Hey Australia! Don't Miss Madman's Massive April Giveaway!

Hey Australia! Don't Miss Madman's Massive April Giveaway!


Hey Australia! Don't Miss Madman's Massive April Giveaway!

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 07:00 PM PDT

Because Madman's massive giveaway competitions have been so popular with our Australian readers, we are running not one, but two giveaway competitions with Madman this month! Competition #1To celebrate the release of the action-packed The Wrath Of Vajra and Unbeatable on DVD, Madman is giving you, our dear readers, the chance to win a DVD pack that includes some of the best Chinese action films. First prize (one winner): All of the DVDs shown in the picture above - The Wrath of Vajra, Unbeatable, SPL, The Myth, Ip Man, Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen, Ip Man: Legend is Born, Drug War, Wu Dang, Badges of Fury  Second prize (three winners): Either Unbeatable or The Wrath of Vajra on DVD.For a chance to win, all you have...

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Rotterdam 2014 Review: TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM Pleasantly Idles Along

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PDT

(Now I feel tempted to not write a review for a year...) Director Yamashita Nobuhiro is probably best known for his 2007 film Linda Linda Linda, which managed to wring a lot of enjoyment out of a pretty mundane subject. In his newest film Tamako in Moratorium, he takes this a step further. Seemingly, in this film nothing much happens at all! The devil is in the details though... The Story: After finishing school, Tamako returns home to her divorced father, who lives in a small apartment above the sports shop he runs. Once there, she starts to do some serious slacking: she doesn't work, she doesn't socialize... all she does is read manga, play games, watch television and eat the meals her father prepares...

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International TV Roundup: A Quality Quartet From The BBC In 2014

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT

While the bulk of our coverage here at Twitch is dominantly film related we do love a good bit of TV, particularly when the TV in question is ... well ... good. And though the year is early it is already shaping up to be very strong, indeed, over at the BBC where they are following up 2013 hits such as Peaky Blinders, Top Of The Lake and The Fall with a continued run of high quality work. Here are four - two comedies, two dramas - that we've loved already in 2014. Of them two are currently airing so if you use the BBC iPlayer you can catch up easily enough, for the others keep an eye out for them on Netflix or other...

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Hey, Canada! See THE RAID 2 Early With Our Massive, Cross Country Ticket Giveaway!

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Hey, Canada! Gareth Huw Evans' The Raid 2 hits screens across the country April 11th but distributor eOne doesn't want you to have to wait that long and they've partnered up with us here at Twitch for a massive, cross country ticket giveaway! eOne will hold advance screenings of the film in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Halifax and Victoria and we've got tickets - lots of them - to give away to all of these screenings. All screenings except for Calgary will take place on April 9 with Calgary throwing down April 10 and we've got twenty tickets to give away for each screening, with the exception of Toronto where we have thirty. That's one hundred and seventy lucky Twitch readers (and /...

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Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks NOAH and BAD WORDS

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 08:30 AM PDT

Darren Aronofsky's Noah storms our screens this weekend, and while not a total success it's still a hell of a lot better than trailers made it out to be.Also another look at Bad Words, opening this week after its appearance during TIFF in September 2013.Video embedded below...

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Sono Sion Set To Direct Live-Action Adaptation Of Adult Manga SHINJUKU SWAN

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT

Great news for all Sono Sion fans out there! The maverick filmmaker will make a return in 2015 with Shinjuku Swan, a live-action adaptation of Wakui Ken's popular Kabukichō-set adult manga. Anime News Network reports that the main cast will include Go Ayano (Rurouni Kenshin, Gatchaman), Sawajiri Erika (Ghost Train, Helter Skelter), Yamada Takayuki (Ikigami, Crows Zero), and Iseya Yusuke (Casshern, Sukiyaki Western Django). The plot revolves around a jobless youngster who one day gets thrown into Tokyo's dangerous and unpredictable underground world of entertainment:Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.Production of the hotly...

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Watch The Gripping Trailer For Austrailia's 52 TUESDAYS

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Have won raves around the world on its successful festival run, Sophie Hyde's 52 Tuesdays is now gearing up for theatrical release in Australia and the first trailer has arrived online. Though a work of fiction the film has an uncommon sort of intimacy to it, the result of the unusual manner of its creation.16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons. Filmed over the course of a year, once a week, every week - only on Tuesdays - these unique filmmaking rules bring a rare authenticity to this emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility and transformation.Sophie Hyde's directorial debut, 52 Tuesdays, is a one of a kind...

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