VIZ Media launches massive free online anime portal
VIZ Media has detailed the launch of VIZ Anime – a brand new, free-to-use interactive web destination that will be a permanent home to some of the company’s best-loved animated series as well as new content which will be added weekly. VIZ Anime kicks off with more than 400 episodes from hit series such as ….
Win one of five copies of the indie crime thriller Heist on DVD
Trailer and festival news for urban crime thriller A Kiss Of Chaos
Low budget Youtube video leads to $30 million production deal with Spider-Man director Sam Raimi
Win a grindhouse prize pack including a Bitch Slap movie poster signed by stars Kevin Sorbo, Zoe Bell and cast, plus a collectible card set
Thought I’d start the new year off right, with a fun new contest for you guys. This Friday, January 8th, Freestyle Releasing, IM Global and Epic Slap are releasing the action flick Bitch Slap in theaters and VOD. Bitch Slap pays homage to classic grindhouse and cult cinema, and is described as a post-modern, thinking ….
Overture and Hammer Films create fan page for horror Let The Right One In remake
Overture and Hammer Films have released the first official synopsis for Cloverfield director Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, which is based on the cult hit Let the Right One In. Let the Right One In was part of Magnet Films’ original Six Shooter Film Series, and was snapped up for a remake treatment by writer ….
John Woo, Jet Li, Tony Jaa, Luc Besson, David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli and more to be included in new Six Shooter Film Series
Magnet Releasing announced today that it’s kicking off a second volume of its cult favorite Six Shooter Film Series with Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, which begins airing this Friday On-Demand, ahead of it’s October U.S. theatrical release. Where the first Six Shooter Film Series took a broad look at smart international genre ….
Free screening of Paranormal Activity in New York this Thursday night
Win an Inglourious Basterds prize pack in the Icons of Facebook contest
Yet more Inglourious Basterds’ news. Producers have announced the Icons of Facebook contest, which gives Facebook users a chance to win an Inglourious Basterds prize pack, which includes a really cool t-shirt and the soundtrack from the film. To win, a take a photo of yourself imitating one of the iconic poses of a ‘Basterds’ ….
New images from Legion feature even more action
New photos have emerged from Legion, including the image above featuring Paul Bettany emerging from a building through a cross of fire. Scott Stewart co-wrote and directed the film, which tells the story of unfriendly Angels coming to Earth in order to destroy mankind.
Win an official prop from Halloween II signed by director Rob Zombie
Enter Fangoria’s Halloween II mash-up contest by creating your own mash-up clip. You simply start with the assets provided, add your own original content, and then slice and dice away. You’ll get video clips from the movie and audio from Rob Zombie’s remake of the classic Halloween theme. From there, it’s up to you. Slice ….
Screening of design documentary Objectified with post-film director Q&A
Director Gary Hustwit will attend a special one-night screening and discussion for his design documentary Objectified, presented in conjunction with AIGA Arizona and IDSA Arizona. Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything ….
Will Mesrine be the French Scarface? Watch these clips and decide for yourself
Jacques Mesrine, last of the great French gangsters, was declared France’s Public Enemy Number One during his lifetime. He regularly finished on top among the list of newsmakers in opinion polls. His spectacular death, shot full of holes by police at close range at the center of Paris in 1979, put the crowning touch on ….
CSI creator to launch world’s first interactive ‘digi-novel’ at Comic-Con 2009
Anthony E. Zuiker, creator of the CSI franchise, and EQAL, creator of the web sensation lonelygirl15, have teamed up on a groundbreaking multimedia project that includes a crime novel by Zuiker, along with a multi-platform interactive experience by EQAL. The project is called Level 26, and Zuiker, along with Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried of ….
Australian horror Lake Mungo remake gets writer
David Leslie Johnson, who wrote the script for the Orphan, which hits theaters on July 24th, has been tapped to pen a remake of the Australian horror suspense film Lake Mungo for Paramount Vantage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vantage grabbed remake rights to the film in November, when it premiered at the American Film ….