How could something so wrong be so right? Featuring a wealth of Horror, Sci-Fi and B-Movie trash images sourced for your eyeballing guilty pleasure is how! Covering such deliciously moreish genres as Carsploitation, Bruceploitation, Prehistoric and Burlesque, Wrong Side Of The Art is a dedicated picto-gallery of high-res images featuring such delights as aliens and monsters from retro imaginings, boobs, violence and maybe even violent boobs. After all, any site that's got the good taste to feature the 'ode to the violence in women' poster for Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! that adorns my own wall can't be wrong, right?

www.wrongsideoftheart.com

Via: wrongsideoftheart.com

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tags: b movie, cult film, horror, poster, posters, sci-fi

Four people. Four different paths. One intersection. Nina is the sexy and alluring girlfriend of Johnny, a charming, but petty crook. To escape from her seedy life she has a sexual relationship with Teddy. One night Nina is abducted by a pair of thugs, but is rescued by the beautiful and timid Monella. Together Nina and Monella begin an erotic and passionate relationship that leads to a plot to steal Johnny's drug stash hidden in a safety deposit box. But nothing goes as planned and the two beautiful women get caught up in a lethally twisted tale of revenge and betrayal that send all four characters to their dark destiny. Inspired by 70s film noir, with breath taking plot twists, and shot in colors that pop like a graphic novel. No Right Turn is a modern sexy thriller that is part fantasy...part mystery...and all Pulp!

No Right Turn - trailer

No Right Turn - posters

No Right Turn - Postcards

No Right Turn (Review)

Interview With David Noel Bourke, Director Of No Right Turn

www.lastexitproductions.dk

Via: No Right Turn -amazon.com

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tags: dvd, independent film, indie film, modern fairytale

"A mysterious DJ is sent to a city block to mend a series of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives."

Taglined "Two Turntables and a Time Machine", Spin, from 2005, is a short film by director Jamin Winans. The director's latest film, the full length Modern fairytale Ink, hit stores and Bittorent sites this month. Even though Spin has had millions of views across the internet and the trailers for Ink looked fantastic, distributors passed on the film, no doubt fearing that although independent, the film does not fit into the indie box. At first Jamin and crew where pissed, but then had to face the truth that without the downloads and the word of mouth they will produce people just wouldn't have known about Ink. Word of mouth is now turning the film into a serious cult smash and a genuine one unlike Paranormal Activity's carefully managed marketing campaign. After the film being downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, the people behind the movie have come to a conclusion about the current industry model. Rather than aiding distribution it actually severely limits the audience for many films. (Goodbye Gatekeepers, Hello Audience.)

If you have watched and liked Ink, I figure you should probably pop over to their site and donate a few dollars. After all, without a distributor all the money you give is going to the filmmakers. So you really don't have the "I'm not giving money to the unimaginative Hollywood machine" excuse. If you really love it you can also but the DVD or Blu-ray.

Whether or not Ink makes a great deal of money remains to be seen, as "The Gatekeepers" do still hold the key to lucrative moneymaking avenues and large marketing budgets. But Ink, like The Man From Earth before it, shows audiences have an appetite for films outside the formula when they get a chance to see them.

One would hope we are slowly moving away from region codes, different world wide release dates, overpriced discs, DRM and the myriad of reasons that make people think "fuck all that I'll just download it, it's easier and quicker". If we don't and the industry really believes you can fix things with laws rather than adaptation there's real problems ahead and by then it may not be fixable at all.

Ink - trailer

www.jaminwinans.com

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tags: editorial, ink, ink movie, jamin winans, modern fairytale, short film

Second trailer for Jon Harris' sequel to Neil Marshall's 2005 horror hit The Descent, aptly titled The Descent: Part 2.

Emerging from the cave system alone, distraught and covered in the blood of her missing companions, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) is incoherent and half-wild with fear. Sceptical about her account of events and convinced Sarah's psychosis hides far darker secrets, Sheriff Vaines (Gavan O’Herlihy) doesn’t waste time. Along with his partner Rios (Krysten Cummings), and their cave rescue team Dan (Douglas Hodge), Greg (Joshua Dallas), and Cath (Anna Skellern), Vaines forces Sarah back into the caves to help the rescuers find her friends.

The Descent: Part 2 - Trailer 1

The Descent: Part 2 - UK Poster

www.thedescent2.co.uk

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Sky Movies today launches an exciting competition in search of the nations's new rising star of UK film-making. The competition will give one lucky winner the unique opportunity to have their own HD film financed and broadcast on Sky Movies Indie HD.

Sky Movies Indie HD, in association with The Independent and Skillset is inviting aspiring film makers to submit their own one-page treatment for a 10 minute HD short film. A panel of industry experts will consider these treatments including Sky Movies’ Movie Geek presenter Josh Howie, before announcing the winner in December. The winning film maker will be awarded £5,000 for equipment hire to shoot and edit their film in High Definition. The film will then be shown on Sky Movies Indie HD in the New Year.

Sky Movies Indie HD is devoted to screening the best in independent film and has now become the tenth channel on the Sky Movies network to be transmitted in high definition, ensuring that independent movie fans can enjoy the widest variety of films in the highest quality.

The Sky Movies independent film competition closes at midday on Friday 4th December.  To enter, simply email a one-page treatment to: hdshortmovie@bskyb.com or post to: Sky Movies Indie HD – Short Film Competition, BSkyB Ltd, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5QD

For further information, along with terms and conditions, please see: www.skymovies.com/independentfilmcompetition

Via: Sky Movies Indie HD Searches For A New British Film-maker

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tags: competition, independent film, indie flms, sky movies

"Tony is fixated with drills of all shapes and sizes. As we follow him on his search for drills to add to his ever-increasing collection, we slowly unwrap the logic behind this strange and amusing obsession."

A Bit On The Side stars Dean Taylor and is directed by Swansea (that's in Wales) based filmaker Steve Sullivan. During 2007 and 2008 Steve produced Ken Russel's (The Devils, The Lair of the White Worm) Boudica Bites Back which you can read about over at timesonline.co.uk.

You can check out more of Steve's shorts over at his website www.stevesullivan.co.uk

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tags: comedy, mocumentary, short film

Biff Juggernaught productions presents The Voice Inside, a black and white short film for fans of the slightly more extreme. The Voice Inside is a kinetic short following one characters battle with and final decent into madness. The film opens with an unnamed man sat on a subway train, at first all seems normal, but soon we learn just why the film is called The Voice Inside.

The main and only role is played by Elias who you can see in a very different role as the hapless reporter in LovecraCked! The Movie. This is a good turn from Elias as well, as we see him tormented by an inner voice. He at first tries to suppress it with medication, but is told it is now to strong to be held at bay. After returning home from the subway, he again tries his medication, but only finds himself vomiting heavily. Next he goes for blunt force trauma as a means to fight the voice in his head. Head butting walls and pushing himself with the Iron rings from the stove. He manages to smash his face up pretty good, but the inner voice will not be silenced. Finally he is defeated and now the voice has its turn at desecrating the leads body, which means we are treated to a very nasty use of a hammer.

The Voice Inside is an impressive short film that will have many drawing comparisons to Darren Aronofsky' PI and Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo, all be it not reaching the heights either of those full length outings achieve. The medium it was shot on does mean the picture is not the best, but in many way's it suits the films content. The Biff Juggernaught team manage to mix shock value with real skills, understanding that shock on it's own is in no way enough. The effects, both practical and camera trickery are fairly low level and not overdone, but are used to full effect. Normally I am not a huge fan of "shaky cam", but here the camera work is suited to the subject matter and defiantly adds to the quality of the short.

The Voice Inside is a short well worth watching, but be warned, its graphic nature is maybe suited only to those more used to extreme film. 

Biff Juggernauts "The Voice Inside" is available as an extra on the LovecraCked! The Movie DVD

Watch It (WARNING not suitable for minors): the voice inside (windows media) | the voice inside (quicktime) | YouTube

www.biffjuggernaut.com/thevoiceinside | www.biffjuggernaut.com

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tags: bizarre, extreme, horror, reviews, short film, surreal

Director Richard Kelly, The Box stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James Marsden as Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift. However, this simple gift bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger (Frank Langella), delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world.....someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

The Box is out now in the US and is released in the UK cinema's on the 4th of December

US website | UK website

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tags: james marsden, richard kelly, s cameron diaz, sci-fi, thriller, trailer, trailers

In December 2009, Italian director Enzo G.Castellari (director of the original "The Inglorious Bastards") and Shameless Screen Entertainment present, together for the first time ever, Castellari's complete post-apocalyptic vision on DVD in The Bronx Warriors Trilogy, an exclusive three-disc collection featuring the cult classics The Bronx Warriors, its sequel Escape From The Bronx and The New Barbarians.

The three-disc set comes packaged in a limited edition special collector's tin and includes reversible sleeves for each individual title. Additional special features include an introduction to the films by Castellari, plus an all-new 20-minute interview with the director. As an extra bonus for fans, the version of scape From The Bronx included in the set is a newly restored anamorphic widescreen presentation complete with a Shameless rebuild edit that represents what is believed to be the most complete version of the film available anywhere.

The Bronx Warriors Trilogy - promo trailer

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tags: cult film, dvd, post apocalyptic

To celebrate Halloween, we've collected together a selection of horror themed short films.

The French Doors ... a dark DIY tale from New Zealand, written and directed by Steve Ayson.

Chainsaw Maid ... A faithful maid takes on flesh munching zombies in Takena's claymation masterpiece.

Forklift Driver Klaus ... Stefan Prehn and Jorg Wagne show u why health and safety regulations really should be followed

Cornucopia ...Paul Couvela takes us on a vist to a very strange pub indeed.

Toxic ...In Andrew McEwan's short an unusual evil has arisen, requiring equally unusual hero's to defeat it.

The Cat With Hands ... the story of a cat who, legend has it, longs to become human.

What They Ate ...In this animated short conceived and created by Nadia Moss a most unsettling meal is consumed.

Insanophenia ...Two dim-witted exterminators face a truly horrific stop motion terror, in Steven Kostanski's short film.

Hell ...An nightmarish experimental stop motion vista from David Firth, Jimi Mwng and Crusty Crayfields.

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello ...A disgraced aerial navigator flees his Plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.

Greed ...has consequences

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tags: animation, halloween, horror, short film

UK trailer for James Cameron's Digital 3D "magnum opus" Avatar which is released to cinema's this December. The cast includes Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, CCH Pounder and Stephen Lang.

"We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. Despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving  Earth’s energy crisis.  Because the atmosphere of Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human “drivers” have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air.   These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora… the Na’vi.

Reborn in his avatar form, Jake can walk again.  He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore.  But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything.  Jake is taken in by her clan and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures.  As Jake’s relationship with his reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, he learns to respect the Na’vi way and finally takes his place among them.  Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world."

www.avatar-movie.co.uk | www.avatarmovie.com

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tags: cch pounder, giovanni ribisi, international trailer, james cameron, michelle rodriguez, sam worthington, sci-fi, sigourney weaver, stephen lang, trailer, uk trailer, zoe saldana

For all you horror fans who can't bear to let go of that spookily festive feeling, London is playing host to over 2 weeks worth of camp retro horror celebrations by way of the Hammer London Festival. Hamming it up from October 28th - November 15th in three locations (Idea Generation Gallery, Lexi Cinema and Curzon Soho,) the HFL will pay homage to the golden age of British horror with a selection of screenings and an exhibition of previously unseen photos, prints and artwork, as well as a detailed look at the Hammer legacy (hopefully they'll skip past the studio's bloodless resurrection.)

Check out the exhibits at the RIBA award-winning space that is the Idea Generation Gallery.

Screenings will be held at the Lexi Cinema and Curzon Soho.

(Please note: although the Lexi Cinema is screening the decidedly horrific sounding Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz, this does NOT constitute part of the festival's output.)

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tags: curzon soho, halloween, hammer, horror, idea generation gallery, lexi cinema, london

2002 Short film detailing a dark DIY tale from New Zealand, written and directed by Steve Ayson.

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MrDisgusting posted this over at bloody-disgusting.com and its really is a very cool bit of claymation. From youtube user 'takena' comes this excellent claymation short about a faithful maid and flesh munching zombies.

You can check out takena's website Here 

Via: www.bloody-disgusting.com

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German short film from 2000 by Stefan Prehn and Jorg Wagner spoofing instructional videos.

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tags: comedy, german, horror, short film, spoof

Paul Couvela' Cornucopia like Toxic is another great stop motion short that was featured on Fourmations (Showcase for animation on UK Channel 4) back in the 90's.Paul Couvela has since spent his time working on the hit UK animation for younger children Bob the Builder amongst other things

Via: YouTube "mlucifersam"

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I first saw Toxic back in the 90's on Fourmations (Showcase for animation on UK Channel 4) and its quite possibly my favourite animated short ever. Andrew McEwan won a BAFTA for Best Animated Film for it back in 1991 and although he has gone on to work in Film and television mostly as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director he sadly does not seem to have made another animated film.

Music by: Simon Desorgher

Shame there's not a better quality version floating around.

Via: YouTube "mlucifersam"

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Written, directed and animated by Robert Morgan, The Cat With Hands is a multi-award-winning, 4-minute short from 2001. The project forms part of London-based Animus Film's output and was funded by Channel 4.

This film is "the story of a cat who, legend has it, longs to become human," but, based on a recurring nightmare from his sister's youth as it is, and being the product of creative mind with a certain interest in the macabre, this is about as far away from a cute kitty tale as you can get.

A devilishly dark delight well-rooted in the tradition of fairytales. Enjoy!

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Automatic Vaudeville Studios short animated film What They Ate.

Via: Twitch Film

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Two dim-witted exterminators are about to find there are more disturbing things than the sexual advances of their maniacal supervisor as they descend into a nightmarish world of indescribable terror.

Official Website

Via: www.quietearth.us

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tags: gore, horror, horror comedy, short film, stop motion, surreal

Stop frame claymation by David Firth, Jimi Mwng and Crusty Crayfields.

www.fat-pie.com

Via: www.youtube.com/user/Doki66

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"Set in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his Plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself."

It was a pleasant surprise to see Anthony Lucas' BAFTA and Oscar nominated short film "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello" appear online over at Quiet Earth. This was a favorite of Fiona's when we attended the KinoFilm festival a couple of years ago and it really is a superb film.

www.jaspermorello.com | monsterdistributes.com | Monster Distributes YouTube

Via: Nemobay

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tags: animation, bafta, horror, oscar, sci-fi, short film, steampunk

Greed is an animated short by Alli Sadegiani. Done as final assignment at AnimationMentor. Finished and rendered after the graduation in June 2008.

www.embrya.se

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Leif Jonker directed what could probably be called the best splatter gore movie you've never seen. Darkness (Released later as Darkness The Vampire Version) is'nt really that far away from the early works of Sam Rami and Peter Jackson. Its a an ultra low budget classic, you really should seek out. Demon Machine was to be his next project, but sadly the years slipped by and funding meant it never to fruition. Which when you look at this promo is such a shame, it was bound to be all kinds of fun. Someone really should seek the guy out and get this made, especially now digital is a viable format.

www.13thdream.com | www.myspace.com/13thdream_entertainment

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tags: cult film, horror, promo trailer, splatter, trailer

Welcome to the sexual revolution as only Tinto Brass could have imagined it! Featuring Deadly Sweet (Col Cuore in Gola) a cinema fumetti pop art giallo thriller, starring the sexy Ewa Aulin (Candy). The Howl (L’Urlo) a surreal cult classic, with Tina Aumont (daughter of Maria Montez) now for the first time ever Uncut on DVD. And Attraction (Nerosubianco), a psychedelic pop art experience, with music by Freedom (ex Procal Harum)

www.cultepics.com

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tags: cult epics, cult film, psychedelic, tinto brass

Amanda Crawford stars in director Adam Wingard's (Pop Skull, Home Sick) short film Cerebella. The short Forms part two of the directors "Forgot My Meds" trilogy, though the first and second centre around a different lead charter. The film follows young woman's journey into the realms of sleep deprivation. Cerebella has a lovely dreamy, not quite surreal feel. Some snatches of really quite beautiful cinematography and skilful editing make it a joy to watch.

You can watch part 1 and 2 of the trilogy which feature Hannah Hughes as Laura Panic over on the directors YouTube Channel.

Via: population1280films.com

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Palisades Tartan brings together three Korean chillers as a three-disc collection that includes Kim Sung-ho's Into The Mirror, Park Ki-hyung's Acacia and Won Shin-yeon's The Wig.

Recently given the Hollywood remake treatment as ‘Mirrors', directed by Alexandre Aja (Switchblade Romance; The Hills Have Eyes) and starring Keifer Sutherland, Kim Sung-ho's Into The Mirror is a creepy and highly stylized horror tale involving Wu Young-min, a cop who has quit the police force after inadvertently killing his partner. Now working at a department store, Wu encounters his ex-rival, who is in charge of investigating a series of murders at the store, and finds himself being pulled into the sinister investigation.

Park Ki-hyung's Acacia tells of an obstetrician and his wife who, unable to have a child of their own, decide to adopt a 10-year-old boy, Jin-seung. When the wife later falls pregnant and has a baby, Jin-seung becomes so incensed by jealousy he runs away. During his absence a dead tree in the garden, where he used to play, mysteriously comes to life and fills the house with a heavy scent. Then a variety of strange events begin to occur, all of them seemingly related to the mysterious tree.

Creepy chills meet visceral horror in Won Shin-yeon's beautifully shot The Wig, the tale of Ji-hyeon, a young woman who buys her terminally ill sister a new wig to hide the hair loss resulting from her treatment. After her sister starts making an alarming comeback in mental health to the point of being hostilely aggressive and overbearingly sexual, Ji-hyeon soon discovers the disturbing truth about the history of the wig.

Via:

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tags: asian horror, box set, dvd, horror, korea, palisades tartan, region 2, world cinema

Horror's Not Dead is a must subscribe blog for fans of the horror genre, written by Peter Hall. Peter can also be found contributing to uber film blog Cinematical as well as it's genre offshoots Horrorsquad and Scifisquad and you can follow peter on twitter @PeterSHall.

Via: Horror's Not Dead

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Episode 20 of North East England's premier movie podcast. This episode the boys talk about Arnies role in ‘The Expendables’, ‘Friday The 13th’ sequel release date, ‘Elm Street’ reboot trailer, Roman Polanski defenders, ‘Blair Witch Project’ sequel in the works. They also cover Alien 3, Iron Man, PS I Love You, Hancock, Contamination, Takeshis’, Evil Dead Trap 2 and Ring 0.

For full show notes and to comment / leave feedback visit the Revolving Video blog or email them revolvingvideo [at] hotmail.co.uk. Also remember to subscribe to the feed and vote for the guys at Podcast Alley. You can also follow Chris from Revolving Video on Twitter @snoog and Jamie @JamieJohnston7

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A lighthouse keeper finds himself awakened from his slumber and is forced to face off against a giant light loving insect.

Le phare AKA The Lighthouse or The Lighthouse keeper is a short animated film produced by Gobelins students David Francois, Rony Hotin, Jérémie Moreau, Baptiste Rogron, Gaëlle Thierry and Maïlys Vallade.

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Director Jamin Winans' hit Independant fantasy Ink is available to pre-order now from amazon. If you'd like a signed DVD or Blu-ray you can also pre-order from Double Edge Films website.

Chris Kelly, Jessica Duffy, Quinn Hunchar,Jeremy Make, Jennifer Batter, Eme Ikwuakor and Shelby Malone star.

Ink - trailer

Ink - trailer 2 on our Virb page.

www.doubleedgefilms.com

Via: Pre-order Jamin Winans' Ink

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tags: blu-ray, dvd, fantasy, ink, ink movie, jamin winans, region 1, sci-fi

Ahead of its U.S. opening, the Broken Embraces official domestic trailer is now online,  courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Pedro Almodovar's latest saga sees muse Penelope Cruz cast as Lena; the object of affection in the double life of a man for whom love really is blind. This mystery/drama, nominated at this year's Cannes for the Palm d'Or, is the highly anticipated feature return of the talented Almodovar/Cruz pairing following 2006's acclaimed Volver.

Broken Embraces opens in New York on November 20th 2009, and on December 11th 2009 in Los Angeles.

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tags: pedro almodovar, penelope cruz

The Tournament is a high octane, blood-bathed, British action thriller starring Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ian Sommerhalder, Liam Cunningham, Scott Adkins and Sebastien Foucan.

Scott Mann directs a screeplay by Jonathan Frank, Nick Rowntree and Gary Young.

Every 7 years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1 (which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag). The Tournament is set up by a group of sick high stake billionaires who watch the mayhem unfold via CCTV and bet on its outcome.

Official Site

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tags: action, ian somerhalder, kelly hu, robert carlyle, scott adkins, trailer, uk film, ving rhames

Girls, guns and monsters!; Mamoru Oshii taps into a winning formula for his upcoming film, Assault Girls. Looking to be a pretty promising piece of kick-ass sci-fi/action nonsense, Assault Girls sees three beautiful hunters take on evil sand-dwelling monsters in a post-apocalyptic world, only to have to battle super-mutation Madara Sunakujira. Super-mutation Madara Sunkujira!; I thank you, Mamoru Oshii.

Via: Monster Island News

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tags: action, japanese, monsters, sci-fi

VFX Shotgun blast to the head of actor Michael Campbell's head in Michael A. Nickles independent horror XII.

I love the way this is set to such an upbeat tune, I'd love to see a whole horror movie set to ridiculously upbeat music.

If that little vfx shot has peaked your interest in the movie the synopsis is as follows: Claire Norris (Emily Hardy), a young waitress in a small-town diner, sat on a jury, along with eleven others and listened to the evidence against a man accused of a crime against a minor. After days of difficult deliberation, the man - Leonard Karlsson, Jr.(Jeremy Fitzgerald) - was found guilty.

In prison, the "unspoken rule" regarding such crimes was enforced - Karlsson was beaten by the other prisoners to within an inch of his life, his face severely disfigured as a result. Now out of prison, Karlsson returns to the town that held his trial. Still severely scarred and barely recognizable, he conceals his wounds…and his identity.

In one horrifying night, he once again faces the twelve jurors who decided his fate.

Also check out "XII beneath the skin" a short featurette about the making of the film XII

www.xiithemovie.com

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tags: fx, gore, horror, vfx

First trailer for Terry Gilliam's (Tideland) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which stars the late Heath Ledger alongside Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Christopher Plummer.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. 
 
Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick, in which he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr Nick. 
 
Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr. Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr. Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr. Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. 
 
In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr. Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles – and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all!

Via: Yahoo! Movies

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tags: christopher plummer, colin farrell, fantasy, heath ledger, johnny depp, jude law, terry gilliam, trailer

In the spirit of Tron Legacy and Gamer comes Jarrett Lee Conaway's Turbo. A short film that combines the the feel good charm of the classic The Karate Kid with near future science fiction. It tells the story of Hugo Park (Justin Chon, Twilight) a misspent youth whose only outlet for angst is a 4D fighting videogame called “Super Turbo Arena”. When Pharaoh King (Jocko Sims, Crash the Series), the Michael Jordan of cyber-sports, announces a tournament to determine who will join his pro-team, Hugo sets his eyes on the prize. But, Hugo isn't the only gamer who wants fame and glory. If Hugo wants to win he's going to have to beat Shamus (David Lehre, Epic Movie), the all time Turbo champ at the local Pandemonium arcade, and Ruse Kapri, a feisty prep girl that knows how to win. Realizing he can't win on his skill alone, Hugo turns to his brother Tobias a former kick-boxer whose last match left him wheel-chair ridden. Together the two will mend old wounds and see if a washed up street fighter can teach a troubled teen how to become a virtual gladiator!

OK it's a little cheesy and I kept expecting Mortal Kombat's Robin Shou to pop up somewhere, but it's feel good fun and very impressive for a student film. It's certainly not a bad calling card for Jarrett as he chases the Hollywood dream.

www.bfamstudios.com | BFAM Studios Blog

www.turbothemovie.com

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A few images from Danish film-maker Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising which premièred at The Venice film festival and plays at the London BFI festival in October '09. Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre in Casino Royale) stars as Harald.

Refn is best known for the cult Pusher trilogy and more recently directing Bronson.

Mute slave Harald escapes his Scottish masters with the help of 10 year old Are, torturing and killing them before joining a band of dispossessed Vikings. They go to sea, determined to return to Scandinavia to fight the spread of Christianity, but for Harald the journey is also a personal one to discover his own origins. Caught in a terrible storm, the group drift for 40 days until, on the verge of death, they find themselves in a freshwater river. The land seems at once strange yet familiar.

When they come under attack by unseen assailants, the groups' quest for their homeland takes on a bitter urgency as one-by-one they succumb to the onslaught, dying at the hands of the invisibles. Worse, they are no clearer about where they are or if this place even exists outside their imagination. Have they finally reached the new world, or Valhalla?"

Valhalla Rising - Promo Trailer

quietearth.us has a couple of trailers that are worth checking out as well.

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tags: action, adventure, fantasy, film stills, vikings, violence

Trailer for Olivier Smolders Nuit Noire: Oscar, a conservator at the Natural Sciences Museum, passes the days exercising his passion for studying insects; if only there still were days. As long as people can remember, the sun only releases a few pathetic rays for fifteen seconds before noon. The rest of the time, the world is plunged into a night without end, a permanent eclipse. Coming home after work, Oscar finds an African woman in his bed. Suffering from a mysterious and incurable disease, she seems to have come to his place to die. Trapped between desire and repulsion, Oscar gradually abandons his life to terrifying phantoms.

The long awaited feature length debut film of talented short filmmaker Olivier Smolders (see also Spiritual Exercises DVD), Nuit Noire (Black Night) is mysterious, ghostly, technically impeccable, and continuously bathed in a magical, surreal light.

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tags: art house, cinema, cult epics, foreign film, world cinema

October 2009 sees the highly anticipated Blu-ray release of George A. Romero's classic zombie movie Dawn of the Dead, presented as a special three-disc edition – exclusive to the UK – that represents the ultimate presentation of the film available anywhere in the world. Released just in time for Halloween, this is undoubtedly the horror movie Blu-ray release of the year.

Produced and compiled by Arrow Video with the kind of loving care and attention only the most devoted of zombie aficionados are willing to provide, this must-have three-disc set includes the George A. Romero approved Theatrical Cut of the film in 1080p resolution on Blu-ray, plus the Director's Cut and the Dario Argento Cut on DVD, the latter being made available on DVD as part of this collection for the first time in the UK.

Also included is a host of extras that include the rarely seen "Scream Greats" documentary on the career of special effects wizard Tom Savini, audio commentaries by the filmmakers and, for the first time, French Romero fanatic Nicolas Garreau's fascinating travelogue-come-documentary "Fan Of The Dead". Additionally, exclusively designed packaging features four different sets of artwork from which fans can choose to display the collection, including the little-seen "gasmask" artwork and an all-new, specially commissioned oil painting commemorating this landmark release of the film.

Via: Amazon UK

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tags: arrow films, blu-ray, cult film, dvd, george a romero, horror, zombies

The Bronson Maneuver is a retro 60's Spy inspired short created as an entry for "CGChallenge XXIV - Secret Agent" at cgsociety.org.

The short features the work of:
Ryan Sluman - Puppet & Animation - ryansluman.com
Joon Kim - Concepts & Storyboards - chickenwithbroccoli.blogspot.com
Danny Dahlquist - Cleanup, SFX & Original Music
Mike McCain - Environments & Effects - mikebot.net

There's also a rather cool little trailer for the short.

If you like this you should check out  Stephane Coedel's A Kiss From Tokyo" Theatrical trailer

Via: Mike McCain (Vimeo)

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tags: animation, cgi, retro, short film, spy

Episode 19 of North East England's premier movie podcast. This episode the boys review Lindsay Lohan in I Know Who Killed Me.

Movie News: ‘The Expendables’ trailer + release date change, Nic Cage drops out of ‘Green Hornet’, Patrick Swayze RIP, Harrison Ford talks Indy 5, Yet another ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ remake.

For full show notes and to comment / leave feedback visit the Revolving Video blog or email them revolvingvideo [at] hotmail.co.uk. Also remember to subscribe to the feed and vote for the guys at Podcast Alley. You can also follow Chris from Revolving Video on Twitter @snoog and Jamie @JamieJohnston7

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Via: Revolving Video Podcast

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First trailer for writer / director Michael J. Bassett's adaption of Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane. James Purefoy stars as the puritan avenge,r alonside a cast that includes Rachel Hurd-Wood, Max von Sydow and Pete Postlethwaite.

Kanes's past is only vaguely hinted at in the original tales, but Bassets script gives Kane an origin story: When the story opens Kane is a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realizes he must seek redemption or have his soul damned to Hell. He returns to England and lives a life of peace, converting to puritanism, but soon the doings of an evil sorcerer upset his plans and he must take up arms again.

The trailer comes courtesy of IGN.

I recommend grabbing a copy of Del Rey's "The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane" which collects the original Kane works if you have not read any of the Kane stories before.

Via: michael j bassett’s blog

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tags: james purefoy, max von sydow, michael j bassett, pete postlethwaite, rachel hurd-wood, robert e howard, solomon kane

UK trailer for Patrick Alessandrin's District 13: Ultimatum. The sequel to the rather fun "District 13" once again stars Cyril Raffaelli (Live Free Or Die Hard) and David Belle (Babylon A.D.) and is produced by Luc Besson.

It's 2013, three years after the events of the first movie, and it appears that despite government promises nothing has changed in District 13, the racially charged ghetto notorious for its gangs, drug dealers and killers. A consortium of corrupt cops and government officials is conspiring to cause civil unrest within D13 with a view to finding an excuse to raze the area and cash in on its redevelopment. When a local kid accidentally uncovers the plot, the district's resident idealist Leito (David Belle) and elite law-enforcer Damien Tomaso (Cyril Raffaelli) are reunited in a bid to bring peace to the troubled neighbourhood and to expose the conspiracy before a proposed air-strike can destroy the area Leito calls home.

District 13: Ultimatum is released by Momentum Pictures and will open at selected UK cinemas on 2nd October 2009. The DVD / Blu-Ray hits shelves later in the same month on the 26th.

www.thefreerunningmovie.com

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Someone is killing women, most of whom have the connection of unwanted pregnancies. The vicious nature of the crimes and the choice of victims matches the M.O. of notorious Korean serial killer, 26 year old Shin-Hyun. The problem is Shin-Hyun has already handed himself in and admitted to 6 killings prier to this recent spate. Hard-bitten female Detective Kim Mi Yun, played by Yum Jung-ah (A Tale of Two Sisters, Three... Extremes,) and her new partner Detective Kang Tae Hyun race against time to solve the murders and put a stop to the horrific killings.

Jong-hyuk Lee’s debut feature film H is one of those twisty serial killer flicks with an obvious nod to David Fincher’s ever popular Seven. A team of detectives follow a twisty trail as they track down what appears to be one or maybe more copycat serial killers that are using the exact modus operandi as deadly lady killer and all-round twisted young psychopath, Shin Hyun (Cho Seung-woo). New boy Kang Tae, teams up with the masculine Kim Mi Yan who worked on the Shin-Hyun case and easy going detective Park, played by Sung Ji-ru (Public Enemy, Memories of Murder) as the three try and piece the evidence together.

Jong-hyuk Lee obviously has a good eye behind the camera as H is a good looking film with some great shots and a sensible moody atmosphere, unfortunately, or fortunately depending how you look at it, this is really the only thing which saves this film from falling the wrong side of OK. The characters are by the numbers caricatures, serial killer Shin-Hyun is not convincing as a charismatic and mentally superior “puppet master” manipulating the cops emotions (unless the actors aim was to portray someone you would happily slap about for half an hour because he is the worlds least creepy serial killer.) Kang Tae is meant to be somewhat emotional and volatile, but his overacting and rediculous outbursts when he is supposedly being wound up by the Shin-Hyun don’t make much sense at all. Sung-ru is passable as the chubby and blase third wheel in the team but again his character is very cliched. Competing with Shin Hyun in the crap character stakes is cold and hardened (women in a mans world cliche) Kim Mi Yan, who is, dare I say it … just crap, nothing about this character works, she’s a walking talking stereotype with zero screen charisma. Her “I must make myself a man to work in a mans world” hair and clothing mean she would likely get taken less seriously and the ridiculous look she has on her face most of the time was about as convincing as one of those emails from the wife of Omar Ahmed's widow asking you to open a bank account and look after his oil fortune. Gore wise, there are a few nasty moments with the highlight (If you can call it that,) coming near the beginning, as a still living fetus kicks its leg out through the sliced stomach of its dead mother (nice.)

The twisty plot (essential in this kind of movie) is a passable one, though in no way as clever as it thinks it is and many viewers will see certain things coming a mile off, but it works to a point and certainly is serviceable. Really though it’s the way the movie looks and sounds that means you make it to the end and feel like you haven’t wasted your time. Hyuk frames his shots nicely and achieves the stylistic look he was obviously going for. With a better plot and a bit more attention given to his characters, there is a good chance he could create a fantastic film, H however is not it.

Style not content makes H a watchable if not particularly satisfying film.

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tags: korean film, murder mystery, thriller, world cinema