11 items from 2012
25 May 2012 4:04 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Sergei Loznitsa's second world war drama about collaboration with the Nazis is a stark and slow-burning parable
The Ukrainian director and former documentary-maker Sergei Loznitsa scored a succès d'éstime with his first fiction feature My Joy, which was in competition in Cannes two years ago. Now he has returned with a mysterious, compelling and grim story from the Nazi-Occupied Soviet Union in 1942, shrouded in the fog of war, the fog of fear and the fathomless fog of European history – comparable, perhaps, to Elem Klimov's 1985 film Come and See.
It is a second world war story about something with which few war movies concern themselves: the banal and poisonous disgrace of collaboration that the Nazis visited on every corner of the Reich. Here former Soviet commanders put themselves eagerly at the disposal of the Nazi invader, assuming administrative duties and enforcing the new order with the usual cruelty, and »
- Peter Bradshaw
26 April 2012 6:28 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Han-min Kim
Written by Ham-min Kim
2011, South Korea
Director Han-min Kim’s film The War of the Arrows is something of a rarity in the international image of Korean cinema as its focus lies on the second Manchurian invasion of Korea, the Joseon Kingdom in particular. In layman’s terms, the War of the Arrows is about the second Chinese invasion of Korea.
Personalizing history by focusing on the children of a Korean traitor, we follow Nam Yi (Hae-Il Park, The Host) and Ja-In (Chae Won-Moon). Receiving a family bow and a message for the elder brother to look after his younger sister as he would a daughter, they both barely escape certain execution in Seoul. Fast forward 13 years and Ja-In is getting married despite her older brother doing everything he can to prevent it. As the wedding nears, Nam Yi wanders off and »
- Rob Simpson
13 April 2012 7:38 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Today sees the opening of "The Cabin In The Woods," one of the freshest, most enjoyable horror movies in years, one that we can only urge you to go see (read our review here). To mark its release, Time Out have polled critics, programmers and filmmakers as to their favorite horror movies, and collated their finds in a mammoth list.
Topped by "The Exorcist," it's an excellent read, and one you'll want to sit down with over the weekend, and as a taste, below you can find the top ten picks of ten of the most notable filmmaker contributors. You can find the full list, as well as picks from many, many more interesting figures, from Antonio Campos and Joe Dante to Simon Pegg and Rob Zombie, over at Time Out's site. And why not weigh in with your own ten picks over in the comments below?
Roger Corman ("The Pit & The Pendulum, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
30 March 2012 2:14 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Rihanna has revealed that she used to look out for UFOs as a child. The 'We Found Love' singer explained that her father Ronald Fenty made her keep a lookout for aliens while sitting on their front porch in Bridgetown, Barbados. "My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long looking for UFOs flying by, and I had to do that for years," she said. "I didn't see any but I saw a falling star once and I was like, 'Yessss, dad! Come and see, it just darted'." Rihanna fights aliens (more) »
- By Tom Eames
29 March 2012 10:01 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Rihanna used to be a UFO spotter. The 24-year-old singer says her father Ronald Fenty used to have her sit on the doorstep of their home in Bridgetown, Barbados, and monitor the skies for signs of extra-terrestrial activity. She said: 'My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long looking for UFOs flying by, and I had to do that for years. 'I didn't see any but I saw a falling star once and I was like, 'Yessss, Dad! Come and see, it just darted'.' The 'We Found Love' hitmaker - who goes to war with aliens in new movie 'Battleship' - admits her role as Navy gunner Raikes has deepened her admiration for those »
29 March 2012 10:00 PM, PDT | Virgin Media - Celebrity | See recent Virgin Media - Celebrity news »
Rihanna used to be a UFO spotter. The 24-year-old singer says her father Ronald Fenty used to have her sit on the doorstep of their home in Bridgetown, Barbados, and monitor the skies for signs of extra-terrestrial activity. She said: ''My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long looking for UFOs flying by, and I had to do that for years. ''I didn't see any but I saw a falling star once and I was like, 'Yessss, Dad! Come and see, it just darted'.'' The 'We Found Love' hitmaker - who goes to war with aliens in new »
9 March 2012 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Put downs. Piss takes. Come backs. Simon Amstell can hand it out, but can he take it? Simon Hattenstone talks to the presenter-turned-standup about celebrity, upsetting his family and whether he's got any material left for his therapist
Simon Amstell made his name as a rude boy in TV shows such as Popworld and Never Mind The Buzzcocks by taking the piss out of pop stars. He then tired of that, went away and remade his name as a neurotic boy – the star (and co-writer) of a TV sitcom, Grandma's House, about a young man called Simon who makes his name on TV taking the piss out of pop stars, gets tired of it and is desperate to find his soul and make it as an actor. Grandma's House is self-referential post-modernism gone mad. It's also very funny – with its multiple Yiddishisms, the mother who gets such nachus from the celebrity her son despises, »
- Simon Hattenstone
15 February 2012 1:53 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Los Angeles — Bravado is a familiar part of William Shatner's image and his acting portfolio, whether he's in character as James T. Kirk, Denny Crane or the Negotiator TV pitchman.
Even the title of the one-man show he's bringing to Broadway this week – "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It" – has moxie to spare. So it's surprising, even endearing, that Shatner admits to his version of stage fright.
"My fears are not the primitive, `I'm afraid I can't talk' kind of fear that young actors have. Mine is, `I'm afraid the ticket sales won't go,'" he said recently in his memento-decorated office before heading to New York for the play's Thursday opening.
Another worry, and this is a big one: that audiences will prove tougher to impress than they were in Australia and Canada, where he toured with an early incarnation of the show. Shatner was last on »
- AP
3 February 2012 9:24 AM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
After Dark has started to announced their lineup for “After Dark Originals 2″, which will include 8 new horror movie releases. The first film announced is Dark Circles, and we have the plot synopsis, photos, and a poster for you to check out:
“With the success of the After Dark Films Horrorfest ’8 Films To Die For’ brand, and the unanimous success of the first installment of After Dark Originals (Ado), Adf, in conjunction with Lionsgate and Im Global, is proud to announce that they will be bringing another set of 8 terrorizing films to theaters in 2012 — After Dark Originals 2 (ADO2)”
“When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, »
- Jonathan James
3 February 2012 12:04 AM, PST | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »
by MoreHorror.com
After the success of After Dark Originals, it's not a surprise that Ado decided to continue the horror onslaught with their follow up, After Dark Originals 2.
The first horror film in the new series will be Dark Circles. Check out the full details below.
From the official Release:
With the success of the After Dark Films Horrorfest "8 Films To Die For" brand, and the unanimous success of the first installment of After Dark Originals (Ado), Adf, in conjunction with Lionsgate and Im Global, is proud to announce that they will be bringing another set of 8 terrorizing films to theaters in 2012 -- After Dark Originals 2 (ADO2). www.afterdarkoriginals.com
“We’re very proud of this new line of horror films and Dark Circles is the perfect film to set the tone for our ‘newest brand of fear’.”
-Courtney Solomon, CEO of After Dark Films
- admin
2 February 2012 5:23 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
It was this past October when we first got word of Dark Circles, a new After Dark Original heading our way from writer/director Paul Soter, and now we can share the film's poster and a few stills along with details of After Dark Originals 2!
From the Press Release:
With the success of the After Dark Films (Adf) Horrorfest "8 Films To Die For" brand and the unanimous success of the first installment of After Dark Originals (Ado), Adf, in conjunction with Lionsgate and Im Global, is proud to announce that they will be bringing another set of eight (8) terrorizing films to theaters in 2012: After Dark Originals 2 (ADO2).
“We’re very proud of this new line of horror films, and Dark Circles is the perfect film to set the tone for our ‘newest brand of fear’.” -Courtney Solomon, CEO of After Dark Films
Continuing the success of After Dark Originals, »
- The Woman In Black
11 items from 2012
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