The Forbidden Kingdom

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"We're Not Going To Fuck It Up." STAKE LAND's Jim Mickle Remaking Jorge Michel Grau's WE ARE WHAT WE ARE

by Todd Brown, February 9, 2012 6:46 AM


You want an intriguing collision of talent seemingly tailor made for us here at Twitch? Well, here one is for you.Jim Mickle has long been a favorite here at Twitch, his debut feature Mulberry Street being a surprising little...

Magnolia acquires US rights to EMERGO

by Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, February 8, 2012 4:30 PM


When Rodrigo Cortés looks back on the early days of 2012, he will no doubt do so with a smile. His second feature film, Red Lights, impressed audiences at Sundance and was picked up by Millennium Entertainment. And now Emergo,...

Blu-ray Review: X - THE UNHEARD MUSIC

by J Hurtado, February 8, 2012 2:09 PM


Full disclosure: X is one of my favorite bands, and I've seen this film a number of times, so I will gush about their importance in the world of music and my life. This is a band, formed before I...

Blu-ray Review: THE SUNSET LIMITED

by Joshua Chaplinsky, February 8, 2012 11:00 AM


The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy's one-act novel in dramatic form, is all about the dialog. The Sunset Limited, Tommy Lee Jones' HBO adaptation of McCarthy's play, is all about the characters delivering that dialog.The plot of both is simple: White,...

Competition: Win 1 Of 2 Double Passes For The Opening Night Of Sing-A-Long-A SOUND OF MUSIC In Sydney, Australia!

by Hugo Ozman, February 8, 2012 7:09 AM


Thanks to our friends at Cardinal Spin, we have 2 double passes to give away for the Opening Night of the upcoming Sing-A-Long-A SOUND OF MUSIC event at the State Theatre in Sydney on Friday February 24. Not only...

Kino Selznick Collection: A FAREWELL TO ARMS/NOTHING SACRED Blu-ray Review

by J Hurtado, February 7, 2012 10:44 PM


If there is one label who has benefited from the advent of Blu-ray, it is Kino Lorber. The selection of films that Kino have released in high definition is all over the spectrum in terms of genre and era, and...

MACHETE Returning To The Big Screen. And This Time He KILLS!

by Todd Brown, February 7, 2012 12:15 PM


Didn't Machete kill the first time? Isn't that the entire point of the character? Heh ...Word is out that Robert Rodriguez plans to return Danny Trejo to the big screen in the second of what is now a planned...

Blu-Ray Review: The Shabby, Hastily-Constructed Future and Ideas of IN TIME

by Charles Webb, February 7, 2012 12:00 PM


This isn't precisely a review of writer/director/producer Andrew Niccol's sci-fi misfire In Time but I will be discussing my opinion of this terrible movie and how a poorly-envisioned and articulated concept of the future can completely derail any potential the...

New Clips From Studio Ghibli's THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

by Todd Brown, February 7, 2012 12:00 PM


Studio Ghibli's The Secret World Of Arrietty - adapted from Mary Norton's novel The Borrowers - arrives on US screens February 17th and local distributors Disney have just released a handful of new clips from the film.The Clock family...

Full AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Trailer Says 'Yes, Please'

by Todd Brown, February 7, 2012 10:12 AM


Well now.There is certainly room to question the wisdom of rebooting a franchise that is still generating bags of cash. And there is certainly room to question the wisdom of casting a thirty year old actor to play a...
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