Bad Wolf: a Fried Side of Sci-fi: September 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Cosmopolis (2012)

Promising to scorch Cannes Festival 2012, Robert Pattinson is starring Cosmopolis, the currently most talked about movie to watch for - with big signs of being the new "Drive".

PLOT: Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's day devolves into an odyssey with a cast of characters that start to tear his world apart.

Starring: Robert Pattinson,Sarah Gadon, Jay Baruchel, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Mathieu Amalric, Paul Giamatti

Director: David Cronenberg

Cosmopolis (2012) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Stoker (2013)

Stoker Official Trailer 1 [HD]: Nicole Kidman & Park Chan-Wook - YouTube

Looks like the director of Oldboy is back, with an English-language thriller. And it looks like a fun ride.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012)

11.11.11 wasn't enough..."4:44" trailer brings us a look at what would happen if everyone knew the world was ending.

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

Iron Sky (2012)

Nazis from the moon?

IronSky.net

Towards the end of World War II the Nazi scientists made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late '45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.

Now it's 2018, and it's the time for the first American Moon landing since the 70′s. Meanwhile the Nazi invasion, that has been over 70 years in the making, is on its way, and the world is goose-stepping towards its doom. The three main characters of the story are Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), Klaus Adler (Götz Otto), and James Washington (Christopher Kirby).

Trailer - Iron Sky Official Trailer #2 - Nazi's on the Moon Movie (2012) HD - YouTube

Actually, this looks like a fun movie, but it will probably have a statist theme to it.

7500 Official Trailer #1 - Horror Movie (2012) - YouTube

7500 Official Trailer #1 - Horror Movie (2012) - YouTube

Seems like there may be something on the wing...

Exit Humanity (2012)

Uber cool second "Exit Humanity" trailer, which brings us "The Walking Dead" in the American Civil War version. Amazing trailer!
FACEBOOK: http://www.FaceBook.com/ExitHumanity
WEBSITE: http://www.ExitHumanity.com

"One of the more memorable, sweeping zombie films seen in years" (killerfilm)

"This is not a movie, but a piece of cinema"
(fangoria)
Told through the written and illustrated journal of Edward Young as he battles his way through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead a decade after the American Civil War. After returning home from a hunting trip to find a horrific re-animation of his wife Julia, and that their son Adam has disappeared, Edward starts to record his experiences with the walking dead as well as the unexplainable outbreak that has torn his family apart, and threatens all of mankind. Throughout his harrowing journey Edward finds friendship, guidance and love amongst chaos and despair, when all else seems to be lost in a world robbed of its humanity.

Produced by: Foresight Features (the makers of "Monster Brawl"!)
Directed by: John Geddes
Starring: Mark Gibson, Jordan Hayes, Adam Seybold, Dee Wallace, Bill Moseley, Stephan McHattie, Brian Cox

Exit Humanity (2012) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

Mama

If Orphan taught us anything, it’s that tiny-statured people are terrifying. Furthering that theory is this creepy trailer for the very similar looking MAMA. Produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Andres Muschietti based on his own 2008 short, the film tells the story of two feral children adopted after fending for themselves alone in the woods for five years.

Of course shit gets ghostly, but there’s an interesting tidbit regarding Jessica Chastain’s character I came across that hints there’s something more disturbing going on beyond your run-of-the-mill ghost story. It’s not mentioned in the trailer and I certainly don’t want to spoil it, but potential leads me to hope this is one of the good ones:

MAMA Trailer Promises Feral Children & Goth Chastain | CHUD.com

Sinister Trailer

I can’t recall the last time I was legitimately terrified in a movie theatre. Sure, I’ve been shaken up by the occasional jump scare. But the sense that I’m looking at some seriously messed up shit that will have me thinking twice about that bump in the night? Not since I first saw The Exorcist upon its ’98 rerelease.

So it’s with great joy that I reveal the following: this trailer is pretty goddamn scary. Horror’s effect is subjective of course, but I’d like to suggest doing as I did. Turn the lights down, crank the volume, and let this short glimpse of Sinister work its indelibly creepy magic.

This Red-Band Trailer For SINISTER is Scary | CHUD.com

From the looks of the trailer, I won't be arguing that it doesn't look scary initially.This looks like a good one for the Drafthouse.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Unearthed

UNEARTHED - A SHORT FILM By Dalang Films - YouTube

International Association of Time Travelers: Members’ Forum Subforum

I read this a few years back and forgot about it until today...

International Association of Time Travelers: Members’ Forum
Subforum: Europe – Twentieth Century – Second World War

Page 263

11/15/2104

At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl’s cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games. Let a free world rejoice!

At 14:57:44, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1936 Berlin; incapacitated FreedomFighter69 before he could pull his little stunt. Freedomfighter69, as you are a new member, please read IATT Bulletin 1147 regarding the killing of Hitler before your next excursion. Failure to do so may result in your expulsion per Bylaw 223.

At 18:06:59, BigChill wrote:
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first trip. I did. It always gets fixed within a few minutes, what’s the harm?

At 18:33:10, SilverFox316 wrote:
Easy for you to say, BigChill, since to my recollection you’ve never volunteered to go back and fix it. You think I’ve got nothing better to do?

11/16/2104

At 10:15:44, JudgeDoom wrote:
Good news! I just left a French battlefield in October 1916, where I shot dead a young Bavarian Army messenger named Adolf Hitler! Not bad for my first time, no? Sic semper tyrannis!

At 10:22:53, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1916 France I come, having at the last possible second prevented Hitler’s early demise at the hands of JudgeDoom and, incredibly, restrained myself from shooting JudgeDoom and sparing us all years of correcting his misguided antics. READ BULLETIN 1147, PEOPLE!

At 15:41:18, BarracksRoomLawyer wrote:
Point of order: issues related to Hitler’s service in the Bavarian Army ought to go in the World War I forum.

11/21/2104

At 02:21:30, SneakyPete wrote:
Vienna, 1907: after numerous attempts, have infiltrated the Academy of Fine Arts and facilitated Adolf Hitler’s admission to that institution. Goodbye, Hitler the dictator; hello, Hitler the modestly successful landscape artist! Brought back a few of his paintings as well, any buyers?

At 02:29:17, SilverFox316 wrote:
All right; that’s it. Having just returned from 1907 Vienna where I secured the expulsion of Hitler from the Academy by means of an elaborate prank involving the Prefect, a goat, and a substantial quantity of olive oil, I now turn my attention to our newer brethren, who, despite rules to the contrary, seem to have no intention of reading Bulletin 1147 (nor its Addendum, Alternate Means of Subverting the Hitlerian Destiny, and here I’m looking at you, SneakyPete). Permit me to sum it up and save you the trouble: no Hitler means no Third Reich, no World War II, no rocketry programs, no electronics, no computers, no time travel. Get the picture?