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THE RING Villain Sadako Throws Out First Pitch At Japanese Baseball Game

by Todd Brown, April 26, 2012 2:50 PM


In a PR maneuver that will likely prove to be significantly better than the movie it is promoting, Japanese horror icon Sadako threw out the first pitch at a Japanese baseball game on Wednesday.The ghostly villain of Hideo Nakata's...

Whither Tony Jaa And TOM YUM GOONG 2?

by Todd Brown, April 26, 2012 2:10 PM


More than eight months after principal photography began, the questions are starting to pop up with increasing regularity: Where is Tony Jaa's Tom Yum Goong 2? And why has not a single scrap of footage or even any still...

Tribeca 2012 Review: Amir Naderi's CUT And The Healing Power of Cinema

by Ben Umstead, April 26, 2012 11:54 AM


To my fellow cinephiles: In times of trouble, in moments of great doubt, when it seems like the world won't listen, or we can't hear, but whatever way it is, it all seems like it'll come crashing down, have we...

Review: HANA-BI (Personal Favorites #90)

by Niels Matthijs, April 26, 2012 3:09 AM


If you haven't seen any Takeshi Kitano (Kikujiro no Natsu, Achilles to Kame, Kantoku: Banzai!) films yet, Hana-bi is probably one of the best starting points in the man's oeuvre. It's one of his more accessible films, but it still...

Tribeca 2012 Review: PLANET OF SNAIL

by Christopher Bourne, April 25, 2012 11:52 PM


My personal favorite of all the films I've viewed at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, Seung-Jun Yi's mesmerizing and lovely documentary Planet of Snail slowly and patiently reveals to us the dimensions of the love story at its center.  The...

The Mo Brothers Slasher flick 'Macacre' Hits DVD In the UK

by Chris Churchill, April 25, 2012 7:22 PM


Yes I know some of you may have forgotten about this film,  the 2009 Horror film from the Mo Brothers -  'Macabre' ( Rumah Dara ). The News is the film is finally hitting DVD in the UK.  Macabre initially...

Gordon Chan's THE FOUR Fight The Undead With Kung Fu In First Teaser

by Todd Brown, April 25, 2012 4:36 PM


How do you fight the undead? If you're one of the titular four constables of Gordon Chan's The Four you punch them in the face, that's how.An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival...

Contest: Win One of Three LET THE BULLETS FLY Blu-rays

by Charles Webb, April 25, 2012 10:00 AM


We've got three copies of Let the Bullets Fly courtesy of Well Go on Blu-ray up for grabs and all you have to do is shoot off an e-mail. First, here's the official synopsis:In the lawless land that is rural...

Review: VERSUS (Personal Favorites #36)

by Niels Matthijs, April 25, 2012 6:11 AM


There is no doubt that Versus was Ryuhei Kitamura's (LoveDeath) break-through film. His two earlier efforts made little or no splash in the film world, but once Kitamura released Versus doors started to open. As often the case, Kitamura never...

Red Band Trailer For Yam Laranas' THE ROAD

by Todd Brown, April 24, 2012 4:30 PM


Yam Laranas' Filipino horror film The Road arrives on US screens May 11th and local distributor Freestyle Releasing have just released a new red band trailer for the film.An atmospheric chiller set along a haunted stretch of abandoned road...
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