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Poster Alert! Blade Runner tributes
5 hours ago
While I've never called myself a big fan of Ridley Scott's seminal sci-fi noir Blade Runner I can appreciate what it did in terms of look and design. I find the film itself rather boring and dragging which is strange because I usually am a sucker for a slow burner and meticulous pacing like Terence Malick does so wonderfully.But thousands upon thousands of movie fans would call me an idiot and praise the film to high heavens and would probably love these two items Nakatomi Inc has put up for sale.
First up is a beautiful print by Tim Doyle and Nick Derington called "White Dragon" which depicts a certain scene in the film but focuses more on the chaotic surroundings in Scott's world. The piece measures 12x24", is in four colors and has this sweet looking rain layer that's done in metallic ink. The print comes in two editions, »
Korea Falls in Love with Sequels
5 hours ago
There's usually a direct correlation between the health of a film industry and the amount of sequels it produces, at least when it comes to Chungmuro. Whereas you'd find the 60s littered with all sorts of franchises (from action to melodramas), all you could find in the 1990s of the pre-renaissance were timid attempts to bank on a hit's success, like in the case of 투캅스 (Two Cops) or the 깡패수업 (Hoodlum Lessons) series, which went from a Kitano-esque black comedy to a lurid straight-to-video nostalgia trip with "stars" of dubious relevance. It would be hard to call today's industry healthy, as the majority of films struggle to break even while two-three juggernauts by the majors break records left and right, but sequel fever has made its return in full force, and is likely to become one of the leading trends of 2010, for better or worse.
Projects like 괴물2 (The »
Raging Phoenix review
6 hours ago
Thai action cinema has been pretty successful ever since Ong-bak arrived on the scene. And even though they've enjoyed considerable international commercial success so far they've avoided swamping their audience with a bucket-load of inferior films. Raging Phoenix is the latest in the steady rise of the Thai martial arts film, and one that is sure to please the fans.
Raging Phoenix sees the return of Vismitananda who debuted rather well in Pinkaew's Chocolate. Though this time around she gets help from a few back-up fighters who help to broaden the range of moves seen in the film. While it's always a little tricky to put lots of fighting styles in one film (see Ong-bak 2), Limtrakul makes sure that the different fighters flow well together and don't just perform separate from each other.
The angle that needs to sell this film is the mix of Muay Thai, drunken style and breakdance. »
Midnight showings of The Evil Dead are coming! Join us!
14 hours ago
What's the matter kiddies? Were you too young back in 1981 to catch Evil Dead on actual screen? Or were you stuck in a town that never even gave the upstart indy horror classic a chance? Well it's time to rejoice with a resounding "Oh hell yes!" because those crazy mofos over at Grindhouse Releasing are putting Sam Raimi's benchmark film debut Evil Dead back on screens through the first quarter of 2010 in glorious 35mm.
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Cold Prey's Roar Uthaug Goes Home For The Holidays.
14 hours ago
I would like you to ask yourself two questions. First, if you are the director of the first slasher in Norway's history, a film that became a huge financial success and helped spark a surge of genre pictures out of the Nordic region, what do you do next? And second, what movie somehow managed to beat out the behemoth that is 2012 on opening weekend in Norway. The answer to both questions is the same and it is surprising.
The director is Roar Uthaug, a man who - for very good reason - was in very high demand after the success of Fritt Vilt (or Cold Prey), fielding lucrative offers from around the globe. But he didn't want to make any of those films. And he didn't want to follow up Cold Prey with another horror picture, either. No, what Uthaug was stay at home and make something family-friendly with his wife. »
In Russia football plays you! Tumur Bekmambetov's production with Khabesnky.
16 hours ago
Another movie produced by Timur Bekmambetov for Russian audience after Black Lightning is called Щастье that means Happiness (the word is spelled with mistake intentionally as one of hero's pupils write this way, instead of Щастье it should be Счастье, but both spellings sound the same). Transliteration is hard since there's no mild sign in latin script, so i replace mild sign with apostrophe: Shchast'e.
The movie is directed by Leo Gabriadze and stars Konstantin Khabensky. The current date of release is 29th April, 2009. Synopsis is not yet published so I'll try to make it on my own:
Single school teacher (Khabensky) meets cute woman on vacation and falls in love with her. But there's one problem: he lives in provincial town, and she lives in Moscow. So he decides to move to her. But woman director of the school opposes it and remembers that some time ago he had »
Get Behind the Scenes of The Storm Warriors
18 hours ago
Five making-of videos for the Pang Bros' fantasy martial arts film The Storm Warriors has turned up at the official site. All the videos put together is over fifteen minute long containing interviews with the director, casts and original comic creator Ma Wing Shing, actual footage and a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the physical and virtual sets. Unfortunately, there is no English subtitles for those non-Cantonesse speakers out there but that shouldn't stop you from appreciating the visual feast on the senses.
Japanese evil warlord, Lord Godless desired to conquer China and imprisoned a large number of martial artists to make them subjugate. Among the prisoners were Cloud and the martial arts legend Nameless. The trio including Wind who came to the rescue was badly wounded.
Cloud then trains under Nameless while Wind chose to take the evil way to quickly boost up his martial arts skills, so that they could »
Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli's Area 51 is already filmed?
21 hours ago
By now we have all at least heard of the phenom that is Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity. Love it, hate it, it doesn't matter. Director Oren Peli has rocked the film world and movie goers with his little-film-that-could. So with all eyes on him, somehow Peli managed to shoot his follow up Area 51 with little to no scrutiny.
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First Stills Of Michelle Yeoh In John Woo's Rain Of Swords!
22 hours ago
Be still my skeptical heart. After years of being disappointed first by the films that iconic Hong Kong director was announcing as his next projects and then being further disappointed by the fact that he never seemed to actually make anything it would now appear that the post-Paycheck years are now well and truly behind him and the move back to China has done him good. Yes, he had a big hit with Three Kingdoms and now Woo is following that up - promptly! - with Jianyu Jianghu, also known in english as Rain of Swords In The Pugilistic World though I expect that to change soon. A return to full out wuxia film also designed to help launch Michelle Yeoh back into the spotlight this one hasn't just been announced, it's not just being sold, it's actually being made.
428Ad, Bodhi, a Southern India prince became a Buddhist monk and set off for China, »
First Stills From Luc Besson's Adele Blanc-sec!
22 hours ago
That France's Luc Besson was able to keep his upcoming big budget adaptation of the popular Adele Blanc-Sec Victorian-era comic series quiet as long as he did is nothing short of remarkable. This is a big director making a big film based on a big property and somehow he kept it out of the public eye until photography was complete but with an April theatrical release around the corner the PR machine is gearing up. Here's the full synopsis once again:
The year is 1912. Adèle Blanc-Sec, an intrepid young reporter, will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes.
Meanwhile, in Paris, it's panic stations! A 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg on a shelf in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the bird subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies. But nothing fazes Adèle Blanc-Sec, »
First Glimpse Of Del Toro Produced Julia's Eyes
22 hours ago
Now a little over a month into production, the first artwork has just been released from Guillem Morales' Los Ojos De Julia. A Spanish production backed by Focus Features in what looks to be a similar arrangement to how Focus was involved with Park Chan-Wook's Thirst, this one has an automatic leg up in that it is being produced by Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro. Because, you know, he's not already busy enough prepping The Hobbit. The story follows a young woman (played by Belen Rueda) dealing with the slow erosion of her sight while investigating the suicide of her blind twin sister. And judging from that image I'm guessing there's something unpleasant behind the sisters' blindness.
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First Trailer Arrives For Kelvin Tong Thriller Kidnapper
23 hours ago
Imagine for a moment that you're a lowly cab driver who happens to share a name with a wealthy businessman. And imagine that, in a case of mistaken identity, someone kidnaps your child aiming to deep into the deep pockets of your wealthy namesake. And then imagine that this particular kidnapper is on particularly vicious Sob who sends you bottles of your son's blood to extort more and more money out of you rather than releasing the child after you've already buried yourself in staggering debt to pay the initial demand. What do you do?
This is the premise to Kelvin Tong's upcoming Kidnapper, the latest from the Singapore director who had major hits with ghost story The Maid, action thriller Rule #1 and slapstick horror comedy Men In White. Big time Singapore TV star, now making the move to features, Christopher Lee stars. Check the trailer below.
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Get Yourself Some Snatch
30 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST
Guy Ritchie's Snatch hits BluRay tomorrow and to celebrate the shootingest and swearingest movie of Ritchies very shooty and sweary career we've got ourselves a prize pack of three Ritchie-related films on BluRay to give away to one lucky reader. What's in there? Snatch, of course, plus Richie's follow up film Revolver and the debut directorial effort from Snatch producer Matthew Vaughn, Layer Cake. Move fast on this one, we're gonna give it away tomorrow. To enter, simply email me here with your best Ritchie-inspired boozy, sweary rant. Remember: It's not just how much you swear, but how well.
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Mary and Max review
30 November 2009 3:38 AM, PST
Fellow Twitchers, take notice! This is not the first Mary and Max review, but the last one seemed to pass rather unnoticed. Don't make the same mistake twice!
Financially well-developed stop-motion films are hard to find. 2009 has been a good year though, with Selick's Coraline getting the most attention and Anderson's Mr Fox getting raving reviews all over. In the shadows of these films another one was made. One that's had a hard time getting commercial recognition but is every bit as good. And so I present to you, Mary and Max.
Mary and Max is a little Australian film that popped up on the radar rather unexpectedly. It's a rather dull title and doesn't really invite immediate investigation, but behind that somewhat boring literary façade hides a very rich and accomplished film. Mary and Max is obviously a work of love, but with the proper financial backup to turn it into a true marvel. »
An Important Message From John Hurt And 44 Inch Chest
29 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST
For those unaware, 44 Inch Chest is an upcoming British thriller (sort of, it's an unusual creature, this one) from the writers of Sexy Beast, with which it shares a number of cast members. I've seen it. It's very good. But beyond that I think the less said at this point the better. Co-star John Hurt has something he'd like to tell you. Take a look below. But be aware the language gets rather salty.
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