agentorange [Celluloid 05.09.13] horror thriller

Drafthouse Films have snagged the North American rights to the next original horror film from Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers). Called A Field In England, the film is billed as a psychedelic trip into magic and madness. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.09.13] action comedy drama

Though Jason Lapeyre's I Declare War has been described as "equal parts Lord of the Flies and Roald Dahl" by TIFF programmers, I was curious to see what would make a movie about kids playing war so darn funny and now that there's a trailer, I'm even more intrigued because there doesn't seem to be anything to laugh about. If anything, I'm a little horrified by the fact... [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.09.13] thriller

Though it premiered at Sundance earlier this year, we haven't seen much in the way of footage from Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are. The remake of Michel Grau's Mexican cannibal drama, it sounded like Mickle was going to be moving the story to the backwoods and if this first clip from the movie is any indication, it also appears to be a period piece. [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.08.13] post apocalyptic scifi thriller

The Colony unfolds in a future where humanity's attempts to fix the environment with the help of fancy technology has failed. As the weather machines started to malfunction, it began to snow. It never stopped. Most people died but some bright and industrious individuals found shelter in underground bunkers. It's in one of these that we meet leader-in-training Sam (Kev... [Continue reading (3 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.08.13] thriller

Takashi Miike has always been a favourite, delivering everything from ridiculous kids movies to his trademark ultra-violent yakuza movies and I'm certainly of the mind that new Miike is always worth checking out (if the movies manage to make it out this way) but his upcoming Shield of Straw which will debut in competition at Cannes, is looking like a very common, midd... [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.08.13] scifi comedy

The boys are back. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the team that brought us the ever awesome Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are back with an end of the world movie unlike anything else. Unless you count Grabbers. Sort of. [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Cathode Ray Mission 05.07.13] scifi horror thriller

Under the Dome is kicking into promotion gear. With the 13 part CBS adaptation of the Stephen King novel getting ready to premiere in just under two months, we're finally starting to see more of what we can expect from the show and so far, it's looking pretty great. [Continue reading (3 comments)]

agentorange [Cathode Ray Mission 05.07.13] post apocalyptic scifi action thriller adventure

Looks like Falling Skies won't be the only reason to watch TNT in 2014. The TV network is ordered 10 episodes of the post-apocalyptic show The Last Ship, produced by Michael Bay with plans to launch the series in 2014. [Continue reading (11 comments)]

agentorange [Celluloid 05.07.13] horror

We've been waiting patiently to see some English footage from Steven C. Miller's suburban horror flick, Under the Bed for while now. It's been completed and making the rounds for while, but only today have we finally caught up with the film's first trailer along with a new poster. [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.07.13] scifi action adventure

The wait is over. The Ender's Game trailer has landed and it's a thing of beauty, opening with an epic battle before getting to the nitty gritty: the training of children as soldier. After all, to win the battle, you sometimes need to do the unthinkable. [Continue reading (3 comments)]

agentorange [Celluloid 05.07.13] scifi horror action thriller adventure

May 7, 2013. Filmmaking legend and special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen has died at the age of 92. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.07.13] script thriller

Lots of buzz around the interwebs lately about the upcoming found footage scifi thriller Europa Report. We first covered Sebastian Cordero's movie late last year when some viral footage appeared on their website but nothing much has been seen or heard on the production, which stars Sharlto Copley (District 9 and upcoming Elysium (trailer)), Michael Nyqvist (The Girl W... [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 05.07.13] scifi action thriller

From Joyrider Films, producer of last year's mutation sensation The Gate, comes a stunning new short from director Duncan Guymer. [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Film Festival 05.07.13]

It's hard to get really excited about projects which are still in development and/or looking for funding but good god, when you have a list of filmmakers and producers as talented as this bunch, it's difficult not to get excited. [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 05.07.13] horror

Anyone familiar with Stephen King's The Raft will recognize the chilling possibilities inherent in the simple concept of Larry Fessenden's Beneath. Regular people forced together in a confined space and unable to leave due to some terrifying force of nature makes for some tense character drama (See also: The Mist, Frozen, Pontypool etc). [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.06.13] horror

The lid has been pretty tight on the upcoming fourth entry into the [REC] franchise but it looks like we finally have some idea what the movie is about even if the teaser trailer doesn't actually reveal any new footage. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.06.13] scifi comic

While the idea of a Dredd sequel (at least in the form of a feature length film) has essentially been kyboshed, that doesn't mean that we're done seeing stories from Mega-City One. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.03.13] scifi action adventure

We're only a few short days from the trailer premiere for the Ender's Game trailer which premieres on YouTube next week (a first I think) but the powers that be have decided to grace us with the first 10 seconds of the trailer. [Continue reading (2 comments)]

agentorange [Celluloid 05.02.13] scifi

Abe is an eight minute short about a robot who kidnaps girls and tries to "fix them" in the name of love. It was written and directed by Rob McLellan and it's worth a watch for the great FX and voice work alone. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.01.13] scifi comedy drama

Perhaps one of the most charming sci-fi movies of the last few years is Jeremy Kipp Walker and John Mitchell's tale of alien takeover thwarted by music. Yes. Music. The History of Future Folk tracks the adventures of Bill and Kevin, two alien invaders from Hondor who discover the miracle of music and choose to partake in the act of making and sharing music rather than... [Continue reading (2 comments)]

agentorange [Celluloid 05.01.13] apocalyptic scifi horror

Welcome to Christmas in London. Unfortunately, for lovesick teenager Jamie and his oppressive parents, it’s also the night of the Apocalypse. [Continue reading (7 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 05.01.13] horror

Talk about a vacation gone wrong. In Nicolas Lopez's Aftershock, the vacationers not only have to deal with the aftermath of an earthquake and what mother nature shells out but also what human nature delivers when faced with a catastrophe and from the looks of things, we're ugly, selfish beings. [Continue reading (6 comments)]

quietearth [Celluloid 04.30.13] podcast

At the San Francisco International Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh gave a 35 minute talk on his feelings on cinema, art and basically the state of the modern world. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

agentorange [DVD News 04.30.13] horror

Following their release of del Toro's breakout feature Cronos, The Criterion Collection have announced plans to release the director's 2001 film, The Devil's Backbone on Blu-ray. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

agentorange [Celluloid 04.30.13] documentary

The Life after Death Project is a documentary that investigates an extraordinary case of after-death communication with Sci-Fi luminary, Forrest J Ackerman. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 04.29.13] scifi action

We may still be months away from the premiere of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim but that doesn't mean the marketing machine is slowing down. [Continue reading (4 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 04.29.13] thriller

For his feature film debut, TV and commercial director Jeremy Lovering took a slightly different approach to the backwoods thriller. Rather than waiting until the characters arrive in some middle-of-nowhere cabin/campground, the horror of In Fear takes place en route to said cabin. [Continue reading]

agentorange [Celluloid 04.29.13] post apocalyptic scifi dystopic

Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer is coming in 2013 and the first footage has been revealed in an international behind the scenes feature. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 04.25.13] thriller

Alright then! What better way to follow up your awesome full length feature than to team up with other awesome filmmakers to direct a short movie? Well, that's exactly what Martha Marcy May Marlene (review) director Sean Durkin, Simon Killer (review) director Antonio Campos and the producer of both of those films Josh Mond, have done. [Continue reading (2 comments)]

agentorange [Celluloid 04.25.13] scifi

Some interesting news has emerged about one of our all time favourite films, Saul Bass' weird hive-mind horror Phase IV. Programmers at Los Angeles’ The Cinefamily unveiled a never-before-seen ending to the film after a screening of the theatrical cut if Bass' film debut. [Continue reading (2 comments)]