Melancholia's controversial director Lars von Trier is making headlines again, this time for vowing that he will not be making anymore public statements. The fallout after his statements about being a Nazi sympathizer at the Cannes film fest earlier this year continue; not only has he been banned from Cannes, but today he was questioned by French police concerning charges of violating a French law against the justification of war crimes.
Retreat sports some high-caliber actors in what is a claustrophobic home-invasion thriller a la Straw Dogs. Premiering (U.S.) at Fantastic Fest 2011, Retreat stars Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later), Thandie Newton (M:I 2) and Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot).
If there’s one thing you can say about Tom Six and his newest body horror movie The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, it’s that he knows how to make a crowd squirm. If having one movie about a demented German doctor sewing three people together ass to mouth wasn’t bad enough, now there’s a sequel that involves 12 people (and then some).
Based on a true story, this inspirational tale about a Little Dolphin Who Could hits theaters September 23rd and will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy all over. Since it’s hard to dislike even a mediocre “animal hero” pic, Dolphin Tale will swim into your heart despite a modicum of melodrama and a heavy dose of predictability.
Moneyball is more interesting than your typical sports drama thanks to the direction. Bennett Miller takes a rather grey, cement-enshrouded setting and gives it a little pizzazz.
Tarsem Singh's upcoming stylized epic action pic Immortals is gaining momentum this week with Relativity's announcement that it will be unveiling Immortals-based graphic novel art at three select gallery openings. Austin will get a peek at the 'Immortals: Gods and Heroes' artwork on September 24th, smack in the middle of Fantastic Fest 2011 mayhem and fun, with the gallery unveiling of 'Immortals: Gods and Heroes--Art from the Graphic Novel'.
Fantastic Fest 2011 is almost upon us, with a film line-up terrifyingly full of genre gems from around the world. Not only is this Austin‘s most bizarre cinematic experience, it‘s also the most fun. Starting on September 22nd, Fantastic Fest runs a week of non-stop twisted amusement from bizarre supernatural pics, to gory body horrors and Asian actioners, to wild events including the famed Fantastic Debates which usually ends in actual bloodshed.
MTV picked up six new TV series this week, including an unscripted "dating" show based on the pseudo-documentary Catfish. According to Deadline, Catfish star Nev Schulman will host the program, which follows the basic outline of the film and includes young singles dating online then meeting in real life.
Leave it to the incredibly self-aware Muppets franchise to keep audiences not only on their pop culture toes, but entertained in style. We've seen a couple great The Muppets parody trailers from Disney already, including a Green Lantern nod and a fuzzy romcom makeover. Now The Muppets go dark and gritty in a great new parody trailer taking on edgy upcoming remake The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
A new study published today by "Pediatrics" finds that watching just nine minutes of the raucous Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants can cause short-term attention and self-control problems in 4-year-olds. So what your parents say about TV rotting your brain may actually be true.
