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KITE Revisited: The Most Infuriating Failure of 2014
Remember when this was supposed to be a thing?And how instead we got BOSTON LEGAL: MAGICAL GIRL SQUAD?I'm not gonna' lie. I've got super mixed feelings about Umetsu's career as a whole.First off,...
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Burial Treasure: There's Still Time To Crowd Source BURIAL GROUNDS
Just a friendly reminder that 88 Films' have successfully funded their remaster of Zombi Holocaust for 7,500 pounds, and are trying to reach their stretch goal of 12,500 to restore the far superior...
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Playing With Toys: Wii U, Amiibo, And Pretentious Idiots
I know, I've been quiet for a while. Been busy with a lot of stupidity which includes my old Samsung LCD getting super funky on the ol' back-lighting, necessitating that I put that multi-year warranty...
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Dead or Alive, You're In HD: Takashi Miike's D.O.A on Blu-ray
Holy crap, ladies and gents, it's been a while, hasn't it? I must apologize for dropping off the face of this little corner of overlong glorified shitposting I call the Kentai Blog, but in my defense,...
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Gamer Gators vs Social Justice Warlords: The Final Post
Pls Marvel don't sueWARNING: Yup, it's another one of these posts.Next time, we'll do something more fun. I promise!Months ago, I promised an anonymous reader that I'd write a proper addendum to my...
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How Hard Did Viz Screw Up The Original SAILOR MOON?
Hard enough that the upcoming Japanese re-run of the original 1994 TV series are going to be from Toei's own HD Remaster. To the best of my knowledge Toei hasn't done an HD master for a vintage TV show...
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The Cover Up: Canonical Conundrums
How do you even begin to quantify what is and isn't "canon" in fan fiction, I wonder?Don't worry friends, I'm not talking about 50 Shades of Gray - if I ever want to go down that road, we damn well...
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THE PHANTOM NAME: The Past, Future, and Implications of A Hideo Kojima Kojima...
I'm back, baby!In a limited capacity, at any rate. I moved last month, which was Hell. I tried to unpack the first week, only for my plumbing to promptly explode and vomit horror all over the place,...
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PSA: KITE Is Uncut On Blu-ray in Japan
DANGER!! DANGER!! DANGER!!THIS IS A BULLSHIT UPSCALE!AVOID LIKE THE WHOOPING CLAP!...well then.So. This is... unexpected. After a thoroughly frustrating Media Blasters Blu-ray release of A-KITE, it...
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Despair In HD
Pictured: Kentai's Current FeelingsI seriously don't have the energy for this bullshit right now, so consider this a brief PSA:* The Japanese import for A-KITE is an upscale. Like, entirely upscaled...
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Upscaled Embarassment: A Tale of Two KITE Blu-rays
It is with nothing but thanks and respects to old timey nerd Buster D that I present a quick, dirty, and thoroughly devastating comparison between the Media Blasters and Green Bunny BDs for Yasuomi...
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And You Will Watch In Terror! THE BEYOND Blu-ray Comparison
As Bob Murawski himself was has pointed out, the Grindhouse Releasing Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci's  THE BEYOND/...E tu Vivrai nel Terrore! L'aldilà  is a release several years in the making. There's...
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Head Transplants and Metal Gears: Ruse Cruise, or Something Scaries?
Pictured: My current level of raw, pulsating confusion.Look, I don't know what to think anymore, but this past week or so has been really, really interesting for casual digging...Loathe as I am to give...
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We Hunt No More: VAMPIRE HUNTER D on Blu-ray
Vintage Japanese Video AdBefore I get to my main point, it's worth noting that Discotek Media is releasing Yoshiaki KAWAJIRI's 2000 film, VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST, on bilingual DVD and Blu-ray...
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Mad Max: Hysteria Road
Not Pictured: The Star Of The Movie.Make no mistake, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is fucking great. As a raw, unfiltered, pure car-chase centric action film it ranks among the best ever made. As George Miller's...
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88 and Out: Zombi Holocaust, Burial Ground and Anthropophagous
I'm still here, friends. Just because I'm "busy" and have a "life" doesn't mean you can ever fully escape my rambling stupidity!A couple recent releases from the UK based cult film distributor 88 Films...
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Anime Like It's 1985: VAMPIRE HUNTER D Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray Impressions
We've talked about the 1985 version of VAMPIRE HUNTER D enough over the years, so let's just get down to business.VIDEO (FILM ELEMENTS AND TRANSFER)Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray marks  the first ever HD...
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Phantoms, Pain: Elegia for METAL GEAR SOLID V
WELL... THATÂ WAS BULLSHIT.Warning: I must be off my meds again. This shit's gonna' get real angry, rambly and up its own ass in the vaguely-analytical side of narrative. We might talk about the "game"...
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Shed It, Baby: Mondo Macabro's A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN
While I don't think I'd ever peg A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN/Una Lucertola con la Pelle di Donna as my favorite Lucio Fulci film, I would hold it up as one of his more interesting and polished films...
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Shadows Fall Over Synapse Films: TENEBRAE LIMITED EDITION Pre-Order
Paura...For those who might not pay as close attention to these sorts of things as I used to, a quick heads-up; Don and Jerry over at Synapse Films are now taking pre-orders for their Limited Edition...
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Black Shadows and Blood Red Shoes: Synapse' TENEBRAE Blu-ray Transfer
Alright, let's cut the bullshit; there's nothing more to say about Dario Argento's celebrated 1982 post-modern thriller TENEBRAE that hasn't been said a hundred times by people far smarter than myself....
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88 Chances: 88 Films' 2016 BURIAL GROUND Blu-ray (Review)
UPDATE TO THE INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN:All of the stretch goals have been met! Pledging 45 Pounds ($67 USD) will get you all four titles with exclusive slipcases, guaranteed. That's less than $17 per title,...
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Persecution Of The Masses: Kentai Reviews SHIN GODZILLA (2016)
DISCLAIMER:Â Remember friends, ALWAYS make sure you're signed into the right Google account when combining previous identities into a shiny new one.As deeply frustrated as I've been at the glacial pace...
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Dawn of Ultra-High Definition: PSA on DAWN OF THE DEAD 4K, UHD-TVs, and HDR
WHAT THE HELL DID NICOLAS WINDING REFENDO TO THE POSTER FOR DAWN OF THE DEAD?!No clue, friends. But that aside, we've got some good news!For those who may not be aware, Italian label Nightmare Factory...
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No More Room In The Case: DAWN OF THE DEAD 4K Remastered Blu-ray Review
Midnight Factory's 6-disc Blu-ray/UHD-HD collection for DAWN OF THE DEAD is an extremely frustrating package, all in all. On the one hand it's simply the best presentation of the film that's ever...
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