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This July 4th, Behold The Future-Glory Of The Future-President In The Trailer For LITTLE OBAMA!
Jul 5th
[Yep, we ran this a little over a day ago but, hey, it's topical. Little Obama will stay at the top of the page through the day with new material appearing below.]
Watch Little Obama box! Witness his skill marbles! Marvel as the neighbor children applaud his cleverness! Surely he will grow up to be the President of the United States of America!
It's so strange it could only be true. Opening this week in Indonesian theaters is Obama: The Menteng Kid (Obama Anak Menteng) the feature film adaptation of Damian Dematra's fictionalized biographical novel of US President Barack Obama's childhood years spent in Indonesia. Basically, while it's true that Obama spent a handful of years in Indonesia as a child this is not in any way an authorized or verified biography of that time but a fictionalized version of things he may have done. The film's release has been timed to coincide with Obama's upcoming official visit to the island nation and you can see the trailer below.
Watch Little Obama box! Witness his skill marbles! Marvel as the neighbor children applaud his cleverness! Surely he will grow up to be the President of the United States of America!
It's so strange it could only be true. Opening this week in Indonesian theaters is Obama: The Menteng Kid (Obama Anak Menteng) the feature film adaptation of Damian Dematra's fictionalized biographical novel of US President Barack Obama's childhood years spent in Indonesia. Basically, while it's true that Obama spent a handful of years in Indonesia as a child this is not in any way an authorized or verified biography of that time but a fictionalized version of things he may have done. The film's release has been timed to coincide with Obama's upcoming official visit to the island nation and you can see the trailer below.
Cannes 2010: An Exclusive First Look At The Trailer For Mexican Cannibal Drama WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (SOMOS LO QUE HAY)
May 8th
[This one will remain at the top of the page until 8pm EST. New material will continue to appear below.]
The time has finally come where we stop talking about Mexican cannibal film Somos Lo Que Hay and show it to you instead. Jorge Michel Grau's film blew my mind when an in-progress version premiered in Guadalajara and the fully complete edit will soon debut in the Directors Fortnight program in Cannes. Find the first trailer for the film below.
The time has finally come where we stop talking about Mexican cannibal film Somos Lo Que Hay and show it to you instead. Jorge Michel Grau's film blew my mind when an in-progress version premiered in Guadalajara and the fully complete edit will soon debut in the Directors Fortnight program in Cannes. Find the first trailer for the film below.
A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a terrible challenge - how to survive. For they are cannibals. They have always existed on a diet of human flesh consumed in bloody ritual ceremonies... and the victims have always been provided by the father. Now that he is gone, who will hunt? Who will lead them? How will they slake their horrific hunger? The task falls to the eldest son, Alfredo, a teenage misfit who seems far from ready to accept the challenge... But without human meat the family will die.
Shocking, bloody and deeply moving, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE is a remarkable reinvention of the horror genre - a visceral and powerfully emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret hunger and driven by monstrous appetites.
New gallery of images for ‘Saigo no Chushingura’
Apr 21st
Word came out last November that there would be a new Chushingura film, Saigo no Chushingura [The Last Chushingura] directed by Shigemichi Sugita. This is the first retelling of the Japanese 'national legend' since Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin back in 1994. The first pics started to surface back in February actually and with some current ones surfacing we have a quartet of images in a new gallery. Left, obviously, is Koji Yakusho. After the break you will also find Koichi Sato and I believe that is Nanami Sakuraba in the second image. She plays Kane, the secret daughter of Yakusho's Seo Magojaemon.
SFIFF53: 25 Review Capsules
Apr 21st
[Frako warns that a few of these capsules allude to what may be plot spoilers!!]
Jo Odagiri Reunites With ADRIFT IN TOKYO Director Miki Satoshi For ATAMI NO SOUSAKAN
Apr 20th
As any regular reader of this site knows, we are very big fans of Miki Satoshi's Adrift In Tokyo so the prospects of the director re-teaming with star Jo Odagiri for a new television series is very good news indeed. That it's a series that has me thinking Twin Peaks is even better. Here's how it is being described at Tokyograph:
"Atami no Sousakan" begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.
That it's television is going to make it significantly harder to see than it would be if it were a feature but with these two, it's going to be worth the effort. Time slot and start date have not yet been announced.
"Atami no Sousakan" begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.
That it's television is going to make it significantly harder to see than it would be if it were a feature but with these two, it's going to be worth the effort. Time slot and start date have not yet been announced.