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15 May 2013 1:47 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

There you are, sitting comfortably watching a film, safe in the knowledge that you know what’s going on and then someone pulls the rug out from under you and suddenly you’re as confused as a member of the N.R.A. Your viewing pleasure much dependent on whether you’ve just witnessed a good twist, a bad twist or a so incredibly ugly-it-must-be-inbred twist.

Since long before Mr & Mrs Shyamalan got drunk and decided to ‘risk it’ twists have been used as story telling devices. They can either make us see everything in the movie through eyes anew with a deft sleight of hand or, with a heavier touch, have you unintentionally laughing out loud, rolling your eyes in utter disbelief or crying tears of anger into your popcorn.

This is a celebration of the 20 most ridiculous twists of all time. Those that left you shocked or appalled, »

- Kristopher Powell

12 March 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

When you think about 90s pop culture, you have to think about Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 erotic thriller, Basic Instinct. That movie dropped like a bomb, dominating the entertainment news cycle for months and inspiring years worth of parodies. Its success didn’t come because Michael Douglas’ cop character investigating a murder made for all that interesting a story, or because Verhoeven orchestrated the thing all that well either. It came almost solely because people were so shocked by the content. There were threesomes, ice pick murders, and, of course, there was that interrogation scene where you could catch the briefest glimpse of Sharon Stone’s vagina if you turned your head sideways and squinted. The 90s were more innocent times—before the near daily release of celebrity sex tapes—so this was intense stuff, and Basic Instinct made a mint off the scandal. Two years later, a sporadically working director named Richard Rush tried to cash in »

- Nathan Adams

10 February 2013 5:53 PM, PST | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

The Asylum is the studio behind such cheap rip-offs as "Transmorphers" and "Snakes on a Train." It's now back with "Jack the Giant Killer," which is a rip-off of Bryan Singer's upcoming "Jack the Giant Slayer." And today we have a trailer for the new movie, showing that it also borrows from Guillermo Del Toro's "Pacific Rim." Check it out below. Plot: A giant beanstalk brings Jack to a land in the clouds filled with snarling, evil beasts. When the creatures make their way to Earth, Jack must figure out how to get back down before they destroy his hometown and everyone in it. "Jack the Giant Killer" is directed by Mark Atkins (Sand Sharks), and stars Jane March (Color of Night) and Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire). It's set to be released on VOD and DVD/Blu-ray on March 12th, just eleven days after Singer's "Jack the Giant Slayer" hits theaters. »

10 February 2013 12:02 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

The Asylum’s Jack the Giant Killer likely won’t prompt legal action from Bryan Singer’s similarly titled blockbuster since it appears to be set in the early 20th century, the giants are dinosaur-like monsters, and I’m unaware of any version of “Jack & the Beanstalk” that includes a giant robot.

Jane March (Color of Night), Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire), and newcomer Jamie Atkins star in writer-director Mark Atkins’ (Sand Sharks) Jack the Giant Killer, coming to VOD/DVD/Blu-ray on March 12th. That’s 11 days after Jack the Giant Slayer beanstalks theaters worldwide.

So how is The Asylum version of this classic fairy tale different?

A giant beanstalk brings Jack to a land in the clouds filled with snarling, evil beasts. When the creatures make their way to Earth, Jack must figure out how to get back down before they destroy his hometown and everyone in it. »

- Foywonder

4 items from 2013