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Madrid, Jan 22 (Ians) Real Madrid have a difficult and vital trip to face Athletic Club Bilbao on Sunday night and the pressure is likely to be on Carlo Ancelotti’s side.

If Barcelona win their match at home to Getafe earlier in the day, Madrid will be six points behind the side that beat them in the Spanish Super Cup, in the race for the La Liga title, reports Xinhua news agency.

Ancelotti’s men got a huge morale boost on Thursday as they came back from 2-0 down to eventually win 3-2 away to Villarreal in the Copa del Rey to set up a quarterfinal at home to Atletico Madrid next week.

As the game was played on Thursday, it gives Ancelotti little time to recover tired legs among his players, although Luka Modric, who was rested in the Cup, should be available.

However, Lucas Vazquez, Dani Carvajal, David Alaba...

Madrid, Jan 21 (Ians) Athletic Club and Real Madrid will face each other in the upcoming matchday of Spanish La Liga in what is an eagerly anticipated clash.

Given that the two clubs head into Sunday’s match on the back of disappointments last weekend, they’ll both be looking to bounce back. This is always an eye-catching encounter and here are five factors that are worth looking out for and that make this one of the top games of Matchday 18.

This is a chance to bounce back

Both these teams suffered 3-1 losses in important games last weekend, as Athletic Club lost the Basque Derby in the previous matchday at the Reale Arena against Real Sociedad, while Los Merengues fell to defeat in the Spanish Super Cup final against Fc Barcelona. As such, both squads are viewing this fixture as an opportunity to forget those respective defeats. In the case of Athletic Club,...

Madrid (Spain), Jan 13 (Ians) Fc Barcelona and Real Madrid are absent from La Liga matches this weekend as they compete in the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, there is still plenty of action as Spain’s top flight moves onto its 17th round of matches.

Here are some things to look out for in the coming days:

1. A big Basque derby

This season’s first Basque derby between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao sees the two sides challenging for a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League, with Real Sociedad also looking like the only team able to get near Barca and Madrid in the race for the league’s title.

Imanol Alguacil’s team go into the match in excellent form, with six wins in all competitions, and the connection between Brais Mendez and Alexander Sorloth in attack working to perfection.

The return of Mikel Oyarzabal...

The Young Pope is here to stay. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming HBO series has been renewed for a second season before its season one debut.From Paolo Sorrentino, the drama stars Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American pope in history. The cast also includes Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, Sebastian Roché, Daniel Vivian, and James Cromwell.Read More…...

In an answer to prayer, Sky Atlantic has released The Young Pope TV series trailer. Watch it, below. The fictional drama is an eight-part mini-series from writer and director Paolo Sorrentino. A joint production of Sky, HBO, and Canal+, The Young Pope features the first American pontiff, Pope Pius Xiii (Jude Law).

The Young Pope TV show cast includes: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, Sebastian Roché, Daniel Vivian, and James Cromwell. The Young Pope is produced by Wildside and co-produced by Haut et Court TV and Mediapro. Executive Producers for Wildside are Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani together with John Lyons.

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Italian horror films have always been known for the buckets of blood they dump on us fans, and if this first trailer is any indication, Lucas Pavetto's The Perfect Husband is going to make folks like Fulci and Argento proud. Dig in!

The Perfect Husband opens this summer in limited theaters across Italy.

Co-written by Pavetto and Massimo Vavassori, the film stars Gabriella Wright, Bret Roberts, Carl Wharton, Tania Bambaci, Daniel Vivian, and Philippe Reihardt.

Synopsis

Viola and Nicholas are going through a difficult period. The couple and their relationship were strained by a termination of pregnancy that has overwhelmed them unexpectedly. To overcome this crisis, they decide to spend a weekend in an old cottage lost in the woods, but all will take a devilish bent when the head of one of the spouses will infiltrate a crazy suspicion. What was supposed to be a quiet weekend will...

Check out what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (young-adult fantasy; Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower; rated PG-13) The Smurfs 2 (animated; Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria; rated PG) Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (jewel-thief documentary; Tomislav Tom Benson, Daniel Vivian; not rated) Crave (drama; Edward Furlong, Ron Perlman, Emma Lung, Josh Lawson; premieres on Mod and in theaters on 12/6; not rated) Live at the Foxes Den (drama; Jackson Rathbone...

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Just in time for this year's Afm (get used to hearing that a lot this month), we have the first word and sales trailer for the new indie flick Morning Star from Luca Boni and Marco Ristori. Check it out along with a bit of artwork.

Adrian Bouchet, Mike Mitchell, Daniel Vivian, Ivy Corbin, David White, Rosella Elmi, and Ally McClelland star.

What's it all about? Why, fighting evil of course! You know... evil. It can be pesky. Especially medieval type evil. That's the worst kind. In any event, check out the trailer below, and look for more soon!

Synopsis

After a pitched battle a man is on his way back home, but it is just the beginning of a journey in a forgotten and dark world. He will meet weird and evil characters and fight for his freedom. Only at the end of his path the man will discover...

Danny Boyle is returning to the heist genre, signing on to direct Smash and Grab for Pathe and Fox Searchlight Pictures.

The project is a narrative adaptation of this summer's documentary Smash & Grab: The Story of The Pink Panthers, directed by Havana Marking. Here's the documentary's official description.

"Their crimes resemble high-octane Hollywood action movies: a sports car speeds through a Dubai shopping mall, crashing into the windows of a Graff jewelry store. Masked, gun-wielding men jump out of the car, and stuff fistfuls of diamonds into their satchels before screeching off. In London, they took all of three minutes to make off with $30 million in diamonds. They are captured not in person, but on surveillance tapes that record their astonishing lightning strikes with hypnotic accuracy.

Playing out like a noir thriller spiced with cutting-edge animation and shocking real surveillance footage, Havana Marking's Smash & Grab is an exclusive all-access...

Zombie Massacre is Uwe Boll's latest film. Boll is a producer on this picture and he also has a screen credit as the American President. Picturing Boll as the President is a true nightmare. Even more nightmarish is this first official trailer for the film. In the clip, a super soldier, produced by the American government, is inadvertently unleashed on a local populace. A team of mercenaries are sent in to restore order. Who will win the day: the undead or these rogue soldiers? Zombie Massacre is based on a video game from Benjamin Krotin, which is scheduled for release in 2012 through 1988 Games. However, as 2012 draws to an end, an official release date for the game has not been confirmed. For now, forget the joystick and enjoy the film's reel below. Director/writer: Luca Boni and Marco Ristori. Cast: Uwe Boll, Tara Cardinal, Mike Mitchell, Jon Campling, Christian Boeving,...

Independent filmmakers could learn a thing or two from director Luca Boni and Marco Ristori’s upcoming action/horror flick “Zombie Massacre”. If you want to keep people interested in your flick, you have to keep the buzz going. A good way to make that happen is to the hungry masses more behind-the-scenes photos and footage than they can handle. With smartphones and apps like Instragram, there’s really no reason not to make this happen. And to whoever updates the film’s official Facebook page: Keep up the great work. I’ll definitely be back for more. “Zombie Massacre” stars Christian Boeving, Jon Campling, Mike Mitchell, Gerry Shanahan, Daniel Vivian, and Tara Cardinal, the latter of whom can be found wielding some pretty deadly weaponry in the batch of pics you see below. In case you haven’t heard, the film is based on the video game by 1988 Games,...

There are a lot of zombie movies coming out this year, but only one of them is directed by “Eaters: Rise of the Dead” masterminds Luca Boni and Marco Ristori. “Zombie Massacre”, the duo’s latest undead-related endeavor, is being proudly presented to the world by Uwe Boll. However, don’t let the “House of the Dead” director’s involvement dissuade you from checking this one out. “Eaters” was a pretty badass movie, and from the looks of things, their latest effort seems to have been fashioned from the same mold. That’s a good thing, by the way. The film is loosely based on the video game by 1988 Games, which is about a group of police officers who are charged with delivering a nuclear bomb into a zombie-infested city. The adaptation stars Christian Boeving, Jon Campling, Mike Mitchell, Gerry Shanahan, Daniel Vivian, and the lovely Tara Cardinal. You can...

The War Games trailer from director Cosimo Alema has been around for several months now. Recently, this action thriller received a darker graphic, which can be seen left (Dread) and War Games was previously titled At the End of the Day.

This is an Italian shot horror feature, which features several weekend warriors escaping city life for a day to play paint/pellet ball. They meet up with some cannibalistic ex-soldiers and well, you know...Have a look at the trailer for the feature and take a glance at mysterious poster that tells you to "win, or die trying."

The synopsis for War Games:

"A game of paintball turns deadly when three unhinged and deranged ex-soldiers play a twisted mind game of catch and release with their unsuspecting victims. This quickly leads to a bloody manhunt where everyone is a target, and no one is safe" (Dread).

Director: Cosimo Alemà.

The War Games trailer from director Cosimo Alema has been around for several months now. Recently, this action thriller received a darker graphic, which can be seen left (Dread) and War Games was previously titled At the End of the Day. This is an Italian shot horror feature, which features several weekend warriors escaping city life for a day to play paint/pellet ball. They meet up with some cannibalistic ex-soldiers and well, you know...Have a look at the trailer for the feature and take a glance at mysterious poster that tells you to "win, or die trying."

The synopsis for War Games:

"A game of paintball turns deadly when three unhinged and deranged ex-soldiers play a twisted mind game of catch and release with their unsuspecting victims. This quickly leads to a bloody manhunt where everyone is a target, and no one is safe" (Dread).

Director: Cosimo Alemà.

War Games (formerly At the End of the Day) is the first feature from acclaimed music video director Cosimo Alemà. It's about a paint ball game gone horribly, and dangerously wrong and I think it looks pretty intense.

Synopsis:

A game of paintball turns deadly when three unhinged and deranged ex-soldiers play a twisted mind game of catch and release with their unsuspecting victims. This quickly leads to a bloody manhunt where everyone is a target, and no one is safe.

The movie stars Andrew Harwood Mills, Sam Cohan, Valene Kane, Neil Linpow, Daniel Vivian, Lutz Michael, Monika Mirga, Michael Schermi, Tom Stanley, and Stephanie Chapman-Baker.

Check out the promo trailer (via: Dread Central) after the break.

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Shall we play a game? No? Then screw you and your namby pamby paintball crap! I'm stocking up on real ammo and am gonna ventilate your skull Seal Team 6 style! Well okay, we're not going to do that, but it still feels good to remind you that Bin Laden is dead whenever we can.

What we're talking about here is the new flick from acclaimed music video director Cosimo Alemà, War Games (formerly At the End of the Day). The movie stars Andrew Harwood Mills, Sam Cohan, Valene Kane, Neil Linpow, Daniel Vivian, Lutz Michael, Monika Mirga, Michael Schermi, Tom Stanley, and Stephanie Chapman-Baker.

Check out the art, trailer, and more below.

Synopsis

A game of paintball turns deadly when three unhinged and deranged ex-soldiers play a twisted mind game of catch and release with their unsuspecting victims. This quickly leads to a bloody manhunt where everyone is a target,...