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Millennium Media has unveiled the first still from its anticipated comic book film Red Sonja, starring Matilda Lutz (Revenge), which is currently in production at the Bulgarian Nu Boyana Studio, with additional shoots at the Greek Nu Boyana Studio scheduled for later in the month.

Derived from the sword and sorcery comic books of the same name from Dynamite Entertainment, Red Sonja is based on the heroine created by Robert E. Howard and adapted by Roy Thomas. While the character is billed as a fearsome warrior boasting a high degree of skill with a sword, details as to the film adaptation’s plot have so far been kept under wraps.

Lutz is joined in the pic by Wallis Day, Robert Sheehan, Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Manal El-Feitury, Katrina Durden and Oliver Trevena.

M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) is directing from a script by Joey Soloway (Transparent) and Tasha Huo...

After spending nearly fifteen years in development hell, the Red Sonja reboot has finally started filming! Millennium Media has announced that Red Sonja is being directed by M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) and stars Matilda Lutz (Revenge) as the title character.

Bassett came on board to direct the film five months ago when previously attached director Joey Soloway (Transparent) and star Hannah John-Kamen left the project. Bassett is still working from the screenplay Soloway wrote with Tasha Huo (Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime). This version of Red Sonja is derived from the sword and sorcery comic books by Dynamite Entertainment, based on the character created by Robert E. Howard and adapted by Roy Thomas.

Lutz is joined in the cast by Wallis Day (Sex/Life) as Annisia, Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy) as Draygan, Michael Bisping (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) as Hawk, Martyn Ford (F9: The Fast Saga) as General Karlak,...

Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Philip Winchester, Isabel Bassett, Michael Johnston, Chris Fisher, Jerry O’Connell, Brenda Ngeso, George Glenn Ouma, Aseem Sharma, Pritul Raithatha, Stephen Adogo | Written by M.J. Bassett, Isabel Bassett | Directed by M.J. Bassett

Endangered Species comes from writer/director M.J. Bassett who explored similar territory in both the 2006 film Wilderness, which saw teens put on an island and having to fend for themselves; and much more recently with Rogue, the Megan Fox, killer lion film from last year.

This film combines both into a story that sees Robert Halsey (Philip Winchester), his wife Andi (Rebecca Romijn), teenage daughter Katie, and young son Toby take a trip to the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Wanting to experience adventure in the wilderness, they head down a forbidden road to a remote area of the vast national park without a guide, when a hair-raising encounter with a wild rhino leaves...

Humans battling the forces of nature is a rich vein for filmmakers to mine and is unlikely to ever be tapped out, with yet another example seen in the first trailer for action thriller Rogue.

The movie, sadly, is not a standalone feature for the X-Men‘s power-absorbing southern belle, but the title instead refers to rogue lions, big cats without a pride. These are typically young males chased away by an older leader they were unable to overpower and usurp, but the trailer makes explicit mention of the antagonistic animal in question being female, probably indicating she’s unusually ferocious.

The story sees a group of mercenaries sent to rescue a young woman kidnapped by a militia group in Africa, but after being stranded, they seek refuge in a remote building, only to become menaced by the killer kitty of the title, trapping them inside as the enemy closes in on them.

"Some lions go rogue... She likes to kill." Lionsgate has released an official trailer for an action movie titled Rogue, the latest from director M.J. Bassett. Megan Fox stars in this "explosive action saga" as a battle-hardened mercenary. As team leader O'Hara, she leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue a hostage from captors in a remote region of Africa. But when the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O'Hara's squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels — and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter at a seemingly abandoned farm. Can they survive attacks from rebels and lions? This also stars Philip Winchester, Calli Taylor, Jessica Sutton, Lee-Anne Liebenberg, Brandon Auret, Adam Deacon, and Sisanda Henna. This looks especially bland and bad. As hard as she tries, Megan Fox just can't act - even opposite the CGI lions.

Dark Horse Comics announced the release of Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea. Co-written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea follows Hellboy and his encounters with a ghost ship and its dastardly crew. The new graphic novel will be released next May.

Press Release: Milwaukie, Ore., (August 9, 2016) Next spring, Dark Horse Comics will publish an original graphic novel, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, co-written by legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, co-written and illustrated by Eisner Award-winning artist Gary Gianni and colored by award-winning colorist Dave Stewart. Following the events of the classic story “The Island,” Hellboy sets sail from the wreckage of a deserted island only to cross paths with a ghost ship. Taken captive by the phantom crew that plans to sell him to the circus, Hellboy is dragged along by a captain who will stop at nothing in pursuit of a powerful sea creature.

Morfydd Clark, Ade Edmundson and Charlotte Peters have all joined the biographical drama about Mozart.

Interlude In Prague, which stars Aneurin Barnard as Mozart, has commenced a six-week shoot in the eponymous Czech capital.

Joining a cast that already includes James Purefoy (Solomon Kane) and Samantha Banks (Les Miserables) is Morfydd Clark (Love & Friendship), Ade Edmundson (War & Peace) and Charlotte Peters (Pound Of Flesh).

The story follows Mozart as he composes his operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni. While visiting Prague, the composer becomes embroiled in a turbulent narrative of lust and murder.

John Stephenson (Animal Farm) is directing from a script by debutant Brian Ashby. Huw Penallt Jones is producing for UK-based Productive International alongside Hannah Leader.

London-based Carnaby International are handling worldwide rights and, having introduced the title at Efm, will be commencing sales at Cannes in May.

Newish on DVD/BluRay

• The 33 Antonio Banderas / Chilean miner rescue story

• 99 Homes the other acclaimed housing crisis movie

• Black Mass the gangster movie with Johnny Depp, buried under alien makeup, plays a gangster. Watch out for great performances on the periphery from Peter Sarsgaard and Julianne Nicholson

• Crimson Peak from Guillermo Del Toro. Critics were divided or had many reservations but those who loved it really loved it. Here's a rabidly pro piece nicely titled "Ghosts are Movies".

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• Girls S4 -I've definitely lost track of this show. Weirdly I quit with an episode I couldn't have loved more (S3E7 "Beach House")

• Grandma - Lily Tomlin gets her own well deserved star vehicle and drives it superbly

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John Stephenson’s Mozart drama will begin shooting in Prague in April.

Aneurin Barnard (Citadel) will star as Mozart alongside James Purefoy (Solomon Kane) and Samantha Banks (Les Miserables) in John Stephenson’s (Animal Farm) forthcoming drama Interlude In Prague, which is scheduled to shoot in Prague in April this year.

The plot follows Mozart as he composes his operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni. While visiting Prague, the composer becomes embroiled in a turbulent narrative of lust and murder.

London-based Carnaby International is handling worldwide sales rights and will be introducing the film to buyers at the Efm (Feb 11-19).

Huw Penallt Jones is producing the project for UK-based outfit Productive International alongside Hannah Leader.

Brian Ashby has penned the film’s screenplay, while Charlotte Truman will compose the film’s score.

Interlude In Prague will have cinematography from Michael Brewster and production design from Luciana Arrighi, who won an Oscar for her work on 1992 picture Howards End.

Signature Entertainment

Momentum sees ultimate femme fatale Olga Kurylenko joined by James Purefoy in this latest non-stop action thriller from director Stephen Campanelli,

A gripping thriller set in the labyrinth of Cape Town, South Africa, Momentum follows the fallout after a seemingly meticulously planned heist goes seriously wrong. Beautiful, ruthless criminal Alex Faraday (Kurylenko – The November Man, Quantum of Solace) is forced to go on the run after witnessing one of her comrades being brutally murdered discovers her problems are only just beginning.

Quickly realising she has become involved in the work of a highly specialised international syndicate who seem to be searching for a key, Alex attempts to evade capture but finds herself in the midst of a high-octane and brutal game of cat and mouse, with the chillingly efficient Mr. Washington (Purefoy – John Carter Solomon Kane). It soon becomes apparent that he will stop at nothing to retrieve...

Ash vs Evil Dead, Season 1, Episode 2, “Bait”

Written by Dominic Dierkes

Directed by Michael J. Bassett

Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on Starz

The premiere of Ash vs Evil Dead left this reviewer a little cold. The tone of the episode felt too wonky, the prospect of sustaining the introduced story over a series of half-hour episodes seemed dubious, and the general creepy but humorous charm of the first two Evil Dead films had given way to the full-blown Three Stooges-esque mayhem of Army of Darkness. So the second episode, “Bait”, being is a vast improvement in every conceivable way is a great surprise and relief . What makes this all the more unexpected is that this is the first episode without Evil Dead mastermind Sam Raimi directing or writing. Has Raimi been out of the Evil Dead game for so long that he just didn’t quite know how...

There really aren’t enough female-headlined action films, so when one comes along it’s almost worth a look on its existence alone. Ideally it will lean more Haywire than Mercenaries quality-wise, but the paucity of options means we’ll take what we can get at this point. Happily, the newest lady-led action picture, Momentum, is an entertaining and frequently thrilling ride that very nearly lives up to its title. A high-tech team of slick-looking bank robbers are midway through their heist when mistakes and bad attitudes get the better of them. One of their number is killed, and another is unmasked in front of the hostages. With her face all over the news, Alex (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace) is forced to lay low and wait for the deal with those who hired her team to wrap up, but a double cross leaves her on the run and low on options. A...

In the opening moments of Starz's "Ash vs. Evil Dead," director Sam Raimi presents the kind of rapidly-edited montages that became a signature part of the "Evil Dead" films, as demon-fighting hero Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) straps some kind of complicated device to his body. Is it another chainsaw to fit over the hand he chopped off in 1987's "Evil Dead II"? The mechanical metal hand he had forged in 1993's "Army of Darkness"? Nope. It's a corset, there to help Ash maintain the illusion that he's still as sleek as he was back in his glory days of battling the Deadites. It's the kind of self-deprecating joke that's defined Bruce Campbell's career — a career where, even when he's not playing Ash, the audience often winds up filtering the role he's playing through an Ash-colored prism — but also a smart move by the creative team (the first episode was written by Ivan Raimi,...

Raimi is directing the first episode of Ash vs Evil Dead that he wrote with Ivan Raimi (Darkman Army of Darkness Drag Me to Hell) Craig Digregorio (Workaholics Chuck) and Tom Spezialy (Chuck Reaper Desperate Housewives). Michael J. Bassett who helmed Solomon Kane Deathwatch and Silent Hill Revelation 3D will direct an episode Canadian filmmaker David Frazee who shot a few episodes of Orphan Black is involved New Zealander Michael Hurst of Xena and Spartacus fame will step behind the camera for an episode Aussie Tony Tilse who shot Underbelly Xena and Spartucus vet Rick Jacobson is responsible for the season finale.

Exclusive: Fredrik Malmberg, who for years was the Hollywood face of Swedish company Paradox Entertainment’s campaign to turn Robert E. Howard properties Conan, Kull The Conqueror, Solomon Kane and others into features, has reconnected with all those properties. Malmberg, who last year left the company after 15 years to hatch the producing shingle Cabinet Entertainment, has acquired Paradox Entertainment Inc in a stock deal. Between the purchase of assets and the…...

Raimi is directing the first episode of Ash vs Evil Dead that he wrote with Ivan Raimi (Darkman Army of Darkness Drag Me to Hell) Craig Digregorio (Workaholics Chuck) and Tom Spezialy (Chuck Reaper Desperate Housewives). Michael J. Bassett who helmed Solomon Kane Deathwatch and Silent Hill Revelation 3D will direct an episoe Canadian filmmaker David Frazee who shot a few episodes of Orphan Black is involved New Zealander Michael Hurst of Xena and Spartacus fame will step behind the camera for an episode Aussie Tony Tilse who shot Underbelly Xena and Spartucus vet Rick Jacobson is responsible for the season finale.

If we wanted a sensible police drama, we wouldn't be watching The Following. Where has all the craziness gone, asks Ron?

This review contains spoilers.

1.7 The Hunt

One of the best things about The Following is that it is set in a world with an infinite supply of serial killers. That's also one of the worst things about The Following, as it lends itself to laziness. Whenever one of the killers we know is in trouble, well, we just have that person turn to someone in his network of murderer pals to help him solve his problem. When it's someone like Arthur Strauss reaching out to one of his many students, it makes sense. We've seen Strauss at work training other killers, we know he's got hundreds of students committing thousands of murders, and it makes sense that they'd be willing to stick their neck out to help the man...

Just gonna air a gripe here in the column for visibility’s sake: Dark Horse Comic’s app, for reading their comics digitally? It sucks. And I’m angry about it, but not just because it sucks. No, I’m angry because Comixology, which works wonderfully, is clearly the template for Dark Horse’s app. Dark Horse Comics apparently doesn’t care about convenience or, you know, being reasonable. They’d prefer to have their own app, one that sucks frankly, than participate in the Comixology ecosystem. It’s like… let’s say you’re a video game company and you’ve got some really great games, right? And there’s this huge, incredibly efficient, perfectly-organized distribution platform that would be perfect for your games and would put them right in the hands of gamers who desperately want to play them. But instead of actually using that delivery system, you Make Your Own.

This year’s Saturn Award nominations have been announced and include a number of horror movie and TV releases, such as The Conjuring and The Walking Dead:

“Los Angeles – February, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.

Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating...

I, Frankenstein

Directed by Stuart Beattie

Written by Kevin Grevioux and Stuart Beattie

USA, 2013

Despite having his origins in classic literature, Frankenstein’s monster has become a truly cinematic beast, having shown up in countless screen iterations since first being brought to life by Boris Karloff in 1931. No surprise, then, that I, Frankenstein, originally a comic series by Underworld scribe Kevin Grevioux would get the big-screen treatment, and even less of a surprise to results aren’t particularly pretty.

Aaron Eckhart stars as the creature, this time named Adam, who becomes embroiled in a centuries-old war between demons and gargoyles, who are both God’s warriors on Earth and far less interesting than any early-90s Disney Channel cartoons would have you believe. Though he initially wants no part of the war, having no love for humanity, Adam is forced into the conflict when the demons begin pursuing him, hell-bent...

The holiday shopping season is officially upon us, and that means it's time to take a look back at the last year of Blu-ray releases to help you decide which packages will have the horror fans on your list grinning from ear-to-ear!

With the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, the PlayStation 3, and really cheap standalone players all Blu-ray ready, there's never been a better time to make that jump into high definition. If you've been holding out, throw caution to the wind, kids! Blu is where it's at! If you already own the DVD of your favorite flick, is there a need to replace it with a Blu-ray? I'm here to answer all of your questions in the annual...

Before we get into my picks, let's take a second to explain how I rated them. They're broken down into three categories:

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To mark the release of The Following Season 1 on DVD and Blu-ray 2nd December, we’ve got 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray. If you missed our interview with James Purefoy on the TV series, click this way.

This sinister cat and mouse thriller stars Golden Globe® winner Kevin Bacon (X Men: First Class, Footloose, A Few Good Men) as psychologically scarred FBI agent and subject of Carroll’s fixation, Ryan Hardy; Emmy® nominee James Purefoy (Solomon Kane, Rome, A Knight’s Tale) as sociopathic and charismatic serial killer Joe Carroll; Annie Parisse (Law & Order, Person of Interest) as cult behavior specialist Agent Debra Parker; Natalie Zea (Justified, Under the Dome) as Carroll’s ex-wife Claire Matthews and Shawn Ashmore (X Men, Smallville) as sharp upstart Agent Mike Weston. With supporting roles from twisted trio Valorie Curry (Veronica Mars, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2) as calculating cult member Emma Hill...

Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...

Using 99 different movies from the works of directors such as Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder, Joss Whedon, Michael Bay, the Wachowskis, Neill Blomkamp, James Cameron, Danny Boyle, Guillermo del Toro and even Darren Aronofsky and Terrence Malick, video director Vadzim Khudabets (official site) delivers the following 6:10 minute compilation of "epic" moments from a slew of recent movies (all listed below the video) for a video titled "Eterna". I'm featuring it here for two reasons; 1.) because it's very well done and 2.) I think it highlights the issues I have with today's blockbuster cinema. The first point is self-explanatory, but to the second point just watching this reminds me of every problem I have with so many of today's big budget spectacle features from the fact they are more style and size over substance and, like the video, overstay their welcome. For as well made as this video is, at the 2:...

Robert E. Howard was a popular fantasy fiction author back in the 20s and 30s. His most popular character, Conan the Barbarian has muscled his way onto the big screen three times so far and has starred in a long-running comic book series. Now his next most famous creation, Solomon Kane, has been filmed and the result, Solomon Kane is a mixed bag.

Starting in 1600 Solomon Kane (played James Purefoy), is a ruthless English soldier/mercenary who lives a life of bloodshed and violence. But after raiding a North Africa city Satan and his servants declare that they want to possess Solomon’s soul. Solomon escapes and attempts to live a peaceful live in a monastery and renounces violence, but a new evil has raised its ugly head in England. A strange demonic person named Malachi (Jason Flemyng) has created an army and is forcing the weak into slavery. When...

Finally hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week is Solomon Kane, and we've nailed down an exclusive clip for you cats to chew on while you prepare for your own personal crusade against the forces of darkness. Dig it!

From the Press Release

Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc present the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Solomon Kane. The film was directed by Michael J. Bassett (“Da Vinci’s Demons” and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D) and stars James Purefoy (“The Following”), the late Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan), and Max von Sydow (The Exorcist). The character Solomon Kane was created by pulp-era writer and mind behind Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard. Solomon Kane heads to retail on July 16, 2013, for an Srp of $26.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $22.98 for the DVD.

Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th century killing machine. Armed with his signature pistols,...

Before we get to the new releases, remember The Dark Knight Trilogy is on sale this week on Blu-ray for 58% off at $24.99 (buy it here) and on DVD for 50% off at $19.49 (buy it here). In addition to that, fans of the Batman Animated Series can pick up all four volumes on sale at $17.99 each. Just click here. Now for the new releases...

42 42 is a solid film and one of the better studio-produced films of the year so far, though I'm not sure it's worth purchasing. This is a perfect movie night at home rental, giving you a look at the life of Jackie Robinson through the prism of Hollywood adaptations.

Lord of the Flies (Criterion Collection) I have never Peter Brook's 1963 adaptation of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies", but I have received my review copy and will be getting to it as soon as possible. The disc...

This week: The Deadites get an upgrade in "Evil Dead," a remake/reboot of Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" about an ancient book that unleashes terrible demonic forces on a group of young people staying at a remote cabin in the woods.

Also new this week is the Jackie Robertson sports biopic "42" with Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman, "Bullet to the Head" with Sylvester Stallone and a Criterion Collection Blu-ray for the 1963 version of "Lord of the Flies."

'Evil Dead'

Box Office: $54 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 63% Fresh

Storyline: In this new variation on Sam Raimi's 1981 horror classic "The Evil Dead" directed by Fede Alvarez, Mia (Jane Levy) heads to a remote cabin in the woods with her brother (Shiloh Fernandez) and three friends (Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore) who are trying to support her in her fight for sobriety. When one of them discovers the...

Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week

"42"

What's It About? Brian Helgeland's biopic tells the story of baseball great Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) and the legendary manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford. Rickey made history by breaking baseball's color line in 1946 and signing Robinson, while Number 42 went on to made history on the field.

Why We're In: While Helgeland's film is in no way groundbreaking, it is still a dedicated and endearing tribute to two great heroes of American sports. Boseman, an unknown to the big screen, stands out for his commendable portrayal of Robinson, and Ford gives one of his best performances in years.

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Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week

"Lord of the Flies" Criterion Collection

What's It About? In Peter Brooks' 1963 ("King Lear") adaptation of William Golding's novel, a group of schoolboys get shipwrecked on an island and...

The 16th century comes alive in brutal and bloody fashion in “Solomon Kane,” distributed by Anchor By Entertainment and RADiUS-twc. The film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray July 16 for $22.98 (DVD) and $26.99 (Blu-ray). The film is directed by Here’s more about Michael J. Bassett (“Da Vinci’s Demons,” “Silent Hill: Revelation 3D”) and stars James Purefoy(“The Following”), the late Pete Postlethwaite (“In the Name of the Father”), Rachel Hurd-Wood (“Peter Pan”) and Max von Sydow (“The Exorcist”). The film’s character is created by pulp-era writer and mind behind Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard. Here’s more about the film: “Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th [ Read More ]

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Title: Solomon Kane Directed by: Michael J. Bassett Starring: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige and Pete Postlethwaite Running time: 104 minutes, Rated R Special Features: Commentary with writer/director Michael J. Bassett and James Purefoy; The Making of Solomon Kane; Deleted Scene: Cave Fight; Special FX: The Creation of the Fire Demon; Interview with Writer/Director Michael J. Bassett; Interview with James Purefoy; Original Concept Art Captain Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) has lead a life of brutal evil and bloodshed until he is confronted with The Devil’s Reaper who has come for his damned soul. Kane escapes his fate and decides to lead a life of a good [ Read More ]

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I love movie posters. They’re a great art form in and of themselves. Over the hundred years of film production countless talented artists have churned out poster after poster for films both good and bad. So I thought it’d be fun to introduce a new ongoing feature here on City of Films…Poster Friday!

Every Friday I’ll post a couple of posters that I really enjoy. They could be from current films, they could be from films released years before you were born, all that matters is that I like ‘em.

When possible I’ll try to track down who it was that did these posters, a bit simpler for modern films but I’ll do my best for all of them.

So which two posters appear in this premiere?! Find out below!!

Willow Creek is a found footage film about Bigfoot by Bobcat Goldthwait. It premiered...

The long delayed Robert E. Howard adaptation Solomon Kane is finally coming to DVD and Blu-Ray. The Anchor Bay Entertainment film, that’s directed by Michael J. Bassett and stars James Purefoy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Max von Sydow and Pete Postlethwaite, is coming to retail stores on July 16th. Read on for the press release.

Beverly Hills, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Solomon Kane. The film was directed by Michael J. Bassett (“Da Vinci’s Demons” and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D) and stars James Purefoy(“The Following”), the late Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan) and Max von Sydow (The Exorcist). The character Solomon Kane was created by pulp-era writer and mind behind Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard. Solomon Kane heads to retail on July 16, 2013 for an Srp of $26.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $22.98 for the DVD.

Solomon Kane is a flick that's gotten a lot of flack over the last couple of years. Is it perfect? No, but it is pretty damned good. Then again, what the hell do I know? I liked The Devil Inside. In any event, the flick is finally headed to Blu-ray and DVD.

From the Press Release

Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Solomon Kane. The film was directed by Michael J. Bassett (“Da Vinci’s Demons” and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D) and stars James Purefoy (“The Following”), the late Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan), and Max von Sydow (The Exorcist). The character Solomon Kane was created by pulp-era writer and mind behind Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard. Solomon Kane heads to retail on July 16, 2013 for an Srp of $26.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $22.98 for the DVD.

It has just been announced that Solomon Kane will be released to Blu-ray and DVD in July. Continue reading for official release details and a look at the cover art:

“Beverly Hills, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Solomon Kane. The film was directed by Michael J. Bassett (“Da Vinci’s Demons” and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D) and stars James Purefoy (“The Following”), the late Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan) and Max von Sydow (The Exorcist). The character Solomon Kane was created by pulp-era writer and mind behind Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard. Solomon Kane heads to retail on July 16, 2013 for an Srp of $26.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $22.98 for the DVD.

Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th century killing machine. Armed with his signature pistols, cutlass and rapier, he and his men...

The 18th annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon will be held on all three screens of Portland's Hollywood Theatre the weekend of May 3-5, and we have the details for you Pacific Northwesterners right here.

Featuring independent short films, indie and classic feature films, author readings, panel discussions, an art show, special live events, and shopping in the Mall of Cthulhu, it's the biggest and longest-running gathering of Lovecraft fans in the world. This year's feature films include:

- Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut with a special Q&A with restoration director Russell Cherrington

- Prince of Darkness (35mm) with video intro by John Carpenter

- Beyond Re-Animator (35mm) with special Q&A with director Brian Yuzna

- Solomon Kane (35mm)

- La Herencia Valdemar and La Sombra Prohibida (Spanish with subtitles)

- Dunderland (Norwegian with subtitles)

The guest line-up includes: Sandy Petersen (creator of the Call...

One minor classic, a worthwhile flick that arrived pre-Spielberg & Lucas blockbuster territory, is certainly the 1970 sci-fi film Colossus: The Forbin Project. This little sweethart is now seeing new life with a new screenwriter. Ed Solomon (Men in Black) set to rewrite the script of Colossus, which has Will Smith attached to headline. This means that Solomon will once again team on a Smith-starrer. Based on a book by D.F. Jones, the original film was the forerunner to the Terminator flicks and presents an all too believable depiction of the rise of the machines. The U.S. and U.S.S.R. put their defensive networks into the... Related posts: Shadow Of Colossus to be Penned by Hanna’s Seth Lochhead; Josh Trank Attached to Direct Will Smith in The Legend of Cain 14 New Solomon Kane Photos Will Smith To Star In “Flowers For Algernon” Remake? Will Smith and Jay-z Make...

Thursday morning at the Glasgow Film Festival offered the chance to catch up on some of the best films screened there so far, plus some strong new ones, including the thoughtful drama about assisted dying A Few Hours Of Spring. A young women's boyfriend falling for another man called for a re-examination of contemporary relationships in The Sex Of The Angels, sexual tension turned domesticity upside down in In The House, and there was tense drama in A Hijacking (review coming soon), Andrew Robertson's favourite of the festival so far.

Shell star Chloe Pirrie having fun at the Gff. Picture by Stuart Crawford.

Things took a fantasy twist later in the day with a special event at the Cca including a chance to see popular game Dark Souls on the big screen, with action by its most celebrated players, introduced by Robert Florence and followed by a screening of Solomon Kane.

Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, who went on to helm last year's fourth Underworld movie (Awakening) finds Julianne Moore as Dr. Cara Harding who "after the death of her husband, finds her faith in God shaken, but not her belief in science. In an attempt to open her up to accepting unexplainable psychiatric theories, her father introduces her to Adam, a patient with multiple personalities who takes on some of the physical characteristics of his other personalities. But, Cara quickly discovers that Adam’s other personalities are murder victims and the more she finds out about him and his past, the closer she and her loved ones are to becoming victims themselves."

Radius also released another delayed title, Solomon Kane this past August. If, in addition to new, buzzed festival titles and indies, Radius is working its way through stalled Weinstein pictures, is there now hope for Alexandre Bustillo...

Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, who went on to helm last year's fourth Underworld movie (Awakening) finds Julianne Moore as Dr. Cara Harding who "after the death of her husband, finds her faith in God shaken, but not her belief in science. In an attempt to open her up to accepting unexplainable psychiatric theories, her father introduces her to Adam, a patient with multiple personalities who takes on some of the physical characteristics of his other personalities. But, Cara quickly discovers that Adam’s other personalities are murder victims and the more she finds out about him and his past, the closer she and her loved ones are to becoming victims themselves."

Radius also released another delayed title, Solomon Kane this past August. If, in addition to new, buzzed festival titles and indies, Radius is working its way through stalled Weinstein pictures, is there now hope for Alexandre Bustillo...

Another year winds down, and it's time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the ugly of 2012's horror offerings. We're giving you ten different lists this time, and per usual they come in a variety of formats, each reflecting the unique styles of our writers. We've also compiled them to come up with the year's overall winners and losers.

And don't be lazy by just reading along! Give us your own lists in the comments section below. We want to hear what you thought of the year in which we dodged the Mayan apocalypse but find our beloved genre facing some dark days as violent movies, video games, TV shows, etc., are coming under increased scrutiny following recent events.

But back to the matter at hand; we averaged out the top and bottom five vote getters on everyone's lists, and here are the results:

Best: The Cabin in the Woods...

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill, while thoroughly imperfect, was at least a stylistically faithful adaptation of the popular video game, and continues to stand tall as the most reverent one to date. The film’s modest successes are not repeated, however, in Michael J. Bassett’s (Deathwatch, Solomon Kane) inept, offensive butchering of the outstanding third Silent Hill game.

Fans of the game will be acutely aware of why Bassett has chosen not to just adapt the second title in the series, because Silent Hill 3 shares a direct narrative fabric with the first game, whereas the second – easily the best game of the lot – is almost completely unrelated beyond sharing the same setting. And while the first few minutes of Revelation demonstrate some sure promise, accurately replicating the nightmarish carnival scene from the start of the third game, the overly busy, spasmodic direction continually places the viewer at arm’s length.

Horror sequel starring X-Men Origins' Adelaide Clemens as a teenager on the run from dark forces that want her to return to the fiendishly haunted American town of Silent Hill. When her father (Sean Bean) is captured by the shadowy cult, she has to head back to her ash-swathed home and into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever. Based on the video game Silent Hill 3, director Michael J Bassett (Solomon Kane) fashions a disturbing alternative reality, featuring the visually arresting stuff of nightmares.

I watched the first Silent Hill movie as a refresher before heading off to see Silent Hill: Revelation. After all these years, it surprisingly still holds up well. But the original writer Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction) and director Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of The Wolf) are not attached to the sequel. Instead, Michael J. Basset (Solomon Kane) has taken on both writing and directing duties and the lack of creative consistency is definitely felt. Absent is the sense of mystery possessed by the first film. Instead, we are beaten over the head with repeat summaries of the events of the first film which take up an unnecessarily large amount of the film's meager 1 hr 34min runtime. Once Revelation is absolutely sure that the audience is clear on the events of the first film, the film goes one misstep further with an incredibly convenient yet still...

*full disclosure: an early theatrical screening of this film was provided by Alliance Films. **story lines are revealed here. Director/writer: Michael J. Bassett. Cast: Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Malcolm McDowell, Martin Donovan, Deborah Kara Unger, and Roberto Campanella. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is the second film based on a game from Konami. It has been six years since there has been a Silent Hill movie. In this time, the central writer has been changed from the Silent Hill (2006) zealout Roger Avary (Beowulf) to Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane). The story has been affected with this transition. While a continuation of the first film, Bassett's rushed script is light on subplots and heavy on a mildly interesting heroic storyline. Visuals and elements of the occult are strongly present, but there is little tension in this sequel. This is a a solid popcorn flick that...

Video game movie adaptations are one of the most difficult movies to create for the big screen.

The sequel “Silent Hill: Revelation 3D” was released this weekend that followed the 2006’s Christophe Gans-directed “Silent Hill” that introduced the audiences to a dark, nightmarish world of the video game.

In the sequel, the protagonist Heather Mason transport herself into the Silent Hill nightmarish world after her father goes missing.

Latino-Review had an exclusive phone interview with director Michael J. Bassett earlier in the week to discuss the difficulties on adapting the sequel for different audiences, 3D filming and the video game itself.

Here’s the full transcript below:

Latino-Review: Hi, Michael. How’s it going?

Michael Bassett: Good. How are you doing? Latino-Review is one of my favorite web sites. You break some good stories.

Latino-Review: We try to keep up. So what attracted you to this project?

Michael Bassett...

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There have been no less than nine different video games to bear the name of Silent Hill since the first chapter arrived in 1999, and by this point it's safe to say that the Konami franchise has built up a pretty strong fan base for their endless horror series -- but only one movie so far. By comparison, Capcom's Resident Evil, which debuted three years earlier now boasts 23 game releases and seven movie adaptations, if you're including the animated ones, but that franchise offers numerous beautiful women who kill zombies, whereas Silent Hill just has ... the world's creepiest town. The first movie arrived via Christoph Gans in 2006, and while it's a bit longer than any video-game-based horror flick has any right (or need) to be, it still holds up as a rather impressive visual display on unpleasant eeriness.

So how's the sequel?

Not very good, unfortunately, and I say that as...

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Silent Hill: Revelation 3D opens in theaters on Oct 26. The film stars Sean Bean (HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Lord Of The Rings), Radha Mitchell (Man On Fire, The Crazies), Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Kit Harington (HBO’s Game Of Thrones), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Disturbia), Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, The Artist) and is directed by Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane).

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Starring Sean Bean (HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Lord Of The Rings), Radha Mitchell (Man On Fire, The Crazies), Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Kit Harington (HBO’s Game Of Thrones), Carrie-anne Moss (The Matrix, Disturbia), Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange,...