News by Matt S. Not long ago Nintendo announced that it was selling its majority stake in the Seattle Mariners, a team worth $1.5 billion. At the time, people wondered what the money was for as, for all the company’s issues with the Wii U and the establishment of its…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Well, at least it’s not an American Prince of Persia with a British accent. Enjoy. – Matt S.Editor-in-ChiefFind me on Twitter: @digitallydownld…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Good Morning Call is perhaps my favourite thing on Netflix now, and indeed, as far as I’m concerned, it’s the best validation of the long term worth of Netflix as a platform. Once the initial lustre of the streaming service wore off I was left wondering…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m skeptical of any Hollywood attempt to take a Japanese property or idea and spin it into a film. The Ring remake was a beautiful disaster. The Hunger Games (admittedly a book first) was a series of films that looked like Battle Royale with a bigger…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. One of my favourite films of all time is Stand By Me. It fascinated me because it really was the “discovery” film for so many of my favourite actors while they were young. But, more than that, the way the film approached the coming of age…
Read MoreHappy Lunar New Year! It’s now the Year of the Monkey, for those who haven’t been keeping track, and that means if you were born in 2004, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956, 1944 or 1932 (how awesome would it be if someone born in 1932 is reading DDNet?), this year’s all…
Read MoreOver the last couple of years, the annual Japan film festival, which brings some of the most impressive films from Japan to Australia, has become one of my most anticipated events of the year. In 2015 it didn’t disappoint. Related reading: My interview with one of the organisers of the…
Read MoreThe Japan Film Festival, that runs through all of Australia’s major cities each year, is always a highlight of the year, as it gives Australians some of the best opportunities to experience Asian entertainment and culture being brought locally. This year, the lineup has been especially strong. Headlined by Sion…
Read MoreTokyo Tribe blows my mind. Coming to us from Sion Sono (the same guy that helmed the also-brilliant Why Don’t You Play In Hell?), Tokyo Tribe is a violently clever homage and self-referential parody of grindhouse, exploitation, and yakuza films. From end to end it is an extreme pastiche of…
Read MoreVideo game adaptations of films don’t have the greatest reputation, and that’s for a good reason – they’re often limited in budget and struggle to capture what made the film so popular for audiences. Film adaptations of manga or anime is much the same. Trying to recreate what tend to…
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