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TRIBECA: Welcome To ‘The Machine’ − Photos From Sci-Fi Thriller Depict Sexy Svedka-Style Cyborg

One of the more intriguing science-fiction films screening at the Tribeca Film Festival is The Machine .  Directed by Caradog James , whose last film was the 2006 racism dramedy Little White Lies , The Machine is ostensibly about a scientist obsessed with building a cybernetic super soldier. That’s a familiar storyline, but based on the clues found in the synopsis and a batch of production stills that have been released, film   looks like it may have as much to do with gender politics as it does with super soldiers. Here’s part of the synopsis from the Tribeca Film Festival Handbook: Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defence seeks a game-changing weapon and enlists brilliant programmer Vincent McCarthy to research and develop a cybernetic super soldier in a secret governmental lab. When a programming bug causes his prototype to run amok, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes. Soon he has perfected the ideal marriage of human and machine in his ultimate creation, a beautiful and dangerous being that may be the key to ending the endless war, but a sentience stirring inside the machine puts everyone’s plans in jeopardy. Now, pay special attention to the first two photos: There are more than two cyborgs in the movie apparently, and at least two are women.  The actress in the second photo, with the Flock of Seagulls haircut and nasty incision on her head  is Pooneh Hajimohammadi , but the second half of the synopsis reveals that another actress will be playing one of the cyborgs and that, gulp, “technoromance” takes place. It’s like the Svedka vodka ad came to life. With rare vision, jaw-dropping special effects and Caity Lotz’s (The Pact) versatile and nuanced interpretation of a machine that may be the most human character of all, visionary director Caradog James fully realizes his unique future dystopia. The Machine is an entertaining, thought-provoking techno romance and the latest gripping sci-fi adventure to come out of the U.K. Here’s Lotz in the exclusive Yahoo! trailer: Gentlemen Prefer Blond Cyborgs Well, helloooo, ladies! The film premieres at the film festival on Saturday. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter. 

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WATCH: ‘Kiss Of The Damned’ & ‘Hemlock Grove’ Videos Are All About Sex & Horror

Sex and horror have long been cinematic kindred spirits for decades now, whether you’re talking The Phantom of the Opera ,   Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho , the Hammer horror films of the 1970s, the Friday the 13th franchise or Re-Animator . And in today’s crowded media marketplace the dual themes seem to have become even more prevalent — and graphic. The last 24 hours have seen the release of two film clips that mix gore and sex in memorable ways. Check it out: Today, for instance, JoBlo.com posted an exclusive video from Xan Cassavetes va-va vampire flick Kiss of the Damned . The movie, which features Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough ,  hits theaters on May 3, though you can watch now on VOD. (Vampire on Demand). In the trailer below, two couples engage in some heavy making out, and one ends with some rather severe tissue damage. That will make you think twice about giving in to passion. Kiss of the Damned, Indeed! And then there’s the latest trailer to Netflix’s Eli Roth -produced horror series,   Hemlock Grove .  Although it’s not nearly as hard to watch as the bone-cracking, eye-popping werewolf transformation we posted last week, it is seriously weird from the get-go. Don’t miss the red-band warning that alerts viewers to “mild fornication, fellation, heavy cocaine use, lesbian necrophilia and violent hemorrhaging.”  (Really?  That’s meant to be a deterrent?) As one character says midway through the trailer, “What the fuck is going on?”  You will probably agree with him, since right after that scene, there’s a sequence where a woman kisses the very pale, open-eyed corpse of a women, and then a quick cut to a shot of what appears to be the same woman screaming over the fact that the dead woman’s severed torso is crawling with maggots. What the fuck is going on, indeed!  Is some sort of lesbian necrophilia hygiene issue being played out here?  You know, I love kissing dead girls, but dead girls crawling with maggots have….cooties!  If that’s the case, the lesson is similar to the one that the unlucky male victim in the Kiss of the Damned trailer learned too late. If you’re going to be overcome with lust, then do some research beforehand. Kissed A (Dead) Girl: That’s a tough act to follow. [ JoBlo ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter. 

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WATCH: ‘Kiss Of The Damned’ & ‘Hemlock Grove’ Videos Are All About Sex & Horror

WATCH: ‘Kiss Of The Damned’ & ‘Hemlock Grove’ Videos Are All About Sex & Horror

Sex and horror have long been cinematic kindred spirits for decades now, whether you’re talking The Phantom of the Opera ,   Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho , the Hammer horror films of the 1970s, the Friday the 13th franchise or Re-Animator . And in today’s crowded media marketplace the dual themes seem to have become even more prevalent — and graphic. The last 24 hours have seen the release of two film clips that mix gore and sex in memorable ways. Check it out: Today, for instance, JoBlo.com posted an exclusive video from Xan Cassavetes va-va vampire flick Kiss of the Damned . The movie, which features Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough ,  hits theaters on May 3, though you can watch now on VOD. (Vampire on Demand). In the trailer below, two couples engage in some heavy making out, and one ends with some rather severe tissue damage. That will make you think twice about giving in to passion. Kiss of the Damned, Indeed! And then there’s the latest trailer to Netflix’s Eli Roth -produced horror series,   Hemlock Grove .  Although it’s not nearly as hard to watch as the bone-cracking, eye-popping werewolf transformation we posted last week, it is seriously weird from the get-go. Don’t miss the red-band warning that alerts viewers to “mild fornication, fellation, heavy cocaine use, lesbian necrophilia and violent hemorrhaging.”  (Really?  That’s meant to be a deterrent?) As one character says midway through the trailer, “What the fuck is going on?”  You will probably agree with him, since right after that scene, there’s a sequence where a woman kisses the very pale, open-eyed corpse of a women, and then a quick cut to a shot of what appears to be the same woman screaming over the fact that the dead woman’s severed torso is crawling with maggots. What the fuck is going on, indeed!  Is some sort of lesbian necrophilia hygiene issue being played out here?  You know, I love kissing dead girls, but dead girls crawling with maggots have….cooties!  If that’s the case, the lesson is similar to the one that the unlucky male victim in the Kiss of the Damned trailer learned too late. If you’re going to be overcome with lust, then do some research beforehand. Kissed A (Dead) Girl: That’s a tough act to follow. [ JoBlo ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter. 

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Anthony Mackie Talks Being First Black Superhero & Why He’ll Never Play A Rapper Again [EXCLUSIVE]

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Anthony Mackie Talks Being First Black Superhero & Why He’ll Never Play A Rapper Again [EXCLUSIVE]

The Place Beyond the Pines Review: An Early Oscar Contender

Derek Cianfrance has made another brilliantly pensive film about the failings of the human drive for progress in The Place Beyond the Pines . Movies that treat small personal conflicts in sweepingly dramatic and devastating ways are often hard to watch, inching dangerously close to mushy melodrama. But the Blue Valentine director has an amazing ability to treat an intimate narrative like an epic poem. The Place Beyond the Pines is actually three films. Three very good films. While they are woven together in a way that is initially jarring, Cianfrance’s structural decisions prove carefully thought-out and, indeed, riveting. Ryan Gosling stars as Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stuntman at a rural fairground who discovers that he has a baby son. In an effort to support his new family, Glanton begins robbing banks. But Glanton’s thrill-seeking personality takes over, and he becomes addicted to the rush he gets from the robberies.   In the second plotline, Bradley Cooper plays Avery Cross, a young cop trying to find a place in the tightly-knit force. When a heroic act thrusts him in the public eye, he discovers that the station is riddled with corruption. Then, to finish the triptych, Dane DeHaan plays a misguided high school kid trying to find the truth about his father. All three of the film’s main actors turn in incredibly nuanced performances. In fact, the entire cast, from Eva Mendes as an emotionally exhausted mother to Ray Liotta as a degenerate cop, is superb. The best performances, however, may have come Ben Mendelsohn and Emory Cohen in supporting roles as a well-meaning auto repairman and a drug-obsessed high school bully, respectively. The Place Beyond the Pines combs through the human condition with elegant deftness. What does it mean to love? To hate? To fear?  Instead of simply showing us a man who loves, hates, fears, Cianfrance subtly dissects those emotions before our eyes. Breathtaking cinematography from Sean Bobbitt places the audience into a world rich in greens and whites, where the characters, the trees, and the walls of the houses blend into one Earth tone, as if to suggest that these are not characters, but explorations into our very nature. The Place Beyond the Pines is easily one of the best films of the year so far, and is an early contender for Oscar nods in more than one category. RATING: 4.5/5

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WATCH: ‘Iron Man 3’ Video − The Mandarin Unleashes Red-Eyed ‘Terminator’-Style Army

There’s a new TV spot for Iron Man 3 out, and it drops a few new tantalizing images and hints.  The clip begins with the Mandarin ( Ben Kingsley ) channeling Richard Nixon with some “My fellow Americans” shtick before proclaiming that “my soldiers will destroy your country.” Among the scenes that accompany the Mandarin’s dire voiceover are shots of  those shirtless men in metal harnesses that have been featured in previous trailers, which suggests they’re the army the Mandarin is referencing. Just a few seconds later, though, we get a glimpse of a couple of evil-looking human dudes with red eyeballs who look like they were borrowed from the Terminator franchise.  My guess is the red eyes have something to do with Extremis. The video also includes more footage of the Iron Army and Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr. )  playing smart-ass. At one point, he wields two machine guns Say-Hello-to-My-Little-Friends style . Tony Stark as Scarface’ s Tony Montana?   I like it.  The full clip is below. Watch it and let me know what you think about the Mandarin’s soldiers. Too Terminator ? More on Iron Man 3 :  WATCH: There’s My Boys! Final ‘Iron Man 3’ Trailer Offers Sneak Look At Tony Stark’s Metal Army ‘Iron Man 3’: Is The Mandarin An Extremist Fringe Republican? Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter.

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INTERVIEW: Robert Redford & Jackie Evancho Discuss ‘The Company You Keep’

Remember Occupy Wall Street?  Remember how popular support for the protest soared and then dwindled as organizers proved to be disorganized and ineffectual?  In his new film, The Company You Keep , Robert Redford examines why so many movements like OWS fail.  “They don’t always succeed, they tend to evaporate,” Redford notes.  “I was curious about why. And what was the cost [for] those people that so believed?” In addition to looking back at generations of history,  The Company You Keep also showcases several generations of acting talent: From Julie Christie to Stanley Tucci to Shia LaBeouf. Redford’s most contemporary casting choice is America’s Got Talent wunderkind Jackie Evancho, who makes her acting debut in the film.  “Acting and singing are actually very similar,” says Evancho.  “Because they’re both telling a story.” Check out my full interview from the NY Premiere below: Follow Grace Randolph on  Twitter . Follow Movieline on  Twitter . 

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WATCH: ‘The Great Gatsby’ Trailer: There Will Be Screaming

A new trailer for   The Great Gatsby has hit the web. Let’s see if it has all the ingredients of a Baz Luhrmman joint:  Hot, youthful actors with well-defined jaws?  Check. Eye-popping colors? Check. Settings suitable for an Architectural Digest cover story, even when they depict abject poverty?  Check. Iconic period-piece story juxtaposed with hot-right-now soundtrack?  Check. Multiple scenes of operatic emotional outbursts? CHECK! Luhrmann may make cool films, but his cinematic world runs hot. So, it’s amusing — but not surprising — to see that there is quite a bit of screaming going on in this new clip, which you can watch in its entirety at the end of the post.  The first example can be found at the 35-second mark when Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jay Gatsby reacts rather emotionally to Joel Edgerton’s needling. (He plays Tom Buchanan.) From there, it’s a glimpse of the hell of war, as seen once more through the gaping mouth of DiCaprio: Next comes a shot of Tobey Maguire all dressed up and looking like he’s auditioning for the part of the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man . A little later, we get Jason Clarke , who was so damn good in Zero Dark Thirty , pulling off a complex running-and-screaming combo. And then it’s back to Maguire for  what looks like a five-vein meltdown…. Put those all together and you get this: 

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Interview with Wonder Women XXX’s Kimberly Kane for Orgy University of the Day

I had the chance to interview, Kimberly Kane, who is getting a lot of hype for being in Wonder Woman XXX , but who I was talking to about Orgy University, a movie that she directed, that is loosely based on Carrie and that you can see an EXCLUSIVE HARDCORE CLIP OF HERE . Here’s the interview with Kimberly Kane, who really doesn’t seem to like me very much. How did you get into the industry I got into the industry through a friend. She was going to a set to pick up a check. I went with her and felt really comfortable and right at home. The director asked me if I’d ever do a scene and I said yes. I got tested and did my first scene. We’re you at all concerned about what friends and family would think of your choice Not really, my mother was a dancer and she also produced a few softcore/arthouse movies so I grew up around very sex positive people so it wasn’t a surprise that I chose the profession that I did. What was your favorite part of being in front of the Camera? I’m still in front of the camera and my favorite part is the chemistry you have with your fellow performer and doing a really great scene. What inspired you to get behind the scenes? I have a big imagination and I had the opportunity to direct and I took it. It’s another great part of the job. I watched a teaser of your latest , I was into it, how would you describe your style? My style is ALT which mean to me, an alternative to the normal porn you see all the time. I make porn that has a dark vibe and is very stylish without loosing the most important part, sexual intensity. Who would you say your influences from mainstream movies are? I don’t watch a ton of movies, I get a lot of influence from photography. I like Nan Goldin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Larry Clark & Richard Kern to name a few. Based on your experience, what is the flaw in porn movies today ? We just don’t have the time to make a movie that has really developed stories. Most of our movies are shot in 1-3 days so some things get left out or you don’t get everything you want to make the movie fuller. But usually as long as the sex is good the critics can be forgiving. What do you think the public wants out of a movie ? Really chemistry, intensity, quality & production value. How are you going to change the game? I already am. Your Wikipedia page says you are into role playing games and my readers are socially awkward Virgins, can you confirm this is truth and not just a strategy to prey on losers by telling them you are into the only thing they have going for them ? You opinion about your readers and people who play games is rude and misguided. I play dnd with my friends. We played for along time, then we got an opportunity to make it into an online show called “I Hit It With My Axe” and people loved it. We stopped shooting the show a few years ago but continued to play and still do. I like getting together with friends and playing a game. Maybe you should try it sometime. You’re lovely, lets get married under the sunset on our first date. Pass Wow. that hurts me at my core. Good thing I have no soul. Otherwise this rejection would lead to suicide. Even if she rejected me, I win, cuz I get to watch her fuck, if I really want to Follow this link to see the exclusive clip

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New ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Photo: Cold Chillin’ With Mr. Spock?

A handful of new Star Trek Into Darkness photos have hit the web, and they’re nothing to write home about, but the image of space-suited Spock  ( Zachary Quinto ) did catch my attention.  Judging from the steam rising up off the Vulcan’s protective gear, I’m guessing that this image could serve as an “After” shot to the “Before” image below of Spock hanging out in what’s been reported as a volcano. (Or is that vulcan-o? Ba-dum-bump!)  The best part?  Spock’s expression remains virtually the same no matter what temperature he’s at. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter . Follow Movieline on  Twitter .

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