Jessica Chastain To Join Hathaway And McConaughey In Nolan's INTERSTELLER?
The Zero Dark Thirty star is reportedly in talks to take the final lead spot in Christopher Nolan's next film Interstellar alongside Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey. The Oscar nominated actress has been in high demand and has a number... More »
  

Daniel Radcliffe Uncovers Yakuza Corruption In TOKYO VICE
Daniel Radcliffe will get threatened by the Yakuza in 2014 in the upcoming film Tokyo Vice, an adaptation of the memoir by the same title by American journalist Jake Adelstein. Adelstein wrote for the newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun where he uncovered a... More »
  

Interview: Director Jason Mann On His Deliciously Dark DELICACY
If there is a lesson to be derived from Jason Mann's whimsically morbid short film Delicacy it is to expect the unexpected... and to relish it.Premiering last fall at the Telluride Film Festival, I saw Jason's film during this year's... More »
  

Review: THE SOURCE FAMILY - Spiritual Utopia Or Exploitive Cult?
There are those in The Source Family, a film exploring a radical, Utopian community in the 70's, who still claim that they experienced unexplainable miracles while living under the guidance of spiritual leader Father Yod. Stillborn babies were seemingly magically... More »
  

Sydney Is Not Spared In New PACIFIC RIM Poster
We here at Twitch are eager for Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi mech extravaganza Pacific Rim and are excited to bring you more news and images as the film blazes across the promotional path. So in that regard, here is a... More »
  

Help TODD AND THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL Get Animated!
If you are already familiar with horror-comedy television series Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil then you are already familiar with one basic fact: After hitting a cliffhanger ending in Season Two the show was not renewed and that... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Now on DVD: MANBORG Brings Retro-Future Sci-Fi Into Your Home!
I believe my Manborg review from Fantastic Fest 2011 was the first one published online, and I'm republishing here with notes on Dark Sky's DVD release out today.Do you remember when Mortal Kombat first hit arcades?  I do.  We were... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

The AXE GIANT Comes A-Chopping.
Paul Bunyan's pissed off and he's not going to calm down until he's chopped himself an Estevez. These are the basics of what you need to know about the upcoming Axe Giant, a pulpy B flick featuring Joe Estevez (brother... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sharmill Films Acquires Joss Whedon's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING For Australia
While the 2013 theatrical release date is yet to be announced, it is great news to confirm that Australians will be privy to Whedon's take on the Bard's play Much Ado About Nothing this year thanks to Sharmill Films.Joss Whedon's... More »
  

Full Disclosure: Twitch's Lists of Shame - April (Part 2)
Continued from hereOn the Waterfront (dir. Elia Kazan, 1954 USA)Winner of 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay, winner of 4 Golden Globes, including Best Picture - Drama and Best Actor - DramaJ Hurtado,... More »
  

Full Disclosure: Twitch's Lists of Shame - April (Part 1)
We carry on apace with this epic undertaking - finally each tackling a classic from our individual Lists of Shame, and sharing our thoughts with you the readers. This month sees the work of such cinematic luminaries as Ozu, Bergman... More »
  

Melbourne Cinematheque Review: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM Lingers
Welcome back to my ongoing coverage of the Melbourne Cinematheque's fantastic program for 2013. Here I will be reviewing the first film per season (month). This month I took a look at The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), from... More »
  

IFFR 2013: A Talk With Richard Raaphorst About FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY. Part 2 of 2: Shooting Zombots!
Back in January, Frankenstein's Army had its World Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. A few hours before the official world premiere, I was allowed to interview director Richard Raaphorst. The first part of that interview can be found... More »
By Ard Vijn   
  

Watch The Meditative Short Film BRIDGES
Bridges is a quiet, minimalist short film from critic-turned-filmmaker Christopher Bell. It's worth noting in these here pages because at its core it features a finely tuned, nuanced performance from the brilliant Joslyn Jensen. Those with their finger on the... More »
  

DJANGO UNCHAINED Finally Cleared for China Release

Quentin Tarantino's epic western Django Unchained will finally be released in mainland China on 12 May, according to a statement issued yesterday by the film's distributors, Sony."There is tremendous excitement, anticipation and awareness for the film and we thank the... More »
  

Rooftop Films Series Unveils Impressive Summer Lineup

Somewhere between a festival and an art house movie theater, Rooftop Films today unveiled its impressive summer lineup bringing some of the very best of indie cinema to a variety of outdoor locations around New York City. The program... More »
  

Fresh Poster For Unforgettable Festival Favorite A BAND CALLED DEATH Tells The Truth
This year's SXSW had an amazing wealth of fantastic documentaries, three of which (Unhung Hero, I Am Divine, and Rewind This!) I reviewed back in March. One that I didn't review but managed to catch on my last day in... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Oh, No! AVALANCHE SHARKS!
Yes, this is real.Spring break in the mountains: snowboarding, beer, drunken co-eds in bikinis.  As the yearly Bikini Ski Day party descends on a small mountain town, something lurks beneath the snow.  When an unwitting rider causes an avalanche, it... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Hot Docs 2013 Review: WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL Subverts the Expected TEDtalk Narrative
What exactly is William and The Windmill about?  Is it the story of a resourceful and ingenious young Malawi boy who builds a windmill from available detritus using diagrams in a book so his parents have a way to... More »
  

Hot Docs 2013 Review: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF DORIS PAYNE is Glamorous and Mundane
It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to walk into a jewelry store and pull a pure short-con swindle. Doris Payne, now in her early eighties, remains as wiry and razor sharp as she ever was, pulling one jewel... More »
  
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They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »
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