The folks over at Paramount Vantage are getting an early start in promoting their upcoming autumn fair - with a couple of major international film festivals and a packed fall and winter calender from competitors, director Noah Baumbach might get more coverage than his 05' quick in-and-out entry The Squid and the Whale.
If there is one thing genre fans love more than genre films and magazines that report on genre films, it’s genre-focused conventions (“cons” for short, i.e. “Comic Con”) – gatherings of fans and industry professionals (and press!). While I’d feel pretty out of place at a Star Wars or Dungeons and Dragons convention, I will feel right at home this weekend at Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, coming to the New York area this weekend (June 29 through July 1) by way of Secaucus, NJ. Secaucus is a five to ten minute train ride from Penn Station, and a familiar location to anyone who commutes via rail from NJ to NYC during the week.
According to the United Nations the Haitian slum of Cité Soleil is the most dangerous area on the earth. In fact, the Cité is so dangerous it’s rare to see a person over age of 40.