11:00 AM on 11.28.2012
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Liz Rugg
Hey ladies and gents! Today we have a special giveaway of a prize-pack for the Saw franchise's blood brother The Collection. All you have to do is retweet this tweet or comment below with the weirdest thing that you collect. (I'm hoping that none of our readers are serial killers...)
Winners will win a The Collection prize-pack which includes: a signed DVD of The Collector, a signed one-sheet of The Collection, an official The Collection T-shirt, a The Collection branded beer cup and The Collection branded severed gummy fingers! All the signed prizes will be signed by Marcus Dunstan (writer/director), Patrick Melton (writer) and Josh Stewart (star).
As per usual, this contest is available to the continental United States only (sorry...) and the contest will be over on Saturday, December 8th! Good luck! More information about the movie can be found on The Collection's twitter at @Collectionfilm or on their Facebook page.
2:00 PM on 11.16.2012
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Thor Latham
Well, for those of us who still haven't seen Phoenix Wright there's at least solace in knowing that director Takashi Miike will always have something new to offer. Here's a quick (subtitle-less) teaser for the upcoming Shield of Straw, starring Fujiwara Tatsuya (Battle Royale) as a confessed child killer on his way to stand trial for his crimes. So where's the crazy Miike twist, I hear you ask? The murdered child's grandfather is a very wealthy and resourceful man who offers a table stacked with money to anyone willing to take out Fujiwara's character before the justice system can have its way with him. Based on the novel by Kuichi Kazuhiro, Shield of Straw is scheduled to release in Japan this coming spring, so it will probably be a while before we get a chance to see it localized. Until then, you can check out the teaser above and the clip below.
[via Twitch Film]
11:00 AM on 10.23.2012
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Geoff Henao
[Flixist will be attending the 48th Chicago International Film Festival over the next few weeks. Be sure to follow along as we bring you coverage from the longest-running competitive international film festival in the country. You can easily keep track of the coverage here.]
Political thrillers - they're always full of intense suspense, seen and unseen plot twists, and triple-double agents. Sometimes, the deception gets too muddied beneath all the loose ends of who's who. However, when a film with twists and turns pull everything off properly, the audience doesn't realize how big of a mental maze they just walked through.
How does The Exam pull off this escapade of shenanigans?
9:00 AM on 10.09.2012
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Thor Latham
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It sure feels like I've been posting a lot foreign language trailers lately. Here we have The Last Days, a film by brothers Alex and David Pastor, and boy does it seem like a neat concept. Here's the synoposis:
2013. A mysterious form of agoraphobia spreads across the planet, leaving the entire popular trapped inside of buildings. In an apocalyptic Barcelona, Marc will go on a dangerous journey to find his girlfriend Julia.
Visually it reminds me of 28 Days Later with a little bit of I Am Legend thrown in for good measure. The difference is, from what I can tell at least, that there aren't any supernatural antagonists. We just have some classic human on human conflict while everyone keeps themselves cooped up inside of shopping malls and whatnot.
I haven't seen a good apocalyptic film in a little while, and this is certainly a new spin on the concept. It's hard to say when we'll see this come stateside, but considering how promising it looks, hopefully sooner rather than later.
[via Twitch Film]
9:00 AM on 08.28.2012
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Liz Rugg
In The Victim, Michael Biehn plays Kyle, a "ruggedly handsome loner" who lives by himself in the woods until one day a "good-time girl" knocks on his door because she is being followed by a killer because she witnessed a violent crime, and she's a female and can't take care of the situation herself. At least, that's the impression I get from this movie's advertising.
Complete with the tagline "Even bad girls need protection," The Victim looks like an oddly -- and probably unintentionally -- misogynistic psychological thriller that will probably delight teenage hooligans who think that all women exist to make them sandwiches.
[via Apple Trailers]
10:00 AM on 08.27.2012
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Nick ValdezIt's been way too long of a wait to see what the genius Joe Dante, director of Gremlins and Small Soldiers (two of wackiest, yet creepiest films I've ever seen), would cook up next. I'm a huge fan of his odd mix of humor and frightening imagery. Small Soldiers is one of those films that should be respected more, and Gremlins has one of the few movie monster types that could never feasibly be defeated.
Apparently The Hole, a film about a bottomless pit under some kid's house that brings your worse fears to life, has been leaked online since 2010 (because it's been in release limbo) but the theatrical release isn't until September 28th. I'm kind of sad that I didn't know about this film until just now, but I'm okay with it since I didn't end up spoiling it for myself through some shoddy looking bootleg.
You hear that kids? Shoddy bootlegs aren't cool.
5:00 PM on 08.23.2012
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Thor Latham
There's nothing like suspense with just enough sexy to make me tingly in all of the right places. The fact that it's Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace excites me ten fold alone! Brian De Palma's Passion looks as if it might be a top shelf thriller. De Palma, famous for directing such bad-ass movies as Scarface, Carlito's Way, and the first Mission: Impossible, has been away from the directors chair for a few years now, but it looks like he's coming back with a bang.
The trailer is unfortunately only a tantalizing glimpse, but according to IMDB the film's synopsis is "A young businesswoman plots murderous revenge after her boss and mentor steals her idea." Well, sure, but it looks way sexier than that! De Palma is a legendary director whose experience is really only rivaled by a select few in the industry, so I have little doubt that, especially with two such extraordinary actresses, the film will be anything awesome. I definitely can't wait to get my eyes all over it!
On a side note, I know Scarface has exploded in the realm of pop culture in the last decade or so, but what is everyone else's favorite Brian De Palma movie? For me, it's Casualties of War. I would even go so far to say that it's one of my favorite movies of all time and I am still blown away with how powerful and moving it is every time I watch it.
11:00 AM on 07.02.2012
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Liz Rugg
The Imposter is a documentary about the weird-but-true story of Frédéric Bourdin, a 23 year old Frenchman who convinced a grieving Texas family that he was their 16 year old son that had been missing for three years. The story is told through home video, interviews as well as reenactments. This clip features the missing boy's mother giving insight into how she could have mistaken a complete stranger for her own son.
Allistair saw it at last year's SxSW Film Festival and gave it the coveted Golden Pterodactyl of Editor's Choice, and the trailer looks so intense too! The Imposter is finally coming to theaters August 24th!
[via Collider]
12:00 PM on 12.02.2011
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Geoff Henao
Into the White is a World War II film about two groups of soldiers from England and Germany, respectively. After they shoot each other down, they find themselves sharing a Norwegian cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter, they must put their differences aside and team together. Of course, hilarity ensues in this raucous comedy.
Actually, it'd be better if this film WAS a comedy. As it stands (for now), Into the White is a psychologically-driven drama delving into the minds of the soldiers on each side. It also stars everybody's favorite Ginger, Rupert Grint, giving it that sense of star power that would help drive a few extra ticket sales. Based on the trailer, though, it seems to be a slow and boring trek. However, I do like the premise of two opposing sides sharing a cabin and being forced to rely on one another for survival. It's also made apparent that Grint hasn't lost his penchant for facial control.
Into the White gets its chance to prove me wrong sometime next year. It will blow through Norway on March 9, 2012; however, it doesn't have a US date set just yet.
[via /Film]
5:00 PM on 09.26.2011
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Allistair Pinsof
[For the next few weeks Flixist will be covering Fantastic Fest 2011. We'll be bringing you news, reviews, interviews and other pieces of awesome so make sure to come back and check out all the festival has to offer here.]
We like to keep our societal weirdos at a distance. We don’t like to think about how the local child killer/horse f*cker/serial murderer watches Family Feud at the same time we do and eats fried chicken at the same restaurant we do. The further away from us and our reality they are, the better. Thus, we tend to depict their presence in films through a lens of negativity -- ominous orchestral themes overpower scenes, shadows bath the deviant’s face and our normal (or normal enough) protagonist looks on in disgust and/or dismay, doing all the judging for us.
Yet, things are never that simple in reality. Some of the most memorable bad guys in film (Hannibal Lecter, The Joker) are given brief moments that let them bear their soul and nature to the audience. For the wonderfully screwed-up protagonist of Sleep Tight, he is given the entire film. This is what makes director/writer Jaume Balagueró’s (REC, REC 2) latest such a fascinating character study and suspense film.
6:00 PM on 08.16.2011
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Geoff Henao
What happens when you mix Clive Owen with Paranormal Activity? Intruders, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, The Crow remake), is about Owen's family being attacked by some sort of paranormal figure. However, upon reviewing surveillance tapes capturing the attacks, they discover that the perpetrator isn't actually there. Shock! Intrigue! Suspense! Thriller!
You can catch Intruders in theaters (and not your house) on October 7th.
[via FilmDrunk]
12:00 PM on 05.11.2011
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Liz Rugg
The Cult Club is where Flixist's writers expound the virtues of their favorite underground classics, spanning all nations and genres. It is a monthly series of articles looking at what made those films stand out from the pack, as well as their enduring legacy.
Let's face it, there are a lot of bad movies out there. Whether they're poorly constructed, poorly acted or poorly written, there are tons of movies that have one or two poor qualities that define them. However, once every million years or so, a perfect-movie-making-storm comes along and produces something that goes so wrong, at every possible moment, that it becomes something hysterically brilliant. Troll 2 literally defines the idea of the movie that is "so bad, it's good."
There are two things I always tell people before they watch Troll 2 to set the stage: Number 1: Troll 2 has nothing to do with the movie Troll, it was just named Troll 2 to try and ride on some of the success of the Empire Pictures movie - there is no "Troll 1". Number 2: There are no Trolls in Troll 2. Throughout the entire movie, they are only referred to as Goblins - not Trolls. Clearly, if you haven't seen Troll 2, you need to. If you have seen Troll 2, well then pile into the family van with me and let's head up into the Nilbog wilderness!
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