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Shaw Brothers Founder Sir Run Run Shaw Has Died

Shaw Brothers Founder Sir Run Run Shaw Has Died

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 07:00 PM PST

Sir Run Run Shaw, one of the most influential figures in the history of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, has passed away, local media is reporting this morning. The companies that he founded, Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) and Television Broadcasting (TVB) Limited, have produced countless film and television classics and helped launched the careers of numerous filmmakers, actors and actresses. Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Studio was founded in 1957, and quickly became the largest movie production company in the city. Over a number of decades, it has produced close to 1,000 movies. Key directors of the company included King Hu, Lau Kar Leung, Chang Cheh and Li Han Hsiang. Numerous wushu classics were produced and many of the studio's actors and actresses became celebrities. Some of the...

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William Friedkin's SORCERER Goes Blu-Ray in April

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 03:00 PM PST

Finally having all the legal issues settled, Sorcerer, William Friedkin's long buried 1977 remake of  Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic suspense piece Wages of Fear, will be available to those outside of the European festival circuit (where it played via a restored print at Venice last year, but few (perhaps no) other cinematic bastions - no TIFF or NYFF or Lightbox or MOMA.) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is releasing the film sans-extras, but in glorious Blu-ray on April 22, 2014.The full Press Release, which includes notes on the restoration, is below:January 6, 2014 - William Friedkin's Sorcerer, the cult suspense thriller that has been largely overlooked since its 1977 release, has now been acquired and fully restored by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and will make its Blu-ray™ debut...

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Watch The Trailer For Animated Short SPACE CAT HOB

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 02:30 PM PST

What does two years of hard work get you? If you're Paris based animator Loïc Bramoullé it nets you a five minute animated short film titled Space Cat Hob. And if you're going to put that much work into something so brief you'd better pray it turns out well or else, well, you know. and luckily for Bramoullé things appear to have turned out very well, indeed. Take a look at the teaser below and visit the official site to be notified when the full short is released online....

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Get Charmed With The Quirky Trailer For Swiss Romcom RECYCLING LILY

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 02:00 PM PST

Released in Swiss cinemas back in November, Recycling Lily looks to be the sort of film that very rarely travels internationally but I really wish would: A quirky, crowd pleasing romantic comedy executed with bags of style. In many ways what I see here from Pierre Monnard's debut feature reminds me a great deal of Swedish director Patrik Eklund (Flimmer) and it will likely run into the same sort of issues finding an international audience: It's too mainstream for the festival crowd and yet too odd to become a major crossover hit. Here's how Monnard describes the story:This offbeat comedy tells the story of a perfection-obsessed Bin Inspector, Hansjörg Sthäli, who falls for the wrong girl, Lily Frei, a charming waitress at his local diner...

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Anticipated In 2014: The Films We Most Want To See

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 12:00 PM PST

With 2014 now fully upon us the Twitch team gathers to take a look at the films we most want to take a look at in the coming year. Is this some sort of scientific poll? Heck no, more just a group of geeky friends tossing tiles around and there are some obvious quirks and omissions in the result - after a series of email with many of the contributors jokingly asking if everyone was naming The Raid 2 nobody actually did with everyone assuming someone else would, for one - but we hope it'll serve as a useful conversation starter. Check out the selections below, listed in alphabetical order. And please note that to keep things on a manageable scale (or, at least, no...

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Review: Endearing Cast Boosts Cross-Generational Comedy MISS GRANNY

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST

Three years after making a big splash in Sunny (2011), young actress Shim Eun-kyung returns in the Lunar New Year's (Seollal) holiday crowd-pleaser Miss Granny, a film that will be looking to sate the same demand that Miracle in Cell No. 7 filled this time last year. Oh Ma-soon is a grandmother working in an old-timers café who lives with her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. As she nags her family to the end of their wits, they gradually grow tired of her. Then, one night, Mal-soon happens upon a photo shop with a mysterious owner. Shortly after her shot is taken, she catches a reflection of herself and sees that she's suddenly become 50 years younger. Choosing to hide her sudden transformation from her...

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Extended Cut Of Ridley Scott's THE COUNSELOR Coming In February

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:30 AM PST

February cannot come too soon. After audiences unwisely ignored Ridley Scott's A-lister ensemble neo-noir and critics unfairly savaged it in print and online, it seems The Counselor is getting an extended cut for its Blu-ray release on the February 11. And this is not just a scene or two added, the run-time bounces from 117 minutes to 138 minutes.  While this is par for the course for Scott, who tinkers with nearly every film, in one manner or another, given time and multiple DVD releases. Blade Runner is, of course, legendary for the number of versions, but Kingdom of Heaven's extended cut is a marvel in itself. The Counselor was of my favourite films of last year, it was the only film I made it...

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Get Behind The Scenes Of NINJA: SHADOW OF A TEAR With Scott Adkins And Isaac Florentine!

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST

Scott Adkins starring, Isaac Florentine directed action extravaganza Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear hit shelves last week and just in case you need further reminders that this particular duo are responsible for the absolute finest martial arts action cinema coming out of the western world over the past several years we're proud to offer up an exclusive behind the scenes look at the film.Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims...

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Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks LLEWYN, FROZEN And HUSTLE/WOLF, Again

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 07:30 AM PST

Well, with most holidays wrapping up, there are still a slew of movies in theatres definitely deserving of your time. Several (especially Inside Llewyn Davis and American Hustle) are exactly the kind of films that deserve another look given their narrative structure. Frozen, meanwhile, continues to clobber the box office, but it's really that great, and not just a film to drag kids to....

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BIG ASS SPIDER Invades Your Homes On Blu-ray

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST

How does a low-budget creature feature become a festival circuit hit and the envy of programmers the world over? By understanding who its audience is and not taking itself too seriously.To recap the story. Greg Grunberg is Alex Mathes, an exterminator in the city of Los Angeles who really enjoys his job. While at the hospital to have a bite looked the morgue attendant is bitten by something. Alex volunteers to take care of pest in exchange for his hospital bill and takes security guard Jose (Lombardo Boyar). The pest proves to be elusive and when the military shows up to clean up its mess it escapes into the city. There is grows exponentially to fulfill its titular role and feeds on the city's citizens....

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