Washington goes to the wasteland and a first look at Pelham 123

Variety reports that Denzel Washington is set to star in the post-apocalyptic drama Book of Eli, which will be directed by Allen and Albert Hughes. Washington will play a lone type in a dystopic future America, who must trek across America to deliver a book that could be the key to its redemption. Gary Whitta, ….

The Burrowers film trailer

The Burrowers takes place in the Wild West, and follows the story of a rescue party that falls prey to creatures risen from underground to feed on the inhabitants of a town. The Lions Gate film screens at the Toronto Film Festival this month, and there’s no word on a theatrical release date yet. Check ….

French horror Martyrs film trailer

Martyrs certainly seems to be in the tradition of Hostel, and has that stylish and twisted sense of relationships, as in Alexandre Aja’s French horror High Tension. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, in May, and has had screenings at various European fests, and has just been released in France. Martyrs revolves around ….

Spanish horror Sexykiller trailer

From Spain, comes the Miguel Martí (Slam, Fin de curso)-directed horror/comedy Sexykiller, which follows Bárbara (Macarena Gómez), as she slices and dices her way through the student body of a medical school. The sexy, fashion-obsessed student has an insatiable hunger for blood, and killing becomes her hobby after classes. Sexykiller (which was formerly titled Barbykiller) ….

Tale 52 (Istoria 52) trailer

The noir thriller Tale 52 follows Iasonas, a timid young man who meets his future girlfriend Penelope at a dinner party, only to find she’s gone missing when he wakes up one random morning. Unable to understand what has happened, he falls into a world of anguish, confusion and delusional behavior. The Greek fantasy, which ….

The Pool official website

The Pool is the story of Venkatesh, a “room boy” working at a hotel in Panjim, Goa, who sees from his perch in a mango tree a luxuriant garden and shimmering pool hidden behind a wall. In making whatever efforts he can to better himself, Venkatesh offers his services to the wealthy owner of the ….

Guillermo del Toro takes on Charles Dickens and gets genre directing gigs for years to come

According to Variety, Guillermo del Toro is booked with New Line and Universal Studios film projects through 2017, and possibly longer. Del Toro’s first priority, which has been talked about for months, is the New Line and MGM epic project The Hobbit, which he has committed the next five years to developing, with Peter Jackson, ….

Paramount buys ‘Scene It’ interactive game creator

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures has purchased Screenlife, creator of the Scene It? interactive DVD game franchise. The studio bought the Seattle-based company with the intent to delve deeper into digital content initiatives. The acquisition of Screenlife advances Paramount Digital Entertainment’s multiplatform strategy and will enable us to create new digital content that ….

Reprise DVD review

Reprise, a darkly humorous coming of age story, comes to DVD from Miramax Films and Buena Vista Home Entertainment today. Executive produced by Academy Award winner Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men), Reprise turns cinematic storytelling on its head, and explores the divide between the dreams of exuberant youth and the harsh realities of ….