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The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition DVD review

More than meets the eye The Transformers are celebrating their 25th Anniversary in the pop culture lexicon, now having reached full multimedia status and they continue to increase their global popularity. The franchise created a new type of superhero for kids – literally larger-than-life, non-human, fully made of metal and constantly at war. The origin ….

Win one of two copies of The Mafia four disc DVD set

On July 28th, The History Channel will release a four disc DVD set of the definitive organized crime documentary The Mafia. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away two complete copies of the four disc set, to readers. In order to be entered in the random drawing for your free copy of The Mafia ….

Win one of two copies of Ancient Aliens on DVD

On July 28, 2009, The History Channel will present the top-rated special Ancient Aliens, which explores evidence of super-human influences on ancient man, on DVD. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of the DVD to readers. In order to be entered in the random drawing for a free copy of Ancient ….

RIP: A Remix Manifesto DVD review

Aside from the enlightenment I experienced watching the documentary RIP: A Remix Manifesto, I realized how tragic it is that I don’t have the opportunity to review more independently produced films. Viewing movies that are shaped from the sheer passion of their subject, created by talented artists motivated more by the desire to get their ….

G4 and Lucasfilm to present first-ever televised panel in San Diego Comic-Con history

Lucasfilm and G4 are teaming up for a milestone in San Diego Comic-Con’s 40-year history – the first-ever, exclusive television broadcast of a panel presentation directly from the Con. The Star Wars Spectacular! will air Saturday July 25th at 2:00pm on G4, and will feature never-before-seen footage, breaking news, surprise announcements, guest stars and more. ….

16th Annual Austin Film Festival

The Austin Film Festival is an internationally renowned event recognized for championing the work of aspiring and established filmmakers, including screenwriters, directors, editors, producers, actors and all artists who use the language of film to tell stories. The Festival attracts over 25,000 film fans and industry from around the globe. Dates: October 22 to 29, ….

Filmanthropy Festival 2009

The Filmanthropy Festival is a basis for inspiring change. This innovative Festival showcases films that inspire, educate, raise awareness and motivate, so that audiences may open their minds and their hearts to creating a better world. The event is also meant to honor the very medium via which those issues are presented. Perhaps the first ….

8th Annual Perrier French Film Festival

Take a journey to France, from the comfort of Cinema Paradiso’s plush, stadium style seating as the 8th Annual Perrier French Film Festival returns. 12 films will be featured over the four-day fest featuring an eclectic array of historical dramas, scenic adventures, and side-splitting comedies. As no one does funny like the French, the fest ….

24th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival presents a vast array of American indies and studio films along with international films, special tributes, and seminars to enthusiastic South Florida audiences. The event was recently named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s Top Destination Fests in the U.S. The festival was launched in 1986, with the goal of bringing ….

Moving Image Film Festival 2009

Canada’s Moving Image Film Festival showcases commercial and art house films on an equal basis. The Festival aims to find new, innovative films that push the envelope by altering the way society views cinema. Special programming this year highlights genres and concepts from music to animation to noir. Films that have a blockbuster feel but ….

James Cameron choses Amsterdam to preview nearly 30 minutes of the movie that could change filmmaking forever

Reports are popping up all over the net about James Cameron previewing the first publicly shown clips from his $300 million epic 3D sci-fi movie Avatar. Rather surprising, however it does show a trend by filmmakers to embrace the global cinema audience. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s presentation at the ongoing Cinema Expo in ….

Benjamin Button director David Fincher may direct Facebook movie

Columbia Pictures is in talks with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher to helm The Social Network from a script by Aaron Sorkin, which revolves around the formation of Facebook, according to Variety. The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation in the dorms of Harvard by ….

Sexy U.S. trailer for The Girl From Monaco

French comedic-crime-dramas can be quite shocking. One minute, you can have two people laughing buoyantly at someone’s jokes, and the next minute, someone falls out of the trunk of a car, bloodied with no I.D. The great thriller With A Friend Like Harry had that sorta vibe. While The Girl From Monaco doesn’t seem to ….

Australian horror Lake Mungo remake gets writer

David Leslie Johnson, who wrote the script for the Orphan, which hits theaters on July 24th, has been tapped to pen a remake of the Australian horror suspense film Lake Mungo for Paramount Vantage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vantage grabbed remake rights to the film in November, when it premiered at the American Film ….

John Grisham thriller The Testament being adapted into a film

John Grisham, who for ten years refused to sell movie rights to his 1999 bestselling novel The Testament, has apparently had a change of heart, according to Variety. Producers Mark Johnson and Hunt Lowry, along with 821 Entertainment, have optioned the book, which revolves around a billionaire who defies his greedy relatives and leaves his ….