MY French Film Festival Posters & Trailer Launch - Plus I am a judge as well!!!

My French Film Festival.com have launched there offical posters and trailer for the first ever online international film festival. The festival will take place online between 14th-29th January 2011 and will consist of  10 feature films recently released in France along with 10 short films along with the classic film all available on V.O.D (Video On Demand). All movies will be shown in French with subtitles (English, German, Spanish,etc...) and internet users will be able to vote for there favourite movie of the festival.
This festival is an unique idea by having the festival online it opens all the films up to viewers worldwide to watch, enjoy and vote for there favourite movie. There will be three different prizes awarded at the end of the festival: one from the public, second from international bloggers and thrird by the international press.
Now to the part I'm really excited about Myself Will be one of the international judges on this years jury judging some of the great movies expected to watch, all twenty movies, so mid-to end of january will be a very busy time for me.
The festival will help promote french cinema and culture and hopefully the festival will be a sucess and we might see similar festivals poping up around the world. My French Film Festival will not be a small festival just have a lookat the backing for this festival: from Unifrance, in partnership with Allociné and with the support of the Centre National de la Cinématographie and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Air France ,Variety Magazine, Renault and Much more...so im privaliged to be chosen as a judge!!!
The festivals website will go live on January 3rd will have exclusive trailers, interviews and news and heres the link.....MyFrenchFilmFestival website.

check out the funny trailer and offical posters after the break...

Trailer For Johnnie To's DONT GO BREAKING MY HEART

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When I think of Johnnie To I think of high octaine, thrillers, with plenty of bullets and guts flying around but To directing a romance movie? Oh Yes Yes Yes as the Churchill talking dog would say DONT GO BREAKING MY HEART is a romance starring  Daniel Wu, Louis Koo and Yuanyuan Gao and below after the break is the movies first trailer and the movie will be out in China sometime in 2011.

Yen is a single girl from China working in an IT company in Hong Kong. Overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of this sleepless city, she feels increasingly like a fish out of water. Just when she has almost succumbed to the inevitable prospect of being alone and lonely in this unfriendly place, her fate begins to turn in an unexpected way.
One day, she notices a handsome hunk in the office building across the street from hers trying to catch her attention with paper signs. She immediately picks up a scrap of paper and doodles back. A quirky romance ensues as she starts communicating with him by paper signs every day.


On the day when she finally has the chance to meet him in flesh and blood, however, she discovers to her consternation that this so-called romance has been an embarrassing mix-up on her part. The love notes this guy, Sean, has been writing are only meant for a sexy vixen working at the office above hers. He is oblivious to her existence, let alone their blossoming romance.


Just when Yen is ready to crawl back to her lonesome shell, her fate changes again. She is accosted by a beggar called Kevin in the park and is captivated by the sad expression on his face. They start talking and, before they know it, have become the best of friends. She learns that this starkly handsome beggar was an elite architect who ended up wandering the streets after losing his self. Yen starts helping him rebuild his confidence and get back on tracks.


Months pass. Sean finally gives up his life as a playboy and realizes Yen is the dream girl he would like to spend the rest of his life with. Meanwhile, the rebound Kevin is also planning to propose to Yen at the rooftop of his latest design that was inspired by his love for her.
Yen is no longer alone and lonely, but will she be able to find her true love?

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!

Trailer For Japanese Indie Movie "Sensei o Ryuuzan Saseru-kai"

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The great thing about independent movies they dont have to conform to genrerics expected from a mainstream blockbuster, the styleoffilming, directing, use of scenery, right down to the music. Free to express your own artistic license do it your way and when it comes to Japanese movies there is always the cheesy j-pop song half way in.
Sensei o Ryuuzan Saseru-kai is different as its a indie movie it doesnt have the illusive jpop song but the name in English for this movie “‘make the teacher miscarriage’ club” some people may find a little disturbing and even more that this movie is based on a truelife story. Several years ago a group of 7th grader schoolgirls created this little club who harrassed a teacher by re-arranging the furniture and even going as far adding chemicals to the teachers food! The teacher was actually pregent but thankfully the chemicals used salt & alum didnt harm the teacher or the unborn child but soon as the story broke out the media had a field day with the story and you can read  the article.
The movie has been directed by unknown filmmaker Eisuke Naito whose only previous work was a short movie called The Prince Of Milk which did apparently tour some of the worlds film festivals.

Exsistence is Futile enter the maze of Life In Trailer for EXIT

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When you check out your usual sources for trailers for new movies and when that source hasn't got a clue what the hell are they watching it can make it a little more intriguing to check out. EXIT is an Austrailan movie which seems to study life and the many doors we open , the many doors we close and the towns and cities we live in are a massive maze, we dont know whats next or behind that door the meaning of existence.
The movie has a big arthouse feel to it, then it breaks into experimentalist obscurity really hard to pigeonhole the story. The movie has a big inspiration from David Lynch, Darren Aronofksy so whats behind your door?

trailer after the break....

Behold Sci-Fi Geeks and watch Sci-fi short MODERN TIMES

MODERN TIMES from BC2010 on Vimeo.
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When you see blockbuster movies been made for millions and alot of the time disspointment at the box office you get that feeling why am I wasting my time here.But when a movie be it feature length of short length is made with virtually no money and produces something fantastically brilliant it just make you appriecate the raw talent outhtere who make movies the way you expect big movies to do it, but its there passion, decication and of course talent that shines through here.
This little gem is called MODERN TIMES and   has been created by a UK based arts deigner who goes under the name of BC2010 though I think his first name is Ben but who cares it looks wonderfull just watch and enjoy!

UK Trailer For LAST VICTIM

Anchor Bay Entertainment have sent me the new UK trailer for LAST VICTIM (aka Dear Mr Gacy, in USA) which will be released in UK on March 7th, 2011.
You love your serial killers then you cant beat one of the ultimate ones John Wayne Gacey played by William Forsythe with the movie based on the true life tale of the sadistic pyscho and Jason Moss a young man who grew an obbession of serial killers with this movie based on his memoirs.
The movie will be released on DVD/Blu-Ray and check out the synopsis and the offical uk trailer after the break...

he Last Victim is a gripping true story from the producers of Monster about an 18 year-old college student who dares to confront notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy – triggering a deadly game of cat and mouse and a journey into the darkest realms of the mind. Starring William Forsythe (Devil’s Rejects, Rob
Zombie’s Halloween) as John Wayne Gacy, this Anchor Bay Entertainment title is an adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, (played by Jesse Moss – Final Destination. The Uninvited), a law student fascinated by serial killers who formed a relationship with Gacy during the killer’s last year on Death Row. Sadly, the title of the book took on a poignant new meaning when Jason Moss committed suicide in June 2006. At the time of his death, he was a practicing criminal defense attorney.

Watch HITLER KAPUT, A Russian Comedy which has Jean Claude Van Damme in it (apparently!)

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In the traditional words of Monty Python..."Now For Something Completely Different!" Well it is if your the mussels From Brussels Jean Claude Van Damme. If you thought JVD's career had already slipped down into shitcreek wellits becomeing a real silly laughing matter now as he's been casted into Russian slapstick comedy(in 3d) Ржевский против Наполеона (HILTER KAPUT)!
Formerly called Napoleon Kaput Van Damme is to play a French Soldier under Napoleon's command but there isnt a still or a clip yet to prove he's actually in it apart from a clip from MTV Russia (sorry english subs) annoucing he will be in it.
Either Jean Claude Van Damme has plenty money to waste or hes in a dire desperation needing the cash this is total rank and any hope of reconciling his career will go out the window even if he does appear in Expendables 2. There's more chance of Mel Gibson winning forgiveness than JVD making a decent movie ever again after this!!!

Trailer and MTV Russian clip after the break....

Icelandic Dark Comedy STORMLAND Has a Trailer

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There's something movies that the more dark the humour is the more I sadistically enjoy it, throw in a bit of obscurity Ill probably enjoy it even if I dont get the humour. Marteinn Thorsson's STORMLAND (Rokland) is one of those movies its based on a popular novel by Hallgrímur Helgason and is a story about a very bitter man from the northern part of the island. He is obbessed about the local viking legend, Nietzsche and the girl at the post office but when he looses his job at the school he takes out his anger online blogging about the locals, Of course there not happy and he ends up a social outcast.
The movie could easily be created by  Terry Gillam mixed in with some Big Lebowski totally crazy and they throw in a little animation which is fairly new for Icelandic filmmaking but not elesewhere. Check out the trailer above and the movie will be out January 14th in Iceland.

Power Rangers Are GO! PW Creator with Trailer For Indie Flick DARK METROPOLIS

Dark Metropolis from Indican Pictures on Vimeo.
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 Its just been released on DVD in USA/Canada DARK METROPLIS comes from the mind of Power Rangers creator Stewart St.John. The movie is set 300 years into the future when a race genetically created raised and abused by humans now finds they are the rulers, sont expect spandex multicoloured uniforms or big rubbery monster Dark Metropolis is like a cross between THX-1138 crossed with Dune and Dark City. Dystopian movies are usually quite miserable, bleak like 1984, Metropolis, etc.... but this does have those element but it also has a heavy dose of good old spiritual ethos thrown in "can I get a halleujah!!!"
Dark Metopolis stars Bailey Chase, Eric Scott Woods, Arthur Roberts and Ron Perlman.