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Giveaway: ‘The Raid’ on DVD (closed)
Courtesy of Madman, we’re hugely excited to have five copies of the Indonesian action film The Raid on DVD to give away. If you’re an action film fan and didn’t catch it at the cinemas during its run, now’s your chance to see it for nothing!… (read more)
Interview: Director Gareth Evans on ‘The Raid’
A little while ago, as part of their release of Indonesian action film The Raid on DVD/Blu-Ray/streaming, our friends at Madman offered me the chance to interview the film’s writer/director, Gareth Evans.
If you haven’t seen the film, read our review for a bit of context, then read on for the interview!… (read more)
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Gareth Evans, The Raid
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ONE showing old-school flicks this weekend
Our own Tom pointed out that Channel Ten’s mostly-sports channel ONE is making the best of their time slots that compete with Olympics coverage, and serving up some Hong Kong classics this weekend on free-to-air TV:… (read more)
Posted in TV
Tagged Jackie Chan, Jet Li, One
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Free passes to MIFF 2012 (closed)
Courtesy of the fine people at the Melbourne International Film Festival, we have two Admit One passes to give away that will get you into any session (except opening and closing night and other special events) at this year’s festival!… (read more)
MIFF 2012: Accent on Asia
There’s less than a week to go until the Melbourne International Film Festival opens (on the 2nd of August), and I’ve been lazy and not posted a roundup of the Asian cinema showing this year.
It’s not so bad, though: they’ve done the work for us and collected it all into their Accent on Asia programme — the official roundup is here.
Here are a few highlights: … (read more)
KOFFIA 2012 Lineup Released
The wait is over, and the hardworking folks at KOFFIA have released their festival lineup for this year. Twenty new feature films, three modern classics and a bunch of short films in three cities this time: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
There’s a great rundown of what’s on offer on their site — of particular interest is the Aussie premiere of Korea’s box office winner for 2011, War of the Arrows, which opens the festival, and the pile of other … (read more)
‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ in Melbourne for MIFF 2012
Our stats since the Sydney Film Festival suggest that a few people have hit the site looking for release info on Indian epic Gangs of Wasseypur in Australia. I’ve done some digging myself, and it doesn’t look like there’s a real Aussie release confirmed, but I thought I’d share this litte update: the Melbourne International Film Festival’s direct from Cannes update states that they’ve programmed both Part 1 and Part 2 of Wasseypur for their festival in August.
So, if … (read more)
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Tagged Gangs of Wasseypur, Melbourne, MIFF
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Madman and the ABC screening anime on iView
Via Madman’s blog comes the news that they’ve teamed up with the ABC’s iView service to bring Aussies a bunch of exclusive screenings for what looks like at least the next month or so. The goodies are:
- episodes of Eden of the East;
- episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam 00;
- episodes of Samurai Champloo;
- … and one big feature: Akira!
Check ’em out before they disappear!… (read more)