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.

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 »
  

Jessica Chastain To Join Hathaway And McConaughey In Nolan's INTERSTELLER?
The Zero Dark Thirty star is reportedly in talks to take the final lead spot in Christopher Nolan's next film Interstellar alongside Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey. The Oscar nominated actress has been in high demand and has a number... More »
  

Daniel Radcliffe Uncovers Yakuza Corruption In TOKYO VICE
Daniel Radcliffe will get threatened by the Yakuza in 2014 in the upcoming film Tokyo Vice, an adaptation of the memoir by the same title by American journalist Jake Adelstein. Adelstein wrote for the newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun where he uncovered a... More »
  

Jeremy Irvine And Phoebe Fox Join WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Phoebe Fox (Black Mirror) have been cast in the sequel to Hammer Films The Woman In Black. The next installment, The Woman In Black: Angel of Death, takes place 40 years later during WWII. Irvine... More »
  

Review: HANNIBAL Recap Thus Far And S01E05 - These Are Not Your Sunday School Angels
At the bequest of some of our readers we will continue to look at Bryan Fuller's Hannibal. So we have a bit of catching up to do as we let two episodes slide by without as much as a squeak.... More »
  

Review: GRACELAND Dramatizes A Kidnapping With Chilling Reality
Marlon has been the chauffeur of the wealthy Chango family for many years. His wife lies in a hospital room waiting for an organ transplant. His daughter is friends with the daughter of his boss and will frequently get rides... More »
  

Guillermo Del Toro And HBO To Turn Urasawa's Manga MONSTER Into A Series!
Ooh. This is compelling. Guillermo del Toro and HBO will be working together to bring Urasawa Naoki's manga Monster to the small screen. Given HBO's success with series as of late (Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire), one would think... More »
  

John Woo's FLYING TIGERS To Release In Different Formats Locally And Internationally
One of John Woo's many projects will begin production in 2014 and depending on where you live in the World you are going to see it in a different form than others will. Flying Tigers, John Woo's film about the... More »
  

Review: ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY Captures Frailty And Darkness
Geneticist Geoff Burton relocates to Dresden, Germany to work on groundbreaking new project, a human regenerative gene. Burton is a celebrity in the field, his reputation based on his work and research into a rare genetic mutation that took the... More »
  

First Trailer For Sato Sakichi's Manga Adaptation TOKYO-YAMIMUSHI
It has been some time since Sato Sakichi directed a film. It was announced not too long ago that the Tokyo Zombie and The Bugs Detective director and screenwriter would be adapting the manga Tokyo-Yamimushi. A scant couple of months... More »
  

TV Review: HANNIBAL S1E01, An Apertif That Goes Down Bloody. Bloody Good, That Is
Admittedly this one snuck up on me tonight. If it were not for the commercial promotions earlier in the evening I probably would have closed the night off gaming, reading, or heaven forbid, Spring cleaning. Thank goodness I stuck around,... More »
  

Moretz And Moore In CARRIE Trailer
Coming this October, just in time for the Halloween season, Carrie is the latest of a string of remakes of another revered horror classic. A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast... More »
  

Seth Rogen Opens Up About His Childhood In New THIS IS THE END Red Band Trailer
Sonuvagun! if the new red band trailer for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's apocalyptic comedy This is the End doesn't make the movie look frikkin' hilarious. You know exactly what you're going to get this Summer. Substance abuse. Copious swearing.... More »
  

First Trailer For Swedish Indie Thriller I AM MY OWN
Production of the Swedish indie crime drama I Am My Own (Jag Är Min Egen) is complete and the production team has cut the first trailer to begin enticing festival programmers, international sales agents and distributors to take an interest in writer/director Johan... More »
  

SKULL WORLD Gets Theatrical Tour And Home Video Release!
Be warned. Skull Man is coming to a screen of various sizes near you and he's rockin' large! Hot off its world premiere at the Canadian Film Fest last week Justin McConnell's Skull World has landed a distro deal that will... More »
  

TORONTO AFTER DARK Calls For Entries For Its Eighth Edition!!!
Has it really been eight years? Wow. It feels like it was not too long ago Todd and I were sitting down in a local pub with festival director Adam Lopez as he described his dream of bringing a full-on... More »
  
 
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MIKE'S JOURNAL. MAY 13. MORNINGI wake up sometime around five AM. My flight to France doesn't leave until five PM. I should be there for security check in sometime around 3PM. There is no reason for me to be up this early but I'm feeling anxious. I have an itch... More »

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