[Our thanks to Serdar Kökçeoğlu for the following.]Modern Turkish cinema continues to present new genres of movies, in contrast with the more traditional facade it had in the past. And carrying on with that trend, two new movies have...

Hey Seattle cinephiles, wondering what to do this weekend? Well, the Emerald City's SIFF Cinema's begin their Kurosawa-sensei series this Friday, February 5'th. It's a wonderful chance to see 5 of the masters films, presented in glorious 35mm, in SIFF's... More >>

With the new 10 nominees for best picture development in this years Oscar derby, it puts a lot of different genres in the running.  Animated film up for best picture?  Check.  South African science fiction allegory?  Check.  Football feel-good...

A 15-second TV spot for the upcoming live action adaptation of Gantz has been broadcast on the Nippon Network Television of Japan and thankfully, a viewer have captured it and uploaded it on Youtube.  In the video, we get our...

While some films that came out in 2009 were in many ways "better" than what I may have on my list, I just used my level of enjoyment as the yardstick for my choices. The pleasure meter is subjective,... More >>

I'm putting this up for the simple reason that I liked the first two. 'The Third' left a bad, bad taste in my mouth and I hope the team behind the fourth, and final[?], Shrek film, Shrek Forever After,...

Effortlessly looking forward while also looking back, "The Princess and the Frog" is the most satisfying animated Disney film in at least a decade. Much care has been put into it, and it absolutely shows. Children, parents, and animation aficionados... More >>

I would like you to ask yourself two questions.  First, if you are the director of the first slasher in Norway's history, a film that became a huge financial success and helped spark a surge of genre pictures out...

It seems India has an answer to Conan or Gladiator with period epic Veer starring beefcake stud Salman Khan who consider this film as his long time dream project and touts it as the biggest Bollywood blockbuster event ever according...