TIFF 2010: Trailer For Chinese Martial Arts Comedy: THE BUTCHER,CHEF & THE SWORDSMAN

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You like your movies wierd? whacky? Funny? Full of action? Well you'll like this one, its from China and it's Wu Ershan’s martial arts comedy The Butcher, The Chef & The Swordsman (Legend of the Kitchen Knife). Its Appearing at this years Toronto Film Festival which kicks off next month, check out the trailer after the break....

A group of misfits become mixed up in the struggle to own a deadly kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy that is sure to have audiences running to Chinatown after the film for a late night snack.

Teaser Trailer For Live Action Version of Ashita No Joe

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When your going to bring a classic story as in classic Manga/Anime to the big screen its good to pick a classic sometime and Fumhiko Sori has done that with Tetsuya Chiba & Asao Takamori’s classic boxing manga Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe).
With the poser of the internet I have been able to watch some of the classic anime's online as I am a massive fan of old school retro Japanese animation. Dont get me wrong I do love current anime but there just an essence piece of magic connected with classic animation that you just cant put words to but you know you love it.
The story focuses on the story of Joe Yabuki a troubled young man and he meets Dampei Tange who teaches Joe the art of boxing. During a stint in prison Joe meets a boxing prodigy Toru Rikiishi whom a respectful but fierce rivalary develops and their battles inspire other inmates to take up boxing resulting in various battles  of whom are all of different skill levels and weakness.
The movie stars Tomohisa Yamashita (joe), Teruyuki Kagawa (Dampei) and Yûsuke Iseya (Toru) with Toho releasing the movie in Japan and the movie set to be released in Japan in Febraury 2011.
Check the teaser 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...