New UK Poster & Movie clip of GAINSBOURG

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Optimum Releasing have just sent me a new international poster(see above) as well as a movie clip for GAINSBOURG. The movie is directed by Joann Sfar stars Eric Elmosnino(As Serge Gainsbourg), Anna Mouglalis, Laetitia Casta, Lucy Gordon and Mylene Jampanoi.
The movie is out in the UK & Ireland on July 30th will try get to review the movie nearer the time, I haven’t posted the main trailer yet but ill post it in the trailers page very shortly.

synopsis:From visionary graphic artist and director Joann Sfar comes a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Serge Gainsbourg.GAINSBOURG is an enchanting glimpse at his early life, growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, and through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s until his death in 1991. Taking the best from LA VIE EN ROSE and AMELIE, GAINSBOURG is one of 2010’s highly awaited films brought to us by one of the most beloved graphic artists of our time and the team behind the magical creatures of PAN’S LABYRINTH.

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Trailer For Un Poison Violent (Love Like Poison)

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I love Radiohead and have there music on my mp3 player as well play via my laptop as I write this blog, love it when there songs are used in movies be it the originals or covers by others but how many trailers are we going to get with the cover of Creep as its tune?
First we have David Fincher's Social Network trailer and now add Un Poison Violent (Love Like Poison)Katell Quillévéré’s new movie. What's so annoying its the same choir cover so the count is on to see which film will use it next!
Un Poison Violent is an awarding winning movie winning one of the prizes at this years Cannes Festival and the movie is about Anna a young girl who comes home from boarding school to find her family is falling apart. Throw in her confirmation, her father leaving and her  new love interest.
The movie does look wonderfully shot and it does seem to cover religion and faith quite strongly with the young girl questioning her faith which is good as a religion is usually forced on people when there young by there parents, I repsect religions but against religion been forced on people by others. If you want religion,you will find it not others and despite the repetite music it does help the trailer very well.
The movie is out in France on August 4th, trailer after the break...

New Trailer For Dante Lam's THE STOOL PIGEON

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Dante Lam's THE STOOL PIGEON (Sin Yan) will be out in Hong Kong on August 26th and it has a new trailer now in English subtitles. Lam has been seen by many as the new John Woo as in capturing Woo's early Hong Kong gangster/action movies such as Hard Boiled (Chow Yun Fat), a spirit that Hong Kong has missed for a few years and hopefully on its way back. The movie stars Nicholas Tse ,Nick Cheung, Lunmei Kwai and Yu Li.

Senior Inspector Don Lee relies heavily on the information provided by stool pigeons in his job.Barbarian is a painstakingly meticulous armed robber. Don needs an informant to infiltrate his gang. He recruits street-racer Guy. Guy provides information on Barbarian’s next job, but Don is unable to effectively act on them until the final moment. Since Barbarian has not left any evidence, Don is pressured to convince Guy to become a witness for the prosecution.Don promises to provide Guy with a new identity in another country, but the departure is beset by accidents and Guy only barely makes it to safety.Haunted by his ruined relationships with his ex-wife and former stool pigeons, Don no longer wants to be part of a world that is one betrayal after another.

Benny Chan's CITY UNDER SEIGE Gets a Third and Final Trailer

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It was only Sunday I posted The second trailer for Benny Chan's CITY UNDER SEIGE (Chun sing gai bei) and it's now got a third and final trailer! Mutant mayhem full of tripled chined mutants, clowns and snazzy martial arts goodness, could this be the The Expendables of Hong Kong? Cheesy, retro, possibly ripped by the critic but loved by the fans? August 12th Hong Kong will find out!

Jermain Clement is in a bit of a PREDICAMENT , here's the trailer...

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I've never really watched Flight of the Conchords starring Jermaine Clement but in Gentlemen's Bronco he was the star of the mvie with has character Chevallier, simply genius.

Now Clement is in bit of a catch 22 situation with his new flick PREDICAMENT where he is a blackmail artist along with Hayden Frost and Heath Franklin when things go terribly wrong for them. This movie just looks full of your crazy slapstick macabre comedy where all involved are just plain stupid even if there trying to be serious, any check the trailer out after the break...



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Trailer For YELLOW (CRUZANDO EL LÍMITE)

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Xavi Giménez  is renowned for his cinematography on many big movies including The Machinist (Christian Bale) and more recently Agora (Rachel Weisz) but no w he makes his directoral debut with CRUZANDO EL LÍMITE (Yellow). I dont have much info on it but it does look very impressive especially for a debut feature, very gritty and the boot camp type drama, maybe like a das experiment for young adults . The movie will be out sometime this year in Spain and if Spain is anything like Hollywood it could be within the next 3 months.
Trailer after the break....

Luis is the single father of sixteen year old Fran. Father and son are both going through a rough patch. In a desperate attempt to salvage their relationship Luis has taken a dramatic decision: to enroll his son in an “education” center.

Although Luis believes he is doing the right thing, the truth is he doesn’t know everything he should about the school’s methodology. Outraged by his father’s betrayal, Fran will do his best to show everyone at the school that he is not about to give in. But the school’s specialty is precisely to fight that kind of behavior.

Outside, Luis can’t help but wondering if he’s done the right thing; inside, Fran is going through a Guantanamo-like experience. Father and son have never been further apart.

Full Trailer 2nd Teaser for Naoto Kumazawa's "Kimi ni Todoke"

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A new full trailer and second teaser trailer have been released for Kimi ni Todoke. The movie is due for release in Japan on September 25th and is a live action version of the popular manga (turned anime) by Karuho Shiina.
The movie stars Mikako Tabe as high school student Sawako Kuronuma and she gets called Sadako after the character from the Ring movie simply due to her long dark hair an gloomy appearance. No one really talks to her until one day Shota Kazehaya (Haruma Miura) one of the popular male classmates talks to her and things grow into a friendship leading into areas of life Swako would never think off...Romance.
This is a typical and very popluar romance genre within Japanese teens and you'll find hundreds of similar stories to this one but only the better ones become animes then features. Its a little like mill and boon for Japanese teen girls.

The trailers are after the break...

Lesbian Love in Anne Hui's Comedy Romance ALL ABOUT LOVE

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I dont know much about this movie apart from the synopsis and that the director Anne Hui is one of most respected directors in the industry, she is also a judge at venice Film festival. The movie is called ALL ABOUT LOVE and will be out in China/Hong Kong on August 26 stars Vivian Chow, Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, William Chan Wai Ting, and Eddie Cheung Siu Fai

Anita (Vivian Chow) meets 19-year-old Mike (William Chan) online, and gets pregnant unexpectedly after their first date and one-night-stand. She is torn between having an abortion and keeping the baby. Macy (Sandra Ng), a lawyer by profession, is bi-sexual and fears commitment. Her two good friends Eleanor (Joey Meng) and Wai Wai (Jo Koo) are eager to find a loving partner for her.

Robert (Eddie Cheung) runs an advertisement company next door to Macy’s office. His wife sues him for domestic violence and demands a divorce. Robert hires Macy to defend him in court. Macy counsels Robert on his chauvinism. She succeeds in helping him win back his wife’s love and they settle out of lawsuit.

At the same time, Macy finds out she is pregnant with Robert’s baby. Macy and Anita meet when they sign up for counselling courses at . Despite 12 years of separation, they rekindle their passion for each other. Should they abort their babies or deliver them? Macy and Anita both find it hard to make a decision.

Macy is still afraid to commit to a lasting relationship and treasures her freedom. On the other hand, Anita is tortured by the gossiping behind her back among her colleagues, while her boss plans to fire her without compensation. Meanwhile, either out of love or friendship, Robert and Mike keep in contact with both women and are prepared to offer help. Will Anita and Macy give birth? Will the two men be recognized as the babies’ fathers? What will become of Anita and Macy?

Teaser For Live Action GANTZ (part 1)

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Back in the 1990's I knew alot of Anime/Manga that was out mostly than's to Helen McCarthy's Anime UK magazine it was essential reading for all British/Irish anime/manga fans. But like many things the rightwing media of Uk destroys anything popular by sentsationalising it with some negative press articles (they caught onto the hentai - porn anime and made people think all anime is pornographic   as well violent) and the fans drew away alltogether or underground.  I've tried my best to keep up with whats going on maybe borrowing friends anime or watching it online. Japan is very proud of there animation & comicbook industry if your aged 1 or 99 theres always something for you a respected medium so watching popular titles become animation then live action cinema versions is not unusal so we have the latest GANTZ.
The great thing about this anime its known worldwide and even though many manga/anime's do become live action some can be a bit poorly made more made for tv than cinema but Gantz does look like one of the better ones. I have heard of it but have no clue what the story is all about but if you enjoy young guys jumping around in leather pvc suits and a mysterious black ball check this out, i've tried to get a english synopsis but no luck.
trailer after break....

Trailer For Korean Slasher BEDEVILLED

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Below is the trailer for Jang Cheol-so debut directoral movie BEDEVILLED. The movies main genre is Horror/slasher but throw in elements of comedy, vengance and looking at the trailer it has been well made as many movies in similar genres can be poorly made and just becomes another bog standard slasher flick.
The movie doesn't have a release date yet but if your from South Korea expect it before the end of this year possibly late summer/autumn.

Trailer After Break...