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• Commented on Fourth Time's the Charm
  STAR TREK IV is a good catch. I'm happy / angry with myself that I didn't realize there was a film with the subtitle THE RAPISTS UNION out there....
  August 26, 2009 6:35 PM
• Posted Fourth Time's the Charm to Featured
  With the impending release of the fourth film in what’s become one of my all-time go-to guilty pleasures, the Final Destination series, I thought it might be fun with this ToM to look at a relatively rare species of film...
  August 26, 2009 4:36 PM
• Posted Comic Con 2009 Horror Comics / Film Panel! to News
  The cool folks you meet along the way have been and will continue to be one of the best things about writing for a site like Twitch. One such swell individual is (Twitch fave) Pop Skull producer Peter Katz. Peter...
  July 22, 2009 3:05 PM
• Commented on Second SHERLOCK HOLMES Trailer Arrives
  Please, if anything Ritchie will probably graduate to bigger-scale projects after this. Audience response to the first trailer has been very favorable, he has an incredibly popular actor in the lead role, and it looks "different" enough that it will...
  July 16, 2009 7:19 PM
• Commented on Richard Stanley Returns With VACATION
  I'll take as much Stanley as I can get. Yes please. Dean Cain often surprises me - he's excellent in Carl Franklin's underrated OUT OF TIME, and very good in the low-low budgeter LOST, which he almost carries by himself...
  July 16, 2009 4:39 PM
• Posted The Ten Megaton ToM: Twitch-O-Meter turns 10,000,000 part 1,001 (or "9") to Featured
  When our Twitch-O-Meter column reached number fifty we did something cool: ten writers gave a list with five of their favorite directors, creating one huge Twitch-O-Meter which we lovingly called the MEGA-ToM. However, the next big round number is already...
  July 16, 2009 3:43 AM
• Commented on Go To Your Happy Place
  Oh man, SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! That movie. Yikes. I can't imagine it making me feel good, but to each his own! FWIW I love it - just can't watch it too often! A long-ish anecdote involving that movie... A...
  July 9, 2009 7:19 PM
• Commented on Go To Your Happy Place
  Good selections, all! Some stuff in there that is surprising - might have to try a few out next time I'm feeling down (or just for the hell of it). Always appreciate knowing the sorts of films others are into...
  July 9, 2009 3:06 PM
• Posted Go To Your Happy Place to Featured
  I’ve been a little blue lately. Reason being, we’ve recently wrapped production on a short film that had rattled around the back of my mind from January to April and occupied all of it from May up until about a...
  July 8, 2009 2:49 PM
• Commented on Trailer Finally Arrives For JENNIFER'S BODY!
  I wasn't really taken with JUNO, and a lot of it had to do with the preternatural nature of the dialog... looks like more of the same here. Not my cup of tea. But it could be fun... And what...
  July 7, 2009 11:15 PM
• Commented on Fantasia 2009 Presents HELL ON EARTH: THE FILMS OF BUDDY GIOVINAZZO
  COMBAT SHOCK warped my mind as an unsupervised youth. Haven't heard great things about CRACKTOWN, but a new film from an artist as singular as Giovinazzo is cause for celebration regardless. Sounds like a very cool event. Jealousness abounds....
  July 2, 2009 3:06 PM
• Commented on YES! YEEEEESSSSSS!
  Man, we're a snobby bunch. That said, I'd take two hours of the first half of that trailer over 15 minutes of the second half - are there really space arks in this movie? WTF?...
  June 19, 2009 3:29 PM
• Commented on Region Free Blu-Ray Gets Free-er?
  Ah, if only I had the monies. Momitsu makes a beautiful standard-def player - I would expect the same quality here. If someone picks one up, might you be kind enough to let us know what you think, perhaps in...
  June 12, 2009 4:16 PM
• Commented on SHUTTER ISLAND Trailer Promises a Straight Up Genre Film from Scorsese
  Another DEPARTED fan here. Can't wait for this - looks fun, but yeah - trailer seems a might revealing. Who knows, though?...
  June 11, 2009 3:16 PM
• Commented on Video Player All Time Top Ten! No. 7: STOIC
  Yeah, it's a great business model... that unfortunately exploits audience weaknesses when it comes to what they decide to take home from the video store on a given night. Although what business isn't about exploitation in some respect? Oy vey....
  June 9, 2009 5:25 PM
• Commented on Video Player All Time Top Ten! No. 7: STOIC
  Swarez is right about the loophole - and people fund films in similar fashion around the globe. Right now there's a lot of grant money for film projects with social components available stateside, precisely because the people donating money don't...
  June 9, 2009 4:03 AM
• Commented on Film Review: Mark Region's AFTER LAST SEASON
  Well done Rodney - really taking one for the lot of us! Damn it. I want to see it. I tried to organize a trip up for the Illinois showing but it just didn't work out. I'll hang on for...
  June 6, 2009 5:45 PM
• Commented on Video Player All Time Top Ten! No. 7: STOIC
  He's been on a not-entirely-shit streak for this three movies now (POSTAL, SEED, TUNNEL RATS...). Looks to continue here. And I always love a prison drama. Don't know where TUNNEL RATS is either - it's pretty decent, at least in...
  June 6, 2009 2:45 PM
• Commented on Jeonju Digital Project DVD Box Set Now Available
  Gahahahah... want now....
  June 4, 2009 7:02 PM
• Commented on Bill. Killed.
  Unbelievable. Very sad news....
  June 4, 2009 4:11 PM
• Commented on Remakes Done Wrong
  And to the "reboot-not-a-remake" column of double-speak, I'd like to add "re-imagining" - which I think really penetrated the lexicon with Burton's PLANET OF THE APES. Call a spade a spade, people. Yeesh....
  June 3, 2009 4:39 PM
• Commented on "They've got, uh, printers in the basement you can use" - AFTER LAST SEASON arrives this Friday!!!
  @betterangelsnow - not sure how long it will run - these things usually get a weekend and a week in my experience - after all the theater would probably be making more off of another screen of UP, etc. But...
  June 2, 2009 11:09 PM
• Posted "They've got, uh, printers in the basement you can use" - AFTER LAST SEASON arrives this Friday!!! to News
  No one knows what the hell it is - and if they do, they aren't talking. Elaborate prank? Feature-length sweding? The world's first film to feature a cardboard MRI scanner? We'll find out soon - this Friday, June 5th, in...
  June 2, 2009 7:04 PM
• Posted Remakes Done Wrong to Featured
  A little while back, yours truly posted a ToM dealing with remakes that I felt, at the very least, equaled their inspiration for one reason or another. It shouldn’t surprise that reader response was pretty divided, with some people decrying...
  June 2, 2009 6:53 PM
• Posted Artwork for OUTPOST II: BLACK SUN released to News
  I count myself as a big fan of 2007's Nazi zombie shocker Outpost. Not only did the film feature a surprisingly textured script and strong work from a roster of character players including recent big-screen Punisher and Rome star Ray...
  May 15, 2009 7:47 PM
• Commented on Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson Up for Preorder (UK R2)
  My favorite from Refn remains FEAR X - but so far, he's batting 1.000. Can't wait to see this - now, do I hold out for the potential BD release...???...
  May 12, 2009 1:45 AM
• Commented on Marko Zaror To Face Off With Scott Adkins In UNDISPUTED 3!
  The first film is a favorite of mine - very underrated, classic Walter Hill. Great cast, great acting from Snipes and Peter Falk. The second film was a surprise, in that it was a cut above typical DTV sequel fare...
  May 5, 2009 5:49 PM
• Commented on In 2009 JU-ON Returns. Twice.
  Oh yeah - that "baby" thing in the second-half of the trailer - holy crap. Terrifying....
  April 21, 2009 9:53 PM
• Posted Twitch fave POP SKULL coming to DVD! to News
  Twitch staff favorite Pop Skull has landed a North American DVD release courtesy of boutique distributor Halo 8! Details below... HALO 8 SWALLOWS POP SKULL Halo-8 Entertainment has secured North American distribution rights to the manic, twisted, drug-infused Pop Skull,...
  April 18, 2009 8:10 PM
• Commented on Over / Under
  Oh, and you're in for a serious treat with THE GREAT SILENCE. Wow... helluva movie there....
  April 15, 2009 10:39 PM
• Commented on Over / Under
  LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL... gahaha. Just painful to watch - not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination. People have come up with some real surprises here - I'd love to see another round of this sometime....
  April 15, 2009 10:08 AM
• Commented on Over / Under
  BOONDOCK SAINTS! Yes. Eff that movie. Just absolutely terrible. Good call - honestly, wish I would've thought of it. POINT BREAK and STRANGE DAYS are good catches too - gotta love Kathryn Bigelow....
  April 15, 2009 2:06 AM
• Commented on Over / Under
  Nice finds, as always - SPARTAN is great, probably my favorite Mamet directorial effort. 13TH WARRIOR is another one - an odd duck, but just a whole lot of fun. I love the way they handle the transition from the...
  April 15, 2009 12:42 AM
• Posted Over / Under to Featured
  As usual, this ToM will remain at the top of the page for the better part of the day. New stories will appear below! Sorry folks - I'm not intro-ing a betting function here at Twitch but tackling another ToM,...
  April 14, 2009 9:40 PM
• Commented on Is Cronos getting the Criterion treatment?
  You know, there were some issues with that R1 disc regarding subtitles, but it's been a while since I've popped mine in to check it out. Otherwise a pretty solid release, agreed. Still, I suspect the Criterion folks will have...
  April 1, 2009 7:17 AM
• Commented on Warner to open up their vaults for cinephiles.
  I've been involved in commercial DVD production through my work for many years now, and I understand the costs involved, especially in doing something unique like this - it's just a little high a price to pay at this point...
  April 1, 2009 3:27 AM
• Commented on What the World Needs Now is a RanXerox Movie
  Hm... Rourke and Perlman are good choices, but after SIN CITY and HELLBOY, seem too obvious (don't get me wrong, both are smart choices and could play the hell out the part - just looking for a new face is...
  March 26, 2009 12:15 AM
• Commented on Swanberg Preparing "Quasi-Horror" Project Featuring Fessenden and West
  I'm no fan of Swanberg, but this is intriguing. I was very taken with BAGHEAD, and I have to trust Fessenden's taste in material - he's yet to let me down. Very interesting scoop......
  March 19, 2009 8:50 AM
• Commented on Masters In Decline
  CIGARETTE BURNS was outstanding, if you haven't seen it - but it was the first thing Carpenter had done in years that made me sit up and take notice. Here's hoping we see something good from him again. I've all...
  March 17, 2009 8:36 AM
• Commented on Phasma Ex Machina
  Good looking out, Swarez (and the Row Three gang!). Going to keep an eye out for this one....
  March 15, 2009 11:37 PM
• Commented on Jodorowsky's KING SHOT Lensing This Summer!
  Don't mean to piss on the picnic, but I'll believe it when I see it. Don't get me wrong - I hope we DO see it - but Jodorowsky's been talking up a myriad of projects over the last few...
  March 12, 2009 2:51 AM
• Commented on TVS: Adam Mason Salutes Twelve Horror Classics
  Great list, but I too take issue with the last five years - add THE MIST and THE LAST WINTER (those two are American, btw) to the afore-mentioned DESCENT and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN....
  March 12, 2009 2:47 AM
• Commented on Trailer for Lynch's SURVEILLANCE
  James, you beat me to it. THEY LIVE is actually cogent - and honestly, I don't see how a movie that features two guys fist-fighting for five solid minutes and stars Roddy Piper as the lead makes any attempt to...
  March 11, 2009 5:34 PM
• Commented on TVS: Vincenzo Natali Salutes 80s Mashup Madness!
  ROTLD had a massive amount of influence on me as a kid. I've seen it at least 50 times. I am not joking. Send more paramedics!...
  February 26, 2009 4:17 AM
• Commented on Michel Gondry in talks to direct 'Green Hornet'
  In service of others' ideas, Gondry is brilliant (his own, not so much). This is very interesting. That said, I still wish Chow was doing it, too....
  February 26, 2009 4:15 AM
• Commented on TVS: Fabrice Du Welz Salutes Early VHS Discoveries
  Peter Tscherkassky's OUTERSPACE, which appropriates sections of THE ENTITY, is perhaps as disturbing as the film itself. I count myself a big fan of IMPULSE as well....
  February 19, 2009 4:39 AM
• Posted Comic Book Adaptations to Featured
  One of the most critically lauded works in a field still shorted mainstream respect, Allan Moore's 1986-87 short run series "Watchmen" sees its big-screen adaptation glow to life in early March. Moore has a history of prickly behavior when it...
  February 18, 2009 4:16 AM
• Posted GHOSTWATCH: BEHIND THE CURTAINS is coming! to News
  This one's been flying way under the radar which is a damn shame, but at least it's out there and we can now help spread the word - one of the more notorious hoax productions to have ever made it...
  February 16, 2009 9:15 PM
• Commented on Suuuwwwweeeet! Andy Richter Controls the Universe coming to DVD
  Yes! Been waiting for this for a long time. Definitely more subversive than appearances would have you believe. Great ensemble, too....
  January 14, 2009 8:55 PM
• Commented on Canadian Arctic Thriller: THE THAW Trailer
  Ooh, this sounds fun. Good find, Kurt. Anxious to see it. And I agree - more Kilmer is generally a good thing....
  January 9, 2009 3:58 AM