TIFF2010: Justin Lerner's Sweet Romance GIRLFRIEND

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After several sucessfull short movies Justin Lerner transides into festure lenth movies and GIRLFRIEND is his first venture and he has a perfect place to premiere the movie at next weeks Toronto Film Festival.
The movie is about Evan a down syndrome man comes into some money and decide to persue his dream his old school love Candy (Shannon Woodward). Candy is a pretty girl but she does lead a troubled life , big in debt and a single mother and on the verge of been evicted Evan rescues her and Candy feels she must repay in kindness but throw in the ex-boyfriend Twilights Jackson Rathbone and a triangle develops between the three.
Automatically you think its one of those afternoon melodramas you get every day on channel 5, well it is a melodrama but Lerner takes his tv style movie to something worth checking out.
Trailer after the break....

TIFF 2010: Trailer For Barbara Wong's BREAK UP CLUB (Fun sau suet oi nei )

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If it wasnt for the internet I wouldn't be here! Its a wonderful play you be educated with, entertained with but theres the darkside of the internet that makes you wish the thing was never invented. Barbara Wong shows us a way to abuse with her new movie THE BREAK UP CLUB.
The movie is about Joe a young guy who is devasted his girlfriend Flora has split up with him and Joe decides to join 'The Break up Club' to get over his heartache. By joining the club they say he'll be able to get back with Flora if he can break up another couple and his friend is who he braks up and Flora is back with him, then she breaks up again, comes back and off again. Its one hell of a emotional rollercoaster for Joe and whilst he does this he talks to a director (wong playing herself) about the club!
Despite the movie playing a little like a documentary it is actually a drama with some comedy and of course romance thrown in too! The movie was released in Hong Kong back in June so now its doing the rounds of the film festivals and the next port of call for the movie is Toronto in September, trailer after the break...

Have you just been dumped? What if there was a website that could get your loved one back? There is ! It is called BreakUpClub.asia. All you have to do is break up another couple that are happily in love. Just fill in their names and voila! Would you do it? Our hero Joe is at the computer, about to press ENTER...

Trailer For Zhang Yimou's THE LOVE OF THE HAWTHORN TREE

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Zhang Yimou maybe known to many as the director behind big budget movies such as Hero, The House Of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower but you really the trueYimou when he creates more human, senusal compelling movies like THE LOVE OF THE HAWTHORN TREE.
This movie tells the story of young love during the cultural revolution of China between a young man & woman of different economic backgrounds beautifully shot, masterfully told by a fantastic filmmaker. This movie will go down well in China as it celebrates a important part of the country's history and the movie will be released in China on September 16th.
Check out the trailer after the break....

Need A Date? Help is on Hand with Cyrano Dating Agency Trailer

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Are you one of those people who just cant get a date to have a lovelife?Cyrano Dating Agency maybe the ones to help you! This is new movie from South Korea  about  the agency that  helps the clients but they move together working on secret missions. with their goal to work in the background and until now they've had 100% sucess until they meet Min-yeong.
He is mr unpredictable, got the qaulities but just bad at the dating but he has one lady in his sights Hee-joong, very loveable person  but when the agency sees Min-Yeong's profile panic stations trigger, can this be another sucessfull job for the agency?
It sound abosuletly crazy and if Hollywood attempted this movie it would just be so generic another Hitch probably, only the Asians can get away with making obsure movies sucessfully.
Cyrano Dating Agency stars Eom Tae-woong, Lee Min-jeong, and Park Sin-hye with the movie getting its release in South Korea on September 16th, trailer after the break...

Trailer for Derek Kwok's FROZEN (Wai nei chung ching )

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First time I noticed the title of this movie I was expecting it was a Chinese remake of the Adam Green movie of the same which comes out in uk on October 1st, but this is completely different.
Derek Kwok's Frozen or Wai Nei Chung Ching is about a woman Cyronically frozen in 1989 to waken up 20 years later to find out her then newborn is older than her! We've seen many movies likes of Freaky Friday where kids swap bodies with children, but I cant recall a movie like this where the kid is now older than the parent though has been the odd time travelling classic movie such as Back To The Future where Marty meets his mum.
The movie does sound very interesting and does have the charm you expect from a chinese/hong kong movie intwined with some fantasy, I didnt expect to see those big hairstyles again (I was 14 in 1989 remember them well!!!)
Frozen is out in Hong Kong on September 2nd, trailer after the break....

Trailer For Indie Sundance Fetstival Hit THE LOCKSMITH

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The Lowbudget award winning comedy THE LOCKSMITH has a new trailer. The movie won at this years Sundance Festival and focuses on Mike (Anslem Richardson)who is trying to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend when he bumps into Margo Ana Reeder) who seems to drag Mike into her relationship woes.
Even in the indie movieworld comedies with a romantic touch seem to still fall into generic romcom type of movie but this seems a little more scrapier than it previous compadres. The locksmith was written and directed by the Jones Brothers Todd and Brad with the written side of things helped by Sophie Goodhart and you can catch this movie when its released stateside on DVD from September 21st.

offical Synopsis:

Mike is a locksmith. He’s also a prisoner on work release, but you wouldn’t know it. He’s just trying to focus on his house calls and reconcile with his ex-girlfriend—until Margo hijacks his day. A live-wire kook who’s certain her boyfriend is cheating on her, Margo bulldozes Mike into spying on the alleged cad. The result: an all-day adventure with a stolen vehicle, a visit to an unlikely drug dealer, and a low blood-sugar attack.

 Trailer after the break...

2nd Teaser Trailer For Ryuichi Hiroki‘s RAIOU

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A second Teaser trailer for a Romeo & Juliet inspired
( novel by Mari Ueza) movie called RAIOU has been posted at the movies website via the goodfolks at Nippon Cinema. The movie has been  Ryuichi Hiroki and stars Masaki Okada as a young man born into a shogunate a family with a high social standing with Yû Aoi playing a girl who was kidnapped whilst a youngster brought up in the mountains but she is of a different social standing but both fall in love but their families will go to break up there love.

The movie is to be released in Japan by Toho on October 22nd, trailer after the break....

Full Trailer 2nd Teaser for Naoto Kumazawa's "Kimi ni Todoke"

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A new full trailer and second teaser trailer have been released for Kimi ni Todoke. The movie is due for release in Japan on September 25th and is a live action version of the popular manga (turned anime) by Karuho Shiina.
The movie stars Mikako Tabe as high school student Sawako Kuronuma and she gets called Sadako after the character from the Ring movie simply due to her long dark hair an gloomy appearance. No one really talks to her until one day Shota Kazehaya (Haruma Miura) one of the popular male classmates talks to her and things grow into a friendship leading into areas of life Swako would never think off...Romance.
This is a typical and very popluar romance genre within Japanese teens and you'll find hundreds of similar stories to this one but only the better ones become animes then features. Its a little like mill and boon for Japanese teen girls.

The trailers are after the break...

Lesbian Love in Anne Hui's Comedy Romance ALL ABOUT LOVE

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I dont know much about this movie apart from the synopsis and that the director Anne Hui is one of most respected directors in the industry, she is also a judge at venice Film festival. The movie is called ALL ABOUT LOVE and will be out in China/Hong Kong on August 26 stars Vivian Chow, Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, William Chan Wai Ting, and Eddie Cheung Siu Fai

Anita (Vivian Chow) meets 19-year-old Mike (William Chan) online, and gets pregnant unexpectedly after their first date and one-night-stand. She is torn between having an abortion and keeping the baby. Macy (Sandra Ng), a lawyer by profession, is bi-sexual and fears commitment. Her two good friends Eleanor (Joey Meng) and Wai Wai (Jo Koo) are eager to find a loving partner for her.

Robert (Eddie Cheung) runs an advertisement company next door to Macy’s office. His wife sues him for domestic violence and demands a divorce. Robert hires Macy to defend him in court. Macy counsels Robert on his chauvinism. She succeeds in helping him win back his wife’s love and they settle out of lawsuit.

At the same time, Macy finds out she is pregnant with Robert’s baby. Macy and Anita meet when they sign up for counselling courses at . Despite 12 years of separation, they rekindle their passion for each other. Should they abort their babies or deliver them? Macy and Anita both find it hard to make a decision.

Macy is still afraid to commit to a lasting relationship and treasures her freedom. On the other hand, Anita is tortured by the gossiping behind her back among her colleagues, while her boss plans to fire her without compensation. Meanwhile, either out of love or friendship, Robert and Mike keep in contact with both women and are prepared to offer help. Will Anita and Macy give birth? Will the two men be recognized as the babies’ fathers? What will become of Anita and Macy?

Brandon McCormack's Heartless:The Story of The Tinman Short Film

Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.

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Found this beauty of a movie short at LiveForFilms site and its called HEARTLESS:THE STORY OF THE TIN MAN written&directored by Brandon McCormick . You think you may know the story of the Tin Man as in the character from Frank Baum's Wizard Of Oz, well watch this movie, its a retelling of a background story of the tin man very tragic emotional one of when the tin man was in love, human and had a heart. Very simple but also very dark caold story of a poor woodsman who wanted to marry a maiden of a wealthy family, movie has been realeased by Whitestone Motion Pictures.

A Radiant Trailer For a (Wet) Summer Day! Trailer For SUMMER CODA

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Well the summer been here for a few weeks now and depending what part of the world your from depends how good or how wet your summer will be, well I think I missed the good part of the summer been abroad in Greece (and greece was getting poor weather!) its now rain typical!Now you maybe like me just rain nothing else but here's a trailer for an Australian movie which hopefully bring a little radiance into your life SUMMER CODA.
This is a romantic drama set in the rural vineyards of Australia and California, its premier will happen at this years Melbourne Film Festival with its possible release in October. Written and directed by Richard Gray and starring Rachael Taylor(Transformers), Alex Dimitriades(Underbelly), Kate Bell, Jacki Weaver(Animal Kingdom), Nathan Phillips and Susie Porter.
check out the trailer after the break....

Trailer for UK indie BRILLIANT LOVE

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Brilliant Love is an unusal romance type movie directed by Ashley Horner  and it's good to be different be a romance movie but think outside the box when it comes to traditional elements of a movie genre and in this case romance. Manchester(Liam Browne) and Noon (Nancy Trotter) have a long summer relationship but  what if your a photographer would youcreating pictures artistically from cheap nasty cameras?

The movie will be shown at this years Tribeca Festival and a possible April release in UK so check out the synopsis and trailer below:

imdb synopsis:A poetic love story that follows Manchester and Noon as they enjoy a long, hot, summer romance. Noon is our narrator, a shy taxidermist who keeps a silent menagerie in the freezer alongside Manchester's ice pops. Manchester documents their affair, creating wonderfully charged images with just a couple of cheap, instamatic cameras. When a wealthy gentleman called Franny discovers Manchester and launches his photography on the art world, the success destroys the beauty of their once idyllic life

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Trailer for Indie Romance BRAINWASHED LOVE

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I just love the whole feel of this movie from the design, story and music it just looks so good! BRAINWASHED LOVE is co-written( with Alix Large)  and directed by Shawn Bannon and is about Edward an Los Angeles projectionist who meets Cillian at a halloween party and despite her reluctance he dates her. There 'romance' has a backdrop of bicyles, parties and mad crazy friends but the question they ask themselves can their relationship work? With their lives been pulled in different directions?

When I watch this I get the feeling I do like this movie but I can't tell why I like I just like it, hopefully soon I canwatch it and see why I like it, check out the trailer.


Brainwashed Love Teaser Trailer from studiodrome on Vimeo.

Hong Kong Rom-Com teaser LOVE IN A PUFF

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we heard about all the school fallouts with Ho-Cheung Pang on his Dream Home Horror movieset over rights, well here's the teaser trailer for the RomCom movie he made whilst he waited for the outcome to be solved, its called Love In A Puff.
Stars Miriam Yueng and Shawn Yue  who share a ciggerette during a break at work, soon as the light up a romance seems to blossom between them in the admist of loudmouth & foul mouth co-workers. With in time they seem to move away from the rest of the crowd virtually into there own alleyway and the conservation wanders into the trival matters of the bizzare group of people around them.
mmmmm, love works in mysterious ways, aaaaaggghhh!!! well I wish it would work for me minus the ciggies!!!

Beautiful trailer for Tom Courtney's AN ARTIFICAL LIGHT

An Artificial Light (Trailer) from Tim Courtney on Vimeo.

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Here's a beautiful little trailer for the indie drama AN ARTIFICAL LIGHT created by Tim Courtney. I dont know much about it apart from the post Quietearth has done on it. From what I can gather its a relationship drama about a man who has recently split up from his girlfriend and he is trying to deal with the situation by taking a tripback down  memory lane.
I do love the grey monetone look and backed with the good music it gives the movie a sweet but tranquil feel to it, if you think about it thats what the main character is trying to get some peace of mind so he can move on. As for any release information I have nothing but I believe the movie is doing the rounds at the Sundance festival in USA.

Trailer for Hong Kong Romcom CROSSING HENNESSY

Trailer for Greenland's first ever Feature movie - Nuumioq!

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This was a surprise for me as for you guys, below is a trailer for the first ever international produce feature movie from Greenland!! Yes I said Greenland!
The movie is called Nuumioq  & directed by

Torben Bech (& written) and Otto Rosing and the movie is about a man called Malik After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, he joins his best friend on his last boat trip into the fjord. Malik is a 35 year old carpenter living in Nuuk. Things are starting to look bright in Malik's life, when he's diagnosed with terminal cancer and faces a difficult decision: Leaving his hometown to recieve medical care that would perhaps prolong his life - or stay in Nuuk with family and friends and die within a few months. Malik and his childhood friend Mikael decide to go on a the last boat trip into the fiord, where they seek out the carefree world of their childhood. During this boat trip, the two friends rediscover their friendship and Malik is given an opportunity to come to terms with his own imminent death.

(synopsis: IMDB ).

Everytime I here of Greenland I only think of the country been a vast barren area with a very small population, but credit due to them. The trailer below and the movie does look like it was beautifully shot and will do some justic to the country as well possibly on tourist front. The movie was released in November in Greenland but 23rd January it will get a limited release in USA, as for UK & Ireland I dont really know

Woke Trailer

When people complain about little things in life they cant have, why not think for a minute at those who cant have those little things you moan about or even cant enjoy them properly. Narcolepsy is one thing you dont want, its a condition you never know when you can fall asleep, In WOKE Scoot our lead male character has this condition.

Woke is a story about Scot (Chris Gaede) a narcolepic man and a Nora (Caroline Macey) a woman sent to to take Scott to his childhood home and during the adventure they have getting there the couples relationship blossoms and becomes romantic. This is a simple but beautiful little looking movie which is simple with a twist of mystery and oddness thrown in for good measure

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