Tony Jaas first major film, Ong-Bak, took America completely by surprise last year. Now Jaa is back in The Protector, in which he takes his signature martial art--Muay Thai--to a whole new level. Jaa achieves seemingly impossible stunts like flipping off of the foreheads of elephants and kicking the crap out of dozens of people using vicious elbow and knee hits. He also inspires great...
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djpj69camaro:
Tony Jaa lead a new breed of fighers. He's so humble and so strong at the same time. The original name of the movie in Thai is Tom Yum Goong, which is the name of the restaurant in the movie. But I bet the English subtitles won't do the movie justice like Ong Bak. If you get a chance watch the original on DVD. It's out there.
crissis:
he fights so cool with his knee, i would like to learn that traditional fighting from thailand
Kirby Dick has fired a massive cannonball in the war against censorship. It's called This Film Is Not Yet Rated, and it came into being when the Oscar nominated documentary filmmaker decided to call the Motion Picture Association of America out on their bullshit lies. He hired a private investigator to determine who the MPAA ratings and appeals boards are actually composed of. It turns...
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anderswolleck:
SRBuell said:
Hey Kirby, try making movies in China, y'know, where censorship actually exists. The MPAA ratings process is voluntary. The only reason one would have their movie rated is to increase their chances to get it into a theatre, so that they can make more money, which, of course, it what art's all about, right?
why would he make movies in china? he lives in America.
See you are commenting on something you dont know about. one of the points of the film and something that is pretty obvious is that MPAA may be voluntary but you cant get an unrated film into most theatres and certainly cant get any ads for it.
darke:
SRBuell said:
Hey Kirby, try making movies in China, y'know, where censorship actually exists. The MPAA ratings process is voluntary. The only reason one would have their movie rated is to increase their chances to get it into a theatre, so that they can make more money, which, of course, it what art's all about, right?
It's not really voluntary if you have to submit to the process in order to have your movie play on any non-arthouse screen.
i wish i was david cronenberg for a day
please send me a message or post in my journal thing before you request my friendship otherwise it will languish foreva
please send me a message or post in my journal thing before you request my friendship otherwise it will languish foreva
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keen:
that has to be one of the most annoying things ever. a sock half off your foot :s. i HATE it when that happens, but, whatever floats your boat!
visara:
Been wanting to be friends with you for some time now ... friends?
Much like the new generation of horror directors such as Lucky McKee, Eli Roth and Ryan Schifrin, Joe Lynch is a monstrous horror fan turned director. Lynch first showed the world his affinity for horror with the video Love for the band Strapping Young Lad, which was his love letter to the Evil Dead films. Eventually the video led him to direct his...
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punchdrunkblake:
"Shared a maggot with Henry Rollins."
I am so fucking jealous
I am so fucking jealous
wenis:
this sounds really cool..but alot of directors promise "to satisfy the gorehounds" but they merely throw a bone..a chicken wing at best..
im really waiting tho to see how this turns out..maybe he'll keep his ideas and promises..
im really waiting tho to see how this turns out..maybe he'll keep his ideas and promises..
Well, its official: hell has frozen over, the fat lady has sung, and Tommy Chong has quit smoking pot. Apparently after you smoke weed everyday for 50 years and then are forced to quit cold turkey when youre thrown in prison, you lose your taste for it. Hopefully that will never happen to me. I got a chance to talk with Chong about his time...
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Sherrybaby is a powerful film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. Heroin addict Sherry has just been released from prison after a three-year stint for robbery, and the film follows her attempts to reconnect with her four-year old daughter. I recently had a chance to speak with Sherrybaby writer/director Laurie Collyer.
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Daniel Robert Epstein: Congratulations for winning the Crystal Globe [at...
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courtneyriot:
Sherrybaby is a powerful film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. Heroin addict Sherry has just been released from prison after a three-year stint for robbery, and the film follows her attempts to reconnect with her four-year old daughter. I recently had a chance to speak with Sherrybaby writer/director Laurie...
lily:
wonderful interview. I wish that I wouldn't have waited so long to comment or realize it was up. really amazing. 
Irvine Welsh gained enormous notoriety (not to mention a huge cult following that overflowed into the mainstream) when the film adaptation of Trainspotting was released ten years ago. Since then hes written a number of other books chronicling the adventures of various fuckups, including a sequel to Trainspotting called Porno. Welsh has just released The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs, yet another narrative about...
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futuramagoo:
just bought this book yesterday
Irvine rules. Hibbees for teh win
Irvine rules. Hibbees for teh win
beepbeep:
he was at the bar i was working at about three weeks ago, he was constantly grabbing his wife's arse, and didnt buy a single drink for himself. he was there with all his coke dealer mates that complained every time they bought him a drink that the cunt's richer then them, and he should be buying them drinks. i expected more then that...
depeche mode were up the road though!
depeche mode were up the road though!
Priestess are a big band--not like Tommy Dorsey, they have a big sound, think Queens of the Stone Age meets Led Zeppelin. Their latest album is Hello Master and I got a chance to speak with guitarist/vocalist Mikey Heppner.
Buy Hello Master
Daniel Robert Epstein: What are you up to today?
Mikey Heppner: Not much. Were in the mountains right now and were going to...
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Buy Hello Master
Daniel Robert Epstein: What are you up to today?
Mikey Heppner: Not much. Were in the mountains right now and were going to...
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orbro:
Not just anybody can be Wake and bake.
basurablanca:
I just cannot stop listening to this album.
Go check it out now.
I'm not asking motherfucker, I'm telling.
Go check it out now.
I'm not asking motherfucker, I'm telling.
Stephen Berkman is an extraordinarily unique photographer. He uses very early techniques to create a look that is somehow entirely new. Although his work has yet to be collected into a book, it has been featured in major motion pictures such as Cold Mountain.
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Daniel Robert Epstein:I read that you have a show coming up soon....
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Check out the official site for Stephen Berkman
Daniel Robert Epstein:I read that you have a show coming up soon....
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poppei:
is it really his brother? cuz i was wondering the same thing...
cyprian:
Yeah, he's gotta lotta enemies.
I was really psyched when I got the chance to visit the set of The State and Stella co-founder David Wain's new movie The Ten. I loved 2001's Wet Hot American Summer and any project that Wain is involved in is guaranteed to garner a cult following, so I knew that being able to say that I was there would give me mad amounts of...
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johnclement:
They finally got around to interviewing Fridgemagnet.
tekky:
dear david wain,
♥
love, tekky.
♥
love, tekky.