WATCH Some Matchstick men in Don Hertzfeldt's WISDOM TEETH

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Don Hertzfeldt has made a name for himself as the crazy filmaker whose made matchstick men famous on the screen but not in a childish likeway but some times violent but 'artistic' way, that it even got him a Oscar nomination. His latest creation WISDOM TEETH making its debut at this years Sundance/Fantastic Fest and is now part of Showtimes  "Short Stories", So sit back and enjoy folks!

No Leg Openers Here just good old Spy fun Trailer for LARGO WINCH 2

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Who said it was just Hollywood who could just create the big glossy blockbuster action flicks? No one did and if there somebody they never told Belgian filmmaker
Jérôme Salle. On 16th February, 2011 LARGO WINCH 2 will be released in Belgium a movie based on the popular graphic Novels created by Philippe Francq about a young man who inherits a massive empire after his adoptive father is murdered.
Is it me does this sound like Green Hornet mixed up with James Bond plus a few other movies im sure I can think off?!Im not saying this is a bad thing  well they do have a few leg openers in the form of some fantastic car chases and Sharon Stone (Cleese in south Africa and Kietel in SouthKorea, times must be hard here!).
Largo Winch comicbooks are really popular in the French speaking parts of the world but Forbidden Planet comicbooks do have in stock the english language version of the books!!!
LARGO WINCH 2: THE BURMA CONSPIRACY is out in Belgium on February 16th,2011 trailer after the break...

Teaser Trailer For Indie Horror AMERICAN MARY

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If youve seen Dead Hooker In A Trunk you'll know these girls, Jen and Sylvia Soska Canadian indetical twins who showed alot of acting potential in the Canadain low budget fick. Now te pair are back with another dose of indie horrr with AMERICAN MARY.
For any girls obbessed with beauty and believe that to get more beautiful you have to go under the knife to get plastic surgery maybe they should check out this movie. This movie has an big Frankstien feel to it and it makes you wonder if the movies title is a homage to a certain Mary Shelly who brought us Franky boy all those years ago?

Trailer aftr the break...

American Mary is the story of a medical student named Mary who is growing increasingly broke and disenchanted with medical school and the established doctors she once idolized. The allure of easy money sends a desperate Mary through the messy world of underground surgeries, which leaves more marks on her than the so-called freakish clientele.



Written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska and produced by CJ Wallis (who also handles the camera, lighting, and editing duties), American Mary stars Paula Lindberg as "Ruby RealGirl."

Part 3 of GASPAR NOE'S Of Making of Enter The Void

VBS.tv have sent me the third part (and final one) of the short documentary of the Making of Gaspar Noe's ENTER THE VOID. Vice went to Tokyo to try and find the notoriously secretive director while he was filming 'Enter the Void'. The resulting film sees how Gaspar was shooting a film in the sex clubs of Tokyo using the Japanese Yakuza mafia as his “locations managers”, hanging out with him in and asking him about his project. This film is an incredible insight into Gaspar and the location in which Enter the Void was filmed and the entertaining nature of the films should definitely keep your readers' attention.

Part 1& 2 can be found here

Trailer For Sono Machi no Kodomo

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Popular Japanese Television drama Sono Machi no Kodomo has had its cinematic trailer released for the film version of the series.
The drama is based on 2 survivors of the 1995 tragic Kobe(Japan) earthquake  who where kids then but now adults both living in Tokyo and the day before the 15th anniversary they meet each other by accident. Both chat away with each other undecided if they both want to attend the ceremony due to the emitional scars the event had on them and both find it hard to share there experiences with each other and a gap between them appears,Whilst travelling together the glimpses of the truama both occoured come apparent as they edge closer to ground zero.

The movie is due to be released nationally January 15th 2011 in Japan but before then special screening will take place in Kobe and Osaka on November 20th. The movie stars Eriko Sato and Mirai Moriyama both who had first hand experience of the event, trailer after the break...

LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 Line Up Annouced

Over the weekend 24th International Film Festival of Leeds annouced its line up for this years festival which will happen in November from 4th – 21st.


The festival is split up into 5 programmes: Cherry Kino which focuses on the contemporary experimental movies, Cinema Versa which delves into the world of documentaries , presenting the Human Rights & Underground Voices profiles an extraordinary series of radical ideas and maverick stylists. Fanomenon offers a fantastic selection of great movies from around the world as well a great selection of Japanese Anime but you cant forget the festival annual Night of the Dead X celebrating its 10th anniversary along with Day Of the Dead probably Leeds version of Frightfest with day and night versions. Official Selection offering a wide selection of UK Premieres from around the world all fighting for the festivals Golden Owl award and finally theres the Short Film City the festivals short film programme.

The opening movie will be THE KINGS SPEECH directed by Tom Hooper (Dammed United) stars Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffray Rush, Guy Pearce and Michael Gambon. The movie is based on a true story about Prince Albert(Colin Firth) the Queens Father in his struggle to get rid of his stammer and he engages a friendship with Lionel Logue (Geoffray Rush) who helps him find his voice and guide the nation through troubled times. The movie had its world premiere at Toronto winning the peoples choice and what fitting place to show the movie in Leeds where the movie was partly filmed.

Some of the highlights of the festival are Mark Romanek‘s NEVER LET ME GO, aslo Aussie hit thriller ANIMAL KINGDOM, Palm D’OR winner UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL PAST LIVES, Pissed off Santa in RARE EXPORTS, METROPOLIS and RED, WHITE AND BLUE. I’m also angry with my self that I missed a chance in Glasgow to catch a screening of the Anime REDLINE which will be screened in Leeds as part of the Anime all dayer which runs in conjunction with the Comic Bubble comic convention which happens in the city at the same time.


The festival’s tickets will cost £80 for a single pass or £140 for two people giving you access to the whole event. The Night (& Day) of the dead festival pass costs £30/£25 (concessions) with a joint pass costing £50(£30 concessions). As ever the tickets for the movies will be bought up quickly so if your interested in going its best to get in fast to avoid dissapointment, for full details on how and where to book go to the festivals tickets page.

http://www.leedsfilm.com/

A Prophet sweeos the board at the French Film Awards

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over the weekend in France was the Cesar Awards one of the countries leading Film awards ceremonies. Like in the Bafta's in UK there was one movie that swept the board and it was Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET.
On the night the prison drama won a total of nine awards including best picture, director, original screenplay, cinematography also star of the movie Tahar Rahim picked up 2 for best actor and most promising actor awards. The movie was up for a amazing 13 awards losing only 4 of the awards which is an fantastic achievement for any movie of any size or country.
The 9 awards rounds off a wonderful 12 months for  Audiards movie when it comes to winning trophies ,having already scooping  the Grand Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, plusfor best director (Jacques Audiard), best actor and breakthrough actor (Tahar Rahim), best supporting actor (Niels Arestrup), Best Screenplay (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit), best cinematography (Stephane Fontaine), best editing (Juliette Welfling), and best art direction (Michel Barthelemy). With the Oscars only 7 days away winning the best foreign movies would be the ultimate prize.

In the  Best  Foreign  Movie Award (Non-French movie) Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino won the award over Avatar, Milk, I Killed Your Mother, Wite Ribbon, SlumDog Millionaire and Town Called Panic. Here's the full winners list:

Best Film
“A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Director
Jacques Audiard, “A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Actor
Tahar Rahim, “A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Actress
Isabelle Adjani, “Skirt Day” (La journée de la jupe)
Best Supporting Actor
Niels Arestrup, “A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Supporting Actress
Emmanuelle Devos, “In the Beginning” (A l’origine)
Breakthrough Actor
Tahar Rahim, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Breakthrough Actress
Melanie Thierry, “One for the Road” (Le dernier pour la route)

Best First Film
“The French Kissers” (Le beaux gosses), Riad Sattouf, Anne Dominique Toussaint
Best Original Screenplay
“A Prophet” (Un Prophete), written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Mademoiselle Chambon”, written by Stephane Brize & Florence Vignon,
Best Foreign Film
“Gran Torino,” directed by Clint Eastwood
Best Documentary
“Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno,” directed by Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea
Best Original Score
Armand Amar, “The Concert” (Le Concert)
Best Cinematography
Stephane Fontaine, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Best Editing
Juliette Welfling, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Best Art Direction
Michel Barthelemy, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Best Costume Design
Catherine Leterrier, “Coco Before Chanel” (Coco avant Chanel)
Best Sound
“The Concert” (Le Concert)
Best Short Film
“C’est gratuit pour les filles,” directed by Claire Burger & Marie Amachoukeli

A Single Man Review

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Here's a review I posted on my other blog ThePeoples Movies From  Travis at The Movie Encyclopedia for this review. He has done several reviews for the blog and I appreciate his contribution, As Single Man comes under the label of Independent Movie I can post on CineHouse as well. Please do check out his blog and to get there read his review and then click on the review source link.
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A SINGLE MAN

by Travis, The Movie Encyclopedia

Hello I am the movie encyclopedia and if no one else will see it, I will.

Tom Ford is a name that most women know by heart. Guys scratch there heads and gays rejoice in one of their idols. Tom Ford has been a very influential stylist and designer for a long time but everyone has to evolve. So evolve Ford did but instead of doing a runway show on Lifetime or Bravo he decided to make a movie based on an under appreciated Christopher Isherwood novel called a Single Man.

A Single Man is the story of George. It's November 30, 1962 and its the day he says he is going to commit suicide. He is a British professor who is struggling after his partner died suddenly 8 months ago. George is fixated on the past and thinks his future is an empty void. He plans on meeting with his best friend Charley for dinner buts gets sidetracked by a Spanish prostitute and a young student who becomes fixated with George.

If this film looks like Mad Men then don't be surprised when I tell you it was made with the same phenomenal production team behind it. Tom Ford financed the movie himself and hired the best people he could to help him out. It shows in everything in the film. Everything LOOKS authentic and time appropriate. Everything feels like the 60s and it adds a lot to the film. Colin Firth's George is brilliant. While Firth isn't exactly on my radar as a great actor (I did like him in Bridget Jone's Diary though) this almost totally changed my mind. His performance is deep, thoughtful and he really pulls you in with his performance. Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode add a lot to this movie as well. While both their parts are a bit smaller they do mean a lot to the plot and add some serious depth.

This film is one that is really style AND substance. It mixes all of it together to create a deep, well acted masterpiece. I recommend this to anyone who likes a little flair with their film.

MY VERDICT: OWN IT

MOVIE RATING: 4 out of 5

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