FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still... More »

By Greg Christie

Is Christopher Nolan in Talks to Direct BOND 24?

After Sam Mendes ruled himself out of directing a second James Bond film after the phenomenal success of last year's Skyfall, speculation has been rife about who will take on the super spy franchise for its 24th official outing. Christopher... More »

By James Marsh

Mickey Rourke Is Back In THE EXPENDABLES 3

Action legend Sylvester Stallone took to twitter last night to drop a few names and provide some update on The Expendables 3. Among his major reveal is the return of Mickey Rourke. Rouke originally appeared only in the first Expendables... More »

By Al Young

Big Time Monster Fighting Action In Main PACIFIC RIM Trailer

Giant monster, meet giant robot fist. After a storm of teasers, posters, viral clips and other sundry marketing materials the official main trailer for Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim has arrived. And it has lots and lots of what people... More »

By Todd Brown

Captain Kirk Joins Post-Apocalyptic Z FOR ZACHARIAH

With their movies currently rolling out into theatres, Chris Pine and Tobey Maguire are back in the news as part of a collaboration to adapt Z For Zachariah, the iconic 1974 young adult novel set in the wake of a... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Will Schwarzenegger Prove Non-Toxic In THE TOXIC AVENGER Remake?

Yes, you read that right. A remake of Troma's 1984 cult hit The Toxic Avenger is in the works, and according to Variety, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star. For those thinking Arnie would be either atrocious (or perfect)... More »

By Ard Vijn

Hey, Toronto! Come Hang With THE HANGOVER 3's Ken Jeong!

As part of Warner Brothers' push for the final installment of The Hangover trilogy, the studio is bringing Ken Jeong to town to help out with the celebrations.Jeong will be showing up at Much Music at 6pm on Tuesday, around the corner... More »

By Jason Gorber

Kitamura Ryuhei Talks NO ONE LIVES, VERSUS 2 And Sakaguchi's 'Bullshit' Retirement

Japanese director Kitamura Ryuhei has been a favorite here at Twitch since the day he first broke on to the international scene with 2000 effort Versus. And with his latest English language effort - No One Lives - about to... More »

By Diva Vélez

TV DRACULA Trailer Aims For Atmosphere, Romance, And A Little Blood

With the fate of Hannibal still up in the air -- or, at least, not yet revealed -- U.S. broadcast network NBC announced its fall schedule, which includes a new version of Dracula from the producers of Downton Abbey (?!),... More »

By Peter Martin

This Is The Timeline Where COMMUNITY Is Renewed For A Fifth Season

Word came late on Friday that network NBC and studio Sony had arrived at a deal for a fifth season of the ratings challenged, but beloved cult show Community. The fifth season will consist of at least 13 episodes that... More »

By Ben Umstead

Clooney and Bullock Lost in Space in Terrifying First GRAVITY Teaser

Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity has been a long time coming and today we finally get a glimpse of the film through its first teaser. The film stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts who become stranded in space.Originally set up... More »

By Pierce Conran

LA Happenings: Czech Films, Experimental Shorts From Slamdance And... GALAXY QUEST!

I am probably flattering myself a little too much in thinking that there is an eagle-eyed reader or two who noticed that this East Coast Editor no longer resides on the east coast. Yes, as you can see from the... More »

By Ben Umstead

Watch The Coen Brothers' INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Cannes Trailer

The Coen Brothers are headed to Cannes with Inside Llewyn Davis and they've got a new trailer to celebrate that fact. This one plays largely as an extended version of the earlier offering with a good deal of repeated footage... More »

By Todd Brown

Contest: Win One of 2 Copies Of CHEECH AND CHONG'S ANIMATED MOVIE On Blu-ray

Hey stoners, the new Cheech and Chong movie is out on DVD and Blu-ray and we've got two copies of the Blu to give away to a pair of winners. From the official synopsis: Everyone's favorite stoner duo is back... More »

By Charles Webb

Now on Blu-ray: Rock N Roll With REPO MAN (MoC UK) and HARD CORE LOGO 1 & 2

Another delayed review makes for a great triple feature here at Twitch! Two of my favorite punk rock movies made the jump to high definition in late 2012: Alex Cox's masterpiece, Repo Man, and Bruce McDonald's breakthrough road movie, Hard Core... More »

By J Hurtado

Time To Get Wasted! First Trailer for Edgar Wright's THE WORLD'S END Lands!

The first teaser trailer for The World's End, the third and final entry in Edgar Wright's "Cornetto Trilogy" has just landed, and it manages to hit all the right beats. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine and Eddie... More »

By James Marsh

The World Is Less Fantastic Today. RAY HARRYHAUSEN 1920-2013

When I was a child my parents fought a lot. Screaming and yelling was pretty normal. The only place I found solace, even in those young years, was in movies on TV. I may have only been two years old... More »

By J Hurtado

Ewan McGregor Jumps From SON OF A GUN to JANE GOT A GUN

Ewan McGregor has just wrapped filming on Australian crime action-thriller Son of a Gun, and rather than get back home and chill out, he's opted to jump straight onto another project already in production. And it's not just any production... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

Andrew Garfield And Ken Watanabe Anchor Scorsese's SILENCE

It's a project that Martin Scorsese has been trying to get off the ground for roughly twenty years now and his adaptation of Endo Shusako's Silence looks as though it's finally ready to get off the ground with word that... More »

By Todd Brown

Christopher McQuarrie Boards ICE STATION: ZEBRA Remake

Any idea what Ice Station: Zebra is? Until now I had no idea. However after the fantastically entertaining Jack Reacher, today's news that Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to direct the remake of this icy adventure makes it a must... More »

By Simon de Bruyn

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Peter Martin, Managing Editor Dallas
Ryland Aldrich, Festivals Editor Los Angeles
James Marsh, Asian Editor Hong Kong
Brian Clark, European Editor Paris

China Beat: What did China See in IRON MAN 3?

Much has already been written, both on these pages and many others, about the landmark Hollywood-China co-production that is Marvel and DMG Entertainment's Iron Man 3. The film, directed by Shane Black, is the third solo outing for Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, and has proved a phenomenal success around... More »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 2: I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY'S GIRL

CINEMA HOLOCAUST ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA, PART 1: THOSE GOD DAMN FILM BLOGGERS

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 »

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 1: A MAN'S HANDSHAKE SAYS EVERYTHING

CHAPTER ONE: THE BIGGER THE SIDEBURNS, THE BIGGER THE ASSHOLE. I've hit the big time now. I've finally made it. I'm in like Flint from here on out. I'm boarding a plane to France where I'll be attending the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.No more unpaid blogging from... More »

Destroy All Monsters: Leo DiCaprio and the Myth of the Chick Flick

I have a running argument about whether or not movie box office is a zero-sum game. I tend to attack film earning potential from the "mother of two" perspective - which is that while yes, it's nice to believe that if a film is good it has a theoretically unlimited... More »