The marketing team behind the new stoner comedy American Ultra might have picked the smartest way to spread their seed at San Diego Comic-Con… by offering members of the medical marijuana community a highly valuable product. Earlier today, the website www.theamericanultraprogram.net started circulating. From your mobile device, people were asked for their drivers license or state ID number and photo, along with their medical marijuana information (for verification). Once verified, a field agent contacts you and delivers a glass jar, rolling papers, a lighter, and a sample of their own special brand of premium kush. If you don’t have a medical marijuana card, don’t bother trying. You will fail.
Below, you can see what was delivered when I tried it out for myself… for science, of course! The goods come in a sealed envelope that says American Ultra on it. Inside, everything is branded with the same American flag,...
Below, you can see what was delivered when I tried it out for myself… for science, of course! The goods come in a sealed envelope that says American Ultra on it. Inside, everything is branded with the same American flag,...
- 7/11/2015
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Comic-Con International 2015 begins today and to kick things off, Lionsgate has released a new custom Comic-Con poster for their upcoming comedy, American Ultra.
Award-winning artist Jim Evans (aka T.A.Z.), the designer behind hundreds of gig & movie posters including those for The Beastie Boys, The Wu Tang Clan, Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Saw franchise, crafted the badass print featuring Jesse Eisenberg & Kristen Stewart.
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike (Jesse Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Kristen Stewart), is suddenly turned upside down.
Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.
Award-winning artist Jim Evans (aka T.A.Z.), the designer behind hundreds of gig & movie posters including those for The Beastie Boys, The Wu Tang Clan, Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Saw franchise, crafted the badass print featuring Jesse Eisenberg & Kristen Stewart.
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike (Jesse Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Kristen Stewart), is suddenly turned upside down.
Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.
- 7/9/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The production concept behind Shogun Assassin is one that would often immediately put film fan’s noses out of joint but Shogun Assassin is a much loved film and with good reason. Essentially a re-edit and re-dubbing of the first two feature film instalments in the Lone Wolf & Cub series Shogun Assassin was produced as a ‘brand new’ feature for the Us market in 1980.
The film contains approximately twelve minutes of the first Lone Wolf film, Sword of Vengeance, and approximately seventy-five minutes from the second film, Baby Cart at the River Styx (both directed by Kenji Misumi). Director Robert Houston splices various sequences from these films together to create one film that obviously bears a lot of similarities but simplifies and removes plot points in places and drastically alters dialogue. Hiring deaf people to guess at what the characters could be saying Houston then took these approximations and rewrote the script,...
The film contains approximately twelve minutes of the first Lone Wolf film, Sword of Vengeance, and approximately seventy-five minutes from the second film, Baby Cart at the River Styx (both directed by Kenji Misumi). Director Robert Houston splices various sequences from these films together to create one film that obviously bears a lot of similarities but simplifies and removes plot points in places and drastically alters dialogue. Hiring deaf people to guess at what the characters could be saying Houston then took these approximations and rewrote the script,...
- 12/2/2010
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
For many Americans, Shogun Assassin sits in a unique cinematic category occupied by Toho kaiju brawls and Shaw Brothers martial arts epics. This 30 year old mashup of Sword of Vengeance and Baby Cart at the River Styx introduced many people to Japanese samurai cinema, albeit in a chopped, dubbed, and bastardized form. Shogun Assassin is so far detached from the two films it combines -- the story was completely changed into a Conan the Barbarian style plot -- that there is no way anybody could argue that this is the "real thing." However, that doesn't mean it isn't good. This gory samurai mash-up maintains its cult status for one reason: it is completely entertaining. The film is lean, bloody, and action-packed. The earnest yet comical dub grows more entertaining with the passage of time. When little Daigoro says, "sometimes you have to take a chance if you want to take a bath,...
- 8/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Is there anything cooler than samurai films?
One of the most beloved cult samurai films is set to get a much longed for high definition release thanks to the folks at AnimEigo, who will be releasing a brand new HD version of the famed film, Shogun Assassin. The film was first released on DVD in 2006 through the company, but this marks a new, restored version of the film, that will be released to mark the film’s 30th anniversary, this July, just in time for the San Diego Comic Con.
Pre-order the Shogun Assassin Blu-ray from Amazon
The new release will feature a collection of new features as well. This edition of the film will feature an over 10 minute long interview with the king of badassery himself, Samuel L. Jackson about his love for the film, and the genre as a whole, as well as a brand new commentary featuring producer David Weisman,...
One of the most beloved cult samurai films is set to get a much longed for high definition release thanks to the folks at AnimEigo, who will be releasing a brand new HD version of the famed film, Shogun Assassin. The film was first released on DVD in 2006 through the company, but this marks a new, restored version of the film, that will be released to mark the film’s 30th anniversary, this July, just in time for the San Diego Comic Con.
Pre-order the Shogun Assassin Blu-ray from Amazon
The new release will feature a collection of new features as well. This edition of the film will feature an over 10 minute long interview with the king of badassery himself, Samuel L. Jackson about his love for the film, and the genre as a whole, as well as a brand new commentary featuring producer David Weisman,...
- 5/25/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Anyone looking for an excuse to upgrade to Blu-Ray might want to pay attention. AnimEigo is releasing a new Shogun Assassin Blu-Ray disc in August using "uncompressed 1080p 24p source materials." Other features include a brand new audio commentary and an interview with Samuel L. Jackson that was shot exclusively for this release. Intrigued? Here is the full press release.
Wilmington, Nc - May 21, 2010 - AnimEigo is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the legendary samurai cult classic, Shogun Assassin, by announcing the first ever high-definition version of the film! The most famous samurai film in the Western World is finally coming to North America in the clearest and most pristine version ever seen by man, woman, or ninja.
In 2006, our first official release of Shogun Assassin set the bar for high quality with its crystal-clear DVD picture. This time around, we once again reconstructed the film, this time...
Wilmington, Nc - May 21, 2010 - AnimEigo is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the legendary samurai cult classic, Shogun Assassin, by announcing the first ever high-definition version of the film! The most famous samurai film in the Western World is finally coming to North America in the clearest and most pristine version ever seen by man, woman, or ninja.
In 2006, our first official release of Shogun Assassin set the bar for high quality with its crystal-clear DVD picture. This time around, we once again reconstructed the film, this time...
- 5/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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