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KILL LIST Director Ben Wheatley Planning Animated MEGAEVILMOTHERFUCKERS

Kill List director Ben Wheatley is a very busy man. With the award winning Kill List due to begin its US theatrical release next week Wheatley is already in post on his next feature - the dark comedy Sightseers... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 4:40 PM


 

Watch THE THEATRE BIZARRE World Premiere Video

Horror anthology The Theatre Bizarre opens today in limited theatrical release which makes now a good time to look back at the film's world premiere back in July as part of the Fantasia Festival in Montreal. With parts of... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 2:00 PM


 

Full Trailer For Dick Maas' QUIZ

Veteran Dutch director Dick Maas caused something of a sensation with his 2010 release Sint. A bloody Christmas themed slasher released locally at the height of the holiday season before premiering internationally at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, Sint... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 1:00 PM


 

Jim Hosking Week: COMCAST BUS

UK based director Jim Hosking rose to international attention thanks to his Sundance selected 2010 short film Renegades - a bizarre, peculiar, absurd and uncomfortably hilarious piece of work. A prolific commercial director Hosking has been uploading his favorite... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 12:00 PM


 

Ferris Bueller Returns. To Sell You Something.

Ferris Bueller: marketing shill.It doesn't seem right somehow but that appears to be exactly what is happening, with what appears to be a precursor to a Super Bowl ad campaign appearing online featuring Matthew Broderick reprising his classic character,... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 11:29 AM


 

First Image From Yim Pil-Sung And Kim Ji-Woon's THE DOOMSDAY BOOK

It has been a long time coming but Korean science fiction anthology project The Doomsday Book is finally complete and coming to Korean cinemas in March.Originally announced as a three part anthology six years ago with Yim Pil-sung (Antarctic... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 11:00 AM


 

Arrow Video Details Spring '12 Slate: DEMONS, FORBIDDEN ZONE, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY & More!

Finally, we have the details for Arrow Video's April Blu-ray releases of Demons 1 & 2, and they are REGION FREE! Hooray! There are also a ton of great special features.      Demons (Arrow Video) Limited Edition Blu-rayLive and direct, straight... More >>

by J Hurtado, January 27, 2012 8:00 AM


 

The Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival Opens In Australia On Feb 5

I guess people don't call Australia 'the lucky country' for no reasons. As a film critic, I certainly feel lucky for the variety of films that we get to see down under; while as an Asian film lover, I... More >>

by Hugo Ozman, January 26, 2012 11:28 PM


 

Sundance 2012: THE COMEDY Exclusive Clip #2 - Hipsters Rapping in a Cab

We've got another clip from The Comedy, Rick Alverson's hipster comedy / drama that debuted at Sundance over the weekend to wildly divergent reactions. And this one gives you a brief, but bigger, taste of the film's tone, I... More >>

by Peter Martin, January 26, 2012 8:12 PM


 

US Trailer For Besson-penned SciFi Actioner LOCKOUT

"Welcome to MS One: Maximum Security Prison. Please check all personal belongings, narcotics, weapons and your brain at the door". Let's not even pretend that we expect the SciFi action film Lockout to set any benchmarks in the genre. This... More >>

by Andrew Mack, January 26, 2012 5:46 PM


 

Join Twitch For A Twitter-view With KILL LIST And SIGHTSEERS Director Ben Wheatley Tomorrow!

Do you have a question for the man in the pirate hat? If so, I recommend you be on Twitter tomorrow at 9pm London time / 4pm EST / 1pm PST. For that is when, thanks to the wonders... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 26, 2012 5:36 PM


 

Watch Twenty Five Minutes Of Robin Hardy In Coversation With Richard Stanley

In what was a both a remarkable and fortuitous collision of talents the 2011 edition of Montreal's Fantasia Festival played host to both Robin Hardy and Richard Stanley. Both of them enormous cult figures in the film community -... More >>

by Todd Brown, January 26, 2012 4:42 PM


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Reviews and Interviews

Twitch's THE THEATRE BIZARRE Review Roundup

The resurgence in anthology horror films has been fascinating -- and heartening -- to see, both in a professional sense (filmmakers working together; short subjects receiving more attention when combined into a feature-length project) and a creative one (different approaches... More >>

by Peter Martin, January 27, 2012 4:16 PM


 

DVD Review: CAST ME IF YOU CAN, Romantic Comedy From Atsushi Ogata

The Japanese title of Atsushi Ogata's romantic comedy Cast Me If You Can is "Wakiyaku Monogatari," which translates as "Tale of the Supporting Actor." The supporting actor in this particular tale, and the main character in this story, is Hiroshi... More >>

by Christopher Bourne, January 27, 2012 1:59 PM


 

Weinberg Reviews MAN ON A LEDGE

Look, the flick is called Man on a Ledge, so I think it's safe to say that nobody here has delusions of Oscar attention. This is what's called a "high concept thriller," which (I think) means that the flick can... More >>

by Scott Weinberg, January 27, 2012 12:59 PM


 

RAPTURE Blu-ray Review

Jon Guillermin's forgotten Rapture is a complex gem of a film.  Every piece of the film works masterfully, and yet it had mostly fallen off the face of the earth until Twilight Time licensed it for release on Blu-ray. There... More >>

by J Hurtado, January 27, 2012 11:52 AM


 

Review: Robin Hardy's THE WICKER TREE

The Wicker Man is one of those films that has taken on such a life of its own over the past 38 years.  It succeeded against all manner of personality conflict, distribution woes, and production logistics - tales of which are... More >>

by Kurt Halfyard, January 27, 2012 7:07 AM


 

AGNEEPATH Review

My hopes were extremely high heading into tonight's opening of Karan Malhotra's debut feature, Agneepath. After seeing the first teaser for the film last fall, it immediately shot to the very top of my Bollywood-blockbusters-to-see list. The challenge with films,... More >>

by J Hurtado, January 27, 2012 2:35 AM


 

Sundance 2012 Review: BLACK ROCK Doesn't Quite Roll

In her first directorial turn, actress Katie Aselton impressed indie audiences with her relationship comedy The Freebie. Looking to go in a completely different direction with her sophomore effort, Aselton and husband Mark Duplass worked up the outline for... More >>

by Ryland Aldrich, January 27, 2012 1:26 AM


 

Wolves in Sheep Clothing (Genre as Sartorial Satire): Robin Hardy talks the Legacy of The Wicker Man the Timing of The Wicker Tree, and 40 years of History

It has indeed been nearly 40 years since the release of the British cult film, about cults: The Wicker Man.  Director Robin Hardy has a fairly sparse resume in the ensuing years, only a single film, and a single... More >>

by Kurt Halfyard, January 27, 2012 12:03 AM


 

Review: MAN ON A LEDGE

A perfectly fine, perfectly average thriller, Man on a Ledge holds no surprises, except how easy it is to guess what's going to happen next. The pleasure, such as it is, is all in the performances, so if you're... More >>

by Peter Martin, January 27, 2012 12:01 AM


 

Sundance 2012 Review: SMASHED is a Compelling Look at the Awkward Side of Facing Sobriety

Young and in love, married couple Kate and Charlie Hannah like to get smashed. Like GG-Allin-meeting-your-Christian-parents smashed, someone is going to vomit and piss themselves at some point in the night. They spend their days in bars getting drunk and... More >>

by Chase Whale, January 26, 2012 3:03 PM


 

Review: ALL'S WELL END'S WELL 2012 brims with new year cheer

Traditionally at Chinese New Year, cinema screens are filled with feel-good romantic comedies that give almost every name actor currently available a moment in the spotlight, in front of packed theatres of reunited families. This year proves no exception and... More >>

by James Marsh, January 26, 2012 1:52 PM


 

Sundance 2012 Review: BONES BRIDAGE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY is a Riveting Look at the Six Misfits who Forever Changed the Skateboard Revolution

"We pioneered the way to make money at skateboarding." - Lance Mountain Before the 80's skateboard boom, the industry had hit another downward spiral so bad it had been coined the "Dark Ages." Zephyr, the world's biggest in-your-face skate... More >>

by Chase Whale, January 26, 2012 1:18 PM


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From the festival: Sundance 2012

Sundance 2012: First Teaser For THE PACT Asks A Very Simple Question

by Todd Brown, January 22, 2012 5:39 PM

Nicholas McCarthy's The Pact is already something of a Sundance success story. McCarthy was part of the 2011 festival with a short film of the same name, one that drew enough buzz that he was approached after the premiere and asked if he'd considered doing a feature version of... More >>
Writer / director / composer / editor / cinematographer / auteur / weirdo Quentin Dupieux is a guy who pulls the mat right out from under the Hollywood norm and takes bold and colorful chances. Last year, Dupieux created... More >>
30 Rock star Tracy Morgan collapsed and lost consciousness last night after delivering a speech at the Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards at Sundance. There are reports that Morgan's behavior during the pre-awards dinner was erratic, enough so that he... More >>
While there's still plenty of festival to go it would appear that the early winner of Sundance 2012 - both in terms of critical and financial response - is Benh Zeitlin's Beasts Of The Southern Wild.A fantastical drama set... More >>
They say cinematic trends are a snapshot of our times and that certainly seems to be the case with the uptick of financial services dramas we've seen of late. Last year it was J.C. Chandor's Margin Call which made... More >>

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    by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 2:00 PM


    Horror anthology The Theatre Bizarre opens today in limited theatrical release which makes now a good time to look...
  • Full Trailer For Dick Maas' QUIZ

    by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 1:00 PM


    Veteran Dutch director Dick Maas caused something of a sensation with his 2010 release Sint. A bloody Christmas themed...
  • Jim Hosking Week: COMCAST BUS

    by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 12:00 PM


    UK based director Jim Hosking rose to international attention thanks to his Sundance selected 2010 short film Renegades -...
  • Ferris Bueller Returns. To Sell You Something.

    by Todd Brown, January 27, 2012 11:29 AM


    Ferris Bueller: marketing shill.It doesn't seem right somehow but that appears to be exactly what is happening, with what...
  • US Trailer For Besson-penned SciFi Actioner LOCKOUT

    by Andrew Mack, January 26, 2012 5:46 PM


    "Welcome to MS One: Maximum Security Prison. Please check all personal belongings, narcotics, weapons and your brain at the...
 

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