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Guillermo Del Toro Talks About His Adaptation Of Urasawa's MONSTER

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Guillermo Del Toro Talks About His Adaptation Of Urasawa's MONSTER

Guillermo Del Toro Talks About His Adaptation Of Urasawa's MONSTER

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:45 AM PDT

Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro has been busy working with HBO to bring an adaptation of Urasawa Naoki's acclaimed Monster manga series to the small screen. Speaking at the fourth annual Hero Complex Film Festival, the Mexican filmmaker revealed that he has already submitted a pilot script, which is "fantastic" and "respectful", and is waiting for HBO's decision on whether the production is to go ahead.  The thriller is about the worldwide search by a young doctor for the most evil sociopath that has ever lived. He is a 12-year-old boy, and the doctor's decision to save his life has unwittingly unleashed a Pandora's Box that leaves the doctor battling to stop a plot of mass genocide.Embedded below is the clip of Del Toro...

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Watch the Trailer For 19th Century New Zealand Mystery WHITE LIES

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:30 AM PDT

Acclaimed Māori author Witi Ihimaera wrote the original novel that the hugely successful film Whale Rider was based on, and now another of his stories has been adapted for the screen by the same producers. Set in 19th century New Zealand, White Lies tells the story of Paraiti (Whitimako Black), a healer and midwife who is approached by the servant of a wealthy woman named Rebecca (Antonia Prebble) who needs her help to hide a secret which could destroy her position in European settler society.Directed by Dana Rotberg, White Lies will be in New Zealand cinemas on 27 June. Check out the trailer below....

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PiFan 2013: NAFF Nabs 21 for It Project

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:30 AM PDT

Just a few weeks left now until the genre-hungry hoards descend on PiFan, Asia's annual fantastic film pilgrimage. On the industry side of things the Network of Asian Fantastic Films NAFF (July 21-24), has revealed its 21 It Project participants. Whittled down from 141 entries hailing from 21 countries, this year's It crop showcases some of the best young and veteran genre talent from across Asia and the rest of the world.Looking at the 8 Korean projects in the mix we have the latest potential genre offering fom Ji Ha-jean, who took home two awards from PiFan in 2011 for his Bloody Fight in Iron-Rock Valley. He will be presenting the occult horror Re: Make. Nam Ki-woong, of Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine (2000) fame will be...

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Sydney Film Festival 2013 Opens Tomorrow With Indigenous Thriller MYSTERY ROAD

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:45 PM PDT

It's finally here - the much anticipated 60th Sydney Film Festival will be opening tomorrow! The Opening Night Film is talented Aussie filmmaker Ivan Sen's Mystery Road, "a suspenseful and intelligent mystery that uses the conventions of the Western and the police procedural in a subtle examination of the social and political context of a small town in the Australian Outback."Festival Director Nashen Moodley told Twitch in our interview that "Mystery Road is an extraordinary film by a true genius - Ivan Sen wrote, directed, shot, edited and scored the film - so it was a very simple decision to open the festival with the film. It is an important film in Ivan Sen's career, and an important film for Australian Cinema, so it is just...

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Is Benicio Del Toro Playing Thanos In GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY?

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 08:30 PM PDT

In a Deadline piece, the Che and one-time Wolf Man is being described as a "lead character" in writer-director James Gunn's cosmic addition to the Marvel cinematic universe. The article goes on to say that Benicio Del Toro's character will be a part of future Marvel films. So is he playing Thanos? The increasingly well-cast Guardians has picked up its hero in Parks and Recreations actor Chris Pratt, who'll be playing team leader Peter Quill/Star-Lord (and the sole human on a team with alien warrior women, a talking raccoon, and a sentient tree). But at this point, it's been unclear who would be the villain(s), even as Marvel and Disney have been aggressively casting on that front. My initial thought was that Del Toro might...

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OVERHEARD 3 Promises to Be Biggest of Series

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:55 PM PDT

At a press conference in Hong Kong yesterday, Bona Film Group officially unveiled Overheard 3 - or Overh3ard - the latest installment in its successful series of thrillers, which have to-date blended elements of audio surveillance with the financial world. But while all the major players are set to return, some elements of the franchise are going to change.Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu all return for the third film - again playing different characters than in previous outings - but the action will move away from its earlier focus on the stock market. Koo suggested that his character will have some kind of physical disability, while Daniel Wu, on the same day that he announced the birth of his daughter, Raven, joked...

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Watch The First Trailer For SXSW Winner SHORT TERM 12

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:30 PM PDT

Destin Daniel Cretton's naturalistic drama Short Term 12 premiered at this year's SXSW to the buzziest of buzz and then went on to win both the Grand Jury and Audience prize there. The film continues on the festival circuit this summer before getting a U.S. release on August 23rd, courtesy of the folks at Cinedigm. Today we have a trailer for the film.Short Term 12 focuses on, and gets it title from, a foster care facility and its twenty-something staff led by Brie Larson (Greenberg, 21 Jump Street). I've seen the film (expect to hear more from me on it soon) so was quite happy to see a trailer for this one. Though I will say it plays up the emotions in a very sensationalistic...

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NYAFF Announces Their Full 2013 Line Up!

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT

There's no doubt about it, for those of us at Twitch who get to go -- and you lucky New York readers -- the New York Asian Film Festival is always a highlight of our film-going year. And this time out seems to be no exception. Running this June 28 - July 15 at The Film Society Of Lincoln Center, NYAFF 2013's line up is a brilliantly blistering hotbed of every kind of Asian film imaginable. Say you want some horror, but more specifically Hong Kong horror, well, NYAFF is world premiering the omnibus film Tales From The Dark Part 1. Say you'd like some J-horror? Nakata Hideo returns to the genre he helped to jump start with The Complex. Now do you need a...

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Coming Soon In Chile And Argentina: CARNE DE PERRO, IL FUTURO, SAMURAI, HERMANOS DE SANGRE

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

If May was a good month for Latin America cinema, June has also its highlights.Last week Chilean cinemas were crowned with the premiere of Carne De Perro (Dog's Flesh) from Fernando Guzzoni, winner of the Kutxa-New Directors Award of the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2013. We have yet to see it's impact after its first weekend. So, if you are in the area, don't miss this gruesome and disturbing film about a former torturer facing his past during the Pinochet dictatorship. Disclaimer: no dogs were harmed in the making of this film. Alicia Scherson's third film will be hitting the screens the 6th of June. Scherson first read Roberto Bolaño's book in 2005, the same year her sophomore film Play was being premiered around the globe. Il...

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Who Should Be The New DOCTOR WHO?

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT

So, it became official over the weekend that Matt Smith's tenure as the 11th Doctor Who is coming to an end following the upcoming Christmas special and 50th Anniversary show. Which, of course, raises the obvious question of "Who's next?"The obvious answer, of course, is that we've already been introduced to the next Doctor and that it's John Hurt. Which would be pretty damn spectacular, frankly, and would also imply some sort of tangling of the timeline given that the eleventh Doctor was already clearly aware of who - or what - exactly Hurt was. It would also imply a much darker turn for the character so let's assume that the BBC isn't going to want to mess with their biggest cash cow to quite...

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New International KICK-ASS 2 Trailer Is The Best Yet

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Hey, there it is. It took a couple tries but after a lackluster trailer or two, a second international trailer has arrived on the scene - one that would very definitely be a red-bander if prepared for the US market - for Kick-Ass 2 and this one delivers the goods. Loads of new footage here that balances out the characters nicely - Aaron Johnston, Chloe Moretz, Jim Carrey and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all get some very good moments - while also getting deeper into the story of the film. Suddenly this feels like one worth being excited for again....

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THE REBEL Director Hitting The Road With Buddy Comedy YOUNG TEO

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:30 AM PDT

The Nguyen Brothers are getting back together, writer-director Charlie and star Johnny teaming up for what is being billed as Vietnam's first ever road comedy, Young Teo. The Nguyen Brothers, of course, are best known for their first team up on martial arts film The Rebel while more recent action effort Bui Doi Cho Lon has made headlines for its difficulties in clearing censorship in their native Vietnam. But Charlie is a director known for his diversity and he's going for the laughs with his next effort, a film that will star Thai Hoa as a country boy on a bus trip between Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) to Sa Dec with Johnny Nguyen playing his unwilling travel partner. Watch for more as we...

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Korean Box Office: STAR TREK Leads Hollywood Onslaught

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Local fare continues to be overwhelmed at the Korean box office as it scored a meagre 17% market share compared with a much healthier 54% last year. What's more, despite a number of blockbusters on offer, business was also down with only 1.69 million tickets sold overall, down from 2012's 2.04 million during the same weekend. After a record-breaking 1st quarter, business for Korean films has slowed down considerably in the past few months. Though this is traditionally a period of Hollywood dominance, Korea's weak performance is a little surprising. Fatigue due to an underwhelming Spring slate is likely the key factor. Though this slump may continue through June, business should come soaring back this July when a number of hotly anticipated tentpoles (Mr. Go 3D,...

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Twitchvision: Talking AFTER EARTH, NOW YOU SEE ME, and More!

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 08:30 AM PDT

You may already have joined in the massive conversation about the film (at least by Twitch standards), but here's a nice, digestible version of my view on the abysmal After Earth.A not so good week for me, really ended up disliking Now You See Me stank it up as well, but at least that had a pretty decent premise and a good chunk that was worth watching before it fell apart.We rant out of time, but instead I extoll you to check out three films in theatres now I adore - Kim-Ki Duk's wonderful Pieta, Ben Weatley's twisted travelling tale Sightseers, and Linklatter's astonishingly and moving continuation of his grand experiment, Before Midnight.Video embedded below...

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Review: GAME OF THRONES S3E09, THE RAINS OF CASTAMERE (Or, With The Season Coming To A Close It's Time For Things To Get Stabby)

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:50 AM PDT

It would be tempting to call this penultimate episode of Game Of Thrones series three a game changer if not for the fact that the game had clearly changed quite some time ago. The moment Robb Stark lost Jaime Lannister he exited the game. He lost his leverage. Tywin left the field of battle and was free to play the waiting game secure in the fact that he had more men and more money and one of those two factors would eventually win out. Turns out it was the money. No, the events of The Rains Of Castamere don't really change the game so much as they put a brutal, bloody exclamation point on to the fact that robbed of the one asset that may...

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Blu-ray Review: BLANCANIEVES, An Enchanting Spanish Limited Edition

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:00 AM PDT

("Special Editions" like these make the collector in me live happily, ever after...) Cinematically, 2012 was pretty busy for Snow White: no less than four film versions of her story were released last year. From the USA we had Mirror, Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman, from France we got Miroir Mon Amour, and from Spain we got Blancanieves. Out of all these, it was the Spanish film which got the highest critical and audience acclaim. When it played at the International Film Festival Rotterdam it nearly won the Audience Award, with a whopping high rating of 4.6 out of 5. It didn't get my score at that festival, because I somehow totally managed to miss the film. I intended to see it,...

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