Movie Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017) (Review #2)

After being victim of a terrible terrorist attack, Mina (Scarlet Johansson) wakes up in a body that doesn't belong to her (a "shell"). Her brain has been transplanted into a completely synthetic body, making her the first example in human history of her kind. She is then employed by the government to stop the world's most dangerous criminals, one of which starts to arouse an identity crisis in her.

Movie Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017)

Ghost in the Shell (2017) is directed by Rupert Sanders and is the live-action remake of the 1995 Mamoru Oshii directed Ghost in the Shell (as well as the Masamune Shirow manga of the same name). This film once again follows a character named Major working for a clandestine government organization known as Section 9 trying to uncover who is behind the systematic killing and hacking of heads of a major cybernetic enhancement company whilst also learning more about herself and what it means to be human (or not). This film stars Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbœk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Pitt, and Peter Ferdinando.

Movie Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995)

Ghost in the Shell (1995) is an anime classic directed Mamoru Oshii that is an adaptation of a manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow. The film follows Motoko Kusanagi (aka The Major) and her team as part of a security agency known as Section 9 as they track a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master. The Japanese language version stars the vocal talents of Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Koichi Yamadera, and Tamio Oki. The English dubbed version stars Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, Tom Wyner, Christopher Joyce, and William Frederick Knight.

Trailer Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL (Super Bowl TV Spot)

Howdy fellow film freaks, Robert here. Whether you like it or not, the long-awaited (so they tell me) live-action version of Ghost in the Shell will finally be released this year, and a new TV spot was released during the Super Bowl. Check it out in all it's glorious brevity below.

Trailer Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL (Trailer #1)

The official trailer for the highly anticipated, yet highly controversial film, Ghost In The Shell, has finally dropped.  Check it out below:

MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM: Chris Pratt And Jennifer Lawrence Take A Long Trip To Space In 'Passengers'; First Look At Scarlett Johansson In 'Ghost In The Shell'

Welcome to MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM, where we gather up all the new trailers that dropped this week and give them to you all in one place.

This week we got our first trailer for the highly anticipated Chris Pratt/Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi film, Passengers, which looks great.  We also got a series of short teasers for the live action adaptation of Ghost In The Shell starring Scarlett Johansson.  The film has some great visuals, but the teasers really don't give much substance as to the plot.