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NAFF Shines a Light on Filipino Genre Cinema

NAFF Shines a Light on Filipino Genre Cinema

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:00 AM PDT

Asian cinema is on the rise these days and some new national industries are starting to make their presence felt. Every year, the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF), a project market that takes place during the annual Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), picks one country for a special focus. Following Japan, China, Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia, this year that honor falls to the Philippines.These days Filipino cinema is not hard to find at major festivals but for the most part these are dour arthouse films about people suffering in impoverished environments. These offer a bit of schadenfreude for certain festival goers but surely there's more to Filipino cinema?In fact, genre films have existed for a long time in the country, they're just not...

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UPDATED: Korean NEW WORLD To Be Remade in U.S.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:46 PM PDT

Update 2 (4/13, 1:46 a.m.): That was quick! Confirming the story originally reported by Deadline, Sony has indeed picked up remake rights, with Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment set as the production company. One additional tidbit: the project will not be rushed into production, so if the earliest release date would be sometime in 2014. Update 1 (4/12, 11:00 p.m.): We've now heard from a well-placed source in Korea that while there is a lot of interest (and indeed three companies seeking rights), as of yet a deal has not been struck, though it seems imminent. Original story as follows: Remake rights to Korean gangster flick New World have been acquired by Sony Pictures, according to Deadline. Roy Lee, a veteran behind a number of U.S....

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Calvin Lee Reeder's THE RAMBLER Rambling Onto Blu-ray/DVD

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:00 PM PDT

Never thought I'd see the day when a Calvin Lee Reeder film would end up on Blu-ray, but here we are. On June 25, Anchor Bay will release Reeder's Sundance and SXSW audience-dividing nightmare, The Rambler, on Blu-ray and DVD. I just caught the film at Dallas IFF last week, and it looks pretty fantastic on the big screen, so I'd imagine it'll look amazing in HD as well. An amusing note to me is the fact that Dermot Mulroney's name on the cover is at least as big as the title of the film. That's the kind of star power we're dealing with!In addition to this home video release, The Rambler will see limited theatrical release in North America on June 7th. No word on...

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IFFLA 2013 Review: SHIP OF THESEUS [De]Constructs Identity Biologically

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

The ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus' paradox, is a paradox that raises the question of whether an object which has had all its component parts replaced remains fundamentally the same object. The paradox is most notably recorded by Plutarch in Life of Theseus from the late 1st century. Plutarch asked whether a ship which was restored by replacing all and every of its wooden parts, remained the same ship. -- Source: Wikipedia.Above is the paradox of the ship of Theseus, the concept from which Anand Gandhi's film of the same name evolved. The essence of the paradox, which is the question of how much of an object can be replaced before it is considered a different object, is explored in three separate episodes over...

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Review: 42 Offers a Nice, Pleasant Version of Jackie Robinson's Story

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:00 PM PDT

The closest 42 comes to revealing anything about the actual personality or character of Jackie Robinson -- the first black player in Major League Baseball -- is when he privately expresses frustration at being beholden to someone for a kindness. "I don't like needing anyone for anything," he says. It's like the classic job interview scenario. What's my biggest weakness? Well, sometimes I'm too good at being independent and self-sufficient. Not that I expected (or wanted) a movie about the dissolution of baseball's color barrier to dwell on Robinson's personal shortcomings. You go into a film like this anticipating a pleasant, shiny history lesson and some warm feelings about how a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man, etc. 42 delivers on that, more or less....

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THE SHINING Prequel OVERLOOK HOTEL Moving Forward With WALKING DEAD Writer

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:01 PM PDT

As explored in Rodney Ascher's fascinating documentary Room 237, everybody has a theory on what Stanley Kubrick's film version of The Shining means. Stephen King, who wrote the original novel (first published in 1977) and is not a fan of Kubrick's version, has written a sequel, Doctor Sleep, which focuses on Danny Torrance as an adult. The book is due for release in September. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, a prequel is moving forward, titled The Overlook Hotel. Glen Mazzara is in talks to write the screenplay for the proposed project; he's the former showrunner for TV's The Walking Dead who exited the series a few months ago. He's written many episodes of TV shows (Nash Bridges, The Shield), but doesn't appear to have any feature film...

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DECEPTIVE PRACTICE Trailer Showcases Ricky Jay

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT

"Was I ever tempted to become a con-man or a card shark. [pause] Yes." Why oh why isn't this playing HotDocs this year?  Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries & Mentors of Ricky Jay played the New York Film Festival last year, and has a handsome and compelling trailer. This is, of course, no surprise as the subject is on magic and sleight of hand, but even more so, on Ricky Jay.  One of my heroes, Jay is a master practitioner of the art of 'up close magic,' something with no gimmicks or stunts favoured by the glitz and hubris of Las Vegas and TV showmen. As he says in the trailer, "It's about honesty. You tell your audience you're about to deceive them before you do so." The man...

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James McAvoy Wallows In FILTH (Trailer)

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Cussing and vomiting and sniffing cocaine and making love like it's going out of style, James McAvoy looks like he's completely out of control. And ... he's a cop! The official synopsis for Filth, based on a novel by Irvine Welsh, adapted for the screen and directed by Jon S. Baird, reads like this: Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their...

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Karma Issues A Dire Warning In Clip From Patrik Eklund's SYNDROMEDA

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Patrik Eklund needs no introduction around these parts, the dry wit of the Oscar nominated Swedish director making him a big favorite right from his earliest short films. Eklund's debut feature, Flicker, was a major winner at Fantastic Fest last year and he's since shifted back into the world of shorts with a new piece - once again showcasing his typical darkly absurd comedy and love for fluffy kittens - titled Syndromeda.Soon to go out on the festival circuit there's an extended clip from the film online to whet the appetite. Take a look below....

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First Teaser For Live Action GATCHAMAN

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:30 AM PDT

The wait is finally over! After months of great anticipation, our first look at the live-action film adaptation of Tatsunoko's classic anime Gatchaman (aka Battle Of The Planets or G-Force depending on which version) has arrived in the form of a teaser at the official site. While the 30-second teaser hardly reveals any significant footage and contains mostly of Japanese voice over from the cast, it does provide a few glimpse of the cool superhero suits. It may be short but its enough to get fanboys craving for more.The potential summer blockbuster is directed by Toya Sato (live-action Grave of the Fireflies, Gokusen) and scripted by Yūsuke Watanabe (20th Century Boys, live-action Gantz).  Also on the production team is Takashi Yamazaki (Returner, Always: Sunset on...

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Lundgren And Jaa In Action In New Shots From The Set Of A MAN WILL RISE

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

With production under way of the Tony Jaa directed A Man Will Rise, Twitch has landed a trio of new images from the set including one of Jaa manning the monitors plus on screen action from co-star Dolph Lundgren and Jaa himself who, true to the film's title, appears to be rising. Heh. I couldn't resist.The film is an action film with comedy elements set in 1950's Thailand. A local gangster terrorizes a town. When a young local man stands up to the gangster the villain brings in a group of foreign hit men who like to dress as cowboys to pacify the town. Ultimately only one man can rise up to bring them down and save the town.This marks Jaa's second directorial effort and...

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Review: TO THE WONDER Swirls With Grace

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:01 AM PDT

"Pourqoi pas Toujours?" (Why not always?) is the question on the mind of Terrence Malick in his latest emotive cinematic meditation -- it could have easily been the title. Here the elusive auteur is less overtly concerned with the connections between the personal and the infinite (as he was in Tree of Life.) Yet one should consider To The Wonder a companion film, if only because it is shot and constructed in nearly the same manner; there may even be a shot or two from the previous film being re-used. Gone, however, is the consideration of fathers & sons and the complex divide between them, or notions of boys coming of age. Here the film suggest that each *age* in a persons life, each chapter,...

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