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Hideo Nakata’s latest foray into the horror, The Complex, opened in Japan yesterday so we thought we’d round off our coverage (until some bright spark of a buyer finally gets off their butt, and buys it for distro in an English speaking territory) with a peak at the latest TV spot for the film. It’s short, but definitely packs a punch. Cant wait to see it! The Complex TV spot The Complex official site

'Battle of the Year' is the Olympics of break dancing, held every year it attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the ... Movie Trailers

The Coen brothers' new film is both uproarious entertainment and a profound philosophical treatise finds Robbie Collin.

Sad news: according to an article in Hollywood Reporter, producer Sergei Selyanov confirmed that the Russian director (and Enfant Terrible) Alexey Balabanov died earlier this week, at only 54 years of age. Although no cause of death has been stated, for some time already the director was known to be suffering from severe health problems. Balabanov is best known for films like Brother, Of Freaks and Men, Cargo 200, and Morphia. These all show a scathing, cynical look at human behavior, and especially include no love for the old Soviet communist regime. He presented his latest film, Me Too, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam a few months ago, in person. It's where I shot the picture above. At that point the rumor was already... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]

DreamWorks Studios has inked further output deals with indie distribs, including with Metropolitan FilmExport in France, as part of its agreement to rep pics from David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Samuel and Victor Hadida’s Metropolitan will distrib the company’s films in all media. “We know Metropolitan to be amongst the strongest... Read more »

Last December, the MediaFreaks 3D Animation Studio Blog delivered the first official glimpse of the sci-fi film Pacific Rim from Guillermo del Toro. This is a fantasy world where a weird rift opens in the ocean that ushers in Godzilla-type of monsters. To defend humans, a new technology of gigantic robots were unleashed. Each robot needs two human pilots that will work like two hemispheres of the brain. Now a new trailer has been released for your viewing pleasure. Unlike many blockbuster movies nowadays that have their roots in comic books, Pacific Rim is an original story from Guillermo del Toro. The robots are called Jaegers after the German term for a hunter. The monsters are called Kaijus and they will collide with each other in movie theaters this July 12.

By turns playful, tragic and surprisingly light on its feet, this welcome comeback for Alejandro Jodorowsky should keep its maker fully booked on the fest circuit.

Indulging one of film history’s more entertaining "what might have been" stories, first-timer Frank Pavich delivers his own mind-blowing cult movie.

Steven Moffat will continue as lead writer and executive producer

Lionsgate brought Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Clafin to the Croisette to celebrate the upcoming sequel to "The Hunger Games," "Catching FIre."http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign