Just when you thought you’d seen everything… here comes another 55 insane trailers to whip you into a frenzy in this collection of sick, depraved and hysterically brilliant movie previews from the golden age of Grindhouse cinema in Grindhouse Trailer Classics 4.
Following the successful and critically-acclaimed release of Grindhouse Trailer Classics 1, 2 & 3, Nucleus Films will once again take you on trip back to the “gory days” of cult and exploitation cinema with their latest unseen compilation of audacious theatrical trailers from the sleazy cinematic sub-genre known as “grindhouse”.
I’m a Huge fan of this series (check out this pic of my signed copies of the first 3 releases) so I’m super-excited to see what stupefyingly awesome trailers this collection has to offer. According to the press release, all of the trailers in this collection have been sourced from ultra-rare 35mm prints, many of which haven’t been seen since they...
Following the successful and critically-acclaimed release of Grindhouse Trailer Classics 1, 2 & 3, Nucleus Films will once again take you on trip back to the “gory days” of cult and exploitation cinema with their latest unseen compilation of audacious theatrical trailers from the sleazy cinematic sub-genre known as “grindhouse”.
I’m a Huge fan of this series (check out this pic of my signed copies of the first 3 releases) so I’m super-excited to see what stupefyingly awesome trailers this collection has to offer. According to the press release, all of the trailers in this collection have been sourced from ultra-rare 35mm prints, many of which haven’t been seen since they...
- 4/16/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Release Date: Oct. 25, 2011
Price: DVD $24.97
Studio: Shout! Factory
Jillian Kesner makes it hurt in Firecracker.
The Lethal Ladies Collection honors the strongest and sexiest celluloid heroines who kicked ass in the 1970s. If you saw any of these movies back then, it was probably in a drive-in or at a broken down theater on the outskirts of town…
The DVD set is a triple feature of action-crime-thriller grindhouse film favorites from Shout! Factory’s “Roger Corman Cult Classics” imprint.
The titles included in the set, all three R-rated and offering sizable portions of violence and nudity, are:
Firecracker (1981): The story of female karate champion Susanne Carter (Jillian Kesner), who’s in the Phillipines searching for her missing sister. She stumbles on a drug cartel and a tournament of no-holds-barred fights to the death . Directed by genre specialist Cirio H. Santiago (She Devils in Chains), the film co-stars Vic Diaz...
Price: DVD $24.97
Studio: Shout! Factory
Jillian Kesner makes it hurt in Firecracker.
The Lethal Ladies Collection honors the strongest and sexiest celluloid heroines who kicked ass in the 1970s. If you saw any of these movies back then, it was probably in a drive-in or at a broken down theater on the outskirts of town…
The DVD set is a triple feature of action-crime-thriller grindhouse film favorites from Shout! Factory’s “Roger Corman Cult Classics” imprint.
The titles included in the set, all three R-rated and offering sizable portions of violence and nudity, are:
Firecracker (1981): The story of female karate champion Susanne Carter (Jillian Kesner), who’s in the Phillipines searching for her missing sister. She stumbles on a drug cartel and a tournament of no-holds-barred fights to the death . Directed by genre specialist Cirio H. Santiago (She Devils in Chains), the film co-stars Vic Diaz...
- 8/24/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Disney Channel sets a director/choreographer for the new High School Musical TV movie and extends Handy Manny with a short form series. • The network has tapped Jeffrey Hornaday to direct and choreograph High School Musical East Meets West, the fourth chapter in the Disney Channel Original Movie series. Slated to premiere on the network in 2010, HSM East Meets West is being written by Peter Barsocchini, with Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush serving as Executive Producers and Don Schain as Producer. • The network commissions the new short-form animated preschool series, Handy Manny's School for Tools (20 shorts), and two primetime Handy Manny specials. The short-form series is based on Disney Playhouse's Handy Manny series, which is currently in production on a third season (29 episodes) that will introduce a host of new tools. Set to begin production this year Handy Manny's School for Tools will bow in 2010. Meanwhile, this fall...
- 6/2/2009
- by gwen@cynopsis.com
Although Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir" did not make the shortlist of 15 films under consideration for the best documentary Oscar, it is among the nominees for the DGA's doc award, announced Friday.
"Waltz" will compete with Gonzalo Arijon's "Stranded: I've Come From a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains," in which survivors of a 1972 Andes plane crash tell their story; Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco's "The Judge and the General," a look back at the investigation into the regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; Peter Gilbert & Stevie James' "At the Death House Door," an examination of the wrongful conviction of a Texas man executed for murder; and James Marsh's "Man on Wire," a study of tight-rope walker Philippe Petit.
All the nominees are first-time DGA nominees, with the exception of Gilbert (who won the DGA's doc award in 1998 for "Vietnam: Long Time Coming" and was...
"Waltz" will compete with Gonzalo Arijon's "Stranded: I've Come From a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains," in which survivors of a 1972 Andes plane crash tell their story; Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco's "The Judge and the General," a look back at the investigation into the regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; Peter Gilbert & Stevie James' "At the Death House Door," an examination of the wrongful conviction of a Texas man executed for murder; and James Marsh's "Man on Wire," a study of tight-rope walker Philippe Petit.
All the nominees are first-time DGA nominees, with the exception of Gilbert (who won the DGA's doc award in 1998 for "Vietnam: Long Time Coming" and was...
- 1/9/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Related story: 'HSM2' sing-along set
Disney has closed all deals to reunite the principal cast members of the "High School Musical" franchise for the big-screen entry in the company's lucrative franchise.
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman are returning for "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," which is set to go before cameras in the spring with Kenny Ortega, who helmed the two "HSM" telefilms, in the director's seat. The movie is slated for release Oct. 24.
Written by returning scribe Peter Barsocchini, "HSM3" sees Troy (Efron) and Gabriella (Hudgens) facing possible separation as they head off in different directions to college. Musical numbers ensue.
Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush and Don Schain are producing.
"High School Musical" made its debut in January 2006 on the Disney Channel, becoming a surprise and massive hit, spawning a best-selling soundtrack and theme shows. The sequel premiered in August and attracted the largest audience ever for any basic-cable telecast with an initial viewership of 18.6 million.
Disney has closed all deals to reunite the principal cast members of the "High School Musical" franchise for the big-screen entry in the company's lucrative franchise.
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman are returning for "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," which is set to go before cameras in the spring with Kenny Ortega, who helmed the two "HSM" telefilms, in the director's seat. The movie is slated for release Oct. 24.
Written by returning scribe Peter Barsocchini, "HSM3" sees Troy (Efron) and Gabriella (Hudgens) facing possible separation as they head off in different directions to college. Musical numbers ensue.
Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush and Don Schain are producing.
"High School Musical" made its debut in January 2006 on the Disney Channel, becoming a surprise and massive hit, spawning a best-selling soundtrack and theme shows. The sequel premiered in August and attracted the largest audience ever for any basic-cable telecast with an initial viewership of 18.6 million.
- 1/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While family films of any sort are to be encouraged in this day and age, it's unfortunate that the current crop seems to veer between vulgarized big-screen versions of television cartoons and low-budget efforts that seem far better suited to the Hallmark Channel. "Little Secrets", a sweet, innocuous and utterly bland family drama, is a prime example of the latter, and its theatrical release should receive some attention only because of the performance by Evan Rachel Wood in the starring role. This talented young actress also appears in the Al Pacino starrer "Simone", also opening today.
Wood, so impressive in the recently canceled ABC series "Once and Again", is a luminous screen presence. Unfortunately, both she and the filmmakers here seem acutely aware of it, with lengthy and intense close-ups lavished on her at every opportunity. She plays Emily, a violin whiz who sacrifices the pleasures of summer camp in order to stay home and practice for an upcoming competition.
Emily also considers herself good at keeping secrets so, aping Lucy in the "Peanuts" comics, she opens up a booth in the back yard where the neighboring children can come and confess their transgressions. At first the practice is both fun and profitable, but Emily soon finds that keeping secrets is not as easy as she thought. Complicating matters even further is her burgeoning attraction to the cute older brother of a boy who has moved in next door.
A lot of things happen during the course of the film, but the intricate plot developments are conveyed in such perfunctory and undramatic fashion that maintaining interest is a difficult chore. The cast of young performers has been directed to perform in as cutesy a fashion as possible, and the adults -- with the exception of the always lively Vivica A. Fox as a neighbor with troubles of her own -- aren't much better.
Yes, the film delivers wholesome messages about the importance of friendship, family, honesty, etc. But, as demonstrated here, good intentions don't necessarily make for compelling storytelling.
LITTLE SECRETS
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Credits:
Director: Blair Treu
Screenwriter: Jessica Barondes
Producers: Blair Treu, Don Schain, Jessica Barondes
Director of photography: Brian Sullivan
Composer: Sam Cardon
Editor: Jerry Stayner
Production designer: Gary Griffin Constable
Cast:
Emily: Evan Rachel Wood
Philip: Michael Angarano
David: David Gallagher
Pauline: Vivica A. Fox
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Wood, so impressive in the recently canceled ABC series "Once and Again", is a luminous screen presence. Unfortunately, both she and the filmmakers here seem acutely aware of it, with lengthy and intense close-ups lavished on her at every opportunity. She plays Emily, a violin whiz who sacrifices the pleasures of summer camp in order to stay home and practice for an upcoming competition.
Emily also considers herself good at keeping secrets so, aping Lucy in the "Peanuts" comics, she opens up a booth in the back yard where the neighboring children can come and confess their transgressions. At first the practice is both fun and profitable, but Emily soon finds that keeping secrets is not as easy as she thought. Complicating matters even further is her burgeoning attraction to the cute older brother of a boy who has moved in next door.
A lot of things happen during the course of the film, but the intricate plot developments are conveyed in such perfunctory and undramatic fashion that maintaining interest is a difficult chore. The cast of young performers has been directed to perform in as cutesy a fashion as possible, and the adults -- with the exception of the always lively Vivica A. Fox as a neighbor with troubles of her own -- aren't much better.
Yes, the film delivers wholesome messages about the importance of friendship, family, honesty, etc. But, as demonstrated here, good intentions don't necessarily make for compelling storytelling.
LITTLE SECRETS
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Credits:
Director: Blair Treu
Screenwriter: Jessica Barondes
Producers: Blair Treu, Don Schain, Jessica Barondes
Director of photography: Brian Sullivan
Composer: Sam Cardon
Editor: Jerry Stayner
Production designer: Gary Griffin Constable
Cast:
Emily: Evan Rachel Wood
Philip: Michael Angarano
David: David Gallagher
Pauline: Vivica A. Fox
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/23/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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