Doing some DVD ordering this morning, and thought I'd share some of the more interesting trailers I've come across:
Remember 'Nightwatch'? Both the 1997 English-language remake and the Danish original were pretty creepy; not coincidentally, they were both directed by the same guy, Ole Bornedal. He's got a new film, 'Deliver Us from Evil,' and it looks sufficiently dark:
I'm also a big fan of low-budget medeival fantasy, so this trailer for 'The Wild Hunt' piqued my interest. Be sure to watch the whole thing (it's like 4+ minutes) here. Then come back.
OK, see what I did there with not giving away the twist? We are entering a golden age of cinema incorporating RPG/D&D/LARP themes, and I couldn't be happier.
On the less positive side, there's the latest iteration in the 'Tetsuo' series. Shinya Tsukamoto really has made an entire career out of following up the original, brilliant, 'Tetsuo: Iron Man,' but this trailer for 'Tetsuo: Bullet Man' promises another unoriginal, headache-inducing effort:
Another icon of the 90s appears to get trashed in "White Lighnin'," a biopic based on the life and family of Jesco White, the Dancing Outlaw. Jesco's story has already been well-told in the original 'Dancing Outlaw' and its sequel, and his family's in last year's documentary "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia," so I'm not sure what this is supposed to add. Verges on exploitation.
And then there's 'Shaolin,' which unites Hong Kong superstars of the past (Jackie Chan) and present (Andy Lau) in a story which, though it looks overly familiar, also contains many opportunities for fight choreography:
