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Yubari 2014: THE PINKIE Takes Grand Prix In Fantastic Off Theater Competition

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Yubari 2014: THE PINKIE Takes Grand Prix In Fantastic Off Theater Competition

Yubari 2014: THE PINKIE Takes Grand Prix In Fantastic Off Theater Competition

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:40 AM PST

The Winners of the Fantastic Off Theater Competition at this year's Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival were announced Sunday night, with Lisa Takeba's The Pinkie awarded the Grand Prix by the jury made up of Saito Takumi, Thomas Nam, Tom Mes and headed by Kichitaro Nagishi.Gun Woman, directed by Mitsutake Kurando, won the Special Jury Prize, while its star, Iguchi regular Asami was given a special mention for giving the stand-out performance of the competition, as the titular blood-splattered heroine.The Hokkaido Governor's Prize, also awarded by the jury, went to Ueda Atsushi's School Girls' Gestation, while the critics' Cinegar Award was also given to The Pinkie. The Sky Perfect Movie Channel Award went to Wang Cheol-min's Old Men Never Die from South Korea.The Grand Prix includes...

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CHEAP THRILLS Clip: "Would You Do This For $500?"

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PST

Cheap Thrills, a darling of the festival circuit, is presently available on VOD and will be hitting cinemas on March 21st. We have the first clip from the film to share with you. In it, Craig (Pat Healy) and Vince (Ethan Embry) are dared by Colin (David Koechner) to do something untoward to a stripper. Hilarity ensues. Enjoy!Here in Canada Cheap Thrills is part of the Sinister Cinema Series and will screen across the country on March 27th. ...

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Ochiai Masayuki To Direct New JU-ON Movie

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PST

It was announced last Wednesday during a press conference at Tokyo's Akagi Shrine that Ochiai Masayuki (Infection, Hypnosis, horrible 2008 remake of Shutter) will be responsible for scripting and directing the next installment in the Ju-on (The Grudge) horror franchise. Japanese model and actress Sasaki Nozomi will play the lead role.The picture will be released in Japan on June 28 under the name Ju-on: Owari no Hajimari (literally The Grudge: The Beginning of the End). Filming begins tomorrow.An elementary school teacher named Yui visits the home of a boy named Toshio Saeki who's been absent from school for a long period of time. When she arrives, she re-lives the horrific tragedy which occurred in the Saeki household 10 years earlier. A cardboard box left in a closet holds...

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AMISS: Check The Trailer For A Different Sort Of Korean Indie

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PST

Created on a tiny budget over the past two years, dark thriller Amiss is a different sort of Korean indie. Directed by Raoul Dyssell & William Sonbuchner the film is creation of a group of expats and local Koreans working together to capture a rather different picture of Korea than what we normally see on screen.The sudden suicide of Anna Choi (Kimberley M. Buxton), a young Korean woman, forces her grief-stricken father (Allan Choi), a powerful, corrupt man, to seek retribution against those responsible for pushing her over the edge. He seeks out the ones with whom she was closely involved with in the short time leading up to her death: her boyfriend (Daniel Kennedy), her psychologist (Lauren Ash-Morgan) and a stranger (Quinn Knox) who...

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Pretty Packaging: Take A Closer Look At The UK Release Of PERFECT BLUE

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PST

(Never judge someone with "multiple personality disorder" by her cover, or her other cover!) Josh just reviewed the new Blu-ray release of Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue, and did a wonderful job describing its contents. But you might wonder what the packaging looks like, especially since the Japanese Limited Edition Blu-ray is one of the most kick-ass releases EVER in that regard, despite being released over seven years ago. But that edition, out-of-print for years already, has always been very expensive, and didn't have any English dub or subs. Unlike this new British release by Anime Ltd. which is available for a reasonable price, and has English subs-and-a-dub. So what does the UK Anime Ltd. release look like? Quite nice, actually, and it uses artwork which...

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Crowdfund This! ZOMBOOBIES Need Your Money!

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:30 AM PST

The Zomboobies are coming to Kickstarter, they've got a brand new (and much extended) trailer, and they want your money! Yes, kids, the cult hit mock-trailer that hit the interwebs back in 2012 is looking to make the jump to a proper, full length feature film and its creators want your help. In an attempt to create "perfect boobs" a team of doctors preform an ancient ritual that goes HORRIBLY WRONG transforming them into EVIL MUTANT CREATURES HUNGRY FOR BOOBS. Can a small group of WELL-DEVELOPED FEMALE CHARACTERS stop their evil hunger and prevent the doctors from summoning BOOBTHULU and bringing about BOOBMAGEDON!!? Contribute to find out!Do we really need to go any farther with this? Take a look at the full length trailer and...

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Watch The Pitch Trailer For Icelandic Miniseries GRILLINGUR

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PST

Icelandic filmmaker Logi Hilmarsson first popped up on our radar when his short film Þygdarafl (Gravity) played at the Tribeca Film Festival. Hilmarsson has just sent word that he has a new project in the works, a television miniseries called Grillingur. While he is waiting for all the pieces to fall into place so they can begin filming he has sent along the pitch trailer that got the production a contract with Iceland's largest television station. In it you will see Damon Younger who played the psychotic Bruno in the thriller Black's Game. I have agreed to withhold any great amount of detail about the plot for now but Hilmarsson was willing to share this much...This Cryptic tease from Logi Hilmarsson's new project, Grillingur, promises metaphysical mysteries,...

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Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks OSCARS 2014!

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PST

Lots of Oscar talk for 2014, with several live hits recording during the ceremony, including my predictions about eventual winners (not too shabby) and a summation of the night's entertainment.2013 was a hell of a year, and as I say on video, I encourage you to delve into some of the categories and check out a number of films that may have slipped you by. With some truly extraordinary cinema out there in the last year, you've got plenty to choose from in order to see some of the best of the best....

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Review: AMBASSADA Has An Extremely Poor Sense Of Humor

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PST

Apparently, after all those magnificent years of creating hilarious, crowd-pleasing comedies Juliusz Machulski (Vabank, Sexmission, Kiler) has finally lost his comedic touch. His oeuvre is like an almost never-ending bag of laugh-inducing creations and a source of great joy, mostly for all fellow compatriots who tried to escape from the harsh reality of People's Republic of Poland by plunging into an expertly designed world filled with timeless gags, wacky slapstick and spot-on dialogue. Though still far from retiring (at least everyone hopes so), Machulski and his creative vision seem to be growing further and further apart since 2004, a year in which he gave the world his last great film, Vinci.AmbaSSada (EmbaSSy, a title which refers to Nazi Party's elite military unit Schutzstaffel), Machulski's latest...

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New To Netflix: Iceland, Oscars, Palme d'Or Winners, Cronenberg, And Cannibals

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PST

Have you finished binge-viewing House of Cards yet? This week's entry of New To Netflix is the usual grab-bag of independent and foreign fare, speckled award winners, some cult Canadian stuff, and a couple of remakes. We start at the 2013 Cannes Palme D'Or award winner with more run time than hyped lesbian sex, and we end on a workmanlike biopic with some exceptional acting that ended up bagging a few Academy Awards in 2005. Have at it....

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