New To Netflix: THE MASTER, Australian Stop-Motion, Latin Science Fiction, And More |
- New To Netflix: THE MASTER, Australian Stop-Motion, Latin Science Fiction, And More
- Review: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL Is No ED WOOD
- Image Entertainment Drives Off With U.S. Rights For Brian Trenchard-Smith's DRIVE HARD
- Review: THE BOOK THIEF, More A Pamphlet Than A Novel
- Toronto After Dark: EEGA, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE And THE BATTERY Win Big
| New To Netflix: THE MASTER, Australian Stop-Motion, Latin Science Fiction, And More Posted: 08 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PST  Another grab-bag of Netflix picks from the various territories around the world showcases the eclectic nature of the acquisitions of the service. stop-motion animation from Australia, science fiction found footage from Ecuador, P.T. Anderson's "Master" case study on the culture of Scientology, cults and scoundrels, an Omnibus Horror Anthology, an overlooked American indie, and a Michael Haneke classic. Onward!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL Is No ED WOOD Posted: 08 Nov 2013 08:00 AM PST  Although it's been called a "pitch perfect tribute" to the titular real life Mexican B-movie maker, the fevered and free wheeling biopic The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (original title: El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol) leaves one with little desire to track down the real Orol's life's work, or to know more about him. Orol himself is depicted as a consistently flabbergasted and put upon purveyor of creatively bankrupt bargain-basement Mexican gangster pictures that showcase an array of curvy showgirls. According to the film, the director would marry and divorce many of these girls (each one more generically hoochie-cooey than the previous) in rapid succession. The world he occupies is precarious, movie-lit, and all too knowing of his bereft skill-set. Pitched as a kind of... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Image Entertainment Drives Off With U.S. Rights For Brian Trenchard-Smith's DRIVE HARD Posted: 08 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PST  Image Entertainment has nabbed the U.S. rights for cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith's Drive Hard, starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane. The film was bankrolled by Vancouver based production company Odyssey Media Inc. Odyssey has a track record that includes such gems as Avalanche Shark Attack, Fire Quake, Dracano and Uwe Boll's Suddenly. Yep. Quality. Brian Trenchard-Smith is, of course, a very much beloved director of cult films like BMX Bandits, Turkey Shoot (aka Escape 2000) and The Man From Hong Kong! Here's more from the official press release: Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired all U.S. rights at the American Film Market to the action film Drive Hard starring John Cusack (The Number Station, 2012) and Thomas Jane (The Punisher). Drive... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: THE BOOK THIEF, More A Pamphlet Than A Novel Posted: 08 Nov 2013 06:00 AM PST  With its rich photography, lush score, and feel-good script with a bite, it's easy to dismiss The Book Thief as an old-fashioned throwback film. So easy, in fact, that that's what I'm about to do.Based on a much-loved, much book-clubbed novel by Markus Zusak, this is the tale of what the poster describes as "courage beyond words". In fairness to the narrative, the film does start out with appropriate moments of bleakness, as a young girl is given up for adoption to a German couple as the fires of the Third Reich begin to burn in earnest. Precocious yet effective, young Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse's turn as Liesel provides the core of the narrative, and she does exactly what the script calls for. The same... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Toronto After Dark: EEGA, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE And THE BATTERY Win Big Posted: 08 Nov 2013 05:00 AM PST  Our apologies to the staff and crew at Toronto After Dark. We are a little tardy in sharing with you the award winners at this year's festival. Really, to no one's surprise, Tollywood flick Eega flew away with nine awards in the Feature Film - Specialty Category Award Winners. But it did not have the juice to win an audience award; though it did inspire a couple attendees to make their own custom Eega shirts! Nope. The Audience Award Winners were rightfully won by the The Battery taking home the Gold Prize and surprisingly Canadian feature Solo took home Silver and The Banshee Chapter took home Bronze. Toronto After Dark Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Award Winners of its 8th Annual Edition. As is tradition... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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