Michael Cera Teaches You How To Steal A Cactus In New Trailer For CRYSTAL FAIRY |
- Michael Cera Teaches You How To Steal A Cactus In New Trailer For CRYSTAL FAIRY
- James Gandolfini, aka Tony Soprano, Has Died
- New to iTunes Australia: Twitch Picks the Best of the New Stuff
- Review: GUT Is A Micro-Budget Button Pusher
- On Set With the CRAWLSPACE Crew
- Star Wars Postquel Update: Casting Has Begun (Maybe)
- Sam Taylor-Johnson Set To Direct 50 SHADES OF GREY
- Watch The English Subtitled Trailer For Israeli Thriller BIG BAD WOLVES
- Watch The Making Of A Fight Scene In Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI
- 7 Superior Sequels (And Some Runners-Up)
- Drafthouse Films To Bring THE VISITOR Back To The Big Screen
- SPECTACULAR NOW Trailer Sweet Talks Its Way Into Summer
- First Teaser For Live Action THE TIGER MASK
- The Apocalypse Arrives In Brazil With SciFi Short LUNATIQUE
- Destroy All Monsters: Retire Superman
- FIDOCS 2013 Is Coming: Competition Lineup And Retrospectives Announced
- The ANCHORMAN 2 Trailer Does Its Part For Race Relations
| Michael Cera Teaches You How To Steal A Cactus In New Trailer For CRYSTAL FAIRY Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:02 AM PDT  The second film fruit of the collaboration between Michael Cera and Chilean director Sebastián Silva has a new trailer. After a successful run at Sundance Film Festival this year (where it won the Directing Award in the World Cinema Dramatic competition) and another round in Cannes, where it was shown with its sister film, Magic Magic, the film Crystal Fairy has a new trailer. The synopsis is as follows: On a trip through Chile a boorish American expat named Jamie (Michael Cera) and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized San Pedro cactus and its promise of beachy hallucinations. But in the previous night's drunken stupor Jamie invites a free-spirited fellow American (Gaby Hoffmann), whose devil-may-care worldview gives them more... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| James Gandolfini, aka Tony Soprano, Has Died Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:30 PM PDT  Actor James Gandolfini, best known for his multi-layered portrayal of a family man and mob boss on HBO's The Sopranos, has died unexpectedly, according to multiple news reports. He was 51. Born in New Jersey, Gandolfini made his Broadway debut in 1992, opposite Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange in a revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Six foot tall and broad-shouldered, his hefty figure helped him to stand out as a brutal force in supporting roles; he fit quite naturally, for example, in the sleazy world created by Tony Scott and Quentin Tarantino in True Romance as a creep who beats up Patricia Arquette before receiving his comeuppance. He could be an incredibly strong performer with steel in his eyes, as in Tony... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| New to iTunes Australia: Twitch Picks the Best of the New Stuff Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:00 PM PDT Recently we started a New to Netflix column on Twitch for readers in the US, Canada and UK. We don't have Netflix in Australia (not that it wouldn't be welcome; Australian consumer advocate Choice has even written Netflix an open letter to bring its service here) so I've decided to start a New to iTunes column to fill the gap. I've recently started using the service quite a lot - despite occasional exorbitant prices, which really need to drop if the service is to become preferable to buying hard copies. However there are some good bargains to be found and films and TV worth shelling out for. [Twitch is not associated with iTunes in any way, this is just an acknowledgement that readers are accessing new... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: GUT Is A Micro-Budget Button Pusher Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:00 PM PDT  Independent horror films are a dime a dozen, always have been. It's quite rare that something appears that is actually worth talking about. While most no-budget horror features spend their time ogling tits, and bits and pieces of viscera, Gut takes a decidedly more introspective route, and is all the more noteworthy for it. Gut eschews the notion that the only way to make anyone pay attention is to yell and instead makes the viewer think, fear, and ultimately makes them question their own motives in a similar way to films like Michael Haneke's Funny Games. A minor achievement on its own, but hopefully just a starting point for director Elias, who seems to have a knack for making viewers very uncomfortable.Tom is bored. Incredibly,... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| On Set With the CRAWLSPACE Crew Posted: 19 Jun 2013 06:00 PM PDT  We've run two behind the scenes videos for Crawlspace so far and this week we have the third, which looks at the process of shooting in the tunnels and ventilation shafts that made up the majority of the sets for the sci-fi thriller. Check it out below.Crawlspace screens at the Astor Theatre in Melbourne on Sunday 7 July followed by a Q&A.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Star Wars Postquel Update: Casting Has Begun (Maybe) Posted: 19 Jun 2013 03:30 PM PDT  We're not getting tidbits from J.J. now the press onslaught for Star Trek has abated, but we are getting closer to Episode VII needing to get certain things in place, like, for example, a cast.If certain sites are to be believed (like this one, or this one, or this one) then the following cast descriptions have gone out into the aether for casting agents all over the planet to be on the lookout for the following: A young man aged between 20 and 25, witty and smart, fit but not classically handsomeMan in late twenties, also fit, but this one is handsome and confident.Late teenage girl, independent, good sense of humour, also... physically fit .Second young female, also late teens, tough, smart and physically fit.Man... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Sam Taylor-Johnson Set To Direct 50 SHADES OF GREY Posted: 19 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT  After rumours about the likes of David Cronenberg or Gus Van Sant taking on the reigns of one of the most popular novels of the decade, Deadline is reporting that Sam Taylor-Johnson is set to direct 50 Shades of Grey.Taylor-Johnson's previous films include 2008's Love You More and the 2010 Sundance film Nowhere Boy, which our Todd Brown quite liked, despite the challenges that the film's conceit has to overcome. The director's also received loads of tabloid press, for better or for worse, for marrying the much younger Aaron "Kick-Ass" Taylor-Johnson. Expect much to be made of this again when the tale of an older man seducing a younger woman gets bandied about in the tabloid media.I've not read the book, but do find the whole... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Watch The English Subtitled Trailer For Israeli Thriller BIG BAD WOLVES Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT  Israeli directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado created quite the international stir with their debut film Rabies a couple years back, the genre world embracing the first ever Israeli slasher wholeheartedly. And so when the duo returned with dark thriller Big Bad Wolves at this year's Tribeca Film Festival the expectations were rather high. And they were met rather resoundingly with the film receiving a fantastic critical response and a quick pick up for US distribution via Magnet Releasing.A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Watch The Making Of A Fight Scene In Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:05 PM PDT  More behind-the-scenes videos for Keanu Reeves' directorial debut Man of Tai Chi have arrived via Mtime, with one focusing on the making of the fight scenes. Among the stunt team responsible for designing the fight scenes is veteran action director Yuen Woo-ping and Chad Stahelski, who worked with Reeves before as the martial arts stunt coordinator and stunt double in The Matrix Trilogy. As the titled implies, Tiger Chen will utilized the art of Tai Chi to battle an assortment of fighters including Steven Dasz, Jeremy Marinas, Brahim Achabbakhe, Ocean Hou and Iko Uwais. The fight scenes will showcase various martial arts style including Shaolin Kung Fu, MMA, Taekwondo and Silat.The film is due for theatrical release in China on July 5. You'll find two behind-the-scenes... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| 7 Superior Sequels (And Some Runners-Up) Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT Sequels are generally maligned, and most of the time rightly so. If a movie has been financially successful you can count on the fact someone will want to start a franchise out of it, raking in more money out of the same concept. It seems like an easy win: you've already got the first movie to provide word-of-mouth for the second. There are lots of pitfalls to avoid when making a sequel though: sequels may lack the spark of inspiration and enthusiasm which made the original so good in the first place; stories often suffer as they grow pretty convoluted, to allow the same leads having another adventure like the first one; and realism goes out of the window to get more spectacular visuals. But... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Drafthouse Films To Bring THE VISITOR Back To The Big Screen Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT Attention cult film fans, a screen near you is going to get significantly weirder in the near future with word that Drafthouse Films is bringing 1979 cult film The Visitor back to the masses.AUSTIN, TX - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today the acquisition of North American rights to '70s phantasmagoric sci-fi/horror/action/??? hybrid The Visitor. Legendary Hollywood director/actor John Huston (The Maltese Falcon; Treasure Of The Sierra Madre) stars as an intergalactic warriorbattling alongside a cosmic Christ figure against a demonic eight-year-old girl and her pet hawk, as the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. A new HD restoration from the original film materials is planned for a theatrical, home video... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| SPECTACULAR NOW Trailer Sweet Talks Its Way Into Summer Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:01 AM PDT  The temperature is heading ever upward in the Northern Hemisphere. As the outside air warms up, and bodies begin to sweat, and clothes begin to stick to bodies, the thoughts of teenagers -- and those who remember their teen years -- turn toward serious issues, like getting older and falling in love. The first trailer for The Spectacular Now, starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley and directed by James Ponsoldt, appears to capture those sticky feelings of teenage summers. In his review for Twitch, Chase Whale wrote in part: The Spectacular Now will be remembered as a high school movie with a determined message - that living in the now is a constant change, whether we're ready or not. This is the most important coming-of-age... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| First Teaser For Live Action THE TIGER MASK Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT  As the superhero genre continues to dominate the summer blockbuster season in Hollywood, with Man of Steel and Iron Man 3 already box office smash hits, Japan has followed suit with Hentai Kamen and the upcoming Gatchaman. Also joining in on this hot trend is the return of the fictional masked professional wrestler known as The Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク). Based on the classic 60's manga of the same name from writer Ikki Kajiwara and artist Naoki Tsuji, the live action film takes inspiration from American superheroes like Batman and Spider-Man on reinventing the hero for the new generation.The film is directed by Ken Ochiai and the cast include Eiji Wentz (Gegege no Kitarō, Brave Story) as the titled hero, Sho Aikawa (Tokyo Zombie, Zebraman) as mentor... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| The Apocalypse Arrives In Brazil With SciFi Short LUNATIQUE Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT  South America continues to prove a hotbed for young genre minded talents, today's example coming from Brazil. From writer-director Gabriel Kalim Mucci - with second unit work by Carlos Gananian, a familiar face here at Twitch - comes post apocalyptic science fiction short Lunatique.Having recently wrapped principal photography the film is now moving into post production and Mucci has released a brief but impressive teaser of this tale of a lonely soul trying to survive in the aftermath of massive destruction. Take a look below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Destroy All Monsters: Retire Superman Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:00 AM PDT  While the internet is tearing itself apart in its efforts to empirically determine whether Man of Steel "sucks" or "is awesome" - because such things are now apparently possible, given Superman Returns' near-unilateral, and intellectually disturbing, dismissal - I'd like to pause to make a gentler request: may we please retire Superman? I understand why Man of Steel - and for that matter, Star Trek Into Darkness - is the way it is. I understand the market reality of Hollywood in the summer of 2013, and the theatrical exhibition industry for movies generally, and what is different about North America now versus 1938 (when Superman first appeared in Action Comics), or 1966 (when Star Trek first took to the air), or 1978 for that matter... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| FIDOCS 2013 Is Coming: Competition Lineup And Retrospectives Announced Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT  The 17th edition of one of the most important film festivals in Chile announced its competition slate as well as retrospectives and other screenings of documentaries from famous directors. Dedicated exclusively to non-fiction filmmaking from Chile, Latin-America and the world, FIDOCS was created and still headed by legendary Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (Nostalgia for the Light, The Battle of Chile Trilogy). Since its beginnings FIDOCS has been a politically committed festival that inscribes each decision with a responsible editorial line, thus, the 40th anniversary of the coup d'etat that threw out the democratic government of Salvador Allende and put the dictator Augusto Pinochet at the head of state in 1973 couldn't possibly be without any notice in the programming of the festival, with a special... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| The ANCHORMAN 2 Trailer Does Its Part For Race Relations Posted: 19 Jun 2013 06:00 AM PDT  Breaking down barriers with facial hair. That will be the legacy of Anchorman 2. Yes, Ron Burgundy is back in the game, he's bringing his mustache with him, and he's here to heal the rift between races in America. The earlier teaser for Anchorman 2 has now been followed by a full trailer with plenty of Will Ferrell, Steve Carrell, Paul Rudd, Kristin Wiig, Christina Applegate et al in action. Check it out below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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