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Posted by Matthew Sorrento in Writer's Corner at 1:52 AM PDT
Docu-horror is back, now that ”Paranormal Activity” has conquered the box office. While we’re asked to believe that Micah really gets thrown like a shotgun blast in that film, Universal asks you to judge “The Fourth Kind” (in theaters Nov. 6) for yourself with this featurette.
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Posted by Matthew Sorrento in Writer's Corner at 10:12 PM PDT
The blogoscapeosphere is a messy place — especially with all those newbie film sites trying to be, well, you know who. So follow us on Twitter to ease things for yourself. http://twitter.com/FilmThreat
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Posted by Matthew Sorrento in Writer's Corner at 9:53 PM PDT
Does the premise of bimbo babes serving ice cream sound a little too familiar? Isn’t there a restaurant chain already doing the same with wings and beer? Well, “Hot Blood Sundae,” a nowhere near funny horror flick, thinks it has hit fresh territory, but the cold product is safe — there’s nothing heating up here!
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Posted by Mariko McDonald in Writer's Corner at 7:00 AM PDT
Hey kids,
Sorry for the lack of links recently. Things got a little screwy after my trip to Vancouver, but now that they’re settling down I figured it was time to catch up on the link posting. Let’s start with the most recent shows:
Episode 161 - Lars Von Trier: Rick, Al and myself discuss Antichrist & Element of Crime. Does controversy negatively affect a film? Does a film about mysogyny have to be mysogynist? Is Mariko having a bad day? Tune in to find out. (WARNING - Contains spoilers)
Episode 160 - Festival Du Nouveau Cinema: Simon, Al and Mariko talk about Canadian flicks The Trotsky & Reg Harkema’s Leslie, My Name is Evil as well as the highly touted Oscar bait, An Education.
And, in order of appearance here’s what I’d been remiss in posting:
Episode 150 - Halloween: Rick, Simon and special guest Detroit Burns discuss Rob Zombie’s Halloween & Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2, as well as the original (head spinning) Halloween 2. Guess which ones fared best?
Episode 151 - Kathryn Bigelow: Rick, Simon and Mariko examine Bigelow’s lastest, The Hurt Locker, as well as Strange Days, which didn’t really live up to my teenaged rememberances and cult classic Point Break.
Episode 152 - Bronson & Life is Hot in Cracktown: Gearing up for TIFF, Rick, Simon and guest Detroit Burns take a look at a couple of overlooked indie offerings.
Episode 153 - Our Favourite Soundtracks: Rick and Simon were getting ready for TIFF, Al was getting married and Mariko was playing hairdresser in Vancouver, so we decided to take it easy and do a music show.
Episode 154 - TIFF ‘09, Midnight Madness: Back from Toronto, Rick and Simon hash out this year’s horror and cult offerings at the Toronto international Film Festival including [REC] 2, the abismal Bitch Slap, Australian horror offering The Loved Ones and the Diablo Cody penned Jennifer’s Body.
Episode 155 - TIFF ‘09, Steven Soderbergh part II: Simon, Al and Mariko take another look at Steven Soderbergh, this time discussing some of his lighter fare, particularly this year’s The Informant, as well as Out of Sight and The Limey.
Episode 156 - TIFF ‘09, Tod Solondz: Rick and Simon discuss their feelings on Solondz’s lastest, Life During Wartime as well as the films it shares characters with: 1995’s Welcome to the Dollhouse and 1998’s Happiness.
Episode 157 - TIFF ‘09 Round-up: Simon and Rick take on three more TIFF highlights that didn’t quite fit in anywhere else: the Michael Cera vehicle Youth in Revolt, The Road and Up In The Air with George Clooney.
Episode 158 - Whip It: Mariko and Al are back with Rick to discuss Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, as well as rollerderby flick Kansas City Bomber with Raquel Welch and the sorta related Rollerball.
Episode 159 - Zombieland: The boys take a look at zombie comedies, including the charming Zombieland, Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and arguably the start of of horror comedy, Return of the Living Dead.
Tune in next week for a show on Korean director Joon-ho Bong (Mother, The Host & Memories of Murder), Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are and Paranormal Activity if it manages to open in Montreal.
Also, if you are a fan of the show, please take a moment to vote for us on the Podcast Awards in the Best Movies/Films Show and Best Produced categories. (Don’t vote in more than two categories or it will invalidate your nominations). Your support really helps and boy, do we appreciate it.
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Posted by Mariko McDonald in Writer's Corner at 7:34 AM PDT
This week I got to sit in on both hours of Sound on Sight & in the second hour I became the first woman in this history of Sound on Sight to lead into a show.
Episode 148 - Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola special): Rick, Simon and I discuss Coppola’s most recent film, the visually lavish “Tetro,” starring Vincent Gallo, the rather confused “Youth Without Youth” and the masterful “The Conversation.” Listen to me say the word “penis” over and over and over again…
Episode 149 - The Cove: The boys and I are back to talk about the Sundance award winning documentary “The Cove,” about dophin activist Richard O’Barry and the annual slaughter of 23,000 dolphins in a secluded cove in Taiji, Japan, as well as Canadian Rob Stewart’s somewhat less successful attempt to shed light on the slaughter of sharks, “Sharkwater.”
And if you do listen to these podcasts and you like what you’re hearing, please take a moment to rate the show on iTunes, give us some feedback on our website and if you’re really feeling generous, give us a PayPal donation to help send Rick and Simon to TIFF. We’d really appreciate it.
Next week: The “Halloween” franchise and one of my favourite directors, Kathryn Bigelow.
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Posted by Matthew Sorrento in Writer's Corner at 8:48 AM PDT
“In a Dream,” the documentary on Philadelphia mural artist Isaiah Zagar, will screen for free today at the Brooklyn Museum. A unique study of a near-outsider artist and a profound personal history, this film is not one to be missed. Isaiah and the filmmakers will be in attendance at the free screening. If you are out of the area, you can check out the film on HBO2 on Monday, August 24th @ 6:30pm and Friday, August 28th @ 1:30am. The film is also available on HBO On Demand. Get more info here.
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Posted by Don R. Lewis in Writer's Corner at 4:45 PM PDT
For those following along with the progress of the new Butcher Brothers film “The Violent Kind” who wondered what the hell happened once we wrapped, I apologize. Basically, there’s not a whole lot of exciting news. We all took a much need seven day or so detox….err….break from the film, one another, staying up all night and neglecting our loved ones to pull our lives back together after the insanity that was the shoot. Seeing as this is technically my first “real” movie shoot, I never really knew that you didn’t shoot features in 18 days. Apparently, that’s just frigging insane. Lesson learned.
While I knew we were all burning the candle at both ends, I didn’t know until I had a second to sit and reflect that most features- especially ones with a plot, special effects and great actors- take closer to 30 days to shoot. But figuring in this funky financial climate with the impending due dates for several major film festivals and time was (and is) of the essence. So, after taking a quick week off to reintroduce ourselves to our family and daylight, we’re right back at it.
Mitch and Phil have spent the week pulling 12-14 hour days in the editing bay which is essentially their office out here in Marin County. We had some great people digitizing and logging footage throughout shooting so now comes the rough cut. I’m not sure if I mentioned it previously, but I’m shooting the behind-the-scenes footage which will hopefully become a featurette on the eventual DVD release so all this post-production stuff is fascinating to me. Hopefully you’ll find it cool as well.
So the basic plan right now is to get something together we can show our investors, producers and festival programmers. I won’t lie- we want to go theatrical with this twisted mind fuck of a film and we all feel pretty good about the films chances seeing as “The Hamiltons” made the rounds in theaters when it was completed a few years ago. However “The Violent Kind” is already shaping up to be something freaky, creepy, bloody and sure to attract attention. But first, we gotta get it looking like a movie!
“The Violent Kind” is a horror film being directed by The Butcher Brothers. Film Threat writer Don R. Lewis is co-producing the film and this blog is serving as a journal of sorts to mark progress on the film. You can also follow “The Violent Kind” on twitter
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Posted by Matthew Sorrento in Writer's Corner at 8:56 AM PDT
I cannot even review this for fear that it will haunt me. If formula can kill a piece of celluloid, it has done it here. The story of a college grad not getting all she wants in profession and love is barely existent, and hence the film stuffs itself with kooky side characters. Weird little brother? Check. Start-up-biz-obsessed dad? Check. Lively Grandma ready for death? Check. When screenwriter Kelly Fremon reaches hell (I think she’s sealed the deal for herself with this), for her it will be Robert McKee thumping her head forever with a copy of Story. It’s my guess that director Vicky Jenson (yes, she of “Shrek”) has blinded herself for a good year. Poor Michael Keaton as the pops needs some career resuscitation. I know times are hard and money talks, but he may have to account for this when he heads to the pearly gates. And Carol Burnett’s overconstructed Frankenface just shouldn’t be casted across the big screen. (We love you, Car, but come on, be kind.) And Alexis Bledel, the cute “Gilmore Girl” now grown up, has talent, which we can see convulsing and turning blue from this film’s Strychnine.
Girly, you don’t know how fucked you are.
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Posted by Mariko McDonald in Writer's Corner at 7:04 AM PDT
Hooray! We were able to recover much of the previously thought lost Tarantino show. Listen to Rick, Al and Mariko debate, sometimes heatedly, the work of everyone’s “favorite” ex-video store geek:
Sound on Sight Episode 147: Pulp Fiction
Next week: Francis Ford Coppola & enviro-docs “The Cove” and “Sharkwater”.
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Posted by Mariko McDonald in Writer's Corner at 12:51 PM PDT
Hey everybody!
This week’s podcast is a look at two of the films playing at this year’s Toronto After Dark film festival and Neil Blomkamp’s impressive “District 9″.
Episode #146: Toronto After Dark/District 9 - Simon, Mariko, Ricky and Al talk about “Black,” “Trick ‘r Treat” & “District 9″
And I know I promised everyone a Tarantino show, but that will not be podcasted due to “technical difficulties.” We’re gonna try to give it another go next week, so stay tuned.
Next week: Francis Ford Coppolla & documentaries “Shark Water” and “The Cove.”
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