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Blue Velvet 25th Anniversary Blu-ray review

David Lynch’s masterpiece modern day film noir Blue Velvet debuted on Blu-ray November 8th, brining with it 50 minutes of never-before-seen rediscovered footage that was thought to be lost forever. With Blue Velvet, Lynch skillfully removed the glossy veneer of suburban existence, revealing the painful realities of everyday American life, adding his own sense of ….

Two new Cabin Fever sequels heading to production

Recently The Indomina Group’s CEO Jasbinder Singh Mann announced that the growing fanboy film producer and distributor is resurrecting the cult favorite Cabin Fever franchise and will produce and distribute at least two new feature films. The Indomina Group has optioned the rights for two new Cabin Fever installments, which will be titled Cabin Fever: ….

E One nabs rights to post-apocalyptic war action thriller The Day

Content Film has announced that Entertainment One has nabbed rights in certain countries to the post-apocalyptic war action thriller The Day, directed by Doug Aarniokoski, written by Luke Passmore and produced by Guy A. Danella (The Fourth Kind). The film was also bought by Japan’s Nettai Museum. An open war against humanity rages in The ….

Images from old school action thriller Sinners and Saints

Remember those hardcore, old school, action movies, when it was all about blowing shit up on camera, without CGI? When fights actually looked real? When actual stuntmen did actual stunts? Well apparently Anchor Bay remembers those days fondly with the January 10, 2012 Blu-ray and DVD release of old school action thriller Sinners and Saints. ….

MGM Limited Edition Collection September 2011 title reviews

Sugar Hill (1974) The Paul Maslansky-directed Sugar Hill stars Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Betty Anne Rees, Richard Lawson and Zara Cully. The film is a must-watch for fans of black horror films of the 1970s, “borrowing” elements from every film from Night of the Living Dead to Sheba, Baby. In Sugar Hill, ….

Universal lensing new supernatural Werewolf thriller

Universal’s new supernatural Untitled Werewolf Thriller has begun shooting in and around Bucharest, Romania, according to Universal 1440 Entertainment’s Glenn Ross. Universal celebrates its storied history of creatures and horror with an original adventure that embraces the popular cultural resurgence of the age-old werewolf myth. Action and suspense collide as an army of bounty hunters ….

Blair Witch creator’s latest thriller picked up for distribution

Content Film announced the acquisition of Eduardo Sanchez’s latest feature Lovely Molly which premiered in Toronto’s Midnight Madness section last month. Sanchez, who directed The Blair Witch Project, returns to his horror roots with Lovely Molly, which he also wrote. The film is described as a petrifying and deeply disturbing haunted house possession story with ….

New poster and screenshot from espionage thriller Haywire

Relativity Media has revealed the official poster for their upcoming action-thriller Haywire, directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) and starring Channing Tatum (GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra), Ewan McGregor (The Ghost Writer), Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class), Antonio Banderas (The Legend of Zoro), Bill Paxton (“Big Love”), Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never ….

Win a pair of tickets to the premiere of the sci-fi thriller In Time

FilmFetish readers have the chance to win tickets to tomorrow’s Los Angeles premiere of the sci-fi thriller In Time, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. For your chance to win, log onto Twitter and tweet #intimepremiere to see a virtual map with the location of the ticket giveaways. There will be five people secretly located ….

Magnet to release indie horror Playback

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing has announced they have acquired U.S. rights to Playback, a frightening horror film starring Christian Slater and directed by Michael Nickles. Magnet will release Playback through its Ultra VOD program in February 2012, launching the film on all digital VOD platforms prior to its theatrical release in March. While digging into ….

Book of Eli director heading to Broken City with Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe

Variety reports that New Regency is set to co-produce the Allen Hughes-directed drama Broken City, with Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe attached to star. Broken City, written by Brian Tucker, will be distributed by 20th Century Fox. The New York-set story centers on a cop-turned-private investigator, who, while attempting to turn his life around, finds ….