Monthly Archives: August 2010

Supernatural thriller Altitude lands on DVD and Blu-ray this October

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Rene

Anchor Bay Entertainment presents the horror/thriller Altitude on Blu-ray and DVD starting October 26th. The film was produced by Escape Factory’s Ian Birkett and directed by award-winning comic artist and music video director Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, upcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Featured, Video - Trailers | Tagged Altitude, Chelah Horsdal, horror films, Ian Birkett, Ian Robison, Jake Weary, Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Kaare Andrews, Landon Liboiron, Michelle Harrison, Mike Dopud, Ryan Donowho, Ryan Grantham, Seth Ranaweera, supernatural thrillers, Teghan Gentles, thrillers | Comments Off

Resident Evil: Afterlife world premiere to take place in Tokyo

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Rene

Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: Afterlife will have its World Premiere at the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo, Japan this Thursday, September 2nd. Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter are scheduled to attend the event. The fourth installment of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Featured | Tagged 3d tech, action films, Ali Larter, Boris Kodjoe, film premieres, film screenings, Fulvio Cecere, gaming, international events, Kacey Barnfield, Kim Coates, Milla Jovovich, Norman Yeung, Ray Olubowale, sci-fi films, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Shawn Roberts, Sienna Guillory, Spencer Locke, thrillers, W.S. Anderson, Wentworth Miller | 1 Comment

Legendary director John Woo to use IMAX cameras to shoot war epic Flying Tigers action scenes

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Rene

IMAX today announced that director John Woo and producer Terence Chang’s next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, will be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. Woo and Chang are the team behind Mission Impossible II, Face/Off, Red Cliff and … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, News, The New Frontier | Tagged action films, Addison Richards, Anna Lee, Bill Shirley, David Miller, Edmund MacDonald, Flying Tigers, Gordon Jones, historical films, imax, John Carroll, John Wayne, John Woo, Mae Clarke, Paul Kelly, Terence Chang, Tom Cruise | Comments Off

Images from the Casshern Sins multi-part anime epic

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Rene

FUNimation sent over some incredible shots from the Casshern Sins multi-part anime series, which has just been released on DVD and Blu-ray here in the U.S. Casshern is a cybernetic assassin with no memory of his past, who’s fighting to … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Featured, Images - Photos | Tagged action films, animation, anime, Casshan, Casshern, Casshern Sins, foreign films, Japanimation, Kazuaki Kiriya, sci-fi films, Tatsuo Yoshida, thrillers | Comments Off

Edgy covers for Last Days of American Crime and Mata Hari preview issue

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Rene

Next week, Radical Publishing will release of The Last Days of American Crime #3 and Radical Premiere: Mata Hari, a preview for the upcoming graphic novel, and they’ve forward us some preview art, along with a synopsis for both titles. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Fetish, Images - Photos | Tagged Greg Tocchini, Radical Premiere: Mata Hari, Rich Wilkes, Rick Remender, Roy Allan Martinez, The Last Days of American Crime | Comments Off

Two new video clips online from part one of the Mesrine crime epic plus angry stills from part two

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Rene

Music Box Films has released two additional clips from Mesrine: Killer Instinct, which stars Vincent Cassel as France’s “Public Enemy No. 1″ – brutal crime lord and gangster Jacques Mesrine. Mesrine is two films, with the first – Mesrine: Killer … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Images - Photos, Images - Posters, Video - Other Clips | Tagged A Dangerous Method, A Prophet, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Assault On Precinct 13, biographies, Brotherhood of the Wolves, Cecile De France, Christopher Gans, crime films, crime thrillers, Crimson Rivers, David Cronenberg, Death Instinct, Dominik Moll, Eastern Promises, foreign films, Gaspar Noé, Gerard Depardieu, Irreversible, Jacques Mesrine, Jean-François Richet, La Haine, Ludivine Sagnier, L’Instinct de mort, Mathieu Amalric, Mathieu Kassovitz, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One, Olivier Gourmet, Roy Dupuis, Steven Soderbergh, The Monk, Vincent Cassel | Comments Off

British International Comic Show attendees have opportunity to appear in feature film

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Rene

Looks like Dare Productions and Reels In Motion are taking their cues from this year’s San Diego Comic, and setting up production of their next feature during a major comic convention. The companies have invited comic book and movie fans … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, News, Resources | Tagged Adam Hamdy, Bode O’Toole, British International Comic Show, comedy films, Dare Productions, fan conventions, foreign films, indie films, international events, Phil Bland, Pulp, Reels In Motion, Shane Chebsey, Shaun Magher, Starmaker: Leviathan, The Hunter, When Harry Met Sally | Comments Off

Hatchet II ditches MPAA – getting largest unrated genre film release in decades

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Dark Sky Films announced today that in anticipation of the upcoming Halloween horror movie season, Adam Green’s Hatchet II will be distributed in theaters across the country beginning October 1st. The film will be released without an MPAA rating, marking … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult Cinema Icons, Featured, News | Tagged Adam Green, Candyman, cult cinema, Danielle Harris, Friday the 13th, Fright Fest, Greg Newman, Halloween, Hatchet II, horror films, Nikkole Dneson-Randolph, sequels, slasher films, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, thrillers, Tony Todd | 1 Comment

Win one of two copies of Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

On September 1st, Chicago Review Press will release Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy by Saul Austerlitz. Another Fine Mess takes a thorough look at what the author calls “the bastard stepchild of American film… that [still] … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Fetish, Contests, Featured | Tagged Adam McKay, Albert Brooks, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Annie Hall, Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy, Ben Stiller, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, comedy films, cult cinema, Dr. Strangelove, Duck Soup, Eddie Murphy, Ernst Lubitsch, Jerry Lewis, Joel Coen, Leo McCarey, Lost in America, Mae West, Preston Sturges, Robert Altman, Saul Austerlitz, Some Like it Hot, Stanley Kubrick, The Big Lebowski, The Immigrant, the Marx Brothers, The Shop Around the Corner, W.C. Fields, Woody Allen | 21 Comments

New images emerge from George Clooney’s assassin thriller The American

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Focus Features has released new images from George Clooney’s action thriller The American, which hits theaters next Thursday, September 1st. The American stars Academy Award winner George Clooney in the title role for director Anton Corbijn (Control). As an assassin, … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Images - Photos | Tagged A Very Private Gentleman, action films, Anton Corbijn, Control, espionage films, George Clooney, Martin Booth, Paolo Bonacelli, Rowan Joffe, The American, Thekla Reuten, thrillers, Violante Placido | Comments Off

First image of Channing Tatum in the bloody historical action epic The Eagle

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

We’ve nabbed this first bloody shot of Channing Tatum from the Roman epic adventure The Eagle, based on the classic novel by Rosemary Sutcliff. The film is being released by Focus Features – the studio that next week unveils the … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Images - Photos | Tagged action films, Channing Tatum, Defiance, Donald Sutherland, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, historical films, Jamie Bell, Jumper, Kevin Macdonald, Mark Strong, One Day in September, Rosemary Sutcliff, State of Play, Tahar Rahim, The American, The Eagle, The Last King of Scotland, thrillers | Comments Off

Must-see trailer for award-winning One Hundred Mornings shows what a post-apocalyptic Ireland might look like

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

I received a link to this trailer for an indie thriller called One Hundred Mornings, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic Ireland. That was easily enough information for me to read more about the movie. It turns out the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Video - Trailers | Tagged Alex Reid, California events, Catalyst Project, Ciarán McMenamin, Conor Horgan, Downtown Independent Theater, film screenings, Katie Holly, Kelly Campbell, Los Angeles events, One Hundred Mornings, Paul Ronan, Robert O'Mahony, Rory Keenan, thrillers, Work Book Project | 1 Comment

Starmaker: Leviathan trailer online

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Dare Comics recently released a book trailer for the new series of graphic novels Starmaker: Leviathan. Starmaker: Leviathan – which was created by Adam Hamdy, and contains art by David Golding, along with colors by Mark Roberts (the critically-acclaimed team … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Fetish, Video - Trailers | Tagged Adam Hamdy, comic based, Dare Comics, David Golding, graphic novels, Mark Roberts, Starmaker: Leviathan, The Hunter | Comments Off

Trailer and images from Woody Allen’s latest

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Woody Allen is back at it with You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, which opens in theaters on September 22, 2010. ‘Dark Stranger’ stars an ensemble cast of stars, including Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Freida … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Images - Photos, Video - Trailers | Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Gemma Jones, Josh Brolin, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Woody Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Comments Off

Trailer for House of Flying Dagger director’s remake of Coen Brother’s Blood Simple is here

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Yimou Zhang’s (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) remake of Coen Brothers’ cult classic Blood Simple is being released stateside by Sony Pictures Classics with the title A Woman A Gun and a Noodle Shop, and the studio quietly released the … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Video - Trailers | Tagged A Simple Noodle Story, A Woman A Gun and a Noodle Shop, action films, Asian film, Blood Simple, Dahong Ni, drama, foreign films, Hero, Honglei Sun, House of Flying Daggers, Ni Yan, remakes, thrillers, Xiao Shen-Yang, Xiaojuan Wang, Yimou Zhang | Comments Off

Four minute The Walking Dead preview trailer and more details on the series’ premiere

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

AMC’s newest original series, The Walking Dead, will premiere on Halloween night, Sunday, October 31 at 10 PM ET. The Sunday night series will debut with a 90-minute premiere episode, followed by a series of one-hour long episodes. The series … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Video - Trailers | Tagged Andrew Lincoln, Chandler Riggs, Charles Chic Eglee, comic based, David Alpert, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, horror films, Jack LoGiudice, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jon Bernthal, Laurie Holden, Robert Kirkman, San Diego Comic-Con 2010, Sarah Wayne Callies, Steven Yeun, television, The Walking Dead, thrillers | 1 Comment

Monsters behind-the-scenes featurette now online

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Check out filmmaker Gareth Edward’s exclusive behind-the-scenes on-set featurette, originally posted on IGN. Monsters premieres On Demand, Xbox Live, Playstation Marketplace, Amazon and Vudu on September 24th; in theaters on October 29th.

Posted in Video - Other Clips | Tagged Gareth Edward, interviews, monster films, monsters, sci-fi films, thrillers | 1 Comment

Unforgettable Bell and True Blood queen Paquin headed to Scream 4

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

USA Today revealed this morning that Dimension Films has confirmed that True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will appear in the upcoming Scream 4, which is currently shooting. As previously announced, original Scream cast members Neve … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, News | Tagged Adam Brody, Alison Brie, Anna Paquin, Anthony Anderson, Courteney Cox Arquette, cult cinema, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Erik Knudsen, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hayden Panettiere, horror films, Kevin Williamson, Kristen Bell, Marielle Jaffe, Marley Shelton, Mary McDonnell, Neve Campbell, Nico Tortorella, Rory Culkin, Scream 4, slasher films, True Blood, Wes Craven | 1 Comment

Watch the North American premiere of A Good Husband

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

Ana is presenting the North American premiere of Isao Yukisada’s (Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World) A Good Husband, starring Etsushi Toyokawa and Hiroko Yakushimaru. The screening takes place at Big Cinemas Manhattan (formerly the ImaginAsian), located … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Events | Tagged A Good Husband, Crying Out Love in the Center of the World, drama, Etsushi Toyokawa, film screenings, foreign films, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Isao Yukisada, Mayumi Nakatani, New York City events, New York events | Comments Off

Win one of two Limited Blu-ray Editions of cult cinema icon Evil Dead!

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Rene

The Evil Dead, one of the most requested titles from Anchor Bay Entertainment’s library of horror films, finally comes to Blu-ray next week, on August 31st. In celebration of the release, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of the Limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Cult Cinema Icons, DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Featured, Snapshots, Video - Other Clips | Tagged Bruce Campbell, cult cinema, cult classics, Evil Dead, horror films, Robert Tapert, Sam Raimi, supernatural films, thrillers | 33 Comments

Victor Crowley returns in Hatchet 2 and the first trailer is here

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Rene

After Tony Todd and Kane Hodder brought a taste of “Old School American Horror” to San Diego Comic-Con this summer to promote the film, Dark Sky Films has finally launched the exclusive Hatchet 2 teaser trailer on Yahoo! Movies, featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult Cinema Icons, Featured, Video - Trailers | Tagged Adam Green, Candyman, cult cinema, Danielle Harris, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hatchet 2, horror films, Kane Hodder, R.A. Milhailoff, slasher films, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tony Todd, Victor Crowley | Comments Off

After Dark releases image and title of new Originals horror

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Rene

After Dark Films has announced the fifth title for its new “Originals” series – titled Fertile Ground, and released a brand new image from the film as well. After Dark chief Courtney Solomon seeks to continue the momentum of After … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Images - Photos, News | Tagged Adam Gierasch, After Dark Films, After Dark Films Originals, Allan Zeman, Autopsy, Courtney Solomon, Fertile Ground, Gale Harold, horror films, Horrorfest, Jace Anderson, Leisha Hailey, Night of the Demons, thrillers | Comments Off

Win one of two DVD copies of the thriller Abandoned featuring Brittany Murphy’s final screen performance

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Rene

Anchor Bay releases the psychological thriller Abandoned on Blu-ray and DVD next week. This dark tale of a woman searching for her boyfriend marks the last screen appearance by the late Brittany Murphy (8 Mile, Sin City). In honor of … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Featured | Tagged 8 Mile, Abandoned, America Young, Austin Powers, Boston Strangler: The Untold Story, Brittany Murphy, Bundy: An American Icon, Caia Coley, Clueless, Dean Cain, Girl Interrupted, Javen Campbell, Jay Pickett, Just Married, Kristen Kerr, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Michael Feifer, Mimi Rogers, Peter Bogdanovich, psychological thrillers, Scott Anthony Leet, Sin City, The Sopranos, thrillers, Tino Struckmann | 52 Comments

First trailer for Russell Crowe’s prison escape thriller Next Three Days

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Rene

The Next Three Days, which comes to us from Crash director Paul Haggis (who’s also written scripts for Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace), centers on John and Lara Brennan (played by Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks), who seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Video - Trailers | Tagged action films, Anything for Her, Brian Dennehy, Casino Royale, Crash, crime films, Cristina Aloe, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Beghe, Jonathan Tucker, Lennie James, Liam Neeson, Moran Atias, Olivia Wilde, Paul Haggis, Quantum of Solace, Russell Crowe, RZA, Sean Huze, Tamara Gorski, The Next Three Days, thrillers, Ty Simpkins | Comments Off

Sci-fi thriller Tomorrow gets bank roll and Josh Hartnett

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Rene

Worldview Entertainment announced today that it has teamed up with producer Mark Williams and Zero Gravity Management to finance the sci-fi thriller Tomorrow, which is set to be directed by Paul McGuigan (Push, Lucky Number Slevin), with Josh Hartnett (Pearl … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Black Hawk Down, Bruce Willis, Bunraku, Diane Kruger, Guy Moshe, Holly, Josh Hartnett, Lucky Number Slevin, Lucy Liu, Mark Williams, Memento, Michael Gould, Morgan Freeman, Paul McGuigan, Pearl Harbor, Push, Rose Byrne, sci-fi films, Sin City, Tomorrow, Wicker Park | Comments Off

Trailer for runaway train thriller Unstoppable

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Rene

In case you haven’t watched it already, below is that first trailer for the runaway train thriller Unstoppable, which stars Denzel Washington and Star Trek’s Chris Pine. Denzel again teams up with Tony Scott for this one, which sees Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Video - Trailers | Tagged Andy Umberger, Chris Pine, David Warshofsky, Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Mathis, Ethan Suplee, Jeff Wincott, Jessy Schram, Kevin Chapman, Kevin Dunn, Lew Temple, Meagan Tandy, Paul Vasquez, Rosario Dawson, Star Trek, thrillers, Tony Scott, Unstoppable, Victor Gojcaj | Comments Off

Win one of two copies of the sexiest book to ever be printed…ever

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Rene

Comedy team, sex practitioners, and real-life couple Kristen Schaal and Rich Blomquist explore and celebrate humanity’s most treasured pastime in The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, which was recently published by Chronicle Books. Schaal is an actress and comedian best-known … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Fetish, Contests, Featured | Tagged comedy films, Flight of the Conchords, Kristen Schaal, Rich Blomquist, The Daily Show, The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex | 58 Comments

Friday screening of the “Ozploitation” cult classic that Tarantino keeps in his vault

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Rene

This Friday, The Stone, the “ozploitation” classic that Quentin Tarantino reportedly keeps in his personal film vault, will screen at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, in New York City. The event will feature a pre-show onstage … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult Cinema Icons, Events | Tagged action films, Andy Votel, cult cinema, cult classics, Finders Keepers, grindhouse films, ozploitation, Quentin Tarantino, The Stone, WFMU | Comments Off

AMC goes from zombies to killings with Cold Case and Burn Notice producers

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Rene

AMC announced today that it has ordered a pilot and series order for a project that was formerly known as The Killing, from Cold Case writer and executive producer Veena Sud, who has also signed on to serve as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, News | Tagged Big Love, Billy Campbell, Breaking Bad, Brent Sexton, Bryan Cranston, Burn Notice, Cold Case, David Madden, Forbrydelsen, James Badge Dale, Joel Kinnaman, Joel Stillerman, Mad Men, Michelle Forbes, Mikkel Bondesen, Mireille Enos, Monster, mystery films, Patty Jenkins, remakes, Robert Kirkman, Rubicon, suspense films, television, The Killing, The Walking Dead, thrillers | 1 Comment

Old Spice Guy swaps appearance in one Tyler Perry movie for starring role in another

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Rene

“Old Spice Guy” Isaiah Mustafa – who’s commercials for that brand have gained a cult following – won’t appear in Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Instead, the actor will take a … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Bow Wow, comedy films, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Isaiah Mustafa, Loretta Devine, Madea's Big Happy Family, Tyler Perry | Comments Off

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