It’s not up on the distributor’s site yet but word on the street is that Magnolia Pictures has picked up the amazing Thai martial arts film Ong Bak and will be giving it a wide release throughout North America in November. This will be the Luc Besson edit of the… [Read More]
Hey there boys and girls. Here it is. You’ve been waiting with bated breath, I know, and you are now officially free to resume respiration for here it is: our very first contest. Thanks to our friends over at Sideshow Collectibles – creators and purveyors of the absolute best geek… [Read More]
Wow. Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels have long sat on that imaginary list of “unadaptable” properties – books people would love to film but that everybody figures would be next to impossible to translate to the screen. Well, Gilliam pulled off Fear and Loathing and Jackson did rather well with Lord… [Read More]
Okay all you Moore bashers, it’s time to get your hate on. Variety has just reported that Fahrenheit 9/11 has landed a joint distribution deal with Lions Gate (a fine Canadian company, by the way) and IFC Films and is coming to theaters throughout the US on June 25th. Though… [Read More]
Wow. Apparently the big green guy and the planet’s imminent destruction just combined to set an all time weekend box office record. Shrek remains at #1 with $92 million over the four day weekend to push it’s total take to just a hair less than $257 mil in less than… [Read More]
‚ÄúViolence can be visually very beautiful, really exciting. But what’s important is what’s hiding behind the violence. I prepare the ground beforehand so that the violence doesn’t seem gratuitous.‚Äù Chan Wook Park Chan Wook Park is Korea’s answer to David Fincher. This is not to say that Park lifts from… [Read More]
I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that at least a few of you remember me raving about a little Danish / Scottish film called Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself not so far back. I caught it at the Toronto Film Festival purely because it was… [Read More]
Yes, I realize that it’s early to go making generalizations about Richard Kelly’s strengths as a director what with him being all of one film into his career – that being the dazzling Donnie Darko – but I’m going to do so anyway. One of the things that makes Kelly… [Read More]
Okay, I was gonna write a post on this last night, but I was sleepy – deal with it, okay? excellent. The Trailer Either way, in my sleepy stooper, I saw the Trailer for “Open Water” – an indie flick about two people who get left behind when their deep… [Read More]
Okay, I was going to wait until I finished making my way through the box set before posting something about this but I just hit something that’s thrown me right over the edge … You may recall some of us getting all giddy about a wee British film called Shaun… [Read More]
Okay, I think I’ve been pretty clear that I’m a big fan of the Pang Brothers and their films, so I was mighty pleased to see this article in which Fangoria interviews Oxide Pang about the sequels to The Eye and his other upcomiong work … There are a mittful… [Read More]
Fangoria has released a list of films confirmed to play at this year’s Fantasia Festival and it’s a good one if you’re a fan of genre film … French slasher flick Haute Tension, the Ginger Snaps prequel (Ginger Snaps Back), a trio of Godzilla flicks, A Tale of Two Sisters… [Read More]