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Fantastic Fest Award Winners Chug for Glory

30 September 2009 9:09 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

If there's one thing I know about film festivals, it's that being content with having your film play for an enthusiastic audience is for losers. Chugging a beer on stage in front of a cheering crowd after winning is for winners. You can tell that I'm right because the word "winning" is a close cousin of "winners." Celebrating the art of the film is one thing, but damn it, it's about taking home the coveted cup. Two or three nights ago (the details are hazy), Fantastic Fest Co-founder Tim League emceed an awards ceremony that featured some Festival fans, filmmakers and the people who wandered in already inebriated and looking for the karaoke party. You can guess which group I was in, and, yes, I stayed at the ceremony despite a shocking lack of amateurs singing "Baby Got Back." Also, I had to present all of the awards for the Fantastic Features Category. There »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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Fantastic Fest Winners Announced!

30 September 2009 11:22 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

For those of you who weren't in Austin, TX from September 23-30, you missed out. Fantastic Fest lived up to its name and presented some of the newest, most anticipated, and best films of the year. From the comfort and coolness of the Alamo Drafthouse (which serves Awesome food during movies) to the palatial Paramount Theater, Austin showed that it knows how to treat fans of genre films.

Think about it: Seven days filled with movies like Zombieland, Paranormal Activity, and Survival of the Dead, side-by-side with some truly creative short films, foreign films, low-budget indie movies, and stars, all put within a mile of each other. It was a movie-lover's paradise. But alas, all good things must come to an end (until next year), but not without a few parting shots.

Below are the announced winners of the various Fantastic Fest contests, and while I can't say I agree with all the decisions, »

- Sifu Scott

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Fantastic Fest Winners Announced

30 September 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

At a ceremony Monday night hosted by Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League, the festival gave out awards to some of the top films and filmmakers in attendance. Awards given out this year include ones for animated and live action short film, horror and “fantastic” shorts, horror and “fantastic” features and the next wave award which showcases emerging talent.

In addition, in conjunction with G4 TV and writer/director Uwe Boll, the fest gave out the “Filmmaking Frenzy” award for the best video game trailer with a “fantastic” twist. Winners of some of these prestigious awards included the comedic drama Down Terrace, which took home the Next Wave award, Human Centipede, which won for best horror film and Mandrill, which was given the Fantastic Feature award.

Check out a list of all the winners below.

Jury results – Shorts Awards

Animated Shorts:

Best Animated Short – I Am So Proud Of You (Don Hertzfeldt »

- Chris Ullrich

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In My Opinion: Ranking the Films of Quentin Tarantino

17 August 2009 3:11 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Quentin Tarantino on the set of Inglourious Basterds

Photo: The Weinstein Co. After my not-to-difficult-to-figure-out clues in my What I Watched column yesterday here we have my personal ranking of Quentin Tarantino's first six films. I am excluding his 1987 feature My Best Friend's Birthday for lack of availability and I am not including this weekend's release of Inglourious Basterds because I am not yet ready to weigh in with an official opinion on that one just yet and plan on catching a midnight screening this Thursday before even writing my review. Also, since you guys haven't seen it yet what fun is it really in including it? So, after re-watching all of Tarantino's movies this weekend, here we have my personal ranking of his films with a favorite clip or two from each for your enjoyment. Hope you enjoy and hope you are ready for a week that will »

- Brad Brevet

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On the Qt: Exploring the Films of Quentin Tarantino (Part II)

16 August 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

The week before last, we looked at Quentin Tarantino's 90’s output: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown. Each film had its own distinct visual style, to be sure, and each was concerned with crime and the underworld.

But as the decade gave way and Tarantino temporarily disappeared, other hip filmmakers like Guy Ritchie rushed in to fill the void. On the plus side, one might argue that the glut of product similar to his own freed Tarantino to look elsewhere for his muse; or who knows, maybe he would have moved on to Kill Bill and Death Proof, anyway. Either way, his most memorable contribution during the 00s so far, Kill Bill, showed Tarantino evolving greatly as a writer and director. Not only did it have the largest scope of any of his movies to-date, but it featured his biggest and most elaborate-set (The House of Blue Leaves, »

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Kamogawa Horumo - Battle League in Kyoto new trailer brings hope.

12 February 2009 6:00 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

We haven’t been entirely convinced with the first couple teasers from the upcoming pic Kamogawa Horumo - Battle League in Kyoto. After all, there wasn’t much to praise and this is coming from Katsuhide Motoki who directed Kitaro, a film I declined to write a review for because it is so awful. But, I will admit that after watching this new trailer that my tone has changed and you can consider my interest piqued.

The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of “Horumo” - a combat match where you each manipulate 100 spirits (referred to as “oni”) to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragons”, which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams playing the »

- Mack

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New Tekken Movie Poster

10 January 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Crystal Sky Pictures recently released this brand new movie poster from the upcoming video game adaptation “Tekken” by director Dwight H. Little (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Prison Brea) and starring Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Art of War), Chiaki Kuriyama (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ), Darrin Dewitt Henson (The Express) and Jon Foo (Batman Begins). Synopsis: A Young Man Who seeks revenge of his mothers death. He finds his grand-father, Heihachi Mishima, and pleas to be trained. When the Mishima leader announces a “King of Iron Fist” tournament. He finds out that his mother’s killer will be participating in the tournament. He must [...] »

- Brian Corder

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2009 | 2008 | 2004

7 articles from 2009

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