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• Commented on First Images Arrive From Satoshi Kon's THE DREAMING MACHINE (YUME MIRU KIKAI)
  But... that IS Paprika, right? If not, she looks an awful lot like her......
  November 19, 2009 3:27 PM
• Commented on Universal finds their guy! Carl Rinsch to direct their '47 Ronin' film.
  Slightly westernized version: It's about a young boy going to Edo to become a Ronin just like his father. He befriends the 47 Ronin but falls foul of the Emperor's ninjas. He helps the Emperor's consort retrieve a copy of...
  November 19, 2009 4:33 AM
• Posted Richard Stanley, I presume? An interview with the director of HARDWARE... to Interviews
  Pinning down Richard Stanley can be quite a job, whether you're talking about trying to find where he is or trying to make sense of the bewildering variety of reputations he has. He's been called a genius, a hack, an...
  November 18, 2009 9:03 PM
• Commented on PHOBIA 2 Review
  I still have to see "Alone" but would like to stress that I consider "Shutter" to be one of the best 'hairy ghost' films. After seeing endless "Ringu" and "Ju-On" clones, "Shutter" at least had a story which made sense...
  November 18, 2009 9:03 AM
• Commented on PHOBIA 2 Review
  So it's Banjong Pisanthanakun for "teh win" again? Damn! His "In the Middle" was definitely the highlight of the previous "4BIA" too......
  November 17, 2009 7:17 PM
• Posted Cheapskate! CHEAPSKATE! to Featured
  Yes, this title is a pun on two previous Twitch-O-Meters (this one and this one).   We all know and love stories about fledgling filmmakers scraping together the tiniest of budgets and managing to create an intriguing, sometimes even phenomenally successful...
  November 17, 2009 10:13 AM
• Commented on It's in the Game
  That slowing-down actually helped sell the drama! I played it on a fast machine recently and I missed the staggering way whole city parts were levelled... Anyway, more Syndicate highlights: Having an expendable agent of yours antagonize enemy agents, then...
  November 17, 2009 9:43 AM
• Posted Park Chan-Ok's "PAJU" will open the IFFR 2010 to News
  From January 27th till February the 7th, the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam will be held. And even though the final line-up won't be released until the second week of January, details are slowly but surely emerging.   Such as...
  November 15, 2009 8:06 PM
• Commented on Japanese Poster Art And Detailed Synopsis For Mamoru Oshii's ASSAULT GIRLS
  Ah, thanks Brian for clearing that up. And good news too. Seeing as how I consider the "Sky Crawlers" soundtrack as being on of last year's best, the "Assault Girls" CD will be a blind buy for me!...
  November 13, 2009 5:53 AM
• Commented on The Spirit review
  Bayamus, Here at Twitch we encourage writers to speak up about what they like, old or new. That is the attitude which brought us where we are today and I can't believe that would cause us to lose credibility all...
  November 12, 2009 11:13 AM
• Commented on Japanese Poster Art And Detailed Synopsis For Mamoru Oshii's ASSAULT GIRLS
  This title will be mine one day. Mine! MINE! Uhm.. the soundtrack is already up for pre-order on several sites, and is composed by someone called Noritsugu Kawai. I presume that is Kenji Kawai or are we talking family?...
  November 11, 2009 7:34 PM
• Commented on CLASH OF THE TITANS trailer arrives
  Scorpions moving to the beat of hardrock (even saluting the music it seems) followed by the tagline: "Titans will clash!". I nearly spilled my coffee from angry laughter. Oh my, this is surely one of the worst trailers this year....
  November 11, 2009 10:26 AM
• Commented on The Spirit review
  "Schumacher's second Batman masterpiece"? If this were Ain't-it-Cool-News you'd be sooooo dead......
  November 11, 2009 8:20 AM
• Commented on It's in the Game
  My ideal match-up: Johnnie To doing a "Syndicate Wars" movie. I dearly loved the Syndicate games and their add-ons, and "Syndicate Wars" still is one of the most amazing games ever. These games were utterly, UTTERLY ruthless in their description...
  November 11, 2009 6:41 AM
• Commented on [MAINLAND REVIEWS] 风声 (The Message)
  If he was in the Nazi choir he just earned himself a hell of a nickname... But by the looks of it he was in Nanjing street shot. Pity. "Nanjing Streetwalker" doesn't quite have the same ring as "Nazi Choirboy"...
  November 10, 2009 7:14 PM
• Commented on First Images Surface From Brian Yuzna's Giant Scorpion Flick AMPHIBIOUS
  Yeah, Michael Pare sort-of caught my eye as well. Still, as long as the monster looks cool... But judging by that synopsis we'll have to wait for ages to see the damn thing....
  November 10, 2009 5:20 AM
• Commented on [MAINLAND REVIEWS] 风声 (The Message)
  Peter, you do realize you just told everyone what you look like? ;-) And damn, that's quite the trip your twin is having. Spectacular as usual (Ì can't remember getting parts in Chinese dramas when I was visiting the place!)....
  November 10, 2009 5:16 AM
• Posted Genius Party Beyond to Mastheads
  November 7, 2009 7:27 PM
• Posted Genius Party Beyond to Mastheads
  November 7, 2009 7:25 PM
• Commented on 'The Human Centipede' wins Prix D'or at Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival
  Did I spot Uwe Boll scoring the silver prize here? It's cool that Tom Six wins an award (and for a movie which totally passed me by except for the coverage on this site, go figure...) but it's also big...
  November 7, 2009 9:08 AM
• Posted Genius Party Beyond to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party Beyond to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party Beyond to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party Beyond to Mastheads
  November 5, 2009 6:12 PM
• Commented on Koji Yakusho and Koichi Sato to star in 47 Ronin film 'Saigo no Chushingura'
  Wasn't the last time someone told the story of the 47 ronin on the big screen in John Frankenheimer's "Ronin"? It wasn't an adaptation, but one of the characters actually told another character the story... (ducks and runs...)...
  November 5, 2009 8:16 AM
• Commented on AFM 09: Following Up The KILL SPEED Smear Campaign.
  Talk about creating product-recognition for your film! With enemies like these, who needs friends? Or a marketing department?...
  November 5, 2009 8:00 AM
• Posted GENIUS PARTY BEYOND DVD Review to Reviews
  Note: This is a companion-piece to my "Genius Party" DVD-review published yesterday.   When Studio 4ºC released the results of their "Genius Party"-project, they were clever enough not to do it as one giant 3-hour-long movie as that would have just...
  November 5, 2009 6:49 AM
• Posted Genius Party to Mastheads
  November 4, 2009 8:41 PM
• Posted Genius Party to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party to Mastheads
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• Posted Genius Party to Mastheads
  November 4, 2009 8:35 PM
• Commented on Raindance Festival 2009: EXAM Review
  Maybe it should be renamed "The Room, Part 2"? Your review seems to imply several similarities in quality... and it takes place in a single room!...
  November 4, 2009 7:41 AM
• Commented on Five Gorgeous Images From Tsui Hark's DETECTIVE DEE
  Oh HELL yes!!! Maybe it will just turn out to be two hours of empty eyecandy, but for now I'm seriously hooked!...
  November 4, 2009 7:33 AM
• Commented on Elias Koteas joins cast of LET ME IN
  Yep, you're right Eight Rooks, I deleted the last two remarks about Eli because they were spoiling things. Not much would be spoiled when you consider Alfredson's film, but hey... you never know how important this aspect would be in...
  November 3, 2009 9:31 PM
• Posted GENIUS PARTY DVD Review to Reviews
  It's no secret we are very big fans of Studio 4ºC here at Twitch. From all major animation studios currently busy in Japan, Studio 4ºC is the one which is consistently pushing the boundaries of the medium the most. Their...
  November 3, 2009 8:46 PM
• Commented on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time trailer
  I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around a buffed-up Jake Gyllenhaal as a romantic action-hero. I'm afraid I'll just have to see this one with my own two eyes....
  November 3, 2009 1:23 PM
• Commented on AFM 09: 'The Eternal', coming to a subway station near you!
  That health-and-safety rule sounds like there is a past accident attached to it. Maybe someone used real pig's blood once or something? You can get the damnedest skin diseases from such a thing, and I can imagine local authorities not...
  November 3, 2009 1:17 PM
• Commented on Elias Koteas joins cast of LET ME IN
  Well... I think you could indeed make a movie which focuses more on Hakan and less on the bullies as "teh evil" in this film. This might be a case where two adaptations are so vastly different that they won't...
  November 3, 2009 5:28 AM
• Posted Dust Devil to Mastheads
  October 30, 2009 9:21 PM
• Posted Dust Devil to Movies
  October 30, 2009 9:20 PM
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  October 30, 2009 9:12 PM
• Commented on A Reader's Take On THE ROAD
  Please keep over-analyzing. I loved your take on "Watchmen" and even though I liked the film I could definitely see your point. I haven't read the novel of "The Road" and this film is not really pulling me. As a...
  October 30, 2009 10:54 AM
• Commented on Donnie Yen is (not!) Retiring
  As a movie I don't think "Ip-Man" was too great but it was a terrific showcase of different martial arts styles, almost like a catalogue of this-flashy-move-belongs-there. Donnie Yen ruled as a Win-Chun performer and made it look damn sexy,...
  October 30, 2009 10:15 AM
• Commented on It's True, You Know.
  I don't necessarily hate torrenters. Watching a downloaded movie because you are curious and there is no decent (or decently priced) version available is not inherently evil. Especially if you, when you like the movie, spread positive word of mouth...
  October 30, 2009 8:49 AM
• Commented on Mads Mikkelsen, Harvey Keitel and Roy Dupuis Are One Third Of Rodrigo Gudino's CUT THROATS NINE!
  Cool! What is a "relatively subdued excess" though? I thought I knew the marketing lingo a bit but this is a new one. Perhaps it means "it will be gross, but not too gross..."....
  October 30, 2009 8:07 AM
• Commented on Berg Will Not Be Directing the Kwisatz Haderach
  Pity, I like Peter Berg's movies and his take on (and use of) special effects and action. Has any reason been mentioned? Has he left or was he removed? And can we please have another default picture for anything Dune-related?...
  October 29, 2009 7:03 AM
• Commented on THIS IS IT review
  Thanks Jim, That was a great, great review and very well written too. Appreciative but not gushing, and touching on the controversies without getting snide. I too was a young adolescent during the Eighties so I understand all the positive...
  October 29, 2009 6:39 AM
• Commented on Why Belgium Will Never Rule The World.
  Think of it in a positive way though Todd, you only pissed off one writer instead of three! Still, this page has a damn odd URL. Hmmmm......
  October 29, 2009 4:58 AM