Fresh from the UK release of Joachim Trier’s debut film REPRISE, UK DVD label Diffusion Pictures are now releasing Lars von Trier’s The Boss Of It All on Region 2 DVD, for those without a Multi Region DVD player this is good news. The DVD is released June 23rd, see the links below for DVD pre order details.
Now a guilty pleasure I’m sure sure everyone loves is a trashy Bollywood Action film, following hot on the heels of lasts Bollywood success Dhoom 2, the Screenwriter and Producers of said hot, comes ‘Tashan’. A very nice trailer can be seen in the links section, the film is showing in UK Cinemas nationwide.
The film tells the story about call center executive Jimmy Cliff (Saif Ali Khan), gangster Bachchan Pande (Akshay Kumar) and Pooja (Kareena Kapoor), a girl who can’t be trusted. The three of them are on a dangerous journey across India, which will alter the course of their lives in more ways than one. In addition to that, there is the evil eye of Bhaiyyaji (Anil Kapoor), a maverick gangster who enjoys killing people as much as he enjoys speaking English
Austrian Horror Dead in 3 days was a big enough success to recieve a Sequel which is currently being remade, so is it any good?, well for those wanting to see if the film was worthy of a sequel or not, a DVD release is being issued in Australia with English Subtitles on 14 May, 2008.
In 3 days… you’re dead.’ At first, Nina Wagner - a high school senior - and her clique think this SMS [mobile phone text message] is just a bad joke. But then Nina’s boyfriend Martin is cruelly drowned in a lake. Soon after that the killer strikes again ferociously. The village is paralysed with dread. Panic rules among the members of the clique. They’re all on the murderer’s list. But why? Nina is the only one who discovers a mysterious trace leading to the brutal stranger’s identity. No one wants to believe her. But time is running short....
One of last years most interesting Russian films was the $10million Budget lavish historical war epic Sluga Gosudarev, the film was a moderate Box Office success in its homeland, looks very pretty from the trailer and stars Wolfhounds (Volkodav iz roda serykh psov) very own Aleksandr Bukharov. The kind of film that probably wont see a North America release on DVD, luckily there is now a link on the films Official site to purchase a 2 Disc release with English Subtitles. Links for DVD order as per usual in the links section below…
Hot on the heels of last years success ‘Fritt Vilt’ Norway has took another ‘stab’ at the slasher genre, although not as successful as Fritt Vilt at the Box office, Rovdyr looks like a fun ride from the trailer. Well news has just came through that a DVD release is imminent and the good news is that firstly its English Friendly and secondly theres also a Blu-Ray release to coincide with the standard DVD release again featuring English Subtitles. See the links below for the relevant Pre order sites.
So while everyone else worldwide is waiting for the theatrical release of Greg Mcleans ( Wolf Creek ) ‘Rogue’, Australia had the Theatrical release last November and the DVD release is due May 29th 08’ in its native homeland of Australia. A opening date has not been set for the US or the UK yet, thats if it is going into the Cinemas and not being dumped Straight to DVD.
After successful stints at last years FrightFest and Fantasia 2007 the Kiwi Action-Comedy ‘The Devil Dared me to’ ( 2007 ) has just sneakily hit DVD in New Zealand. This Kiwi film has been featured quite a bit over the past year since Twitch got the exclusive for the films trailer, so for those who don’t want to wait until a North American DVD release ( if there will be one ) then check the links below for DVD order details.
Theres hasnt been a large amount of Swedish films lately worth keeping a eye on, but 2007 Swedish thriller Solstorm seems to be the exception, the film is based on a success novel by Asa Larsson, the first book and film about Rebecka Martinsson, who is a Stockholm based lawyer returning to her native village to help her beast friend who is suspected of the murder. The film has just hit DVD in Sweden and is English friendly, see the links below for trailer and official site.
At last a English friendly DVD release for the Russian Actioneer Paragraph 78, which has been covered here at Twitch since the plot details first appeared well over two years. Strangely the first DVD release with English subtitles appears again in Brazil ( the same thing happened with Russian Fantasy Epic ‘Wolfhound’ ), the DVD appears to be the International Cut ( Todds review can be seen below in the links ) of the film clocking in just over Two hours. See the links below for some Brazilian etailers where the DVD can be ordered from.
Thanapon Maliwan’s and Mike B’s debut film ‘Brave’ has been heavily covered around here lately, well the DVD has just hit stores in Thailand and what do you know, English Subtitles are included. Check the below links below for DVD ordering and Todd’s previous article detailing the background to this project.
Korean director Joon-Ho Bong ( The Host , Memories of Murder ) is a big favorite around here at Twitch, now his first full length film as both Director and Writer is available on a DVD release outside of Asia for the first time. The release is being handled by Madman films who seem to have their fingers firmly on the pulse when it comes to Korean DVD releases, the DVD is due for release on 09 April. A link for DVD pre order can be seen below, of course there are many other Australian online outlets to choose from.
Yun-ju, a part-time university lecturer, lives cozily off his pregnant wife’s salary. Spending way too much time at home figuring how to drum up a bribe for the professorship he’s after, he becomes increasingly irritated by his neighbour’s barking dog and decides to declare war on every barking dog in the apartment complex!
On the warpath, we come across a janitor with a taste for dog stew, a pet-loving girl crusader from the neighbourhood office and the chilling tales of the ghost of Boiler Kim. From the director of THE HOST, this blacker-than-black comedy weaves together a mix of pet rescues, daily routines and deluded characters to deliver a savagely funny world where no cute dog or pair of binoculars is safe!
Cedric Klapisch’s is a French director who is always worth keeping a keen eye on, after previous cult hits L’Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) and Les Poupées Russes (The Russian Dolls), the directors latest goes simply by the name of ‘Paris’. Klapisch has again managed to assemble a impressive cast featuring such stars as Romain Duris ( The Beat That my Heart Skipped ) , Juliette Binoche ( Cache/Hidden , Three colours Red ) and François Cluzet ( Tell No One ), the films hits French cinemas on the 20th February and again looks set to be one of the biggest Box Office hits of the year if Klapish’s previous Box Office success is anything to go by. Us per usual see below for Official site and trailer.
While Pierre waits for the heart transplant that could save his life, his sister Elise moves in to his apartment with her three children to care for him. Pierre sees the world around him with new eyes now. From his balcony, he watches life in the city move on in a joyous tangle of encounters and emotions…
Fancy another Muay Thai film? Well heres comes the DVD for Mono Films ‘Fighting Beat’. A Suprise with this DVD release is that the Thai DVD release contains English Subtitles, something very rare in Thailand these days. Check out the links below for trailers and where to get the DVD from.
Le Serpent ( 2007 ) a French Thriller from the much respected French Distributor ‘Wild Bunch’ is about to recieve a English Friendly DVD release in the UK. Based on ‘Get Carter’ Author Ted lewis’s Novel ‘Plender’, the UK DVD release is set for release on 8th March from Metrodome.
The troubled life of photographer Vincent Mandel is sent spiralling out of control when a ghost from his past reappears with anarchic agenda. Mandel’s nemesis is Joseph Plender, a man who’s seductive and sympathetic exterior masks a dastardly core and he’s hell-bent upon extracting revenge upon his former classmate
‘Phoo Action’, a new upcoming BBC3 Action Comedy is about to screen here on February 12th , and it looks as if its worth a watch. The Action-Comedy stars Hollywood big hitter Carl Weathers along with upcoming UK talent Jamie Winstone ( Kidulthood ), as you can see from the trailer, its not taking itself seriously and looks like a funride. A quote from the Creative Director of Phoo Action Jamie Hewlett is quoted in a recently UK tabloid as stating “I think it’s the most weird and radical thing that the BBC have taken on since the Young Ones first aired in the early Eighties.” Lets hope it lives up to that statement.
Car chases, kung-fu and comedy come together in the wonderfully warped world of Phoo Action – an offbeat 60-minute drama special for BBC Three.
Based on characters created by Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz, Tank Girl) for The Face comic strip Get The Freebies, Phoo Action is set in 2012, when London is in the grip of mutant criminals, The Freebies.
Only Terry Phoo, a hapless Buddhist kung-fu cop, and unruly teenage heroine Whitey Action, the daughter of Police Chief Benjamin Benson, can save the nation.
Together they form an unlikely but effective crime-fighting team who bring together chaos and comedy, mischief and mayhem, to become heroes for a future generation in the face of Britain’s super-vile, super-famous mutated criminals.
Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood) stars as teenage anarchist Whitey Action, Eddie Shin (ER) as martial arts sweetheart Terry Phoo and Rocky legend Carl Weathers as Benjamin Benson, Chief of Police and long-suffering father to the rebellious Whitey.
