SONY testing PSP Movie Rentals in Japan

Interesting concept. Sony is going to be trying out UMD.. IE.. sony psp movie rentals in Japan. Starting 2 days ago if you live in Japan you have been able to rent sony psp movies. An interesting concept, not sure how popular it will be.

No idea on pricing, so feel free to drop us a line if you do. Not sure how serious PSP movie titles are? Well how bout I just show you the releases for July and you can see that yes indeed it seems that PSP movies is not a fad!

July 19, 2005	Kill Bill Volume 2 Continuing the story-line which unfolded in Kill Bill Vol. I, this is the tale of an expert assassin, called The Bride, who sets out to wreak revenge upon her former employer, Bill, and other members...
July 19, 2005	From Dusk Till Dawn In this action-horror flick from director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, Tarantino stars with George Clooney as a pair of bad-to-the-bone brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko....
July 19, 2005	Man of the House A group of oddball cheerleaders from Eastern Connecticut College witnesses a murder after one of their competitions. An aging, no-nonsense veteran FBI agent (Tommy Lee Jones) is assigned to the case....
July 19, 2005	Armageddon From the blockbuster-making team who produced and directed PEARL HARBOR and THE ROCK (Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay) comes the biggest movie of 1998 -- ARMAGEDDON! Starring the explosive talents...
July 19, 2005	Gone in 60 Seconds Academy Award®-winners Nicolas Cage and sexy Angelina Jolie ride an unstoppable wave of speed and adrenaline in this hot, egdy action hit from high-octane producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Legendary car...
July 26, 2005	Dawn of the Dead (2004) As the United States is turned upside-down by a strange plague-like event in which millions of corpses walk the earth as blood-thirsty zombies (with the recently-deceased that the zombies kill...
July 26, 2005	Chronicles of Riddick The Chronicles of Riddick is a movie that combines the elements of a sequel and a prequel. The movie is set 5 years after the events of Pitch Black and starts as Riddick is hiding away from...
July 26, 2005	Van Helsing Set in the late 19th century, monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing (Jackman) is summoned to a mysterious land in East Europe to vanquish evil forces... evil forces with names like Count Dracula...
July 26, 2005	Steamboy A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England, Steam Boy features an inventor prodigy named Ra Stim who receives a mysterious metal ball containing a new form of energy capable of powering an...
July 26, 2005	Monty Python and the Holy Grail From its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, Monty Python & the Holy Grail has "comedy cult...
July 26, 2005	Assault on Precinct 13 Remake The action in this new version of John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" from 1976, ignites in the present day, in an about-to-be closed police precinct building. With only a few hours left in...
July 26, 2005	XXX: State of the Union In  Revolution Studios' follow-up to the successful franchise film "XXX", NSA Agent  Augustus  Gibbons  (Samuel L. Jackson), fresh off the success of hislast renegade...
July 26, 2005	The Dark Crystal THE DARK CRYSTAL is a masterful live-action fantasy starring some of Jim Henson's most imaginative creatures ever! Directed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Gary Kurtz (uncredited), THE DARK CRYSTAL...
July 26, 2005	Labyrinth Journey into the fantastical world of LABYRINTH, starring David Bowie and a cast of incredible creatures created by Jim Henson and produced by the Master of Myth, George Lucas! Frustrated with...
July 26, 2005	The Rundown In the always rough, have-to-be tough urban jungle of Los Angeles, there are men like Beck (THE ROCK)... well, not exactly like Beck - a man who uses whatever means are necessary to retrieve whatever...
July 26, 2005	The Fast and the Furious They've got the adrenaline rush and the mean machines, but most of all, they've got the extreme need for speed. On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With...
July 26, 2005	Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within The year is 2065 AD. The Earth is infested with alien spirits, and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a strange dream and guided by her mentor, Dr. Sid, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect...
July 26, 2005	Not Another Teen Movie Handsome John Hughes High jock Zack bets his friends that he can turn nerdy Janey into the most popular girl in class. With the help of Zack's sister, Catherine, Janey ditches her ponytail and...
August 02, 2005	Guess Who Percy Jones (Bernie Mac) takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When hi daughter Theresa (Zoe Saldana) brings her new...
August 02, 2005	Big Daddy Thirty-two-year-old Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man, he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to...
August 02, 2005	Ghostbusters A trio of university parasychologists lose their research grant and decide to open their own business, "Ghostbusters," and almost at once are summoned to investigate the strange happenings in a...
August 09, 2005	Team America: World Police Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability, learns that a power hungry dictator is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. The heroes...
August 09, 2005	Kung Fu Hustle In the 1940's Guangzhou, A Xing (Stephen Chow) is a young man good at gabbing and short on will. Dreaming about becoming somebody, he is eager to join The Axe Gang, notorious for its ruthlessness....
August 09, 2005	Coach Carter Inspired by a true-life story, "Coach Carter" is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national...
August 13, 2005	Be Cool John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in Be Cool, a sequel to the comedy smash Get Shorty. This time, Chili becomes a different kind of "hit" man – he abandons the movie industry to bring his...
August 16, 2005	Sin City Frank Miller wrote the graphic novel series that inspired the film. The film will comprise three intertwining vignettes revolving around a dark set of characters who call the fictional corrupt town...
August 16, 2005	Shaolin Soccer In the wicked game of "Shaolin Soccer," players will stop at nothing to score a laugh. It fuses ancient martial arts with hard-hitting physical comedy and the high-flying energy of competitive...
August 16, 2005	The Rock Hollywood superstar Sean Connery joins Academy Award®-winner Nicolas Cage (1995 Best Actor "Leaving Las Vegas") in the action-packed thriller of the year, THE ROCK! All of San Francisco is taken...
August 16, 2005	Coyote Ugly It's the intoxicating sexy comedy starring an unbeatable cast of hot new stars including Piper Perabo ("Cheaper by the Dozen")) and Maria Bello ("Payback"). Moving to New York to pursue her dream of...
August 23, 2005	House of 1000 Corpses In "House of 1000 Corpses", two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre...