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Watch Ben Lee Through The Looking Glass In CATCH MY DISEASE Trailer

Watch Ben Lee Through The Looking Glass In CATCH MY DISEASE Trailer

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:30 AM PDT

Director Amiel Courtin-Wilson is on a roll. His latest feature, Hail, is currently taking Australia by storm, and before that he built up an exciting array of observational documentaries, including Bastardy, a complex portrait of a complex man Jack Charles, which won awards and acclaim almost everywhere it played. In between Bastardy and Hail, but taking up a lot of the time during the making of both, was Catch My Disease, an epic documentary about the musician Ben lee, which Courtin-Wilson filmed over an epic span of the musician's life (something like eight years). The title comes from one of Lee's most famous songs. Featuring interviews with Clare Danes, Zooey Deschanel, Jason Schwartzman, Winona Ryder, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and others, Catch My Disease looks at the musician's...

Review: CHASING MAVERICKS Breaks Harmlessly on the Rocks

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:01 PM PDT

Featuring the combined efforts of directors Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted, as well as ginormous, gnarly waves, and all the gruff, non-threatening charm that Gerard Butler can muster, Chasing Mavericks is a good-faith effort to dramatize 12 weeks in the life of an apparently flawless young surfer. Based on a true story, it's clearly intended to be inspirational, following along as teenaged Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston) faces one challenge after another, always with a smile on his face and a positive outlook on life. His father walked out on him and his mother Kristy (Elisabeth Shue) when Jay was a boy, around the same time that he was rescued by legendary surfer Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler). Fortuituously, Jay wants to be a surfer, and Frosty...

Weinberg Reviews PUSHER, a Remake That Respects the Original

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:45 PM PDT

The easy way to approach an English-language remake of a (relatively) recent film is with ample doses of frustration and disdain. "How dare they remake a great film like [REC] / Let the Right One In / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo just so they can do it with English dialogue!" is the sort of thing that movie buffs like to wonder, but the flip-side to that argument is a simple one: a remake is a very big compliment, most of the time, and those who try to produce a remake of a well-admired movie better have a few good reasons when all is said and done. Our instantly compelling anti-hero is a drug dealer called Frank, who seems to be a pretty amiable...

Halloween Horror Primers: The Werewolves Attack

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Probably my favorite of all "classic creatures" is the werewolf. Notoriously difficult to pull off FX-wise is surely part of the reason the Lycanthrope isn't as proliferate in the horror genre as it's cousins the vampire and the zombie. Cursed by the moon to regress to animal form, and feed on human flesh, many times loved ones, while in a lunar rage...well that's just total kick-ass when it comes to monster movies. So at that, here are ten hairy-scary suggestions for Halloween. And remember folks, just click on the titles to be taken to the terrifying trailers!THE HOWLING -I first saw this Joe Dante directed classic back in my Jr. High days after getting out of class. It was a bleak and grey Bay Area...

Fear & Loathing @ the 2012 Philadelphia Film Festival Part III: Boozie Movies sees things that can't be unseen, and then it sees ABCs OF DEATH

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Disclaimer: I am not interested in things as they are but how they seem, how the feel, how they could be, how they should be, and most importantly, how I damn well want them to be. To read previous installments click here & hereCHAPTER 5: WELL, THIS IS HAPPENINGAsk any heterosexual male what's on their bucket list, and it's inevitable that having a threesome will appear on it at some point. Well, here's the thing about MFF threesomes, they generally suck for the M. Science has pretty much proven that everyone is at least a little gay. But comparatively, I'm sure most women are a lot more gay. If they could pro-create without us, they would. Most men who go into three-ways with women in...

Get Nasty This Halloween With The Dude Designs' VIDEO NASTY Limited Edition Print!

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

If you are a regular reader of Twitch, you know the work of Tom "The Dude Designs" Hodge. The Dude Designs has created some of the most exciting posters of the last several years along with creating cover art for numerous home video releases in the UK and around the world. Among his fantastic designs you can find The Innkeepers, Hobo With a Shotgun, Dear God No!, Father's Day, as well as DVD covers for Scream Factory's upcoming They Live special edition, Arrow Video's Jaguar Lives, The Exterminator and Maniac Cop, along with the event poster for Australia's Monster Fest and many, many more.Now, for the first time, Hodge is making an original piece of art available via Poster Collective for fans around the world....

Sneak Peek: Designing 007 Exhibit at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT

I was granted early entry to the much-anticipated Designing 007 show that is making its only North American bow at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.The show consists of hundreds of costumes, props, and paraphernalia drawn from almost all of the 23 Bond films.The show is based on a slightly larger presentation that was staged at London's Barbican. Given the different space the curators had to work with, they've created a nice, linear track through the world of 007, starting with M's office, moving through to a room of all things golden, past the gadget goodness, through his femme fatales, a quick stop off at the ubiquitous Casino setting, and finally a 'round-the-world trip to various exotic locations.Even casual fans will enjoy the various models and props...

Why Bow Before A Robot Overlord When You Can Be The Robot Overlord?

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Robot arms? Check. Armored cockpit? Check. Ability to shoot people by smiling at them? Check.Ladies and gentlemen, should you happen to have $1.3 million lying about you can dominate the coming robotic Armageddon by purchasing your very own fully customized Kuratas mecha robot. Yes, it actually works and, yes, you really can shoot things - with BB pellets - just by smiling at them. Created by sculptor Kogoro Kurata and Suidobashi Heavy Industry the system uses Wataru Yoshizaki's V-shido control system and has already logged over three thousand orders despite the heavy price tag. Because - and let's be honest here - who wouldn't want one of these?Check the instructional video below for a full rundown of features....

One WRONG TURN Deserves Another! Horror Icon Doug Bradley Speaks About WT5!

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Doug Bradley really needs no introduction to horror fans. After many a turn as Pinhead in the venerable Hellraiser series in which he took center stage as the stalwart villain, Mr. Bradley jumps over to the "folksier" side of the franchise game in Wrong Turn 5, in which he plays the crazed Maynard, another in a long line of cannabilistic killers in the backwoods terror series. This one is particularly bloody, and we sat down with Mr. Bradley to tear into the guts of the new installment, as well as discuss his overall career as a purveyor of all things twisted.TWITCH: To begin, have you seen the other four installments of the Wrong Turn series?Doug Bradley: I am aware of the first one, but to...

They're Not A Hugging Family. Full A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD Trailer Explodes On The Screen

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Has the Die Hard franchise gotten a little distance away from the common man in a bad situation that made the original so compelling? Yes, obviously. Does it matter? It does when they do it badly. But not at all when they do it well. And I've got to say that the promos for A Good Day To Die Hard are making a believer of me.Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack--unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make...

Preview: Scary Movies At The Film Society Of Lincoln Center

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

If Laura Kern and Gavin Smith of the Film Society of Lincoln Center have their way this Halloween week, all their audiences will be sitting petrified in terror much like one Mr. Gianni Garko, pictured above in Night Of The Devils. If one so chooses, they may get their "Garko" on starting tomorrow, Friday, October 26th, when FSLC's Scary Movies 6 rumbles ominously into town. The maniacs and monsters stick around at Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center til Halloween night. The series offers up a mix of new and old across the horror spectrum, so there is bound to be something to appease all manner of cinephile. Would you like a fresh-faced Michael Fassbender with your social commentary laced horror? Eden Lake is...

Twitch In Bondage: Our Favorite Bonds

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:09 AM PDT

The task: to reveal your favorite among the 22 Bond films. The rules: keep it to two sentences. That was the challenge set before my fellow Twitch writers recently and they seized it with gusto. Curating this list, I noted a couple of things: there were no overwhelming favorites, no particular title that everyone gravitated towards. Nostalgia also played a large factor in some choices, with an uneven (or admittedly outright bad) entry making the list out of some kind of wonderfully revealing personal attachment. So without further ado, let's have our Managing Editor Peter Martin kick things off with his entry, Goldfinger. Goldfinger (1964) Peter Martin: Sean Connery + Pussy Galore + Auric Goldfinger + Oddjob + girl killed by gold paint + "No,...

Next Stop On The RESOLUTION Global Domination Tour? The Magical Film Can Knows...

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT

The last I saw of a couple of the guys from Resolution was 4am this morning outside of a Karaoke bar here in Toronto. The next time anyone will see them and their awesome film will be at Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival. But where is it? A magical film canister knows and David, Justin and Aaron are trying to decipher the location despite the can's thick accent. Can you tell what it is saying? ...

Counterpoint Review: CLOUD ATLAS (Shrugged)

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Where to begin with Cloud Atlas? I admire the chutzpah of such an unusually expensive film experiment, but how far can admiration of ambition go if the result is so tedious? In his review published during the Toronto International Film Festival last month, my Twitch colleague Jason Gorber anticipated that the film would be "likely to find far more detractors than fans of its quirky style." He noted: "Peeling away what's really going on, what's really being said, there's really not so much there, save for a bunch of exciting and/or silly moments strung together." Reaching his conclusion, he observed: While Cloud Atlas is competently executed, and does an excellent job at maintaining coherency despite the disparity of tone and temporality, it is, in the...

BEAST Director Christoffer Boe Offers Advice To New Filmmakers Plus Ten Free Download Codes

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:30 AM PDT

[The download codes have all been claimed, congratulations to our winners.]We have been long time fans of Denmark's Christoffer Boe here at Twitch and covered the progress of his latest effort, Beast, with great interest over the past year. We've been happy to present stills and the trailer and Shelagh Rowan-Legg gave the film a glowing review here. And with the picture now available to US audiences on iTunes, we've got a few more things to send your way.Bruno loves his wife Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation.  Something is beginning to stir inside him and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression...

Review: FUN SIZE Is Too Dumb for Adults, Too Dirty for Kids

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Fun Size is a trick-or-treat comedy aimed at tween girls. As such, the film's potential audience -- 11-15-year-old girls who are interested in seeing a Halloween comedy -- must be vanishingly small, but that's the marketing department's problem, not mine. My problem, as a viewer, is that the movie is a gaudy, simple-minded fiasco that's too dumb for adults and too suggestive for kids. According to Wren (Victoria Justice), our 16-ish Midwestern heroine, "Everyone loves Halloween -- especially in Cleveland." That's two unverifiable claims right off the bat, but we'll roll with it. Wren and her friend April (Jane Levy), both "misfits" at school despite being attractive, sociable, and normal, hope to attend a Halloween party being thrown by the super-cool campus stud-muffin. But...

Interview: Jeff Fowler & THE GOON Need Your Help! Time To Start Kicking Y'all!

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Help Kickstart The Goon!!!If you've ever read Eric Powell's insane comics series amalgam of monster-mash goodness, Bowery based, beer soaked noir called The Goon, then you are probably already on board with the idea of it coming to the big screen (as long as it's in good hands!).If you haven't read The Goon yet, ooooh boy are you in for a treat! The Goon himself is a hulking ex-Carny strongman/mob enforcer gone good. Franky is his wise-cracking, bourbon swilling, height (and pupil) challenged side-kick. Their misadventures feature run in's with pie eating Skunk-apes, charlatan zombie priests, giant squid monsters, dangerous dames, supernatural mob bosses, crazed robots, zeppelin flying octopi, and it just gets crazier from there.It all comes together wonderfully, popping out of Eric Powell's...

SAIFF 2012 Review: BALAK PALAK Can't Decide If It's A Sex Comedy Or An Afterschool Special

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT

I don't think I'd be writing here if I didn't, on some level, have the irrepressible, deep-seated urge to root for the little guy. There are times when this makes it difficult for me to say less than glowing things about a film of which I'm not overly fond, and Ravi Jadhav's Balak Palak is just such a film. It's not that Balak Palak is bad; the film is very competently made, the acting is pretty decent overall, and there's nothing especially offensive about it, it's just that it's a good opportunity lost, and that's probably even more disappointing.Balak Palak opens on a family in urban Maharashtra having a typically teenaged shouting match when a father finds his son's nudie mags. The father harshly chastises...
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