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Congrats to Our Halloween Costume Contest Winners!
19 November 2009 4:44 PM, PST
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Thanks to the hundreds of you who submitted photos for Cinematical's Fifth Annual Halloween Costume Contest! We're happy to finally bring you the two winners of this year's contest in the adult and child category. As seen above, to the left we have our child winner in his ridiculously hilarious Headless Harry Potter costume, and to the right we have our adult winner with his very stylish homemade Iron Man costume. Major kudos to you both for your inspired movie-loving creativity! Once again, here's what these folks won:
Grand Prize Package: Adult Winner
Insignia Blu-Ray DVD player
Collection of 5 Magnolia DVDs (The Host, Donkey Punch, Shrooms, Splinter, The Signal)
Grand Prize Package: Youth Winner (entrants under the age of 18)
Note: This prize package contains DVDs for both kids and adults (we figured you parents deserved something for all your hard work, too).
Peanuts 1970's Collection Volume 1
Chop Socky Chooks:
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Enter Now: Our Fifth Annual Halloween Costume Contest
19 October 2009 8:02 PM, PDT
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Pictured Above: The winner of Cinematical's Fourth Annual Costume Contest in the adult category
Pictured Below: The winner of Cinematical's Fourth Annual Costume Contest in the child category
We host a lot of contests throughout the year, but it is now my pleasure to announce the official launching of my absolute favorite: Cinematical's Fifth Annual Halloween Costume Contest is on! Now you have more than one use for that awesome movie-related Halloween costume, right? Once again, we have all sorts of nifty prize packages for the best adult costume and best youth costume, and unlike previous years, this time we're giving away more than just DVDs. Um, yeah, there might be a sweet Blu-ray player among those prizes.
So, again, that's two prize packages this year: One for adults over 18 and one for kids under 18 (though this year we added a special treat for the parents of those kids who
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The UK Feels the Wrath of Chaw
14 September 2009
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Word out of the Toronto International Film Festival recently is that Chaw has found UK distribution through Optimum Releasing. They're a big gun across the pond, needless to say, handling the releases Donkey Punch , and they'll be rolling out their plans for Chaw shortly.
An entry in the nature-run-amok sub-genre, Chaw was produced with South Korean funds yet most of it was shot here in California. Shin Jeong-won directed this tale of a giant pig runnin' buck wild. Click here for a trailer!
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Frightfest 09: Review of Christopher Smith's labyrinthine yachting horror Triangle
27 August 2009 8:00 PM, PDT
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Year: 2009
Directors: Christopher Smith
Writers: Christopher Smith
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
[Editor's note: And so begins our Frightfest coverage thanks to our awesome London correspondent Ben!]
Christopher Smith is one of the rising stars of British Horror, his so-so debut “Creep” knocked into a hat by the success of his second feature, the very funny horror comedy “Severance”. They're very different films, but have in common a brazen, magpie attitude to their influences and a trashy, ironic feel. Triangle similarly flies its influences with no apology, but swaps the gore and laughs for tightly plotted thriller tension and a complicated, twisting storyline that could annoy if it wasn't so bizarre. The lengths it goes to to confound and confuse make this a very exciting film and a big step forward for Christopher Smith, despite an empty feel familiar in films that rely solely on plot mechanics.
I'd like to coin the term Yachting Horror to explain Triangle's set up,
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Film Junk Podcast Episode #230: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Orphan
10 August 2009 12:41 AM, PDT
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0:00 - Intro / Tmnt and 300 Giveaways
3:15 - Headlines: John Hughes Dies, Jay Chou is Kato, Rain to Star in Enter The Dragon Remake, At The Movies Gets New Hosts, Machete Cast Confirmed, Jeremy Piven and Ken Jeong on Monday Night Raw, Paramount to Start Releasing Movies on Blu-ray First, Spielberg to Direct Harvey Remake, Marc Webb for Jesus Christ Superstar Remake, Michael Moore Giving Up Docs?
22:45 - Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
54:15 - Review: Orphan
1:00:35 - Trailer Trash: The Lovely Bones, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, Where The Wild Things Are
1:09:15 - Other Stuff We Watched: Funny People: Live, Tool: Live, Man vs Food, How's Your News?, Alias, Donkey Punch
1:31:45 - Junk Mail: Sports Fans, Re-evaluating Movies Without a Rewatch, Netflix in Canada, Watching Bootlegs, Learning English from Film Junk, Favourite U.K. TV
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American Thoughts On The British Film Industry
31 July 2009 10:52 AM, PDT
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Kevin Coll is a Memphis based marketing guru and Editor in Chief of Memphis-based film news site Fused Film.
So when Craig asked me to do a guest post on FilmShaft about American thoughts on the British film industry, how could I resist? First off let me start by saying that I speak on my own behalf and not the rest of America. I say this because if what I say is misconstrued or taken out of context to be offensive I do not want the rest of America to suffer!
So where to start? How about the tradition of great British actors who have come to be household names in American cinema? Perhaps the most recognizable of names for me is Peter O’Toole who is in my favorite movie of all time, “Lawrence of Arabia” (and mine in “High Spirits – Craig). One of the biggest problems I have about Hollywood,
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Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons Teaser Trailer: The First UK 3D Horror Film
8 July 2009 9:30 PM, PDT
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Jamie Winstone, daughter of Ray and victim of at least one Donkey Punch, has been announced as the star of Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons. Winstone will be playing Elfie, a name which makes great sense with her face, build and preferred do, but at 24 she's cheating on the character description of 'teenage misfit' just a little. If it's good enough for Alison Lohmann... and 95% of the extras at Sunnydale High...
Screen International quote co-writer and director Ryan Andrews, who claims the film will contain "quirky horror and an eclectic mix of comic book characters, British pop culture and fantasy setting in an unusual and twisted world". Doesn't soon too unlike another Winstone project, 2008's Phoo Action, a TV adaptation of Jamie Hewlett's Get the Freebies comic strip. Unfortunately, that one didn't quite come off.
After the break, an early teaser for Elfie Hopkins.
Obviously, this trailer isn't in
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The Gammons to terrorize in 3-D
8 July 2009 12:48 PM, PDT
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Variety reports on yet another dimensional film production in the works, this time hailing from across the pond. Elfie Hopkins And The Gammons, a co-production between remake specialist Vertigo Films and Size 9 Productions, is being billed as the UK’s first 3-D fright feature.
Set to be directed by Ryan Andrews from a script he wrote with Riyad Barmania, the movie will star young actress Jaime Winstone, from Donkey Punch and the upcoming Lionsgate DVD release Cravings, a.k.a. Daddy’S Girl (pictured), as Elfie, a teenaged aspiring detective in a small Welsh town who becomes suspicious of the Gammons, a strange family who move in nearby. Production begins on location in Wales this winter. “It’s incredibly exciting to be working at the forefront of new 3-D technology, which doesn’t have to be the preserve of the big budget movies,” Steve Matthews, who will produce Elfie Hopkins with Michael Wiggs,
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Jaime Winstone to Star in 3-D Horror Flick
8 July 2009
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Jaime Winstone ( Donkey Punch ) will star in Elfie Hopkins And The Gammons .
Ryan Andrews is directing for producers Michael Wiggs and Steve Matthews of Size 9. Vertigo Films is in line to co-produce when cameras roll this winter.
Andrews tells the site that his film will be "a quirky horror and an eclectic mix of comic book characters, British pop culture and fantasy setting in an unusual and twisted world."
The film is notable in that it's the first UK horror production to be shot in 3-D. According to Screen Daily, Winstone "will play a teenage misfit and 'wannabe detective' Elfie Hopkins, whose investigations are limited to annoying small-minded residents of the rural village where she lives, until the charismatic but suspicious Gammons family arrive."
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Assorted horror DVD news
29 May 2009 3:16 PM, PDT
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• Fango got the scoop on the DVD dates for several horror films coming from IFC Films in the next several months. All of these titles either have played or can be seen now via video-on-demand, and they’ll be Blockbuster exclusives before being made available for general retail sales.
The animation omnibus Fear(S) Of The Dark and Christopher Denham’s disturbing family study Home Movie are already in Blockbuster stores, and will hit retail in October. A bunch more have Blockbuster berths only, with no retail slots determined yet: Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool, which just joined the on-demand lineup and opened theatrically in New York today (see review here), hits October 13; Antti-Jussi Annila’s Sauna is coming June 23; Daniel Myrick’s The Objective has been moved from its previous Blockbuster date of July 28 to July 14; Duane Graves and Justin Meeks’ The Wild Man Of The Navidad attacks in August
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Dark House Director Takes On 'Something Wicked'
20 May 2009 11:05 AM, PDT
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The official website for Merchant Films has been updated with a massive cast listing for Darin Scott's Something Wicked.
Shantel VanSanten (The Final Destination), John Robinson (Transformers), Brittany Murphy (Sin City), James Patrick Stuart, Julian Morris Julian Morris (Donkey Punch, Sorority Row), Betty Moyer, Lance Rosen, Robert Blanche, Jerry Buxbaum, Joe Feeney, October Moore, Angelique Perrin, Mike Hawkins, John Breen, Gilbert Martin del Campo and Patricia Malley Thacher have all joined the film, with an official synopsis available beyond the break. Shooting is now underway.
Darin Scott's Dark House is currently in post-production.
Something Wicked is a current day action thriller set in a mid-size American community (Eugene, Oregon) in the Pacific Northwest. Christine and her boyfriend James have just graduated from Highland High School and are looking forward to enjoying their future together..
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Donkey Puncher and Destination Vet Join Murphy for Something Wicked
20 May 2009
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Director Darin Scott ( Tales from the Hood ) is up in Oregon on his latest thriller Something Wicked . We alerted you to this production last month when actress Brittany Murphy joined the cast. Since then, there have been a few new developments.
Notably, the cast has grown with Shantel VanSanten ( The Final Destination ), John Robinson ( Transformers ), James Patrick Stuart ( 90210 ), Julian Morris ( Donkey Punch , Sorority Row ), Betty Moyer, Lance Rosen and Robert Blanche now on board.
An official synopsis is also available: Set in a mid-size American community (Eugene, Oregon) in the Pacific Northwest, Christine and her boyfriend James have just graduated from Highland High School and are looking forward to enjoying their future together. Everything appears to be going
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Magnet Will Be Bringing John Woo's Red Cliff to Us Theaters
15 May 2009 10:24 AM, PDT
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Announced at Cannes, Magnet Releasing, the genre label of Magnolia Pictures, will be distributing John Woo's two-part military epic Red Cliff in Us theaters. The film already premiered in China last summer, but is being planned for a theatrical, VOD, and eventual DVD release in the Us this fall. Magnet previously released Let the Right One In, Timecrimes, and Donkey Punch last year as part of the 6-Shooter Film Series. Apparently the theatrical version of the film will be combined into one two-and-a-half hour film, although it will be split for its DVD release. Red Cliff only played at the Tokyo Film Festival, but no other film fests.
Magnet senior vp Tom Quinn said that Woo's film is "provocative, jaw-dropping and epic." The is the first Cannes acquisition that Magnolia has announced from the fest this year. We've feature a few photos and details here and there over the
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Exclusive: We 'Donkey Punch' the Ladies of 'Sorority Row' with Julian Morris!
21 April 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
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Julian Morris has a lot of blood on his hands. After making a horrific splash in Cry Wolf, Morris also got messy in a recurring role on TV's ER and Valkyrie. Now the 26-year-old actor is returning full-force to the horror genre with Donkey Punch and Sorority Row. Morris spoke exclusively with FEARnet about the two projects, which both feature a series of events gone awry and their terrifying consequences.
After doing Cry Wolf, what made you want to return to the horror genre?
After Cry Wolf, I didn't return to the genre immediately. I did Whirlygirl, which was a love story, and Marple, which was a period piece in England. But what has always motivated me is the material. If it's a great character, a
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‘ArtLust’ Sticks to What Works, Adds Sexy Smarts
16 April 2009 9:52 AM, PDT
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It's kind of a classic formula, these days; take nerdy, highly specialized field, add attractive women, stir for about two minutes, and ding - you've got a new web series. That's the idea that worked for HotForWords (word of the day right now is "Donkey Punch" - get it while it's hot, fellas) and that's what's working for brand-new web series ArtLust, which is, naturally, about art, and, uh, lust.
ArtLust consists of roughly two minutes of Lauren Francesca waxing critically on a particular piece of art; the first episode is about "Lullaby Spring", by British artist Damien Hirst, which at one point set the record for most expensive work of art sold by a living artist (19.2 million dollars!). The second episode takes us back to Pablo Picasso's ambiguously sexy "The Dream".
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The Scary Bits: Return of The Scary Bits
13 April 2009 1:15 PM, PDT
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I know, it's been a while since I've written one of these gore-soaked missives, but the upside to that is ... we have a lot to talk about! And since I wrote this during a lazy Sunday (happy belated holidays, btw) I figure it's time to break out the candy-coated bullet points! Let's start out with a freaky fistful of upcoming DVD releases:
Currently strewn across shelves are Donkey Punch and Vinyan, two festival-heavy horror films that couldn't possibly be more different. One's about venal young jerks, and the other is about heartbroken (but stupid) parents. Really bad things happen to all of them.
This Tuesday we're getting the old-school-style monster movie Splinter, which is really quite good. If you like prickly monsters, that is. On the same day ... whoa. It looks like someone actually bothered to exhume flicks like Repossessed, Slaughter High, and My Best Friend Is a Vampire. That
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DVD Playhouse: April 2009
11 April 2009 11:58 AM, PDT
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DVD Playhouse—April 2009
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Allen Gardner
Milk (Universal) Sean Penn deservedly captured his second Best Actor Oscar (and Dustin Lance Black a statuette for his original screenplay) in director Gus Van Sant’s portrait of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold public office in the U.S. Alternately heartbreaking, infuriating and very funny, a film that both captures a bygone era and is still very timely. Fine support from Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Three featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Slumdog Millionaire (20th Century Fox) The Best Picture of 2008 is a kinetic, clever audience-pleaser about a determined lad (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, who has his chance at literal and financial redemption as a contestant on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Best Director Danny Boyle dazzles
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 110 - Fat Guys!: The Story of Fat Guys
10 April 2009 4:00 AM, PDT
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On This Week's Show: Neil comes out swinging, preparing to defend the good name of Observe and Report from Kevin's bile. Meanwhile, Kevin defends Hannah Montana as best a fat guy can while neither of them have anything to say at all about Dragonball: Evolution. But all come together in praise of Anvil!: The Story of Anvil, which is declared to be the best new release of the week. Neil replays his G4 appearance by giving us the scoop of his sneak peek at the new Star Trek movie (aren't you jealous?) while Kevin scoffs at the idea of Megan Fox playing She-Hulk.
Films Reviewed this Week: Hannah Montana: The Movie, Observe and Report, Dragonball: Evolution and Anvil!: The Story of Anvil.
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Segment 1 [8:50] - Preview of Dragonball Evolution and a review of Hannah Montana: The Movie
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 110 - Fat Guys!: The Story of Fat Guys
10 April 2009 4:00 AM, PDT
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On This Week's Show: Neil comes out swinging, preparing to defend the good name of Observe and Report from Kevin's bile. Meanwhile, Kevin defends Hannah Montana as best a fat guy can while neither of them have anything to say at all about Dragonball: Evolution. But all come together in praise of Anvil!: The Story of Anvil, which is declared to be the best new release of the week. Neil replays his G4 appearance by giving us the scoop of his sneak peek at the new Star Trek movie (aren't you jealous?) while Kevin scoffs at the idea of Megan Fox playing She-Hulk.
Films Reviewed this Week: Hannah Montana: The Movie, Observe and Report, Dragonball: Evolution and Anvil!: The Story of Anvil.
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This Week on DVD: Yes Man, Doubt, The Day The Earth Stood Still
7 April 2009 9:33 AM, PDT
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An Oscar-nominated film, new comedies from Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler, and a mediocre Keanu Reeves sci-fi remake... that pretty much sums up this week's DVD releases. If you ask me, you'll probably want to save your money, although I wouldn't mind seeing I.O.U.S.A. (a pretty timely documentary from the director of Wordplay) and I've heard good things about Donkey Punch. There's also a 3-disc collector's edition release of No Country for Old Men out this week, plus Tango & Cash on Blu-ray.
Doubt [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2])
Yes Man [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4])
The Day The Earth Stood Still [5] (DVD, Blu-ray [6])
Bedtime Stories [7] (DVD, Blu-ray [8])
The Tale of Despereaux [9] (DVD, Blu-ray [10])
Not Easily Broken [11] (DVD, Blu-ray [12])
Bricktown [13] (DVD, Blu-ray [14])
Donkey Punch [15]
Shuttle [16]
I.O.U.S.A. [17]
Cleopatra: 75th Anniversary Edition [18]
No Country for Old Men: Collector's Edition [19] (DVD, Blu-ray [20])
Beverly Hills: 90210: Season 7 [21]
Max Fleischer's Superman:
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