Max Payne

A couple of suprisingly effective posters for Marky Mark starring videogame adaptation Max Payne.

Source: Aint it Cool News

Friday the 13th

First close up images of the new look Jason Vorhees from the Friday 13th reboot.

Source: www.enewsi.com

Terminator Salvation

Teaser trailer for 2009's sequel, which loses Schwarzenegger and takes the series into the apocalyptic future referred to in the earlier films.

Kevin Smith on The Dark Knight

Director Kevin Smith guests on the slashfilm podcast, reviewing The Dark Knight amongst other subjects.

Source:slashfilm

Lakeview Terrace

Poster for forthcoming thriller Lakeview Terrace, in which racist cop Samuel L Jackson goes over the edge when an interracial couple moves in next door.

Source: Cinematical.com

Yes Man

Trailer for the Jim Carrey comedy, loosely based on the Danny Wallace book in which the writer agreed to answer 'Yes' to every question.

Source: Aint It Cool News

The Weinstein Company

Interesing article at The Telegraph (via cinematical) regarding the current state of the Weinstein Brothers new production company, formed in 2005 following their split from Disney and Miramax

Ghostbusters

Whilst it's not strictly a film, this upcoming video game is the closest to A Ghostbusters sequel we are likely to see, The game features the original cast providing voiceovers and the storyline, by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis iss based loosely on their abortive Ghostbusters 3 script.



Source: Cinematical

Ghost Town

So-so trailer for Ricky Gervais' first starring cinema role. Gervais plays an unikeable dentist who after an operation goes wrong, wakes up with the ability to see the dead. The film seems looks like a comedic cross between the sixth sense and ghost, if that sort of thing appeals.

Smodcast 58

New Smodcast online today at Quick Stop Entertainment:

SModcast 58: Kodachrome -

In which our heroes talk a little shop, muse over collegiate nudes, wax Parisian, and seek salvation in Shrewsbury.

Also available are episodes 56 and 57 which went live during our break.

Watchmen

We're back!

Here's the first trailer for Watchmen, which premiered with The Dark Knight. The imagery certainly captures the spirit of the comic book, but there's not a lot to go on narrative wise.

Holidays!

Farthing film is taking a break for a couple of weeks whilst we enjoy a well earned vacation. We will be back with all the latest news and features on 21 July.

In the meantime, enjoy the Count

Metropolis

In exciting news for Cinema historians and lovers of classic Sci-Fi, the long thought lost original 210 minute cut of Metropolis has been located in a Buenos Aires vault. Professor Martin Koerber, who is behind the discovery and restoration, stated that "No matter how bad the condition of the material may be, the original intention of the film, including all of its minor characters and subplots, is now once again tangible for the normal viewer. The rhythm of the film has been restored,".

Source: Chud.com

X Files 2

TV spot for the sequel / TV spin off.

Source: Aint It Cool News

Sherlock Holmes

A new version of Sherlock Holmes is being prepped by ubiquitous comedy producer Judd Apatow. The comedy will feature Sacha Baron Cohen as Holmes and Will Ferrell as sidekick Dr Watson. Etan Cohn, the writer of summer comedy Tropic Thunder, is handling screenplay duties.

Source: Variety

The Dark Knight

Two weeks to go...

Quantum of Solace

The official James Bond site, www.007.com, has the first trailer for new adventure Quantum of Solace.

Zack and Miri

New still from Zack and Miri, courtesy of www.silentobspeaks.com, where Kevin Smith has also posted his brief review of The Dark Knight

RIP Tartan Films

Variety reports that Tartan Films has gone out of business after more than 26 years.  Tartan were responsible for an eclectic range of DVD releases, and were responsible for bringing a wide variety of Japanese and Korean action and horror movies (including the works of Takashii Miike and Park Chan Wook) to a western audience, together with introducing a new generation to classic 70's horror and exploitation with it's 'Grindhouse' label.

This is a great loss for fans of genre and foreign cinema, and hopefully someone will step up to the plate and ensure that UK and USA audiences still have access to this material.

Saw V

Teaser poster for this years entry in the Saw series.  Whilst the first film was entertaining in a low budget, grimy way the sequels have become increasingly disappointing and convoluted.  Still they certainly bring in the money and I assume Lionsgate will keep churning them out as long as this is the case.

Source: Bloodydisgusting.com