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Junji Ito is not only a wizard in drawing horror manga but also loves to entertain his readers by appearing on Viz Media’s YouTube and Instagram space and sharing a little bit about himself to his audience. While he devours humans and animals alike, both physically and mentally, in his works, Ito-sensei is seen playing with kittens wholesomely in one of his Q&a sessions.

Cat Diary: Yon & Mu | Credits: Viz Media

His popular works include Uzumaki, Tomie, Frankenstein, and other numerous anthologies of short stories under his belt. Usually, people read his manga with awe and reverence but little do they know that some of his stuff is based on material that was deemed a disappointment by its own creator. And one of them is the aforementioned Frankenstein.

Junji Ito’s adaptation of Frankenstein was deemed better than the movie Junji Ito’s rendition of Frankenstein | Credits:...

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The same year that writer and director Frank Darabont's film The Shawshank Redemption was released, earning him an Oscar nomination for its screenplay, another production of a Darabont script hit theaters 1994's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. While The Shawshank Redemption is now considered one of the best ever made and Darabont is rightfully proud of it, almost the opposite could be said about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In fact, as Darabont said in an interview with Creative Writing. "Ive described Frankenstein as the best script I ever wrote and the worst movie Ive ever seen." Now that's saying something. What happened?

First off, Mary Shelley's...

Richard Lewis’ Southpaw Entertainment has acquired the rights to Instagram personality and podcast creator Jedidiah Jenkins’s New York Times best-selling memoir To Shake The Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia. The book will get a feature film adaptation with the script written by Lewis and Steph Lady. Southpaw’s Gabrielle Jerou-Tabak will co-produce and oversee development and production.

“We are so grateful that Jedidiah has shared his extraordinary and evocative adventure with us. His journey of self-discovery truly leaps off the page and offers such a great opportunity to bring to life on film,” Lewis said.

To Shake the Sleeping Self follows the real life journey of Jenkins, who on the eve of turning 30, terrified of being funneled into a life he didn’t choose, quit his dream job and spent 16 months cycling 14,000 miles from Oregon to Patagonia in search of answers to the question: What makes a life worth living?...

Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round-Up is back with this week’s collection of HD titles that may not get the buzz of something like the latest Sandra Bullock romantic comedy or what Sam Raimi brought back from Hell but could be just what you’re looking for at the mall this weekend. A few modern horror movies, a notable box office bust, and a beloved BBC show highlight this week’s list. Pick your favorite.

“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf,” and “Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut” was released on October 6th, 2009.

“Waterworld” will be released on October 20th, 2009.

“Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut”

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Synopsis: “Back To Earth takes place after “Series X.” Kochanski’s dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they’re just characters from a TV series. Knowing they...