First Look at French Crime Documentary La BM du seigneur (The Lord's Ride)

DVD Review :The Other Side Of The Game

Apologies I forgot to post this review ages ago on this blog, but its taken from my other blog The Peoples Movies where it was first posted on Decmeber 10th, 2010. Review after the break....

Musical Terrorism For Our Ears - Trailer For SOUND OF NOISE

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"The Hills Are Alive With Sound Music...dahhhhhh!!!" when you think of music in movies Julie Andrews in the sound of music is a movie that comes to mind, but what if that movie isnt a musical but its musical based? You might be saying "wtf!?"
So what if you mixed up the London west end musical of Stomp with terrorists and a heist movie and what do we get?.....SOUND OF NOISE
When your going to hold up a bank for ransom do what stomp do use whatever is around you as a musical instrument and given your hostages a little musical rendition to ease the pain of the robbery rob the bank but no uncores. These criminals turn the whole city there in into one big musical can you imagine if Jacques Mesrine  when he used to rob to banks next door to each other belting out a French musical classic?!
Sound of Noise has been getting its plaudits since its first screening at Cannes and his swept the awards in its genre when it done its journey around this years festival circuit. The movie is very different and gives a new fresh look at heist movies and when you watch it first you do get an impression its a musical viral but obiviously its not and if its winning the awards its a movie you may want to check out when it'll hopefully make a stop at arthouse/indie cinema near you.
Sound Of Noise is due to be released in Sweden on December 25th, check out the synopsis & trailer after the break...

Full Trailer For Byakuyako

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Yoshihiro Fukagawa’s BYAKUYAKU has had a new trailer debuted online thanks to the movies official website .The movie is based on a crime thriller by  Keigo Higashino  which was printed via literature magazine Shousetsu Subaru for two years from 1997 to 1999. This isnt the first time the story has been adapted as it was created in 2006 for a tv version which starred Haruka Ayase and Takayuki Yamada.
The movie version will be released by Gaga Communication with the theatrical realease in Japan on January 29th, 2011, trailer and synopsis after the break...

Trailer For Gao Qunshu's WINDBLAST

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Gao Qunshu's WINDBLAST is looking like a bit of a revelation as in mainland China as its seems to be the country's first action crime thriller. You might say 'Really' yes it is and if you look at it Hong Kong though now part of China has been making these type of movies for a long time whilst China has been creating more traditional, historical epics which are fantastic too.
The movies plot sees 4 detectives with an unique skill all chasing a criminal who has escaped to the desert but there not the only fours tracking the criminal he also has to contend with 2 bounty hunters as well!
The movie stars Duan Yihong, Xia Yu, Wu Jing, Yu Nan and Charlie Young with the movie hitting the Chinese cinema's from October 28th and if things go well we can expect to see this on DVD around early 2011, trailer after the break...

1975 Summer Of Love, Drugs & with another Skarsgaard in BEHIND THE BLUE SKIES

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There's a few families outthere that a whole line of their family tree in the film industry with Bridges, Sheens, Baldwins and now we have The Skarsgaard family with Billy (Son of Stellan) in Himlen är oskyldigt blå behind the blue skies.
The movie is an nostalgic look at one of Sweden's Criminal scandals and Hannes Holm movie could be the next movie from Sweden to make the waves internationally.
Behind The Blue Skies will hit the Swedish cinemas from October 15th, trailer after the break...

Martin escapes his alcoholic father for the summer job of his life at the exclusive Royal Yacht Club in the idyllic archipelago of Stockholm in 1975. He meets true love for the first time and is being groomed by Gösta, a playboy in the centre of high society.  Martin is inevitably drawn into one of the greatest scandal of all times in Swedish crime history.

Trailer For Polish Arthouse Crime Thiller CHRZEST (The Christening)

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This movie is soon to make its international premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival CHRZEST (The Christening) by Marcin Wrona. 
Due to the artish style to this movie will make sure this movie will pick up a few accolades along the road when it does its rounds of the film festivals and I agree with this source of this trailer it does have a mixture of the movies Brothers mixed with History of violence. The whole movie looks to have click well together the cinematography, the intergation of the scenes into action into drama, so if your looking for a slighty different spin on the crime thriller movie, this could be the one to check out.

Michal has what he always dreamed of: a beautiful wife named Magda, a newborn son, his own firm. He chooses an old friend, Janek, to be the godfather of his child. This is just the beginning of Michal's plan, who asks his friend to take an interest in his wife... At the beginning the plan works out, but it becomes increasingly difficult for Michal to come to terms with it. Michal knows his deeply hidden past will inevitably come back to him, and Janek will have to make a decision, of which he will never forget the consequences.

Trailer after the break...

Trailer For CONFESSIONS OF A DOG

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The 2006 Gen Takahashi crime drama CONFESSION OF A DOG will be getting a release in the UK finally. The movie has had rave reviews where ever it has played and the movie focuses on the story of a good cop forced into drug smuggling by his boss in story of police corruption, Violence, illegal pay-offs, drugs, intimidation by Japans most dangerous, Ther Yakuza? No...the Japanese Law Enforcement.
The movie is getting a Limited release cinematically in UK before it's released on DVD (2 discs) by UK label Third Window Films, trailer after the break...

A New Full Trailer For Romain Gavras NOTRE JOUR VIENDRA (Redheads)

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When you have a movie called Redheads (notre Jour Viendra) and it stars one of Frances biggest stars Vincent Cassel (who also the  producer)plus they tell you its a thriller you may thin yeah right!, but it is! The movie is the debut feature of French music video director turn movie director Romain Gavras (stunning video for MIA's Born Free) and was called Our Day Will Come but for some reason it was changed.
Whatever its called we do like what we are seeing and you can see it nationwide in France from September 15th, check out the trailer after the break...

What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When everyone hates you, especially your family? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around? The answer: you and your loser buddy blow all the cash you can get your hands on to buy a sportscar, you dress smart and you head for the land of redheads, Ireland. But what starts off as a search for an ideal, gradually escalates into a rampage of hate, violence and self-destruction.

New Trailer For Dante Lam's THE STOOL PIGEON

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Dante Lam's THE STOOL PIGEON (Sin Yan) will be out in Hong Kong on August 26th and it has a new trailer now in English subtitles. Lam has been seen by many as the new John Woo as in capturing Woo's early Hong Kong gangster/action movies such as Hard Boiled (Chow Yun Fat), a spirit that Hong Kong has missed for a few years and hopefully on its way back. The movie stars Nicholas Tse ,Nick Cheung, Lunmei Kwai and Yu Li.

Senior Inspector Don Lee relies heavily on the information provided by stool pigeons in his job.Barbarian is a painstakingly meticulous armed robber. Don needs an informant to infiltrate his gang. He recruits street-racer Guy. Guy provides information on Barbarian’s next job, but Don is unable to effectively act on them until the final moment. Since Barbarian has not left any evidence, Don is pressured to convince Guy to become a witness for the prosecution.Don promises to provide Guy with a new identity in another country, but the departure is beset by accidents and Guy only barely makes it to safety.Haunted by his ruined relationships with his ex-wife and former stool pigeons, Don no longer wants to be part of a world that is one betrayal after another.