Andrew Mack
Toronto, Canada

In the beginning Todd created Twitch. And it was good. Todd said it would draw in hot chicks. Still waiting. Then I told him I would stick around for the free stuff. That has also not born good fruit. I also speak about Twitch and film on The Nightcrew Podcast and program the Dark Bridges Film Festival.

It Sucks To Be Earth-Bound In New Extended ELYSIUM Trailer
A new extended trailer for Elysium is here and it features more of everything we want out of this film. We get more robots. We get more of Matt Damon's character Max, and his story on Earth, and the accident that... More »
  

Swedish Supernatural Drama MARIANNE On UK VOD This Friday!
One of our favorite little indie films to emerge from the festival circuit recently was Filip Tegstedt's supernatural laced family drama Marianne. And though things have been in limbo since its festival run, the film is finally starting to pop... More »
  

Jackie Chan Planning Stage Musical About His Life!
As I write this I am less than 24 hours away from seeing this international action star introduce one of his finest martial films, Legend of Drunken Master, here in Toronto on Wednesday night. As a primer I've discovered that Jackie... More »
  

Review: You Have Nothing To Fear From Chiller TV's CHILLING VISIONS: 5 SENSES OF FEAR
Chiller TV gets into the horror anthology game with their first ever horror anthology Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear. The show airs this Friday, May 31st at 9pm ET. All this week Chiller has been screening five films that this quintuplet... More »
  

FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY Red Band Trailer Picks At Your Brain
Well, hey now. There be a lot of monsters in this here red band trailer for Richard Raaphorst's upcoming World War II era Nazi horror flick Frankenstein's Army. A whole mess of them! And there should be enough blood, guts and... More »
  

KON-TIKI Directing Duo Seize PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5 Booty
Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning, directors of Kon-Tiki, Norway's entry into the Best Foreign Film category at this year's Academy Awards, have harpooned themselves the big one. The duo have been chosen to direct the fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise,... More »
  

Second Trailer For Swedish Indie Thriller I AM MY OWN
We have been alerted of a second trailer for upcoming Swedish indie thriller I Am My Own from writer/director Johan Bergqvist. An unscrupulous drug dealer without conscience is drifting through the Swedish countryside. When he one day is cornered and forced... More »
  

Watch The US Trailer For Documentary THE ACT OF KILLING
As our friends at Drafthouse Films continue to diversify their slate of film acquisitions, Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary The Act of Killing will begin a limited theatrical run on July 19th in New York. It will then go on a later Summer... More »
  

There Are A Few Things DON JON Really Cares About In Life!
Oh my. This is not your mom and dad's JGL. I bet your dad wishes this was his Scarlett Johansson though. Prepare to feast your eyes on a meaty Joseph Gordon-Levitt and a delectable Scarlett Johansson in the trailer for... More »
  

Universal Plans TIMECOP Reboot. With No Van Damme, Damnit!
In my mind this is how I picture JCVD took the news that Universal was planning to reboot one of his most successful films without his involvement. Universal is presently searching out writers to reboot and re-imagine the concept of the... More »
  

Park's SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE Remake Moving Ahead
It was really only a matter of time before the first chapter in Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, was optioned. Again. With the Oldboy remake by Spike Lee on the way this Fall and plans for Sympathy For Lady... More »
  

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE Director Jim Mickle Adapting Joe R. Lansdale's COLD IN JULY
Financing has come through and Jim Mickle, writer and director of Mulberry Street, Stakeland and We Are What We Are, and frequent collaborator Nick Damici can continue adapting Joe R. Lansdale's Cold In July for the big screen. This is their... More »
  

Anchor Bay And Raven Banner Acquire Effects Vet Paul Jones` Debut BUZZKILL
It`s the May Two-Four weekend here in Canada; named so because it is a long weekend and a two-four is a case of beer; which we Canadians consume many of on a long weekend - not that we need an... More »
  

Hey New Zealand! Ant Timpson, Dark Sky Films And The NZFC Want To Make Your Horror Movie!
So. You live in New Zealand. Which is entirely not a bad thing. You'll never run out of lamb chops. You are the envy of all in Nerdom because you, and everyone else on the North and South islands, live... More »
  

Cannes 2013: Dark Sky Films And Snowfort Pictures Gaze Together With STARRY EYES
Prominent indie production house Dark Sky Films and upstart Snowfort Pictures are combining forces to produce the 70s style influenced horror film Starry Eyes. Starry Eyes tells the story of Sarah Walker, a determined and desperate actor who would do anything... More »
  

Review: HANNIBAL S1E08, FROMAGE (Or, Everyone's Getting Friend-Zoned And Are None Too Pleased About It)
This week's gruesome discovery is the body of an orchestra member left at center stage. His throat and neck have been cut open, the neck of a cello has been stuffed into his mouth, and his vocal chords have been... More »
  

NSFW: Dare to Press Play on the V/H/S/2 Red Band Trailer!

Two things to note heading into the red band trailer for V/H/S/2. One, if you want to be really impressed by what this second batch of directors have pulled off for the sequel then go right ahead. Two, there is... More »
  

Trailer For Swedish Thriller RE. Someone Else Is In The House!
While Sweden may not be a hotbed for genre cinema, thankfully there are a handful of filmmakers in the country who feel that Sweden's exports should be more than just bikini teams, easy to assemble furniture, meatballs, and pop quartets. Enter... More »
  

Review: HANNIBAL S1E07, SORBET (Or, Hannibal Prepares Quite The Feast And You're The Main Course!)
I'm burning the candle at both ends this week, putting in 60+ at the day job and watching my hockey teams of choice get eliminated from the playoffs one by one (I held off watching this week's episode for a... More »
  

Review: HANNIBAL S1E06 Finally! That's The Hannibal We Know!
An inmate at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Dr. Abel Gideon (played by Eddie Izzard) is rushed from his cell, strapped to a gurney, for medical treatment. He frees himself and brutally- pardon me- 'B'rutally murders the... More »
  
 
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