Back when my Jackie Chan fandom was in full swing, I rented Fantasy Mission Force expecting yet another tour-de-force stuntfest from Mr. Chan. Those of you who have seen FMF are snickering already, but bear in mind this was the late 80′s when the only way to find out if something sucked was to actually rent the damn thing…and that [...]

After mentioning Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg a minute ago, I thought – since it’s on YouTube,  why not post the whole damn thing? For those of you who don’t know anything about it, Angel’s Egg is a 1985 collaboration between Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii and Final Fantasy illustrator Yoshitaka Amano – and yes, it’s every bit as [...]

In case you haven’t had a chance to check out the not-so-recent Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, here you go – courtesy of FUNimation and Hulu.

This classic Hammer / Shaw Brothers co-production is better known in the States as Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and was a staple of many Saturday afternoon martial arts television matinees. Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Van Helsing, once again tracking down his arch nemesis Dracula. A change of scenery from Eastern Europe to China sees Van Helsing getting [...]