Film Arcade.net Newswire for 3/8/2009

New Poster for The Haunting In Connecticut.

Check out this cool looking poster that the folks at Lionsgate came up with for their upcoming release “The Haunting In Connecticut, which hits theaters March 27th.




Based on a chilling true story, Lionsgate's THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.

Now unspeakable terror awaits, when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash a new kind of horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family.

The Haunting In Connecticut hits theaters on March 27th

“Brothers At War” Trailer, Poster, Film Cilps

BROTHERS AT WAR is a rare look at the bonds and service of our soldiers on the frontlines and the profound effects their service has on the loved ones they leave behind.

The documentary film follows Jake Rademacher in his directorial debut as he sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. Unprecedented access to US and Iraqi combat units take Jake behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army.



Click on each of links to view a clip from “Brothers At War”.

Clips Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Brothers At War: Clip #1 American Soldier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4rFPeNdU-U

Brothers at War: Clip #2 - Joe and Danelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF9DuLC2rak

Brothers at War: Clip #3 – Locals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prFSZ_ALNaI

Brothers At War: Clip #4 - Reasons Why
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMCLDqvEJY

Brothers At War: Clip #5 - The OC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3a124s05FU

Danger After Dark announces their slate of films for the Philadelphia Film Festival, which takes place on March 20th through April 6th

I SELL THE DEAD (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere

Trailer: http://www.isellthedead.com/

ABLE (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
As an aggressive virus ravages the city, a group of Berliners resort to their basic animal instinct for survival, resulting in disturbing and murderous consequences. North American Premiere

Trailer: http://www.stotlerrobertfilm.com/able_trailers.html

ART OF THE DEVIL 3 (Thailand, 2008) Directed by the Ronin Team.
Revenge is served hot, quick and drenched in more bloody ooze imaginable in this scream-inducing, spectacularly creative, and violent prequel that makes the popular Saw franchise seem like child’s play. Philadelphia Premiere

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCnOckMS0o

4BIA (Thailand, 2008) Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, Paween Purikitpanya, Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Parkpoom Wongpoom.
In this aggressively scary terror ride, Thailand’s best directors take no prisoners, delivering four tales of horror guaranteed to shake, rattle and roll your nerves. Philadelphia Premiere

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy5YsWGYRoA

HANGER (Canada, 2009) Directed by Ryan Nicholson.
Full frontal nudity, female masturbation and vaginal mutilation are just the tip of the iceberg in the latest, gross-out and repulsively satisfying revenge shocker from the director of Gutterballs and Live Feed. Ryan Nicholson and actors in attendance!! World Premiere

Trailer: http://plotdigger.com/

LEFT BANK (Belgium, 2008) Directed by Pieter Van Hees.
Surmounting doubt, dread and helplessness fuels an attractive woman’s state of mind as she begins to unlock a mystery, that will put her face to face with an ancient, unknowable evil. Philadelphia Premiere

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfRDYSDwkCs

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD (Australia, 2008) Directed by Mark Hartley.
Forget about Peter Weir art films or Nicole Kidman musicals. “Ozploitation” was the gleefully dirty sibling of the Australian film industry by celebrating full frontal nudity (we’ve got bush), unrelenting gore and over-the-top explosive mayhem in the 70s and 80s. East Coast Premiere

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCWe4EzU94

PLAGUE TOWN (USA, 2008) Directed by David Gregory.
Brutally sadistic, mutant children begin a cat and mouse game with an American family on a stomach churning quest to add more victims to their world. Philadelphia Premiere

Trailer: http://www.plaguetown.com/

STRAIGHT FOR THE KILL: Shorts Program
Enter a dark lair of twisted films as you take small bites of terror, horror and animated fantasy, served quick and fast. From killer trees to serial killers to children in jeopardy, it’s a smorgasbord of gruesomeness, fun and dark humor featuring some of the best in genre short films including popular selections from multiple Fantastic Festivals around the world. Films featured: The Fairy Princess, A Little Mouth to Feed, Rite, Side Effect, White Radishes, I Don’t Sleep I Dream, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, The Painter of the Skies and Treevenge.

20th CENTURY BOYS Philadelphia Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7MLVyKGngw

20th CENTURY BOYS 2 World Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_NIUuSN0M

Both films directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi of 2LDK fame.
Stephen King influences, T. Rex rock n’ roll and comic book mythology fuse together as Naoki Urasawa epic manga gets a big screen treatment as a group of childhood friends race against time to untap a conspiracy to end the world.

Tickets go sale Monday Morning. Visit http://www.phillycinefest.com/ for more information.


Jim Jarmusch is back with his latest film “The Limits of Control”

The Limits of Control is the new movie from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Down by Law). The film is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise). The location shoot there united the writer/director with acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Paranoid Park).

Isaach De Bankolé stars in the lead role for Mr. Jarmusch; this marks the duo’s fourth collaboration over nearly two decades, following Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and Coffee and Cigarettes. The Limits of Control also features several other actors with whom Mr. Jarmusch has previously worked, including Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton; and actors new to his films, including Hiam Abbass, Gael García Bernal, Paz De La Huerta, Jean-François Stévenin, and Luis Tosar.

The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner (played by Mr. De Bankolé), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged.

His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.

The film comes out in limited release on May 22nd.

To view the film’s trailer, you can goto: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/thelimitsofcontrol/