New trailer and poster for international sci-fi thriller Sleep Dealer
A new poster and trailer has been released for Alex Rivera’s sci-fi thriller Sleep Dealer. Indie distributor Maya Entertainment will release the U.S./Mexico co-production in U.S. theaters this April. The film uses sci-fi elements to deal with issues very relevant in modern society.
Mission Impossible writer goes on new mission – two write and direct two novel adaptations for Columbia Pictures
According to Empire Online, David Koepp – who wrote MIssion Impossible and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull – is in talks with Columbia to direct two films for the studio. The first is titled Billionaire’s Vinegar, which is loosely based on a novel by Benjamin Wallace, called The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The ….
Next Doctor Who special to feature Lindsay Duncan
Brit actress Lindsay Duncan will guest star in the second Doctor Who special of 2009 on BBC One. Duncan is best known for her roles across stage and screen, including Shooting The Past and GBH and is soon to star as Margaret Thatcher in the highly anticipated BBC Two drama, Margaret. In the new special ….
Ang Lee close to Life of Pi
Ang Lee is negotiating to direct an adaptation of Life of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s coming-of-age survival tale, according to Variety. Gil Netter is producing the project for Fox 2000 Films. The story revolves around a child who is the sole survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a ….
Holly DVD review
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, Holly succeeds in its efforts to stir sufficient emotion to make the viewer ask questions about the inhuman, and sometime brutal world of sex-trafficking. The issue has become a hot topic in the past few ….
The Boondock Saints Blu-ray review
The Boondock Saints follows religious Irish brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus – played by Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus – who grab Boston by the balls as vigilantes out to eliminate evildoers. It all starts after they kill a Russian mobster in self-defense, and decide that they have found their calling from God – ….
Pretty Woman Blu-ray review
Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the romance comedy classic Pretty Woman on Blu-ray disc for the first time on February 10, 2009. The feel-good modern spin on the Cinderella tale stars Academy Award winner Julia Roberts as Vivian – a spirited, streetwise prostitute, who has a chance meeting with a a dapper, no-nonsense socialite billionaire ….
Red-band trailer and new images from The Mutant Chronicles
Magnolia Pictures has released new images, along with a red-band version of the film trailer for Simon Hunter’s The Mutant Chronicles. Have Faith… The Mutant Chronicles is set in the year 2707, on an unrecognizable Earth where a war is raging between four giant corporations who control the planet as they battle over the planet’s ….
Film festival favorite to direct The Leisure Seekers
Jens Jonsson – who directed the indie favorite The King of Ping Pong and the shorts Linerboard, Brother of Mine and Fragile – is attached to write and direct The Leisure Seekers for Sharp Independent, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Leisure Seeker is based on a new novel by Michael Zadoorian, and tells the ….
More details on the Dollhouse New York Comic Con sneak peak
Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett will guide fans through a sneak peek of the first act of the highly anticipated premiere episode of Dollhouse, which launches on Friday, February 13th on FOX. Dollhouse stars Eliza Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Enver Gjokaj, Harry Lennix and Olivia Williams. Mini posters from the show will ….
New trailer and poster for Running Scared director’s new thriller Crossing Over
For those of you who don’t Know, Wayne Kramer is the amazingly talented young writer/director of The Cooler and Running Scared. Both films were spirited character studies of damaged souls attempting to redeem themselves, while surrounded by other severely damaged and broken souls. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to Kramer’s latest effort – Crossing ….
Flashdance I Love the 80’s Edition DVD review
Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….
Free screening of Japanese film Happy Flight
Director Shinobu Yaguchi’s (Waterboys, Swing Girls) latest film Happy Flight, will be screening for free tomorrow night in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Yaguchi’s intent was to create a realistic, completely new film that covers all aspects of the aviation industry. The setting of the film takes place at an airport on a All Nippon Airways ….
Win a copy of 2012: Science or Superstition on DVD
This may just be the scariest film of the year. The acclaimed documentary 2012: Science or Superstition, arrived on DVD January 27, 2009. To celebrate the release of the film on disc, FilmFetish has three copies to give away to readers. Don’t miss your chance to watch this thought-provoking movie. In order to be entered ….
Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro talking to Scorsese about starring in Silence
Martin Scorsese is negotiating with Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro to star in his next film directing effort, titled Silence, according to Variety. Gael Garcia Bernal is also attached to the film, which is scheduled to begin production in late 2009 in New Zealand. Silence is set in the 17th century, and ….
