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Reel Asian 2012: Cha Cha for Twins Review

 

Reel Asian Film Festival 2012

Cha Cha for Twins (2012)

Starring Huang Peijia, Paul Chiang, Lun Ou Yang

Written by Yi-Chien Yang

Directed by Jim Wang, Yi-Chien Yang

Kicking of Saturday’s lineup at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts is the award winner from this year’s Taipei Film Festival, Cha Cha for Twins. This coming of age story centers on the tale of twin sisters who, now that they have turned 17, are discovering just how different, and alike, they truly are as they both strive to emerge as individuals apart from each other. But growing pains aren’t called ‘pains’ without reason.

Poni and Mini (Peijia in a dual role) have always done everything together. Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 17, 2012 | Categories: Film Festival, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reel Asian 2012: Wolf Children Review

 

Reel Asian Film Festival 2012

Wolf Children (2012)

Starring the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Momoko Oono, Yukito Nishii and Amon Kabe

Written by Satoko Okudera, Mamoru Hosoda

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

Considered by many in Japan as the heir apparent to the anime crown currently adorning the master animator Hayao Miyazaki, director Hosoda delivers a fairy tale/fable with a very sophisticated and adult message, Wolf Children. An anime master in his own right, Hosoda shows off classic hand drawn characters on sophisticated backgrounds in a coming of age story with a very worthwhile message at its core. But how will Wolf Children measure up to the classic Miyazaki fare like Princess Mononoke, Ponyo and Spirited Away?

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Posted by  |  November 15, 2012 | Categories: Film Festival, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Vampires get ‘Clueless’ as Amy Heckerling & Alicia Silverstone bring us ‘Vamps’

Amy Heckerling teams up with her Cluelessstar Alicia Silverstone for the first time since Clueless to give us the horror comedy Vamps. Bringing along a stellar supporting cast and co-starring Krysten Ritter (Don`t Trust the B—– in Apartment 23), Heckerling and Silverstone are trying once again to bring us the charm and fun that permeated their previous now classic comedy, but does Vamps have enough bite to deliver? Now thanks to Anchor Bay Entertainment we can find out the answer on Blu-Ray.

Vamps – Blu-Ray Review

View slideshow: Vamps

Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver and Wallace Shawn.

Posted by  |  November 14, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Kiefer tries to prove he still has the ‘Touch’ for TV (DVD Review)

Touch Season 1 DVD

Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz, Roxanna Brusso and Danny Glover

Created by Tim Kring

New on DVD from Fox Home Entertainment is the first season of the new series from Heroes creator Tim Kring, Touch. The mid-season replacement from earlier this year is another high concept production from Kring, this time focusing between the relationship of a father and his son. But of course with Kring things are never quite that easy.

Martin Bohm (Sutherland), a former reporter who now works at the airport Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 14, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews, TV Series | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reel Asian 2012: Graceland Review

 

Reel Asian Film Festival 2012

Graceland (2012)

Starring Arnold Reyes, Menggie Cobarrubias, Dido De Le Paz and Ella Guevara

Written and Directed by Ron Morales

One of the grittiest films to play Reel Asian this year is the crime thriller Graceland from the Philippines. Not to be confused with the lavish estate of Elvis in Memphis, Graceland in this case refers to the seedy underground that inhabits and seeps out of every pore of the city of Manila. A place where everything has a price and nothing appears to be as it seems.

Marlon Villar (Reyes) is a pious family man who minds his own business Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 14, 2012 | Categories: Film Festival, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Tale of 2 Steve`s: Austin and Seagal show `Maximum Conviction` (Blu-Ray Review)

 

Are two Steve`s really better than one? This week we get one answer to this question in the form of the newest release from Anchor Bay Entertainment on DVD and Blu-Ray,Maximum Conviction starring Steve Austin andSteven Seagal. The direct to video actioner set in a maximum security prison was produced by both Steve’s, but does the film benefit or fail from the Steve’s working together?

Maximum Convicton

Starring Steve Austin, Steven Seagal, Bren Foster and Michael Pare.

Written by Richard Beattie

Directed by Keoni Waxman

When former black ops operative Tom Steele (Steven Seagal) and his partner Manning (Steve Austin) are assigned to decommission an old prison, Steele decides to oversee the Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 11, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wrong Turn 5 plods along in familiar territory (Blu-Ray Review)

 

Wrong Turn 5 Blu-Ray

Starring Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson and Simon Ginty

Written and Directed by Declan O’Brien

New on Blu-Ray from our friends at Fox Home Entertainment is the newest entry in the mostly direct-to-video series Wrong Turn, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines. The original Wrong Turn was a passable genre romp that has somehow managed to spawn four sequels, the last three being directed by O’Brien. But should the series have ended before it started?

In Wrong Turn 5 we begin in a small West Virginia town that is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween. The concert is where throngs of costumed party Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 9, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Excision Blu-Ray Review

 

Excision Blu-Ray

Starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell, John Waters, Marlee Matlin and Matthew Gray Gubler and Ray Wise

Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr.

SPOILERS

New on Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment comes the bizarre medical based thriller, Excision. On the surface the film shares a lot of similarities with the body modification horror film from the Soska Sisters, ‘American Mary’, but upon closer examination the two are very different. The Soska’s Mary is an overachieving and talented student while McCord’s Pauline is the ultimate slacker. So how does Excision stack up?

Pauline (McCord) is an 18 year old failing student with aspirations of a career in Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 7, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Top 5 Reasons To Check Out Reel Asian Film Fest 2012

 

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

November 6-11 Toronto

November 16-17th Richmond Hill, Ontario

Toronto’s largest and oldest all Asian film festival, Reel Asian, will play out on screens across Toronto and Richmond Hill over the next week and a half. One of Toronto’s bigger and most recognizable festivals, the 16th edition of Reel Asian brings us over 60 films, feature length and short form, from over 13 countries. Without delving too extensively into the myriad of options available, we will simply highlight the five most intriguing reasons to attend based on what we have seen on the schedule.

Posted by  |  November 7, 2012 | Categories: Editorials, Film Festival, Lists, Toronto Events | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Blu-Ray Review

 

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Blu-Ray

Starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell and Jimmi Simpson

Written by Seth Grahame-Smith

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov

Now out on Blu-Ray and DVD from Fox Home Entertainment, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is the teaming up of writer Seth Grahame-Smith, Producer/Director Bekmambetov and Producer Tim Burton, to bring the first of Grahame-Smith’s books to home screens. With its over-the-top visuals and absurdist premise, will Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter be among this year’s most fun purchases for your home theater or will it be this year’s Jonah Hex?

We first meet Abraham as a child as he interferes with the beating of a local black child, Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  November 6, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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