Super Size Me

Those in the US (or with the requisite technical knowledge) can view Morgan Spurlock's junk food documentary Super Size Me free of charge via snagfilms

Alice in Wonderland

The new trailer to TIm Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland is now out. See the HD video here

Kevin Smith

Writer / Director Kevin Smith will be bringing his famous Q & A sessions to the UK again this Autumn.

Kevin will appear at the Indig02 at the O2 arena on Saturday 10 October 2009. Ticket prices and availablity have yet to be announced.

SAW VI and VII

Above is the poster for the sixth film in the never-ending Saw series. Despite the fact that this film isnt even out yet, Variety indiate that plans are already underway for a seventh installment, stating:-

David Hackl -- production designer of the second, third and fourth films and helmer of "Saw V" -- has been tapped to direct.

Mark Burg and Oren Koules, who have produced all six of the "Saw" pics, are back as producers. And scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who penned the fourth, fifth and sixth films, are writing the seventh.

Avatar

Aint It Cool News has a detailed rundown of the twenty minutes of 3D Avatar footage that has just screened at Comic Con.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

IGN has the teaser poster and a promotional image giving the first shots of Jackie Haley as the new Freddy Kreuger, albeit with his face heavily in shadow. The costume and fedora look almost identical to the original movies, although some set reports state that the makeup itself is noticeably more realistic.

Don't be fooled by the fourth image, which appears to be a publicity still for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4.

Follow this link for the images

Survival of the Dead

George Romero's newest zombie sequel, previously known as 'Island of the Dead' appears to have undergone a title change. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The program notes are as follows:-

" Master director George A. Romero returns to his world of the undead, this time pitting two feuding clans in the middle of the fallout of a zombie epidemic."

Source: Slashfilm

US Box Office

This weekends box office, courtesy of IMDB, shows Harry Potter making over $150 million in it's first week of release. The film looks set to become the highest grossing of the franchise.

Mixed reviews and controversy over the content have led to a substantial drop in takings for Bruno, which will struggle to reach Borats success. Meanwhile The Hangover is now the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time, a title owned for over 20 years by Beverly Hills Cop.

The full chart is below

US Box Office

1Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)$77.8M/$158M

2Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)$17.6M/$152M

3Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)$13.7M/$364M

4Brüno (2009)$8.32M/$49.5M

5The Proposal (2009)$8.29M/$128M

6The Hangover (2009)$8.12M/$236M

7Public Enemies (2009)$7.75M/$79.6M

8Up (2009)$3.17M/$280M

9My Sister's Keeper (2009)$2.83M/$41.5M

10I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)$2.77M/$10.4M

Prince of Persia

New posters for Disney's computer game adaptation, which they are hoping is next years Pirates of the Carribean.

Source: Empire

Doctor Who

From The Guardian comes news that David Tennant and Russell T Davies are expected to announce a big-screen outing for Doctor Who at the San Diego comic con later this month.

Tennant is scheduled to attend the annual fan convention in along with Russell T Davies, the show runner behind Doctor Who's small screen revival.

Davies has been dropping hints about a "special project" to Doctor Who Magazine. "News as and when – but I can promise it's worth waiting for," he said. The BBC has also confirmed that a Doctor Who feature is "in development".

Tennant, the 10th official Doctor Who, is due to leave the tardis after three further TV specials, the last of which will air in early 2010. After that the role will be taken over by new actor Matt Smith. Quite how this will tie in with Tennant continuing the role in feature films remains to be seen.

iPhone test

Blogwriter lite is a new piece of software which allows the posting of blog entries directly from the iPhone. Whilst useful the free version allows text only and does not allow you to edit text one posted. There also seems to be no way of adding tags to your post at present.

Notwithstanding this I'll be playing around with the software over the next few days and hopefully posting on a more regular basis than over the last few months.

Retro Review - Society

Society is a film in which a man gets fisted. To the extent that his head is pulled through his bum. Whilst such a sight may be common on Youporn, this may be the first incidence of this occuring in mainstream cinema.

Still reading? Brian Yuzna, producer of Re-Animator, made his directorial debut with this satirical tale of the American rich and what goes on behind their closed doors

Billy Warlock takes a break from starring in baywatch and numerous day time soap operas to take the starring role as a rich but troubled Beverly Hills teenager who begins to suspect his family and friends may not be all they seem. When he hears a tape of his sisters 'coming out' party his fears increase and he begins to question

Whilst the film initially keeps events on a relatively even keel, things soon take a turn for the surreal with incest, cannibalism and general gloopy weirdness all on the menu,

The last thirty minutes is a literal orgy of special effects, with bodies distorting and melting into each other as the truth is revealed and a captured Billy is forced to attend a party in which the rich suck the life out of their working class victims, It is here the somewhat unfortunate fisting occurs, as Billy escapes one of his pursuers by turning in inside out. This is shown in graphic, if rubbery, detail. The special effects were created by an individual going by the name 'Screaming Mad George', which seems a suitable epithet for the creator of this senes.

Of course there are hints throughout this this may all be in Billy's imagination. He is
after all prone to hallucinations, and is seeing a psychiatrist.

The film's points about class society are far from subtle, and the sudden shifts in tone and rather arbitrary ending make for an uneven experience, but the imagery of the closing scenes and sheer weirdness of the film will ensure society will linger in the memory.

Gamer

New trailer for the cheesy looking action pic, starring Gerard Butler

Princess and the Frog

Poster for Disney's long awaited return to hand drawn animation, courtesy of Cinematical

Bruno

Red band trailer for Sacha baron Cohen's Borat follow up. The film has just obtained an R rating in America following some re-editing to avoid the dreaded NC-17.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Final trailer.

The Hobbit

Empire magazine spoke to both director Guillermo Del Toro and Producer Peter Jackson for the latest, on the two Hobbit movies, due for release in 2011 and 2012.

“We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to Dol Guldur,” says Del Toro.

“We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie,” adds Jackson. “The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little more style, if you like, of the [LOTR] trilogy.”

The second film had previously been suggested as a story that would bridge the 60-year gap between The Hobbit and the start of Fellowship Of The Ring, however this appears not to be the case.  Possibly a wise choice as the filmmakers do not appear to own the rights to The Silmarillion, the collection of short tales which fleshed out Tolkien's universe and filled in many of said gaps.

Source - Empire

The Box

Final poster for Richard Kelly's The Box, starring Cameron Diaz.  Word of mouth on the file has been positive, which bodes well for Kelly who is sorely in need of a hit following 'Southland Tales'

Source - Aint It Cool News

We're Back!!!!!!

Following a longer than expected hiatus to move house, Farthing Film is back.