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- Russell Crowe Set To Make Feature Directing Debut With THE WATER DIVINER
- THE CROSSING and THE ROCKET Win Sydney 2013 Audience Awards
- THE LEGO MOVIE Trailer Will Make You Shit Bricks
- LA Film Fest 2013 Review: Mumbai Drama I.D. Can't Establish Credentials
- LA Film Fest 2013 Review: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Sure Is Pretty, But It Ain't Quite Divine
- Dolph Lundgren Plus Robots Versus Zombies! Watch The English Language BATTLE OF THE DAMNED Trailer Now!
- Get A First Glimpse Of Tsui Hark's YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE
- This Poster Boy Will Crush You With His Giant Nazi Stilts
- A Surprisingly Weepy First Trailer For Dante Lam's UNBEATABLE (MMA)
- Mainstream Cinema is Still Dead at the Filipino Film Critics Awards
- Fifteen Unfilmable Novels And The Directors Who Should Try Anyway
- It's A MASSACRE ON SET And Things Are Going To Get Bloody!
- Euro Beat: Is It Art Or Porn? France Re-Opens The Debate
- Dolph Lundgren Confirms Tony Jaa Aboard For SKIN TRADE
- Kim Basinger Takes The Lead In Morgenthaler's PETIT
- Coming Soon In Mexico: BLANCANIEVES Will Finally Arrive With Director Pablo Berger And Star Daniel Giménez Cacho In Person
- China Box Office: Lack Of Competition Sees SWITCH Dominate
| Russell Crowe Set To Make Feature Directing Debut With THE WATER DIVINER Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:00 PM PDT  "Are you not entertained!?" He's won an Oscar for his acting, fronted a rock band, played Superman's dad and led the hunt for UFOs in Sydney (seriously). Now Russell Crowe, Renaissance Man, wants to add feature directing to his resume, according to reports he's in talks to direct The Water Diviner for Hopscotch Features.Written by Andrew Knight (who was one of the creators behind the brilliant Rake) and Andrew Anastasios, The Water Diviner is set in 1919, and tell the story of an Australian father who travels to Turkey to find his two sons, who are missing after the battle of Gallipoli. More as this news develops.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| THE CROSSING and THE ROCKET Win Sydney 2013 Audience Awards Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:30 PM PDT  Earlier this week we heard the Jury picks for the 60th Sydney Film Festival; Refn and Gosling's Only God Forgives won the Official Competition prize and Buckskin won the Foxtel Documentary Prize. Now comes the Audience Awards.Two Australian films won both prizes. The Rocket, directed by Australian director Kim Mordaunt (Bomb Harvest), won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. This coming-of-age tale set entirely in Laos screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor prizes; and was earlier awarded three prizes at the Berlinale, including the Crystal Bear.Meanwhile, The Crossing, directed by Julian Harvey, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. The Crossing screened in the Foxtel Australian Documentary competition and follows two young Australians, Clark Carter and... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| THE LEGO MOVIE Trailer Will Make You Shit Bricks Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:15 PM PDT  Out of all the movie trailers that leave me hyperventilating with excitement, from stunning teases of Scorsese or Coen Brothers films to crazy/awesome looking Polish semi-documentaries, you might be surprised that a little film coming out in 2014 from Warner might top them all.For here, for your viewing pleasure, is the brickiest film of next year. Does it have Batman in it? Check. Ninja Turtles? Why not. 1980s Space Guy? BRING IT ON!For this unapologetic Lego nerd ("It's Lego Bricks, dammit, NOT LEGOS!"), I couldn't be happier with this project. It matches the style of a number of really terrific shorts that the Lego group has commissioned, and while I at first worried it'd be some computer animated kiddie fest, the stop-motion animation with real bricks... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| LA Film Fest 2013 Review: Mumbai Drama I.D. Can't Establish Credentials Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:00 PM PDT  To comment on Indian cinema growing beyond the Bollywood aesthetic that has defined it for so many years would be almost passé at this point. With films like Gangs of Wasseypur crashing onto the scene with great flourishes of gritty violence and a complete absence of sweeping shots of colorfully dressed dancers, it has become clear that the international perspective on Indian cinema is maturing along with the filmmaking coming out of the region itself. I.D., the first feature by director Kamal K.M. continues this trend of using a stark realism that is antithetical to big Bollywood -- aiming to reveal a very different version of India. I.D. stars Geetanjali Thapa as Charu, a young woman living in Mumbai. At the start of the... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| LA Film Fest 2013 Review: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Sure Is Pretty, But It Ain't Quite Divine Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT  As someone who spends a good portion of his days talking and writing about cinema, there comes an interesting moment when certain difficulties as to how to communicate rear their ugly head in either form of discourse. Sometimes it is far easier to jump in and engage with another person directly -- it can be fast and visceral; a true rush, though I always hope for a healthy discourse. Writing about cinema I find is usually the opposite. It is largely a meditative process for me, one where I take careful consideration in how I would like to present a film to an audience of readers I have no personal or direct ties to other than what I hope is a love for the medium.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT  What could be better than Dolph Lundgren battling zombies in a post apocalyptic Singapore? Simple! Dolph Lundgren battling zombies in a post apocalyptic Singapore with the help of heavily armed robots! Yes, kids, it's Battle Of The Damned and while a German language trailer hit the web last week we've got your first crack and the proper English trailer right here!On the outskirts of civilization, a remote test facility lays ruin following a catastrophic security breach. All that remains is a handful of survivors, their small armory of weapons, and a fleet of the infected. The breach lead to a viral outbreak that left hundreds dead or mutated. Now the infected walk the land, stalking the few that stayed alive. Led by private military operative... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Get A First Glimpse Of Tsui Hark's YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:30 PM PDT  Tsui Hark had a big hit on his hands with his Andy Lau starring Detective Dee and he is no doubt hoping lightning will strike twice for him with the character as he prepares his prequel offering Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon.The young Dee Renjie arrives in the Imperial Capital, intent to become an officer of the law. Empress Wu, who is at the start of her reign, has sent the fiery-haired Detective Yuchi to investigate a sea monster that stalks the city at night. By chance, both Dee and Yuchi fight off the creature when it attacks a ceremonial procession carrying the beautiful courtesan Yin to be sacrificed at a temple to appease the Gods. Suspicious of the stranger, Yuchi has... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| This Poster Boy Will Crush You With His Giant Nazi Stilts Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT  Thanks to MPI Media/Dark Sky Films we have the new poster for Frankenstein's Army, coming to VOD and theatres in select US cities on July 26. Directed by Richard Raaphorst from a script by by Miguel Tejada-Flores and Chris Mitchell, Frankenstein's Army is set in the waning days of World War II. A battalion of Russian soldiers find themselves lost in enemy territory. Stumbling upon a village decimated by an unseen terror, they discover that a mad scientist (Hellboy's Karel Roden) conducts experiments to fuse flesh and steel, creating an unstoppable army of undead soldiers. Leaderless and faced with dissention amongst their dwindling ranks, they must find the courage to face down an altogether new menace - or die trying.As usual, you can check out a massive... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| A Surprisingly Weepy First Trailer For Dante Lam's UNBEATABLE (MMA) Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:45 PM PDT -thumb-200x200-37488.jpg) Would you care for a dose of melodrama to go with that punch in the face? Because that's what Hong Kong action auteur Dante Lam is serving up in the first trailer for his Nick Cheung and Eddie Peng starring effort Unbeatable, formerly known as MMA.FAI (Nick CHEUNG), once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters QI (Eddie PANG), a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. FAI becomes QI's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the cares.Unbeatable is one of two Dante Lam films nearing release - That Demon Within being the other - and it lands the first punch in the trailer race... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Mainstream Cinema is Still Dead at the Filipino Film Critics Awards Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:00 PM PDT  The mainstream industry is (artistically) dead. That's what the Gawad Urian, the society of the Filipino film critics, made clear once more with their latest awards celebration. This is nothing new, since its been years since the organization nominated the big productions of the Philippines' major studios, despite the presence of good films like Olivia Lamasan's The Mistress. The question is always the same: When is the audience seeing these winners? In fact, most of the films chosen by the critics didn't have their run in the local theatres. A problem, as usual, when we talk about independent cinema in the PhilippinesHere is the complete list of winners:BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alessandra de Rossi, "Sta Nina"BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Art Acuna, "Posas"BEST DOCUMENTARY: "Harana" by Benito BautistaBEST... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Fifteen Unfilmable Novels And The Directors Who Should Try Anyway Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT Ah, the 'unfilmable' novel. Go back ten or fifteen years and it seems everyone had some sort of list of great novels that could never be brought to the screen. The limitations at the time were largely technical and in recent years those lists have dwindled with titles such as The Lord Of The Rings and Cloud Atlas making the move. What makes a book 'unfilmable' these days has far less to do with technical requirements than with budget, politics or sensitive subject matter which means - to our eyes, at least - the books now considered unfilmable are more interesting than they've ever been and time spent imagining who should take the leap and actually bring these words to the screen that much more... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| It's A MASSACRE ON SET And Things Are Going To Get Bloody! Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT  Ah, Argentina, the land of (seemingly) many, many crazy directors seemingly all too happy to spray blood and breasts across the screen. And among the craziest of the crazy is La Memoria Del Muerto helmer Javier Diment, who I once made the mistake of going shot for shot with before making him write a drunken review of his own movie.The next day would have been quite painful if not for the fact that I was still very much drunk when I woke up. And also that I had a guardian pouring pints of water down my throat before I was allowed to go to bed.But I digress.Diment moves from behind the camera to in front of it as one of the stars of Gonzalo and... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Euro Beat: Is It Art Or Porn? France Re-Opens The Debate Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:30 AM PDT For the first time in many years (at least since 2000's Baise-Moi), sex in cinema has become a point of controversy in France. That's thanks in large part to the fact that the two most critically acclaimed films to come out of Cannes this year, Palme d'Or winner Blue is the Warmest Color and and the explicit, gay riff on Bresson and Hitchcock, Stranger by the Lake, both feature a heavy dose of unsimulated sex. And so, the debate about the difference between art and pornography has reared its head again, and will surely continue through the next several months leading up to the release of Blue is the Warmest Color. French newspaper Le Monde got the jump on the subject, racing out the gate... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Dolph Lundgren Confirms Tony Jaa Aboard For SKIN TRADE Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:00 AM PDT  Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa are making it a pair. Lundgren made headlines back in April when he joined the Tony Jaa directed retro-western A Man Will Rise - that film already listed as in post production, by the way, a welcome change from the interminable delays marking Jaa's previous couple projects - and now it seems that the duo have struck a mutually beneficial deal with Lundgren appearing in Jaa's film and Jaa returning the favor by appearing in Lundgren's upcoming Skin Trade.Written by, produced by and starring Lundgren in the lead with the director yet to be named, the Skin Trade story began life as a New York based story involving the Russian mafia and human trafficking, though that location has shifted with... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Kim Basinger Takes The Lead In Morgenthaler's PETIT Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:45 AM PDT  Regular readers of Twitch should be well familiar with the work of Anders Morgenthaler by this point, the popular Danish cartoonist proving to be a restless and intriguing talent. Already well known in Denmark thanks to his comic strip work, he burst on to the international film scene in 2006 when his ultra violent, satiric animated feature Princess debuted in Cannes. That would be followed by live action effort Echo, children's animation The Apple And The Worm, animated television hit for crude adults who think they're still children The Pandas, and an appearance in anthology project The ABCs Of Death. And now Morgenthaler is back to live action with ultra dark live action feature Petit now under way in Hamburg.Petit tells the story of Maria,... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:15 AM PDT  The Spanish black-and-white silent film Blancanieves premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival and ever since it has garnered acclaim and accolades all around the world, including the highest honor at the 2013 Goya Awards. The reception in Mexico has been equally great so far, with director Pablo Berger presenting the film at the 2013 Guadalajara Film Festival and later taking home the Ariel (the so-called Mexican Oscar) for best Ibero-American film. Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg announced here the release of the film in Canada, saying also that: "Rather than serving as a nod to the film industry (as in The Artist), Blancanieves is a nod to the format itself, invoking the likes of Carl Dreyer, Sergei Eisenstein, and Abel Gance, and yet remaining true... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| China Box Office: Lack Of Competition Sees SWITCH Dominate Posted: 18 Jun 2013 06:10 AM PDT  As expected, Jay Sun's spy thriller Switch breezes to the top of the Chinese box office charts as the opposition waits wisely in the wings. Rank Title Origin 10/6-16/6 (US$) Total (US$) Screening days 1 Switch China $32.84 $41.04 8 2 Star Trek Into Darkness USA $14.07 $52.89 20 3 American Dreams in China China $6.75 $84.24 31 4 Colombiana USA $4.20 $6.42 10 5 Happy Little Submarine 3--Rainbow Treasure China $1.53 $8.83 17 6 Mysterious Face China $1.47 $1.47 3 7 The Adventures of Sinbad 2013 China $1.10 $6.06 17 8 Redemption China $1.04 $1.26 8 9 The Soccer Way China $0.81 $0.81 7 10 Touch of the Light Taiwan $0.67 $0.87 9 Running pretty much unopposed, Switch and its beloved star Andy Lau... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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