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Tekken: Blood Vengeance

Alternate Name: 鉄拳ブラッド・ベンジェンス ( Tekken Buraddo Benjensu) Director: Youichi Mori Year: 2011 Trailer: Anna who works for G Corporation, sets a trap for her sister Nina, who works for Misima Zaibatsu. Both Anna and Nina search for a student named Shin Kamiya. Anna uses a Chinese student, Ling Xiaoyu as a spy, while Nina's boss Jin sends an android Alisa Bosconovitch. Duing Ling and Alisa's investigation they form a friendship, both unaware that the other is working for the enemy. Will either Anna (G Corporation) or Nina (Misima Zaibatsu) get a hold of Shin Kamiya? Why dose G Corporation or Misima Zaibatsu want Shin in the first place? What secrets will the girls find about the corporations? This wasn't that terrible of a movie, but I think it could've been better. Rating: ☆☆☆☆              See it

My Beautiful Girl, Mari

Alternate name: 마리 이야기 ( Mari Iyagi literally Story of Mari) Director: Sung-gang Lee Year: 2002 Trailer: Kim Nam-woo struggles with life when anyone leaves him. His best friend, Jun-ho will head to Seoul to study. For Kim Nam-woo to escape from reality he enters a dream world; where he meets a girl named Mari. Will Kim Nam-woo be alone? Rating: ☆☆☆☆              See it

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

Alternate name: ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 ( Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Year: 1979 Trailer: Lupin III and his friend Daisuke Jigen escape from a casino to find out they robbed counterfeit bills. When Lupin discovers that the money is fake, he goes to a Cagliostro. Cagliostro is the place where forged money and conspiracy since several years. Lupin and Daisuke save Clarice from the hands of evil. Will Lupin figure out the mystery of Cagliostro? Rating: ☆☆☆☆             See it

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri Year: 2007 Trailer: Colin, the lone warrior and Amergan, a wise-cracking ghost, are in search for Marcus Octavius. Who he killed Colin's lover Moya centuries ago in the Celtic plains. Both Marcus and Colin are immortals, and after each time they meet Colin fails to vanquish Marcus throughout history. Will Colin get the chance to defeat Marcus or will he be the one that's defeated? Rating: ☆☆☆               Rent it

Steamboy

Alternate name: スチームボーイ ( Suchīmubōi ) Director: Katsuhiro Otomo Year: 2004 Trailer: In the 19 th century, two scientest Lloyd and his son Edward Steam succeedes by figuring out pure mineral water could be the main source for steam engines. The experiment in Russian Alaska nearly destroys Edward. After three years, in England a young inventor Ray Steam (Edward's son), works at a textile mill in Manchester as maintenance. When a package from his grandfather Lloyd, a metallic ball known as “Steam ball”. Ray must protect the steam ball according to his grandfather. “The O'Hara Foundation” agents try to steal the steam ball from Ray, however Ray escapes from them and land on a train to give the ball to Robert Stephenson. Will Ray protect the steam ball or will the O'Hara foundation get it? Will Robert Stephenson use it as Ray's grandfather Lloyd intended or use it for his own use? Rating: ☆☆☆☆              See it