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As I am a fan of Van Damme on Facebook, I was pleased to receive the following update today: Full Love From Jean-Claude Van DammeMonday, September 8, 2021 at 2:52pm Jean-Claude Van Damme sends you his hello from Thailand. He turns his next film "Full Love" as actor and director. Everything goes well, he promised us beautiful scenes of actions, many twists and maybe even... a love story? Twists! Beautiful actions! A love story! Could we ask for anything (more...)

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Anyone in attendance at last night's screening of Sexykiller was privy to, in my opinon, the most unbelievably fun movie (with the possible exception of last Friday's Detroit Metal City) of this year's Midnight Madness programme. In true Midnight Madness fashion, the beach balls were busted out and there was no shortage of zombies on hand to liven up the red carpet! Sexykiller was truly an overture of love from director Miguel Marti to his favourite horror films.... (more...)

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Let's round up some info here: She's an exotic and beautiful actress from Spain; She's the star, and title character of Miguel Marti's new film Sexykiller. She's an award winning Spanish actress with dozens of successful projects under her belt already; including a role in Stuart Gordon's H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Dagon. She's had several roles in Spanish TV series, often playing a returning character. Macarena in Dagon No doubt she's big over there; but now we finally have the chance to discover her for ourselves. In Sexykiller, Macarena Gómez combines the... (more...)

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Martyrs screens tonight. Here is a YouTube clip of them on set.Morjana Alaoui and Mylene Jampanoi will be in attendance and on the red carpet tonight!Here is more about Mylene Jampanoi here. Her official website is here. If that is not enough here is Mylene Jampanoi's imdb listing......here.Robert Mitchell, currently packing up multiple cameras and rushing out the door see ya all (more...)
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I went into the theatre last night with the thought that Jean-Claude Van Damme is this generation’s John Travolta. I left the theatre even more assured of this. It appears that Mabrouk El Mechri has done something that is difficult in execution but stunning when delivered successfully – he has taken a well known, iconic and typecast actor (albeit one with sweet moves) and completely reinvented him. Jean-Claude, much like Travolta, made a name for himself by appearing in a seemingly endless stream of genre films that led him through the... (more...)

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I think I am with the majority of the audience in attendance at JCVD last night in saying that I was shocked. Not in your normal Midnight Madness sense, of course, where you may be shocked at the sheer amount of corn syrup being sprayed around or the number of fingers severed from someone's hand before you have to look away, but by an actual emotional performance. An emotional  performance by Jean-Claude Van Damme, no less. What we saw last night was probably one of the... (more...)

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SEXYKILLER IS HERE!!No, there isn't a devilishly attractive but unbelievably screwed-in-the-head killer chick in the TIFF offices, but the reel of her doing despicable acts to anyone and everyone in her path certainly is...That's right - unboxed, uncut, uncensored...I can already tell this movie is going to be hilarious fun and the Midnight Madness audiences are going to eat it up. If you love high fashion and serial killing, this is the one for you.  Can you think of a better way to spend a Friday night? Me either. And rest assured,... (more...)

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Okay, it's neither bi-monthly nor sci-fi exclusive, but it's definitely a convention. Oh, and I'm not live from there either so let's just pretend that I titled this entry appropriately. I ventured into the Den of Epic Nerdery (the organizers eschewed  this name for the less offensive "Fan Expo 2008") yesterday to snap some pics, check out the horror stuff, and to see DATA.In addition to Data, there were lots of guests from the horror section including Wes MF'in Craven, Bruce McDonald (whose zombie film 'Pontypool is also at TIFF this... (more...)

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JEAN-CLAUDE...VAN DAMME!! The star of Double Impact has a film at TIFF this year.  Colin’s already written about it but I’m sure some people are still in disbelief.  Click on this link (note the tiff08.ca domain to authenticate it as real information), read it, and come back to this page. www.tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/jcvd Now say to yourself or to the person nearest you, 'The star of Lionheart has a film at TIFF this year.' In JCVD, Van Damme stars as himself in a story that’s loosely based on his recent years out of the spotlight and the personal and financial troubles...

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Right now there is a massive anticipation for a movie amongst the cool kids in Japan. Every where you go in the hip, youth driven area of Shibuya, you'll see posters and billboards heralding the imminent arrival on August 23 of the film version of one of the hottest mangas (Japanese comic book) ever - Detroit Metal City. Heck, there are even caffeine addicts in Starbucks dressed up like the manga's protagonist, Johannes Klauser II.(Photo courtesy of director Ron Mann from... (more...)

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Almost every year since we screened FUDOH in 1997, TIFF has showcased one of that year's new works by Takeshi Miike. For this years choice, SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, we had an extra treat in store for the audience from Miike. The last time Miike was able to come to Toronto was for the world premiere of ICHI THE KILLER, but a little incident that became known as 9/11 left Miike stranded in a west coast US airport. Since then, every time we have selected one of his films, his shooting schedule has gotten in the way of him making a... (more...)

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It seemed like an overdue introduction when Stuart Gordon walked on stage to meet the Toronto Midnight Madness audience when you consider the list of cult horror hits that he has been responsible for. Maybe he was there in spirit with Brian Yuzna introduced BRIDE OF THE RE-ANIMATOR when it was in Midnight Madness back in 1990. The stage got a little crowded as Stuart was joined by his actors, lead by Mena Suvari, a MM vet who walked the stage of The Uptown when SPUN unspooled in 2002.... (more...)

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So for a lot of people the most exciting fight in SPL / Sha Po Long is this one between Donnie Yen and Wu Jing. But for me it’s the 2 fights between Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen.The tease and the heartbreaker. It's the first time they've ever fought together. 55 and so fast, Sammo can move.  At the SPL screening, a fan asked Sammo if he actually kicked the knife Donnie Yen throws at him out of the air.  “Yes, of course, ” he said. “One take.” Later he demonstrated a move,... (more...)

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Are you a horror/sci-fi/comic fan and you are in Toronto for August 24-26? Be sure to head down to the annual Rue Morgue Festival of Fear, part of FanExpo 07 (at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre) and visit the booth that we will have to pimp all the Midnight Madness titles for this year! Pick up this years brochure, hot off the presses! Check out trailers and pics from this years slate of flicks! Learn how to get tickets from our friendly box office representative! Chat with Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes... (more...)

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So I have been a long time fan of Hong Kong action films and one of the names that often gets slipped when talking about  heavy hitters like Jackie Chan and Jet Li is Donnie Yen, the star and action director of FLASH POINT directed by Wilson Yip. Sure there are other dudes who look good with the fists on camera like Sammo Hung (a true heavy hitter!), Yuen Biao, Billy Chow and others, but over the past few years, Donnie Yen has been working back and forth as both star and... (more...)

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