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SUMMER OF '84 Trailer: TURBO KID Collective Returns!
Filmmaking collective, RKSS, creator of 2015's Canadian cult hit Turbo Kid, are taking us back to the Summer of '84 in their next retro-fueled film. While it's impossible not to compare the film to recent nostalgia hits like Stranger Things...
Todd's Ten New Talents To Watch 2015
With the year coming to a close it's time to cast an eye back over 2015 with a bit of a year-in-review. I realized a few years ago that I didn't find typical year end best-of lists particularly interesting -...
THE INVITATION, TURBO KID, THE FINAL GIRLS Win Big at Sitges 2015
After 10 days of sunshine, rioja and fantastic films, Karyn Kusama's slow-burn psychological thriller The Invitation picked up the award for Best Feature at Sitges 2015 this past weekend, an honour I can heartily endorse. The Final Girls, directed by...
Feratum 2015 Unleashes First Wave, Led By TURBO KID And THE EDITOR
In exactly one month, the fourth edition of Feratum (October 1-4) will kick off in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán. Let's check out then the films announced so far. The official competitive selection is composed of five different sections: Mexican Features, Mexican Shorts,...
Hey Canada! TURBO KID Is Riding Into A Town Near You On August 28
Turbo Kid, the Canadian cult hit and festival circuit darling, is coming to a Canadian cinema near you.The shenanigans begin on Thursday, August 27th with Raven Banner and Cineplex's Sinister Cinema series. For one night only Turbo Kid will play...
Saskatoon Fantastic 2015: COP CAR, TURBO KID, A HARD DAY and More
The 6th Annual Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival has come out of the gate swinging with the announcement of its feature film line-up. Or should I say, come out of the gate driving like a bat out of hell. Jon Watts' sensation...
BiFan 2015: PORT OF CALL Sails Away With Top Award
The 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) will end this evening but awards were already handed out on Friday night during the closing ceremony. This year's Bucheon Choice winner was Hong Kong drama-thriller Port of Call by Philip Yung,...
TURBO KID: Check Out This Epic New Poster
I cannot begin to tell you all how excited I am to finally catch Turbo Kid's homecoming screening at Fantasia next Thursday, July 23rd I even declined an invited to a press screening earlier that day so I can experience...
BiFan 2015: Team ScreenAnarchy Recommends 12 Must-See Movies
The 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival kicks off this Thursday and Team ScreenAnarchy will be descending on South Korean suburbia once again to revel in Asia's largest celebration of global genre filmmaking. Pierce Conran, Chris O'Keeffe and I have...
TURBO KID: Watch The Full Trailer Now!
Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissel's cult hit Turbo Kid - a selection at Sundance and audience award winner at SXSW - hits US screens on August 28th and that can only mean one thing: A new trailer. A...
Imagine 2015 Review: TURBO KID Splatters Everyone With Fun
(Gory equals glory with lots of guts!) Saying Turbo Kid is Mad Max on BMX-bikes may be a quick description, and not exactly misleading, but it's also selling the film a bit short. For starters it fails to show Turbo...
TURBO KID: In This Clip, The Fate Of The World In His Hands
So you missed the World Premiere of Turbo Kid at Sundance Monday night. Then there was another screening on Tuesday night but, BUT! do not fret, there are still two more screenings on Thursday and Saturday! There is a wait list for Thursday...
TURBO KID: Apple Finds A New Friend In New Clip
As the dust settles from last night's world premiere of Turbo Kid and we await word from all those lucky enough to be in the house at Sundance, there is another clip for you to watch. It looks like it is the...
TURBO KID: The First Teaser Trailer Shows A Grim Future In 1997
A cult classic in the waiting, Turbo Kid, from the film collective RKSS is only hours away from its World Premiere at Sundance. Earlier this week we got our first look in a funny and gory clip. And thanks to Deadline...
TURBO KID: You Know What This Clip Needs? Blades. And Fire!
As the Turbo Kid crew prepare to unleash their post-apocalyptic tale upon the audience at Sundance on Monday, January 26th, IGN released a clip from the film. It shows Michael Ironside, as Zues, chewing up the scene and one of the writers/directors...
TURBO KID: A New Image So Exciting It Is Bursting From The Chest
With news today that Turbo Kid will be part of the Midnight lineup at the Sundance Film Festival at the end of January, EW unleashed a new image from the film. It contains so much bloody goodness that it can hardly contain...
Poster Premiere For Frontieres Market Project TURBO KID
While we'll certainly be seeing many more projects successfully launched and driven through the production process via the Frontieres Co-Production Market at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal - with a second Frontieres event now also attached to the Brussels International...
Here's Your First Look At Michael Ironside In TURBO KID
Does Michal Ironside look like he had a heck of a good time on the set of Turbo Kid? Why yes. Yes he does. Ironside concluded filming his role as Zeus, the sadistic and self-proclaimed leader of the devastated world created...
TURBO KID Blasts His Way Into Production! Check Out The First Still!
Post apocalyptic short T Is For Turbo from Montreal based film collective RKSS was a great favorite among the submissions for the contest portion of the first installment of The ABCs Of Death and while the short ultimately fell just...
We Are Go For Turbo! TURBO KID Starts Production Early 2014!
In case you don't know the story already, here is a recap. RKSS (Roadkill Superstar) made the short film called T is for Turbo and submitted it to the first ABCs of Death guest director contest where the public got...
