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ALIEN VS. NINJA

30 Aug 2011

More MIKA HIJII coming to English-language DVD

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 1

Sci-Fi Japan is reporting Nukenin – retitled Rogue Ninja – is coming to Euro-regioned DVD. So where’s OURS!?!? This movie’s been out for years, ‘Merikins love our sword gals, too, and Alien vs. Ninja was a festival circuit hit. No … Continued

ALIEN VS. NINJA, Mika Hijii, Nukenin
25 Feb 2011

Ninja miscellany to close out February…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 3 - Toys and Merch, 7 - Ninja Miscelany | 0

No major theme today, but I wanted to throw some notes out there before a busy weekend. I’ll start with a rather strange score from LA’s Chinatown: Found this statue/plaque/display thing at a shop in the Dynasty Market complex, which … Continued

ALIEN VS. NINJA, Mika Hijii
2 Jan 2011

KAMUI and a Decade of Digital Ninja (part 2)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 3

OK, so the Kamui Gaiden manga had a major pedigree in Japan, and its ground-breaking U.S. release separated the men from the boys of late-craze ninja fans. So why are we just getting a movie now? The “Island of Sugaru” … Continued

Akakage, ALIEN VS. NINJA, AZUMI, GI Joe, Goemon, kamui, Owls's Castle, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
31 Oct 2010

Oh ALIEN VS. NINJA, I knew you wouldn’t let me down…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 1

I’m delighted – DEE-LIGHTED – to wrap up Monsters and Masks Month 2010 with an early review of Sushi Typhoon’s Alien vs. Ninja from action auteurs Seiji Chiba and Yuji Shimomura. This thing’s been a big hit at film festivals the … Continued

ALIEN VS. NINJA, Monsters and Masks 2010
10 Mar 2010

You KNOW this one is going to be goofy as hell…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

OK, so maybe we are in another ninja boom… Mask of the Ninja, Ninja Assassin, Ninja, and coming soon from the minds behind Death Trance is this piece of sublime shinobi-sploitation: Looks like ‘Ninja Gaiden vs. The Loch Ness Monster.’ Sign … Continued

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