January 2008
Monthly Archive
Monthly Archive
The Cottage is a relentless dark comedy with an extreme twist. Set in a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for our four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.
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0 comments Thursday 31 Jan 2008 | Paul | Comedy, Horror
The first-ever live-action digital 3-D film, U2 3D is a unique cinematic experience that places viewers within the pulsing energy of a stadium concert given by the world’s most popular band. Marrying innovative digital 3-D imagery and multi-channel surround sound with the excitement of a live U2 concert – shot in South America during the final leg of their “Vertigo” tour – it creates an immersive theatrical experience unlike any 3-D or concert film that has come before. Ushering in a new dimension of filmmaking, U2 3D takes viewers on an extraordinary journey they will never forget.
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0 comments Thursday 31 Jan 2008 | Paul | Documentary, Music
Nightmare Detective (Akumu Tantei) weaves a hypnotic narrative that explores terror too sinister and imagery too shocking for the waking world. Seeking to uncover the truth behind a series of apparent suicides, a young detective investigates a mysterious man who invades his victims’ dreams, convincing them to kill themselves in real life. But when no one believes the terrible truth, the young detective pursues the killer into the dreams themselves, facing her own darkest fears. Starring Ryuhei Matsuda (9 Souls), Shinya Tsukamoto (Ichi the Killer) and pop singer Hitomi, Nightmare Detective is directed by Tsukamoto (Tetsuo, Hiroku the Goblin).
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0 comments Thursday 31 Jan 2008 | Paul | Fantasy, Thriller
Jerry Ferro’s 40th birthday has brought his life into sharp relief and it’s not a pretty picture. A once-promising amateur boxer—who quit so he wouldn’t risk his perfect record of underachievement—Jerry has been knocking around from one construction job to another and spinning his wheels in an unsatisfying relationship, all the while with an eye toward eventually getting his shit together. His last connection to the fight game is the evening boxing class he teaches to middle-aged, middle class, middle management types at a gym in Pasadena, where he also works as a handyman.
When venerable boxing coach Eddie Bell asks Jerry if he’d like to spar a couple of rounds with Malice Blake, an up-and-coming pro, Jerry reluctantly steps into the ring. Despite the ass-kicking Jerry otherwise receives, a one-punch knockdown of Blake convinces Jerry that it’s time to make his return to competitive boxing. Thus ends a 20-year layoff and begins a hilarious fish-out-water quest for Olympic gold.
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0 comments Thursday 31 Jan 2008 | Paul | Comedy
From the moment the film begins, the chase is on. London, 3:07am: Kelly (Lorraine Stanley), whose eye is badly beaten and Joanne (Georgia Groome) momentarily hide out in a public restroom waiting for the next train to Brighton. But they aren’t the only ones whose lives are in danger as Kelly’s pimp Derek has 24 hours to find the girls or else an unhappy client will kill him.
Where can you go when innocence has nowhere to hide? The answer lies somewhere between London to Brighton.
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0 comments Wednesday 30 Jan 2008 | Paul | Crime, Thriller
Writer/Director Danny Draven takes the helm for this supernaturally driven shocker about an unassuming housekeeper drawn into a terrifying world of vengeful apparitions.
According to the Chinese calendar, the seventh month of every year marks the time when the restless spirits of the dead break free from the gates of hell to mix among the mortals. During this time, specific rules must be followed to avoid falling prey to the spirits of the damned. When a solitude-seeking housekeeper arrives at the desert home of a superstitious Chinese woman and her devoutly religious aunt, death senses an opportunity to extend its grip into the mortal realm.
0 comments Wednesday 30 Jan 2008 | Paul | Horror
In Frontier(s) (Frontière(s)) a gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election and hole up in a backwoods inn. The inn is located in an old mining wasteland, and its managers are a particularly sordid lot - Neo-Nazi cannibals.
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0 comments Sunday 27 Jan 2008 | Paul | Horror, Thriller
Dead On: The life and cinema of George A. Romero will go over George’s fantastic body of film work as it stands to date. The film will also investigate a number of aspects of George’s work, working style, and involvement with the independent and Hollywood film communities. Among some of the current participants in Dead On are Dennis Hopper, Ed Harris, Stephen King, John Carpenter, Dario Argento, Danny Boyle, John Waters, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Penn (Penn & Teller), Roger Ebert, Tom Savini, and many others.
George Romero is one of the most important voices in independent cinema. His debut feature Night of the Living Dead scared people around the world and would be the starting point of a life long journey into intelligent, thought provoking cinema for George which would lead to the creation of such milestone films as The Crazies, Martin, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead. George Romero’s films are noted for their wit, keen topical observations and superb character dynamics. Rusty Nails’ film, Dead On: The life and cinema of George A. Romero, will delve into George Romero’s lifelong obsession with creating fantastic films.
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0 comments Sunday 27 Jan 2008 | Paul | Documentary
Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Jess, a woman whose life is torn apart when her husband, Ryan, and brother-in-law, Roman, crash in a horrific car accident. Both brothers end up in comas, with little hope of recovery. But Roman wakes up and, when he does, insists he is her husband. As time goes on, Jess struggles with the possibility that the spirit of her beloved husband has returned to her in the body of her brother-in-law, or that something much more sinister is at work.
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0 comments Saturday 26 Jan 2008 | Paul | Horror, Thriller
Artist John Stephensen (Romain Roll) is found dead next to the body of the tenth victim in a series of murders that had rocked the city of Marseille. Police rule his death a suicide and, when they uncover paintings of his murdered models, they name him as the killer that had been terrorising Southern France.
London based art expert and author Oliver Davenport (Troy McFadden) lauds the murderous artist as the greatest painter of the 20th century and the paintings begin to change hands for astronomical sums.
Two years later, when Davenport is approached by French police and asked for his opinion on a canvas, he confidently identifies it as a genuine Stephensen. But, when he finds the painting is no more than a few months old, doubt is cast as to whether Stephensen was solely responsible for the priceless art and the horrific murders. Davenport and French cop Capitaine Albert (Jeso Vial) pose as art collectors as the hunt for an elusive second man begins
Their search leads them halfway across the world to the artist, Lec (Laurent Guyon), a Frenchman living in exile among the thieves, drug dealers and pimps of the tiny Asian island of Ladang Geta.
Davenport becomes increasingly obsessed with the art he loves and oblivious to the terrible truth behind its creation. His love for Lecs art brings him into conflict with Lecs lover, the heiress Blanche de Ladang (Carole Derrien), a woman who will do anything to keep him by her side.
The story of art, theft, kidnap, murder and ultimately, love, continues in London where Davenport and Blanche compete for the object of their obsession.
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0 comments Saturday 26 Jan 2008 | Paul | Exploitation, Horror, Thriller