Peter Martin
Managing Editor; Dallas, Texas

Peter began contributing to Twitch in 2005 and has never stopped, save for occasional periods when he has been "away." He is also a contributing writer for Movies.com and other fine print and online publications. He is a member of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society.

Bloody Clips From Kitamura's NO ONE LIVES Threaten Brutal Deaths To All
Kitamura Ryuhei's No One Lives is one of my picks for most intriguing indies getting released this month, and three newly-released clips -- plus the new poster -- amplify my interest. As a reminder, the official synopsis is diabolical simplicity... More »
  

Spielberg Selects Sniper Movie With Bradley Cooper
After postponing production on Robopocalypse indefinitely, Steven Spielberg has found his next project. And it's a timely one. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Spielberg will direct American Sniper, based on the autobiography of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who became... More »
  

5 Most Intriguing Indies In May: NO ONE LIVES, SIGHTSEERS, KINGS OF SUMMER, And More
Hollywood's summer blockbuster season "officially" begins this week -- and I'm already feeling burned out. As a curative aid, I've picked a handful of the most intriguing indies that will be receiving theatrical releases in the U.S. this month, films... More »
  

Opening: KON TIKI Drifts Deep Into Dangerous Waters
"If you take anything away from Kon-Tiki, it's how amazingly brave the pioneers of exploration were." That's how Bill Graham began his review of Kon-Tiki, which we published recently during the Dallas International Film Festival. The film, directed by Joachim... More »
  

Review: MUD Soars Far Beyond Its Roots
Jeff Nichols is fully in tune with nature and how people relate to it, reminiscent of certain Australian filmmakers in the 1970s. The feature films he has made so far are pure pieces of modern Americana, though, reflecting a sensibility... More »
  

Review: HEMLOCK GROVE S1E01-13 (Or, Blood, Intestines, and Vomit Instead of Story, Characters, and Horror)
Netflix took a big step forward with House of Cards and now takes two steps backward with Hemlock Grove. Rather than binge viewing, Hemlock Grove inspires binge drinking. As with House of Cards, all 13 episodes of Hemlock Grove debuted... More »
  

Opening: Rob Zombie's THE LORDS OF SALEM Divides Audiences
Rob Zombie's latest horror opus has certainly divided our critics. First out of the gate came Festival Editor Ryland Aldrich's review from Toronto: It appears that Rob Zombie may have been studying up on his David Lynch lately as the... More »
  

Cannes 2013 Lineup Includes Latest Miike, Winding Refn, Coens, Payne
The entire Cannes competition lineup has been announced, and yes, it includes many reasons to get excited, whether you're a casual film fan or hardcore cinephile. Among other titles, the list includes anticipated films Only God Forgives (which was described at... More »
  

ONLY GOD FORGIVES Poster Goes Neon And Mysterious
As we've been tracking Only God Forgives, Nicolas Winding Refn's upcoming thriller starring Ryan Gosling, we've noted an excess of brutality, blood, and Bangkok, where the film is set. A new poster, however, shifts things in another direction, reminding me... More »
  

LONE RANGER Trailer Kindly Lays Out The Entire Movie In Advance
In the recent tradition of Hollywood studios telling potential moviegoers everything they need to know about a potential blockbuster in advance, Disney presents the newest trailer for The Lone Ranger. Previous teasers and trailers have only hinted at the first... More »
  

Pirates, Thieves, and Monsters: BLACK SAILS Teaser From Producer Michael Bay
As a producer, Michael Bay has favored horror projects, so the teaser for pirate adventure Black Sails might be described as expanding his boundaries -- just a touch. The TV series, given an eight-episode order by U.S. premium cable channel... More »
  

Hollywood Beat: Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski Talk OBLIVION Via Satellite And In IMAX
"I was scared shitless," Tom Cruise said. "Is it OK if I curse? This isn't television, right?" he confirmed. Beaming, he repeated himself. "I was scared shitless!" Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski participated in a question-and-answer session after a screening... More »
  

Watch New ROMEO AND JULIET Unfold In Classic Style
It's not revisionist and it's not flashy -- in other words, it's not Baz Luhrmann's modernistic vision. But it does feature 16-year-old Hailee Steinfeld and a script by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellows. The new version of Romeo and Juliet... More »
  

UPDATED: Korean NEW WORLD To Be Remade in U.S.
Update 2 (4/13, 1:46 a.m.): That was quick! Confirming the story originally reported by Deadline, Sony has indeed picked up remake rights, with Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment set as the production company. One additional tidbit: the project will not be... More »
  

THE SHINING Prequel OVERLOOK HOTEL Moving Forward With WALKING DEAD Writer
As explored in Rodney Ascher's fascinating documentary Room 237, everybody has a theory on what Stanley Kubrick's film version of The Shining means. Stephen King, who wrote the original novel (first published in 1977) and is not a fan of... More »
  

James McAvoy Wallows In FILTH (Trailer)
Cussing and vomiting and sniffing cocaine and making love like it's going out of style, James McAvoy looks like he's completely out of control. And ... he's a cop! The official synopsis for Filth, based on a novel by Irvine... More »
  

70s Rewind: DEADHEAD MILES, A Trucker Comedy Written By Terrence Malick
Lately, Terrence Malick has been dividing audiences with To the Wonder, another visual exercise on which he is said to have tossed the script, or most of it. (Our own Kurt Halfyward weighed in on the film when it screened... More »
  

HK Filmart 2013: BLIND DETECTIVE Press Conference
Ah, the excitement of a press conference! Actually, though it may sound dry and boring -- and I'm sure the repetition would dilute the impact quickly -- the first press conference I attended in Hong Kong a couple of weeks... More »
  

Hollywood Beat: The Grouch-ification of Harrison Ford
When did Harrison Ford get so grouchy? The trailer for 42, Brian Helgeland's bio-pic that opens on Friday, April 12, reveals Ford as the growling, threatening Branch Rickey, the real-life Brooklyn Dodgers baseball executive who picked Jackie Robinson as the... More »
  

Will THE CANYONS Sell Internationally?
It may or may not be a complete disaster as a movie, but low-budget indie The Canyons has definitely gotten more than its fair share of publicity. For that, credit can be given to the cast, led by porn star... More »
  
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Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »
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