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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 12/22/2009

21 December 2009 8:35 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

'Twas the countdown to Christmas and all through the house... all the creatures were stirring wondering what frights were hitting stores this week...

With only four more shopping days until Santa arrives, there's not a lot of new genre fare hitting retail, though the high-profile District 9 is finally hitting the street - bumped up a week from it's previous 12/29 release date. Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores tomorrow, Tuesday, December 22, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List. If you're shopping for yourself or your favorite boils and ghouls, a gift card might be the way to go as there's some good stuff coming next week, including Jennifer's Body, 9, Paranormal Activity, A Perfect Getaway and more. Preview those selections here, and  check out this weeks list below!

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- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Advert. Subvert. Gonzo (Fake) Commercials within Films

24 November 2009 7:50 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

"Can't get enough, of the Stuff!"  From the mid-1920s whereupon the eventual Oscar winning film Wings featured a Hershey Chocolate Bar prominently in the story right on up to the use of M&Ms in Steven Spielberg's E.T. and beyond to the modern James Bond films or Castaway (FedEx) or The Great Yokai War (Kirin Beer) or perhaps the worst offender ever:  I, Robot, product placement is simply a large part of big expensive movies.  And many filmmakers have either parodied product placement (ahem, sorry:  Brand Integration) or even invented their own fictional consumer goods that only appear in their movies.  Unlike television, which (in large part) relies on advertising to fund the creation of shows, there are rarely full commercials used explicitly in a film (before the screening of the film is another story, unfortunately!).  But filmmakers love to offer ads for fake products or services or »

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Yatterman Review

7 February 2009 6:42 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

[Our thanks to the mighty and powerful Grady Hendrix for the following review.]

The economy is on fire. Everyone in America is broke. Jobs are a rumor. The terrorists are winning. But I just saw Yatterman and I’m feeling groovy. A vaccination against The Dark Knight blues, a massive day-glo rail of cocaine that hits your brain like the Accela Express and kick starts your pleasure centers, this flick is far smarter than it has any right to be and it pops the pip all over your popple.

I may not be the best judge of a Miike movie, especially this one. As part of Subway Cinema I helped host the world premiere last night, and as a fan of the director I like my Miike movies in the vein of The Great Yokai War rather than Ichi the Killer (I like Ichi the Killer, but I thought Yokai was pretty amazing). On top of that, I had listened in on dozens »

- Todd Brown

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First Teaser For Naoto Takenaka’s Zombie Comedy Yamagata Scream!

23 January 2009 9:25 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

While you may not know Naoto Takenaka by name, believe me when I say that if you’re any kind of fan of Japanese cult film then you know the popular comedian’ss face.  Takenaka has played key roles in a string of popular films ranging from Ping Pong to Azumi to Swing Girls to The Great Yokai War.  And now Takenaka is stepping behind the camera to create Yamagata Scream, his latest directorial effort.

The story is set in a village in the Yamagata prefecture, inspired by tales of the ochimusha of the Taira clan. The ochimusha were warriors who, after being defeated in battle, fled to remote areas of Japan and established small towns to live in. In the film, a businessman and a high school girl arrive in the village and accidentally unearth one of the Taira graves, awakening the zombies of the ochimusha. Takenaka will play the “zombie general. »

- Todd Brown

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