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Win one of three DVD copies of Twilight Saga: New Moon star Robert Pattinson’s World War II thriller The Haunted Airman

Twilight’s Robert Pattinson faces all new horrors as a troubled British World War II veteran in The Haunted Airman – coming to DVD just before The Twilight Saga: New Moon hits theaters – on October 13, 2009. To celebrate the release of The Haunted Airman on DVD, Film Fetish is giving away three copies of ….

American Son DVD Review

American Son tells the surprisingly compelling story of 19-year-old Marine Mike Holland (Nick Cannon), who has just completed basic training at Camp Pendleton and is headed home to Bakersfield for a four-day Thanksgiving leave with his family and best friends. What Holland is reluctant to reveal to anyone, is that he’s headed for his first ….

Win one of five copies of the 2-Disc Collector’s DVD Edition of Takashi Miike’s cult thriller Audition

If you know anything about the Shout! Factory classic DVD re-issues, you know they are thorough, handled with care, and come filled with everything a cinema fan could ever want in a Special Edition release. Now they’re taking on Takashi Miike and his spine-tingling classic suspense thriller Audition. The Shout! Factory will be releasing a ….

Film to be made chronicling new urban cultural phenomenon

Melee Entertainment, the producers behind You Got Served, and Shariff Hasan Productions are teaming up to produce the first feature film about the dance movement “Jerkin” that is exploding around the world. The “Jerkin” movement has been the focus recently of several high profile news stories including a feature in the Los Angeles Times, a ….

Win one of two copies of the new Special DVD Edition of martial arts classic Hero

On September 15th, Miramax Home Entertainment will release a very special edition of Jet Li’s martial arts epic Hero (Ying xiong) on DVD. To celebrate this release, Film Fetish is giving away 2 copies for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, your eNews profile must be ….

Magnolia picks up The Host director’s latest thriller

Magnolia Pictures announced that it has nabbed North American distribution rights to The Host (Gwoemul) director Bong Joon-Ho’s latest film Mother (Madeo), which debuted at Cannes earlier this year to rave reviews. Gearing up for a Bong Joon-ho retrospective, the studio also acquired Barking Dogs Never Bite, Bong’s 2000 debut which was previously unreleased in ….

HD Expo 2009

Returning to New York City for its second year, HD Expo combines the leading innovators of entertainment technology with the artists who push it to its limit. Join HD Expo in New York, the creative hub for the advertising, filmmaking, corporate communications and broadcast industries. This year’s Expo features professional video and technology training, keynote ….

Could Pixar do a Marvel superhero animated feature film now that Disney’s buying them?

Most of you probably know by now that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment outright. The deal puts Marvel’s list of comic characters into the stable of Disney’s history, expertise and multimedia infrastructure. Some additional details have been released at ComingSoon, regarding the specifics of the deal, including a meeting with Pixar’s John Lasseter with Marvel, ….

Preview the Avatar Sideshow Collectibles licensed figures right here

Sideshow Collectibles has posted images from their upcoming line of Avatar collectibles. Launching the Sideshow Collectibles line from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar is the AMP Suit Maquette featuring actor Stephen Lang’s baddie Col. Quaritch, created in conjunction with the film’s special effects studio Legacy Effects. The piece was created directly from 3D scans of ….

4th Annual Asian Film Market

The Asian Film Market takes places each year during The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and presents a series of forums on film financing, global distribution and more. Deals are also made directly for international distribution of local and global films. Dates: October 11-14, 2009 Location: Seoul, South Korea Find out more about the Asian ….

The Blackout Film Festival 2009

The Blackout Film Festival is an event-inspired New York City happening. For each festival, a topic is chosen that touches the lives of everyone in the community and filmmakers are called on to respond. One year later, a big party is thrown and the selected films are screened. Everyone has a story: what’s yours? Dates: ….

5th Annual European Film Festival

The European Film Festival delivers the finest in international independent film to cities across Europe, including London, Athens, Warsaw, Stockholm, and Berlin. The Festival offers an incredible opportunity for filmmakers to reach a vast audience of critics, scholars, film masters, and the movie-loving public throughout the European continent. The Festival presents over 250 features, shorts, ….