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Masters of Universe: Benny Chan's new project + Pang brothers' INFERNO 3D & more (FILMART 2012)

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Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:53 AM PDT
During the 16th Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) (March 19-22, 2012), the Hong Kong production and distribution company Universe announced the big new projects of Benny Chan, who has come back to the explosive modern action genre two years after CITY UNDER SIEGE, and also the Pang brothers (Oxyde and Danny), who signed a 10-year deal with Universe in 2009, and who since have been regularly delivering mostly genre movies like the action fantasy THE STORM WARRIORS and the horror film CHILD'S EYE. Mia Sin, distribution executive for Universe Films, tells us more about these directors' upcoming projects....
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:53 PM PDT
LOVE IN THE BUFF director Pang Ho-Cheung is one of the most interesting directors working in the Hong Kong film industry today. His incredible wit and undeniable talent are reflected in his varied filmography, which includes penning the story of Johnnie To's FULLTIME KILLER, producing Tsang Kwok-Cheung and Wan Chi-Man's acclaimed directorial debut LOVER'S DISCOURSE and directing films such as ISABELLA, the most WKW-like film not directed by Wong Kar-Wai himself. Of course, he also wrote and directed LOVE IN A PUFF, the popular 2010 word-of-mouth hit about a smoking couple. So it is pleasing to see that his good form is continuing with the PUFF sequel, LOVE IN THE BUFF.  Like the original film, LOVE IN THE BUFF is a cleverly scripted romantic comedy....
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:00 PM PDT
Let Me Out is a film that explores a very primal fear of mine and does so with a fantastically dry sense of humor. The fear is that for all of my passion for film and alleged understanding thereof, if I were forced to make my own, I'd end up like a deer in the headlights. It is relatively simple for me to watch a film unfold onscreen and nitpick it to pieces, "This was good, that was not so good, overall: meh." However, when faced with the opportunity to make my own, I can only imagine the anxiety attacks that would ensue. This is the story of Let Me Out.Back in the 1950's, the French New Wave was established based upon the incredibly arrogant...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:55 PM PDT
The next two weeks see the continuation of Kino's Redemption Blu-ray series with spine numbers 8 and 9, The Asphyx and Marquis De Sade's Justine. This is the second pair of non-Rollin British genre films titles to come from Redemption, and this batch keeps the quality coming with a pair of fun little films with a lot to offer. The Asphyx is an early 70's Hammer styled Victorian horror film with plenty of goofball fun mixed in with some supernatural/steampunk elements. Marquis De Sade's Justine is one of many adaptations of the Marquis' signature works on film, though perhaps not the most famous of the lot. While the two are divergent in their themes, they share a similar, though not identical period setting which makes...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:50 PM PDT
A psycho sexual thriller very definitely not made with young audiences in mind - take that as your NSFW warning, the stills and trailer are very definitely of the red band variety - upcoming Singaporean picture Hotel 69 comes very much as a surprise. Surprising, first, that this sort of material would be coming out of Singapore at all and second that, having decided to go into this territory they've gone into it incredibly wholeheartedly. This holds nothing back.The storyline revolves around a psychopathic pimp taking revenge on a man by luring him into a depraved high end brothel where literally anything is available. The subject matter reminds me somewhat of recent Toronto International Film Festival selection Red Nights but the execution has a...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 05:07 PM PDT
From first-time feature helmer, Jennifer DeLia, Billy Bates is a experimental narrative project chronicling the trials and tribulations many go through to create art. If the newly released trailer is any indication, our title character is going through those motions, and then some. Check out a full synopsis and the trailer below.BILLY BATES is the story of a young enigmatic artist (played by James Wirt) who faces his demons and through perseverance rises from the ashes of a broken soul.  The layers of Billy's psyche are explored through an extensive interview done in documentary fashion infused with the dark and provocative images from Billy's past and present. Through fragmented memories of underground parties, inside an insane asylum, and on his rise to becoming a famous...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:10 PM PDT
Perhaps best known as the writer of Xavier Gens' apocalyptic horror The Divide, Eron Sheean makes his feature directorial debut with Errors Of The Human Body. A scientific thriller shot on location at the largest genetics research facility in the world - Germany's Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics - Errors of the Human Body features an international cast including Michael Eklund (The Divide), Karoline Herfurth (Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer), and Tomas Lemarquis (Noi the Albino).Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden, Germany. His contribution to a former colleagues important project, a human regeneration gene, has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:06 PM PDT
Well folks, it's just about Tribeca time. New York's big Spring fest kicks off this Wednesday, the 18th. TFF2012 has quite the diverse lineup this year and we're mobilizing the troops to bring you the festival news, features, and reviews you've come to expect from the Twitch team. To start things off, we'll take a look at the Gala films as well as some of the films in the World Narrative and World Documentary Competitions. Enjoy and check back for much more soon! Galas THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT Nicholas Stoller's Get Him To The Greek follow-up is this Apatow-mantic comedy starring Emily Blunt, Rhys Ifans, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart, Chris Parnell, and Mindy Kaling alongside co-writer Jason Segel. THE AVENGERS Tribeca's closing night...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Jared Harris is just one of those guys, a solid character performer with a quiet air of menace and intelligence to such a degree that he often ends up stealing scenes without ever appearing to do very much. If he's in a film or a television show - particularly something with a genre edge, where he tends to flourish - you're guaranteed to have at least one good thing to look at. The folks at Hammer are smart enough to recognize this attribute and so they have cast Harris as the lead to their next feature, The Quiet Ones. Unfortunately they also hired the director of Quarantine 2, which is not exactly a ringing endorsement.HAMMER SIGNS JARED HARRIS TO STAR IN 'THE QUIET ONES'...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:50 AM PDT
After playing the less-is-more game for so long the marketing team behind Ridley Scott's Prometheus have shifted into full on more-is-more mode in recent days with clips and stills rolling out on a regular basis. The latest offering comes from Fox Russia, who have just released a new international trailer for the film and while, yes, it's dubbed in Russian there's also some new material in there.Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace and Guy Pearce star....
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:38 AM PDT
Let's be honest. Heroes are nice and all but it's the villains who are really interesting. Nothing makes a movie like a quality bad guy and my hunch is that even the most ardent "This reboot is pointless!" folk will drop their criticisms if The Amazing Spider-Man succeeds on the villain front. And, perhaps with that in mind, the new Japanese trailer for the film just happens to include a decent look at The Lizard. While they're still avoiding giving up a head on shot of the beast there's no doubt at all who is the major threat of the film and the effects that are revealed are pretty strong.Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT
Science fiction fans eagerly awaiting the Vincenzo Natali directed adaptation of William Gibson's Neuromancer are going to have to wait a little bit longer. Because while the acclaimed director of Cube and Splice has just launched production of a new film in Toronto it is something completely different.PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BEGINS ON VINCENZO NATALI'S NEW FEATURE, HAUNTER, STARRING ABILGAIL BRESLIN.April 13, 2012. Toronto Principal photography on Vincenzo Natali's (Splice, Cube) new feature, Haunter, from Copperheart Entertainment, starring Abigail Breslin (Zombieland, Rango, Little Miss Sunshine), Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, Immortals), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill:Revelation, Lucky Number Slevin), Michelle Nolden (Red, Time Traveler's Wife)  and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) has begun. Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King ...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT
[Twitch is reviewing Game Of Thrones on an episode by episode basis throughout the current season. Please note that these are being written from someone who has very deliberately NOT read the books so as to come to the story fresh and will not be reading the books until after the series concludes. Should you wish to compare and contrast the books to the show please be courteous to those who have not read them yet by limiting discussions to the timeline currently played out on screen as well.]After last week's Alan Taylor directed episode struggled a bit to maintain pace and energy while getting multiple plot threads rolling this week frequent series DP Alik Sakharov got a chance to direct his first episode...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:56 AM PDT
Relativity Media will release James McTeigue's The Raven on April 27th and they want to give you a little something to remember it by.When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.One lucky Twitch reader will win a copy of The Raven's theatrical poster signed by stars John Cusack and Alice Eve along with a copy of The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe. To win all you need to do is email me here and name the actor who played Poe in the recent stage production Nevermore. The winner will be drawn Friday, please include your mailing address....
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 07:00 AM PDT
Mia Hansen-Løve's third film, Goodbye First Love is being released in New York and LA on 4/20. This is my interview with her, conducted last year during the New York Film Festival.Hansen-Løve, the 30-year old gifted French writer/director, made her film debut first as an actress at 17, in Late August, Early September directed by her future husband, Olivier Assayas. But it is her acute, clear-eyed depiction of growing pains in her own films that has been garnering critical acclaim (her second feature, Father of My Children, won the Jury Special Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival). Goodbye First Love tells that universal theme of young love with a great deal of insight and maturity. It is definitely...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:16 AM PDT
A SIMPLE LIFE has won 5 major awards at the 31st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong's most prestigious film awards. The film won Best Picture, director Ann Hui won Best Director and scriptwriter Susan Chan won Best Screenplay, while Andy Lau and Deannie Yip took home the Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively. Deannie Yip has already won more than 5 Best Actress awards for her performance as a servant in the touching drama, including at Venice Film Festival last year.  The full listing of the 31st Hong Kong Film Award winners:Best PictureA Simple LifeBest DirectorAnn Hui On-Wah (A Simple Life) (pictured on left)Best ActorAndy Lau Tak-Wah (A Simple Life) (top picture)Best ActressDeannie Yip Tak-Han (A Simple Life) (top picture)Best Supporting ActorLo...
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 05:20 AM PDT
Naoko Ogigami (Yoshino's Barber Shop, Kamome Diner) is one of the few female directors I truly appreciate, with Megane she holds a firm claim for the top spot. If you're looking for two hours of blissful escapism, a couch vacation like no other, you've found your film. Megane offers little, but what it offers is so pure and so relaxing that it's easily one of the best film in its genre. Make yourself a cocktail, put on something easy, sit back and just enjoy.Ogigami's films take a little preparation to enjoy. Make sure you're not looking for anything action-oriented (in the broadest sense of the word). Her films are not about events, not about "things happening" or about characters bearing their deepest emotions. Instead Ogigami's...
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