by J Hurtado, February 22, 2012 9:15 PM
Saif Ali Khan's Agent Vinod is supposed to be his big marquee release for 2012 after a lackluster couple of years. The film has been in the works for a couple of years now, and in spite of several delays,...
by Todd Brown, February 22, 2012 6:38 PM
With the March 23rd theatrical release of Gareth Huw Evans' action film The Raid coming up fast, today saw the release of the second of a planned series of six behind the scenes videos from the film. This time...
by Al Young, February 22, 2012 1:20 PM
Leave it to horror cult director Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Karate-Robo Zaborgar) to conjure up the ridiculous idea of a killer sushi in his appropriately titled film Dead Sushi. As exploitatively promised in the trailer, you can expect to...
by Todd Brown, February 22, 2012 9:56 AM
there are a great many ways that a person can end it all and the young protagonists of Yegor Baranov's dark comedy Suicide (Самоубийцы) are bad at all of them. It takes a very particular sense of humor to...
by Hugo Ozman, February 22, 2012 6:40 AM
BULLY is an upcoming documentary and a deeply personal film by Sundance- and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, about the bullying epidemic that is affecting millions of children and young people today. Synopsis: Following five kids and families over the course...
by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 5:48 PM
Alex Chandon's Inbred is a film that first appeared in these pages in December of 2010, the UK horror film drawing attention thanks to a compelling premise and a cast anchored by This Is England star Jo Hartley. A disparate...
by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 4:40 PM
File away the name 'Øystein Karlsen' for future reference because you'll be hearing it more in coming months. Karlsen is the co-writer and director of popular Norwegian television comedy Dag, a show that is being adapted for US audiences...
by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 3:07 PM
Obsessive fans of Crispin Glover likely need no introduction to Trent Harris, a director responsible for some of Glover's most notoriously odd moments. Rubin And Ed, a film in which Glover and Howard Hesseman wander the desert trying to...
by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 1:00 PM
Imagine a city so cold and gray and dreary that suicide is the only growth industry to be found. And imagine a family run shop - one stretching back for generations - catering to exactly that urge, selling all...
by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 9:02 AM
Well, now, from one cult musical to another it would appear that Paul Williams - aka Swan from Brian DePalma's Phantom Of The Paradise - has got himself a wee part in Paul Bunnell's The Ghastly Love Of Johnny...
by Todd Brown, February 21, 2012 7:08 AM
The undead have arrived in Amsterdam and a whole lot of 'em are about to get even deader if the new trailer for Martijn Smits and Erwin van den Eshof's Zombibi is any indication.The film is due to arrive...
by Todd Brown, February 20, 2012 8:36 AM
Indonesia's Garin Nugroho won acclaim around the world with his 2008 effort Opera Jawa - a film that fused elements of music, traditional dance and opera as part of a project commemorating the 250th birthday of Mozart. And Nugroho...
by Simon de Bruyn, February 20, 2012 6:55 AM
Every time I see the photo to the left I think, oh wow, that's what Brandon Routh looks like in drag. And then when I remember that it's some other actor dressed as Andy Warhol, I think, hmm I wonder...
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by Simon de Bruyn, February 20, 2012 5:27 AM
With only one week to go before it gives Australians a reason to watch TV again, Danger 5 has pulled out all promotional stops and unleashed Danger Warrior upon us, giving us a precious 17 more seconds of awesomeness to keep...
by James Marsh, February 19, 2012 11:50 PM
Great news for fans of Scandinavian Cinema and good movies in general as Magnolia Pictures has announced that it will be releasing awesome Swedish comedy SOUND OF NOISE in US theatres on 9 March. The film, directed by Ola Simonsson...
by Todd Brown, February 19, 2012 4:37 PM
I must confess that the headline above is a mite misleading but, hey, when you get handed material like this you've just got to run with it, right? And, honestly, the real story is just as amazing as anything...
by Todd Brown, February 19, 2012 8:56 AM
He fights crime but can he get through a door? That is the dilemma facing Peter Parker in a new clip released from Marc Webb's upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man. This latest snippet from the film strikes me as a...
by Todd Brown, February 19, 2012 8:15 AM
A versatile writer and director, Thailand's Kongkiat Komesiri has historical epics and gritty contemporary dramas to his credit. But thanks to his involvement in the Art Of The Devil series Komesiri will likely always be viewed primarily as a...
by Todd Brown, February 19, 2012 6:45 AM
With the Warner Brothers backed, Jaume Collet-Serra directed Hollywood adaptation of Akira on hold leave it to the fans to bring Katsuhiro Otomo's creation into the live action world. French director Fabien Dubois has just released a teaser for...
by Hugo Ozman, February 18, 2012 8:14 AM
MISS CONSPIRATOR is an upcoming Korean action comedy by director Park Chul Kwan, who helmed the hugely popular 2002 comedy hit HI, DHARMA. Playing the lead role is acclaimed actress Ko Hyeon-jeong (WOMAN ON THE BEACH, ACTRESSES). Actor Park...
by Hugo Ozman, February 18, 2012 7:27 AM
BEACH PATROL FORCE: PEACH AND CHERRY is an upcoming action comedy about a pair of young female police officers who are responsible for patrolling the beach in a seaside town and accidentally become the enemies of the drug dealing gang...
by Hugo Ozman, February 18, 2012 5:48 AM
Ang Lee's 1994 classic film EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN is a wonderful drama that perfectly combines the themes of food, love and family. The film's producer Hsu Li-Kong (CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON) has now collaborated with director Tsao Jui-Yuan to...
by Ryland Aldrich, February 17, 2012 12:13 PM
Everyone's favorite Kiwi Western, Mike Wallis's Good For Nothing is finally getting its US release on March 9th and we've got the US trailer ahead of that date. GOOD FOR NOTHING is an adventurous romp set in the sweeping...
by Todd Brown, February 17, 2012 12:00 PM
Ever wondered how you take a group of actors and stunt men and teach them to be believable when handling guns and ammo? Curious how you construct intricate fight scenes for the big screen? Well, writer-director Gareth Huw Evans...
by Todd Brown, February 17, 2012 7:00 AM
Is The Ghastly Love Of Johnny X truly, as it claims, the only sci-fi dark comedy musical romance you need to see this year? Audiences at the Cinequest Film Festival will learn for themselves when the film has its...
by Hugo Ozman, February 16, 2012 6:48 PM
From acclaimed director Kevin MacDonald (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, TOUCHING THE VOID, STATE OF PLAY, THE EAGLE) comes MARLEY, a documentary on the influential Jamaican music legend Bob Marley. The film had its world premiere at the 2012...
by Andrew Mack, February 16, 2012 2:09 PM
Ever so different. Still pretty to look at. All will be revealed on June 8th. ...
by Hugo Ozman, February 16, 2012 8:37 AM
NIGHTFALL is an upcoming thriller starring Simon Yam and Nick Cheung. It is from director Roy Chow Hin-Yeung who made MURDERER (starring Aaron Kwok), which disappointed many viewers back in 2009. But judging by the newly released full trailer for...
by Hugo Ozman, February 16, 2012 7:33 AM
Bey Logan's new Reel East Youtube channel is screening an alternate version of the classic Jet Li vs Donnie Yen fight scene from Zhang Yimou's 2002 martial arts masterpiece HERO. Needless to say, it looks brilliant. And for those of you...
by Andrew Mack, February 15, 2012 8:49 PM
Hence to be known on our shores as The Snowtown Murders Justin Kurzel's directorial debut is an incredibly savage film about "the relationship between a vulnerable teenager and a father figure who is revealed to be the worst kind of...
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