March Impact Kick'Ass!

Hello Folks,

Apologies for lack of blogging, just been busy with a bunch of work and some major news coming soon..

In the meantime, how about a literally KICK ASS issue of Impact

March Impact

www.impactmoviemagazine.co.uk

March 2010

p12 / geek chorus

It’s the year’s most controversial action film - the one everyone is going to be talking about. Impact goes behind the scenes on Kick Ass and talks exclusively with comics wunderkind Mark Millar...

p18 / the girl with the dragon tattoo

The book that took the thriller-genre by storm is now a movie. But will The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo get the attention it deserves?

p22 / [asian extreme] shinya tsukamoto interview and the shinjuku incident

This month Impact chats to Shinya Tsukamoto about his latest slice of carnage-packed craziness before catching a more serious side to Jackie Chan in The Shinjuku Incident…

p26 / oscar, oscar!

It’s that time of the year again, so who are our favourites for the golden statuettes? Impact rounds up the action contenders...

p28 / kane and able

Swash buckling heroes aren’t a modern invention. Impact looks at a cinematic adaptation that goes back to basics with the classic Solomon Kane.

p32 / david wald - the all rounder

With credits ranging from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, and Pirates of the Caribbean, through Power Rangers and Lethal Weapon 4, David Wald is a true all-rounder in the world of action movies. We talk with a man who has done everything and is now about to step into directing.

p36 / in the zone

It has been described as ‘Jason Bourne goes to Iraq’, but as John Mosby discovers, Green Zone is a thriller as much concerned with the politics of war as it is with action set-pieces.

p40 / white wall

It’s a war out there... a biological one. Mike Leeder looks behind the walls in question to see whether this bio-thriller has some infectious qualities...

p44 / bad blood

The spirit of classic Hong Kong Action Cinema lives on in director Dennis Law’s latest project Bad Blood, chronicling the trials and tribulations of a Hong Kong crime family being torn apart by internal struggles that are settled with the fist, the foot or a chopper!

p48 / [japanime] drunken angel and masayuki yoshunaga

This month, our Tokyo-based scribe Andrez Bergen gears up for the centenary of the birth of the film-maker Akira Kurosawa by peering at one of his all-time classics, Drunken Angel, and talks exclusively to Masayuki Yoshunaga.

p52 / [anime attack] brussells anima festival

Neal Molyneaux chronicles the successful ‘anima’ festival in Brussels and looks at some of the titles you should be seeing soon.

p56 / never a doll moment

TV show Dollhouse finally wrapped up its two season run at the start of 2010. So why did the show ultimately fail to grab the ratings? Impact looks back at its highs and lows.

p58/terra - firmer

The plot of The Battle for Terra may read like a clone of Avatar, but as we discover, the all-ages action film turns out to be a a little gem of its own.

p60 / korea, korea

Gone from HK, but certainly not forgotten. Impact looks at the Hong Kong heroes who ultimately made their home in Korea.

p62 / [the deja view] being human

Our monthly round-up and overview of the shows you should have been watching. This month a modern delight: the really rather brilliant Being Human!

p64 / anybody out there?

Paul Simpson guides us through the streets of BBC’s post-apocalyptic action drama Survivors and talks exclusively to Adrian Hodges about the challenges the series has faced since its 2008 debut.

p68 / [far from fragile] comics on iPads

This month Beau Smith looks at the launch of the mighty iPad and wonders if will impact the comics industry in the profound ways many are expecting...

p72 / up, up and awayyy

It’s the big-screen westernised version of the classic manga hero. But will this mainstream revamp find favour with old and new audiences?

p74 / multimedia

Books, comics, DVD and games, oh my! Time for another multimedia round-up...

p82 / next month

More from behind the scenes on Kick Ass and a look at Perrier’s Bounty - this year’s In Bruges?