Ewan McGregor Rocks A Dirty Mullet In First Look At SON OF A GUN Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:30 AM PST  With production gearing up this week in Perth, Western Australia for Julius Avery's directorial debut Son of a Gun, the film's lead Ewan McGregor has posted a couple of photos of the badass look he'll sport in the crime thriller. Looking like he's stepped straight off the set of Sons of Anarchy, McGregor has the look down pat: with blue singlet, tatts and a mullet haircut so dirty it would make Danny McBride run screaming for the hills. Check out the images below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
The Mo Brothers Present Bloody New KILLERS Key Art Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:30 AM PST  One of the coolest-sounding films of 2013 is Killers, the new collaboration from Indonesian directing duo The Mo Brothers - separately Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto - which is being produced, in part, by the team behind The Raid.Especially cool is the fact the film stars Ray Sahetapy, the veteran Indonesian actor who played the crime boss Tama to brutal perfection in The Raid.Developed by The Mo Brothers from a story by Nightmare Detective producer Ushiyama Takuji, Killers is an international horror-thriller revolving around a pair of serial killers who discover one another on the internet.If you've seen the Mo Brothers previous film together Macabre, or even Timo's absolutely unhinged gross-out segment 'L is for Libido' in ABCs of Death, you'll know that things get pretty... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Canada's MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE Will Be Translated For French and Korean Remakes Posted: 26 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST  Sex sells! Remake rights for Sean Garrity's My Awkward Sexual Adventure have been sold to companies in France and South Korea, according to The Hollywood Reporter, proving once again that sex is truly the international language. The Canadian sex comedy debuted at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and has since gained distribution deals in the U.S. (Tribeca Films), France (Entertainment One), and South Korea (Joy-N Contents). From the official synopsis: When uptight accountant Jordan Abrams proposes marriage to his life-long soul mate Rachel, she finally reveals the painful truth: he's terrible in bed. Frustrated and deeply unsatisfied, Rachel dumps him, and Jordan embarks on a desperate mission to seek some much-needed sexual experience and acquire some basic requisite skills. Committed to doing whatever it... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
The Stack: February Episode Two Includes THE MASTER, SKYFALL, New Shout Factory and More Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:00 PM PST  Welcome back to The Stack! This installment showcases Oscar winners and losers Skyfall, The Master, Argo, and The Sessions, as well as new vintage SE's from Shout Factory, including Terror Vision, The Video Dead, The Joshua Tree and Prison. The truly scary Sinister and the not so much The Hollow, the truly touching A Simple Life, joyous Fred Astaire and Judy Garland vehicle Easter Parade and absolutely hilarious Best in Show are also present and accounted for. ... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
A BAND CALLED DEATH Gets Theatrical Life Via Drafthouse Films Posted: 26 Feb 2013 11:02 AM PST  "One of the best music documentaries to come out in years" will hit theaters and the VOD circuit this summer, courtesy of Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The quote above is from our own Lainna Fader's review of the film when it enjoyed its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last summer. We'll let Lainna explain further: In the early 1970s, three teenage African American brothers -- David, Bobby, and Dannis Hackney -- formed a band called Death and played "hard-drivin' rock & roll"-- really, a precursor to punk rock, pre-dating pioneering black punk band Bad Brains by about five years -- across their hometown of Detroit. They didn't get far -- their only single rarely got... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Boston Underground Film Fest Announces Their First Batch Of Titles Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:00 AM PST  Boston area readers, make major note: the mid-week/weekend which consists of March 27th-31st is gonna be crazy. Crazy good for film viewing that is as the 15th annual Boston Underground Film Festival kicks off. Take extra special note because they've got the Fantastic Fest darling and kid-war themed I Declare War, Zack Clark's Christmasy White Reindeer, and yes, one final festival screening of Kristina Buozyte's Vanishing Waves. Check out the press release for the full enchilada:15th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Blows the Doors Off Cambridge's Brattle Theatre from March 27th through 31st! First Round of Titles Includes I Declare War, Cheap Thrills, Pieta, and More! Cambridge, MA - The 15th annual Boston Underground Film Festival brings the crazy back to the Brattle... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Interview: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel on LEVIATHAN and the Possibilities of Cinema Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:00 AM PST  Leviathan, a stunning piece of audio-visual whatsit shot on tiny HD cameras on a fishing vessel, made a splash last year at various film festivals, including Locarno, TIFF, NYFF and this year's Forum section of Berlinale. The film's receiving a theatrical release in New York starting on Friday, March 1. I got a chance to talk briefly with its directors Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel at the office of U.S. distributor The Cinema Guild. Fiercely intelligent and academic, yet very passionate about their filmmaking, Castaing-Taylor and Paravel responded lengthily to everything I threw at them, even though our interview took place in the latter part of their press day and Paravel was still reeling from jet-lag, having returned from the Berlinale just the day before. I... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Teaser For Charlie Young's Directorial Debut CHRISTMAS ROSE Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:00 AM PST  Hong Kong actress Charlie Young, star of Ashes of Time, Seven Swords and most recently Cold War, is soon to unveil Christmas Rose, her directorial debut. Produced by Tsui Hark and Jacob Cheung, and starring Aaron Kwok, Gwei Lun Mei, Chang Chen, Xia Yu and Qin Hailu, it looks to be a hard-hitting and high-stakes legal thriller, judging from the first teaser and synopsis below.Here's the synopsis:Tim (Kwok) is a defence attorney with a heart of gold. Refusing to be simply a hired gun for his clients, he quits his high-powered job to become a prosecutor for the Justice Department.With the support of fiancee Megan and cop buddy Nam (Liu Kai Chi), Tim decides to start afresh.When he meets a handicapped piano teacher, Jing (Gwei),... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |