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For fans of old science fiction/fantasy John Carter opens this weekend. This is of course an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars. If your library has any of this series you could do a display to spotlight them. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer:
Here is one movie for your horror fans that is coming out this weekend. Silent House looks to be an intense ride. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer:
On April first Disney XD will be debuting it’s Marvel Universe block. The core show will be Ultimate Spider-Man along with other shows and segments from Marvel Entertainment. For those that have the XD channel in their packets have fun watching. For those that don’t most libraries will probably pick up the shows when they become available for their animation section. Thanks to ICv2 and Marvel.com for the trailer/commercial below:
ZIP! a Japanese morning television showed a trailer for the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin live action movie. This is one movie librarians will want to keep an ear to the ground on because it should eventually make it’s way to North American markets. Kenshin might be an older manga series, but it is still one of the most loved series and when new readers come into the format this is one of the series that is suggested to them to read and the manga and anime should be on must library shelves. Thanks to AnimeNews Network and YouTuber MrZoom91 for the trailer below. You will have to set through a little of ZIP! before the trailer starts, which is approximately 45 seconds in:
Today is the day that Mass Effect 3 hits store shelves. So if you haven’t picked up your copy yet, hopefully there will still be some copies left at the store. Thanks to ICv2 and YouTuber “biowaremasseffect” for the following trailer.
Another movie for all of your animation fans to get ready for, this weekend, is Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. Looks to be a fun movie. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer.
ICv2 is reporting that Hunger Games is already sold out in several time slots and locations. The movie doesn’t come out until March 23 and it already has this much buzz. Hopefully the fans of the young adult novels won’t be disappointed in the movie. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer below.
For those of us that will never get to Comic-Con, Comic-Con Episode IV A Fan’s Hope might be as close as we get. The documentary will have a very limited release and will get most of it’s money from Blu-Ray/DVD sales. This would be one for a library to get, so patrons that have expressed an interest in the convention can see what it would be like. Thanks to ICv2 and YouTuber “movieclipsTRAILERS” for the trailer below.
It has nearly been a year since the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku coastal region of Japan. Stu Levy, the founder of TokyoPop, has been living in Japan to help with relief and filming a documentary of the disaster and recovery efforts. On March 14 at 7:00 p.m. AMC theaters will be screening his finished documentary, Pray For Japan. Tickets are available at Fandango website, linked below. All proceeds of the screening will be going to the rebuilding efforts taking place in Tohoku. Thanks to YouTube and “PrayforJapanFilm” for the trailer below.
This is one for the whole family. Disney is releasing The Secret World of Arrietty. The anime is based on the novel The Borrowers, by Mary Norton. When you visit with your patrons remember this will appeal to your Japanese Anime fans since it originates from Studio Ghibli in Japan. Thanks to YahooMovies for the following trailer.