Tuesday 22 January 2013

New Year, New Hopes

This is only a short post as my new years resolution was to keep this blog updated.

So here we go, 2013 has arrived and with it some interesting movies.


Evil Dead (2013) From the Guy who did... Ataque de Pánico!(2009)





Now i for one am a massive fan of Sam Raimi's original The Evil Dead.
First time feature director Fede Alvarez has been chosen to helm the remake and by the looks of the trailer he's the right man for the job. All reports suggest that CGI has been kept to a minimum, which for me was a pleasant surprise. Lets hope that for once this is one remake that doesn't sour the taste of the much loved original.  


If you haven't seen Alvarez's short film Ataque de Pánico!(2009)
check it out below. Made for $300 dollars in his hometown of Montevideo Uruguay. 



Wrong (2013) From the Guy who did... Rubber (2010)

Electronic music pioneer  Mr Oizo real name Quentin Dupieux follows up 2010's truly insane telekinetic Tyre movie Rubber with the utterly bonkers Wrong.
I'm not going to try and explain whats going on. So just sit back and enjoy.
For any of you that are fans of Mr Oizo keep your eyes peeled for a special little cameo.




Stoker (2013) From The Guy Who Did... I'm A Cyborg, But That's Ok (2006)

This is to be Korean film maker Chan-Wook Park's first English language film. To many times has a director that had shown so much promise in his natural surroundings, been loured in and spat out by the steamroller that is Hollywood. Lets hope they don't suck the soul out of Park and this dark psychosocial horror.

Great Directors = Great Movie - Terrible Hollywood Movie

John Woo = The Killer (1989) - Hard target (1993)
Nicolas Winding Refn = Pusher (1996) - Fear X (2003)
Jee Woon-Kim = I Saw The Devil (2010) - The Last Stand (2013)
Tsui Hark = The Blade (1995) - Double Team (1997)

The list could go on.