copy of the FUNimation newsletter the other day. Not suprisingly, they decided to take the time to remind everybody of all the new shows and movies they’ve acquired recently. Overall, there’s a lot of variety to be found among the new releases, which contains everything from re-releases of older fan favorite anime shows like FLCL on Blu-ray to the newest anime series from “Fullmetal Alchemist” creator, Hiromu Arakawa. In addition to all the new anime releases, Funimation hasn’t left fans of live-action martial arts films out in the cold either with titles like Robo-Geisha and Kamui.
For a full breakdown of all the new acquisitions, hit the jump.
Do you hear that? Yeah, it’s the sound of a million of furries masturbating in front your local movie theater screen as they watch James Cameron’s Avatar movie. Don’t worry though, for every furry that’s turned on by the giant blue cat people in the movie, there’s at least five other folks in that same movie theater eye-humping the special effects on the screen so hard you can practically hear a Velcro-like ripping sound every time they have to blink. I realize it sounds crass to say such things out loud, but I swear I’m only doing it to prepare you both mentally and emotionally for what you’ll encounter you when you enter that soggy dungeon down that street to watch one of the most gorgeous action movies of the past year.
Today’s Monday Music mixes of the sweet electronic rhythms of the band “Orbital” and the mad movie rantings of that awesome man-cobra from the UK, Christopher Eccelston. The quotes in the song come from a 2004 mini-series that Eccelston did, called “The Second Coming,” in which he plays the son of God. As soon as I heard this voice clip from this song, I knew I had to track this movie down. Luckly for me, Netflix has it in stock and I’ve got it in my queue. (Hurray!) If it turns out to be as good as the clip used in the song, I’ll make sure to post a review here (along with a complete count of how many times Eccelston sprays his venomous spittle on people while ranting throughout the film )
While we’re on the subject of Orbital, Christopher Eccleston and general nerdiness, I felt it imperitive that I include this remix Dr. Who theme. Much like “You Lot,” I couldn’t find an offiical video, so I’ve included a fan video some nice person made complete with lot’s of pics of Doctors 9 and 10.
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