Tuesday,
March 18: Trigger Man
Monday,
March 10: MonsterBits
• Here's a Satan
Hates You report from Alex Riviello at Creature
Corner.
•
And a couple more Automatons
(2006) reviews, both from critic Al Kratina:
"Brilliantly
idiosyncratic" -- Al Kratina, THE
MONTREAL GAZETTE
"The
aggressively inventive movie is a textbook example of how imagination,
ingenuity, and an obsessive love of White Zombie videos can
overcome a low budget"
--
Al Kratina, THE
COMICBOOK BIN
"an
obsessive love of White Zombie videos?" Hmmmm...
•
Our friend Douglas
Buck's Sisters
(2007), (a remake of the Brian
DePalma film) starring Chloe
Sevigny and Stephen
Rea, comes out on DVD
tomorrow.
Friday,
February 29: SATAN HATES YOU!
Reggie
Bannister
is the latest genre name added to the cast list for SATAN
HATES YOU, following his PHANTASM
series co-star Angus Scrimm. This is the first film to feature
both actors since 1998's PHANTASM
IV: OBLIVION.
SATAN HATES YOU is the latest feature film from producer Larry
Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix and writer/director James
Felix McKenney's MonsterPants Movies. The film has been
in the process of being shot in small segments since 2005 while
McKenney and company worked on other projects, including the
critically acclaimed AUTOMATONS.
The final shoot, which makes up the bulk of SATAN HATES YOU,
will be completed in June of 2008.
Inspired
by films from the golden age of religious "scare"
cinema such as A
THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1972), IF
FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO?
(1971) and STALKED
(1969), SATAN HATES YOU is a graphic horror film that tells
the stories of two individuals and their personal struggles
with the ultimate horror villain -- Lucifer himself. The film's
producers are in the process of assembling a large ensemble
cast, mixing well-known genre names with MonsterPants
regulars.
"Don
Coscarelli's PHANTASM is one of my favorite films. It's
the movie that introduced me to the work of Angus Scrimm, who
we have used in three films so far. This has been such a wonderful
working experience, that I figured I'd push my luck and see
if we could borrow another talent from the Coscarelli pool.
Reggie has such a unique screen presence and personality, that
it was easy writing for him. I don't think his fans will be
disappointed." says McKenney.
He
continues: "SATAN HATES YOU is very different film type
of film compared to our earlier efforts. Despite the Christian
morality play themes in the movie, it's the closest thing to
a straightforward horror film that I've done so far. I've abandoned
my usual slow-as-molasses pacing in favor of a faster-moving
film filled with sex, drugs, violence, gore and Satan!"
Stay
tuned for more casting announcements.
Read
Michael Gingold's SATAN HATES YOU report at Fangoria.com.
An
official site for SATAN
HATES YOU in the works here.
MySpace:
myspace.com/satanhatesyoumovie
Friday,
February 22: Two New AUTOMATONS Reviews
"Ingenuity Triumphs Over No Budget in this
Indie Sci-Fi Release"
-- Glenn Erickson, TURNER
CLASSIC MOVIES
"There
are so many layers, ideas and messages in this film that it
reminds me of the way Philip K. Dick structures his stories
to overflow with incredible concepts.... Automatons is high-concept
science fiction at its finest... 9 out of 10"
--B. Adam, FILM
REVIEWS BY BRADEN ADAM
For
the full, in-depth review, visit Braden
Adam's film review blog.
Friday,
February 15: RANCHERO premieres in Sacramento!
Ranchero
(2007), the beautiful dark drama from MonsterPants alumnus
Richard
Kaponas (CanniBallistic!,
Automatons,
Satan
Hates You and the
making of The Off Season) premieres March 29 at the
Sacramento
International Film Festival!
For
more screening and venue details check out the film festival's
site here.
For
more Ranchero,
visit this fine film's official
site.
Saturday,
February 9: AUTOMATONS Goes to Belfast
Automatons
(2006) may only be on DVD in North America right now --
but that only means more chances for international audiences
to experience the mechanical mayhem on the big screen.
The
next scheduled international screening is:
Belfast
Film Festival
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Saturday, April 12th, 8pm
And
we've got some new reviews in for the Automatons
DVD, available now in the US and Canada:
"Funky
stuff"
-- Sean Axmaker, MSN
"An
impressive piece of filmmaking that belies its low-budget nature...
AUTOMATONS kicked my ass"
-- Blaine, DVDSCHLOCK
"While
the film may have some rough edges, it’s still an entertaining
watch. A friend of mine first clued me into the film solely
being fascinated by the statement “This is how humanity
dies,” and if that’s enough to spark an interest,
the rest of the film will be just as enjoyable."
-- Jason Glastetter, CMJ
"The
storyline, cinematography, the ending, in fact the entire vision
is great"
-- quietearth, QUIET
EARTH
"McKenney
has handed us the cinematic equivalent of Proust's Madeleine,
and it's a tasty yet pungent little cake."
-- Gordon Thomas, BRIGHT
LIGHTS FILM JOURNAL
You
can get your copy of Automatons from Amazon,
Facets
Video, NetFlix,
Blockbuster,
Circuit
City, Barnes
& Noble, Suncoast,
Things
From Another World, MTV.com,
DVD
Empire, VH1.com,
Bestprices.com
and other fine retailers.
Friday,
February 8: See You in the Funny Papers
From
The Small Press Syndicate RAP SHEET:
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