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New poster for Tsui Hark’s historical action epic Detective Dee

A period epic from genre master and Seven Swords director Tsui Hark, Detective Dee is an action-packed, Sherlock Holmes-style mystery starring Andy Lau, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau and Tony Leung Ka-fai. Nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2011 Asian Film Awards and choreographed by martial arts master Sammo Hung, this intricately plotted whodunit is set in an exquisitely ….

Win one of two copies of the “car from hell” thriller Super Hybrid on Blu-ray

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the “car from hell” thriller Super Hybrid on August 23, 2011. In tradition of such cult car thrillers as Christine, The Car, and Maximum Overdrive, Super Hybrid has been dubbed “a fun monster movie” (Blueprint Review). To celebrate the release of Super Hybrid on Blu-ray, FilmFetish is giving away two ….

Tsui Hark and Jet Li’s 3D martial arts epic Flying Swords of Dragon Gate to be released in IMAX

IMAX and leading Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group today announced that the 3D martial arts film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format and released to IMAX theatres in China day-and-date in December 2011. Flying Swords of Dragon Gate: An IMAX 3D Experience is the first Chinese-language ….

Poster released for Jason Statham’s latest action thriller Safe

Lionsgate has revealed the one sheet for the Jason Statham’s upcoming action thriller Safe, which hits theaters on October 28, 2011. Safe centers on a former elite agent (Jason Statham) who takes on a two-tier mission: rescue a Chinese girl who has been abducted by the Triads, then use a highly desired safe combination to ….

Win one of three copies of the war thriller The Bang Bang Club on Blu-ray

Next week, Entertainment One will release the thrilling war epic The Bang Bang Club – an Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival – on Blu-ray and DVD. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away three copies of the Blu-ray edition to readers. In order to be entered into the random drawing for your ….

John Carter epic to be released theatrically in IMAX

IMAX and Walt Disney Studios today announced that the action-adventure film John Carter, from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on March 9, 2012. John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and stars Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe and Lynn ….

Scarface returning to movie theaters for special screening event

Blasting onto the silver screen with the intensity of its original release nearly 30 years ago, the pop culture phenomenon Scarface, starring Al Pacino and directed by Brian De Palma, returns to movie theaters in a one-night event on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Presented by NCM Fathom and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, audiences nationwide will ….

Relativity to bring cult classic Voltron to live-action big screen

Relativity Media’s Tucker Tooley announced that the studio has optioned the feature film rights for Voltron, and will adapt a live-action movie from the 1984 cult-classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The project was brought to Relativity through their deal with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, whose company will shepherd the ….