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Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson Declare that ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE

Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson Declare that ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:00 AM PST

Looks like its bad news for cheerleaders and good news for B-horror fans. Lucky McKee (May, The Woman) and Chris Sivertson (The Lost, I Know Who Killed Me) have announced that they are collaborating on a All Cheerleaders Die, a film which, based on the synopsis, sounds like a supernatural-horror version of Heathers, except, I assume, with more dead cheerleaders.Maddy Killian is a 17 year old rebel at Blackfoot High School on a mission to take down the captain of the football team. She rallies a group of cheerleaders around her cause, but after a tragic turn of events, the girls are thrust into a supernatural battle that culminates in a mayhem-filled night they will never forget.  McKee and Sivertson are actually going almost all...

Review: TRIAD is Just Another Casualty of Hong Kong's Gangster Idolatry

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:40 AM PST

Daniel Chan's gangland coming-of-age saga ticks many of the right boxes, but is never able to rise above the constraints of its genre. This, combined with a lack of star power and heavyweight acting talent, mean that Triad is at best a competent entry in the vast canon of Hong Kong gangster flicks, but one that fails to leave a lasting impression.Three school friends, William (william Chan), Edward (Edward Tsui) and Derek (Derek Tsang), become increasingly embroiled in the Mongkok triad scene after they get into a bar fight with an established young lieutenant from a rival society. Despite recently graduating from university, William is attracted away from a promising business career by the money, power and women associated with a life of crime. With Hong...

Blu-ray Review: Alain Delon Makes ZORRO Crackle and Pop

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 08:48 PM PST

Put a black mask on Alain Delon's face -- and a sword and a bullwhip in his hands -- and the venerable people's outlaw Zorro instantly becomes a dashing, insoucient hero. In retrospect, the marriage of Zorro and Delon seems inevitable. Created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley as the featured character in a five-part pulp magazine serial, he was instantly recognized as fodder for the movies by none other than Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The Mark of Zorro made its appearance in theaters barely a year later, the first of numerous page-to-screen adaptations. By 1975, Delon was more than a decade and a half into his own international stardom, and he picks up Zorro almost from its first frame and carries it on...

Blu-ray Review: L'AGE D'OR / UN CHIEN ANDALOU Show Buñuel In Bloom (BFI)

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 08:00 PM PST

I am by no means an expert on the work of Luis Buñuel, but I know what I like. Having plowed my way through roughly half a dozen of his films, I can say that his debut feature, L'age d'or, is a clear sign of things to come. Buñuel was always a man eager to challenge not only the political authority in whatever country he happened to be working in, but also to mock the intellectual authority of which he was very much a part. As one of the founding fathers of the surrealist movement, Buñuel found great joy in pointing out to others just how ridiculous their actions were. This first shot in the war against pomposity is a gorgeous reminder of the way intellectuals...

Review: RED DAWN is Young, Dumb and Full of Commies

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 06:00 PM PST

Dan Bradley's directorial debut resurrects xenophobic fears that all Asians are scary Communists hell-bent on world domination (and the notion that they all look the same) in his lame duck remake to John Milius' 80s original. A victim of MGM filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bradley's reworking of the Brat Pack-era action flick Red Dawn has been sitting unreleased for more than two years, during which time it has also undergone an extensive overhaul. When China's State-run media published on-set photos of the film, depicting a Chinese invasion of the USA, Red Dawn was branded a hostile attack on China, intent on spreading distrust of the world's richest nation among the American public. Instead of ignoring these ridiculous accusations, the film's producers leapt into action,...

Review: LIFE OF PI is Beautiful, Allegorical, Irrational, and Effective

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 05:01 PM PST

In his fine review of Life of Pi from the New York Film Festival -- which represented an unfinished version that still required some "tweaking" -- Twitch's Christopher Bourne points out that the story is drawn from a book "long considered impossible to film". At this point, I'm not sure what works are considered "unfilmable" - certainly modern filmmaking techniques allow even the most extraordinary of visual delights to appear on screen, and capable screenwriters are able to craft unique experiences while still maintaining the spirit of the original work, even if in altered form. Too often "unfilmable" is an excuse for poor source material, where recent works like Cosmopolis illustrate that a perfectly fine film is undercut by a perfectly appalling narrative drawn...

First Horrific Footage for THE HOST 2

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 02:22 PM PST

No beating around the bush here! A clip of the long-awaited Korean horror flick The Host 2 goes straight for the jugular with the hungry creature wrecking havoc upon an unsuspecting family, tearing up on a moving truck, and then chasing two innocent children for a quick snack. Oh my, I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of these kids when the shit hits the fan.The CG effects were produced domestically by Macrograph, the VFX company behind R2B: Return to Base (aka Soar Into the Sun), A Chinese Ghost Story and Stephen Chow's upcoming Journey to the West.No word yet on the release date.  You'll find the video, containing the clip and a visual breakdown of the shot, embedded below....

Hey, Australia! Win Tickets To See COLD WAR In Cinema

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST

Thanks to our friends at Dream Movie Australia, we have FIVE double passes for the latest Hong Kong crime thriller Cold War to give away for our Australian readers! The film stars Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Kar Fai, and is doing very well at the Hong Kong box office right now. How to win: It's really simple. All you have to do is email your name and postal address to me at: hugo@twitchfilm.net. The competition will close at 3pm on Thursday November 22.Cold War is distributed in Oz by Dream Movie Australia. The film is currently showing in selected cinemas across Australia. Good luck! ...

When Dragons Attack It's MR MUSHY To The Rescue!

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 11:00 AM PST

Behold the world's ugliest dog, bane to dragons everywhere!Following the international success of his debut feature, Thale, Norwegian director Aleksander Nordaas has been keeping himself busy creating short films while working towards feature number two. And his latest effort is the slyly tongue in cheek fairy tale Mr Mushy. Because who needs a knight to rescue a princess when you've got a really, really ugly dog? Check the trailer below!...

Books to be Scene: John King's WHITE TRASH

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST

If Dawes represented the past then these thugs standing in front of Mr Jeffreys were the present. Their offspring would embody the future. A cultureless rabble who consumed with no regard for their fellow citizens. They had never had it so good yet still fought pitched battles. They used illegal drugs and battered defenceless women to a pulp. This was the direct result of years of undisciplined liberalism. These were the sort of mindless hooligans who would have knocked Mr Dawes off the pavement and into the gutter. They would not notice his pain, the fact that he was alone and unloved. What sort of life was that?Mr Jeffrey's remit did not of course stretch to the running of society at large, but as an...

BIFF 2012 Review: Jeon Soo-il's Languid EL CONDOR PASA

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 09:30 AM PST

A regular staple at the Busan Film Festival, Jeon Soo-il is a local filmmaker whose body of work has steadily brought him acclaim and accolades from around the world. He is not as famous as some of the more prominent arthouse Korean filmmakers but nonetheless he is an important figure from Korea's independent film scene. Now on his seventh feature, Jeon Soo-il's style, which has always been unique but malleable, has of late, become more concrete. Last year's Pink (also a Busan Film Festival selection) was a small breakthrough for him, earning him more recognition than his previous works. Though not an easy film (none of his works are), Pink was much more accessible, due in large part to the careful and gorgeous visual aesthetic...

First Teaser For Stephen Chow's JOURNEY TO THE WEST

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PST

After a year of keeping mum from the general public on Journey to the West (西游·降魔篇, Xi You： Xiang Mo Pian), director/writer/producer Stephen Chow finally unveiled the first concept teaser for his fantasy comedy in a press conference held in China today. In the press conference, Chow says he no longer plays a major role in this film and focused more on the directing aspect of the production. Chow remained tight-lipped on the plot but revealed there is a love story, and his special brand of humor is presented as with all his previous films. Production company Huayi Brothers plans to create the most spectacular domestic special effects film in China that is on-par with Hollywood blockbuster standards.  Even though shooting was finished since the...

Blu-ray Review: EEGA Is The Best Film Of 2012, So Why Such A Crappy Blu-ray?

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST

I've made no secret of my love for SS Rajamouli's Eega. Back in July I called it the best film of the year, and now, halfway though November, I don't feel any differently. The film was recently released on Blu-ray, and I wanted to let the world know that it was now available. Is it a good representation of what I saw on the cinema screen? Well not exactly. However, before we get into my complaining, here's a little snippet of my original review from July:There is a reason that S.S. Rajamouli is considered the most innovative director in the Telugu film industry, and Eega is the perfect illustration of why he deserves to wear that crown. The film is completely insane, endlessly enjoyable, and...

Nicolas Winding Refn Wrecks Ryan Gosling's Face For First ONLY GOD FORGIVES Poster

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 07:30 AM PST

The first poster for Only God Forgives, Nicholas Winding Refn's follow-up to Drive features a quite battered (but still beautiful) Ryan Gosling.   Set in Asia but with the structure and tone of a western, you certainly wouldn't get that from this poster, which looks like a Criterion style DVD for a Gosling remake of Raging Bull.  Kidding aside, Refn's film which is in post production does revolve around the boxing world, on which this key art clearly places its emphasis.Julian lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for the family's drugs smuggling operation. When Julian's brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna, arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian's...

Nothing Can Prepare You For The Awesomeness Of SIVAJI - THE BOSS Japan Style!

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 07:00 AM PST

Superstar Fever is tearing its way through the land of the rising sun!Few people know about the underground cult that has built around Tamil juggernaut, Superstar Rajnikanth in Japan. Beginning with the surprise success of his 1995 film, Muthu, Japanese film fans have latched onto India's biggest superstar in a crazy way! Earlier this year I posted about the Japanese release of Rajnikanth's 2010 masterpiece (and my top film of that year), Enthiran or Robot. Well, it appears that was a success because the distributors are jumping back into Rajni's oeuvre and bringing another one of his most exciting films to Japan, 2007's Sivaji - The Boss.Sivaji is the film that made me fall in love with Superstar Rajnikanth and south Indian cinema in general....

EVANGELION 3.0 Breaks Box-Office Records

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST

It might be one of the seven signs of the upcoming apocalypse, but after much anticipation, speculation and trepidation the third title in the current Evangelion reboot actually premiered this weekend in Japan. Named (ironically) Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo, it wreaked a mighty amount of havoc. At the Japanese Box Office, that is! According to Variety's Mark Schilling, the newest slice of religious science fiction insanity by Anno Hideaki has netted a whopping $13.9 million in its first two days, and is already well on its way to trounce its two predecessors. On top of that this is actually the strongest opening this year of any film in Japan. Not bad for a production which was rumored to be in trouble, with fans...
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