Help Fund VIOLENT FLORENCE Or This Cat Dies Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:00 PM PDT  There's nothing like a positive campaign to wind up the week, and nothing gets more positive than potentially saving the life of a very cute cat. So says Jaime Snyder, the writer/director of Violent Florence, who might be forced to take drastic measures if you don't comply with his demands.Violent Florence is the very twisted tale of Florence (Charly Thorn) who rescues a stray cat from a gang of teenagers, but after taking the feline to an isolated building, her true intentions emerge. What quickly escalates is a high-octane all claws bared battle to the death.Check out the pitch video below and head to the Pozible page if you want to contribute. They're building a cat puppet!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Hey Australia! Win Ghibli's Latest FROM UP ON POPPY HILL On DVD Or Blu-ray! Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:30 PM PDT  From Up On Poppy Hill is the beautiful new period narrative from the always wonderful Studio Ghibli.Check out our review here!Set in Yokohama, From Up On Poppy Hill is a high school love story that take place in the year before the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. As the country begins to pick itself up from the devastation of the Second World War, the new generation struggles to move towards a prosperous future whilst trying not to lose the essence of their past. The film's rich and vibrant animation captures the entrancing beauty of Yokohama's harbour and lush surrounding hillsides and, with a soundtrack that draws inspiration from the finest music of the time, perfectly captures the thrills of young romance and the hope of a... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
LA Happenings: Andrei Tarkovsky, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, Stan Brakhage Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:00 PM PDT |
Toronto After Dark Announces New Venue For 2013 Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:30 PM PDT  This October the Toronto After Dark Film Festival will have a new venue partner. This year's edition of the genre film festival will take place at the Scotiabank Theatre deeper into the cold, cold heart or our fair city. Yep, Toronto After Dark is partnering with Cineplex Entertainment. "I'm a huge fan of Cineplex's Sinister Cinema program," states Toronto After Dark's Festival Director and Founder Adam Lopez. "Since its launch, Sinister Cinema has enabled fans to see a fantastic slew of cutting-edge independent genre movies, including an official Toronto After Dark selection, on the Big Screen in theatres right across the country. The participating filmmakers and fans I've spoken to have been ecstatic with the results. And it feels like a natural fit now for our... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Fight For The Light With Impressive Teaser For METRO 2033 Fan Film Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT  Humanity has been driven underground in popular first person shooter / survival horror video game Metro 2033 (an adaptation of the novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky) and that combination of oppressive environments, a ruined world and mutant threats has sparked the imagination of French director Guillaume Heulard. Heulard has created a fan film based on Metro 2033 and has just released the first trailer, which promises very good things indeed. Check it below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Review: Veronica Velasco's TUHOG is a Film that Bridges the Gap Between Smart and Sentimental Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:00 PM PDT -thumb-200x200-40364.jpg) Veronica Velasco has always found humor in the cruelty of fate. Her films have always been grounded on premises where an act of fate results in absurd and sometimes torturous scenarios that test the limits of humanity. In I Do (2010), the dream wedding of two teens is constantly delayed by occurrences beyond their control, pitting their youthful love against youthful impatience. In Last Supper No. 3 (2009), a props-man turns into the butt of an overextended joke when he misplaces a wall décor he borrowed from an opportunistic family for an ad campaign, forcing him to experience the frustrating inanities of the Philippine judicial system. In Maling Akala (2007), which Velasco co-directed with Pablo Biglangawa, a chance meeting between two strangers results in a... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Hey, America! Win An A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE Prize Pack! Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:30 PM PDT  You, there! American! Phase 4 will be releasing Canadian indie zombie comedy A Little Bit Zombie on DVD July 30th and we've got five prize packs to give away. Included? An autographed copy of the DVD, a T shirt and a poster. Want your chance to win? Simple enough ... just email me here and name the ALBZ zombie hunter who also had a support role in Zack Snyder's Watchmen. Please include your mailing address. Winners will be drawn at random.Check out the trailer below!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
An Insider's Look At Life With A Big Hollywood Talent Agent Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT  Have you ever wondered what life must be like with a big Hollywood agent? The lunch meetings? The expense accounts? The bouffant hair? Australian screenwriter John Pace certainly has. And his vision is remarkably accurate. Visit La Agencia de Talentos below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Happy Birthday Madiba! The Beautiful Teaser For MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:40 PM PDT  Nelson Mandela - affectionately known by his clan name, Madiba - turns 95 today. The anti-apartheid revolutionary, and first democratically elected South African president, remains gravely ill in a Johannesburg hospital, and all of South Africa is in slow mourning for his inevitable departure. In many ways he is our country's dignity incarnate. Despite the divisive racial history of Apartheid, he is adored - no less than Gandhi was in India - by South Africans of every hue. His philosophy of love and forgiveness emancipated all of us - the oppressors and the oppressed - from the yoke of a demented paradigm. I suspect it is perhaps hard much of the world, and especially the youngest generation who did not experience Apartheid, to grasp how... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Second, Extended Teaser For Ridley Scott's THE COUNSELOR Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:20 PM PDT  Working from the first ever original script by acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy, director Ridley Scott has assembled an incredible cast for his upcoming effort The Counselor. Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz headline this tale of a lawyer drawn into the high stakes world of drug trafficking. A first teaser for the film arrived some weeks back and it has now been followed by a second effort which - while much of the footage is familiar - runs nearly twenty seconds longer and offers a more involved look at the story and characters. Check it out below.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Review: THE ACT OF KILLING Induces Nightmares From Real Life Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:00 PM PDT  Easily one of this decade's most important and most harrowing documentaries, The Act of Killing is a shattering take on the nature of evil. The conceit of the documentary is unique to the form. Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer traveled to Indonesia to tell the story of mass murder by having those that perpetuated the killings recreate their actions in their own way. The project started as a documentary about some farm workers who were trying to organize into a kind of union. Getting much resistance from those reluctant to talk, it was suggested that Oppenheimer go and talk to the neighbours of these workers, those that were leaning on them to cease such actions. These neighbours proved to be self-admitted murderers. More than that, they were... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Latest YOU'RE NEXT Poster Maps An Escape From Comic Con Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:45 AM PDT  With Adam Wingard's You're Next (finally) edging up on an August release the good folk at Lionsgate have released a new poster for the film at the San Diego Comic Con. And it's a good one. Click the image below for a much larger version and check out the links below for ample coverage of this one.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Watch Two Clips From Acclaimed Documentary THE ACT OF KILLING Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:15 AM PDT  Joshua Oppenheimer's acclaimed documentary The Act Of Killing begins a theatrical run that will take it to thirty cities across America tomorrow and a pair of clips from the film have been released to show audiences why the film has made such outspoken admirers of Werner Herzog and Errol Morris.In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Review: GRABBERS Scratches The Horror-Comedy Sweet Spot Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT  Something has gone badly wrong on picturesque Erin Island. The boatload of missing fisherman should have given that away. Or, if not that, then the entire pod of pilot whales that washed up on shore dead and with great gash marks down their side. But, sadly, nobody really paid attention to the obvious signs. Not until it was too late, anyway. It's not entirely their fault, really. A new woman arrived in this tiny, isolated hamlet and the local males were too busy jostling for her attention to pay much attention to anything else. For the first half of its run time, Jon Wright's Grabbers scratches the horror-comedy sweet spot in a manner seldom seen since 1990's Tremors. Like that film, Grabbers draws its humor... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Writer Kevin Lehane Talks GRABBERS Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:30 AM PDT  Irish creature feature Grabbers - in which the denizens of a small coastal town fight off invading monsters via mass drunkenness - hits US screens and VOD tomorrow and we had the chance to talk with writer Kevin Lehane about his very odd creation and how it came to be.Where did the story of Grabbers begin for you? I've read that you wrote it as a spec script, where did the idea come from and when did Jon become involved?It began as an attempt to write the kind of film I'd queue up to see on a Friday night, and an Irish film I hadn't seen before, really. The concept itself came about whilst I was backpacking and being savaged by mosquitoes. I kept hearing... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Review: RED 2 Remains Colourful Fun Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:00 AM PDT  There's almost something admirable in the brisk, breezy way that RED 2 plays out. The shtick about a series of retired cold warriors being drawn once again into another fracas should feel stale, yet in the capable hands of a strong director and a world-class band of extremely talented actors, the film works quite well.The first film's director, Robert Schwentke, has gone on to helm R.I.P.D., also opening shortly, and so the second edition of "Retired, Extremely Dangerous" is shot by Dean Parisot, director of the criminally underrated Galaxy Quest. In several ways, the sequel is superior to the first; there's a lightness of comedy touch, which is often quite effective. Bruce Willis and John Malkovich make a tremendous buddy team, but it's Mary-Louise Parker... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Watch An Extended Animated Clip For SNOWPIERCER Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:45 AM PDT  How did the world end in Bong Joon-ho's highly anticipated post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer? An extended animated clip has been release, providing the backstory on how the catastrophic ice age began and depicts the first departure of the train following the tragic events that ensues as the people desperately fought each other over the only safe refuge.Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, the film marks Bong's English-language debut with a cast that includes Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ko A-sung, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Alison Pill, John Hurt and Ed Harris. Snowpiercer is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Watch Jamie Foxx Become Electro In First AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Teaser Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:15 AM PDT  Underwhelming? Yeah, I'd say so. Sony is looking to make a big splash at Comic Con with the first footage from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and to whet the appetite they've released a first teaser from the film showing off Jamie Foxx as Electro. But it's not making me hungry, not yet anyway. Take a look at the teaser below and let us know what you think. Did you expect better? Worse? Nothing at all?... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Review: ONLY GOD FORGIVES Chooses Style Over Substance To Marvelous Effect Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:00 AM PDT  Nicolas Winding Refn may have burst onto the Hollywood scene with his slow burn but relatively straightforward actioner Drive, yet before that film, Refn made a name for himself with considerably more abstract narratives such as Valhalla Rising. Refn returns to this mode in his latest film, Only God Forgives; an art film disguised as another bloody crime actioner. But where Drive impressed with its taut story, Only God Forgives relies on its technical elements to bring the viewer along. Fortunately, these elements are immaculately executed, serving up one of the most impressive films of the year -- and a true feast for the senses. Set in Thailand, Only God Forgives reteams Refn with Ryan Gosling as the drug-slanging Julian. While little is explicitly revealed,... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
The Fantasia Film Festival Kicks Off Today! Boozie Movies Picks Its Top 10 Must See Films! Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT The 2013 Fantasia Film Festival is now officially upon us! One of the largest, longest running, and just plain longest genre film festivals in the world, Fantasia has an overwhelming number of films and film related events to offer every year. And Boozie Movies will be lucky enough to be on hand this year to catch some of the excitement and carnage towards the fest's tail end.But to celebrate tonight's opening night festivities, Booze Movies would like raise its magical flask and make a toast by announcing its top ten most anticipated must see films at this year's fest.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |
Review: BLACKFISH Questions Morality Of Capturing Wild Animals For Our Amusement Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:00 AM PDT  The latest documentary from Gabriela Cowperthwaite chronicles a series of injuries and deaths at SeaWorld theme parks by their captive orca whales. The main through-line of Blackfish is the case of Dawn Brancheau, a senior animal trainer and safety guru at the Orlando park, who was unexpectedly killed in 2010 by Tilikum, an orca that is both the most dangerous and treasured asset of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. The story begins with Tilikum's capture off the coast of Iceland and subsequent journey to SeaLand of the Pacific, a now defunct marine theme park in British Columbia. From the first interviews of the documentary onward, one immediately starts to question the morality of removing these magnificent creatures from the wild and displaying them for our entertainment.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]  |