Les 12 travaux d’Astérix
Synopsis: Caesar offers the Gauls a deal: if they can perform twelve special tasks successfully, he will hand over the Roman empire to them. If the Gauls fail, they will […]
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Batman: Private Casebook
Summary: Collecting DETECTIVE COMICS #840-845, plus a story from the INFINITE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, this hard-hitting new BATMAN volume pits The Dark Knight and guest-star Zatanna against the new Ventriloquist and […]
Kwaidan
Synopsis: Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish production draws […]
Hausu
Synopsis: How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any […]
Tôkyô zonbi
Synopsis: Tadanobu Asano and Show Aikawa star as fulltime slackers and wannabe ju-jitsu champions who bring the body of their murdered boss to Tokyo’s towering toxic waste dump known as […]
The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, […]
Monster Brawl
Synopsis: It’s the fight of the living dead. Held in a secret graveyard on cursed soil, the Monster Brawl is the ultimate collision of legendary monsters and undead ghouls! You’ve […]
The Dead Pool
Synopsis: Fame isn’t detective Harry Callahan’s style. He dislikes being grouped with a rock star, a film critic and a TV host, all slain celebrities in a macabre betting pool […]
Chew, vol. 2
Chew, vol. 2, by John Layman and Rob Guillory 7.75 Following ‘Chew, vol. 1’, I made a point of requesting all the other paperbacks of Chew that my local library […]
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Synopsis: This Movie Is Totally Out Of Control! From the director of Animal House and the creators of Airplane and The Naked Gun, comes the original madcap, most out-of control […]
Firecracker
Synopsis: When female karate champion Susanne Carter (Jillian Kesner) goes to the Philippines to look for her sister who has disappeared, she stumbles upon a drug cartel and a tournament […]
Black Dynamite
Synopsis: An all-star cast led by Michael Jai White is featured in this 1970’s-style blaxploitation action fiilm about the legendary super crime fighter Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, […]
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
Synopsis: From a Producer of Hero and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon comes Blood: The Last Vampire, based on the cult hit anime series. Demons have infested Earth. And only one […]
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