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Review: SKINS S7E02, FIRE: PART 2 (Or, Things Get Rather Bleak As Effy And Naomi Deal With Their Struggles)

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Review: SKINS S7E02, FIRE: PART 2 (Or, Things Get Rather Bleak As Effy And Naomi Deal With Their Struggles)

Review: SKINS S7E02, FIRE: PART 2 (Or, Things Get Rather Bleak As Effy And Naomi Deal With Their Struggles)

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:00 AM PDT

On one level, the second part of "Fire" is just plain depressing. I mean that more as an observation than a critique, because Skins has consistently been a show that is unafraid of venturing into a dark narrative and not taking the easy way out. With last week's episode, it should have been clear that the decision to return to the characters for a seventh series is not just to show us where they've ended up in life but to also tell an engaging story that is really focused on people that the show's fans are heavily invested in.I'm sure many of those fans will be incredibly angry with what has become of the show's most iconic relationship and one of its most memorable characters. The...

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Kedar's FAMILY Wins Top Prize At Jerusalem Lab

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:00 AM PDT

Filmmaker Veronica Kedar was awarded $50,000 (USD) this weekend at the Jerusalem International Film Lab. Kedar, known for Joe + Belle, received the award for her new feature project, Family. Moshe Danon of Inosan Productions, producer of Academy Award nominee Ajami, will produce. Another $30,000 (USD) was awarded to director Dani Rosenberg and producer Eilon Ratzkovsky of July-August Productions for The Vanishing Soldier. Producer Paulo Branco, chairman of the jury, explained the decision, firstly by stating that they were extremely impressed by the high level of all projects developed in the lab. The jury chose to award prizes to the scripts and directors that presented a unique voice, artistic audacity and strong statements on the complex social and political realities that surround them. Furthermore, these...

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Review: Hari's SINGAM 2 Stoops To Ridiculous Lows To Entertain The Masses

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 09:31 PM PDT

There is a concept in South Indian cinema, specifically Tamil cinema, known as "class vs. mass." The idea being that some films are made for urban, presumably more upwardly mobile cinema-goers in great population centers like Chennai and Madurai, and are made for "class" audiences who see films predominantly in large multiplex auditoriums. Other films are made for more rural, and theoretically less sophisticated, film fans in the countryside who will typically have one single screen cinema in their town; these are the "mass" audiences. The divide is fairly great, but the films that land on either side aren't always depicting the audience at which they are aimed.For example, two years ago in 2011, there was a lot of chatter about the "mass vs. class" showdown...

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Indie Beat: 5 Most Intriguing Indies In July

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Eagle-eyed readers will note that this week's Indie Beat may feel a little familiar, and you'd be right on that front -- by two accounts actually. Our own managing editor Peter Martin highlighted some especially cool limited releases for the U.S. in May and June. Now that this column is in place and chugging along, he has passed that torch onto me. So once a month (that's every other Indie Beat) you'll get a "Five Most Intriguing Indies In (Insert Month Here)". What you'll find here today are not only five especially intriguing indie flicks opening in limited release in the U.S. across July (a few I have seen and a few I have not), but also an older home viewing recommendation, and a short...

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Review: PACIFIC RIM, Monsters And Robots In A Near Perfect Spectacle

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 03:45 PM PDT

In stark, white text against a black background, the film spells out the core elements contained within. Kaiju, 怪獣, Japanese word for "strange beast", the trans-dimensional monsters that emerge from a "throat" in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Jaeger, from the German word for "hunter", referring to giant, anthropomorphized mechanical devices built to combat the extraterrestrial threat.Monsters. Robots. Two iconic adolescent elements beating the living shit out of one another. The rest is set dressing, for, at its core, we've got Kaiju vs. Jaeger, beasts versus mechanical brawn. This is toys-in-the-sandbox filmmaking, picking up the elements from youth and smashing them against each other. It's not subtle, and despite setting some of the action at the bottom of an ocean, it's not even particularly...

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Brillante Mendoza Flirts With The Devil In New Trailer And Stills For SAPI (POSSESSION)

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 01:40 PM PDT

Best known for his gritty arthouse dramas, Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza is taking a turn into dark genre territory with his latest effort - a horror film titled Sapi (Possession). A first teaser for this one turned up back in February and with the film now in post we've got the full trailer, synopsis and several heavily treated (i.e. they're not going to look quite like this in the film) images in the gallery below.With the rival station Philippine Broadcasting Channel (PBC) eating up the TV audiences' major share, Sarimanok Broadcasting Network (SBN) needs a miracle to stay alive in the competition. In these mad and fearful times, SBN's news team finds that documenting an actual spiritual possession would be their only hope. Tasked to...

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THE WORLD'S END Pub Crawl Arrives At The Trusty Servant

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Everybody still standing? Good.With Edgar Wright's The World's End soon to be upon us all, there's a virtual pub crawl happening with Twitch happily hosting stop number six: The Trusty Servant. You'll find the Trusty Servant artwork below (you can click to enlarge should the mood take you) while the artwork for previous stops can be found at Coming Soon, JoBlo, Screen Crush, Crave Online and SlashFilm. 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once...

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NYAFF 2013 Review: BEIJING BLUES, A Fascinating Docudrama About A City Of Contradictions

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Working with mostly non-actors and unobtrusive handheld cinematography by Wu Di, director Gao Gushu creates an intimate portrayal of Beijing that one rarely sees in films. Beijing Blues is a police procedural shot in the documentary fashion, taking place in Haidian District's Shuangyushu neighborhood in Beijing in winter. Zhang Lixian, a creator/journalist of a popular online magazine Duku, plays steely eyed, asthmatic, diabetic police inspector Zhang. Armed with a handicam, Zhang patrols around wide, clean Beijing streets to apprehend law breakers. Mild mannered and persevering, he is our guide to the smoggy megalopolis that is as much a character here as any inhabitants in Beijing Blues.Zhang's daily routine is not exactly an action-filled thrill ride. Rather, it's full of swindlers, petty thieves, and con artists. Working...

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Josh Brolin Emerges From The Official OLDBOY Poster

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Spike Lee's spin on Oldboy hits theaters screens October 25th, at which point the dissection of how much the film is a straight remake of Park Chan-wook's violent opus versus how much it calls back to the source manga (as producers have promised it will do) versus how much is totally new (ditto) will begin in earnest. But for now? Now you can cast your eyes on the official theatrical one sheet.OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment only to find he is...

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James McAvoy Rides A Pig.

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:00 AM PDT

If James McAvoy actually rides a pig in the upcoming film version of Irvine Welsh's Filth, I'll be a very happy boy indeed. Click the image below for a larger version....

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Julien Mokrani And Alex Aja Bringing Graphic Novel LES SENTINELLES To The Big Screen

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT

French director Julien Mokrani made headlines here at Twitch back in October of 2011 thanks to his Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher starring fan film Welcome To Hoxford. A seriously stylish bit of work, Hoxford was meant to open doors for Mokrani and it's done exactly that with word arriving today that he has teamed with producer Alexandre Aja to direct a live action adaptation of French graphic novel Les Sentinelles.Alexandre Aja and The Ministry of Content have acquired sci-fi cult graphic novel SENTINELLES written by Xavier Dorison, drawn by Enrique Breccia and published by Delcourt, for Julien Mokrani to direct. Alexandre Aja, Pavlina Hatoupis will produce. Alix Taylor is attached as Executive Producer.A Paris-based music video director on the move, Mokrani caught the producers'...

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