THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS Red-Band Trailer Drop Kicks You in the Face!

Making his directorial debut, RZA of the Wu Tang Clan sets to make his mark with THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS. RZA has been talking about this project as early as 2005, and in 2007 after he written the story, Eli Roth came on as both producer and collaborator for the screenplay. Now his Kung Fu dreams have turned into reality with this film which looks visually engaging and insanely bloody.

Check out the red-band trailer after the break.

Netflix Instant: Cool TV and Movie Picks

Jonesy here. I hope your summer is a lot cooler than down here in Texas. We've hit our annual time of multiple days over 100 degrees, so it's always tempting to just stay inside and wade off the heat. Here are some picks for this weekend if the heat is getting to you like it is me!

BATTLE ROYALE

A group of students are randomly selected by the government to fight each other to the death. Sound familiar? It should, but BATTLE ROYALE was around before THE HUNGER GAMES was a twinkle in Suzanne Collins' eye. Brutal, violent, and definitely not for kids. 

TIM & ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE

I admit that before this film, I did not know who Tim and Eric were. And even after this film, I'm still not sure who they are. I'm not a frequenter of Adult Swim, so I felt some of the jokes were lost on me. However, I did laugh and had fun with this insanely silly film.

GASLAND

I first caught this during a free HBO weekend and became absolutely fascinated. It's the first film to introduce me to the technical term "fraking" (before I had only heard it on Battlestar Galactica). It's a frightening look at what fraking does surface water, and it includes the famous scene where a resident sets his tap water on fire.

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New International LOOPER Trailer

Hard to believe, but yes, there is hope after the summer season. Usually there is the lull until all the Oscar contenders come out, but not this year. Rian Johnson's LOOPER will be around to get us through the fall. We posted the initial trailer a couple months ago, but now the new international trailer has been released. 

Of course if you want to stay completely in the dark, all trailers should be avoided. Even director Rian Johnson said today on his twitter, "If you're already set on seeing Looper, I'd avoid any trailers from here on out. They don't ruin the movie, but they tip a few little things." So take that how you will. 

Check the trailer after the break!

1st annual Oak Cliff Film Festival review: V/H/S

V/H/S

Directed by: David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, andAdam Wingard

Written by: Glenn McQuaid, and David Bruckner

Starring: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, and Adam Wingard

Synopsis: When a group of douche bags are hired to rob a house, they come upon a dead body and a huge pile of VHS tapes. One by one, they all start to watch them, as you do during a robbery.

Javi here with our sole review out of the first Oak Cliff Film Festival. As I mentioned in the previous post, there was a bit of mix up on my part, and I didn't plan accordingly to be able to attend all nights, but I took some time off from bear wrestling to watch one of the late night movies, V/H/S. I really wish I could've gone to more films, and I hope that the Film Festival was a success seeing as we need more events to draw an artistic community into the spotlight. One thing I did find a bit curioois was how during our screening, there seemed to be more people that were wanting to drink and party than to actually see the movie. I'm not sure if it was because everyone was just wanting to socialize, but it sure came off as a "see and be seen" type of atmosphere rather than a movie festival.

Anyway, here is our review of V/H/S:

BRAVE Review- She Said

BRAVE

Directed by: Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Written by: Brenda Chapman

Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, and Craig Ferguson

Synopsis: A young princess goes to extreme measures to change her fate.

DREDD Trailer Drops!

I know there are people out there not really digging the slue of remakes that seem to be making their way down the Hollywood pipe lately, and I'm not normally one for remakes either. Surprisingly however, Hollywood may struck some gold. It seems someone out there had a smart idea of taking these movies and remaking them with a grittier with a less cheesy feel.

I've never seen the original Stallone JUDGE DREDD. I've just heard it's an embodiment of bad 90's action thrillers. No thanks. However, this trailer for the remake has me very interested. The world looks futuristic, apocalyptic, and dreddful (Ha! See what I did there?!).

Check it out after the jump

TAKEN 2 International Trailer Drops and Reminds Us Why We Don't Leave Our Country

I remember when hearing about the premise of the first TAKEN and thinking it seemed silly. One man taking out an entire sect of a sex slavery operation to rescue his daughter in a foreign country? Oh, and it's pretty violent and  PG-13? Yeah, okay, that'll totally not work. I was so wrong. TAKEN ended up being on the biggest surprises for me that year. Not only was it a fun thriller, it solidified Liam Neeson's action hero badass-ness.

And with most profitable films, we obviously have to have a sequel. Now you would think Neeson and his daughter would learn a lesson and not travel outside the country anymore, but apparently not, especially when the rest of the foreign Turkish mob is now after you. But this time the mom is along with the journey!

Check the trailer after the break.