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Review: MISFITS S4E03 (Or, The Third Rudy)

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Review: MISFITS S4E03 (Or, The Third Rudy)

Review: MISFITS S4E03 (Or, The Third Rudy)

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:00 AM PST

It's clear now that Rudy is absolutely the central character of Misfits. The assured scripting of the character is allowing the show to develop him strongly too, and this week we get to see a third incarnation of his split personality. In Series Four's most engaging episode so far, we see that a version of Rudy has just been released from prison and is set on confronting the other Rudys, who apparently betrayed him and got him locked up. Meanwhile, Finn has romantic complications with his stepmother in a lifeless subplot, and Curtis spends more time with the mysterious Lola.If I'd been told beforehand that this episode of Misfits would feature a tense and revelatory conversation punctuated by the Macarena and an incredibly creepy occurrence...

REEL Anime Hits New Zealand!

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 08:30 PM PST

All of our awesome readers in NZ that have a soft spot for great anime, can collectively sigh in relief. Twitch covered REEL Anime presented by Madman Entertainment a few weeks back, showcasing cutting-edge feature films from Studio Ghibli, Mamoru Hosoda and Makoto Shinkai!We are pleased to announce that Madman has extended the sessions and bring these great films to Wellington and Christchurch. Showcasing four of the freshest anime feature films this side of Japan, REEL ANIME will screen from December 6 to December 9 in WELLINGTON (Reading Cinemas, Wellington) and CHRISTCHURCH (Hoyts Cinemas, Westfield Riccarton).FROM UP ON POPPY HILLFrom an original story by Hayao Miyazaki, the latest Studio Ghibli film is a high school love story that takes place in the year before the Tokyo Summer Olympics.Twitch...

Blu-ray Review: WINDJAMMER Broadens Your Scope, It's A Cinemiracle! (Flicker Alley)

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 08:00 PM PST

In 1953 there was a revolution in filmmaking. With feature films starting to lose market share to the increasingly ubiquitous TV, film producers and studios began to panic. They had to offer something that TV couldn't, thus was born the widescreen film. This is obviously an incredible compressed version of a long and technically impenetrable story, but it is a good way to introduce the film Windjammer.You see, in the beginning of the widescreen revolution there wasn't any single standard. Sure, a lot of films began to be shot and framed with 1.85 or 1.66 aspect ratios in mind, but producers were still finding their feet. As a result, curiosity and ingenuity led to a plethora of filming options. Some of these options, such as...

Blu-ray Review: PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION (Well Go USA)

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 05:00 PM PST

Wuershan's romantic fantasy epic, Painted Skin: The Resurrection is ambitious, I have to give it that. Apart from being a bit overlong and repetitive, it's really pretty enjoyable as well. I think that if it has any major obstacles to overcome it is the expectation that many westerners will have that this is a big action film, when that couldn't be further from the truth. This film is more of a straight forward romance with a fantasy backdrop as opposed to a sweeping fantasy epic with romantic inclinations, and I think it works for the most part.According to the opening voiceover a fox demon who has been imprisoned in ice has escaped and is determined to find a human's body to possess so as to...

First Look At Mark Leonard Winter In Doomsday Cult Thriller ONE EYED GIRL

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 03:30 PM PST

Mark Leonard Winter is a chameleon. In every role he plays he looks starkly different, and has proven adept at both serious haunting drama (Van Diemen's Land) and ribald comedy (Cop Hard). His latest role in Australian thriller One Eyed Girl is no different, with this first still from the movie revealing he's playing a pretty intense dude.One Eyed Girl is a dark thriller about a psychiatrist (Winter) who follows a mysterious teenage girl named Grace into a Doomsday cult. The film is shooting now in Adelaide....

Watch A New, Ultra Violent Trailer For Johnnie To's DRUG WAR

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Okay, Asian action fans, here comes director Johnnie To doing what he does best: Gritty yet stylish action. To's Drug War is billed as the director's first action film shot in the Chinese mainland, a fact that had many wondering whether his signature style would make it through the strict regulations intact. And the answer to that appears to be a resounding yes.Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei) and his team will stop at nothing to track down drug criminals. When drug lord Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) is captured, he is offered a deal to help Zhang bust a major drug ring. But Captain Zhang doesn't trust Timmy Choi is truly betraying his partners. He becomes more and more suspicious as steps are taken to raid the...

DOC NYC 2012 Round-Up Part 1: THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY, VENUS AND SERENA, CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST

DOC NYC, a New York documentary festival, is currently screening its third edition at the IFC Center and the SVA Theater. The festival, which this year has an especially impressive program, runs through November 15. Below are reviews of three of this year's selections.THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY (Sophie Fiennes)Director Sophie Fiennes and superstar philosopher Slavoj Zizek re-team in this follow-up to their 2006 collaboration The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, and this new film is as riveting, funny, and profound as its predecessor. The formula is pretty much the same: Zizek, with his inimitably passionate, excitable demeanor, holds forth in an almost non-stop monologue, during which he analyzes numerous films to build his arguments. Fiennes puts it all together with a witty, stylish flair, the...
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