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Dredd, Dead Sushi, and Wrong Among Fantastic Fest 2012′s First Wave Line-Up
If you weren’t one of the lucky ones that got in to see the Pete Travis’ “Dredd” when it screened to an enthusiastic crowd earlier this year at Comic Con, have no fear, the...
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Film4 FrightFest Reveals its 2012 Guest Line-Up
The UK’s horror film festival FrightFest is gearing up for its 2012 edition, and the fest is bringing over an impressive line-up of horror luminaries, including Dario Argengo and Jennifer Lynch. Find out who...
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2012 Chinese Visual Festival Announces Audience Choice Awards Winners
The 2012 version of the Chinese Visual Festival have announced their Audience Choice Awards as chosen by you, the people. Which is very appropriate, given that most of the 17 independent documentaries screened at...
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Zipangu Fest 2012 Announces a Kaiju Double Bill … in TohoScope!
Ahead of the announcement of their full line-up on August 22nd 2012, the 2012 version of the UK’s Zipangu Fest will be treating fans of kaiju monster movies to a double bill at the...
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The Big List of 2012 Emmy Nominations
The Emmys released their latest nominations for the year 2012. Any of your favorites got recognized? Find out, won’t you? (“Sherlock” and “Luther” got nominated. Wow. That was a surprise. Maybe I’ll actually watch...
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UK’s Zipangu Fest 2012 Announces Dates and Locations
The UK-based Zipangu Film Festival aka Zipangu Fest is gearing up for its third year in London. This time around, the festivities will be held at the Cinema Museum in Kennington, South London, from...
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Watch a Few Minutes from The Expendables 2 Comic Con Panel
This is somewhat bittersweet. Thursday featured an “Expendables 2″ Comic Con panel that included stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture from the movie. The panel took place on...
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Watch the Comic Con Panels for Total Recall, Elysium, Looper, Resident Evil and After Earth
Who says you have to be at San Diego to get the full big movie panel experience? Okay, so there’s really no substitute for the actual experience of being inside a massive Hall H...
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Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 3, and Marvel Studios Hit up Comic Con
Marvel Studios sure didn’t make their visit to this year’s Comic Con a wasteful one. Besides releasing those official movie logos (and one concept artwork) for their upcoming titles, they also brought over the...
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Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie to Open Fantastic Fest 2012
Wanna see Tim Burton’s latest stop-motion monster-cuteness before anyone else does? You’ll have to be in Texas on September 20th, 2012 to do that, because Burton’s “Frankenweenie” has just been announced as the opening...
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The 2012 Chinese Visual Festival Trailer
London won’t be just hosting the Olympic Games this year, it’ll also be home to the 2012 version of the Chinese Visual Festival. As the second annual Chinese-theme film fest gears up for its...
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SIFF ’12 Review: Countdown (2011)
Tae Gun-ho (Jeong Jae-yeong) is a badass in the classic tough guy vein. Watching him in South Korean director Huh Jong-ho’s thriller “Countdown”, you can’t help but be reminded of guys like Steve McQueen...
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Friends Forever! Alamo Drafthouse Bringing ’80s Martial Arts Flick Miami Connection Back to the Big Screen
I was never hip enough to dig Y.K. Kim’s “Miami Connection” when it landed way back in 1987 (that’s the right word, right? “hip”?), but man, this thing looks wacky as all get-out. For...
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Chinese Visual Festival Announces Opening Night Film and 2012 Schedule
The 2nd Annual Chinese Visual Festival kicks off in London starting June 22, 2012, with Cao Dan’s “Dragon Boat” recently chosen as the fest’s opening night film. The documentary will also be making its...
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SIFF ’12 Review: Citadel (2012)
Writer/director Ciaran Foy’s “Citadel” is the creepiest, most affecting horror movie I’ve seen in quite some time. The film draws strength from a variety of sources, leaning heavily on supernatural and religious overtones. The...
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SIFF ’12 Review: Game Of Werewolves (2011)
Mixing horror and comedy is a tricky proposition. Leaning too heavily on one element over the other can lead to an imbalance, and too many attempts to synthesize the two genres result in movies...
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Taiwan Cinefest Expands to North America, 2012 Line-Up Announced
Used to be you had to be in London to enjoy the latest and greatest films from Taiwan, which was bad news for Stateside fans wanting a little taste. Now you won’t actually have...
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Sion Sono’s Himizu Takes the Terracotta Far East Film Festival Audience Award
After an impressive appearance at the 68th Venice Film Festival (the film’s young leads, Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaido won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor and Actress), Sion Sono’s “Himizu”...
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Detention (2011) Movie Review
This review was originally written on June 6, 2011 from a screening at SIFF. “Detention” opens in theaters this Friday. Is it time to start wistfully longing for the 1990s already? Since “Take Me...
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The Avengers Will Close Tribeca Film Festival
If you happen to be a cop, firefighter, or part of the military, and you can’t wait to see Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers” when it premieres in May, you’re in luck — you might...
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