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On 10-10-10 the world will turn to DARK WORLD 3D
The first full trailer for upcoming Russian 3D fantasy flick Dark World 3D. This will be the first Russian 3D movie with real actors since Soviet times.As you can see from the trailer the plot is about students-philologists who awake... More »
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First proper teaser for 3D fantasy RORRIM BO AND THE MAGIC GOBLET 3D
Few weeks ago I published here teaser of upcoming teaser for Russian 3D fantasy Rorrim Bo and the Magic Goblet 3D and now the first proper and complete teaser trailer is available.As one can judge from the trailer the flick... More »
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"This is Russian Twilight!" says beautiful trailer of DEVIL'S FLOWER
[I've added English subtitles for the trailer. Click CC button (bottom right) in youtube player] This is Russian Twilight... No, not like that. THIS IS RUSSIAN TWILIGHT!!!. That's what cunning Russian producers wanted you to think after watching the trailer... More »
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Absolutely violent and shocking trailer of CHUZHAYA (STRANGER)
It's useless to search her, because she doesn't have anything. She is a bitch. She is Stranger. That's briefly what teaser says about her with heavy criminal slang that I don't even know how to translate. In the teaser the... More »
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Russia's most expensive movie Burnt by the Sun 2 goes flop
Burnt by the Sun 2 (Утомлённые Солнцем 2) is a continuation of Oscar-awarded (Best Foreign Language Film in 1994) movie Burnt by the Sun, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It's a WW2 epic of the same director with a budget of... More »
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Intriguing teaser for teaser of 3D fantasy RORRIM BO AND THE MAGIC GOBLET 3D
Rorrim Bo and the Magic Goblet 3D (Волшебный кубок Роррима Бо 3D) is not an animation as one can decide from the poster, but a full-length family fantasy movie with real actors and in proper modern Digital 3D, but it... More »
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Stunning action clip from HOOKED 2: NEXT LEVEL (NA IGRE 2)
Last week brought stunning clip packed with action from Pavel Sanaev's action film Hooked 2: Next Level (На Игре 2: Новый Уровень). The movie is a story of teen gamers who got abilities from the games the play, and thus... More »
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Trailer of children's fantasy THE LEGEND OF DVID ISLAND!
The boy gets on mysterious island Dvid, that can't be found on any map. Its inhabitants are numbered, they can't laugh loudly or make noise, because it awakes Mo Fo, giant mechanical octopus living in underground caves. The ruler of... More »
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Trailer for 3D animation feature SPACE DOGS, dubbed in English
Space Dogs (Belka and Strelka) is probably the first Russian major entrance into the sphere of stereoscopic 3D animation, as the first Russian Digital 3D feature Rolli 3D got only limited distribution, because it was originally made and shown in... More »
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How far can Russia americanize its cinema, in IRONY OF LOVE this time
That's definitely not a kind of movies one usually expects from Russia. Moreover that's like watching American movie with Russian language and Russian actors. Weird feeling.There are two current trends in Russian cinema: one is gloomy historical and pseudo-historical films,... More »
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New promo materials for PHOBOS: THE CLUB OF FEAR
The date of release of Russian entry into horror/thriller genre Phobos: The Club of Fear (Фобос: Клуб Страха) had been changed several times, and now it's finally scheduled on March 25, 2010. As the date of release is close, producers... More »
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Is DEVIL'S FLOWER a Russian answer to Twilight?
Well, not quiet an answer, because the shooting of Devil's Flower (Цветок Дьявола) started in 2007, before Twilight was released. But it does look somehow similar. Maybe that's because Twilight is made mostly by women, and director of Twilight is... More »
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Train racings, nude women, wilderness and drama in the trailer of The Edge
The new movie of director Alexei Uchitel The Edge (Край, Kraj) is a drama set in Soviet post-war entourage. In August of 1945, former tank-man Ignat (played by Vladimir Mashkov), whose passion is locomotives, returns to the remote village Kraj... More »
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The story of the world's biggest financial pyramid gets revealed in PIRAMMMIDA
The story of financial pyramid MMM started in 1991 in Russia when talented mathematician Sergei Mavrodi organized sales of shares of his firm. The pyramid based on Ponzi scheme began to grow very fast with the support of intensive TV... More »
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More nude asses in erotic thriller THE RECORD OF PASSION
From director Nikolay Lebedev, who brought you Oksana Akinshina's nude ass in Wolfhound, come at least two more nude asses in "romantic" as they call it (judging by the trailer more like erotic) thriller Фонограмма Страсти (direct translation: The Record... More »
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Trailer of Adventures of Rolli 3D (Quest for a Heart)
Well, this post is a kind of answer to discussion about the future of cinema and 3D technology. I will describe situation on one example. Animation feature Adventures of Rolli, also known as Quest for a Heart on DVDs in... More »
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Russia goes gay in drag-queen dramedy JOLLY FELLOWS
Well, it seems like Russia is now produces a whole wave of movies, portraying life of outcast social minorities, the trend that was popular in America in 80s and was impossible in USSR at that time. During last 3 years... More »
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Flying Volga car in 3 new clips from Black Lightning
Black Lightning officially premiered yesterday, and today producers published 2 episodes from the movie and plus one tvspot with new footage was available before, but wasn't published in english blogosphere. All other tvspots has footage available in trailers.I've seen Black... More »
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Teaser trailer of BACK IN TIME 2 (МЫ ИЗ БУДУЩЕГО 2)
Two years ago a time travel adventure Back in time (Мы из будущего) featuring four young Russians thrown back in time to the midst of World War II became successful probably unexpectedly for its creators and was positively met by... More »
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Trailer of Kandahar with translation
Trailer of upcoming Russian survival action Kandahar (Кандагар) brings action goodness, that wasn't shown at all in previous teaser. The movie stars Alexandr Baluev and Vladimir Mashkov and directed by Andrey Kavun (known for good survival action Piranha Hunt).The movie... More »
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