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Los Angeles EigaFest: Twitch Picks The Highlights

Los Angeles EigaFest: Twitch Picks The Highlights

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 04:30 PM PST

This weekend, the Japan Film Society is kicking off its third L.A. EigaFest with a collection of live-action and animated features, kicking off with the U.S. premiere of Unforgiven, with the film's director Sang-il Lee in attendance. Plus, you've got another chance to see Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises if you happened to miss one of the handful of screenings here in North America. L.A. EigaFest runs from December 6-8 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. You can find more details including the complete lineup and ticketing information here. If you're thinking about hitting up the fest, here are a few of highlights it would be worth your while to check out:...

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X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Ending The World In 2016

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 03:30 PM PST

Bryan Singer, the reappointed mastermind behind the big screen X-Men franchise, took to Twitter this evening to announce X-Men: Apocalypse for 2016, which will, of course, feature Apocalypse, the millennial old mutant who is the X-Men's most powerful foe.    Shortly after Fox confirmed further with a planned release date of May 27, 2016. Singer and co. are currently in post on X-Men: Days Of Future Past for a release next summer. DoFP seems to be the franchise's attempt at a "Go Big Or Go Home" kind of X-Men saga. The kind we comic fans have been hoping for on the big screen since, well... film one really. 'Cause if anything the X-verse is a big place with some of the most operatic and out...

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Review: OUT OF THE FURNACE And Into The Fire

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 03:00 PM PST

"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose..."   A reference to that famous line from "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan might seemingly be more at home in a review of Inside Llewyn Davis, the early 1960s folk music odyssey from the Coen brothers. But it holds truer of Christian Bale's character in Out of the Furnace, the new ultra-dour revenge film from Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper. Bale plays Russell Baze, a shopworn, salt-of-the-earth man of few words. These days, Russell is coming by his grizzled demeanor honestly, working long days as an unassuming handyman, scraping lead paint from door jams and dealing with old gutters while up on ladders. An honest day's work is the limit of his aspirations. He's...

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Hey Australia! Win Tickets To See Andy Lau's FIRESTORM 3D In Cinemas!

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST

It's been a good year for fans of Asian cinema in Australia. We got to see Unbeatable, Special ID, Journey To The West and many others on the big screen, all thanks to distributor Magnum Films. And it looks like the year will be ending on a high note with the upcoming release of Firestorm 3D, the latest HK crime thriller starring Andy Lau, Yao Chen and Lam Ka Tung. The trailers look solid and early buzz is amazing. So be sure not to miss this opportunity to win one of FIVE double passes to see it!All you have to do is to follow these two steps:1) Like the Magnum Film Facebook page, and2) Email your name and postal address to me at: hugo[at]twitchfilm.netFirestorm 3D will...

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New Films From Mo Bros., Wingard, & Waititi Lead Sundance 2014 Midnight, Spotlight, New Frontiers, & Kids Announcement

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 01:40 PM PST

Yesterday brought us the Sundance Competition Announcements and today we are back with a look at the Midnighters, Spotlight, New Frontiers, and brand new 'Sundance Kids' sections. The titles unveiled in the Midnight section are perhaps more exciting than anything we saw yesterday with the hotly anticipated Killers by Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel, and Adam Wingard's latest collaboration with Simon Barrett, The Guest. Taika Waititi is also back in cahoots with Jemaine Clement with their co-directed mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows. There are plenty of past faves in the Spotlight section such as Blue Ruin, R100, and Only Lovers Left Alive. Those plus the new 'Sundance Kids' section and New Frontiers program are available for your perusing below. Let us know what...

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Watch An Exclusive Clip From Kitano's BEYOND OUTRAGE

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 01:30 PM PST

Japanese crime master Kitano Takeshi returns with Beyond Outrage - retitled from the previous Outrage Beyond - and with the film now available on VOD and iTunes prior to the January theatrical release Twitch is proud to present an exclusive new clip.With BEYOND OUTRAGE, action cinema master Takeshi Kitano returns to the hard boiled characters, black comedy and unflinching violence of his crime masterpiece OUTRAGE. This time, a manipulative police crackdown on organized crime has ignited a tricky power struggle in the yakuza underworld.The Sanno crime family has grown into a massive organization dominated by young executives whose new approach to running the family is causing frustration and pent-up resentment with the old-guard members. This vulnerability in the Sanno hierarchy is exactly what anti-gang detective...

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Review: DIAMOND ON VINYL Strikes A Provocative Groove

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation and Brian de Palma's Blow Out are two films in the American cinematic canon that present to their audiences worlds of conspiracy and voyeurism through the provocative role of the audiophile. No less important or enticing, these films are, however, now decades old, taking place well before the digital revolution and our new state of DIY. So what happens when digital brings a new found intimacy to the voyeuristic landscape? J.R. Hughto's second feature Diamond on Vinyl proves to be a most suitable, and thought-provoking playback of these themes, a SoCal-set Noir that effortlessly weaves genre into a naturalistic story of a man who is just trying to gain some semblance of a normal life.The premise goes down like this:...

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Review: CRAVE Fails To Satisfy

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST

Crave is the feature debut of Charles de Lauzirika, a man best (un)known for directing/producing DVD special features. So what, you say? Sew buttons on a dead hobo's suit! You know you love yourself some special features, and de Lauzirika is responsible for some quality content on many a quality disc. Hell, his Alien 3 featurettes might be better than the film itself. But does this qualify him to tell a more complex story? The story being that of a crime scene shutterbug named Aiden who becomes increasingly more detached from reality? A tragi-comic character study full of pitch black humor? An unlikely romance with moments of extreme discomfort? A story full of emotion and nuance and gray morality? Because that's the delicate balancing act...

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Mark Your 2014 Calendars For Lars Von Trier's NYMPHOMANIAC

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST

Magnolia Pictures has announced the official U.S. release dates for Lars Von Trier's two-part erotic epic Nymphomaniac, which the press release assures us contains "graphic depections of sexuality to a degree unprecedented in a mainstream feature film." So uh, welcome to the mainstream, Lars?The film will be released as two full length features. Part one will open in theaters on March 21, 2014 and will go on demand early on March 6 for late-night, private viewing. Part two will open April 18, 2014 and will be On Demand April 3. This is all great to hear (and yes, Part 2 does open on Good Friday), but I can't help be envious of the citizens of Denmark, who will be able to see both parts...

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Review: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Folk Music And Colorful Characters, Melancholy And Gut Punches

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST

Winners of numerous screenwriting awards, including two Oscars, it's difficult to think of many filmmakers more adept at their craft than Joel and Ethan Coen. So it comes as a bit of a surprise when, in the first act of the brothers' latest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, Oscar Isaac's titular Llewyn pulls out a trick straight from Screenwriting 101 and literally saves the cat. As Blake Snyder will tell you, this technique is used to build quick sympathy for the protagonist -- in this case, making us like Oscar. It works -- and that is thankfully just about the only by-the-book beat in this nontraditional but wholly enjoyable film. Set in New York City's Greenwich Village during the 1960s, Inside Llewyn Davis is a folk...

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Watch THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Trailer!

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST

Here we go. The new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. You get to see a lot of Jamie Foxx in action as Electro. You will catch the occasional glimpse of Green Goblin. And you will only get to see The Rhino suit. No Paul Giamatti I am afraid. Which is surprising, considering how much is in this trailer already. Why not show his character, Sytsevich? You've got Vulture's wings and Doc Oc's tentacles in it (part of a post credit teaser as I understand it)! But no Paul? Shame. But you always get points for Emma Stone. Take a look for yourself. It looks like the Summer movie season will be off to an 'electric' start (ducks for cover). ...

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Review: THE LAST DAYS ON MARS, As Lifeless As The Planet Itself

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST

After the screening of The Last Days on Mars in the director's fortnight competition, many were wondering why exactly the clunky, derivative Mars-zombie movie was programmed at a high-class festival like Cannes. Fair enough, but the bigger, even more nagging question in my mind is why the movie was made at all. Clearly, director Ruari Robinson has considerable visual talent. Coming from an effects background, his shorts like BlinkyTM and Fifty Percent Grey gave him enough clout to direct a feature, and it's easy to understand why. Despite being made for probably a tenth of the budget of most sci-fi blockbusters, the Mars landscapes, complete with epic dust storms, and space travel are beautifully rendered. A few shots even carry an ethereal, haunting power that...

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Win An OUT OF THE FURNACE Prize Pack!

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST

Scott Cooper's Out Of The Furnace hits the big screen tomorrow and we've got a massive prize pack to give away to one lucky Twitch reader! What do you get? How about a water bottle, a hoody, a 26 piece tool set, a beanie, gloves and a $25 Fandango gift card? That's a bit of swag right there ...When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement fails to follow through, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Forrest Whitaker and Willem Dafoe star in this one and all you need to do for your chance to win is email me here and name a previous film featuring both Dafoe and...

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Review: LASTING (NIEULOTNE) Deals With Young Love Stained By Tragedy

Posted: 05 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST

Guilt and indecision narrate a story of two young Polish students trying to come to terms with their own escalating problems in Lasting (Nieulotne), the latest film from Jacek Borcuch (All That I Love). To appreciate how precious life really is they must first stand face to face with sudden tragedy and important decisions that not only gradually lead them further into adulthood but also force them to reinterpret the meaning of love completely anew.The characters' journey starts in a place, which might very easily be called an idyll, undisturbed by any influences from the outside world and enriched by moments of pure sexual excitement a plenty. In Spain, because that's where they've decided to spend their summer vacations, Michal (Jakub Gierszal) and Karina (Magdalena...

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