Friday 30 January 2015

REVIEW FOR MALICE BY KEIGO HIGASHINO

  
Malice: A Mystery
Keigo Higashino
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: -10: 1250035600
A review by Sandra Scholes

Blurb: Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he’s planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems.

ASIAN TRAVEL BOOK REVIEW: TRAVEL BITES BY THE HUNGRY TRAVELLER

    
Travel Bites
Writer: The Hungry Traveller
Publisher: Wattle Publishing
Cover art: L. Whyte
Published: Out Now!
Pages: 222

Imagine you could sample a meal in almost every country around the world, well that is what the Hungry Traveller has done. Spanning a whopping fifteen-years, his travel writing has involved diary entries of his many trips worldwide with the recipes of what he has eaten at the end of each chapter. His first day has him in Ho Chih Min City, Vietnam trying to locate a decent priced hotel room. His journeys go from normal to exotic, yet our Hungry Traveller goes through near sheer hell to find the best cuisine in such places as Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia as well as other far away places.

Saturday 24 January 2015

PRESS RELEASE: DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER

Drew: The Man Behind The Poster

Fast sell:
An unmissable documentary highlighting the career of Drew Struzan, one of the most recognisable and influential movie poster artists of all time whose most popular hand painted works include, among many others, the ‘Indiana Jones’, ‘Back To The Future’ and ‘Star Wars’ movie posters.

On DVD from Monday 16th Feb. 2015 and VOD from Monday 16th Feb. 2015.

For more info about this title and others go here:

PRESS RELEASE: BEYOND


Fast sell:
Keep your eyes to the skies. Don’t go out at night. And, whatever you do, don’t fall in love…

PRESS RELEASE: DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Fast sell:
Its the sequel you did NAZI coming. General Herzog and his horde of undead fascists are back and more blood-thirsty than ever in one of the best horror sequels ever made. Having survived the ordeals of Dead Snow, our hero Martin wakes to find himself imprisoned in the town that is next on Herzog's hit-list.

PRESS RELEASE: FAIRY TAIL PART 9

Fairy Tail Part 9

Episodes 97-108 of the anime series following the adventures of a young girl who is determined to join an organisation of wizards. Membership of the organisation known as ‘Fairy Tail’ is Lucy Heartfilia (voice of Aya Hirano)'s goal when she runs away from home.

PRESS RELEASE: CLOWN

Clown

Fast sell:
From producer and splatter-maestro Eli Roth (Hostel; Grindhouse) comes this nightmarish tale of a doting father who undergoes a gruesome, bloodthirsty transformation – leaving him a terrible desire for eating children…

PRESS RELEASE: ZULU

Zulu

Synopsis:
When a teen girl is discovered brutally murdered in Cape Town’s botanical gardens, Chief of Police Ali Sokhela (Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker) and cop Brian Epkeen (Orlando Bloom) are tasked with solving the crime. However upon investigating the murder they uncover a sinister synthetic drug ring with a worldwide network, releasing a new illegal substance into the market, which is spiralling out of control. Sokhela and Epkeen are soon placing their own lives in danger in an attempt to end further devastating and disturbing consequences.

PRESS RELEASE: HORNS

Horns

Fast sell:
Daniel Radcliffe makes an explosive return to horror after 2012’s Woman in Black and stars in the provocative dark fantasy - Horns, adapted from Joe Hill’s best selling novel and directed by The Hills Have Eyes’ Alexandre Aja.

Tuesday 20 January 2015

ANIME REVIEW: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 20

Naruto Shippuden: Box Set 20
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 Mins
Audio: English DD 5.1 & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 9/2/2015
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Naruto has come far in  his training and now that he has found a new friend in Killer Bee, he also has a partner he can train with, possibly learn from. In the first episode, Naruto has to enter the Waterfall of Truth to battle his inner dark negative self. If he can do this he has the chance to move onto the next step, but as his other self has been through so much, he has to at least empathise with him.  

Saturday 17 January 2015

NEW DISTRIBUTOR ANIMATSU ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES IN THE UK. ANNOUNCES SALES AND MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH MANGA ENTERTAINMENT.

New Distributor Animatsu Entertainment Launches in the UK. Announces Sales and Marketing Agreement with Manga Entertainment.

LONDON 13th
January 2015 Animatsu
Entertainment Launch

The future of anime lives at Animatsu Entertainment Ltd a new specialist UK distribution and production company primarily focusing on Japanese anime films and TV series.

Monday 12 January 2015

ANIME REVIEW: FAIRY TAIL COLLECTION 3

Fairy Tail Collection 3
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 600 Mins
Audio: English DD 5.1 & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 19/1/2015
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Back in the previous season the battle for the land of Fairy Tail had ended with a Fantasia Parade giving us all a happy ending at least. There were many downsides, though, Laxus was sent from the Guild to everyone's surprise and Lucy keeps having bad luck with the men she chooses. Now, after the end of the harvest festival, everything looks like it is back to normal except for one thing, no one saw Laxus  being sent away. No one expected it to happen at all. The hardest hit by this was Natsu who demanded to know why from Gramps.  

Sunday 4 January 2015

ANIME MOVIE REVIEW:ONE PIECE MOVIE 8 EPISODE OF ALABASTA

One Piece Movie 8 Episode of Alabasta: The Pirates and the Princess of the Desert
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 90 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 5/1/2015
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

A mysterious "man-lady" gets used as fish bait to land a big one in the latest movie. He might seem like a fun guy who can change his face into the other people he's met before just by eating one of the special fruits Luffy is so fond of. Everything is going so well and they are all getting friendly with him when Vivi recognises him as Bon Clay, one of Crocodile's evil henchmen.