Yes, kids, I’ve recovered from my egg nog hangover enough to remember that we had a copy of Friky Dingo Season Two to give away and boy howdy, I’m doing just that.  Congratulations go out to Ray Salem, you’re our winner!

Our congratulations go out to Kurtis Fujita, who has just won himself a free copy of Aqua Teen Hunger Force 6 on DVD.  Entrants to this contest had to suggest something that would be better if deep fried and I would be remiss if I failed to include Kurt’s winning submission.  Voila:

I believe that Telly Savalas (of the American Detective T.V. Series “Kojak”) would be best deep fried because scientists could re-animate his corpse and make him perform in the Christopher Nolan revamping of the Toxic Avenger franchise.  Thank you for your consideration.

That’s pretty tough to beat and nobody did.  Congratulations Kurtis!

Yes, boys and girls, three of you lot have just won yourselves copies of The Spirit: The Visual Movie Companion, the new Titan Books release of artwork and behind the scenes material from Frank Miller’s The Spirit.  Our congratulations to:  Jason Pritchett, Charles Webb, and Ray Salem!

Yes, kids, Christmas is a giving time and today we’ve got a little bit of Killface to put under your tree.  It’s Frisky Dingo season two on DVD and it could be yours.  Want it?  (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Wednesday - AKA Christmas Eve - saying you want in on the Frisky Dingo giveaway and it could be all yours.

Check out a trailer for Season One below the break!

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Our Painted Skin DVD giveaway contest has come to an end and the time has come to congratulate our two winners:  Seth Isenberg (who thinks Donnie Yen should punch Robert Mugabe in the face) and Marissa Berlin (who thinks Donnie should punch a They Live era Roddy Piper in the face).  Let the violence begin!

We’re not the only ones in a giving mood here at Twitch, nope, the fine folk at Titan Books are getting in on the act and offering up three copies of their freshly released The Spirit: The Visual Movie Companion.

Written for the screen and directed by Frank Miller (creator of Sin City, 300) and presented in his dynamic comic-book visual style, The Spirit stars Gabriel Macht as the eponymous hero and his alter-ego, the presumed-dead young detective Denny Colt, as he fights crime in his hometown of Central City using nothing but his wits and fists. Starring alongside Macht is Samuel L. Jackson as arch-nemesis The Octopus, plus Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Paulson, Paz Vega and Jaime King as alluring femmes fatales. Dan Lauria also stars.

This stunning volume contains interviews with the cast and the crew, colour photos & production art, sketches and storyboards and introduction from Frank Miller.

The film itself arrives on Christmas Day - and I must say I’ve rather enjoyed the latest round of TV ads for it - but we’ll be giving these away a little before that.  No tricks, no gimmicks, no silly questions for this one, just (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Friday sayong that you want in on the giveaway.

Yes, boys and girls, it’s the giving season and we’re getting into the mood here at Twitch.  We’ve got a copy of the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 6 DVD release to give away and one of you lucky sods are going to get it.  Want your shot?  All you need to do is (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) naming something that would be better if deep fried - and why - by Friday.  We’ll draw our winner over the weekend.

I swear I’m getting alzheimers.  Somehow I’ve ended up with more copies of Gordon Chan’s Painted Skin - the supernatural martial arts romance with Donnie Yen - than I can possibly use myself and so I’m giving a couple copies away.  Want one to call your own?  Simple enough ... just (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)saying who you’d like to see get punched in the face by Donnie Yen and why.  I’ll draw the winners on Wednesday.

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New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center is hosting a pair of screenings of Mamoru Oshii’s Sky Crawlers this coming Friday and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to each screening.  Congratulations go out to Jon Chang and Adam Contes who scored the free tix.  Enjoy!

Good news for New York based fans of legendary Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii!  His latest picture, the fantastic Sky Crawlers, will be screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center of Friday, December 12th at both 7 and 9:30 pm.  Want to go?  We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for both screenings.  With the screenings coming up so soon we’ve got to make this a quick one, if you want your crack at the tickets simply (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I’ll draw the winners on Monday.

With Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore’s Special - in which Michael Rapaport plays a man convinced by his medication that he is developing super powers - beginning its limited theatrical run this past Friday we were offered a theatrical one sheet for the film signed by the trio of Rapaport, Haberman, and Passmore to give away to a lucky Twitch reader. For your crack at it all you had to do was name the earlier film in which Rapaport had the leading role as a wrestling chiropractor, which is of course The Naked Man.  Our congratulations go out to VincentKukua who had the correct answer and whose name was first out of the hat. Vincent, the poster is yours!

As for the rest of you, check the Special trailers below the break and get out to support this little gem.

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Okay boys and girls ... Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore’s film Special is one we’ve shown a lot of love to in these pages over the past couple years and for very good reason:  it deserves a lot of love.  The quirky indie comedy starring Michael Rapaport as a clinically depressed man convinced that he is developing super powers has been stuck in distribution limbo for a couple years now but thanks to the good folk at Magnet and their Six Shooter Films series you can finally see what we’ve been talking about when it begins its limited theatrical run (also available on VOD) today.  And to celebrate we’ve got a little something to give away to you lot:  an original Special one sheet signed by Haberman, Passmore and Rapaport!

Want it?  Simple enough all you have to do is (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) answering this question:  Though Rapaport dominantly plays support roles this is not his first unusual lead.  Name the film in which he plays a wrestling chiropractor taking on a major pharmaceutical company.  This is a quick one, we’re going to draw our winner Monday, so get your answers in quick.

Check the Special trailers out below the break and get out and support the film!

SPECIAL is the second film in Magnet’s “Six Shooter Film Series,” a series of six films highlighting the vanguard of genre cinema from around the globe. Opening the series is Swedish film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN with four other films to follow over the coming months: Nacho Vigalondo’s TIMECRIMES (Spain), Ollie Blackburn’s DONKEY PUNCH (UK), BIG MAN JAPAN (Japan), and EDEN LOG (France).

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Toronto’s Reel Asian festival is just around the corner and that means that the time has come to wrap up our ticket giveaway contest with a flurry of free goodness.  This was a popular one and our congratulations go out to out winners.  Each of the following take home a pair of tickets to the listed show:

Disquieting Short Film Program: Madeleine Koestner, John Laroque
Confessional Short Film Program: Chris Tham, Adam Beal
Hansel and Gretel: Alex Bennett, Kessa Sun
Adrift in Tokyo: Clinton Goodman, Anna Olowianczyk

Fresh off of the successful launch of both Splinter and Let The Right One In the fine folks at Magnet Releasing offered us an impressive pack of their previous DVD releases - including The Signal, The Host, Exiled and more - to give away to one lucky Twitch reader.  All you had to do to be eligible was name the two English language films featured in Magnet’s ongoing Six Shooter Film Series.  The correct answer, of course, is Special and Donkey Punch.  Congratulations go out to Chris Johnston for being the lucky winner ...

With the Reel Asian festival just around the corner - it runs November 12 through 16 here in Toronto - we’re pleased to have a healthy stack of tickets to give away.  Want to see Hansel and Gretel? Either of the shorts programs, Disquieting and Confessional? Or how about big Twitch fave Adrift in Tokyo?  Cause we’ve got two pairs of tickets for each to give away to lucky Twitch readers.  Want ‘em?  Just (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to stake your claim and winners will be drawn November 7th.