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Win: Tickets To Melbourne MONSTER FEST 'FAFF Sunday' (Australia Only)

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Win: Tickets To Melbourne MONSTER FEST 'FAFF Sunday' (Australia Only)

Win: Tickets To Melbourne MONSTER FEST 'FAFF Sunday' (Australia Only)

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Monster Fest starts this week in Melbourne Australia, and to celebrate this disgustingly dazzling degradation of cinema we'd like to give some Aussie fanatics the chance to win 4 double passes to the FAFF (Fantastic Asia Film Fest) Sunday (4th of November) lineup, with thanks to Monster Pictures and Cinema Nova.That's right freaky folk, your choice of three feisty cutting-edge picks from Japan for your viewing pleasure.Zomvideo, a wonderfully twisted satire on the tired zombie apocalypse scenario that will have you in stitches, Henge/The Big Gun, a body horror short-film collection from up and coming director Hajime Ohata and lastly but not least-ly, Dead Sushi, from the super-disturbed Iguchi, a Twitch darling if there ever was one.To get your paws on a pass to see one...

First Poster For James Mangold's THE WOLVERINE

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:08 PM PDT

Mmm. Purty....

Old Man. Big Gun. Watch Mike P Nelson's Stellar Revenge Short THE RETIREMENT OF JOE CORDUROY

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

It would appear that Mike P Nelson was born in the wrong era. Because while many indie filmmakers these days are contenting themselves by aping all the worst qualities of genre pictures from the 70s and 80s and explaining away all the flaws with a shrug an "Well, it's supposed to look cheap," Nelson has gone and made himself a film that captures all the best parts of the 70s vibe and made it look effortless.With films like Death Wish standing as clear inspiration Nelson has created a twenty six minute short film revolving around an aging antihero and his equally aging gun on a mission of revenge. A quiet dentist finds a new purpose in retirement when his nephew is left comatose by a...

Review: THE THICK OF IT Comes to a Brilliant Conclusion

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

How do you bring a brilliant show to a conclusion? Armando Iannucci and company answered that question -- brilliantly -- with the final episode of The Thick of It, a political comedy that tussled with social issues, the inanities of bureacracy, and the vagaries of the human condition with an insanely profane vocabulary and withering insight. I confess that, as an American with little knowledge or more than a basic understanding of the British political system, the show has often baffled me, and I'm positive that I've missed a fair amount of the pointed humor. But that's never kept me from enjoying the show, and laughing out loud so many times that I quickly lost count. Each episode drops the viewer inside a tea kettle...

HANSEL AND GRETEL Get Grimm With Red Band WITCH HUNTERS Trailer

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:30 PM PDT

How bloody is Tommy Wirkola's Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters going to be? Very. The director of Dead Snow makes his English language debut with the Jeremy Renner / Gemma Arterton starring horror comedy and a brand new red band trailer has just arrived.In this dark spin on the fairy tale, siblings Hansel and Gretel are a formidable team of bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world.Wirkola's Dead Snow was a breakout international hit and producers are certainly hoping that his blood drenched sense of humor translates. What say you? Check the trailer below....

Listen To A Track From Park Chan-wook's STOKER Soundtrack

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Your opportunity to see Stoker - the English language debut by Oldboy director Park Chan-wook - is still a ways away but you can hear it now. Or at least a part of it. A single track from the soundtrack - Becomes The Color, by Emily Wells - has released online and is embedded below.After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew Goode and Jacki Weaver star....

Review: MISFITS S4E01 (Or, A Cult Hit Introduces Some Fresh Faces)

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

It's difficult to explain the appeal of Misfits to those who haven't watched it before. On the surface it seems vulgar, violent and unsophisticated but beneath that is a brilliant series that is exceptionally addictive and delightfully fun when you get into it. Superhero movies frequently show that characters granted special abilities could use them for the greater good whereas Misfits presents what is perhaps a more realistic interpretation, that people (especially young offenders) would most likely use their new gifts selfishly.The show has devoted a great deal of time towards character development, which has allowed for stories with emotional impact and meaning to take place. By the conclusion of the third series, the tragic departure of major characters Simon (Iwan Rheon) and Alisha (Antonia...

Stay Away From Red Meat And Watch The New JOHN DIES AT THE END Trailer

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT

After a great deal of chatter and a lengthy festival run, Don Coscarelli's adaptation of David Wong's cult hit novel John Dies At The End hits iTunes December 27th prior to a January 25th theatrical release. And impending releases mean new trailers.It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.There's a whole...

The Undead Shamble Into India For THE DEAD 2

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Brothers Jon and Howard Ford have already infected Africa and now they're moving on to south Asia with word that their sequel to The Dead will shoot in India. And did I say 'will shoot'? Well, yes, principal photography is planned for February / March but the duo have already shot a pre-production promo for the film while scouting possible locations and things are looking good. Check the promo below....

Review: DEXTER S7E05, SWIM DEEP (Or, Dexter Finally Gets It Very, Very Right)

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Season seven has been a season of extremes on Dexter, with the negatives far outweighing the positives through the first four episodes. After a fabulous season premiere in which Dexter was fully exposed to Deb, setting up what should have been some fascinating character dynamics to drive the rest of the season, the writers instead went into full retreat. Instead of taking advantage of the new reality, Dexter backed off, retreating into tired tropes and catch phrases that were already cliche entire seasons ago while the story completely lost focus, spinning its wheels with pointless side plots and characters that were never going to go anywhere. We had Deb trying to put Dexter through some sort of home spun twelve step, two episodes wasted on...

The Stack: Halloween 2012 Viewing Guide Part 2

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Welcome back- to The Stack!Dave Canfield here with part two of the Halloween 2012 Viewing Guide. Part Two focuses on newer titles that may or may not be worth your precious last few hours of hunting and watching. As always you can link and buy here. Remember just because it's new doesn't mean it's good. DARK SHADOWS (Blu-ray + DVD + Ultraviolet Digital Copy Combo Pack) Warner Brothers Dark Shadows looks and sounds great on BluRay but it plays like an overly serious, slick version of The Munsters. I'm not talking classic Munsters like The Fergosi Emerald episode or the one where Herman turns into a woman. This is the kind of clumsily plotted stuff that tries to do everything and accomplishes very little. Despite Tim Burton's unerring...

RZA To Direct John Milius' GENGHIS KHAN Biopic And Action Flick NO MAN'S LAND

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Apparently RZA has earned himself some fans within the studio system with his upcoming The Man With The Iron Fists. The musician turned actor-director has got a busy few years lined up, with the already announced adaptation of Grant Morrison's Happy! now joined by a further pair of directing efforts.Looking likely to go first is No Man's Land, an action thriller to be produced by Reginald Hudlin. The story spans one night and follows a thief who steals a diamond from a powerful crime lord. But likely of more interest to folk here is the second project, with RZA taking over the directing reins on Conan The Barbarian director John Milius' long gestating Genghis Khan biopic. Milius - who wrote the script and will executive...

Review: BOARDWALK EMPIRE S3E07, SUNDAY BEST (Or, Forget Gangsters, There's Nothing More Dangerous Than Family)

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Though we're just coming up on Halloween in the real world, it's Easter in Atlantic City and, criminals or not, that means everybody in the Boardwalk Empire world is taking a day off to spend time with family. By the time the day is done some may wish they spent their day being shot at instead. Though there are some notable characters absent - no Chalky White, who is sadly becoming an afterthought this season; no Nelson Van Alden, either, who we've not seen since he turned to O'Banion for help disposing of a body back in episode five - director Allen Coulter has crafted an episode no less compelling for being one of the quieter efforts of the season.There are four principal storylines running...

Review: SKYFALL Raises the Bar for Modern Bond Films

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Skyfall, like the previous entries in the rebooted Bond series, takes great pains to correct a myth perpetuated by the classics with Sean Connery and Roger Moore. To wit: You do not actually want to be James Bond. Being James Bond is hard. It is painful. It is exhausting. And it drives you to drink. Fortunately, unlike Casino Royale, which advanced this thesis with joyless, groin-hitting force, director Sam Mendes remembers that even if we don't necessarily want to fill Bond's shoes, there's still a hell of a lot of fun to be had watching him.  Indeed, for all the spectacular action set-pieces in the film - and there are some real jaw-droppers - perhaps the most impressive stunt that Mendes pulls off is the...

A Pair Of Rarities From Kurosawa Kiyoshi In 2013 From Third Window

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Our good friends at Third Window Films have given Twitch the scoop on their latest acquisitions. Here's the word from TWF's Adam Torel on Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Eyes of the Spider and Serpent's Path:Third Window Films are pleased the announce the acquisition of 2 lesser-known classics from Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata, Cure) - 'Eyes of the Spider' and 'Serpent's Path' for DVD releases in Spring 2013.When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks, on a low budget and using the same cast, the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both Eyes of the Spider and Serpent's Path are gangster films about the desire for revenge, and both films feature a protagonist named Nijima...

SAIFF 2012: Inaugural South Asian Rising Star Film Awards Winners Announced

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:30 AM PDT

For their ninth year, the South Asian International Film Festival have marked a new first: their first awards competition and ceremony. The South Asian Rising Star Awards focus on the best of upcoming talent coming out of the Indian subcontinent and south Asia. The ceremony was hosted by actress Sunny Leone (Jism 2) and director Jay Chandrashekhar (Beerfest, Super Troopers), and featured many famous faces including special award winner Kabir Bedi, who was presented with the Star Foundation Award for his decades of achievement in international cinema. I'm very proud to say that of all of the winning films and performances, only one has missed our watchful eyes here at Twitch. You can find links to our reviews of Gangs of Wasseypur, Alms of the...
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