China Box Office: AFTER EARTH Ghosts Its Way To The Top |
- China Box Office: AFTER EARTH Ghosts Its Way To The Top
- NYAFF 2013 Interview: Ryoo Seung-beom Talks The Actor's Process And The Need For Breaks
- Watch The Teaser For Shaky Gonzalez' THE LAST DEMONSLAYER And Shed A Tear For What Will Never Be
- Destroyed Faces In The Cinema Of Nicolas Winding Refn
- Check A Trio Of Posters For I, FRANKENSTEIN
- DARK TOUCH Leaves Neuchâtel A Winner!
- Fingers Point In All Directions Over Leak Of Banned Vietnamese Film CHO LON
- Final I DECLARE WAR Trailer Brings The Bombast!
- Stefano Bessoni Sings GALLOWS SONGS In New Teaser
- JCVD Reunites With TIMECOP Director For ENEMIES CLOSER. Watch The Trailer!
- Check Out The New Green Band Trailer For FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY
- Fresh Poster And Trailer For Canadian Chiller THE CONSPIRACY
- Peter Serafinowicz Declares I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE With Darkly Comic New Feature
- 5 Days Of Refn: At Home On The (Gun) Range In Austin, TX
- Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks PACIFIC RIM, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and THE LONE RANGER
- Check Out These New FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY Creature Shots
- THE HORSE IN US Trailer Releases Our Inner Steed
- Art Doesn't Matter...Until It Does: Joshua Oppenheimer on THE ACT OF KILLING
- Korean Box Office: PACIFIC RIM Cashes in on Korea's Robot-philia
| China Box Office: AFTER EARTH Ghosts Its Way To The Top Posted: 16 Jul 2013 02:00 AM PDT  Will Smith's domestic turkey, After Earth, enters the Chinese charts in pole position, but only just ahead of Johnnie To's still-strong Blind Detective. Rank Title Origin 8/7-14/7 (US$M) Total (US$M) Screening days 1 After Earth USA $13.89 $13.89 3 2 Blind Detective Hong Kong/China $12.62 $26.55 11 3 The Rooftop Taiwan $9.41 $9.50 4 4 Tiny Times China $7.78 $75.73 18 5 Seer III China $5.20 $5.20 3 6 Man of Steel USA $4.17 $62.51 25 7 Badges of Fury China $2.46 $45.30 24 8 Bullet to the Head USA $1.84 $1.84 6 9 Man of Tai Chi USA/China $1.38 $4.28 10 10 Happy HeroesChina $0.90 $5.41 17 After Earth, the much-maligned science fiction adventure from M. Night Shyamalan scored a healthy opening in China... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| NYAFF 2013 Interview: Ryoo Seung-beom Talks The Actor's Process And The Need For Breaks Posted: 15 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT  Famous in these here parts for his roles in Crying Fist, The Unjust and The Berlin File (not to mention his debut in brother Ryoo Seung-wan's lo-fi shit-kicking Die Bad), Ryoo Seung-beom was in New York last month for a mini-retrospective of his work at the New York Asian Film Festival. Diva Velez managed to snag some quality time with the 32-year old actor, in which they discussed his early career, process on and off set, and the reasons why taking a break from acting has been so liberating [ed. Ben Umstead]Twitch: How do you feel about having a retrospective of your films at Lincoln Center this early in life? Ryoo Seung-beom: It's funny, no. {Laughs} It's kind of a point to look back... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Watch The Teaser For Shaky Gonzalez' THE LAST DEMONSLAYER And Shed A Tear For What Will Never Be Posted: 15 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT  It was back in March of 2011 that Twitch ran a gallery of images from The Last Demonslayer, an 80s VHS throwback gearing up in Denmark with director Shaky Gonzalez. At the time they were shooting a promo to pitch the project to potential investors and - as you can guess from the time that has elapsed since - unsuccessfully so. But, hey. They made a promo, that promo is a big bag of fun and it has just arrived online. Check it out below and spread the word around a bit ... if there's enough interest maybe we can convince Gonzalez to crow fund his demon killing baby.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Destroyed Faces In The Cinema Of Nicolas Winding Refn Posted: 15 Jul 2013 02:00 PM PDT  One of the first posters for Only God Forgives shows everybody's darling Ryan Gosling with a face covered in blood. He has a black eye and seems defeated without any expression left. Gosling appears to be the opposite of what a film star was once supposed to be: beautiful.In the films of Nicolas Winding Refn, the real heroes often exist as mere phantoms on the soundtrack. His protagonists on screen are morally ambivalent and emotionally disturbed figures with a strong tendency towards violence. Refn shies away from subtle direction, visualizing his idea of the faceless actor by simply destroying what they normally live for: Their expression. The main objects of attack for Refn are the eyes, the most important instrument of every film actor. In... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Check A Trio Of Posters For I, FRANKENSTEIN Posted: 15 Jul 2013 01:30 PM PDT Am I expecting great things from the Stuart Beattie directed adaptation of the I, Frankenstein comic books? I'm not expecting much of anything, honestly, beyond a possibly better-than-the-movie-deserves performance from Aaron Eckhart - who has a history of delivering those - in the lead role. Which means that the trio of rather well designed posters just released for the film come as a pleasant surprise. Because, hey! Anything is better than the nothing I was expecting. Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski and Jai Courtney also star.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| DARK TOUCH Leaves Neuchâtel A Winner! Posted: 15 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT  Marina de Van's poem of telekinesis and terror Dark Touch took home the H.R. Giger Narcisse Award when all was said and done at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival this past Saturday. Twitch's Joshua Chaplinsky's feelings were decidedly mixed when he reviewed it in April, noting: [de Van] certainly knows how to make a good looking film, and is adept at setting up an atmosphere of dread and delivering visceral bursts of violence. But after you hook the audience with a visually arresting setup you have to follow it up with this pesky thing called a story, and this one just didn't work for me.The film also took the Mad Movies award for "Maddest" film, and the Youth Award to boot. You'll just have to... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Fingers Point In All Directions Over Leak Of Banned Vietnamese Film CHO LON Posted: 15 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT  Ten days after the leak of Cho Lon nothing appears clear here in Vietnam. Immediately following the banned film's appearance on the internet production company and distributor Galaxy Film JSC sent a letter to the authorities to denounce and suggest an investigation into who was responsible.According to Thanh Nien Online, after a short investigation, with the active and tight collaboration from Galaxy Film JSC and production company Chanh Phuong, along with others involved, the authorities believe they have found the suspected perpetrators who dispersed Cho Lon but until the investigation is completely wrapped up all involved have declined to reveal the identity of the suspects or their motivation.The ongoing investigation, however, has not stopped Ngo Phuong Lan (Director of The National Cinema Department) from stating in public... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Final I DECLARE WAR Trailer Brings The Bombast! Posted: 15 Jul 2013 12:00 PM PDT  After a very successful festival run and a limited theatrical release in select Canadian cities, Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson's 'Patton with pre-adolescents' action movie, I Declare War, is finally coming to USA courtesy of Drafthouse films. They've made a new poster (to the left) and cut a fantastic new trailer that visually conveys the high concept of the film, namely kids envisioning their afterschool war games as the real thing, as well as highlighting some of the more bombastic elements cunningly juxtaposed with the playfulness of kids running around in the forest playing make-believe. I Declare War will be available in various VOD outlets, including iTunes Store, starting July 26th, and followed by a theatrical release on August 30.Armed with nothing more than... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Stefano Bessoni Sings GALLOWS SONGS In New Teaser Posted: 15 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT  Italian director, illustrator and general renaissance man Stefano Bessoni has appeared in these pages many times before and he returns today with a teaser for a new short film project titled Gallows Songs. Employing what looks to be a great deal of stop motion animation, the film is a sort-of spin off to his previous work Krokodyle and based on the poems by Christian Morgenstern. With macabre tinged stop motion making a big time comeback in recent days he seems to be arriving on the scene at a good time and the quality of the work is remarkable. Take a look at the teaser below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| JCVD Reunites With TIMECOP Director For ENEMIES CLOSER. Watch The Trailer! Posted: 15 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT  It's a father-son duo behind the camera for upcoming Jean Claude Van Damme picture Enemies Closer with Peter Hyams - director of Timecop - directing and serving as DP while son John Hyams - director of the most recent pair of Universal Soldier films - working the edit bay. And Jean Claude? He's doing what he always does: Delivering beatings with a smile.After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to help retrieve the downed package. Trapped in the wilderness with no communication to the outside world, Henry finds himself face to face with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta against Henry... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Check Out The New Green Band Trailer For FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY Posted: 15 Jul 2013 10:29 AM PDT  Richard Raaphort's creature feature Frankenstein's Army hits limited theatrical and VOD platforms across the US on July 29th and for those who just can't get enough of the director's bizarre creations a slew of creatures shamble across the screen in the new green band trailer for the film.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. Take a... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Fresh Poster And Trailer For Canadian Chiller THE CONSPIRACY Posted: 15 Jul 2013 10:00 AM PDT  Chris MacBride's debut chiller The Conspiracy proved to be something of a hit at the 2012 edition of Fantastic Fest, packing out repeat screenings as word spread and generating strong buzz from critics. And with the film releasing in Canada July 19 a new poster and trailer have arrived online. Click the image below for a larger version of the poster and check out both trailers to dive into this murky world.When two young filmmakers select a crazed conspiracy theorist as the subject of their new work the task seems simple enough: Befriend him, gain his trust, and let his theories speak for themselves. But things prove more complicated than that. Despite his street preaching their subject proves to be an articulate and intelligent man.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Peter Serafinowicz Declares I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE With Darkly Comic New Feature Posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT  A long time favorite in these parts since catching our eye in shows such as How Do You Want Me and his drily hilarious Look Around You - to say nothing of his stint as the voice of Darth Maul, his appearances in Spaced and Shaun of the Dead, and his show stealing turn as Fa'ad on Running Wilde - Peter Serafinowicz is about to make a major splash in the feature world. And, no, I'm not talking about his rumored addition to the cast of James Gunn's Guardians Of The Galaxy. Or the new Muppets movie, either. No, the thing that will soon make fans of the comedian very happy indeed - while hopefully generating a whole lot more fans - is Serafinowicz's debut... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| 5 Days Of Refn: At Home On The (Gun) Range In Austin, TX Posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:00 AM PDT  It's a Wednesday afternoon in late June and I'm walking in downtown Austin, Texas. It being late June, temperatures are blasting to well near a hundred degrees Fahrenheit. But that doesn't matter to me. Like the mirror opposite of Ryan Gosling's character in Drive, I could walk anywhere, anytime, at a moment's notice. That's when I get the call: Do I want to fire guns with that film's director Nicolas Winding Refn and his composer Cliff Martinez? I pause. I've never fired a gun before. Heck, being raised in a pacifist-liberal household of educators I've never even picked up a gun that doesn't resemble something from Star Wars. Well, if I'm going to take up firearms it might as well be with the man behind... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks PACIFIC RIM, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and THE LONE RANGER Posted: 15 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT  After skipping last week, Twitchvision is back with a look at Guillermo Del Toro's big budget Robots-on-Monsters romp, Pacific Rim, as well as a look at the fabulous doc 20 Feet From Stardom and the quite exceptional (if needlessly scorned by some) The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp.Watch the video embedded below... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Check Out These New FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY Creature Shots Posted: 15 Jul 2013 08:00 AM PDT Richard Raaphorst's creature feature Frankenstein's Army hits select US theaters and VOD platforms July 26th. And given that it's a creature feature, you probably want to take a look at a creature or two. Well, you're in luck as we've got a fresh look at a few of them in the gallery below!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 -... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| THE HORSE IN US Trailer Releases Our Inner Steed Posted: 15 Jul 2013 07:30 AM PDT  Having experienced the Icelandic horse enthusiast scene myself a few years ago I can assure you readers out there that this group of people is a strange breed indeed. Life seems to revolve around the tamed beast and it's a test of manhood to ride out in nature with a herd of horses and like minded people. A strong drink is also usually mandatory.Director Benedikt Erlingsson is an avid horse rider and history buff and has created a film that talks about the relationship between man and horse and how sometimes these relationships can go terribly wrong, Hross Í Oss (The Horse In Us). The official line goes as follows; "A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Art Doesn't Matter...Until It Does: Joshua Oppenheimer on THE ACT OF KILLING Posted: 15 Jul 2013 07:00 AM PDT  When I first watched The Act of Killing in March, I predicted that it would be a hard film to beat as the best film of the year. I still stand by that statement. It's an astonishing film that needs to be widely distributed, watched and talked about. So jumped onto the chance to interview its director Joshua Oppenheimer when he was in New York for ND/NF. And this intense and lengthy interview is the result of it:First, the thing is, not many people know about this side of Indonesian history, including myself. THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, the country's involvement in The East Timor about ten years ago and the Bali bombing - that's the extent of the Indonesian history I know about. Can... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Korean Box Office: PACIFIC RIM Cashes in on Korea's Robot-philia Posted: 15 Jul 2013 06:30 AM PDT  Business was a healthy 2.62 million admissions (in line with last year) over the frame as two big releases duked it out for the top spot. The local market share was down to 40%, well below last year's 60% but unsurprising given the big new release the past weekend. Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens 1 Pacific Rim (us) 13/07/11 44.30% 1,160,636 1,372,731 1005 2 Cold Eyes 13/07/03 34.60% 1,003,049 3,540,435 801 3 World War Z (us) 13/06/20 11.60% 345,896 4,891,909 383 4 Killer Toon 13/06/27 3.50% 107,173 1,091,116 244 5 Lone Ranger (us) 13/07/04 1.20% 34,668 370,829 229 6 Secretly Greatly 13/06/05 1.10% 34,319 6,932,959 141 7 The Adventures of Jinbao (ch) 13/07/04 0.80% 25,199 71,029 116 8 Side Effects (us)... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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