Trailer for Australian Noir THE SQUARE

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Australian Cinema has always had a decent reception in UK over the past decade or two. If you switch on UK television you'll find 1 in 3 soaps are Australian and more recently on Scottish television we've had Underbelly a violentish crime drama. But when it comes to America it's not as great though that could change with THE SQUARE.
The Square is an stylish crime drama about Raymond a man tangled up in a love affair with Carla, a beautiful but troubled woman. She tests Raymond's moral limits when she brings him the cash earnings from her husbands latest crime dealings. They have once chance to go it alone, take the money and run...
The movie has been directed by stunt man Nash Edgerton, brother of Joel who is in the soon to be released awesome Animal Kingdom as well playing the Kurt Russell role in THE THING prequel.
This movie played at last years London Australian Film festival but there's been no theatrical release (or maybe we blinked and missed it), but American movie fans can see the movie on a limited release on April 9th with a possibly full release in May. Canadian movie fans will see a theatrical release on April 16th.



THE SQUARE Official Trailer from The Square on Vimeo.

Trailer for Brazillian sci-fi Short ANALOG

ANALOG trailer from Ebbëto on Vimeo.


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Above is the trailer for sci-fi short ANALOG created by Brazilian director Ebbeto.

The short movie is the second movie from this director and the short is currently doing the rounds at the film festivals and is getting some fantastic feedback. The movie can only be described visually as a minimalistic metropolis meets 1984 with a bit of Tron thrown in for good measure.

Analog is a film that  tells the tale of a machine travelling in deep-space which has as a primary function the preservation of a living organism: a man. Strange events with biblical analogies begin, disturbing the machine and making it rethink it's priorities.

I have a funny feeling it played Glasgow Film Festival last month and if it did ill go crazy, this just looks stunning. I tried to see if the full short was online but my search was unsucessfull.

First Look at LEGACY, Starring Idris Elba (The Wire)

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Been an ex-graphic design univerity student despite not been working in that industry I still have the eye for powerful graphics and it was the posters for LEGACY (like one on left) that attracted me to what the movie was all about.
The movie was directed by Nigerian born London raised director Thomas Ikimi, so roll on February's Glasgow International Film Festival and the press launch and Thomas was there to promote his new movie and to announce Glasgow was to be the movies world premiere and closing movie. I tried in vein even with my press pass to get ticket for it along with opening movie Micmacs and I was left dissappointed.
Several people have asked me why did he picked Glasgow Film Fest not Tribeca, Sundance or even Edinburgh for his movies premiere? Simple the movie studio that back and created his movie was Black Camel from Glasgow so what better way to thank them and have it premiered in Glasgow.So whose in it and whats it all about?
The movie stars The Wire's Idris Elba as an Black Ops Operative whocomes back home after an failed mission in Eastern Europe. He's stuck in a Brooklyn motel torn apart from retribution and Salvation and as things close in on him it may only be the story is all he can leave behind.
Do you the amount of people who actually believe Idris Elba is American, well he's not ,born and bred in London just simply down to the amount of American based movies and television he has done in the past, so when I had to tell my American friends who are massive Fans of The Wire he's British they were shocked! The other thing that may surprise you is that the setting for the movie isn't actually Brooklyn its Glasgow, Scotland!!! Thomas Ikimi studied Film in New York and spent 6 years of his life in the metropolis and was able to adapt.
The movie also stars The Wire's Eamon Walker, Monique Gabriela Curnen and Richard Brake. There's No release date yet but expect a release sometime this year possibly summertime.

Trailer For Danish Prison Drama - R

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Here's the trailer for R a Danish prison drama directed by Tobias Lindholm.

Majority of prison movies are like Romcoms, you can figure out the story and it'll have a predictable ending. The prison in this movie is meant to be the toughest in Denmark and looks more like a summer camp !

If you do want to see this its out April 22nd in Denmark.

synopsis:The prisoner R arrives to Denmark’s toughest prison, where he is to serve a sentence for violent assault. R is reduced to a number, a letter, just another inmate. The prison is a parallel world filled with rules, honor, and debts. A world,in which bars cover the windows and blood stains the floor. R is placed in the most hardcore ward. Here he must find his place in the system, learn to navigate, and fight for survival.

Impressive Full Trailer for KOKUHAKU (Confession)

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A few months back I posted the teaser trailer for this movie KOKUHAKU (Confession) directed by Tetsuya Nakashima.
This is a very powerfull trailer and a rollercoaster of emotions and tension which will stun. When you know the reason a person breakdown emotionally and mentally and in this movie a high school teacher played by Takako Matsu you'll understand. Her young Daughter is brutally murdered it is always common for a parent to seek revenge on the killers and when you  expect its 2 of your own students, plan b goes into action. Just before she resigns from her post as a teacher she informs her class her chilling confession and she has already tarted her plot for revenge. Her confession brings to light other confessions from students which leads upto a shocking twist at the end.
The movie is been released in Japan by TOHO and will be in the cinemas from June 5th.

Trailer for Luc Besson's Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec movie

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The first full trailer for Luc Besson's Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec  has been embedded below thanks to Yahoo France via Slashfilm.

We've been following the progress of this movie as best as I can and I have to say this trailer is fantastic.The impressive looking trailer is based on the Jacques Tardi comicbooks which where and still are very popular in France, Belgium and other Benleux countries, so yes even the non hollywood movie market are recreating comicbooks for the big screen.

SYNOPSIS:(Source Twitchfilm)The year is 1912. Adèle Blanc-Sec, an intrepid young reporter, will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes.

Meanwhile, in Paris, it's panic stations! A 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg on a shelf in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the bird subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies. But nothing fazes Adèle Blanc-Sec, whose adventures reveal many more extraordinary surprises...
Set in the carefree world before World War I, Adèle Blanc-Sec's adventures see the brave young woman fearlessly battling crooks, corrupt politicians, demon worshipers and mad scientists. Legendary cartoonist Jacques Tardi's original stories perfectly recreate the intrigue, romance and excitement of one of the most tumultuous periods in history.
Adapted and directed by Luc Besson (Arthur and the Minimoys, The Fifth Element, The Professional), Adèle's exhilarating, funny and fabulous adventures will be one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of 2010

 If this movie is given half a chance it could do very well outside France but then again theres sadly too many people lazy to read subtitles so they would have to destroy the movie with a watered down hollywood OTT poor version.


The movie is due to be released in France on APRIL 14TH but if your in Brussels, Belgium on April 9th you can ctach it at the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival

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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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Akan Satayev's STRAYED in Kazakhstan (not with Borat thankfully!!!)

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There's not much I can say about this movie STRAYED apart from its from Kazakhstan by director Akan Satayev his directoral debut.

The movie does look very interesting and I think looking at it I think all we see is not what it seems!

synopsis:The main character, his wife and small son lose their way and become stuck on a country road. As a result, they have to spend the night in their car. The following morning, the main character awakens alone, his wife and son having mysteriously disappeared. His preliminary searches bring the hero to a small lonely house, in which an old man and a young woman live. It seems that these strange tenants know about him and his family but try to hide their knowledge. For what reason?

Trailer 2 for Dante Lam's Fire Of Conscience

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For lovers of old school Hong Kong violence, Dante Lam's the man to get it. Below is his latest offering and the second trailer for FOR LUNG (Fire Of Conscience) which will be out in Hong Kong on April 1st as for the rest of us no matter how good the movie is its more likely the movie will be out here in UK & Ireland on DVD from the usual stockists, unless there's a cinema near you that specialise's on Asia movies.

synopsis:The investigation of a prostitute homicide brings headstrong, heavy-handed Detective Manfred in an unlikely collaboration with sly, man-of-the-world Inspector Kee from the Narcotics Bureau. When the DNA samples of one of Manfred's fellow officers are found at the crime scene, implicating him as the prime suspect, Manfred must look beyond the obvious to get to the truth. Meanwhile, Kee's uncanny eagerness to lend a helping hand every step of the way outside his own turf is beginning to smack of evil. In the line of fire between high levels of corruption and possible malice, Manfred must solve all the twists and turns of the mystery, trying to figure out who his enemy is and how to save his innocent partner from unfathomable disgrace. Unwittingly, he is about to open a Pandora's Box that will threaten to upend the entire Hong Kong Police Force.

Trailer for Dysfunctional Family fun with ACCIDENTS HAPPEN

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When you think about certain stars who where big names at one point making good movies as well as poor movies then suddenly they disappear off the face of the earth and suddenly years later you have your own blog and you post a trailer for ACCIDENTS HAPPEN and in it is Geena Davis. In the 1980's she was in alot of big movies including the jeff goldbloum remake of The Fly, Cutthroat Island, Thelma and Louise all Blockbuster movie of the time and she sort of disappeared of the face of the earth. Obivously she did alot of tv work including Commander in Chief and alot Ive never heard of probably because they where never shown in UK!

Accidents Happened first appeared at the 2009 Tribec Festival and hasnt been seen since and its a very dark comedy but also serious movie, a family torn apart by tragedy and only come together when accidents happen but not for support just to crack up and then go awol again. I ask one question how many people do you know have been electricuted whilst washing the dishes? watch the trailer!

Imdb synopsis:There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything changes for him and his family

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