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Tel-Aviv International Fantastic Festival Announces Winners

Tel-Aviv International Fantastic Festival Announces Winners

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:30 PM PDT

The 2012 Tel-Aviv International Festival for Science-Fiction, Imagination and the Future (IconTLV), aka Israel's International Fantastic Film Festival has announced their winners. Along with prizes in their International Competition for two fest favorites, the festival also awarded a Special Project Short Film Production Grant of 150,000 NIS (approx. $37,500 USD) to Dan Sachar (We Will Be Silent, Overture) and Kai Mark (Overture) for their short film project Nostalgia. Congrats to all. The full details follow: International Competition Award for Best Feature Film SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED - directed by Colin Trevorrow, written by Derek Connolly Jury remarks | This was a remarkably well-written film. The portrayal of all the characters was original, convincing and moving - in particular the audience is made to care about the...

Korea's DIRTY BLOOD Presents A Unique Rape-Revenge Thriller

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Upcoming Korean effort Dirty Blood presents what looks to be an entirely unique spin on the rape-revenge subgenre of thrillers, one where the revenge comes not from the victim of the assault but from the child who is the result. The story revolves around Im Sun, a high school girl about to travel to Spain on a student exchange when she learns that her mother was raped and she is the result. And so she decides to find her father instead ...It's certainly not going to be a happy movie but the trailer promises something very well crafted and emotionally challenging. Take a look below....

George A. Romero Speaks From The Lund IFFF: "I Am Writing A Comic For Marvel"

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

I was a mere 9 years old when I was first gobsmacked by the monochrome nightmare that is George A. Romero's Night Of the Living Dead. A die-hard Creature Features kid, Saturday nights were always spent, Kool Aid and popcorn close at hand, watching the usually sarcastic Mr. Bob Wilkins broadcast some of the best (and worst) horror films in the vaults of our local station KTVU Channel 2. I can still remember Wilkins warning us that night that things were going to go a little differently, and that the film we were about to see was indeed terrifying.Being used to Godzilla and Hammer fare, which I loved but weren't scary to me (I had already experienced the mind-bomb that was Friedkin's The Exorcist by...

Blu-ray Review: LEGENDARY AMAZONS Fails To Impress

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT

So far this year I've seen just about four hundred films either theatrically or on DVD. There is no doubt that this number is higher than the average bear. I say that to say this, Frankie Chan's Legendary Amazons is among the worst films I've seen in 2012, and I've seen some shit. There was a brief period before production began that this was a highly anticipated piece of work. Produced by Jackie Chan and directed by Frankie Chan of Armour of God II fame, Legendary Amazons had a pedigree that inspired some hope in film fans that it would be a film to look forward to. Unfortunately, the film is awful, and not even in a fun way. It is awful in a painful,...

London 2012 Review: THE SUMMIT Is An Engrossing Real Life Tale

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Documentaries aren't always the most obviously cinematic features and aside from a few breakouts from the likes of Michael Moore or Werner Herzog are unfairly given short shrift theatrically. There's still that small screen association for most cinema-goers, lured away by the comfort of escapist fiction. So when things like the visceral Senna or TT 3D: Closer to the Edge gain momentum, it's a minor triumph for the perennial box office underdog. I can understand lacking the drive to catch Into The Abyss on a bloody great cinema screen, but when an epic vista-laden doc like The Summit comes along, it's well worth catching on the largest screen you can find.  Nick Ryan's documentary attempts to piece together the extraordinary events in August 2008 that...

Tonight! Salt Lake City See AMC's THE WALKING DEAD On The Big Screen

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Heads up, zombie lovers and horror fans. Yours truly will be hosting The Walking Dead on the big screen at Brewvies Cinema Pub starting tonight, October 14th! I'll be joined by Bryan Young from Big Shiny Robot, and we'll be giving away shwag to savvy aficionados of fright flicks, as well as polling the attending audience to pick the film we'll be showing for our big Halloween night blow-out.Sponsored in part by the Salt Lake City Weekly, Rotton Cotton t-shirts, City Of Horror merch, Fangoria magazine, Dr. Volts Comic Connection, Big Shiny Robot, The Night Crew podcast, and Twitch, join us every Sunday for the ultimate way to view the insanely popular zombie epic. Now and then we'll be joined via the wonderful technological wonder...

DVD Review: THE MAN FROM BEIJING Solves a Shocking Crime with a Minimum of Suspense

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT

A slaughtered village, a mysterious swordsman, a middle-aged judge who undertakes her own investigation: The Man From Beijing (Original title: Der Chinese) contains the elements needed for a compelling suspense drama, but they fail to come together in a satisfying fashion. Based on a best-selling book by Henning Mankell, the two-part, 180-minute adaptation for German television never effectively builds tension, remaining far too slack to maintain interest. The mystery is presented in a straightforward manner that appears very easy to solve, and even the novelty of historical flashbacks is handled in a clumsy manner. On the theoretically positive side, it's refreshing to see a middle-aged woman as the protagonist. Suzanne von Borsody stars as Brigitta Roslin, a judge in Sweden whose parents are among the...

Whedon Resurrects Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson for S.H.I.E.L.D.

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 05:10 AM PDT

Marvel announced at New York Comic-Con yesterday that Clark Gregg will be reprising his role as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson in its new TV pilot for ABC. The character has proved immensely popular with audiences following his appearances in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Thor, leading to a beefed-up part in this summer's The Avengers. Heartbreakingly, however, Coulson met his untimely end in that film at the hands of Asgardian overlord Loki (Tom Hiddleston), meaning his involvement here pretty much confirms suspicions that the pilot will take place before events in, at least, The Avengers.The pilot is going into production immediately, co-written by Joss Whedon, together with brother Jed and his wife Maurissa Tancharoen, who previously worked together on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. If...
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