2017-03-31T11:43:03-07:00New on Amazon Prime in April: 'Robocop' and a Disco Inferno
While Netflix is hoping you'll subscribe to its service to watch recent releases from Disney, Amazon Prime is offering its subscribers a treasure trove of more time-tested movie fare. New movies coming to Amazon in April will join quite a few classics that are already there, making the service the ideal place to go if you're longing for some nostalgic cinema on a quiet Saturday night.
Among the most deliciously old-school movies coming in April in Robocop, the 1987 sci-fi thriller that very effectively combined action and camp, extreme violence and winking humor. If you haven't had enough once it's over, you can turn to Robocop 2, which is also coming to Amazon in April.
If you need something older than Robocop, give Saturday Night Fever a try; this 1977 drama made John Travolta into...
While Netflix is hoping you'll subscribe to its service to watch recent releases from Disney, Amazon Prime is offering its subscribers a treasure trove of more time-tested movie fare. New movies coming to Amazon in April will join quite a few classics that are already there, making the service the ideal place to go if you're longing for some nostalgic cinema on a quiet Saturday night.
Among the most deliciously old-school movies coming in April in Robocop, the 1987 sci-fi thriller that very effectively combined action and camp, extreme violence and winking humor. If you haven't had enough once it's over, you can turn to Robocop 2, which is also coming to Amazon in April.
If you need something older than Robocop, give Saturday Night Fever a try; this 1977 drama made John Travolta into...
- 3/31/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest wrapped its most successful edition to date last night in Melbourne with official closing film The Greasy Strangler (with actors Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo in person) followed by its annual awards ceremony acknowledging the best of this year’s impressive lineup.
The features jury, consisting of Fantastic Fest head programmer Evrim Ersoy, filmmaker Donna McRae and longtime screen critic Simon Foster awarded the festival’s top prize, The Golden Monster, to Julia Ducournau’s Raw, with Ducournau in person to accept her award, beautifully designed and sculpted by Rain Gidley Studios. Raw also walked away with an honour for best FX.
“Monsters Choice” audience awards also went to two of Nerdly’s current favourite Ozploitation filmmakers: Stuart Simpson (Monstro!, Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla) for his short Dragon Force; and Addison Heath (Under a Kaleidoscope) for his new feature Mondo Yakuza.
The...
The features jury, consisting of Fantastic Fest head programmer Evrim Ersoy, filmmaker Donna McRae and longtime screen critic Simon Foster awarded the festival’s top prize, The Golden Monster, to Julia Ducournau’s Raw, with Ducournau in person to accept her award, beautifully designed and sculpted by Rain Gidley Studios. Raw also walked away with an honour for best FX.
“Monsters Choice” audience awards also went to two of Nerdly’s current favourite Ozploitation filmmakers: Stuart Simpson (Monstro!, Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla) for his short Dragon Force; and Addison Heath (Under a Kaleidoscope) for his new feature Mondo Yakuza.
The...
- 11/29/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
By Colleen Wanglund,
MoreHorror.com
The weekend of October 14th to 16th marked the inaugural year of the (annual) Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The festival hosted various events around the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City’s largest borough, including an art show, a reading by author Grady Hendrix, and film screenings. The festival was so successful that eighteen of twenty-two events were completely sold out.
One film that had its world premiere at Bhff was Child Eater (2016), a joint Icelandic/USA production. The film takes an urban legend and brings it frighteningly to life. Directed by Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen, the film follows Helen (Cait Bliss) while she babysits Lucas. Lucas and his dad are new to the area but know the history of the house. It once belonged to a local farmer who kidnapped, tortured, and then killed children, eating their eyes in the belief that it would save his own vision.
MoreHorror.com
The weekend of October 14th to 16th marked the inaugural year of the (annual) Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The festival hosted various events around the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City’s largest borough, including an art show, a reading by author Grady Hendrix, and film screenings. The festival was so successful that eighteen of twenty-two events were completely sold out.
One film that had its world premiere at Bhff was Child Eater (2016), a joint Icelandic/USA production. The film takes an urban legend and brings it frighteningly to life. Directed by Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen, the film follows Helen (Cait Bliss) while she babysits Lucas. Lucas and his dad are new to the area but know the history of the house. It once belonged to a local farmer who kidnapped, tortured, and then killed children, eating their eyes in the belief that it would save his own vision.
- 11/3/2016
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Tricia Lee's Blood Hunters kicks off today's Horror Highlights with news that the film will have three screenings this month in North America, just in time for the most glorious of holidays, Halloween! Also: a recap / photos for Trash Fire's Screamfest screening in Los Angeles, a trailer / poster for The Terrible Two, and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival's list of awards.
Blood Hunters North American October Premiere: Press Release: "The trees are changing color and the weather is starting to cool, but Halloween is right around the corner. And Blood Hunters is having its North American premiere in the month of October. With three screenings scheduled this month, the film is fresh off a successful and well-received world premiere at Horror Channel Frightfest in London.
Directed by Tricia Lee and starring Lara Gilchrist, Benjamin Arthur, Torri Higginson, Julian Richings, Mark Taylor, and Peter Blankenstein, the film debuted in...
Blood Hunters North American October Premiere: Press Release: "The trees are changing color and the weather is starting to cool, but Halloween is right around the corner. And Blood Hunters is having its North American premiere in the month of October. With three screenings scheduled this month, the film is fresh off a successful and well-received world premiere at Horror Channel Frightfest in London.
Directed by Tricia Lee and starring Lara Gilchrist, Benjamin Arthur, Torri Higginson, Julian Richings, Mark Taylor, and Peter Blankenstein, the film debuted in...
- 10/20/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Who are the exciting new film-makers emerging from Spain? Elisabet Cabeza profiles seven to keep an eye on.Esteban Crespo
Experienced in TV documentaries, short films and commercials, this Madrid-born film-maker had a significant career breakthrough with his successful short That Wasn’t Me (Aquel No Era Yo), which won the Goya for best short film in 2013 and the Oscar for best live-action short film in 2014. Crespo is now working on his first feature, To Love (Amar), about an adolescent couple in love, based on his own script. Shooting starts in April in Valencia and Avalon is producing. Crespo is then set to direct another thriller, Black Beach, produced by Lazona. He is repped by CAA in the Us and by Anxo Talent in Spain.
Contact Agent: anxo@zigguratfilms.com
Leticia Dolera
Chainsaw in hand and wearing a blood-spattered bridal dress — this is how Leticia Dolera appeared in Rec 3, the third instalment in the successful zombie franchise...
Experienced in TV documentaries, short films and commercials, this Madrid-born film-maker had a significant career breakthrough with his successful short That Wasn’t Me (Aquel No Era Yo), which won the Goya for best short film in 2013 and the Oscar for best live-action short film in 2014. Crespo is now working on his first feature, To Love (Amar), about an adolescent couple in love, based on his own script. Shooting starts in April in Valencia and Avalon is producing. Crespo is then set to direct another thriller, Black Beach, produced by Lazona. He is repped by CAA in the Us and by Anxo Talent in Spain.
Contact Agent: anxo@zigguratfilms.com
Leticia Dolera
Chainsaw in hand and wearing a blood-spattered bridal dress — this is how Leticia Dolera appeared in Rec 3, the third instalment in the successful zombie franchise...
- 4/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
Brian Golden Davis's The Million Dollar Duck has won the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at Slamdance. Other winners include Alex Simmons's Honey Buddies, Paul Taylor's Driftwood, Mea de Jong's If Mama Ain't Happy, Nobody's Happy, Dusty Mancinelli's Winter Hymns, Aurèle Ferrier's Infrastructures, Dominic Rodriguez's Fursonas, Marcus Armitage's My Dad, Alice Waddington's Disco Inferno and more. We've got the full list, plus reviews and trailers as we wrap coverage of the 22nd edition. » - David Hudson...
- 1/29/2016
- Keyframe
Brian Golden Davis's The Million Dollar Duck has won the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at Slamdance. Other winners include Alex Simmons's Honey Buddies, Paul Taylor's Driftwood, Mea de Jong's If Mama Ain't Happy, Nobody's Happy, Dusty Mancinelli's Winter Hymns, Aurèle Ferrier's Infrastructures, Dominic Rodriguez's Fursonas, Marcus Armitage's My Dad, Alice Waddington's Disco Inferno and more. We've got the full list, plus reviews and trailers as we wrap coverage of the 22nd edition. » - David Hudson...
- 1/29/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
In the week that saw Brian Golden Davis’ documentary secure a distribution deal with Discovery Communications’ Animal Planet and Lionsgate, the film also left Park City with two top awards.
The Million Dollar Duck won the narrative jury and audience awards for best documentary feature on Thursday night.
Paul Taylor’s Driftwood claimed the juried narrative feature awards while Honey Buddies by Alex Simmons took the audience award.
“Congratulations to all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.
Audience Awards
Narrative Feature
Honey Buddies, dir Alex Simmons
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir Brian Golden Davis
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature
Driftwood, dir Paul Taylor
Honourable Mention for Acting
Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener in Hunky Dory, dir Michael Curtis Johnson
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir [link=nm...
The Million Dollar Duck won the narrative jury and audience awards for best documentary feature on Thursday night.
Paul Taylor’s Driftwood claimed the juried narrative feature awards while Honey Buddies by Alex Simmons took the audience award.
“Congratulations to all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.
Audience Awards
Narrative Feature
Honey Buddies, dir Alex Simmons
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir Brian Golden Davis
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature
Driftwood, dir Paul Taylor
Honourable Mention for Acting
Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener in Hunky Dory, dir Michael Curtis Johnson
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir [link=nm...
- 1/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jeremy Saulnier’s feature claimed the prize as the Austin event came to a conclusion on Thursday.
Can Evrenol was named best director in the “Next Wave” Spotlight competition for his recent Toronto world premiere Baskin.
Full winners appear below:
Audience Award – presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter
1st Place: Green Room, dir Jeremy Saulnier
2nd Place: Liza The Fox Fairy, dir Károly Ujj Mészáros
3rd Place: Stand By For Tape Back-Up, dir Ross Sutherland
“Next Wave” Spotlight Competition - Presented By Dell Precision
Best Picture: Der Bunker, dir Nikias Chryssos
Best Director: Can Evrenol for Baskin
Fantastic Features
Best Picture: The Club
Best Director: Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman for Anomalisa
Horror Features
Best Picture: Demon
Best Director: Joe Begos for The Mind’s Eye
Comedy Features
Best Picture: The Brand New Testament
Best Director: Anders Thomas Jensen for Men & Chicken
Documentary Features
Best Picture: Man Vs Snake
Best Director: Heath Cozens for Doglegs
Short Fuse: Horror...
Can Evrenol was named best director in the “Next Wave” Spotlight competition for his recent Toronto world premiere Baskin.
Full winners appear below:
Audience Award – presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter
1st Place: Green Room, dir Jeremy Saulnier
2nd Place: Liza The Fox Fairy, dir Károly Ujj Mészáros
3rd Place: Stand By For Tape Back-Up, dir Ross Sutherland
“Next Wave” Spotlight Competition - Presented By Dell Precision
Best Picture: Der Bunker, dir Nikias Chryssos
Best Director: Can Evrenol for Baskin
Fantastic Features
Best Picture: The Club
Best Director: Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman for Anomalisa
Horror Features
Best Picture: Demon
Best Director: Joe Begos for The Mind’s Eye
Comedy Features
Best Picture: The Brand New Testament
Best Director: Anders Thomas Jensen for Men & Chicken
Documentary Features
Best Picture: Man Vs Snake
Best Director: Heath Cozens for Doglegs
Short Fuse: Horror...
- 10/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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