International Trailer For THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

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Back at the start of March I posted the Trailer for The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) the follow up to The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo and now the movie has a UK realease date below is the international trailer for the same movie.
The movie has been pencilled in for a August 27th UK/Irish cinematical release with Noomi Rapace (Salander) and Mikael Nyqvist (Michael Bloomkvist) reprising there roles once more. I havent seen the first movie but I beleive there could be the minor things could spoil this one, but nothing big though.
The second movie sees Slanader & Blomkvist return back to the Millenium to expose a suspected sex trafficking ring and with 2 reasearchers murdered Salander is framed becoming the Polices cheif suspect. Not convinced Bloomkvist searches for the fleeing Salander to get the truth but on that quest Salander unveils a few of her own dark secrets. 
Once again Im unsure reading the 3 books of this trilogy before checking out the movies so I can have a opened mind when I do see the movies.,I’ve did it with The Road and I have more admiration for the movie now. What I’ve read about this movie it is a very solid strong film possibly not as good as movie one but good enought to check out. The first movie is going to get the hollywood remake treatment with Se7en henchmen David Fincher directing, so Im sure this movie will follow suit as with the last movie The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest which came out this year in its native Sweden.

Check the trailer and Synopsis after the break...

Teaser Trailer For Stephen Chow's CJ7: The Cartoon

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I just recently got a few glimpses at CJ7 from my friend who likes to delve into the unusal movies from the world I have to say I liked it, was made funnier by the dodgy english voiced dubbing they use as well.What I watched of the movie I have to say im not surpised a cartoon version has been made probably some of the live action version humour will be appreciated better.
Below is the teaser trailer for the animated version which will be out next month in China on July 6th, expect more whackiness/slapstick and if you loved shaolin Soccer there's even a little homage thrown in as well!!!
trailer after the break...

A New Trailer For Studio Ghibli's Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrowers)

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About 20  years ago its summer morning I get up switch on television I watch this animation which  just stunned me, beautifully drawn, well crafted story which memorised me and it wasn't until about 10 years later did I realise that animation I was watching was Laputa:Castle In The Sky. That day I woke up to Japanese animation and the magic of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
Anytime Anything new from Studio Ghibili is always worth a look and even when someone asks me 'Disney or Ghibili?' always Ghibli! Earlier in the year I posted the first teaser for Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrowers) and now another teaser trailer has appeared online. The movie is based on Mary Norton's The Borrowers classic story and the story is based around a family of tiny people who live hidden in a normal humansize house  surviving of 'borrowed' or discarded items.
The movie has been scheduled for a July 17th release in Japan but as for rest of the world no word yet but if they follow what they did for previous releases it could anything from next few months upto 2012 at least for UK & Ireland.

Tell us what you think of the trailer, what it after the break....

Its Hard & Lonely been a Superhero... SUPER HERO PARTY CLOWN Trailer

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  The glamour of been a superhero seems to appeal to a lot people the glamour, the fame, the world is at your knees but when you become that hero it is a lonley world out there and all you have to do is ask Eugene.

Been at high school your hormones are kicking in, you need to find yourself a girlfriend but your a superhero that's a superhero at kids parties getting that pretty girl to be the one is damn impossible. It's just me not been American having superhero's instead of clowns a kids parties I find unusal but the comicbook fandom stateside (even worldwide) is massive so no surprise.

SUPERHERO PARTY CLOWN is a quirky little indie comedy that'll have fanboys & girls worldwide laughing as well as those out there who cringe at the levels of commitment some of people go to  so another digg at them.

This trailer is another sign of why you should support more independant filmmaking, enjoy the trailer after the break...

The Man From Nowhere Teaser Trailer - A New Action hero is born?

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The Man From Nowhere  is a new and upcoming action thriller from South Korea whichshould be out in its native Korea late summer if not before end of 2010. For many years the South Korea cinema as in big budget action movies has been dominated by a few actors like Kwon Sang Woo or Song Kang-Ho so the industry has been crying out for some new blood and with The Man From Nowhere it looks like they have found there man in Won Bin  whom in the west may know from the fantastic Madeo (Mother) which is finally getting a release cinematically in UK.
Won Bin has been around for a little while on the acting front but as they say all good actors/actress have to start somewhere and build that reputation up and the big parts will come to you and it looks like this will be Bin's window of opportunity!
Check out the synopsis and trailer after the break...

Alex Nakone's Horror Short MR.MORAG'S HELICAL DREAM'S

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Cloning has been a very sensitive subject some people see the advantages of cloning when all other options have been used whilst others are against it simply down to its ethical morals. If you think about it some surgery we already use artifical body parts/limbs (heart,knee,hips, etc...) but over the years the cloning of a living human or animal has raised the biggest issues. It's been done in the movies like in the island where the clones end up having the sense of whats going on, so maybe thats one of the issues would clones be better than the real thing? We could go on forever.
Mr Morag's Helical is a short movie by Alexander Nakone which looks at the thought of a human receiving cloned human body parts. The acting aint fantastic it's the messege of the film, if you where on death's door and the only way to cure you was using cloned human body parts what would you do?
Check The movie out after the break...

The International Trailer For Spanish Thriller HIERRO

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Hierro  first caught my attention when I was working on my other blog the Peoples Movies doing a article on last years Film4 Frightfest in which the movie was part of the line up.
There was very little information apart from a short synopsis there was positive chatter about the movie as it came from the producers behind Pan's Labyrinth & The Orphange, the movie simply dissappeared of the face of the earth.
Now nearly a year on after its release in its native Spain Hierro is getting a limited UK release on 18 June and after the break you can check out the international trailer for the movie.
You cant argue but some of the best intense horror/thrillers  movies in the past few years has come from Spain everything from Pan's Labyrinth, Orphange right up to [REC] franchise  which has brought a fresh look at the zombie genre. You'll get the intensity but also the dark edginess, the thrills and spill you expect from a horror flick and even though Hierro has been rated the dreaded 12A do expect shocker.

Shark Attack in Aussie Thriller THE REEF

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I know this is just a movie but your in Austrailia, you for a boat excursion and go into the sea, the breeding ground from the most reknown killer of the seas lives...The Great White Shark!!! So you should have stayed on the boat!!

THE REEF is the debut movie for director Andrew Traucki  and the movie does have similarities to Open Water by Chris Kentis but this movie is more about surviving the attacks whilst Open Water was more the dysfunctional relationships.

anyway check out the trailer after the break

The Way Of The Fjord! Norwegian Ninja Theatrical Trailer is Upon Us!!!

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 I'll admit I never really took this movie seriously, the cheesiness level was massive but I said to myself I'm forgeting one of the reasons I started this blog: to cover the weird, funny and wonderfull movies out there and Norwegian Ninja is one of them.
This movie comes from the producer of the excellent zombie nazi movie Dead Snow so this should have been my que to check the movie but here I am! These guys have a sense of humour that gives you the impression they dont care there just having fun and good on them, there's just too many serious people out there.
If you love your old school martial arts (ala 1970-80's) flicks mixed in with a barrell load of cold war frolics, 'amazing' special effects and enough cheese to use to make cheese & toast for the entire universe check out this movie.
I dont know if this will get a theatrical release in UK but the worldwide coverage this movie has got hopefully it will get some sort of limited releaseif not it'll be straight to dvd.

The movie is due out in its Native Norway on August 13th, check out the trailer after the break....

We Still Love our Zombie Flicks! Check this out, DARKEST DAY trailer

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As Zombie movie legend George Romero has just released another zombie flick, many critics/fans are saying maybe he should stop creating zombie flicks as the qaulity seems to diminish movie by movie. Maybe some say the genre is tired and boring, though I never hear anyone complain about the vampire genre which does seem to be busting with constant movie and tv shows but no one seems to complain. With a little imagination using some of the basic musts for a genre like zombies you can come up with some fantastic and even original and DARKEST DAY is definately a perfect example of a good zombie flick.
You have your elements of old school zombies along with the new school fast running undead, elements of 28 days later and most of all its British!!! Yeah here in UK we dont really have a gun culture its more knifes so less redneck more chav, but you can expect the redneck type splatting you got in dawn of the dead.
Cinehouse UK gives these guys the thumbs up and supports the small independant movie producers, but these are passionate people who have created a dark thrilling movie in no budget. According to their website they are in post production and are looking for distributors, I do hope they get a distributor great effort guys!!!
checkout the synopsis and trailer after the break...

Second Trailer for Russian Anime EXAELLA

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Away back late January I posted the first trailer for the Russian Anime EXAELLA an amazing looking animation which even the masters of anime would be proud of. Thanks to Quietearth below you can now enjoy the second trailer which you can watch after the break....

Watch The Beautifully Stunning TUNGIJUQ Short

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I trained to be a graphic designer and even though I never took the career up (simply due to lack of money to finish my university) I still have that creative eye and ocassionally create something graphically, but having that eye for detail I caught thisTingijuq

Teaser Trailer For Kim Sang-man’s MIDNIGHT FM

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When I always think of big movies from Asia I always think about Japan, China/Hong Kong but the past few years I have to taken note of South Korean cinema. I have posted quite a few Korean movie trailers here and have to say they've been just a strong & powerfull as their fellow asian counterparts and below is the first teaser trailer for Kim Sang-man's Midnight FM and will be released later this year.

Check out the teaser and plot info after the break...

A First Look At District 9's Sharlto Copley's directorial debut SPOON

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Sharlto Copley broke into hollywood movies in 2009 as the lead character of District 9 soon we will also see him playing murgdock in the 2010 movie version of the classic 1980's tv show A-Team, but Copelys ambitions where not always to be in front of the camera.
Copley actually started life in film as a producer but just like alot of peoples dreams they take a different direction sometimes in the wrong way but alot of times in the right direction and you could say Copely has went in the right way. Yes he may have made more of a name for himself for the few movies he has appeared in but with that stardom it can help you go back and make things possible you wanted to do previously and now we have SPOON.
The movie has been described as:

"thriller with supernatural overtones about a man with a medical condition that causes him to black out during moments of extreme stress and leads him to make a remarkable discovery about himself"
Spoon is played by British tv star Daniel Boyd (Green Wing, ReGenisis, Smack The Pony) with the legendary Rugter Hauer playing his dad Victor.
The movie has been in production for a while but finally its at the stage can start to enjoy or at least understand what the movie is all about. After the break you can watch the first teaser trailer, not much happens but enough to get you interested in following the trailers to make sense of the movie.

Trailer for SKATELAND

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Skateland  is the directoral debut for Anthony Burns which made its debut at this years Sundance festival and also was a nominee in the drama section as well. The movie is a coming of age story set in 1980's small town in eastern Texas USA which sees a 19 year old skating ring manager Ritchie (played byShiloh Fernandez) make him look at life in a brand new way.
The movie also stars Twilight's Ashley Greene, Heath Freeman, and A.J. Buckley watch the trailer after the break....

Trailer for the WINNEBAGO MAN Documentary

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I hold my hands up Ive never heard of Winnebago Man but he's a youtube/internet Phenomenom from 1980's Amercian free public access tv, so why is he famous? Jack Rebney made short sales videos selling Winnebago caravan motors which I would call a symbol of Middle class America and there key to explore the big country (especially 1980's). So when he made these short film ads he could not stop cursing and constantly they had to do re-takes, so when you watch the ads they are really funny .

The whole shebang started as a short ads and built up into a short 4 minute reel which was first on VHS tape passed around among the filmcrew and there family & friends and now its ended up online in youtube making hime a overnight viral video superstar.

Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer decided to search the four corners of the earth to seek out the internet legend we now call Winnebago Man aka Jack Rebney and this movie is his story .

The movie is getting a limited release in USA with Kino showing the movie at a cinema near you from July 9th and unless Winnebago man has any type of following in UK or Ireland I doubt we'll see this movie.

The trailer andthe 4 minute film reel that kicked off the legend can be watched after the break...

Claustaphobia hit this intense new teaser trailer for 2084

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I've heard about this movie for a little while but when I watched the first teaser trailer for 2084, I wasnt that impressed as for the second trailer I cant really remember much about it but now we have a third trailer.

Until now the movie name was the only thing I remembered about it but after watching the third teaser trailer I am now very keen to see this movie. The trailer is very intense, dark but most of all claustophobic.

I got a slight 28 days later feel minus the grittiness (as well as not as dark as 28 days) , with the virus been the killer here and been told to stay indoors as chaos roams with the survivors its one I do want to see.


So check out the trailer after the break ......

Watch Ji-woon Kim's I SAW THE DEVIL Teaser Trailer

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I Saw The Devil the first awesome teaser trailer for the new movie from the director who brought you The Good Bad and The Weird & Bittersweet Life...Ji-woon Kim

Trailer For Olli Saarela's PRIEST OF EVIL

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With The Sucess of The Millenum Trilogy from Steig Larsson so far outside his native scandanavia, it was only a matter of time before some other similar book come movie will make its move into international shores.
The movie is called PRIEST OF EVIL (Harjunpää ja pahan pappi) created by acclaimed author Matti Yrjänä Joensuu
and Timo Harjunpää is Joensuu's most well known fictional detective and now he'll be coming to the big screen but will he have the same success as the girl with the dragon tattoo? Only time will tell.
Below is the book's synopsis as I'm unable to get hold of the movie one in english and after the break check out the trailer/teaser....

Trailer for Bruce MacDonald's THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN

teaser trailer for NOTRE JOUR VIENDA Starring Vincent Cassel

Watch This: Animated Short AZUREUS RISING

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Well its been nearly 5 weeks since I posted something on the blog but here we go again and we kick off with a little cracker of a animated sci-fi short called AZUREUS RISING.

Yep you will see alot of cliches and similar stuff from other movies with Matrix looking like its biggest inspiration but this is not a dig at this movie. The movie world be it animated or real world the movie genres have been used so much so its no surprise you'll see cliches but its what you do with them and create them into something different is what makes movies great and the team behind Azureus have done that.

Whats good about this is that this short movie hasn't taken the gritty realism route many of the current crop of movies have taken. The movies main character is a freedom fighter but who he is fighting we dont really know but the whole thing just looks so good we dont really care!!!

There is a plan to possibly expand this into a trilogy possibly as a trilogy of shorts or even full length live actions, check out the offical website here,

cinehouse - still existing

hello all
as you'll may notice its been a while since i posted something here on the blog, there is a reason. Unfortunately for a while ive been unemployed and fortunately for this blog ive been able to give the blog alot of time but now since april 16th Ive been working but working overseas in Kos Greece.
Im on the island working the summer there and yes its great (apart for today where its rain, thunder and lightening) but I dont have 24 hour internet access and with my job its been extremely hard to get internet access but i hope to the blog started very shortly. If im unable to do it I plan for the blog to be restarted end of summer, but hey im going to give it a go now!!! Ive also had to stop my main blog the peoples movies but my is for that is to restart end of summer, so your talking end of october time to kick off winter countdown!!!
thank you so much for everyone who still supports the blogs its hard intense but fun work and i wont be giving up and if october is when i have to restart have a great summer and enjoy the movies the summer has to offer

Short Film: Guy Maddin's NIGHT MAYOR

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Below is the latest short film from Guy Maddin called NIGHT MAYOR.

The film is about Nihad Ademi, an inventor from Bosnia who immigrates to Winnipeg. He builds, with his children, a machine called the "Telemodium" which uses the waves of Aurora Borealis to broadcast footage of "every day life for every day people." The footage is shown in different parts of Canada, coast to coast. Eventually, people begin to take to these images and start broadcasting their own, that is, until the police get involved.

The movie lasts 13 minutes and is shot in glorious black and white like his previous work of My Winnepeg a documentary about Maddin's home city. The whole style I would describe as experimental, original shot in the style of the black & white movies of the early 1900's  and this short movie is online courtesy of NFB -National Film Board of Canada and they describe the auteur as "an imaginative cinematic riff on the significance of a public film producer." Guy Maddin is very new to me and when I watched this short I got the feeling I liked what I was watching but if you asked me why I couldn't say but he is a very proud Canadian and his previous cv contains alot of Canadianesque projects, check it out Night Mayor below;

Trailer For YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE

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When you go to a film festival alot of the movies screened are without film distributors for certain countries and off course showning there movie at a particular festival can help the movie get that elusive distribution rights. Even when you do get it, sometimes you may have to wait a very long time to see the movie on a theatrical release and YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE by Sook-Yin Lee is one example of how long you have to wait.
First screened away back  September 2009 at Toronto Film Festival, the movie has now been picked up by E1 Entertainment and they have posted a full trailer online, check it out below after the break . There's no news on when it actually will be release but do expect a summer release, as for UK & Ireland no word if it'll get a release.

Extended Promo for Idris Elba in LEGACY

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The amount of people who actually thought Idris Elba was American was quite extraordinary, he's cockney London man through and through so the parts in The Wire, upcoming The Losers, 28 Weeks Later are testiment of how authentically American Elba can perceive to be, you could say the same about Eamonn Walker who he acts with in The wire and this LEGACY as he is also a Londoner.
Legacy is the duo's latest movie which had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival back in February, the Scottish City that the studio Black Camel that backed the movie comes from as well as the setting for some of the Manhattan backdrops. The movie is now starting its way around the American & International festival scene and below is an extended promo trailer which gives a little more footage than the teaser and its a cross between a featurette / trailer.
I'm frustrated I couldn't get a press ticket for this movie when its screened in Glasgow as all ive heard & read is positive things. No UK or even American release date has been confirmed but hopefully later in the year the movie will get some sort of running in the cinema.

Theatrical Trailer (& Teaser) For DEATH AND CREMATION

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Like the source of this post I am a fan of Brad Douriff as a actor,maybe not so much the movies and television he has appeared in. Everything from One flew over the cuckoo's nest, voice of Chucky in Child's Play Franchise (and once again for the remake), Grima Wormtongue in Lord of The rings:2 towers and most recently in Werner Herzog's reworking of  Bad Lieutenant:Port of Call New Orleans. He is a fine character actor thats made a lot more bad movies than good ones.
So below is the the theatrical trailer (& teaser) for his latest movie Death & Cremation which he plays Stan a single recluse 59 year old man who contributes to society by offering cremation services in his funeral home. What Stan actually does is murder people he sees as social bullies and he takes Jared a young 17 year old bullied teen under his wing as a trainee, but as the police start to piece together the clues of the dissapeared Stan mustr decide if his trainee is worth keeping alive.
This part sounds perfect for Douriff who seems to play the jekyll and hyde type characters, nice, perfect friendly people on the outside but creep, evil sadistic on the inside.

4 new clips from Luc Besson's ADELE BLANC-SEC

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This Wednesday Luc Besson's Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec  will hit the cinemas of Belgium & France (no word yet of UK/Irish theatrical release date yet) and the movie's studio Europacorp (whom distribute in UK & Ireland) have released 4 new clips from the highly antcipated movie.
I'm affraid there's no subtitles but it's a good chance to learn your French a little or just simply admire the whole look of the movie....

Trailer For Phillip Bacon's YELLOW BELLY END

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When I was studing Graphic Design at Salford University visually I tried to create a style that was minimal, effective as well as eye catching and YELLOW BELLY END definitely has those things.

Created by Phillip Bacon who was a illustration student at Manchester University and this was actually his graduation project and in this day and age it's very rare for an graduation project to be noticed. It's very absurd, obscure piece of animation, but to me its Bacon's visual style that makes me want to watch this. Hopefully the full animation will find itself online soon, meantime check out the trailer/clip below;

wATCH :French Sci-fi Short FARD

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Below is an great looking sci-fi  animated short from the creative minds of Luis Bricenco and David Alapont...FARD.

This animation very much created in a neo futurist style ala Fritz Lang, very clean style, montone pallete . It is a French movie and there's no subtitles but the animation is very minimal in talk so its still worth a check if you dont speak French anyway.

New Trailer For Paper Man

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Dramedy seems to be the big thing these days in movieland if its not action comedy and here is the trailer for upcoming indie dramedy PAPER MAN.
The movie stars Jeff Daniels who plays a failed  middle aged writer who forms a unlikely friendship with a 17 year old girl played by Emma Stone and both go through life with their imaginary friends; Captain Excellent (Ryan Reynolds) and a fellow teen called Christopher (Keiran Culkin). The pairs relationship does come with much disapproval from his wife(Lisa Kudrow) and his ' superhero friend'.
There isn't a release date yet for this movie in UK and Ireland but there will be a limited release stateside from April 23rd.

ONG-BAK 3 Trailer Looking fantastic!

 
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I'm not the biggest martial arts fan in the world I could probably could only name one or two of the big names within the movie genre but in the last few years since enhancing my knowledge of movie Tony Jaa.
The Ong Bak franchise has helped to get him worldwide recognition from fans all around the world and recently the trailer for the 3rd movie has debuted online, you can see it below. The movie has plenty of blood, sweat, over the top action just plain old madness and fun to watch if your a diehard martial arts fan or even if you want pure escapism from the outside world check this out!
Looking like the movie is scheduled for a May5th release in Thailand as for the rest of the world it might get some sort of coverage through certain cinemas if not on the small screen via DVD.

Second New Trailer for Phillip Ridley's HEARTLESS

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I caught this movie back in mid-february it kicked off my Glasgow Film Festival season for me and it is an very enjoyable movie and refreshing to the pallette especially with the amount of crap coming out of Hollywood these days, so when something thats a little bit different comes along its just nice to watch whatever the genre or country is comes from.
Heartless is about Jamie a young guy (played by Jim Sturgess) who has an large birthmark on his face, he feels ashamed, hes picked on by the local youths. He would do anything to get rid of the birthmark and he gets his chance when he meets a demon (might be the devil?) who gives him a chance of new face but when you deal with the devil, theres a price to pay…you must kill someone.
Trailer gets you into the thick of the movie, very intense, provoking but also sad as well, all in a very good movie with a brilliant cast to back it up. Timothy Spall, brilliant Eddie Marsan,Noel Clarke, Clémence Poésy and Joesph Mawle as the demon.
The movie is getting a limited release in the UK & Ireland on May 21st, which is a shame and as for USA no news yet but possibly IFC may pick it up giving the movie some coverage stateside.

Fantastic short THE GIFT

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Below is an superb little short called THE GIFT created by Carl Erik Rinsch the man whom last year was nearly directing the Alien Prequel but it caused an uproar within the hardcore fanbase of Aliens. I usually post any great shorts on this blog but because this was so good I decided to do it first on my mainstream blog.
The movie is part of the Parallel Lines Comeptition ran by Phillips and The Gift is the story of an Robot manservant who flees the police through the streets of Moscow. This little gem of an movie is one of 5 other movies in the competition , all are directors of Ridley Scott’s commerical wing RSA and he has judged all the movies, you can check out the rest of the movies here at the Phillips website. Do check this movie out as Warner and Fox according to Heat Vision arefighting it out to persuade Rinsch to make this short movie an full length one!

Theatrical Trailer for Ho-Cheung Pang's Wai dor lei ah yut ho (Dream Home)

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A Few months back I posted the teaser trailer for this movie Wai dor lei ah yut ho (Dream Home). The movie was in post-production period but that long road is nearly over as the movie will be out next month in Hong Kong (13th May), so when the release date comes out a full theatrical trailer usually follows and its below.
This is an slasher movie, so you'll be expecting a little bit of blood and guts here, well no. Possibly something to do with the laws in Hong Kong but more likely to tease the viewer to check the movie, like the recent Expandable trailer that gave away the actual Willis &Scwharznegger cameo i'm sure they dont want to spoil things here.

Strip Tease(r) For Gasper Noe's ENTER THE VOID

Trailer For Tom Six's THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE(First Sequence)

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Trailer For Yuasa Masaaki's YOJOHAN SHINWA TAIKEI!

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During my teens into early twenties my highlight of the weekend was heading upto Glasgow city centre to the comic book shops to my latest dc or marvel comics which eventually came manga and anime. Every day I would try source out new stuff but as time went by I lost interest mostly down to lack of money to buy what I like, but more recently I have started to rediscover anime once again and like my movie education I want to rediscover my anime/manga again.
Above is a second trailer for Yuasa Masaaki's YOHJOHAN SHINWA TAIKEI  a fantastic looking anime, with first look at the first character I thought I was looking at Japan's version of Desperete Dan! But what we get here is an fine example of great Japanese animation that graphically looks alternative but still with distinctive anime traits. it seems Masaaki shifts his drawing style per project which is sometimes a good thing but can be negative as well but on first impressions this is great stuff and a example how how talented the artist is.
Yohjohan Shinwa Taikei is an anime made for Japenese TV which will be starting soon and all I can say is brilliant stuff...give me more!!!

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Teaser Trailer for Stuart Beattie's Tomorrow, When the War Began

Trailer For Aussie Outback Horror PRIMAL

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Above is the trailer for Australian outback horror PRIMAL which can be described as an Australian version of Eli Roth'sCabin Fever. Its frenzied, paranoid and damn scary if your in a strange land.
The movie has 4 students who head out into the outback to study wall paintings but whilst they camped outside one of the girls decidesto have a skinny dip and becomes very delerious. Soon as she gets out she is overcomed by fever, bleeding, confusion and she transgress into an predatory state...Primal. It doesnt take long for the other friends to realise they are the prey and she is the hunter and they must escsape. Before they can another one of their group becomes primal and they must kill their friends or simply be killed and the only way of escape is through the cave where the wall painting is and  inside they learn the true meaning of the paintng.
AV pictures has picked up the rights to the movie for UK & Ireland so expect a release sometime this year and its likely to be VOD/direct to dvd

Trailer for Sang-Soo's THE HOUSEMAID

The trailer for Director:Wagner de Assis NOSSO LAR

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I'll openly admit I dont follow a religion and when I was young I was brought up as a cathloic. To me after oil religion is the biggest culprit for the problem in todays society worldwide, I hate when people try and force religion down your throat and get told by rightwing nobodies that my religion is wrong we are better than you. I appreciate religion has its positives but people who want religion should find it own there own terms.
Nosso Lar is one person's vision of an area in the afterlife that spiritually you can go to after death. The story does follow one man doctor André Luiz on his journey from death to afterlife and his discovery of Nosso Lar which is an city. Been from Brazil it may have a catholic inspiration to it (Brazil is an predominately catholic country) so it may upset some of those right wing conservatives outthere. This does look fascinating  but religion is an  sensatitive issue and people will say "the afterlife isn't like this" how do you know, have you died? And its this issue that upset me when people critised Peter Jackson's vision in The Lovely Bones, with religious nuts coming out saying afterlife isnt like this. Whatever you think 20th Century fox like this so I'll expect a remake a few years down the line.
Just respect religion and embrace the knowledge that there is so many religions out there and every one has their own visions & views which will not be the same as yours and never criticise anything you dont like and not to expect criticism back.
The movie is directed by Wagner de Assis  and the film is based on the works of Xico Xavier with the movie coming out September 3rd in Brazil

Teaser Trailer for Norihiro Koizumi's Flowers

            

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When your last movie was about a upcoming student whom looses their memory and becomes a masked wrestler what would your next movie be? That is the quest Norihiro Koizumi must have asked himself.

When Gachi Boy came out a few years ago it became an instant hit in and around the international festival scene and Koizumi gained an reputation of creating movies completely different from what people may call 'normal'. Well for his new flick Flowers he has created an movie which is the absolute opposite from Gachi Boy with an drama which has elements of period in it with following 6 women  over 3 generations. There will be the trademarks of an Koizumi movie in it but what we can say is Norihiro Koizumi is one of the best character movie directors in Japan.

Here's the movies first teaser trailer:

teaser 2 for Blades of Blood (a.k.a Like The Moon Escaping From The Clouds)

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Not that long ago I gave you the first trailer for Lee Jun-ik's Like The Moon Escaping From The Clouds, well below is trailer 2 for the movie with its new shorter name Blades of Blood.
The new name of the movie is virtually a exact translation of original Korean name, I think it may have alot to do with the Western Market. If you did see this movie advertised you may aitomatically assume it's more a love story rather historical war drama.
Apart from the movies name you may automatically assume this is an rip-off of the classic Japanese Zaoitichi series due to the fact the movies main protaginist is blind, actually there's no connection the story comes from a Korean manga comicbook though I would count out some inspiration from the Japanese story.
Like'em or loathe'm the Asian movie industry know how to do an epic historical battle with great ease, check out the new extended teaser trailer (no.2).

Trailer for Czech Crime Thriller

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Krajinek is a crime thriller inspired the the true story of Jiri Krajinek believed to be czech Republic's first ever hitman. The man is currently serving time inside in czech republic but he did escape in 2000 and at one point he did become Europe's most wanted man.
There is murder, a young lawyer searching for new eveidence to prove that Krajinek is a victim of an state conspiracy or simply a cold blooded killer. This movie took 5 years to make and when it comes out on august 5th it will get a few tongues wagging as Petr Jakl (also starred in Aliens Vs Predators) promises to bring new controversial evidence which may shed light to things they believe Jiri Krajinek is hiding.

THE ROMANTIC - an Tim Burton/Edgar Allan Poe inspired animation

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If Tim Burton met Edgar Allan Poe down a dark alley and decide to create a animation THE ROMANTIC would be there outcome. The movie is directed (and written) by Michael Heneghan and if you happening to be in Boston today or on Tuesday you can check out the world premier of this at the Boston Underground Film Festival.
 Read the Synopsis and check out the trailer below;

The curious citizens that inhabit the wondrous land of Vauxhull believe the universe to be governed by four gods. There’s Po, the flirtatious and free spirited Goddess of Love; Pik, the macabre Lord of Hate; and Pjorrc, the God of Time, who diabolically plots over the earth from his clockwork fortress on the moon.



Lastly, there is Obble-Dee-Puh Puh, the God of All Gods and Creator of All Things. The shrouded king who sits comfortably upon a throne of ascendancy, controlling the destinies of all living things. Men live their lives whilst the gods provide them with the means to make them extraordinary. And there is balance.


But within this mythological world of autumn landscapes and peculiar creatures, a heartbroken young Romantic swears a vicious oath to free the human race from the omnipotent control of the otherworldly gods. Blaming the divine forces for the loss of a past love, Romance embarks on a vengeful showdown with the Holy Host. Along the way he befriends Patience, a crackpot alcoholic who fulfills the role of mentor to Romance’s hero. Together the two traverse the lands, romancing women and hunting the divine.


But the Gods have their own agendas, and some are more willing to part with their lives than others. As the romance enfolds, a macramé of horri c causality materializes, tying the major players together in a net of family relationships and betrayal. Elsewhere, a monstrous religious zealot by the name of Fat Daddy manipulates the human race into following his royal son and their conservative manifesto entitled The Poetic End. As Romance and Patience’s journey continues, it becomes more and more evident that the world is changing and there are forces both human and divine that will stop at nothing to determine the shape that this new world will embrace.

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The Romantic - First Trailer from Michael P. Heneghan on Vimeo.

Alice &the White Hair Short - Wyatt Dennys vision of the classic Lewis Carroll story

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If you are like myself very dissappointed on the recent Tim Burton version of Alice In Wonderland maybe this will cheer you up, well for the adults. Wyatt Denny has created a independent short where The Mad Hatter and co have been replaced sex,drugs and Russian Roulette in Alice & The White Hair.
Alice is now a callgirl and walkouts of clubs with guys who look like something out of a marylin manson video, The tea party is now a crazy game of Russian Roulette!!! This is an stylish, contemporary modern twist to the classic Lewis Carroll story, come to think of it the original was a bit of a strange affair as well!!!
Visually this is good stuff plenty of eye candy plus full of up to date effects which dont overstate the movie but just blend in nicely. This movie is 15 minutes long and does suit the style of this adaptation, so enjoy!!!


Alice & The White Hair A Film By Wyatt Denny from David Myrick on Vimeo.

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.