Undoubtedly a surprise to no-one at all, the Ghost in the Shell
remake is all style and no substance.
*spoiler free*
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Preview: Blade Runner 2049
The sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic already features a fanboy’s cinematic dream team…
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PerfAction#3: Hard Boiled 辣手神探
PerfAction returns with the greatest action flick you’ve (probably) never heard of…
Hard Boiled
Dir: John Woo
Original Release Date: 16 April 1992
Part of ILT’s PerfAction# series.
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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.1 – ‘Suicide Pod’
The Punch Up is a brand new weekly film & television podcast broadcasting from the laaaazy west coast city of Vancouver, Canada.
Featuring regulars Phill Bartlett, Adam Blair, and yours truly, Nicholas Lay, the chaps and I will be covering regular news, reviews, previews, and retrospect from the world of the reel.
Put ’em up!
Ep.1 – ‘Suicide Pod’
The latest episode of The Punch Up features an unhealthy dose of Comic-Con fallout, discussion on recent releases, including Me, Earl, & the Dying Girl and Minions, and a look back at the Coen bros. classic, Fargo, before the chaps chew over the insane success of Jurassic World and finish, as per usual, with another round of spoiler-filled True Detective chat. Enjoy!
*Stream or download now on soundcloud*
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Review: Kung Fury
Dinosaurs, Nazis, kung-fu, time travel, Thor, 1980s fashion…
That’s right, it’s David Sandberg’s viral short: Kung Fury.
I reviewed it, because I had to. After all, it’s my job.
TurningJapanese#2: Ninja Scroll 獣兵衛忍風帖
ILT’s TurningJapanese# series returns with its first anime retrospect, a bonafide cult classic of the genre that all but made me lose my shit as a teenage fanboy…
Ninja Scroll
Dir: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Release Date: 5 June 1993
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Review: Fury Road
George Miller’s ‘Mad’ Max Rockatansky returns in a tanked up, high-octane beast of a picture, that is not only goddamn marvellous in its own right, but also part catalyst for a dramatic cinematic swing in the right direction…
*spoiler free (plot)* 
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*Fury Road features on ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2015! Find out where it ranked here.*
Retrospect: Blackadder’s Dish & Dishonesty
Possibly the show’s finest episode?
Blackadder s03 e01
Written by: Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
Original Air Date: 17 September 1987
2015 Finds Action in the Midst of a New Golden Age
After years of inconsistency in the genre, action movies have once again blossomed in recent times, with 2015 set to typify what looks to be an increased ascent toward the peak of a new golden age.
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Guitar & Lens: The Narrowing Memories of an Era
Watching Pete Townshend’s wailing finale to The Who’s set at Woodstock 1969, it dawned on me that by the time the next generation rolls around, film reels and video will be our only memories of rock’s most explosive era.
But what memories…
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