John Wyndham’s classic 1951 post-apocalyptic bestseller comes to the screen as an epic, brand new, contemporary adaptation!
Released as a two disc Ultimate Edition DVD on 1st February and single disc Blu-ray on 22nd February 2010, The Day Of The Triffids – an effects-laden CGI extravaganza about a world threatened by carnivorous, man-eating plants – boasts a star-studded cast that includes Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie; Ocean’s Thirteen), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement; Evening), Jason Priestley (My Name Is Earl; Medium), Shane Taylor (Band Of Brothers) and Ewen Bremner(Hallam Foe).
The Day Of The Triffids is an action-packed, fast-paced suspense drama that vividly brings to life Wyndham’s chilling sci-fi thriller…
For more information about this film check out the official website here.
Coming Soon From Camp Motion Pictures.
Prepare Yourself for a Gruesomely Spine-chilling and Diabolically Deadly Pair of Films.
BOOK OF LORE / GRAVE MISTAKES – HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE
“Stylish”, “unique” and “original” are just a few of the accolades heaped on independent film director Chris LaMartina’s (Dead Teenagers, Shock Festival) two brand-new tales of terror!
BOOK OF LORE: Twenty years ago, in the town to Latonsville, a notorious serial killer known as “The Devil’s Left Hand” kidnapped eleven babies and left local police stumped.
When Rick (Aj Hyde) discovers his girlfriend has been murdered in the same grotesque fashion as The Devil’s Left Hand crimes, he begins a quest to unravel his town’s unspeakable past.
Using a cryptic encyclopedia of local murders called The Book of Lore, Rick and his friends race against time to unlock the secrets of the past – and stop a demented killer from striking again…
GRAVE MISTAKES: When a grave robber tries to barter with an eccentric antiques dealer, the two trade stories rather than goods. Tales of zombies, vampires, and ghosts are told upstairs while an unspeakable horror waits in the basement. In the tradition of Creepshow and Tales from the Darkside, Grave Mistakes is a horror anthology that Ultra Violent Magazine calls “…A stylish…creative and well made feature.”
SPECIAL FEATURES
Book of Lore
• Audio Commentary w/director and co-producer, Jimmy George
• Radio Interviews (WYPR’s The Signal)
• “Cinemaryland” Segment (TV News)
• Original Trailer
• Grindhouse Trailer
• Trailer Vault
Grave Mistakes
• Audio Commentary w/director and co-producer Jimmy George
• Making of Grave Mistakes
Own the Un-rated Double-Feature DVD Loaded with Commentaries, Trailers and More. Available May 18, 2010. Suggested retail price $19.98.
Japan Society present’s Destiny’s Son.
Friday, February 19, 7:30 PM
1962, 71 min., 35 mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Kenji Misumi. With Raizo Ichikawa, Eijiro Yanagi, Yoshio Inaba, Masayo Banri. Print courtesy of The Japan Foundation with permission from Kadokawa Pictures.
In Kenji Misumi’s breakthrough film, Ichikawa seeks revenge and redemption after his family is murdered by a rival clan. An astonishing, dreamlike samurai film written by Kaneto Shindo, Destiny’s Son is a demonic masterpiece: designed with quasi-expressionist artistry, awash with surreal landscapes, and subsumed in an otherworldly beauty that fuses Zen and sword.
Destiny’s Son is a film filled with stylistic highlights: the one-take dolly shot of Ichikawa’s running battle with a battalion of swordsmen under an inky sky, the labyrinth of empty castle chambers through which he attempts to find his ambushed master, the scene in which the unarmed hero defends himself with a twig of cherry blossom, and especially the recurring flashback to his mother’s execution at the hands of her own lover, in a barren landscape beside a single, ancient tree.
– Tom Mes, Midnight Eye
Part of the Monthly Classic Series:
The Double Edged Sword:
The Chambara Films of Shintaro Katsu & Raizo Ichikawa
Tickets
$11/$7 members, students & seniors
Buy Tickets Online or please call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Weekends 11 am – 5 pm.
Coming Soon from Well Go USA.
Well Go USA Home Entertainment announced today the upcoming DVD release date for the hit Japanese action/drama Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge. The hugely anticipated DVD release will hit stores on March 30, 2010. Based on the best selling novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge is the perfect combination of CGI action and fantasy drama rolled into a beautiful visual film experience. Negative Happy is directed by top film maker Takuji Kitamura and stars the stunning Megumi Seki and Hayato Ichihara. Japanese pop star Haruma Miura also makes his film debut. Touted by Variety as “the type of film that on its title alone, is assured a place in the hearts of Asian film fans”, Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge has the edge.
Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge takes place in modern day Tokyo. One night Yosuke (Hayato Ichihara) encounters Eri (Megumi Seki) a beautiful girl in her school uniform and suddenly a surprising battle begins. Pitted against an immortal giant who brandishes a vicious chainsaw, Eri and Yosuke must come together and understand why this chainsaw wielding ghost continues to appear. Is he determined to end their life or simply communicate a dark message and the truth about Eri. The wire-fu action, knife fights, crazy and beautiful CGI including stunning sets all come together in this dramatically charged film.
Tony Vandeveerdonk, Executive Vice President for Well Go USA commented, “We are thrilled to be able to bring the Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge DVD to Asian and Foreign film fans across North America. The DVD is packed with menu extra’s and presented in a special uncut edition. The film has over 500,000 trailer views across the web and we think fans will certainly enjoy this new DVD release.”
UK Release of Jackie Chan’s Controversial Drama, Shinjuku Incident.
Provocative, compelling and underscored with hard-hitting action, the pulse-pounding thriller, The Shinjuku Incident explodes with tension and delivers a career-defining performance from international action-superstar, Jackie Chan.? Coming to Blu-ray and to DVD as a two-disc Ultimate Edition featuring a host of extras, including behind the scenes featurettes, cast interviews and deleted scenes, this is a must-have for Jackie Chan fans and lovers of action cinema.
Hundreds of Chinese refugees wash up on Japan’s Wakasa Bay. Each has a dream of a better life, but most will encounter only prejudice and oppression. One, a law-abiding farm-worker known as Steelhead (Jackie Chan), has come to find the woman (Xu Jinglei) he has loved since childhood, but his quest ends in bitter rejection when he discovers she has married Yakuza underboss, Eguchi (Masaya Kato).
Heartbroken, his life descends into darkness and petty crime quickly escalates to murder. With blood on his hands, he will risk everything to secure a future for his people, as they face an increasingly brutal onslaught from a criminal empire protected by a secret code. However, ancient traditions will not be broken and his defiance will lead to all-out war as both factions fight for control of the infamous Shinjuku district in the heart of Japan’s greatest city.
Ultimately pursued by forces on both sides of the law, Steelhead must fight for redemption and the survival of those he loves in the darkest night he has ever known…
The Shinjuku Incident is radical, uncompromising cinema with the most unforgettable finale of any Jackie Chan film to date!
Special Features include:? Making of; behind the scenes featurettes; extended and deleted scenes; trailer gallery; interview gallery (Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, Masaya Kato, Naoto Takenata, Chin Kar Lok, Pater Kam Pau-Tat)
Dolby Digital original language 2.0 and 5.1, plus English 5.1 audio tracks (DVD); DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 original language and 5.1 English, plus Dolby Digital original language 2.0 audio tracks (Blu-ray).
“PULSATING IN ITS DRAMATIC INTENSITY AND INDELIBLE IN ITS BRUTAL VISION.” – TIME OUT, HK.
The Shinjuku Incident (cert. 18) is released on two-disc DVD (£17.99) and single disc Blu-ray (£24.99) by Cine Asia.
Coming Soon from Mya Communication.
February 23rd, 2010
Anna the Pleasure, The Torment
March 30th, 2010
Blind Date
kreola
April 27th, 2010
Sweet Teen
Without Trace
Crime of Passion
May 25th, 2010
Love Games
Sandok
Submission of a Woman
