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Santiago Horror 2020: Festival Goes Virtual With World Premieres of SKY SHARKS, THE DEEP ONES And Local Film SEJI

Festival season is kind of back, for better or worse. Films are finding spots on the circuit as more festivals adopt the virtual experience where possible.    Our friends at the Santiago Horror Film Festival in Chile have announced this...

SHOWDOWN IN MANILA: Key Art Debut Features Dudes With Guns

Yes. The article tile does state the obvious. Screen Anarchy gets to premiere the key art for Mark Dacascos' directorial debut Showdown in Manila. You can see left to right  Casper Van Dien, Mark Dacascos, Alexander Nevsky, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and...

SHOWDOWN IN MANILA: January Date Set For U.S. Release of Mark Dacascos' Directorial Debut

Mark Dacascos' directorial debut, Showdown in Manila, has been picked up by ITN and will be released in U.S. cinemas at the beginning of 2018. The film stars Alexander Nevsky (Black Rose), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Tia Carrere (True...

The Many Faces Of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

This week, Travis Knight's Kubo and the Two Strings appears in cinemas, and it carries a strong word-of-mouth, like the review by our Jim Tudor. The latest animation by Studio Laika, the film blends stop-motion puppetry with computer graphics, and...

Mark Dacascos' SHOWDOWN IN MANILA Russian Trailer Needs No Translation

Sorry to say, I don't know what, exactly, is being said in a new trailer for Showdown in Manila, but the action on display makes the intent clear. Mark Dacascos stars in and directs, with a bevy of action stars --...

Yakuza Turned Priest Returns To Violence In Russian Action PRIEST: CONFESSION OF A SAMURAI

There appears to be a pretty fascinating collision of cultures at the center of upcoming Russian action picture Priest: Confession of a Samurai. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa stars in the picture as a former yakuza turned Orthodox priest pulled back into his...

HACHI: A DOG'S TALE is out on DVD and Blu-ray

A little gem of a film that flew under the radar in North American but apparently tugged the audiences heartstrings everywhere else is Hachi: A Dog's Tale.  Its based on a true story in Japan about a dog Hachikō who...