The Knife - live version of Heartbeats

New movie based on a Philip K. Dick novel, stars Alanis Morissette

The effects don't look that great but the actors don't seem that wooden. I would watch it streaming, but for now here's the trailer.

John Oliver is so right about the World Cup and FIFA

A very good explanation of what FIFA is, and why it must change, by John Oliver on his HBO show Last Week Tonight.

REC4 trailer

The trailer for REC4 looks pretty good. The first REC was a great twist on the zombie film and found footage films. REC2 & 3 were enjoyable. Part 4 looks like it is set on a ship.

Joe Lansdale's Cold In July

One of my favorite authors of the last 20 years is Joe Lansdale. He has written novels and short stories in practically every genre, but in the 90's he was most famous for his horror and crime novels. He is a prolific short story writer. One of his short stories was adapted in to the movie Bubba Ho-Tep. Now one of his early novels, Cold In July has been adapted in to a feature film, by Jim Mickle. It has a great cast, Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, and Sam Shepard. I hope that the film gets a theatrical release but it will be available on VOD on May 23rd.

Chinese Sci-Fi film starring Ai Weiwei

Here's video for an apocalyptic sci-fi film secretly shot in China. It stars Ai Weiwei and Christopher Doyle is the cameraman. They've met their kickstarter goal.

New movie version of The Bride With White Hair story

One of my favorite Hong Kong films from the 1990's is The Bride With White Hair. The director, Ronny Yu, took inspiration from Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula and tried to keep all of the special effects in camera. The new version of the story is called The White Haired Witch From Lunar Kingdom and it stars Fan Bing Bing. Comes out in April. One of my favorite Hong Kong directors, Tsui Hark is credited with artistic director.