Day: September 19, 2008

Botched film trailer

Botched follows Ritchie Donovan (Stephen Dorff), a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russia to steal a priceless antique cross, locked in a safe on the penthouse floor of a Moscow skyscraper. ….

Somers Town film trailer

Somers Town follows Tommo, who just turned sixteen and gets released from social care, then runs away to London from a lonely, difficult life in the Midlands. Marek, a Polish immigrant, lives with his father, who drinks with his friends most evenings after working on a construction site. Marek is a keen photographer, quiet and ….

Get a new MAC from Oliver Stone

The makers of the upcoming George W. Bush Biopic, filmmaker Oliver Stone and YouTube, have teamed up for a Film Mashup contest. It’s simple really. Just use the online tools over at Youtube to create a trailer mashup from W., with a maximum length of 10 minutes, and you could win The Ultimate Filmmaker Prize ….

Elite Squad (Tropa De Elite) film review

Elite Squad is director José Padilha’s follow-up to his widely acclaimed documentary Bus 174. The story follows Captain Nascimento (realistically played by Wagner Moura), a veteran member of BOPE, Brazil’s equivalent to S.W.A.T., only with tactics that include government-condoned violence and mayhem-creation. BOPE is a meticulously trained and widely feared super-elite Rio police squad engaged ….