Two sleep-deprived high school students connect with each other in their school’s observatory in Insomniacs After School. Ganta Nakami (Daiken Okudaira) suffers from nightly insomnia, which causes him to take naps while attending school. When asked to acquire a stepladder from his school’s observatory-turned-storage room, Nakami finds his classmate Isaki Magari (Nana Mori), who also …
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Writer/producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez brings the manga series to the big screen with Alita: Battle Angel. It is the year 2563 and an event known as “The Fall” has left Earth devastated, save for the wealthy sky city of Zalem, which floats above the desolate Iron City. While savaging parts is a scrapyard, Dr. …
A high school student who sees dead people finds himself recruited to a group of spirit-hunting warriors in Bleach. Ichigo Kurosaki (Sota Fukushi) is a teenager, who has had the power to see ghosts around him since he was a kid. One night, he encounters Rukia (Hana Sugisaki), who is a member of a group of warriors …
The cult classic manga and anime series is adapted into live action with Ghost in the Shell. Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson) is a cyborg with a human brain in her cybernetic body, designed by Dr. Ouelet (Juliette Binoche). She is a Major of the anti-terrorist bureau Section 9, where she works alongside operatives Batou (Pilou …
A group of desperate individuals fly to Mars to rid the planet of mutant cockroaches in Terraformars. In the year 2599, scientists have succeeded in terraforming Mars to make it fit for human emigration. However, the planet must first be rid of cockroaches, who have evolved into human-like form and are known as Terraformars. Eccentric …
The latest film from the Wachowski Brothers started out looking it was case of style instead of substance. The film looked neat (with a very green-screened world that made the film look like a live-action cartoon), however the first half hour of the film was a huge jumble of flashback interspersed with a single race. …