Remember that time Thor enjoyed a magical pint, courtesy of Doctor Strange? Now there’s a little more of that interaction, thanks to the new Japanese trailer for Thor: Ragnarok.

It results in a strange monster in a strange movie, albeit a very good one, with the special effects used to create Biollante being extremely impressive.

Regular RocketNews readers will know doubt have seen articles documenting some of Japan’s weirder translations of Western movie titles ("Malkovich’s Hole," anyone?), or perhaps caught our ...

When winter comes to Noto, a peninsula that juts north into the Sea of Japan, strange and bizarre creatures can be found in its waters. Among them, the blanket octopus spreads its billowing ...

Doctor Strange was finally released in Japan this weekend, and it debuted there with an impressive $4.5 million. This was the final territory that the Marvel Studios movie had to debut in, and as ...

This was the era of movies like Ring and Ju-on: The Grudge, which have since become iconic. The best Japanese horror movies appeal to international audiences while retaining their distinctive vibe.