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Early Look at First Poster for PRIMAL!

Here's a movie I've been hearing about for ages now, and looks like it's finally gearing up for release -- after getting selected for a whole bunch of genre film festivals around the globe, including the first wave of films... More >>

by Simon de Bruyn, July 29, 2010 10:20 PM

THE ART OF HAMMER Is Set To Strike!

Oh Hell yes! A book featuring over 300 pieces of bad ass, rarely seen Hammer poster art? And all that's at stake is 30 bones? You'd have to be dead not to be coming unraveled at that howling good... More >>

by Sean "The Butcher" Smithson, July 29, 2010 7:06 PM

J.J. Abrams adds 'Boilerplate' adaptation to Bad Robot slate

Fans of Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett's graphic novel slash picture book Boilerplate rejoice or start gnashing your teeth, pending how you feel about the following news. J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company will produce the film adaptation of... More >>

by Andrew Mack, July 29, 2010 6:26 PM

Get Yourself a bag of sand and steal this while you can: SIDESHOW COLLECTABLES RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FERTILITY IDOL

The beginning of the first Indiana Jones film in which this idol is stolen by Indi signaled a real cultural pivot point for an awful lot of future geeks. I saw the film five times in it's initial theatrical run... More >>

by Canfield, July 29, 2010 3:37 PM

Mindblowing? Decidedly. A good movie? ....hmmmmmm. New 3D Saw poster.

I love Saw, like a couple of the sequels and am anticipating the apocalypse and immanent return of Christ should the series continue much longer. That said there is no doubt that this poster is pretty nifty. ... More >>

by Canfield, July 29, 2010 2:39 PM

The Stuff I Said About THOR Looking Bad? I Take That Back.

Yeah, I wasn't a fan of this image from Kenneth Branagh's Thor when it first released. True enough, that. But I've got to say that with the five minute long Comic Con promo reel currently appearing and disappearing online... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 29, 2010 12:05 PM

Expendables schmendables indeed. Behold the glory of WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX.

There is simply nothing else to say. ... More >>

by Canfield, July 29, 2010 11:53 AM

ON BLU-RAY EVERYONE WILL HEAR YOU SCREAM

Sometimes a press release is so packed with info that it makes more sense just to publish the darn thing as is. PLUS do you really need to read this to just go ahead and Buy Whatever Version of this... More >>

by Canfield, July 29, 2010 11:30 AM

In A Family Of Butchers, Young Jere Is THE ODD ONE OUT.

PETA will not be pleased with the trailer for Johan Timmers' Dutch drama The Odd One Out (Vreemd Bloed). For that matter, I doubt there's anything about the story, which follows a family of butchers, that they will enjoy.... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 29, 2010 11:24 AM

A Second Trailer For Tsui Hark's DETECTIVE DEE

Freshly announced to have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, a second trailer has just arrived for Tsui Hark's epic mystery thriller Detective Dee. Starring Andy Lau as the titular investigator this one is epic in all... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 29, 2010 11:13 AM

First Image Of Ananda Everingham In Wisit Sasanatieng's RED EAGLE

It's been a long time coming but Wisit Sasanatieng's Red Eagle is finally almost here. The Thai superhero revival film from the director of Tears of the Black Tiger faced serious delays when star Ananda Everingham was involved in... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 29, 2010 11:04 AM

Guillermo Del Toro Finally Moving Ahead With His MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

If, as it appeared during Comic Con, it had turned out that Guillermo Del Toro had left The Hobbit to direct a film based on Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride, I was going to be mighty pissed. Yes,... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 29, 2010 10:31 AM

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KICK-ASS: the post-hype review

Comic books, superheros in silly suits, victorious nerds and spiffy oneliners. On paper, Kick-Ass wasn't going to be my kind of movie and so I kindly waited for the hype to blow over. I ignored all reviews and comments as... More >>

by Niels Matthijs, July 30, 2010 1:04 PM

Cinemalaya 2010: VOX POPULI Review

Dennis Marasigan's Vox Populi begins on the last day of the elections campaign. San Cristobal mayoralty candidate Connie de Gracia (Irma Adlawan) is hearing mass, in the hopes that her fealty with the Catholic God translates to votes. After... More >>

by Oggs Cruz, July 30, 2010 11:11 AM

Fantasia 2010: THE LOVED ONES Review

[Our thanks to Lauren Baggett for the following review.]There have been some fantastic movies playing this year at the Fantasia festival that are just not catching a break. I saw We Are What We Are in a theater that... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 28, 2010 2:07 PM

Fantasia 2010: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD Review

[Our thanks to Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Dork Shelf for the following review.]Last night I dared to say on Twitter that, after seeing Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, director Edgar Wright is on his way to gaining status as an... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 28, 2010 1:50 PM

Fantasia 2010: Don Bluth And Gary Goldman Talk The Past And Future Of Traditional Animation

[Our thanks to Mathieu Li-Goyette of Panorama Cinema for the following interview.]For the 14th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, programmers had the great idea of bringing up Don Bluth and Gary Goldman to given them an honorary award... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 28, 2010 1:39 PM

AFFD 2010: The People I've Slept With

[Our thanks to Liz Reed of MangaLife for this review.] The first 15 minutes of The People I've Slept With were the most uncomfortable, in your face moments I've seen in a movie in a long time - and not... More >>

by Charles Webb, July 28, 2010 9:34 AM

Fantasia 2010: MAI MAI MIRACLE Review

[Our thanks to Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau of Panorama Cinema for the following review, and Maude Michaud for the translation.]Many people have mentioned it: Sunao Katabuchi's style is incredibly reminiscent of Japan's animation master, Hayao Miyazaki. The comparison is not... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 28, 2010 9:07 AM

Fantasia 2010: FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION Review

[Our thanks to Laurence H Collin from Panorama Cinema for the following review and Maude Michaud for the translation.]Charlie Otero, fifteen, was coming home from school as usual. The night before, he had just watched the film In Cold... More >>

by Todd Brown, July 28, 2010 9:01 AM

AFFD 2010: 9500 LIBERTY Review

[Our thanks to Josh Hurtado for another review from the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, this time of a potentially incendiary documentary.] In 2007, Prince William county in Virginia passed a law requiring that its police officers verify the immigration status... More >>

by Peter Martin, July 28, 2010 12:22 AM

Fantasia 2010: MESRINE (Part 2) Review

[We now bring bring James's take on Part 2 of the Mesrine biopic - if you are at Fantasia, do not pass up the opportunity to see them both back-to-back - albeit it is a tough choice against Metropolis-Extended with... More >>

by Kurt Halfyard, July 27, 2010 11:42 AM

AFFD: Summer Wars

[Our thanks to Liz Reed from MangaLife.com for this review].Summer Wars isn't your average anime movie - while we do get the familiar visuals of perverted nosebleeds, oversized sweat drops and magical worlds where almost anything can happen, the difference... More >>

by Charles Webb, July 27, 2010 11:17 AM

FanTasia 2010: Rinco's Restaurant

A young woman Rinco (Kou Shibasaki) loves food and dreams of opening her own restaurant. She moves to the city to learn more about food from all over the world. But Rinco becomes so heart-broken from a personal relationship loss... More >>

by Andrew Mack, July 26, 2010 9:19 PM

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Twitch-o-meter

The Villains Of My Youth.

by Todd Brown, July 27, 2010 9:14 AM

It's a pretty simple rule but no less true for being familiar: A hero can only be as good as the villains they face are bad. And while everybody may love a hero we generally love the villains they face even more. The art of the truly great villain, the scene-chewing force of evil, is a dying one with modern...

Cinema Houses in Toronto

by Kurt Halfyard, July 14, 2010 11:49 AM

With general attendance dropping in the multiplex, and theatres generally inflating pricing via 3D or ultra-high definition projection (Digital IMAX) it seems logical that the trend of independent and repertory cinemas, even in large cities, will continue on the steady decline they have been following for decades. Here in Toronto, there as been a steady series of blows over the early 2000s....

A word on using Special Effects instead of Acting Talent...

by Ard Vijn, June 27, 2010 9:16 AM

With Peter Jackson HEAVILY rumored to be the director of the upcoming "The Hobbit" film(s), and with the theatrical versions of the "Lord of the Rings" movies having just been released on BluRay, it is a nice time to be revisiting these films once more. I've checked these discs at a friend's place (I'm waiting for the "Extendeds" to be... More >>

Interviews

Fantasia 2010: Don Bluth And Gary Goldman Talk The Past And Future Of Traditional Animation

Animation, Fantasia 2010, USA & Canada

by Todd Brown, July 28, 2010 1:39 PM

SFSFF 2010: Introductory Remarks to THE FLYING ACE (1926)

Drama, Random Festival News, USA & Canada

by Michael Guillen, July 24, 2010 2:20 PM

Library of Congress film curator Mike Mashon (affiliated with the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, aka MBRS) has become a familiar and welcome face at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF). Mashon explained that he has been working with the Norman... More >>

SFSFF 2010: Melissa Chittick's Founder's Presentation Acceptance Speech

Random Festival News, USA & Canada

by Michael Guillen, July 24, 2010 1:30 AM

To the charmingly avuncular Frank Buxton fell the honor of emceeing the Founder's Presentation centerpiece screening of Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Diary Of A Lost Girl (1929), selected by San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) founders Melissa Chittick and Stephen Salmons.... More >>

From the festival: Fantasia 2010

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The Official ALIEN VERSUS NINJA Trailer Arrives!

Action, Asia, Cult, Exploitation, Fantasia 2010, Horror, Martial Arts, NYAFF 2010, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

by Todd Brown, June 8, 2010 10:11 PM

Soon to have it's World Premiere as part of the New York Asian Film Festival - 6pm, July 3rd, at the Japan Society for those who want to be there - beforer traveling on to Fantasia directors Seiji Chiba and Yuji Shimomura bring on the man-in-suit splatter with Alien... More >>

Fantasia 2010: MESRINE (Part 1) Review

Action, Continental Europe & Russia, Drama, Fantasia 2010, Thriller, USA & Canada

by Kurt Halfyard, July 26, 2010 11:32 AM

[While they only (bafflingly) screened the first half of the sprawling Mesrine biopic at TIFF, it is gonzo movie-making that blows the biopic formula away in the opposite fashion of Soderbergh's Che, here is my review pulled out from the... More >>

Fantasia 2010: DELIVER US FROM EVIL Review

Continental Europe & Russia, Drama, Fantasia 2010, Thriller

by Kurt Halfyard, July 25, 2010 1:23 PM

[Yes, it is 'Straw Dogs with a nail gun', and yes you should see it at Fantasia! Here is Todd's mighty positive take on the film from the archives to beat the bushes and get you fine folks excited again.]It... More >>

Fantasia 2010: CENTURION Review

Action, Fantasia 2010, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand

by Kurt Halfyard, July 24, 2010 2:17 PM

[Oh, Neil Marshall, we love you so. Since Centurion is playing the big Hall Theatre today at the Fantasia Film Festival, it is apropos to bring up Todd's thoughts on the film from our archives.]Put aside any thoughts of typical... More >>

FanTasia 2010: Black Death

Action, Drama, Fantasia 2010, Horror, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand

by Andrew Mack, July 24, 2010 12:28 PM

I'll use James' synopsis from his own review. It is with a slight touch of trepidation that I submit my response to Smith's film... Sean Bean heads the cast as Ulric, an envoy to the Bishop, leading a ragtag... More >>

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