Award-winning indie comedy Knuckle Draggers to screen at ReelHeART Film Fest
The indie comedy Knuckle Draggers will be screening at the ReelHeART Film Festival as an official closing night film this Saturday, June 27th, at 7:15pm. The indie comedy – which has already nabbed two “Rising Star” awards at the DelRay Beach Film Festival
Nobel Son DVD review
Nobel Son is an eccentric crime drama written by husband and wife team, Jody Savin and Randall Miller. The film tells the zig-zagging tale of Barkley Michaelson – son of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Eli Michaelson – whose life is in a deep life rut. He’s struggling to finish his PhD thesis on cannibalism and trying ….
Check out this extended trailer for The Vampire Diaries
The CW has posted an extended trailer from The Vampire Diaries, a new show coming to the network, from Kevin Williamson (the Scream film series, Dawson’s Creek) and Julie Plec (Kyle XY). The Vampire Diaries is based on a series of books by L.J. Smith, and revolves around a young woman who’s torn between two ….
Leonardo DiCaprio to headline online poker film written by Rounders scribes
Paramount has nabbed rights to a pitch from writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien that takes place in the world of Costa Rica-based online casino gambling, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in the film, and produce under his Appian Way banner, alongside Jennifer Davisson Killoran. The project is in ….
Revolutionary Road Blu-ray review
Director Sam Mendes works from screenwriter Justin Haythe’s adaptation of Richard Yates’s 1961 novel, to create another stunning work of suburban angst and dissatisfaction with marital conformity with Revolutionary Road. Audiences didn’t take to its blunt, piercing approach, however I found Revolutionary Road to be an enlightening tale that broke apart many of the illusions ….
Asian grindhouse, action, gangster, revenge…and Ip Man, on display at upcoming New York Asian Film Fest
The New York Asian Film Festival returns with some 50 brand-new pop masterpieces from all over Asia. The event takes place from Friday, June 19 through Thursday, July 2, 2009, at The IFC Center, located at 323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street, New York City, New York. Below is the full schedule for the ….
Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island trailer
Set in 1954, Martin Scorsese’s latest thriller Shutter Island follows U.S. Marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
Clint Eastwood’s Invictus to open in December 2009
Warner Bros. recently announced that Clint Eastwood’s South Africa-set drama Invictus, will open nationwide on December 11, 2009. Eastwood directed by four-time Oscar winner Clint (Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven), the film stars Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby, The Dark Knight) and Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, the Bourne trilogy). “Invictus” tells the inspiring ….
Boyle circling new Slumdog Millionaire tale?
According to the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph, Danny Boyle has purchased the rights to another book about Mumbai and its culture, titled Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. This is according to a statement by Simon Beaufoy, who won an Oscar for his Slumdog Millionaire screenplay.
Telstar movie trailer
Telstar is a music-laced biographical drama revolving around Joe Meek, a flamboyant, gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the ’60s hits Have I the Right, Johnny, Remember Me, and others. Telstar will be in U.K. theaters on June 19, 2009.
Win one of three copies of the hit U.K. thriller Wire In The Blood: The Complete Sixth Season
On July 14, all four mysteries of the final season of the hit U.K. televised thriller Wire In The Blood, come to DVD in Wire In The Blood: The Complete Sixth Season. To celebrate the release of the box set, FilmFetish is giving away three copies of entire 4 disc pack to three lucky readers. ….
Win one of five copies of the award-winning indie comedy Ibid
On June 9th, Indiepix Films will release the SWSX Official Selection IBID, on DVD. IBID was produced by award-winning producer Heather Rae, who recently took home the Producer’s Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for Ibid and Frozen River. To celebrate the DVD release of IBID, FilmFetish is getting five copies of the DVD, ….
Séraphine opens in New York and L.A. this week
Séraphine, the new film from French director Martin Provost, and starring renowned French actress Yolande Moreau, recently swept the César awards with seven wins including Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Music. The film opens in New York this Friday, June 5th, at Lincoln Plaza Cinema and the Angelika Film Center, and in ….
Win one of two copies of Cities of the Underworld: The Complete Season Three on DVD
On May 26th, A&E Home Entertainment released Cities of the Underworld: The Complete Season Three on DVD. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is getting two complete copies of the 4 DVD set for readers to enjoy. In order to be entered in the random drawing for your FREE copy of Cities of the Underworld: The ….
Win one of two copies of the newly released America At War 14 DVD box set
On May 26th, A&E Home Entertainment released a comprehensive, newly-repackaged edition of America At War, which features the causes and key battles of every major conflict the United States has been involved with since the American Revolution. To celebrate the new release, FilmFetish is getting two complete 14 DVD editions for readers to enjoy. In ….