Exclusive MALICE IN WONDERLAND Clip

Tim Burton and his Mad Hatter’s Futterwacken dance moves don’t have anything on this take on the classic fairytale.  Directed by Simon Fellows, MALICE IN WONDERLAND stars “Lost”‘s Maggie Grace as an American student in London, who, after getting hit by a black car, finds herself in a quite colorful and quite strange underworld.  The film also stars Danny Dyer and Matt King of “Jekyll” and ROCKNROLLA fame.

Earlier today, our buddies over at Gordon and the Whale got their hands on some sweet pics from the film, and, courtesy of Magnet Releasing, we have an exclusive clip.  It is quite an interesting setup and really gives you the vibe Fellows and crew are going for with this film.

Feast your eyes directly:

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Tweedledee and Tweedledum as a couple of cranky, insult-spewing bouncers at a prestige nightclub?  Thank you very much, sir.  I’ll have some more.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND plays the Gaslamp in San Diego beginning Friday, April 2nd.  It hits DVD on May 11th from Magnolia Pictures.

Fantastic Fest 2009 – DOGHOUSE Review

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I have to say that Fantastic Fest goers were the perfect audience to enjoy this soon to be cult classic with. DOGHOUSE is a British zombie film that has a truly unique and funny take on the genre.

DOGHOUSE starts out by introducing us to Vince, a divorcee who’s friends are determined to get him back on track. His friends Neil (Danny Dyer) and Mikey (Noel Clarke) come up with the idea to go to Mikey’s home town where the ratio of women to men is 4 to 1, and apparently the women are all gorgeous. They along with several more friends rent a van with a hot driver Candy (Christina Cole) and head off to this supposed heaven for single men.

When they get there, not everything is as promised. The house they’re staying at is a mess, the place is filthy and it’s in the middle of nowhere. Sure there are loads of beautiful women, but they’re all braindead mutants hell bent on killing every man they see. Now Neil, Mikey, Vince and the rest are in for the worst holiday imaginable.

This movie is hilarious. There are some truly laugh out loud horror shock moments that had me rolling. This is a great companion piece to movies like SHAUN OF THE DEAD and ZOMBIELAND. It really knows it’s material and the genre that spawned it, and director Jake West knows how to take Dan Schaffer’s writing and turn it into some thing fun.

The only real issue I had with the film is a passing one. The conclusion to everything just feels a little tagged on. It’s not a bad ending by any means, but it feels like they just didn’t quite know how to bring everything to a close

Review: ‘Closure’ on DVD

This one’s for all you X-Files nuts out there … Closure is a great little sleeper film that’s gone under the radar … way under. Other than the Internet dudes looking for clips of Gillian’s nude scenes, I doubt anyone else has heard of this movie. That’s about to change. Written and directed by Dan Reed, Closure stars Gillian Anderson (X-Files) and Danny Dyer (Severance) as two victims struggling with their desire for vengeance. The film was also released under the title Straightheads, which … I really don’t get?

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