Sep 10 2009 Australian 'Anti-Christ' Poster: Gross
I couldn't tell you exactly what is being implied that makes it gross, but this is gross. Gross case closed.
'Antichrist' Poster [IMPA]
Aug 18 2009 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done' Trailer: Lynch + Herzog + Birds!
Here's a film with an equal chance of being really good and really obtuse (probably both): My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. The film is directed by Werner Herzog, executive produced by David Lynch, and stars Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, Academy Award nominee Chloe Sevigny, Academy Award nominee some flamingos, Academy Award nominee a pack of ostriches, and a classically Lynchian arbitrary little person.
Trailer:
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Jun 26 2009 'Daybreakers' Trailer: Even Vampires Blow at Resource Management
Look out vampire-teen-abstinence-romance, there's a new vampire crossover genre in vampire town: vampire-sci-fi-action-noir! In Daybreakers, the we're-exhausting-our-precious-resources! ecological warning is given the Twilight twist, with the vampire race--Earth circa 2019's new dominant society--finding itself on the verge of running out of humans to harvest for blood. It's something like this:
"Nowwwwwww what?", says Vampire Co. CEO Sam Neill.
"I'll work on it. I'm dead, anyway. Because I'm a vampire," explains Ethan Hawke.
"I have crossbows," warns Willem Dafoe.
It actually looks somewhat better than that horrible description. Trailer:
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Apr 28 2009 Such an Inviting Poster for 'Antichrist'
The things people will do just to say they did it. Sex in an elevator; sex in an plane; sex against the gnarled roots of a tree amidst a nightmarish sea of writhing arms. Do you feel better now that you checked that off your list, guys?
Antichrist Poster [IMPA]
Apr 14 2009 Let the 'Antichrist' Trailer Force You Up Against Its Nightmare Tree
I expected a film called Antichrist, directed by The Kingdom's Lars von Trier and starring supercreep Willem Dafoe (along with Science of Sleep's Charlotte Gainsbourg), would leave me a little unsettled. But shame? Come on. Does it have to also make me feel oddly shameful?
Experience this:
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Jun 28 2007 Willem Dafoe Back to Vampirism
Speaking in a recent interview, Ethan Hawke, already connected to the futuristic vampire picture Daybreakers, revealed that he will be dueling fellow vampire Willem Dafoe in the film, and also that he's growing his hair out for the part. Hawke, his blonde locks showing signs of progression, explained that the plot is set in a distant future overrun by vampires, at least one of whom has long hair. Brushing his lengthening bangs from his forehead, the actor went on to say that the vampires have exhausted their resources for blood, leaving them fighting for the final humans.
If you missed the heavy-handed political undertones, the long-tressed actor elaborated, "It's a big analogy about what's going on now," before adding, "It's really dark and weird and everybody's sucking each other's blood," proving that he is actually an 8th grade girl.
