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'The
Curse of the Golden Flower,' Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic
is confirmed as China's candidate for the foreign-language
Academy Award nomination. While the decision will surprise
nobody it comes with a whiff of controversy.
Yahoo
Korea have posted the first clip of 'Restless'
online. That was quick! While you could
say its a “teaser” trail, at over 2 minutes long
that’s a hefty piece of clippage for a first look. And
great it looks too. Lush cinematography, and epics battles
aplenty. Check it out from the link below. 
According
to 'Variety' Dimension Films has acquired the movie rights
to "O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce," an Image Comics
series that launched in July. Dimension is crafting the project
as a star vehicle for 
From
Shoreline entertainment comes the Horror thriller ‘The
Signal’. Directed by David Bruckner and Jacob Gentry.
Cast: Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, AJ Bowen, and Scott Poythress.
The plot : A mysterious signal is being transmitted from all
media devices in the city of Terminus, provoking murder and
madness within the psyches of its inhabitants. One man battles
to save the woman he loves from the vehemence of her crazed
husband. But, in order to succeed, he must first determine
who he can trust in a city where everyone appears to have
succumbed to the violence of the signal--including himself.
A
full trailer for ‘Death Note: The last name’ has
just gone live on the films official site. Continuing the
story from the hugely popular first film based on a Manga
of the same name, the final confrontation between high school
student Raito who now holds the book of death, and 'L' a master
detective is at hand. For a synopsis of the first film, check
out our post from back in 
The
new Chinese movie 'Curiosity Kills the Cat' is hoping to compete
for the 2007 Oscar's Best Foreign Film award along with The
Banquet and Curse of the Golden Flower. For the moment, The
Banquet directed by Feng Xiaogang, and Curse of the Golden
Flower will represent the Chinese mainland at next year's
Oscars.
We
first covered news on this great looking independent Zombie
horror ‘Automaton Transfusion’ way back in 
Coming
soon from Korea is the great looking 'Righteous Ties'. The
story: Chi-seong has made a name for himself as the deadliest
hired killer in the southern provinces. His mastery with knives
has given him a reputation that requires the upmost respect
respect. Showing unswerving loyalty to the organization he
serves he ends up in jail to protect the boss of his gang.
However once in jail, Chi-seong learns that the crime boss
he respected so much has betrayed him. Unable to control his
anger, Chi-seong recruits his cellmate to break out of prison,
but to do so will require them to come up with a plan that
no one has dared think of before.
'13
Beloved' aka 'The 13th Quiz show' tells the story of a contestant
in a challenging game show which can be played anywhere. Those
playing the game can agree to accept tasks the show offers,
but once accepted they must be completed. Completing the task
means big rewards. The more you complete the harder they get,
but the rewards are far far greater. The harder they get the
darker and more dangerous they become. Judging by the poster
and trailer some of the tasks are more than tad sinister.
To see the trailer check out the films excellent website.
Select the centre button on the main menu screen. '13 Beloved'
opens in Thailand in October.
Yes
indeed, and what sights to see. They have uploaded quite a
large selection of stills from the film onto the main site.
Also we have tracked down a ton of behind the scenes photos,
which you can see 
Right
at Your Door is Chris Gorak's writing and directing debut.
Previously he was production designer on Lords of Dogtown,
Blade Trinity, The Clearing, and the miniseries Taken. First
screened at the Sundance film festival in January ‘Right
at your Door’ offers a gritty and quite possibly terrifying
perspective on the world’s insecurity in the post-9/11
era. Synopsis: "After multiple dirty bombs are detonated,
spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad (Rory
Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack)
outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With
the city under siege and martial law in affect, Brad and Lexi
struggle to survive with few supplies, limited time and no
information—all the while separated by thin doors and
thinner sheets of plastic. When "help" finally does
arrive, it appears to be anything but". The film
has just been released in the UK by Lions Gate films. No definite
date for a U.S. opening as yet, but the new year seems likely.
We
last time saw Wu Jing was as the blond bad boy opposite Donnie
Yen in the excellent cop thriller ‘Sha po Lang’.
Now he’s set to return to our screens in his own big
budget Kung fu action flick ‘Fatal Contact’. The
story: A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda
from a mentor. The two become best friends as the young man
prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against
some of the top fighters of the world. From the looks
of the trailer it
seems we can expect some pretty hard core fight scenes.
‘Fatal Contact’ opens in Hong Kong on the 5th
of October.
"Perfume:
The Story of a Murderer" is riding high with more than
250,000 moviegoers turning out to see the film on its opening
day Thursday. Tom Tykwer's adaptation of Patrick Sueskind's
bestselling gothic novel, about a hypersensual but amoral
young man who stops at nothing to create the most wondrous
scent imaginable, appears to have benefited from a major marketing
campaign and glitzy premieres in six major cities last week,
including Munich, Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Based on Sueskind's
1985 novel, which sold more than 15 million copies worldwide,
pic also boasts a vast built-in fan base. Opening on 703 screens,
the film has played to packed houses across the country and
is sure to top the box office this weekend. Despite mixed
reviews, people have been anxiously awaiting Germany's highest-profile
movie of the year. "Perfume," which has an excellent
cast, starring Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman,
looks set to best recent Hollywood openers such as "Miami
Vice," which sold 409,000 admissions in its first four
days, and "Cars," currently the No. 1 movie here,
which drew 427,230 moviegoers in its opening weekend. [
We
have news on two upcoming movies from the producers of the
hit Thai action/magic flick from last year ‘
Second
up is ‘M4’. This time from the director of the
aforementioned 'Tiger Blade' Theeratorn Siripanwaaporn. The
film is tale of murder, action, intrigue, and a drag queen
spy!? Plot: "It's been said that ….
The
basic production site for Malaysia’s first superhero
movie ‘Cicak man' has been updated with some sparkly
new graphics, and some extra content. No trailer as yet, but
there is a space waiting to be filled. Soon hopefully. For
more details about the film check out our previous story posted
back on August 23rd.
From
Mono Studios who brought us 'The Tiger Blade' and 'Vengeance'
comes 'The Legend of Sudsakorn'. Directed by Kraisorn Boonsingh.
Starring Chalie Trairat, Pemanee Sungkorn, and Phanudet Watthanasuchat.
The story: Sudsakorn is a curious young man, raised in
the ancient traditions of magic by his mystical grandfather.
He never knew his father, only a void where the loving memories
should be. His mother, a beautiful mermaid is pained by his
sadness, so sends him on a quest to find his father. Armed
with his grandfather's magical weaponry Sudsakorn sets off
into the mysterious world of yore on his trusty steed, Ma
Nin Mangkorn, a half dragon, half horse. What starts as a
simple quest soon turns into an amazing adventure, and a fight
for survival against the dark forces of the ancient world.
The film opens in Thailand this December.
The
50th London Film Festival starts with a bang on Wednesday
18 October with the European premiere of Kevin Macdonald’s
The Last King Of Scotland, starring Forest Whitaker, James
McAvoy, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson. The two week
festival will include 181 features and 131 shorts alongside
a host of live events, special commissions, screen talks and
masterclasses. There will be four world premieres, 32 European
and 123 UK premieres. The programme includes the latest work
from Lars Von Trier (The Boss Of It All), Phillip Noyce (Catch
A Fire), Roger Michell (Venus), and Anthony Minghella (Breaking
And Entering). The likes of Forest Whitaker, Richard Linklater,
Tim Burton, Dustin Hoffman and Paul Verhoeven will be on hand
to discuss their work in career interviews and masterclasses.
The Closing Gala on Thursday 2 November brings the 50th anniversary
celebrations to an end with the UK premiere of Alejandro González
Iñárratu’s Babel, starring Cate Blanchett,
Brad Pitt and Gael García Bernal. The Times BFI 50th
London Film Festival runs from 18 October to 2 November. For
loads more information on the films shown, visit the BFI's
London Film festival website 
A
teaser trail for Alejandro Toledo's new spanish flick 'Holy
Shroud: The Crusader' is online over at the films production
site. Synopsis :After years of fighting for peace, the greatest
warrior of his time, The Crusader, respected by allies and
enemies alike for his courage and charm, is entrusted with
a mission: to bring the Holy Shroud safely to the Pope in
Rome in order to restore peace across the world. But to do
this, he must overcome a series of challenges and obstacles
that only the bravest of heroes could possibly survive. As
he travels across oceans and deserts, mountains and cities,
desperately trying to complete his mission, The Crusader is
helped by an enigmatic Arab diplomat and a seductive lady
with a mysterious past…And everywhere he turns, The
Crusader encounters relentless dark forces prepared to do
anything and everything to thwart him and ensure that peace
does not prevail. A race against time. An adventure across
continents. A desperate struggle for peace. 
Cartoon
maker Gainax will produce four new theatrical features in
its iconic "Evangelion" series. The films, the first
in nearly a decade, are based on the 26-part TV series that
launched the worldwide "Evangelion" boom in the
1990s. The first, helmed by Gainax veteran Shinji Higuchi,
will be released in July, the second in January and the third
and fourth on a double bill in June 2008. They'll be distributed
by Klockworx. The first three movies will borrow some images
from the TV show, but with new backgrounds and soundtracks.
The stories of the third and final will be brand-new, in response
to the many fans who were dissatisfied with the ending of
the two "Evangelion" pics directed by Hideaki Anno
and released in 1997. All four will incorporate far more 3-D
animation technology than the original features and series.
The "Evangelion" skein, about teenagers who pilot
huge robot warriors against invading aliens while struggling
with the issues of adolescence, began as a cult hit on Japanese
TV. 
'Dukun'
stars Umie Aida, Faizal Hussin and Nam Ron in a tale of a
shaman named Diana who dabbles in the occult, and ends up
being tried and sentenced to death. Told from the point of
view of her lawyer Karim, the horrors associated with Diana’s
story involve murder, witchcraft, greed and mayhem, with more
than a hint of the supernatural. The film is said to be based
on the true life story of Mona Fandey, and her murder of a
State assemblyman Datuk Mazlan. Mona a pop singer in her early
days practiced black magic to help wealthy, high class, superstitious
Malays achieve their aims. She was eventually caught for the
murder, and in a trial that lasted more than two months, Mona
– along with her husband Affandi were convicted. Just
before she was hanged at the Kajang Prison in 2001, it was
reported that the infamous murderess had said "I will
never die”. Now thats more than a tad creepy! The film
opens in Malaysia in December. [
Luc
Besson has announced that his ($79 million) 3D film "Arthur,"
due for a Christmas release in France, will be his last film
as a director. Besson has said on several occasions that he
would stop directing once he'd reached 10 films — and
"Arthur," based on kids' books penned by the helmer,
is his 10th. "They are my 10 babies and I love them all.
Now it's over," Besson told French radio RTL. [
The
guys over at '
The
trailer section on the official site for director Martin Cognito's
surreal French horror 'Exes' is now live. First thoughts after
I saw the trail are, if content matches style this film will
be tres tres cool.
Director
Park Ki-hyeong, who previous works include the original 'Whispering
Corridors' and 'Acacia' now tries his hand at an action/drama.
Sang-ho, a high school student and founder of the Tigers,
a soccer team consisting of his friends, finds himself accidentally
drawn into a fight and as a result, he and his friends are
labeled as delinquents. Sang-ho will be played by Jeong Kyeong-ho
(When Romance Meets Destiny, All For Love) while the parts
of his friends are played by Lee Tae-seong (Blossom Again),
Jang Hee-jin (Non Stop 5), and Kim Hye-seong (Jeni, Juno).
Details for the films launch date are a tad vague, at the
moment its being quoted as just 'Sept 06'.
Christian
Alvart's German serial killer thriller 'Antibodies'
is to get limited UK cinema release. His
name may seem familiar to some as he is the director to helm
Renée Zellweger's upcoming horror flick '
We
have been waiting for what seems like an age, but finally
can we get a chance for a first look at a scene from the Zombie
movie parody 'Fido'. Set in an alternative 1950s the world
has been overrun by Zombies, until a scientist invents a collar
to control them. Soon they are ‘domesticated’
and used as servants. Until something goes terribly wrong.
Great stuff! There’s the full Synopsis to be read in
our original article on the film, back on the 29th June 
The
Thai language version of the website for this good looking
frightener has just gone live. An added bonus is that it looks
like we are due
an English version as well. Very handy.
Director
Darren Aronofsky will attend Sitges' 39th Intl. Film Festival
of Catalonia to present his latest pic, "The Fountain,"
in the fest's main Fantastic Premiere sidebar. Starring Rachel
Weisz ("The Constant Gardener") and Hugh Jackman
("X-Men"), "Fountain" turns on a man's
time-traveling odyssey in search of a cure for his beloved's
illness. Fest also will screen Roland Joffe's "Captivity,"
toplining Elisha Cuthbert and Jennifer Daniel Gillies, about
a couple who awake to find themselves kidnapped in a cellar.
Other Fantastic Premiere players include the European preem
of Simon Brand's "Unknown," Wayne Kramer's "Running
Scared" and, as previously announced, Jim Sonzero's "Pulse,"
Neil LaBute's "The Wicker Man," and Richard Linklater's
"A Scanner Darkly" 
After
the tragic death of their mother when they were children,
twin sisters Agata and Catalina Hameran developed a special
skill, a way of communicating without speaking, a “link”
between them. After a mysterious accident on Kilometer 31,
Agata falls into a coma. Catalina, thanks to their “link”,
feels the pain and tragedy that her sister is going through
at the time of the accident. Following a series of supernatural
events, Catalina realizes that their “link” is
stronger than ever and that her sister Agata is screaming
for help from her unconscious state. Catalina
is now determined to find out what really happened to her
sister in order to help her wake up. Nuño, Agata’s
long time friend, and Omar, Catalina’s boyfriend, agree
to help her. But they soon find out that not only is Agata
in a coma, but she is also trapped between reality and an
ancient legend, the legend of La Llorona. 
‘The
Kovak Box,’ starring 
According
to Variety, Tartan Films has acquired all U.K. and Irish rights
to Hungarian helmer Gyorgy Palfi's very strange, but intriguing
and stomach-churning surrealist drama, 'Taxidermia,' from
Fortissimo Films. The pic — well received when it screened
in official selection in the Un Certain Regard section at
Cannes — follows three generations of one family. It
is loosely based on short stories written by Hungarian writer
Lajos Parti Nagy and was adapted for the screen by Palfi and
his wife Zsofia Ruttkay. Said Tartan managing director Laura
DeCasto: "I was blown away by ''Taxidermia' in Cannes
and I'm thrilled to be working with such an exciting and invigorating
talent such as Gyorgy Palfi." She added: "Tartan
Films looks forward to spearheading a taxidermy renaissance
here in the U.K." 'Taxidermia' is to be screened at the
Toronto International Film Festival.
'Chermin'
is a horror thriller about a woman who is haunted by a vengeful
spirit trapped in an antique mirror. The plot: Nasrin a young
Malay woman has her face badly disfigured in a ‘mysterious’
car accident. When her mother discovers an antique mirror
hidden amongst old family heirlooms, Nasrin finds herself
strangely drawn to it.
However
did we manage for sneak peeks at films before Youtube. A second
trailer for the Spanish survival Horror ‘La Hora Fria’
has arrived on the site, which you can check out 
‘War
of Flower’ (‘Tazza’). Based on a popular
newspaper comic strip known for its well-developed characters
and long continuity, ‘War Of The Flowers’ is director
Choi Dong-hoon's (The Big Swindle) second feature film. The
story focuses on Goni who is a reckless young man who will
do anything to get out of the poverty he is living in. His
job at a furniture factory does not pay him enough. He then
discovers how much can be made at the game of 'Go-Stop'. The
Korean title, Takka, refers to someone who cheats at gambling
and using his newfound skill, Koni begins making money hand
over fist. Taking the lead in this film is actor Jo Seung-woo
(Marathon, Chunhyang). Kim Hye-soo (The Red Shoes, Kick The
Moon) also appears as the character Madame Jang while the
rest of the cast is filled out with the talents of Baek Yoon-shik
(Save The Green Planet, Art Of Fighting), Yoo Hae-jin (The
King And The Clown, Attack The Gas Station), Lee Soo-kyeong
(Wet Dreams 2) and Kim Yoon-seok (Running Wild, All For Love).
[
We
have an update on an a film from one of those prolific 'Pang'
boys. We first made mention of ‘Forest of death’
Danny Pangs (Re-cycle, The eye) new horror movie back on 
Yes
indeed, a full trailer for the very promising Thai Horror
'The victim’ has turned up on Youtube. Look out behind
you! For more info about the films story check our previous
post on the 26th
August.
If
surreal French horror is your thing, then read on. 'Exes'
is to be the first "traditional" feature by director
Martin Cognito, who is so far better known in France for his
art house porn movies such as ‘Virginie’, ’Claudine’
and ‘Axelle.’ An interesting background for a
director breaking into more mainstream cinema. Synopsis :
A wave of savage and bizarre murders is drowning Paris
in terror and blood. Six characters are ensnared in a web
of death and deception, caught up in a nightmare in which
sexual identity, history and truth are torn apart. Virginie:
a successful novelist haunted by a secret. David: a mysterious
wheelchair-bound surgeon, and Virginie's confidante. Benjamin
and Claire: two cops on the trail of the serial killer. Their
only clue: in each victim's mouth, the fragment of a printed
page describing the method of death in exact, agonizing detail.
Pages torn from a book written years earlier by Virginie's
troubled brother Vincent, now long dead by his own hand. Song:
an androgynous deaf-mute Eurasian. And Exes: Compelled to
enact the perverted, murderous actions of Virginie 's book,
Exes is at first sight a monster, a brutal death machine incapable
of remorse, betraying not the slightest trace of human feeling.
But nothing is as it seems. Has Virginie been straight with
the police? Have the horrors of the case driven Claire to
a complete nervous collapse? And what is Exes - man or woman?
Tormentor or tormented? Psychopath or phantom? Intriguing.
There are no trailers to be found as yet alas, but in the
meantime you can explore the excellent website for the film