All posts by Todd Rigney »
Encapsulated Cinema: Chinese Zodiac, John Dies at the End, and Dredd
Chinese Zodiac (2012) Action superstar Jackie Chan’s last foray into the cinematic world of death-defying stunts is sure to rub a number of his long-time fans the wrong way. Instead of going back to...
Read More »
Ellie Church Has Murder On Her Mind In The New Time To Kill Poster
The folks at Mostly Harmless Pictures are currently spreading the good word about their upcoming revenge flick “Time to Kill.” In order to make sure people remember their 70′s exploitation-inspired thriller, the filmmakers have...
Read More »
Zombie Ass: Toilet Of The Dead Headed To The US This Summer
Because I’m an unstable individual with questionable taste in cinema, I’m quite excited that director Noboru Iguchi’s peculiar rump-oriented zombie romp “Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead” is finally headed to the United States....
Read More »
Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi Lands On Home Video Later This Month
Director Noboru Iguchi should make 20 movies a year. I’d lovingly buy and obsessively watch each and every one of them. Because I’m a dork. The guy is a cinematic lunatic, and I never...
Read More »
Revenge Is The Name Of The Game In The Thai Horror Flick Thongsuk 13
With a name like “Thongsuk 13,” you’d better deliver the goods. After all, your title sounds kind of like “thong suck,” which is sure to be used against the picture if someone doesn’t like...
Read More »
Stephen Chow’s Journey To The West Looks Crazier With Each New Teaser
I’m not going to lie: Stephen Chow’s “Journey to the West” looks good to me. The keyword in that sentence: TO ME. I know the CGI isn’t the greatest, and I’m aware the film...
Read More »
Urban Horror Flick Comedown Headed To UK DVD This January
Note to self: Never break into abandoned buildings in large metropolitan areas. Although the idea of urban exploration excites me in ways I’m uncomfortable describing on this website, the possibility of being eviscerated by...
Read More »
Kern Saxton’s Sushi Girl Gets A New International Poster
Director Kern Saxton’s crime/thriller “Sushi Girl” has been on my must-see list all year. However, my busy schedule as of late has prevented me from checking it out on VOD. If I do nothing...
Read More »
Encapsulated Cinema: The Man with the Iron Fists, ParaNorman, and Total Recall
I had very high hopes for RZA’s “The Man with the Iron Fists.” The rapper’s directorial debut appeared to be a love song to the genre, one that was packed with an impressive cast...
Read More »
They’re Kids! They’re Police! They’re Kid’s Police!
When happens when you take a gritty, hard boiled crime story and fill it with children? You get the oddly amusing action flick “Kid’s Police.” The full-length motion picture is based on the Japanese...
Read More »
Chinese Zodiac International Trailer Finds Jackie Chan Skydiving Over A Volcano
I know I’m a few days late on this one, but sometimes life has a tendency to get in the way of my enjoyment of “Chinese Zodiac” promotional material. Instead of shaking my fist...
Read More »
Ghost Forest House Teaser Trailer Promises Ghosts, Forests, and Houses
What happens when horror filmmakers run out of interesting titles? They just start combining genre-related words into something that only sort of makes sense. Granted, “Ghost Forest House” is probably the result of a...
Read More »
Encapsulated Cinema One-Shot: Darren Lynn Bousman’s The Barrens
I’ve been holding out hope that someone with a knack for horror would deliver a solid genre flick centered around the Jersey Devil. I’m beginning to think such a request simply too much to...
Read More »
Director Raimund Huber’s Kill ‘Em All Battles Its Way Onto Home Video This December
I enjoyed director Raimund Huber’s 2009 action flick “Bangkok Adrenaline” a hell of a lot more than I thought I would. The story may not have been exactly refreshing, but the fight sequences were...
Read More »
Donnie Yen’s The Monkey King Gets A Brand New Teaser
It’s been a while since I’ve covered anything regarding director Soi Cheang’s fantasy martial arts film “The Monkey King.” To be perfectly honest, the movie had slipped off my radar. In order to remind...
Read More »
Taiwanese Horror Flick Killing 7 Proves Your Phone Will Be The Death Of You
Do you know what’s scary about cell phones? Nothing! However, that hasn’t stopped a number of filmmakers from turning these bothersome gadgets into plot devices for several otherwise forgettable horror flicks. Although others have...
Read More »
Encapsulated Cinema One-Shot: Street Fighter – The Legend of Chun Li
Full disclosure: I own director Andrzej Bartkowiak’s goofy 2009 action flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li on DVD. It’s not that I think the movie is good by any stretch of the imagination,...
Read More »
Another Nasty Little Trailer For Director Daniel Murphy’s …And Then You Die!
Writer/director Daniel Murphy and the good folks at HM&M Films have been hard at work on their slasher flick “…And Then You Die!” over the past several months. To give blood-thirsty fans a taste...
Read More »
Legend Of The Red Reaper Gets A Badass New Poster
While I was away from Beyond Hollywood for a few months, actress and badass extraordinaire Tara Cardinal’s highly-anticipated fantasy flick “Legend of the Red Reaper” got itself a nifty new poster. It’s a pretty...
Read More »
