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BREAKING: Harrison Ford In Early Talks For Ridley Scott's New BLADE RUNNER

Is Deckard coming back?In March of 2011 word broke that Alcon Entertainment and Warner Brothers had teamed up to return to the world of Ridley Scott's classic scifi Blade Runner. In following weeks Scott himself would sign on to... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 4, 2012 11:29 AM


 

Watch The First Ten Minutes Of 1st Animated Film BERSERK **UPDATE**

[Update 2:  Replace the opening ten-minute video with a slightly better video quality version][Update:  Added another video below from an episode of Imagine Nation where the main topic of news is Berserk and its upcoming animated trilogy.  If you fast... More >>

by Al Young, February 4, 2012 11:28 AM


 

Listen To Susumu Hirasawa's Aria From BERSERK Soundtrack

From the anime series to the video games, Japanese electropop artist Susumu Hirasawa has been the definitive music composer for Berserk and he continues to lend his musical artistry in the animated film trilogy.  On his official site, a short... More >>

by Al Young, February 4, 2012 10:42 AM


 

Impulse Pictures Brings DEBAUCHERY/SEX HELL To DVD This Spring! Nikkatsu Roman Films Return!

These discs are a long time coming.  Back in 2010 Impulse Pictures announced the acquisition of in excess of twenty Roman Porno films from Nikkatsu.  We were promised DVD releases over and over again, but the closest we came was... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 4, 2012 2:05 AM


 

Jane Levy In Talks For THE EVIL DEAD

Never watched ABC's Suburgatory? No worries, you'll be getting to know star Jane Levy soon enough.Deadline are reporting that Levy is in advanced talks to take over the lead role in the Fede Alvarez directed remake of Sam Raimi's... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 4:03 PM


 

Fantastic US Trailer For Oscar Nominated BULLHEAD

Michael Roskam's Bullhead has received a great deal of press in these pages for the simple reason that it is very, very good.And now, riding on the strength of a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination, a limited US theatrical... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:57 PM


 

Watch The Opening Scene From THE WOMAN IN BLACK

The James Watkins directed, Daniel Radcliffe starring remake of classic chiller The Woman In Black opens today and the opening scene has been released on Yahoo for those who want a taste.Arthur Kipps is widowed lawyer whose grief has... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:14 PM


 

Tom Cruise Starring Adaptation Of ONE SHOT Hit By A Lawsuit From Its Own Producer

Could the Tom Cruise starring adaptation of Lee Child's One Shot be in trouble? Probably not to the degree that would stop it from being made but producer Kevin Messick is unhappy about the way things are going and... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 2:57 PM


 

ADRIFT IN TOKYO DVD From Third Window 27th February!

Third Window's latest release, Adrift in Tokyo, is coming to DVD on February 27th.This is their third Miki Satoshi film, and one that hasn't been released on US DVD, though it is available in Canada. In celebration of this release,... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 3, 2012 1:20 PM


 

CAPTAIN AMERICA Meets CAPTAIN ITALY!

There's a madman on the loose in Germany and his name is Daniele Rizzo. The German actor and comedian has become something of a cult figure in his home country thanks to a hysterically bizarre series of video interviews... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 11:30 AM


 

Joel Edgerton And Jessica Chastain To Star In THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY 'Double Bill'

Australia's Joel Edgerton continues to pop up in an increasingly diverse range of projects, the latest an intriguing 'double bill' of features in which he will star with Oscar nominated Jessica Chastain.Titled The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: His and... More >>

by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 9:46 AM


 

US Trailer For Iranian Director Jafar Panahi's THIS IS NOT A FILM

Director Jafar Panahi is a key figure in Iranian cinema, having made some amazing films during his career like THE WHITE BALLOON and THE CIRCLE. Sadly he was banned from making films for 20 years and placed under house arrest... More >>

by Hugo Ozman, February 3, 2012 5:34 AM


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Reviews and Interviews

Sundance 2012: The Big Roundup

Ahhh, another snowy year at Sundance (particularly snowy this year) has come to a close. A lot of excellent films have been packed up in their canisters and sent to their new distributors. Even more will move along in... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, February 4, 2012 1:47 PM


 

Sundance 2012 Review: WEST OF MEMPHIS

Our sincere thanks to Andy Jurgensen for his review of Amy Berg's documentary and comparison to the documentary trilogy by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. In 1994, Damian Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were tried and convicted in... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, February 3, 2012 10:36 PM


 

Blu-ray Review: THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY

The name Clarence Reid probably doesn't ring many bells unless you are a soul music aficionado. Reid was among the chief architects of the Miami soul sound in the '60s and '70s and the author of many a hit record. ... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 3, 2012 1:05 PM


 

Review: VISITOR Q (Personal Favorites #34)

Last week I reviewed Takashi Miike (Sun Scarred, Crows Zero, Crows Zero II, Zebraman 2)'s most impressive arthouse venture 46 Okunen no Koi, this week I'll be tackling Miike's biggest anti-arthouse middle finger: Visitor Q. Visitor Q is without a... More >>

by Niels Matthijs, February 3, 2012 7:55 AM


 

Review: CHRONICLE

Packaged as a teen-centric superhuman drama, "Chronicle", eventually manages to wring genuine thrills from a variety of well-worn genre tropes. With its camcorder immediacy and 20+ aged high school seniors, "Chronicle" may look like stale contemporary TV, but ultimately delivers... More >>

by Jim Tudor, February 3, 2012 4:01 AM


 

Review: EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS

Presentation. Texture. Overall homogeneous. These are some of the immediate hallmarks of truly high-end cooking. Before the dish is even tasted, these factors are already in play. In the new German documentary "El Bulli: Cooking in Progress", renowned Spanish... More >>

by Jim Tudor, February 3, 2012 4:01 AM


 

Review: BIG MIRACLE

This is a film with a beat-you-over-the-head environmental message. It is being released really early in the year. It has Ted Danson in a starring role. And it is directed by Ken Kwapis, the guy who gave us "Dunston Checks... More >>

by Jim Tudor, February 3, 2012 4:01 AM


 

MEETING THE CRITERION: Reviews of GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS and RUSHMORE on BluRay.

This month kicks off a new and very regular Criterion review column by yours truly, handed over some months ago by the faithful and much missed Rodney Perkins. As I've been cycling through the discs I've come to the conclusion... More >>

by Canfield, February 2, 2012 11:40 PM


 

DVD Review: PROJECT NIM

Project Nim, the latest film from Man on Wire director, James Marsh (no relation), was the benefactor of a fortuitous set of release circumstances. Marsh's film deals with a behavioral experiment performed on a chimpanzee to determine if these primates... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 2, 2012 11:05 PM


 

Sundance 2012 Interview: Don Coscarelli talks JOHN DIES AT THE END

If you read my review of John Dies at the End, you know that I had a great time watching the movie, at midnight, in the Egyptian Theater during The Sundance FIlm Festival. Introduced by a bushy bearded Paul Giamatti who... More >>

by Alex Koehne, February 2, 2012 9:33 PM


 

Blu-ray Review: FRANKENHOOKER (UK)

Back in October, I reviewed the Synapse Films Blu-ray release of Frank Henenlotter's Frankenhooker.  Earlier this month Arrow Video in the released their edition of the film on Blu-ray. This review will include my analysis of the film from the... More >>

by J Hurtado, February 2, 2012 2:33 PM


 

Twitch's KILL LIST Review Roundup

Ben Wheatley's Down Terrace was a dark, weird, funky, concoction with some of the blackest comedy (and least penetrable accents) I'd seen and heard in recent years. So when Mr. Wheatley's followup film, Kill List was scheduled for its World... More >>

by Peter Martin, February 2, 2012 12:02 PM


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  • Watch The First Ten Minutes Of 1st Animated Film BERSERK **UPDATE**

    by Al Young, February 4, 2012 11:28 AM


    [Update 2:  Replace the opening ten-minute video with a slightly better video quality version][Update:  Added another video below from an...
  • Listen To Susumu Hirasawa's Aria From BERSERK Soundtrack

    by Al Young, February 4, 2012 10:42 AM


    From the anime series to the video games, Japanese electropop artist Susumu Hirasawa has been the definitive music composer for...
  • Fantastic US Trailer For Oscar Nominated BULLHEAD

    by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:57 PM


    Michael Roskam's Bullhead has received a great deal of press in these pages for the simple reason that it...
  • Watch The Opening Scene From THE WOMAN IN BLACK

    by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 3:14 PM


    The James Watkins directed, Daniel Radcliffe starring remake of classic chiller The Woman In Black opens today and the...
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA Meets CAPTAIN ITALY!

    by Todd Brown, February 3, 2012 11:30 AM


    There's a madman on the loose in Germany and his name is Daniele Rizzo. The German actor and comedian...
 

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