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Year: 2009
Director: Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry
Plot: Directors Michele Gondry, Bong Joon-ho, and Leos Carax each direct a segment of this triptych feature about life in 21st Century Tokyo. The saga begins in Gondry's segment entitled "Interior Design," about a young couple who moves in with an old friend while attempting to establish themselves in Tokyo. Hiroku (Ayako Fujitani) and Akira (Ryo Kase) have just arrived in the city. They're eager to launch their careers, but first they'll have to find a place to stay. Though Hiroku's old friend Akemi (Ayumi Ito) opens her doors to the ambitious young couple, her boyfriend isn't exactly thrilled by the new living arrangement. As Akira takes his first steps toward becoming a filmmaker, the neon jungle beckons to Hiroko. Before long, Hiroko begins to experience a startling metamorphosis that instills her with a newfound sense of peace and purpose. The second chapter, Leos Carax's "Merde," follows the debased exploits of an unsightly subterranean creature (Denis Lavant) who emerges from the Tokyo sewers to taunt and torment the unsuspecting denizens of the city. Stealing cash, pilfering cigarettes, frightening old ladies, and even going to far as to salaciously lick schoolgirls, the gibberish-spewing troublemaker dubbed Merde sparks a media frenzy that sends all of Tokyo into a panic. The situation spirals as Merde discovers an arsenal of hand grenades in his underground lair, and begins throwing them in the streets at will, creating an environment of total urban terror. Later, Merde is apprehended and pompous French magistrate Maître Voland (Jean-François Balmer) arrives to defend the deviant in a Japanese court. The only person capable of speaking his client's unintelligible language, Voland stands at the center of a media circus that soon engulfs all of Japan. When Merde is convicted by the court and sentenced to death, justice takes turn for the surreal. The trilogy winds to a close with Bong Joon-ho's "Shaking Tokyo," in which a reclusive pizza addict who hasn't left his apartment in over a decade falls for a pretty delivery girl at the very same moment an earthquake hits Japan. A so-called hikikimori who never dares venture outside, the lonely shut-in (Teruyuki Kagawa) subsists almost solely on pizza delivery. When a beautiful delivery girl shows up at his door and promptly faints when the ground begins to shake, it's love at first sight. Later, the agoraphobic man discovers that the object of his affections has become a hikikimori herself, and boldly ventures out of his apartment in order to declare his love. The moment he sets eyes on her, the ground starts to rumble once again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:10:28 GMTTokyo!2009Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax, Michel GondryDirectors Michele Gondry, Bong Joon-ho, and <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____84100/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leos Carax</a> each direct a segment of this triptych feature about life in 21st Century Tokyo. The saga begins in Gondry's segment entitled "Interior Design," about a young couple who moves in with an old friend while attempting to establish themselves in Tokyo. Hiroku (Ayako Fujitani) and Akira (Ryo Kase) have just arrived in the city. They're eager to launch their careers, but first they'll have to find a place to stay. Though Hiroku's old friend Akemi (Ayumi Ito) opens her doors to the ambitious young couple, her boyfriend isn't exactly thrilled by the new living arrangement. As Akira takes his first steps toward becoming a filmmaker, the neon jungle beckons to Hiroko. Before long, Hiroko begins to experience a startling metamorphosis that instills her with a newfound sense of peace and purpose. The second chapter, <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____84100/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leos Carax</a>'s "Merde," follows the debased exploits of an unsightly subterranean creature (Denis Lavant) who emerges from the Tokyo sewers to taunt and torment the unsuspecting denizens of the city. Stealing cash, pilfering cigarettes, frightening old ladies, and even going to far as to salaciously lick schoolgirls, the gibberish-spewing troublemaker dubbed Merde sparks a media frenzy that sends all of Tokyo into a panic. The situation spirals as Merde discovers an arsenal of hand grenades in his underground lair, and begins throwing them in the streets at will, creating an environment of total urban terror. Later, Merde is apprehended and pompous French magistrate Maître Voland (Jean-François Balmer) arrives to defend the deviant in a Japanese court. The only person capable of speaking his client's unintelligible language, Voland stands at the center of a media circus that soon engulfs all of Japan. When Merde is convicted by the court and sentenced to death, justice takes turn for the surreal. The trilogy winds to a close with Bong Joon-ho's "Shaking Tokyo," in which a reclusive pizza addict who hasn't left his apartment in over a decade falls for a pretty delivery girl at the very same moment an earthquake hits Japan. A so-called hikikimori who never dares venture outside, the lonely shut-in (Teruyuki Kagawa) subsists almost solely on pizza delivery. When a beautiful delivery girl shows up at his door and promptly faints when the ground begins to shake, it's love at first sight. Later, the agoraphobic man discovers that the object of his affections has become a hikikimori herself, and boldly ventures out of his apartment in order to declare his love. The moment he sets eyes on her, the ground starts to rumble once again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide6424http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324062.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Tokyo/324062/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Weekly_Theme_for_August_24_Shorts/625/43707/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
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Body: Well hello there brothers and sisters. Brother Merc has decided this week to take a vacation from the highly prestigeous postion of Weekly Theme Moderator so I'm picking up his slack. So, in honor of Merc (who's a little different) I decided to do something a little different this week. Let's take a break from all those feature films that fill up our lives. This week, let's talk about short films. There have been a few collections of shorts released as full lenth features in recent years. I'm thinking of Paris Je t'aime (collection of a bunch of 5 minute films shot revolving around Paris) and this year's Tokyo! (3 half hour long films set in Tokyo.) I liked a few of the flicks in Paris Je t'aime, especially the Tom Tykwer one with Natalie Portman. Tokyo! had a great short by Korean director Bong Joon-ho (director of The Host) The nice thing about shorts is that you can find a lot of them on youtube and post them here. So, that's what I'm gonna do. Here's one of my recent favorites from the Wholphin collection. It's called The Pity Card. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ I'm not sure how I came across this little gem but I kinda love it. It's a true story too. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ This one is definately my favorite. Yet another from the Wholphin dvds. ___________________________________________________________ Watch Death to the Tinman in Entertainment | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com ___________________________________________________________ So, that's what I've got so far. Short films are great, they tend to lend the filmmakers a lot more freedom and you can end up with some great experimental stuff. Also, they don't take up nearly as much time so you can usually get away with watching them at work. Check 'em out. Let me know if you like 'em and post some of your own. Peace & Love, Emery.
]]>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:10:28 GMTleeroy711Weekly Theme8/25/2009 4:10:28 PMWell hello there brothers and sisters. Brother Merc has decided this week to take a vacation from the highly prestigeous postion of Weekly Theme Moderator so I'm picking up his slack. So, in honor of Merc (who's a little different) I decided to do something a little different this week. Let's take a break from all those feature films that fill up our lives. This week, let's talk about short films. There have been a few collections of shorts released as full lenth features in recent years. I'm thinking of Paris Je t'aime (collection of a bunch of 5 minute films shot revolving around Paris) and this year's Tokyo! (3 half hour long films set in Tokyo.) I liked a few of the flicks in Paris Je t'aime, especially the Tom Tykwer one with Natalie Portman. Tokyo! had a great short by Korean director Bong Joon-ho (director of The Host) The nice thing about shorts is that you can find a lot of them on youtube and post them here. So, that's what I'm gonna do. Here's one of my recent favorites from the Wholphin collection. It's called The Pity Card. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ I'm not sure how I came across this little gem but I kinda love it. It's a true story too. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ This one is definately my favorite. Yet another from the Wholphin dvds. ___________________________________________________________ Watch Death to the Tinman in Entertainment | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com ___________________________________________________________ So, that's what I've got so far. Short films are great, they tend to lend the filmmakers a lot more freedom and you can end up with some great experimental stuff. Also, they don't take up nearly as much time so you can usually get away with watching them at work. Check 'em out. Let me know if you like 'em and post some of your own. Peace &amp; Love, Emery. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/3/4/40827.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: The producers of Tokyo!, three short films by two Frenchmen and a South Korean, aim to do for Japan’s metropolis what New York Stories did for the Big Apple or Paris Je T’Aime for the City of Lights. That the two Frenchmen are indie darling Michel Gondry and former film critic/Pola X director Leos Carax, and the South Korean Bong Joon-Ho, who made an international splash with The Host, would seem to lend these three very different takes on a single subject some serious cache. Unfortunately, only two directors rise to the occasion, leaving a gaping hole in an otherwise thoughtful trilogy. Not surprisingly, of the three directors it’s the warped Gondry, whose specialty is visualizing that fine (often nonexistent) line between life and art, who most throws himself into the task of translating the pulse of the city to the screen, via his newly-arrived protagonists Akira and Hiroko in “Interior Design.” Overstaying their welcome couch surfing at a friend’s cramped studio, they look for dead-end jobs and at cheap apartments (one of which contains a dead cat), the camera moving at typical Gondry speed, from fast motion overhead shots to slow pans, like a fractured subconscious. In the process the self-involved Akira (who pitches concepts to his girlfriend in lieu of engaging in conversation) watches his film career take off after he screens his Metropolis-like feature at a porn house, while the unsure Hiroko (played by Ayako Fujitani who happens to be the daughter of Steven Seagal) struggles to find her own identity. It’s like listening inside the director’s own head as the pair roam the bustling streets, arguing about Hiroko’s “hobbies” not being dreams or ambitions. “What’s the difference?” she wonders, to which Akira replies, “You have to be able to define who you are in the world by what you do.” But when the purposeless Hiroko acquires the ability to physically transform like a character straight out of a Cronenberg flick, becoming both metaphorically “invisible” and useful, Gondry’s press notes claims of Polanski’s Repulsion and The Tenant as influences, eerie string and woodwind score aside, loses any legitimacy. Gondry is just too warmhearted a filmmaker to pull it off – he doesn’t have the ruthlessness required to delve into such psychological terror. Yet for capturing the essence of this Tokyo, that very warmth feels oh-so-right. Unfortunately, French provocateur Leos Carax plows through his version of Tokyo with a ruthless arrogance akin to his bogeyman protagonist, named “Merde” (a title as clichéd as his Japanese sewer monster, played by Denis Lavant of Lovers On The Bridge, that also goes by the French word for “shit”). After opening with a slow pan of the city’s buildings set to ominous music, an overhead shot takes in a manhole, up from which pops Lavant looking like Larry Fessenden on the very worst of days. A shaky handheld camera captures the half man-half beast’s acts of gratuitous mayhem on the streets as he rips food from people’s hands, licks innocent passersby (the footage captured on cell phones makes the evening news, of course). Merde’s relatively harmless afternoon acts escalate to nighttime Molotov cocktail-throwing – with the monster skipping over the bloodied carnage like a playful kid – but despite the wondrously composed shots, Carax’s story is as empty as the tunnels in the beast’s underground lair. And once the creature is captured and forced to stand trial, leading the media to go on a feeding frenzy of its own, a mysterious lawyer from France who speaks Merde’s language (including body unfortunately) arrives in Tokyo to defend him – and, it would seem, to drive the audience mad. Luckily for the pompous lawyer, Carax’s Tokyo is really just another version of France. As the hand-held camera that sways with the sewer man and his barrister becomes more and more grating, and the insane conversations between the two reach the realm of experimental theater workshop, Carax just keeps on obliviously rolling along (often showily using three frames onscreen simultaneously). Without any specific cultural touchstone the Tokyo courtroom – like the film itself – could be set anywhere. Indeed, the fact that Carax chose to import a French lawyer (played by Jean-Francois Balmer) to defend a creature embodied by a French actor makes “Merde” more of a French film than any exploration of Tokyo. Even the street protest by Japanese ultranationalists (Japanese ultranationalists?) to call for Merde’s hanging is downright Parisian, the pitiful creature not an international bogeyman, as Carax suggests, but rather an accidental stand-in for western imperialism. The end title card even reads that, “The Adventures of Merde in New York” is coming soon. Undoubtedly via Air France – for “Merde” says a shit-load more about its enfant terrible director than it does about Japan. The final part of Tokyo!, Joon-ho’s “Shaking Tokyo,” is the least earthshaking and the most quietly profound. In voiceover the male protagonist, a “hikikomori” (shut-in) describes life inside his apartment as the camera drifts about the tiny yet organized flat, exquisite lighting tapping into the pathos of shadows. “The first eye contact in eleven years,” the nameless man says upon the arrival of a cute pizza girl, but as the middle-aged recluse pays for the delivery an earthquake rattles the room and the young woman collapses in his doorway. After running around in a panic he discovers a circle tattoo on her arm that reads “coma” below it, and literally pushes her button to wake her. Once she’s revived and gone the modern urban fairytale escalates as the hermit is forced to venture into the blinding sunlight of the big bad world to find his mysterious princess. But unlike Gondry’s rushing Tokyo, Joon-ho’s claustrophobic quarters give way to spacious empty streets (though unlike Carax’s “Merde” the sense of space and place is apparent and palpable in both their films). After running through the streets accompanied by a lovely, light guitar score – peeking in the windows of other recluses – he finally finds the pizza girl (now hikikomori!) of his dreams, begs her to come out through the bars of her window. As self-imprisonment gives way to another earthquake, as the man pushes her “button” for love, which leads to yet another earthquake, this visualization of emotion allows the film to transcend a city and a specific cultural phenomenon to become as universal as the “dissolution of love” story at the heart of Gondry’s “Interior Design.” Now if only immature Carax hadn’t rudely interrupted the deep dialogue between these two companion pieces Tokyo! would shine like the city’s brightest neon sign. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:00:31 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/4/2009 5:00:31 PMThe producers of Tokyo!, three short films by two Frenchmen and a South Korean, aim to do for Japan’s metropolis what New York Stories did for the Big Apple or Paris Je T’Aime for the City of Lights. That the two Frenchmen are indie darling Michel Gondry and former film critic/Pola X director Leos Carax, and the South Korean Bong Joon-Ho, who made an international splash with The Host, would seem to lend these three very different takes on a single subject some serious cache. Unfortunately, only two directors rise to the occasion, leaving a gaping hole in an otherwise thoughtful trilogy. Not surprisingly, of the three directors it’s the warped Gondry, whose specialty is visualizing that fine (often nonexistent) line between life and art, who most throws himself into the task of translating the pulse of the city to the screen, via his newly-arrived protagonists Akira and Hiroko in “Interior Design.” Overstaying their welcome couch surfing at a friend’s cramped studio, they look for dead-end jobs and at cheap apartments (one of which contains a dead cat), the camera moving at typical Gondry speed, from fast motion overhead shots to slow pans, like a fractured subconscious. In the process the self-involved Akira (who pitches concepts to his girlfriend in lieu of engaging in conversation) watches his film career take off after he screens his Metropolis-like feature at a porn house, while the unsure Hiroko (played by Ayako Fujitani who happens to be the daughter of Steven Seagal) struggles to find her own identity. It’s like listening inside the director’s own head as the pair roam the bustling streets, arguing about Hiroko’s “hobbies” not being dreams or ambitions. “What’s the difference?” she wonders, to which Akira replies, “You have to be able to define who you are in the world by what you do.” But when the purposeless Hiroko acquires the ability to physically transform like a character straight out of a Cronenberg flick, becoming both metaphorically “invisible” and useful, Gondry’s press notes claims of Polanski’s Repulsion and The Tenant as influences, eerie string and woodwind score aside, loses any legitimacy. Gondry is just too warmhearted a filmmaker to pull it off – he doesn’t have the ruthlessness required to delve into such psychological terror. Yet for capturing the essence of this Tokyo, that very warmth feels oh-so-right. Unfortunately, French provocateur Leos Carax plows through his version of Tokyo with a ruthless arrogance akin to his bogeyman protagonist, named “Merde” (a title as clichéd as his Japanese sewer monster, played by Denis Lavant of Lovers On The Bridge, that also goes by the French word for “shit”). After opening with a slow pan of the city’s buildings set to ominous music, an overhead shot takes in a manhole, up from which pops Lavant looking like Larry Fessenden on the very worst of days. A shaky handheld camera captures the half man-half beast’s acts of gratuitous mayhem on the streets as he rips food from people’s hands, licks innocent passersby (the footage captured on cell phones makes the evening news, of course). Merde’s relatively harmless afternoon acts escalate to nighttime Molotov cocktail-throwing – with the monster skipping over the bloodied carnage like a playful kid – but despite the wondrously composed shots, Carax’s story is as empty as the tunnels in the beast’s underground lair. And once the creature is captured and forced to stand trial, leading the media to go on a feeding frenzy of its own, a mysterious lawyer from France who speaks Merde’s language (including body unfortunately) arrives in Tokyo to defend him – and, it would seem, to drive the audience mad. Luckily for the pompous lawyer, Carax’s Tokyo is really just another version of France. As the hand-held camera that sways with the sewer man and his barrister becomes more and more grating, and the insane conversations between the two reach the realm of experimental theater workshop, Carax just keeps on obliviously rolling along (often showily using three frames onscreen simultaneously). Without any specific cultural touchstone the Tokyo courtroom – like the film itself – could be set anywhere. Indeed, the fact that Carax chose to import a French lawyer (played by Jean-Francois Balmer) to defend a creature embodied by a French actor makes “Merde” more of a French film than any exploration of Tokyo. Even the street protest by Japanese ultranationalists (Japanese ultranationalists?) to call for Merde’s hanging is downright Parisian, the pitiful creature not an international bogeyman, as Carax suggests, but rather an accidental stand-in for western imperialism. The end title card even reads that, “The Adventures of Merde in New York” is coming soon. Undoubtedly via Air France – for “Merde” says a shit-load more about its enfant terrible director than it does about Japan. The final part of Tokyo!, Joon-ho’s “Shaking Tokyo,” is the least earthshaking and the most quietly profound. In voiceover the male protagonist, a “hikikomori” (shut-in) describes life inside his apartment as the camera drifts about the tiny yet organized flat, exquisite lighting tapping into the pathos of shadows. “The first eye contact in eleven years,” the nameless man says upon the arrival of a cute pizza girl, but as the middle-aged recluse pays for the delivery an earthquake rattles the room and the young woman collapses in his doorway. After running around in a panic he discovers a circle tattoo on her arm that reads “coma” below it, and literally pushes her button to wake her. Once she’s revived and gone the modern urban fairytale escalates as the hermit is forced to venture into the blinding sunlight of the big bad world to find his mysterious princess. But unlike Gondry’s rushing Tokyo, Joon-ho’s claustrophobic quarters give way to spacious empty streets (though unlike Carax’s “Merde” the sense of space and place is apparent and palpable in both their films). After running through the streets accompanied by a lovely, light guitar score – peeking in the windows of other recluses – he finally finds the pizza girl (now hikikomori!) of his dreams, begs her to come out through the bars of her window. As self-imprisonment gives way to another earthquake, as the man pushes her “button” for love, which leads to yet another earthquake, this visualization of emotion allows the film to transcend a city and a specific cultural phenomenon to become as universal as the “dissolution of love” story at the heart of Gondry’s “Interior Design.” Now if only immature Carax hadn’t rudely interrupted the deep dialogue between these two companion pieces Tokyo! would shine like the city’s brightest neon sign. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/new_movies_WATCHMEN_and_a_Russian_take_on_12_ANGR/216/40772/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: spout
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Body: HITTING THEATERS 3/6 Only one movie goes wide this Friday, but it's a doozy: Watchmen -- Watch trailer. Read the review on SpoutBlog. What do you think, will you watch the Watchmen? Will Mr. Snyder (300) blow it? I hope not; I love that frickin' book. Kevin Buist's review will show up on blog.spout.com Wednesday afternoon-ish. Who's your favorite character? I'd have to say Rorshach, although in real life I'm more like Nite Owl. :) And of course the Comedian's a creep, but he's almost as fun to read about as the Joker. Waiting eagerly for the Watchmen? Might as well have fun in the meantime; check out my new favorite short film, starring Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson: Bat Fight -- Watch it LIMITED RELEASE: 12 -- Watch trailer. Russian thriller about twelve jurors who must decide the fate of a Chechan teenager who murdered his father. From the Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the Sun). This sounds like a badass, Russian version of 12 Angry Men, and that sounds fine to me. I'm interested. Tokyo! -- Watch trailer. Three directors: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind), Joon-ho Bong (The Host), and Leos Carax (The Lovers on the Bridge), offer tribute to the Japanese megacity. I'm not hearing very positive things about it, but these directors make undoubtedly interesting work. Phoebe in Wonderland -- Watch clip. This Sundance alum stars Elle Fanning (yes, of the Fanning dynasty) along with Patricia Clarkson and Felicity Huffman. Photo: Dennis Quaid at the bait shop. The Horsemen -- Watch trailer. Dennis Quaid, widowed detective, finds chilling connections between himself and the victims of a serial killer who's obsessed with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I wouldn't blame you if you think it sounds like Se7en, Part Two. I don't know if the director Jonas Akerland is any good; anyone seen his movie Spun? ____________________________________________________________ NEW DVD's 3/3 The Warlords (Tau Ming Chong) -- Watch trailer. A Chinese/Hong Kong war epic. Set in 1870, a revolutionary army of religious fanatics rises to overthrow the corrupt Qing dynasty. Starring Jet Li, who is a good man fighting for the Qing, torn between his conscience and his honor. Sounds good to me! Australia -- Watch trailer. This film had its moments, but in my opinion, it was far too long to only have good moments. Ghost Town -- Watch trailer. Ricky Gervais can see dead people like Greg Kinnear. I heard it's alright. Beverly Hills Chihuahua -- Watch trailer. I am speechless. In the Electric Mist -- Watch trailer. A dark-looking detective film starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ned Beatty, and Tom Sizemore; and it's adapted from a book by James Lee Burke, a masterful mystery writer. So what could go wrong? I don't know, but I don't remember this hitting theaters at all. And Stargate fans: The movies Ark of Truth and Continuum come out on a 2-disc set. Me, I'd only watch them if they star Kurt Russell.
]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:12:54 GMTspoutComing Soon3/2/2009 1:12:54 PMHITTING THEATERS 3/6 Only one movie goes wide this Friday, but it's a doozy: Watchmen -- Watch trailer. Read the review on SpoutBlog. What do you think, will you watch the Watchmen? Will Mr. Snyder (300) blow it? I hope not; I love that frickin' book. Kevin Buist's review will show up on blog.spout.com Wednesday afternoon-ish. Who's your favorite character? I'd have to say Rorshach, although in real life I'm more like Nite Owl. :) And of course the Comedian's a creep, but he's almost as fun to read about as the Joker. Waiting eagerly for the Watchmen? Might as well have fun in the meantime; check out my new favorite short film, starring Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson: Bat Fight -- Watch it LIMITED RELEASE: 12 -- Watch trailer. Russian thriller about twelve jurors who must decide the fate of a Chechan teenager who murdered his father. From the Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the Sun). This sounds like a badass, Russian version of 12 Angry Men, and that sounds fine to me. I'm interested. Tokyo! -- Watch trailer. Three directors: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind), Joon-ho Bong (The Host), and Leos Carax (The Lovers on the Bridge), offer tribute to the Japanese megacity. I'm not hearing very positive things about it, but these directors make undoubtedly interesting work. Phoebe in Wonderland -- Watch clip. This Sundance alum stars Elle Fanning (yes, of the Fanning dynasty) along with Patricia Clarkson and Felicity Huffman. Photo: Dennis Quaid at the bait shop. The Horsemen -- Watch trailer. Dennis Quaid, widowed detective, finds chilling connections between himself and the victims of a serial killer who's obsessed with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I wouldn't blame you if you think it sounds like Se7en, Part Two. I don't know if the director Jonas Akerland is any good; anyone seen his movie Spun? ____________________________________________________________ NEW DVD's 3/3 The Warlords (Tau Ming Chong) -- Watch trailer. A Chinese/Hong Kong war epic. Set in 1870, a revolutionary army of religious fanatics rises to overthrow the corrupt Qing dynasty. Starring Jet Li, who is a good man fighting for the Qing, torn between his conscience and his honor. Sounds good to me! Australia -- Watch trailer. This film had its moments, but in my opinion, it was far too long to only have good moments. Ghost Town -- Watch trailer. Ricky Gervais can see dead people like Greg Kinnear. I heard it's alright. Beverly Hills Chihuahua -- Watch trailer. I am speechless. In the Electric Mist -- Watch trailer. A dark-looking detective film starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ned Beatty, and Tom Sizemore; and it's adapted from a book by James Lee Burke, a masterful mystery writer. So what could go wrong? I don't know, but I don't remember this hitting theaters at all. And Stargate fans: The movies Ark of Truth and Continuum come out on a 2-disc set. Me, I'd only watch them if they star Kurt Russell. http://www.spout.com/blogs/filmmorgan/archive/2009/2/12/40428.aspx Post By: filmmorgan
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Body: This is an excellent triptic. If you don't love one of the films you'll love the others.
]]>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:52:04 GMTfilmmorganfilmmorgan Blog2/12/2009 5:52:04 PMThis is an excellent triptic. If you don't love one of the films you'll love the others. http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/8/7/33698.aspx Post By: Karina
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Body: Fantastic Fest, held at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin in September, announced a number of films and events today. As expected, the Jean-Claude Van Damme meta-biopic JCVD made the cut, as did the Leos Carax/Michel Gondry/Joon-ho Bong omnibus, Tokyo! Other highlights: Wicked Lake, in which “four buxom ladies head out to the country for some good old-fashioned naked lesbian Wiccan frolicking.” Fear(s) of the Dark, a collection of six animated horror shorts by acclaimed graphic novelists (see trailer above). Santos, which has probably the most baffling film festival catalog capsule description I’ve ever seen: “A wild, sweeping tale of comic book nerds versus superheroes in a battle for the future of mankind. Think Ultraman with a Latin American brain transplant.” Also: at 2pm EST today, if you’re on Twitter (check) and you’re planning to attend Fantastic Fest (check), you should send the following message to your followers: I’m heading to Fantastic Fest (Sept 18-25)! Join me there and pass it on! New films and fun announced at http://www.fantasticfest.com Those who mass tweet will be get themselves on the list for the Fantastic Fest opening night after-party. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:00:44 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog8/7/2008 1:00:44 PM Fantastic Fest, held at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin in September, announced a number of films and events today. As expected, the Jean-Claude Van Damme meta-biopic JCVD made the cut, as did the Leos Carax/Michel Gondry/Joon-ho Bong omnibus, Tokyo! Other highlights: Wicked Lake, in which “four buxom ladies head out to the country for some good old-fashioned naked lesbian Wiccan frolicking.” Fear(s) of the Dark, a collection of six animated horror shorts by acclaimed graphic novelists (see trailer above). Santos, which has probably the most baffling film festival catalog capsule description I’ve ever seen: “A wild, sweeping tale of comic book nerds versus superheroes in a battle for the future of mankind. Think Ultraman with a Latin American brain transplant.” Also: at 2pm EST today, if you’re on Twitter (check) and you’re planning to attend Fantastic Fest (check), you should send the following message to your followers: I’m heading to Fantastic Fest (Sept 18-25)! Join me there and pass it on! New films and fun announced at http://www.fantasticfest.com Those who mass tweet will be get themselves on the list for the Fantastic Fest opening night after-party. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/7/33697.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/7/2008 1:00:32 PM
Body: Fantastic Fest, held at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin in September, announced a number of films and events today. As expected, the Jean-Claude Van Damme meta-biopic JCVD made the cut, as did the Leos Carax/Michel Gondry/Joon-ho Bong omnibus, Tokyo! Other highlights: Wicked Lake, in which “four buxom ladies head out to the country for some good old-fashioned naked lesbian Wiccan frolicking.” Fear(s) of the Dark, a collection of six animated horror shorts by acclaimed graphic novelists (see trailer above). Santos, which has probably the most baffling film festival catalog capsule description I’ve ever seen: “A wild, sweeping tale of comic book nerds versus superheroes in a battle for the future of mankind. Think Ultraman with a Latin American brain transplant.” Also: at 2pm EST today, if you’re on Twitter (check) and you’re planning to attend Fantastic Fest (check), you should send the following message to your followers: I’m heading to Fantastic Fest (Sept 18-25)! Join me there and pass it on! New films and fun announced at http://www.fantasticfest.com Those who mass tweet will be get themselves on the list for the Fantastic Fest opening night after-party. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:00:32 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/7/2008 1:00:32 PM Fantastic Fest, held at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin in September, announced a number of films and events today. As expected, the Jean-Claude Van Damme meta-biopic JCVD made the cut, as did the Leos Carax/Michel Gondry/Joon-ho Bong omnibus, Tokyo! Other highlights: Wicked Lake, in which “four buxom ladies head out to the country for some good old-fashioned naked lesbian Wiccan frolicking.” Fear(s) of the Dark, a collection of six animated horror shorts by acclaimed graphic novelists (see trailer above). Santos, which has probably the most baffling film festival catalog capsule description I’ve ever seen: “A wild, sweeping tale of comic book nerds versus superheroes in a battle for the future of mankind. Think Ultraman with a Latin American brain transplant.” Also: at 2pm EST today, if you’re on Twitter (check) and you’re planning to attend Fantastic Fest (check), you should send the following message to your followers: I’m heading to Fantastic Fest (Sept 18-25)! Join me there and pass it on! New films and fun announced at http://www.fantasticfest.com Those who mass tweet will be get themselves on the list for the Fantastic Fest opening night after-party. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/lovely/MemberTagFilms.aspxlovely
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