TAGRUATO CORP.
I discovered this here, as they’ve now discovered a large corporation website called Tagruato which drills in the deep sea: “We regard ourselves as explorers, and believe there is much more our planet has to offer than has already been discovered. We view every challenge as an opportunity for innovation. With our groundbreaking deep-sea drilling [...]
Posted on September 30, 2007 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
THE KINGDOM
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 110 minutes |
While “The Kingdom’s” final act is plenty intense, it also stretches credibility to “Rambo”-like proportions…
Posted on September 30, 2007 by Pete Vonder Haar
SEPTEMBER DAWN
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 110 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! Some gorgeous photography cannot pull along the leaden intertwined plotlines and stilted performances…
Posted on September 30, 2007 by Matthew Sorrento
A STUDY IN THE ORIENTATION OF HAN SUM
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
This is Claveria’s first feature-length film, but I suspect it won’t be his last…
Posted on September 30, 2007 by Doug Brunell
NEW PICTURE AT 1-18-08
After months of boo hooing from folks anxious for any sort of update, we’re finally given one. 1-18-08 has finally been updated with yet another picture. Once again it’s about as cryptic as everything so far, as it features a Japanese Chef holding up a platter of what looks like squid. If you flip the [...]
Posted on September 29, 2007 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
WE’RE GONNA HAVE A MURDER PARTY TONIGHT! INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER JEREMY SAULNIER
SCREENING AT THE SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL! Brought to you by The Lab of Madness, “Murder Party” finds art students luring a pathetic loner to a Halloween party only to capture him and plot his grisly demise…
Posted on September 29, 2007 by Eric Campos
ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! How do you affect change in a social way? Do you join into the current system, and actively try to re-form things in the way you’d like? Or do you strike at things from the outside?
Posted on September 29, 2007 by Mark Bell
SQUEAKY PIRATED FILM GET THE GREASE
A few months ago Eli Roth’s latest gag fest “”Hostel 2″ was release to piss poor reviews and even pissier, poorer box office returns. David Poland, who runs Movie City News, (a site I’m quite fond of) became entangled in a discussion of how much effect pirating of films has on box office gross. He [...]
Posted on September 28, 2007 by Don R. Lewis
TALENT IN THE BACK: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER JASON CONNELL
2007 SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL FEATURE! Filmmaker Jason Connell gives long overdue respect to a large group of people who make their living in the background – movie extras – and he ends up making an overwhelmingly charming documentary while he’s at it…
Posted on September 28, 2007 by Eric Campos
SPIDER-MAN 3: HOW IT SHOULD HAVE ENDED
This short film is so on-the-nose about the “Spider-Man” franchise that you actually wish this had been how the movie ended… especially the bit after the credits…
Posted on September 28, 2007 by Film Threat Staff
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “JOHNNY THE GIANT KILLER”
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil presents the 200th entry in the bootleg series with a French animated curio…
Posted on September 28, 2007 by Phil Hall
GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: G Running Time: 98 minutes |
“Girl Who Leapt Through Time” is the sort of film one would be tempted to watch more than once, even without having to go back in time to do so…
Posted on September 28, 2007 by Merle Bertrand
RETROGIRL EPISODE FOUR: NIGHTMARE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 53 minutes |
Now that big-budget superhero movies are commonplace, the creator of a low-budget superhero film has very little chance to impress…
Posted on September 28, 2007 by Doug Brunell
DIRTY MUSIC FOR DIRTY PEOPLE: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKERS JOE PICKETT AND NICK PRUEHER
2007 SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL FEATURE! Film Threat spoke with “Found Footage Festival” curators Joe and Nick about their documentary “Dirty Country,” which is currently charming festivals all over the world…
Posted on September 27, 2007 by Eric Campos
SAVE THE ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL!
With only 3 months to raise $75,000 or be eliminated from the film festival world, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has launched a unique “Endangered” fundraising campaign…
Posted on September 27, 2007 by Film Threat Staff