Peter Martin
Managing Editor; Dallas, Texas

Peter began contributing to Twitch in 2005 and has never stopped, save for occasional periods when he has been "away." He is also a contributing writer for Movies.com and other fine print and online publications. He is a member of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society.

Canada's MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE Will Be Translated For French and Korean Remakes
Sex sells! Remake rights for Sean Garrity's My Awkward Sexual Adventure have been sold to companies in France and South Korea, according to The Hollywood Reporter, proving once again that sex is truly the international language. The Canadian sex comedy... More »
  

A BAND CALLED DEATH Gets Theatrical Life Via Drafthouse Films
"One of the best music documentaries to come out in years" will hit theaters and the VOD circuit this summer, courtesy of Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The quote above is from our own... More »
  

Guilty Zombie Teen Returns Home in BBC Three's IN THE FLESH
Kieren Walker may look like a self-loathing emo-teen, but that's just because he's been dead for four years. The three-part BBC Three drama In the Flesh tells the story of young Kieren's reintegration back into society. Along with thousands of... More »
  

Review: SNITCH Doesn't Reveal Anything Except Its Good Intentions
A well-meaning but lumbering drama that feels like an extended prologue in search of an action movie, Snitch represents a good-faith attempt by Dwayne Johnson to stretch himself as an actor. Johnson became an action star based on his affable,... More »
  

Ewan McGregor's SON OF A GUN Under Fire, Accused Of Racial Bias In Casting
Note to casting agents and producers: Be very, very careful about how you phrase casting calls. The producers of Son of a Gun have come under fire after issuing a casting call that appeared to be racially biased, according to... More »
  

India's VISHWAROOPAM Gets Muted By Malaysia
Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam is returning to cinemas in Malaysia -- but only after muting brief sections of the film that disturbed some Muslim viewers. The film was yanked from Malaysian theaters the day after it opened on January 25, even... More »
  

Afghanistan TV Goes Indie in SXSW Selected THE NETWORK
Soon to debut at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, The Network documents the creation of the first independent television network in Afghanistan. Eva Orner, an award-winning Australian producer, makes her directorial debut with the documentary. The festival describes... More »
  

Shane Acker Will Animate BEASTS OF BURDEN
In what sounds like a great match of filmmaker and material, Shane Acker (9) will adapt comic book series Beasts of Burden into an animated feature. Reel FX, a design, visual-effects and animation studio based in Dallas, Texas, is backing... More »
  

BATES MOTEL Trailer Threatens To Unleash A Teenage Serial Killer
Something about this trailer makes me feel queasy. It's not that the images are shocking, or the idea that U.S. basic cable channel A&E is making the prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror classic the basis of a weekly television... More »
  

Jason Clarke Snared As (Possibly Human) Lead In Next APES Movie
The seventh installment of the Planet of the Apes franchise has snared an Australian in its casting net. Jason Clarke, born and raised in Australia, will star in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which takes place 15 years... More »
  

Bruce Lee's Origin Story To Be Fictionalized In BIRTH OF THE DRAGON
Because the true story of Bruce Lee is not sufficiently action-packed to satisfy audiences in the 21st Century, his real life will be revised for an upcoming movie about his origin as an international legend. That's not exactly what the... More »
  

Coen Brothers' INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Gets U.S. Distribution
CBS Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Inside Lleweyn Davis, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. While it's been fully expected that the film would get picked up -- it's the frickin' Coen Brothers! -- CBS Films... More »
  

Matthew Goode Joins Kyle Chandler In Ridley Scott's THE VATICAN
Hollywood is nothing if not a town that loves "coincidental" timing, so it should be no surprise that U.S. premium cable channel Showtimes has announced the casting for its prospective new series The Vatican in the wake of Pope Benedict's... More »
  

Mads Mikkelsen As HANNIBAL In First Trailer. Will He Eat People On TV?
Mads Mikkelsen is good, Mads Mikkelsen can be great, but can Mads Mikkelsen convince everyone that he's Hannibal Lecter, AKA "Hannibal the Cannibal"? Mikkelsen plays the character, created by Thomas Harris in his 1981 novel Red Dragon, in a... More »
  

Paul Schrader's THE CANYONS Bravely Acquired By IFC Films
Lindsay Lohan! A male porn star! The guy who wrote American Psycho! The guy who wrote Taxi Driver! Bad behavior on the set! Truly terrible teasers! Rejection by Sundance and SXSW! Just how bad is Paul Schrader's The Canyons? Maybe... More »
  

Michael Mann And Chris Hemsworth Aim To Thrill With Cyber Threats
Michael Mann will soon be directing his first feature since 2009's Public Enemies, and he's bringing Thor (AKA Chris Hemsworth) with him, according to Variety. Described as a thriller set in "a world of cyber threats and attacks," the project... More »
  

STAR WARS: Harrison Ford Rumored To Return As Han Solo
Harrison Ford was previously said to be "open" to the idea of returning as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII, and now a new rumor claims that he's locked and loaded for the picture. The report in November 2012... More »
  

Children Are So Scary, Claims New COME OUT AND PLAY Trailer
Remaking a classic horror movie, even when it's little-known among the general populace, is always a dicey proposition, simply because people who love the original really, really love the original, and woe betide the filmmaker who doesn't make good choices... More »
  

5 Films That Make Me Glad I'm Single
As a confirmed bachelor -- confirmed to me by a number of other people, by the way, sometimes by court order -- the annual celebration of Valentine's Day is something of a trial, one that is only assuaged by watching... More »
  

Fox Says It's A GOOD DAY TO [BLEEP] HARD In UK
Fans in the U.S. were delighted to hear that A Good Day to Die Hard had received an "R" rating, taking it as an article of faith that the fifth installment in the franchise would not be softening the trademark... More »
  
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