2 September 2012
Win Fullmetal Alchemist Movie 2: The Sacred Star of Milos On DVD
Alchemist brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric return in a second movie-length addition to the massively popular Fullmetal Alchemist franchise. Spectacular battles and plot twists abound as the siblings are plunged into a high octane steampunk adventure, complete with runaway trains, rampaging werewolves, forbidden rituals and a deadly new villain.
Pursuit of a dangerous criminal with devastating alchemical powers takes Ed. and Al. Elric to Table City, a remote location on the border of Amestris and neighbouring Creta. There the brothers rescue a young alchemist named Julia Crichton from the clutches of their mysterious quarry, only to find themselves embroiled in a sinister story of corruption, rebellion, murder and betrayal.
Julia is the leader of the Black Bats, a resistance group fighting for the rights of the ancient Milos race, who have been forced out of Table City to live in the slums of the Milos Valley. With her people oppressed by Amestris and Creta alike, the strong-willed teen resolves to win their freedom by harnessing the energy of the Philosopher’s Stone. However, Julia isn’t the only one who wants to wield the artefact’s enormous power…
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1.Table City
2.Chair City
3.Cat City
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1 September 2012
That Obscure Object of Desire Blu-Ray Review
That
Obscure Object of Desire was Luis Buñuel’s
last film in 1977 after a very long career. His career started in 1929 with the
classic surrealistic short film Un Chien
Andalou. That Obscure… was one of
his most critically successful films where it got nominated for numerous awards
including a Oscar noms for “Best Foreign Language Film” and “Best Adapted
Screenplay”. It stars Fernando Rey who worked frequently with Buñuel during the
60s and 70s. It was also based on the novel “The Women and the Puppet” by Pierre Louÿs which has been adapted many times to film, That Obscure… was
the 5th and final to date.
It tells the story of a middle age
wealthy French man Mathieu
(Fernando Way) and meets Conchita (played by both Carole Bouquet AND Ángela Molina). They start a dysfunctional romance to say the
least against the backdrop of terrorist bombings in France and Spain. The film
starts with Mathieu getting on a train, Conchita is running towards the train
and he pays a train worker to get a bucket of water and he dumps it on her and
he believes their relationship is finished but she sneaks on.
Mathieu meets a group of
people a midget, a friend of cousin, a mother and her daughter on the train. He
tells them his’ story of their extremely complicated relationship. The flashbacks consist of Mathieu
trying to screw Conchita (who claims to be a Virgin) and failing miserably by
escalating absurd reasons why they can’t have sex and the reasons and at one
point she wears a pair of
tightly
laced canvas shorts to
protect her groin region.
The film
as always expected with Buñuel is a
wonderfully twisted satire on the Bourgeoisie,
Religion, Sex and Politics. It’s rip roaringly funny as places and one of the
most astute films on the games women play on men. Fernando Ray is great even
though his lines are actually dubbed by Michael Piccoli but his sense of being
madly in love, frustration and despair is obvious despite this. Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina are also great as Conchita, the beautiful but
totally wicked girl of his dreams.
The film is also one of
his least surreal films. However it’s got very subtle surrealist touches such
as the randomness of a dwarf in Michael’s train cabin, the use of 2 actresses,
a woman carrying a pig like a baby.
Ian Schultz
Rating:18
Re-release Blu-Ray: 10th September 2012 (UK)
Directed by:Luis Buñuel
Cast: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Julien Bertheau,
OI Dead Geezer, Cockneys VS Zombies Invading UK Home Releas This October
Cockneys vs Zombies follows a group of plucky cousins as they try to rob a bank to save their grandparents care home from developers. Little do they know, whilst they’re cleaning out the vault, zombies as cleaning up the east end and shuffling towards Bow Bells’ care home with an appetite for OAPs.
Starring a host of Britain’s finest acting talent including; Honor Blackman (Goldfinger, ‘The Avengers’, Bridget Jones’s Diary), Rasmus Hardiker (Starter for 10, I Want Candy, ‘Saxondale’), Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank, Control), Michelle Ryan (4.3.2.1, ‘Bionic Woman’), Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas (4.3.2.1, Shank), Jack Doolan (Cemetery Junction, ‘The Green Green Grass’) and Alan Ford (Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels). Cockneys vs. Zombies is written by James Moran ('Torchwood', Severance) and directed by Partizan's Matthias Hoene.
Cockneys vs. Zombies is a new breed of zombie adventure filled with equal edge-of-your-seat-tension and rocking-in-your-seat-with-laughter moments. If you ever wanted to see how a zimmer frame could turn into a lethal weapon, pick up Cockneys vs. Zombies on DVD or Blu-Ray on 29th October 2012, released by STUDIOCANAL.
When you’re robbing a bank, a zombie invasion makes things a lot harder.
As contractors at an East London building site unlock a 350 year old vault of seriously hungry zombies, our hapless team of wanna-be bank robbers are in the wrong place at the right time. Katy (Michelle Ryan), Andy (Harry Treadaway), Terry (Rasmus Hardiker) and bank robbing “experts” Mental Mickey (Ashley 'Bashy' Thomas) and Davey Tuppence (Jack Doolan) find themselves the unlikely heroes of a zombie attack.
Equipped with all the guns and ammo they can carry, it’s up to the gang to save not only their grandparents but the East End from Zombie-Armageddon. When it’s the living vs. the undead... it’s Cockneys vs. Zombies.
Cockneys Vs. Zombies stars Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Rasmus Hardiker, Ashley Thomas, Georgia King, Jack Doolan, Honor Blackman,Alan Ford, Richard Briers and Dudley Sutton
Behind the Scenes: - The Maguire Brothers – 4’ 35’’
- The Bank Robbery – 3’ 25’’
- The Care Home – 3’
- At The Docks – 2’ 50’’
- Special Effects – 3’ 40’
- The Filmmakers – 5’
- Andy TV – 1’ 30’’
Zombie School - 4’ 09’’
Trailer - 2’ 20’’
Cockneys Vs Zombies Will be released by Studiocanal in UK&Ireland, October 29th, read our review here
Watch Horror Channel UK's Horror Bites September Edition
September is a beastly mix of sinful Satanism, evil embryos and frightful fairytales, including the World SINema season featuring Guillermo Del Toro’s The Devils Backbone, Italian Exorcist “homage” The Antichrist, and the little-seen French horror Baby Blood. September also sees the Horror Channel premieres of Breadcrumbs and Botched; along with an eclectic mix of world horror including Link from the USA, Holocaust 2000 from Italy and Night Drive from South Africa! Plus this month see The Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard takes over the channel for Director’s Night on 27th September – with An American Werewolf in London, Hellraiser and The Stepfather…
A big thanks to our friends at Blogomatic3000 who bring us this edition and we like to extend that thanks to the Blogomatic 3000 guys for helping us out with Film4 Frightfest 13th reviews
The Lost Coast Tapes DVD Review
Unlike the majority of films to ride the lucrative “handheld” wave that has flooded horror since Blair Witch and more recently Paranormal Activity, The Lost Coast Tapes actually holds its own as an enjoyable addition to a painfully tired sub-genre. Avoiding the now predictable “students in an abandoned whatever” or “campers investigate bumps in the night” the film makes the legend of Bigfoot its focus with its tongue very nearly in its cheek. The story follows an investigative journalist, his cameraman, a sound guy, and a producer who journey to Northern California’s “Lost Coast” to create a documentary around a hunter who claims to have the body of an actual Sasquatch. As night falls and the crew settle into the hunter’s small compound in the heart of the forest they discover the truth behind they legend of Bigfoot.
From the second the camera kicks into gear, it’s impressive how well-scripted the dialogue is. A snappy engrossing pace builds around an opening which sees the last loose ends of the pre-production wrapped: the funding is collected, a last minute drop-out is replaced, and then it’s on the road. The rest of the film creeps forward in a suitable foreboding tone, rarely does the film reach a truly taught atmosphere but it’s still pretty enjoyable to watch if only to find out what the fuck is going on. Sometimes the pace is lost and there are short sequences of boredom, but in the grand scheme of the film these exist to protect the anonymity of the subject. A blatant assault from Bigfoot (plural being Bigfeet? Bigfoots?) or proof of hoax would shake the audience out of the film’s most important function: mystery. The brains of the film lie in successfully hoodwinking the audience right up until the end.
As for the actual Bigfoot? It’s surprising that the concept of a nine-foot throwback trundling around in the forest is actually particularly unnerving. Incredibly subtle shadow-play goes a long way here. Blink-and-you’ll miss-it moments are rewarding and far creepier than the all-out approach. The sightings are unfortunately too few and a real sense of menace isn’t properly achieved until the last fifteen minutes which throws everything in the air and lets the characters race around on the verge of breakdown. A hard-hitting climax shows that the director can deal with fast-pace mayhem, but leaves us wishing he’d pulled more moments like it earlier on.
Earlier on I mentioned tongue and cheek, but it’s firm direction, well-crafted dialogue, and good acting that ensures the film doesn’t spiral into a childish mess. Some dud ideas and a lack of enough going on stop the film being consistently good, thankfully the finale leaves the piece in good stead.
Scott Clark
Rating:15UK DVD/BD Release Date: 3rd Spetember 2012
Directed By:Corey Grant
Cast: Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood
[Rec] Invades Twitter Universe with 'Rec Twitter Theatre'
Last Friday, 24th August 2012, the long-awaited and highly anticipated third instalment of the planned four-part saga has finally arrived and, boy, was it worth the wait, [Rec]3:Genesis. To celebrate the release of the third movie - Genesis, a seven hour epic world first twitter-based theatre performance will take place as infected discs of the film find their victims!
People will be able to follow this using the Hashtag #RECvirus
The show starts at 12pm UK time today Saturday 1st September.
Our Friends at Fetch Publicity responsible for the film's promotion kicked off the events at their offices where the person who mailed out the infected discs out to the reviewers met a grisly end leading to this web-wide appeal:
On a serious note fans of the Rec films will love this event which is about to start anytime , lots of fun and we've been told lots of great twists too.
In the third movie - Genesis - (out now in UK cinemas and out on UK DVD and Blu-ray Monday 3rd September) the virus spreads out of the original building to a wedding - what we didn't reckon on was it spreading to the Fetch offices and resulting in this hideous incident!Scott our resident Horror writer has reviewed the film, you can read his review here. Here at Cinehouse & The People's Movies HQ are concerned about Scott who hasn't been seen since he reviewed the film but we've been hearing of mass panic in Scott's hometown of Edinburgh.
We're appealing to anyone who got a disc not to touch them - the girl in the video was the one who did the mailing and now unconfirmed reports of similar outbreaks after the screening of the film in London at Frightfest last week.
31 August 2012
'The Tall Man' Trailer
Back in 2008 French director Pascal Laugier proved just how miserable and degrading horror can be. His grimy psych-horror Martyrs gave a lot of us nightmares and made us pretty happy with the upbringing we had. This year he unleashes his next feature The Tall Man starring Jessica Biel. Anticipation is high and early reviews rave about this chilling drama cum horror…
In a slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace , allegedly abducted by a mysterious figure known as “The Tall Man.” Town nurse Julia Denning (Biel) seems skeptical until her young son David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare in this twisting, shock-around-each-corner thriller.
Port Of Shadows (Le quai des brumes) Blu-Ray Review
Port of Shadows (Le Quai Des Brumes) is a film directed by Marcel Carné is 1930 It stars well-known early French actor Jean Gabin, who was best for his collaborations with Jean Renoir and Carné. The film shares it's cinematic town Le Havere with the recent of the same name. It's also one of the many predecessors to film noir like The Petrified Forest, M, Pépé le Moko (who also starred Gabin). It is perhaps the most grey film eer made, I don't mean that just cause it's black and white but the whole colour palette is very high contrast grey with very little black.
The film tells the story of an army deserter Jean (Jean Gabin) who hitchhikes to the port town of Le Have. He meets a drunk on his first night in town and takes him to a dive bar on the edge of the shipyard. He meets a girl Nelly (Michèle Morgan) and a dog. Her ex lover goes missing, Jean and Nelly hook up, they have to deal with her creepy godfather oh and there are some gangsters as well.
It’s one of the key films of the French poetic realism movement of the mid 30s to early 40s along with other legendary filmmakers like Jean Vigo and the previously mentioned Jean Renoir. It was very much the link between German Expressionism and the Film Noir of the 1940s and 1950s but was equally influences on the French New Wave and the earlier Italian Neorealism. I’m a much bigger fan of poetic realism than the more common socio-realism, which is very prevalent in British cinema. It’s all very much studio based and much more it’s aesthetically concerned then a amazing story, they stories all rather simple. They also tend to share a world-weary view of the world, which is clearly influential on the characters in British film noir.
The film is filmed
in glorious high contrast grey film stock, which is so foggy but in a beautiful
way, it’s spellbinding.
Jean
Gabin is totally wonderful in the film, as is Michèle Morgan. It also features
the best performance by a dog (Sorry The
Artist). Carné uses really effective metaphor of a ship in a bottle to
symbolize the characters sense of entrapment. It was actually criticized by
government officials as helping the Nazis beat France because of it’s
negativity towards the state and the morals of the French Character.
Overall, it’s a wonderful influential piece of proto-noir, which should be seen and cherished. It has been recently reissued by StudioCanal on blu-ray and dvd and is certainly worth tracking down.
Ian Schultz
Rating:PG
Re Release Date: 10th September 2012 (UK)
Directed by:Marcel Carné
Cast:Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur
30 August 2012
Gore goes global as Horror Channel serves up A World SINema Season
Gore goes
global as Horror Channel serves up three slices of sinful celluloid in its World
SINema Season – three premieres that highlight taboo, terror and blasphemy
Fridays at 22:55 from 7 Sept, 2012
The
season kicks off on Friday Sept 7, 22:55 with THE DEVIL’S
BACKBONE (2001) from Spanish Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del
Torro. Beautifully shot and
immensely creepy the film explores two different types of horror – the very real
horror of war and the exploration of horror experienced through a child’s eyes
(Carlos), one of ghost’s and the supernatural.
Guillermo
has stated this is his favourite work so far, and was a 16 year labour of love.
It was influenced by early memories of seeing his uncle come back as a
ghost
and the
creepy spectre that appears to Carlos was based on the pale faced ghosts in
Japanese horrors like The Ring.
Ippolita,
a young woman wheelchair-bound and sexually frustrated, finds herself under the
spell of Satan himself when she becomes victim to an ancestral curse of
witchcraft and possession. She
starts seducing local men, only to kill them and an exorcism seems to be the
only solution to stop the madness
The
controversial Satanic orgy scene will certainly have a few tongues wagging with
its implication of bestiality
Yanka, a
young circus performer, is pregnant but morning sickness and fat ankles are the
least of her problems when a new leopard from Africa is delivered to the circus
– a beautiful beast hiding a hideous creature within.
And as
the months progress, Yanka suffers from an overpowering appetite... for blood.
Or rather, her unborn baby is screaming for it. And she is forced to kill and
kill again…
TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat
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