Review: GRACELAND Dramatizes A Kidnapping With Chilling Reality

Marlon has been the chauffeur of the wealthy Chango family for many years. His wife lies in a hospital room waiting for an organ transplant. His daughter is friends with the daughter of his boss and will frequently get rides... More »
  

Yamaguchi Gets Claustrophobic With ABDUCTEE

Best known as the yin to Takasguchi Tak's yang - the duo work together incredibly frequently - director Yamaguchi Yudai has built himself a very well earned reputation as one of the merriest of merry pranksters in the Japanese underground... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

SADAKO Returns For Another Dose Of 3D Horror

She crept off the video tape and through the TV screen of The Ring and onto the web for Sadako 3D and the villain that kicked off the J-horror wave is proving particularly persistent. Yep, Sadako is back once again,... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Witness The Sad Fate Of The Bread-Head Man

Poor Bread-Head man.... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Watch Studio Ghibli's GIANT GOD WARRIOR APPEARS IN TOKYO

It was all the way back in May of 2012 when word of an upcoming Japanese tokusatsu film titled Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo (Kyōshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru) was met with great anticipation. And for good reason. Sure, it's... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Bow Before The KING OF APOLOGIES!

Meet Kuroshima Mamoru, apology instructor. When mishaps occur and you need to put things right, Kuroshima is your man. He'll give you the skills you need. Among his clients: A returned ex-pat who never learned to apologize properly; an underwear... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

US Trailer For THE GRANDMASTER Confirms That The Weinsteins Think All Americans Are Stupid Meatheads

Hands up everyone out there who has ever seen a film by Wong Kar Wai. Yep, that's a pretty decent number. Okay, now. Hands up everybody who's ever even read anything about any film by Wong Kar Wai. That's even more... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Tribeca 2013 Review: HARMONY LESSONS, A Brilliantly Directed Tale of School and State Cruelty Straight Outta Kazakhstan

A village school and the surrounding area in rural Kazakhstan is the backdrop for the brutal Darwinism, of both the social variety and that found in nature, depicted in Emir Baigazin's astonishing debut feature Harmony Lessons, whose extraordinary accomplishments in... More »
  

Watch The First Trailer For Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI

Though there is still no North American release date announced for Keanu Reeves' directorial effort Man Of Tai Chi the international marketing campaign is already well under way. The poster intended for the Chinese market turned up last week and... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Exclusive Character Poster For Stephen Fung's TAI CHI HERO

With Stephen Fung's Tai Chi Hero hitting US screens April 26th a series of character posters has been popping up online and here at Twitch we have an exclusive one to share as well. Lu Chan (Jayden Yuan) is still... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Battling Monks And Flashing Blades In Full ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM Trailer

Dustin Nguyen makes his much anticipated directorial debut with martial arts fantasy Once Upon A Time In Vietnam (Lua Phat), a fight flick spectacle that owes equal debts to American westerns, steampunk aesthetics and local influences. We've been tracking this... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

New Trailer For Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES Features Fresh Footage, Fresh Violence

Freshly announced in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, a new international trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives has arrived online boasting a decent amount of new footage, an increased focus on the story and a bit more... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

KICK-HEART: Pro Wrestling Gets Animated And Exciting In Yuasa Masaaki's New Video

Anime director Yuasa Masaaki (Kaiba, Mind Game, The Tatami Galaxy) and Production I.G successfully ran a Kickstarter fundraising program for their new short film, Kick-Heart, in October last year. Stretch goals have allowed the film's runtime to be increased from... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

First Trailer For Sato Sakichi's Manga Adaptation TOKYO-YAMIMUSHI

It has been some time since Sato Sakichi directed a film. It was announced not too long ago that the Tokyo Zombie and The Bugs Detective director and screenwriter would be adapting the manga Tokyo-Yamimushi. A scant couple of months... More »
  

Pop Singers! Kung Fu! Glamor Shots! It's THE LEGEND OF TRIO MACAN!

Strange things can happen when pop stars make movies and that's even more true when they do so in a country predisposed towards making some rather strange movies in the first place. Enter Indonesian singers Trio Macan, stars of upcoming... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Kurosawa Creates Worlds In Full REAL Trailer

After four years away from feature films - though he did helm the excellent television miniseries Penance last year - Kurosawa Kiyoshi returns to Japanese screens this summer with scifi drama Real (aka A Perfect Day For Plesiosaur). The first... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Jang Chul-soo's BEDEVILLED Follow-up SECRETLY, GREATLY Gets a Teaser

Korean director Jang Chul-soo made a huge splash on the international film scene three years with the release of his sensational debut Bedevilled and he's finally returned with his follow-up. Secretly, Greatly, a story of three young North Korean agents who go undercover... More »
  

Gang Fights Continue At Suzuran High In CROWS EXPLODE's First Trailer

Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2 are two of Japanese director Miike Takashi's most popular films. These high school gangster flicks are violent, entertaining and filled with energy and intensity. With the box office success of both films, it comes... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

First Teaser For Live Action GATCHAMAN

The wait is finally over! After months of great anticipation, our first look at the live-action film adaptation of Tatsunoko's classic anime Gatchaman (aka Battle Of The Planets or G-Force depending on which version) has arrived in the form of... More »
By Al Young   
  

Imagine 2013 Review: Anime Movie 009 RE: CYBORG 3D Dazzles And Baffles

(After seeing this film I am "Himmelhoch jauchzend, zum Tode betrübt"...) One of the great things about film festivals is that they allow people to see Japanese anime films in a cinema. Being able to do so is such a... More »
By Ard Vijn   
  
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