According to Screen Daily Tartan Video has just inked a distribution deal with US based TLA that will see 35 – 40 Tartan titles per year brought out on video and DVD with up to a dozen of those getting the full theatrical treatment as well. Why should we care? … [Read More]

So what happens to Actors who just fall out of the spotlight long enough for you to forget them? Remember Cary Elwes? Sure you do. Princess Bride. Maybe you think of the other guy in Twister? But what has he done recently? Lots actually, but you probably still forgot him. … [Read More]

The Toronto Film Festival has added Matinee Gala presentations to this year’s edition of the festival with two films that “appeal to a wide range of Festivalgoers” – i.e. are family friendly without alienating adults – being added to the slate of Gala presentations as matinee presentations. This brings the … [Read More]

Screen Daily has just run reviews for both The Manchurian Candiate and The Bourne Supremacy and both are very positive. If you’ve been on the prowl for an intelligent thriller or action flick this summer, it looks like this is going to be a good week … The Candidate review … [Read More]

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There was an awful lot of buzz around Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi following the release of Crouching Tiger, and for good reason – not only is she very, very easy on the eyes but she’s also a very gifted actress and physical performer. Tiger led to a key role in … [Read More]

Yes boys and girls we’re giving stuff away again. This time it’s a wee trivia contest and if you manage to answer a bunch of my pointless questions you could be the proud new owner of the lovely Animeigo releases of Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance. … [Read More]

Hey kids ‚Ķ I‚Äôve got a wee stack of DVDs piling up awaiting review and making me feel guilty so in a joint effort to whittle the pile down some and reduce the urge to hurl myself off of a tall building I present for your enjoyment reviews of a … [Read More]

The Japan Times – an English language Japanese newspaper – has just published a review of the long awaited anime film Steamboy, and an interview with director Katsuhiro Otomo. Check out the very positive review here and the very brief interview here. Word on the street is also starting to … [Read More]

Okay look folks. I’ll say it right outta the can so you can catch my “bias” and “propaganda” right outta the heap: Fullscreen DVDs are silly and dumb. No really. Imagine this a sec: If your girl/boyfriend or husband/wife or child/nephew/neice made you a nice, pretty drawing and then some … [Read More]

Someone just threw a couple of interviews with Ong Bak fight choreographer Panna Rittikrai online and, man, this guy’s flat out insane … the stuff he’ll do for the camera makes you think he’s got a death wish on a serious scale. He once drove his motorcycle at high speed … [Read More]

The good folks at Aint It Cool have just posted a short, but tantalizing, with Robert Rodriguez about his soon to release adaptation of Frank Miller’s Sin City. I have very high hopes for this film and everything I read just keeps pushing them a little higher .. check it … [Read More]