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DIE ALONE Review: The Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Sub-Genre Gets a New, Fresh Spin
Every genre, sub-genre, and micro-genre eventually exhausts itself. But genres typically don't end; they expand, they evolve, and adapt, drawing on new ideas from outside the genre, mixing elements from other genres, and ultimately resurrect themselves, reborn on the ashes...
Interview: Director Sandy Tung Discusses EVAN'S CRIME, David Arquette, And More
Filmmaker Sandy Tung has had a long and respectable career in independent filmmaking. Best known by many for his family films such as Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season, Alice Upside Down, and the award-winning Saving Shiloh, Sandy now changes pace, venturing...
First OUIJA Trailer: Don't Play Unless You Want Demons In Your House
When will you kids learn? As demonstrated in the first trailer for the upcoming Ouija, If you don't want demons in your house, then don't summon them with an Ouija board and then wonder where they came from. Stiles White, writer...
Review: PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS Lacks Personality
Having missed 2010's Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief because of reasons, and then never catching up with it due to factors, I was at a disadvantage when it came time for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. But I was...
The Stack: HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN, THE FOG, Danny Boyle's TRANCE, STREET TRASH, And Much More
Films mentioned this week in our video review roundup include Sony's Magic Magic, West of Memphis and Shout Factory's Ralph Bakshi's Heavy Traffic, Swamp Thing, The Incredible Melting Man, Kentucky Fried Movie, and The Producers. 20th Century Fox catalogue titles...
TIFF 2012 Review: ANTIVIRAL is Imaginative and Often Clever, But Not Mind-Blowing
As a stomach-churning, jet-black satire of modern culture, Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral is a resounding success, and is directed with precision and conviction. However, for these very reasons, it's also cold, sterile and mostly void of humanity or even emotion....
Riveting Trailer for Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL
"Have you started bleeding yet? From your mouth..." Brandon Cronenberg's film Antiviral certainly carries the families DNA. It feels very much in the vein (pun intended) of either his father's Shivers or Rabid. Only here, the plot involves buying...
IFC Midnight Picks Up Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL
Though specific release plans are not yet known, Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral has found itself a distribution home in the USA. Bloody Disgusting bring word that IFC Midnight have picked up the scifi thriller which means that if they hold to...
Watch A Clip From Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL
Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral has proven to be one of the more challenging and divisive titles at Cannes this year - check the links below for Brian Clark's positive take on it - and those wondering what the chatter is all...
Cannes 2012 Review: Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL
As a stomach-churning, jet-black satire of modern culture, Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral is a resounding success, and is directed with precision and conviction. However, for these very reasons, it's also cold, sterile and mostly void of humanity or even emotion. It's...
Cannes 2012 Interview: Brandon Cronenberg talks ANTIVIRAL
Antiviral marks the feature debut of the scion of one of the world's most esteemed genre filmmakers. The film will be competing as part of the Un Certain Regard series, an immesely prestigious honor for this young filmmaker.Brandon Cronenberg's name...
Fresh Images From Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL
The 2012 edition of the Cannes Film Festival is getting a double dose of Cronenberg with father-son act David and Brandon each presenting feature films. In the case of Cronenberg Sr it's his adaptation of Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis. And Junior?...
Exclusive First Look At Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL
Like father, like son?Twitch has been keeping a very close eye on Antiviral, the debut feature of Brandon Cronenberg, over the past couple months. The son of David Cronenberg, Brandon appears to be taking on the family mantle and crafting...
Brandon Cronenberg's ANTIVIRAL Casts Up, Launches Principal Photography
At the end of September ScreenAnarchy brought word that Brandon Cronenberg - son of David - was preparing to launch production on his debut feature, Antiviral. And now word has arrived that the film has launched production with strong young...
Brandon Cronenberg Launching Debut Feature ANTIVIRAL
There's a new Cronenberg in town and he looks to be doing the family name proud.Brandon Cronenberg - son of David - has won notice in recent years with a pair of critically acclaimed short films, 2008's Broken Tulips and...
