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Indie Rights Takes Global Distribution for Australian Dark Comedy ‘Vincent’ (Exclusive)
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Indie Rights has acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Vincent,” the atmospheric arthouse dark comedy from Australian filmmaker Alan King, it was revealed on the sidelines of Hong Kong FilMart.

The film, which King both directed and stars in as the troubled writer Vincent Tremblay, follows a protagonist who retreats to an isolated location to complete his first novel, only to encounter a mysterious powerful force that disrupts his solitude.

“With ‘Vincent,’ it was my intention for the line between reality and fantasy to be never clearly defined,” King explains. “Many of the events and themes in the film’s narrative serve as metaphoric representations of addiction, isolation, mental health, friendships, family, social prejudices and concepts of identity.”

The film features a cast including Christopher Kirby, Mercia Deane-Johns (“Last Cab to Darwin”), Greg Fleet (“Wolf Creek”) and Zoe Bertram (“Under the Lighthouse Dancing”), with newcomers Bill Evans and Paree Brar rounding out the ensemble.
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 3/18/2025
  • by Naman Ramachandran
  • Variety Film + TV
Invisible Man Director's Underseen Sci-Fi Thriller Finds New Success On Netflix 6 Years Later
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Netflix viewers discover underrated gem with sci-fi thriller Upgrade, landing it in global top 10. Despite low box office, Upgrade received critical acclaim with 88% ratings from audiences and critics. Success of director Leigh Whannell's other film The Invisible Man may have sparked recognition for Upgrade.

The sci-fi thriller Upgrade finds success on the Netflix charts. Released in 2018, the Leigh Whannell futuristic film chronicles a story wherein technology is an omnipotent force over life. It takes Grey (played by Logan Marshall-Green), a self-declared technophobe, in order to challenge the system, and his own life strategies, through an experimental computer chip implant. In addition to Marshall-Green, Upgrade features a leading cast including Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Abby Craden, Harrison Gilbertson, Benedict Hardie, Richard Cawthorne, and Christopher Kirby.

Now, Upgrade has made its way onto the Netflix global top 10. Upgrade came in no. 6 on the charts for the week of May 13 to May 19, with 2.9 million views.
See full article at ScreenRant
  • 5/22/2024
  • by Hannah Gearan
  • ScreenRant
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Quantum Leap Writer Says Waiting Room Is 'Dead' in NBC's Continuation
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Where do the Leap Hosts go when Quantum Leap’s Ben Song jumps into them? That’s a question many have been asking since NBC’s continuation premiered back in September.

In the original series starring Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett, those being leapt into would enter an empty waiting room that featured a white table and a single door to exit. They were then interrogated for information that could help Sam during his leaps.

More from TVLineQuantum Leap Writer Hopes Viewers Have a 'Heart-Opening Experience' After Watching Trans EpisodeNight Court Sneak Peek: Dan Pushes Abby to Get Angry for...
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  • 2/8/2023
  • by Keisha Hatchett
  • TVLine.com
Australian Emmy Winner Craig Anderson To Showrun Charles Jazz Terrier’s Fitness Comedy ‘WTFitness’
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Exclusive: Australian Emmy winner Craig Anderson is to showrun the first season of Charles Jazz Terrier’s Melbourne fitness comedy WTFitness.

Anderson has been signed up as a packaged principal director and showrunner of Red Empire’s show, which isn’t yet attached to a network.

Starring Kat Stewart (Five Bedrooms), Christopher Kirby (Iron Sky), Jonny Brugh (What We Do In The Shadows), Trevor Jamieson (Rabbit-Proof Fence) and Terrier (Legacies), the eight-part comedy is set in an inner-city Melbourne fitness center, following a mismatched cast as they confront the everyday Dodgeball-esque trials and tribulations of running an unpopular gym and facing off against rival Punch Fitness.

Anderson has won Australian Emmys for Double the Fist and Black Comedy and recently finished producing a behind-the-scenes documentary for ABC’s Indigenous Department.

“Apart from other people’s sweat, the gym is full of deeply awkward interactions, cringeworthy employees and desperate clientele...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 11/23/2022
  • by Max Goldbart
  • Deadline Film + TV
Why Ernie Hudson Wants Scott Bakula To Return For Quantum Leap Reboot
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Exclusive: Ernie Hudson hopes that original Quantum Leap Scott Bakula will return for future episodes of the Quantum Leap reboot, allowing the series to explore Dr. Samuel Beckett's impact. Hudson portrays Vietnam Seal veteran and current head of Project Quantum Leap Herbert "Magic" Williams in NBC's reboot of the time-traveling sci-fi series. The Quantum Leap reboot sees a new team revive Project Quantum Leap thirty years after Samuel Beckett disappeared into the past, where Raymond Lee's Dr. Ben Seong leaps into the past, entering the lives of individuals across history and changing the past for the better.

During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Hudson revealed that he hopes that Bakula will make an appearance in future episodes of the Quantum Leap reboot, allowing the series' to explore Beckett's impact on the people he lept into in the original series. While Bakula did not return for the reboot,...
See full article at ScreenRant
  • 11/9/2022
  • by Nathan Graham-Lowery
  • ScreenRant
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Quantum Leap Recap: Magic Opens Up About That Sam Beckett Jump
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This week’s Quantum Leap took it back to the ‘80s again.

After helping a boxer change his family’s tragic fate, Ben this time around found himself in the body of a bounty hunter named Eva in 1981. His mission seemed trivial: finding the bounty hunter’s target, Carla, who disappeared after skipping a court date over unpaid parking tickets.

More from TVLineLa Brea Recap: Three's Company -- Plus, Who Is Keeping a Secret?The Voice Recap: Three (Really Good!) Singers Cut on Night 1 of the BattlesThe Voice Renewed, Adds Niall Horan, Chance the Rapper as New Coaches

But there...
See full article at TVLine.com
  • 10/11/2022
  • by Keisha Hatchett
  • TVLine.com
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Quantum Leap Boss Promises NBC Reboot Will Address Sam Beckett's Leap Into Magic From Original Series
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Does Quantum Leap’s Herbert “Magic” Williams (played by Ernie Hudson) remember Sam Beckett (played in the original series by Scott Bakula) jumping into him? NBC’s continuation of the time-travel series will provide an answer in the coming weeks.

Episode 4 will address the leap in question, which occurred in a Season 3 episode of the original series featuring Christopher Kirby as a young Magic, showrunner Martin Gero tells TVLine.

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  • 9/23/2022
  • by Keisha Hatchett
  • TVLine.com
Quantum Leap TV Review
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Plot: It’s been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee), has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.

Review: The original Quantum Leap aired from 1989 to 1993 and ushered in a unique blend of television series that combined science-fiction, hopeful stories about fate and destiny, and a sense of humor that catapulted Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell to celebrity. After thirty years, Quantum Leap is back for a reboot that serves as the sixth season of the series and an all-new take on the formula. With direct references to Bakula and his exploits traveling through time in the guise of many different people, the new Quantum Leap feels incredibly familiar and safe while still mining nostalgia for TV shows of a bygone era.
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  • 9/17/2022
  • by Alex Maidy
  • JoBlo.com
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Ernie Hudson Says Quantum Leap's Magic 'Would Love to Get' Scott Bakula's Sam Beckett Back Home
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In the original Quantum Leap series, which ran from 1989 to 1993 on NBC, Herbert “Magic” Williams (played by Christopher Kirby) was just a soldier in the Vietnam War when Samuel Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaped into him in the Season 3 episode “The Leap Home, Part 2 (Vietnam).”

Decades later, NBC’s upcoming revival — premiering Monday, Sept. 19 at 10/9c — now finds Magic (played by Ernie Hudson) heading up the rebooted Quantum Leap project with the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine, and the man who created it.

More from TVLineAndy Cohen Memoir Most Talkative Being Developed as NBC ComedyEmmys Hits All-Time Audience...
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  • 9/14/2022
  • by Keisha Hatchett
  • TVLine.com
‘Quantum Leap’ Sequel Ordered to Series at NBC
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NBC’s “Quantum Leap” pilot has been ordered to series, Variety has learned.

A sequel to the NBC series of the same name that ran from 1989 to 1993, “Quantum Leap” will center Dr. Ben Seong, a new character played by Raymond Lee who is described as a world-renowned physicist and a man of faith. 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula in the original series) stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.

NBC announced a pilot order for “Quantum Leap” in January. Along with Lee, the cast includes Ernie Hudson, Caitlin Bassett, Nanrisa Lee and Mason Alexander Park.

Hudson plays Herbert “Magic” Williams, a character played by Christopher Kirby in the Season 3 episode of the original series titled “The Leap Home Part 2.” Magic is...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 5/6/2022
  • by Selome Hailu
  • Variety Film + TV
Australian ‘WTFitness’ Series Pitched as Pilot by Organic Media Group
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Australian actor and filmmaker Charles Jazz Terrier has completed post-production on a speculative pilot for “WTFitness,” a comedy series set in Melbourne’s gym scene.

‘WTFitness’ is proposed to be a series with eight half-hour episodes that boasts an ensemble cast including Terrier, Christopher Kirby, Kat Stewart, Jonny Brugh and Trevor Jamieson.

The show was created by Terrier of Fantome Bay Pictures and was developed in conjunction with award-winning filmmaker Nicholas Potaris. Terrier aims to create a genuine Australian workplace comedy while exploring real-world diversity, social and economic issues. He likens it to “The Office” meets “Parks & Recreation.”

“In ‘WTFitness’ we saw a unique opportunity to marry the Aussie sense of humor with a series that navigates both Australian and universal social and economic issues, with the content in some cases acting as a teaching mechanism between the situation and the audience,” said Terrier. “The series has been created in...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 4/12/2022
  • by Patrick Frater
  • Variety Film + TV
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‘Blood Vessel’ Review (Shudder)
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Stars: Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Alex Cooke, Mark Diaco, John Lloyd Fillingham, Troy Larkin, Vivienne Perry, Ruby Isobel Hall, Steve Young, Jacinta Stapleton, Mackenzie Stephens | Written by Justin Dix, Jordan Prosser | Directed by Justin Dix

Horror at its best gets under your skin and stays with you for some time, making you think over what you’ve seen. Some horror though just wants to be fun and provide some blood-soaked entertainment. Blood Vessel is one of the fun ones, for those with a taste for vampires. When a life raft adrift in the North Atlantic find an abandoned German minesweeper, the people on the raft believe they are saved. It’s not long though before the seemingly abandoned boat reveals it’s blood soaked secrets.

In terms of storyline don’t expect any brilliant twists or meaningful revelations with Blood Vessel, that isn’t what this movie is.
See full article at Nerdly
  • 11/13/2020
  • by Paul Metcalf
  • Nerdly
Kiss of the Tarantula (1975)
New Trailer for Vampire-on-a-Nazi-Ship Horror Thriller 'Blood Vessel'
Kiss of the Tarantula (1975)
"I've been killing monsters for years - a few more won't hurt." Shudder has released a new trailer for the Australian horror thriller titled Blood Vessel, which already opened Down Under during the summer. We featured a first trailer back in June, but the film is now available to watch streaming on Shudder in the US. Somewhere in the North Atlantic, late 1945 - survivors of a torpedoed Allied ship are adrift at sea in a life raft when they spot an abandoned German boat. They board, and soon discover they're not alone. Everyone on the ship is dead, but something else still lives. The Nazis found vampires. Yeah, this looks creepy and bloody as hell. This stars Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Nathan Phillips, Christopher Kirby, John Lloyd Fillingham, Alex Cooke, and Mark Diaco. It's finally time to meet this freaky old vampire. Here's the official US trailer for Justin Dix's Blood Vessel,...
See full article at firstshowing.net
  • 11/6/2020
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
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Blood Vessel moves to Shudder Nov. 5
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A life-raft lost at sea encounters an abandoned Nazi vessel. Boarding the ship, they find a far more daunting enemy. Blood Vessel stars Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings), Robert Taylor (The Matrix), Nathan Phillips (Snakes On A Plane), Christopher Kirby (Daybreakers), John Lloyd Fillingham (Hunters), and Alex Cooke (Preacher).

The post Blood Vessel moves to Shudder Nov. 5 appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.
See full article at Horror News
  • 11/3/2020
  • by Adrian Halen
  • Horror News
This Blood Vessel Explodes in Terror: A Film Review
Director: Justin Dix Writers: Justin Dix, Jordan Prosser. Blood Vessel is a film from writer and director Justin Dix. He has worked on a few horror projects, including: Crawlspace (2012) and the upcoming Grave (2020). Falling into the Ghost Ship horror sub-genre, Dix creates some great visuals on a World War II vessel. All of the settings, costumes and props look realistic as they are taken from an actual, restored WWII vessel. But, there is a bit of a major tone and pacing shift - near the middle of the film, which might be jarring for some. Ending with a great finale, Blood Vessel will draw most horror enthusiasts into a decent vampire tale. The plot begins with the destruction of a hospital ship. Allies, from around the world, team-up to survive in the North Atlantic. Jane (Alyssa Sutherland) acts as a nurse, while Jackson (Christopher Kirby)  is a former ship mechanic and sailor.
See full article at 28 Days Later Analysis
  • 7/23/2020
  • by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
  • 28 Days Later Analysis
See How the Patriarch Vampire is Brought to Undead Life with Makeup Effects in Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Clip from Blood Vessel
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Set during the horrors of World War II, a group of survivors on a life raft discover a new kind of horror when they board a ship infested with vampires in the new movie Blood Vessel. With the film coming out on July 21st from The Horror Collective, we've been provided with an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip that shows the makeup effects process to create the chilling lead vampire, The Patriarch (Troy Larkin).

You can watch the exclusive clip below, and we also have additional details and the previously released trailer for Blood Vessel.

From the Press Release: [Los Angeles, CA] A behind-the-scenes clip from the upcoming WWII creature-feature Blood Vessel, which genre distributor The Horror Collective is releasing, has been posted by DailyDead.com. The clip delves into the creation of the lead vampire, played by Troy Larkin (Wolf). The film will be released on July 21st.

Synopsis: A life-raft lost at sea encounters an abandoned Nazi vessel.
See full article at DailyDead
  • 7/15/2020
  • by Derek Anderson
  • DailyDead
Vampires, Rough Seas and World War II Haunt Blood Vessel this July!
Blood Vessel is a film from Australia. Shot in Melbourne, Williamstown and other locations, the film has been described as a period piece, by the Horror Collective. And, the Horror Collective will ship Blood Vessel to North American audiences this July. Developed by Justin Dix (100 Bloody Acres), the film stars: Alyssa Sutherland ("Vikings"), Nathan Phillips (Snakes on a Plane) Christopher Kirby (Daybreakers), Robert Taylor and many others. A U.S. trailer and poster are here. The Horror Collective's Jonathan Barkan talked about the film, recently. He said of the film and its story: "I love period horror films as much as I love vampires." There will be both vampires and World War II vessels in Dix's latest. The Horror Collective has set July 21st as the film's release date. In July, Blood Vessel will show on DVD and Digital platforms, across North America. Fans of vampires or of World War...
See full article at 28 Days Later Analysis
  • 6/17/2020
  • by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
  • 28 Days Later Analysis
Blood Vessel (2019)
New Trailer for Adrift at Sea WWII Vampire Horror Film 'Blood Vessel'
Blood Vessel (2019)
"Whatever happened on this ship wasn't gremlins... something far more real." Umbrella Entertainment in Australia has unveiled an official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled Blood Vessel, made by Australian SFX veteran Justin Dix. This premiered at a handful of horror film festivals last year, and it's being set for release sometime later this year. Set in 1945, the film opens with the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship adrift on a life raft. They encounter an abandoned German minesweeper but then discover a "supernatural reckoning older and deadlier even than the war they thought they were escaping." Which is a longer way of saying: vampires. The Nazis found vampires. Yeah, this looks creepy and bloody as hell. Starring Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Nathan Phillips, Christopher Kirby, John Lloyd Fillingham, Alex Cooke, and Mark Diaco. This is a very dark and messy trailer, but this looks extra gnarly and super scary.
See full article at firstshowing.net
  • 6/15/2020
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Exclusive ‘Blood Vessel’ Trailer Sets Sail with Vampires on an Abandoned Nazi Ship
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Need a new vampire movie to sink your teeth into? We've got an exclusive trailer debut for Blood Vessel, the latest release from The Horror Collective, which stages a WWII creature-feature aboard the high seas. Following a group of survivors aboard a life raft, Blood Vessel pits them up against seafaring vampires hiding on an abandoned Nazi ship and promises an action-packed, bloody fight for survival. Directed by award-winning effects artist Justin Dix from a script he co-wrote with Jordan Prosser, Blood Vessel stars Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Nathan Phillips, Christopher Kirby, John Lloyd Fillingham, …...
See full article at Collider.com
  • 6/15/2020
  • by Haleigh Foutch
  • Collider.com
Justin Dix presses on with passion project ‘Riding Hood’
Pre-viz scene of ‘Riding Hood.’

Some 20 years ago Justin Dix had the idea for a film about an orphaned red riding hood who is hell bent on exacting revenge against the werewolf who killed her grandmother.

Over the years the filmmaker made several attempts to finance Riding Hood but he is now pulling together all the elements of the action fantasy, ready to shoot later this year.

“It’s been a long gestation but it will happen this time, things are moving quite rapidly and I am going to do it,” the writer, producer, director, FX supervisor and production designer tells If.

Dix has had promising discussions with potential investors, including an La-based firm and people who backed his most recent film, Blood Vessel, a survival/horror opus which Umbrella Entertainment will launch later this year.

The futuristic Riding Hood is set in an alternate New York in The Woods,...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 2/3/2020
  • by The IF Team
  • IF.com.au
Crawlspace (1986)
Trailer for Nazi-Themed ‘Blood Vessel’ Infects a Ship with Creatures [Video]
Crawlspace (1986)
Bloody has the first trailer from Crawlspace director Justin Dix‘s next horror film, Blood Vessel, which stars Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Christopher Kirby, and John Lloyd Fillingham. The film takes place somewhere in the North Atlantic, in late 1945. A lift raft adrift at sea, and in it, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship: With no food, water, or […]...
See full article at bloody-disgusting.com
  • 9/23/2019
  • by Brad Miska
  • bloody-disgusting.com
Iron Sky: The Coming Race Interview: Director Timo Vuorensola Talks Hollow Earth Theory, Religious Satire and Reptilian Hitler
In 2047, 29 years after the events of the original Iron Sky, young Obi (Lara Rossi), the daughter of Renate (Julia Dietze) and the now deceased James Washington (Christopher Kirby in the first film), is one of the few persons who’s trying to do something about the fact that the Moon is now a very troubled place. While the Nazis are long gone, the Moon suffers from overpopulation, social inequality, health issues, constant quakes, and even from a dominant and privileged religious cult that worships Steve Jobs. When a spaceship strangely arrives from Earth, even if everybody thought life there was nonexistent, things in Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky: The Coming Race...

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  • 7/18/2019
  • Screen Anarchy
New Us Trailer + Poster for 'Iron Sky: The Coming Race' Sci-Fi Sequel
"Let's make Earth great again!" Vertical Entertainment has released a new official Us trailer and a poster for the long-awaited, delayed-for-years sci-fi sequel Iron Sky: The Coming Race, which has been in the works since 2014. This film was released in Europe earlier in the year, and we posted two trailers back then for its initial debut. It's now opening in the Us in July, for those who still want to catch up with it. The plot is just as absurd as the first Iron Sky - the Nazis are back after lying dormant in a secret base on the Moon, now they're attacking with an army of ancient shapeshifting reptilians riding dinosaurs. Madness. Starring Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Christopher Kirby, Tilo Brückner, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul, and Udo Kier. This is one of those films that you know is going to be terrible, but you also just have to see it for yourself.
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  • 6/18/2019
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Blood Vessel Scares Up with World Market Premiere
Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment features a remarkable cast, state-of-the-art visual effects and raises the genre bar for action adventure horror films with Blood Vessel Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment is thrilled to announce the World Market Premiere of Blood Vessel. The new action adventure horror film stars Nathan Phillips (These Final Hours), Christopher Kirby …

The post Blood Vessel Scares Up with World Market Premiere appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net.
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  • 5/26/2019
  • by Adrian Halen
  • Horror News
Disney Channel lands Aussie drama ‘Back of the Net’
‘Back of the Net.’

The Disney Channel has acquired the Us rights to Louise Alston’s young adult drama Back of the Net, which stars Sofia Wylie.

Produced by the Steve Jaggi Company, the film follows Wylie as American science student Cory Bailey, who finds herself stuck at a soccer academy in Sydney for the summer.

Despite her lack of interest in the sport she is determined to end her team’s losing streak and beat the school’s mean girl Evie (Tiarnie Coupland).

Scripted by Us writers Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck McNeeley and also featuring Trae Robin, Gemma Chua-Tran, Ashleigh Maree Ross, Yasmin Honeychurch, Christopher Kirby and Kate Box, it will premiere on the Disney Channel and DisneyNow at 8 pm Edt/Pdt on Saturday June 15.

The network was the natural home for the movie as Wylie starred as Buffy Driscoll in Disney Channel’s Andi Mack series. She...
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  • 5/20/2019
  • by The IF Team
  • IF.com.au
Bo Report: ‘Shazam!’ rules again as new releases go missing
‘Back of the Net’

Facing zero competition from the new releases, New Line/DC Entertainment’s family superhero adventure Shazam! continued its reign at Australian cinemas last weekend.

Lionsgate’s Hellboy reboot, Universal’s comedy Little, Fox’s romantic drama The Aftermath and Laika Studios/Roadshow’s stop-motion animated comedy Missing Link all struggled, generally mirroring their Us results.

Meanwhile Umbrella’s Back of the Net, a young adult drama directed by Louise Alston and scripted by Casie Tabanou and Alison Spuck, launched in Queensland and Victoria, netting $14,000 from limited sessions on 38 screens.

Don’t read too much into that because the film starring Sofia Wylie (the Disney Channel’s Andi Mack) as a soccer academy student who locks horns with the school’s star player Evie (Tiarnie Coupland) is rolling out over the next few weeks, dated for the school holidays.

Also, producer Steve Jaggi is soon expected to...
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  • 4/15/2019
  • by The IF Team
  • IF.com.au
Official Trailer for Delayed Sci-Fi Sequel 'Iron Sky: The Coming Race'
"We both know the truth - the Moon is not going to be here for long." The fight isn't over yet... A brand new trailer has debuted for the long-awaited, delayed-for-years sci-fi sequel Iron Sky: The Coming Race, which has been in the works since 2014. We ran a teaser trailer for this way back in 2014, but they've been struggling to get it finished for the last five years. Now it's done and ready to go - The Coming Race will be released in Europe over the next few months, but still no Us release set yet. The plot is just as absurd as the first Iron Sky - the Nazis are back after lying dormant in a secret base on the Moon, now they're attacking with an army of ancient shapeshifting reptilians riding dinosaurs. Starring Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Udo Kier, Christopher Kirby, Tilo Brückner, Peta Sergeant, & Stephanie Paul. After...
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  • 1/8/2019
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Umbrella Entertainment keeps faith in Oz films and documentaries
‘In Like Flynn.’

Robert Slaviero has joined Umbrella Entertainment as head of sales as the distributor continues its commitment to release a sizable slate of Australian feature films and documentaries.

While some distributors have largely shied away from handling local films Umbrella is keeping the faith with three titles scheduled to open in October and eight on the slate for 2019.

“We like working with people who are passionate about their work and who have a commercial sensibility,” Umbrella MD Jeff Harrison tells If, pointing to collaborators including Causeway Films’ Kristina Ceyton and Sam Jennings, Catherine Scott, Carver Films’ Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish, Paul Ireland and Damian Hill, Steve Jaggi and Justin Dix. “We are very happy with what we’re doing.”

Head of acquisitions Ari Harrison says the firm evaluates up to 50 scripts at any one time and he laments the shortage of projects aimed at older females. “People...
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  • 9/18/2018
  • by The IF Team
  • IF.com.au
Film Review: Man & Machine Come Together For a Sci-Fi ‘Upgrade’
Chicago – “We can rebuild him, we have the technology…” Those words from the 1970s series “The Six Million Dollar Man” seems more truth than science fiction these days, as breakthroughs in humans plus robotics get ever closer to rebuilding us. This is all explored in the fun and action-oriented film “Upgrade.”

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, who usually writes/directs horror for the Blumhouse Productions (“Insidious”), this contains the twist of sci-fi, as a mysterious tech mogul wants to regenerate human tissue through a computer chip insertion. While similar in story elements from 2016’s “Ex Machina,” the themes are different, as the beneficiary of the upgrade is seeking revenge. There is a lot of wit and symbolic wisdom in the story (the “control” of the victim’s limbs are facilitated by an inner voice), and the fight action combines martial artistry with comic surrealism. This is Whannell’s...
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  • 6/1/2018
  • by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
  • HollywoodChicago.com
Dan Mor
Aussie Sci-Fi 'Arrowhead' sells to Us, Canada
Dan Mor
Exclusive: Dan Mor stars in the survival thriller from director Jesse O’Brien.

Australian sales outfit Odin’s Eye Entertainment has closed deals for Sci-Fi Arrowhead with Vertical Entertainment (Us) and Mongrel Media (Canada).

From writer-director Jesse O’Brien, the completed film stars Dan Mor, Aleisha Rose, Christopher Kirby and Shaun Micallef in the survival story of a prisoner of war from a futuristic conflict who, when offered a chance for freedom, gets stranded on a desert moon.

Producers were Ben Whimpey and Christian D’Alessi with director O’Brien.

The company has also clocked sales in Japan (New Select), Indonesia (Crystal Sky), China (Lemon Tree Media), France (Condor), adding to previously announced deals for Germany (Capelight) and Australia (Studio Canal).
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  • 9/12/2016
  • by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
  • ScreenDaily
Sci-fi adventure sold to major territories
Writer-director Jesse O.Brien.s debut feature Arrowhead has been sold to distributors in Japan, Germany and the UK.

The sci-fi adventure which stars Dan Mor as Kye, a military prisoner who embarks on a psychological and emotional journey after his spacecraft crashes on a desert moon, will get a limited theatrical release in Japan via New Select.

The film will be released on home entertainment in the UK by Metrodome and in Germany by Capelight.

The deals were negotiated by Odin.s Eye Entertainment.s Michael Favelle, who tells If, .The response to the film has been fantastic. Jesse is a great talent and we look forward to working with him on future projects..

Australian release plans are yet to be finalised. The film was commissioned by the now-defunct Australian cable channel TV1 and produced in association with Eric Johnson and Eric Machiela of Us-based Gorilla Pictures.

O.Brien...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 11/2/2015
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
First 7 Minutes From Ethan Hawke's Predestination Time-Travel Thriller
Today we have the opening scene (over seven minutes) from the upcoming "Predestination" time-travel thriller, starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West and Christopher Kirby. Check it out below. Plot: The film chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The new movie is directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, who previously worked with Hawke on "Daybreakers." It's set to hit theaters on January 9th, 2015. Video:...
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  • 12/4/2014
  • WorstPreviews.com
Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
'Predestination' First 7 Minutes: Ethan Hawke Goes Time Traveling
Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
Starship Troopers author Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 short story "All You Zombies" comes to life on the big screen next month in the sci-fi thriller Predestination. For those who want more than the previoiusly-released trailer and the first poster, the first seven minutes have just debuted online. This project reunites Ethan Hawke with his Daybreakers directors Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig.

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost. Sarah Snook co-stars as a woman whose troubled live intertwines with the Agent.

Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West and Freya Stafford round out the supporting cast. Check out the opening...
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  • 12/3/2014
  • by MovieWeb
  • MovieWeb
Predestination (2014)
'Predestination' Poster: Ethan Hawke Must Save the Future
Predestination (2014)
Ethan Hawke must save the future by protecting his past in a new poster for the time-bending thriller Predestination.

The actor reunites with Daybreakers filmmakers Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig for this sci-fi thriller, where he stars as a Temporal Agent who has been sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

Sarah Snook co-stars as a woman who crosses paths with this Agent after a tumultuous life, with the supporting cast rounded out by Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West and Freya Stafford. Based on the Robert A. Heinlein story "All You Zombies," Predestination arrives in theaters January 9, 2015. Take a look at the one-sheet below, and stay tuned for more footage and images as we get closer to this sci-fi thriller's release.
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  • 11/19/2014
  • by MovieWeb
  • MovieWeb
Mayhem 2014: ‘Predestination’ Review
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook, Elise Jansen, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West, Cate Wolfe, Jim Knobeloch, Freya Stafford, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Rob Jenkins, Christopher Stollery | Written by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Directed by The Spierig Brothers

Back in 2003, the Spierig Brothers directed a low budget farmhouse zombie horror called Undead. It was an entertaining and imaginative debut, and everyone looked forward to their next offering. It turned out we had to wait a while. In 2009, they released Daybreakers. Another imaginative genre offering, with an entertaining cast and some neat ideas. What would their next movie be?

After another long wait, we arrive in 2014 with Predestination.

Shown as the opening film for day four of the festival, Predestination is a difficult film to talk about without totally ruining it. So I’ll give you this much: after a tense opening sequence which introduces us to the film’s antagonist the...
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  • 11/4/2014
  • by Dan Woolstencroft
  • Nerdly
Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
'Predestination' Trailer Sends Ethan Hawke Back in Time
Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
Ethan Hawke goes on a journey through time and space in the new trailer for Predestination. The project reunites the actor with Daybreakers directors Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig for this time travel thriller, which follows a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) who embarks on his final assignment, to track down the criminal he has been chasing his entire career.

Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook and Christopher Kirby co-star in this thriller that debuted at the South By Southwest Film Festival in March, but doesn't have a domestic release date set at this time.

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

Predestination comes to theaters in 2014 and stars Ethan Hawke,...
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  • 9/26/2014
  • by MovieWeb
  • MovieWeb
New Trailer for Ethan Hawke's Predestination Time-Travel Thriller
Today we have an international trailer for the upcoming "Predestination" time-travel thriller, starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West and Christopher Kirby. Check it out below. Plot: The film chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The new movie is directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, who previously worked with Hawke on "Daybreakers." It's expected to hit theaters early in 2015. Trailer:...
See full article at WorstPreviews.com
  • 9/26/2014
  • WorstPreviews.com
Final Four lands Us producer
Lone Survivor executive producer Jason Shuman has agreed to serve as lead producer on a Us-set sports drama being developed by Australian actor/producer Josh Howlett.

Based on a true story, Final Four will follow three young Australian guys who go to the Us to try their luck in the Ncaa College Basketball Championships.

Recruited by Saint Mary.s College near San Francisco, the Aussies contribute to the team.s greatest success in 50 years.

Howlett was introduced to Shuman, whose credits include Role Models and Darkness Falls, by Bobby Galinsky, who is writing the script and executive producing.

Shuman is one of the producers on Galinsky.s long-in-development Dust and Glory, a comedy action adventure love story set during the RedEx Trials of the 1950s.

"Bobby introduced me to Josh earlier in the year and we began discussions which culminated with a deal when he flew to Los Angeles and we met last month,...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 8/10/2014
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
Predestination (2014) International Movie Trailer: Hawke is a Time Cop
Predestination Trailer. Michael Spierig‘s Predestination (2014) international movie trailer stars Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook, Christopher Kirby, and Freya Stafford. Predestination’s plot synopsis: “Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of [...]

Continue reading: Predestination (2014) International Movie Trailer: Hawke is a Time Cop...
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  • 7/22/2014
  • by Rollo Tomasi
  • Film-Book
Trailer for Ethan Hawke's Predestination Time-Travel Thriller
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming "Predestination" time-travel thriller, starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West and Christopher Kirby. Check it out below. Plot: The film chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The new movie is directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, who previously worked with Hawke on "Daybreakers." It's set to hit Australian theaters on August 28th. A Us date has yet to be set. Trailer:...
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  • 7/22/2014
  • WorstPreviews.com
Sports drama Final Four lands an Angry Boy
Angry Boys. Clyde Boraine has joined the cast of Final Four, a feature drama inspired by the true story of a group of Aussies who played in the Us college basketball league.

Neophyte actor /producer Josh Howlett came up with the idea after watching a story on Espn.s Aussies Abroad which chronicled how five Aussies were recruited by Saint Mary.s College near San Francisco and contributed to the team.s greatest success in 50 years.

Robert Lewis Galinsky is writing the screenplay and serving as executive producer. Howlett will produce via his new company Handmade Media in league with a Us producer whom he declines to name until the project is fully funded.

He said roughly half the development budget has been raised from private investors and the plan is shoot the film next year, two-thirds of it on location in the Us. Howlett and Galinsky have a short-list of Us directors.
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 4/9/2014
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
Camping With The New Gays Of Summer
Ah summer camp! Who doesn’t have fond memories of their days at Camp Mosquito, swimming, hiking, canoeing, sitting around the campfire making s’mores and telling ghost stories, desperately hiding your crush on the boy in the next bunk but secretly hoping he feels the same way…

Two new summer series debuted last week, each angling to capture that camp nostalgia and each including gay characters. One of them is really bad and one of them is pretty good. First, the bad.

Summer Camp

USA Network’s Summer Camp is a reality series pitting two teams of eight against each other in a “boys vs. girls” competition. Each of the contestants is identified by either a character trait (“The Mean Girl”, “The Class Clown”) or an occupation (“The Soldier”, “The Model”). Gay contestant Kyle Kleiboeker is “The Broadway Performer” so it kind of works as both, I guess?

I...
See full article at The Backlot
  • 7/17/2013
  • by John
  • The Backlot
Rated: Iron Sky (2012)
In an era of endless sequels and reboots, we have become increasingly tolerant of how far movie makers will stretch for an original idea. I suppose it’s up to movie audiences to tell them when they've gone too far. Nazis are invading from space? Ok. It seems more plausible than Abraham Lincoln fighting vampires.

Part of the fun of watching movies is seeing something that could not happen in reality. No matter if it’s due to the laws of physics or to the physical limitations of man, normal life is sometimes just too boring. That’s a major appeal of movies; escapism. Those of us that can’t come up with our own ideas pay to watch someone else’s come to life. Iron Sky is one such attempt to separate you from your money in exchange for preoccupying your mind for a few hours. The only difference...
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  • 1/14/2013
  • by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
  • Cinelinx
'Iron Sky' Now Streaming On Netflix (When The 1st Black Astronaut Met Some Moon Nazis...)
I first profiled this sci-fi action/comedy film, and one of its stars, about 2 years ago; it's been a long journey for it, as the filmmakers have been working on it piece by piece, according to however much funding they had for each during each stage of the process. Such is the the way of indie filmmaking. Buzz about the film picked up when it was announced that it would finally make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival in February of last year (2012), after 5 or more years in production (this is what happens when you're making sci-fi parody without any real steady financial backing). Christopher Kirby, the actor who played Mauser in the last 2 Matrix flicks, The...
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  • 1/2/2013
  • by Tambay A. Obenson
  • ShadowAndAct
Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Featurette on the Making of Iron Sky
For those of you who love Moon Nazis (and who doesn't?), we have a special treat for you today: an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette on the creation of Iron Sky.  Director Timo Vuorensola, original idea man Jarmo Puskala and visual effects producer, Samuli Torssonen talk about the creation of the film which follows the return of the Fourth Reich, who have been hiding out since World War Two in a secret base on the dark side of the moon. The clip shows some footage from the film, which stars Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby and Udo Kier, but also highlights the guys' first breakout hit, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, Hit the jump to watch the making of featurette for Iron Sky. Check out our exclusive look at the Iron Sky behind-the-scenes featurette below: Here's the official synopsis for Iron Sky, now available on Blu-ray and DVD: In the last moments of World War II,...
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  • 10/3/2012
  • by Dave Trumbore
  • Collider.com
Iron Sky's Political Agendas: A Movie Review
*spoiler alert! Director: Timo Vuorensola. Writers: Johanna Sinisalo (original story), Jarmo Puskala, Michael Kalesniko, and Timo Vuorensola. Cast: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby and Götz Otto. Nazis have fled to space! Who would have thunk it? In the movie Iron Sky, the last remaining survivors from this regiment fled to the dark side of the moon and spent the last 70 or so years plotting to take over Earth again. But nobody told them that World War II is over and life has gone forwards ... or maybe not. But now they want to come back, with no thanks to astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby). He found their moon base and that does not bode well for humanity. When this space explorer gets captured, the Nazi's plans are accelerated. That leads to some humourous nods to B movie culture and retro-a-go-go. The music is what sells this product. The driving magic by Slovenian...
See full article at 28 Days Later Analysis
  • 10/2/2012
  • by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
  • 28 Days Later Analysis
Udo Kier, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Julia Dietze, and Peta Sergeant in Iron Sky (2012)
Iron Sky 'There Was a Story' Blu-ray Featurette
Udo Kier, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Julia Dietze, and Peta Sergeant in Iron Sky (2012)
Following our exclusive featurette from last week, Entertainment One has provided us with another behind-the-scenes video for Iron Sky, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD October 2. Watch as producer Tero Kaukomaa discusses his initial reactions to writer-director Timo Vuorensola's script, and how he thought they would need $100 million to make this movie.

Iron Sky - There Was a Story Featurette

In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During the following 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis constructed a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers. Their plan: travel back to Earth and re-colonize the planet. And in the not-too-distant future, mankind's greatest enemy is no longer history as the Reich strikes back in this eagerly-anticipated worldwide box office phenomenon which has enjoyed a U.S. theatrical release in over 75 markets,...
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  • 10/2/2012
  • by MovieWeb
  • MovieWeb
New Iron Sky featurettes
Watch 2 new featurettes from Timo Vuorensola's Iron Sky, starring Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Christopher Kirby, Peta Sergeant and Udo Kier. The sci-fi comedy hits DVD and Blu-ray today, available in English with German subtitles. In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. In the intervening 70 years, the Nazis constructed a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers. Their plan: travel back to Earth and re-colonize the planet. Now, mankind's greatest enemy is no longer history as the Reich strikes back in this eagerly-anticipated worldwide box office phenomenon which has enjoyed a U.S. theatrical release - demanded in over 70 markets.
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  • 10/2/2012
  • Upcoming-Movies.com
New Iron Sky featurettes
Watch 2 new featurettes from Timo Vuorensola's Iron Sky, starring Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Christopher Kirby, Peta Sergeant and Udo Kier. The sci-fi comedy hits DVD and Blu-ray today, available in English with German subtitles. In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. In the intervening 70 years, the Nazis constructed a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers. Their plan: travel back to Earth and re-colonize the planet. Now, mankind's greatest enemy is no longer history as the Reich strikes back in this eagerly-anticipated worldwide box office phenomenon which has enjoyed a U.S. theatrical release - demanded in over 70 markets.
See full article at Upcoming-Movies.com
  • 10/2/2012
  • Upcoming-Movies.com
Photo by Guy Lavoipierre
Exclusive: “Iron Sky” Blu-Ray Giveaway!
Photo by Guy Lavoipierre
They have watched our planet.

They have studied our culture.

They have identified our weaknesses.

And they have waited 70 years for revenge.

Isn’t that one of the best tags ever? Especially when the movie itself is described as Inglorious Basterds meets Spaceballs (brilliant!). This movie is the one and only Iron Sky, a film directed by Timo Vuorensola from Entertainment One, featuring Nazis in Space!

The future cult classic follows the fourth Reich in their attempt for vengeance upon America and invades store shelves tomorrow, October 2nd. You can purchase the Blu-ray for $24.98 (Amazon Blu-Ray) and the DVD for $19.98 (Amazon DVD) Or you can participate in our Blu-ray Giveaway right here!

All you need to do is leave a comment on This Post expressing your enthusiasm for this movie and/or letting us know why you want to win! We have 3 (Three!) of these bad boys to give away,...
See full article at FamousMonsters of Filmland
  • 10/1/2012
  • by Andy Greene
  • FamousMonsters of Filmland
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