Big Bad Film Festival 2026: Crime and Punishment (Day Two)
The Fourth Annual Big Bad Film Fest continues with Tokyo Burst: Crime City, Undisputed II, Ikatan Darah, and the CrimeContinue Reading
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Break Free – Fantasia Film Festival 2026
Our Fantasia Film Festival 2026 coverage continues with Break Free; a Yakuza enforcer becomes a TikTok dancing sensation. Break Free is aContinue Reading
Blu-ray Review: Radiance Films’ Aesthetics of a Bullet (Limited Edition)
A would-be assassin loves the lifestyle but can’t pull the trigger in the Yakuza Cult Classic, Aesthetics of a Bullet. New toContinue Reading
Film Review: Kokuho (2025)
An epic tale of friendship, rivalry and commitment to one’s art, Kokuho is a glorious representation of kabuki theatre and was Japan’sContinue Reading
Blu-ray Review: Radiance Films’ Japanese Godfather Trilogy (Box Set)
Director Sadao Nakajima’s trilogy of complex and intricately plotted yakuza films makes its Blu-ray debut thanks to Radiance Films inContinue Reading
Film Review: Normal (2026)
Bob Odenkirk stars as a temporary sheriff where a Bank Robbery goes terribly wrong in a small town that isn’tContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s American Yakuza (Limited Edition)
Viggo Mortensen is a part of the American Yakuza. New to Blu-ray from Arrow Video. The Films What if I told youContinue Reading
Blazing Fists: Fantasia Film Festival 2025
Takashi Miike is back with the crowd-pleaser Blazing Fists. Playing Fantasia Film Festival 2025. Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike is known for hisContinue Reading
Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards: Fantasia Film Festival 2025
John Hughes meets John Wick, and you add a dash of Bring it On, and you get deranged and entertaining Honeko Akabane’sContinue Reading
Streaming Review: Ghost Killer
Director Kensuke Sonomura’s Ghost Killer is John Wick meets Patrick Swayze’s Ghost. Action director Kensuke Sonomura has given the Baby Assassins series its speedy impactful fight choreography. HisContinue Reading