Swarez
Reykjavik, Iceland

As a burned out pop star Swarez turned his back on the soul sucking existens that was the music biz, and his label had just dropped him, to focus on more important things; blogging about movies. In the beginning he pestered Mr. Brown with tidbits from the Icelandic movie scene until he was asked to join the team as a contributing writer and to be the most handsome one on the team. He was only recently upstaged in the latter category when Ryland Aldrich came bursting in with his dreamy looks. Swarez vows revenge on Aldrich ever since. AAAAALLDRICHHH!

Frosty Footage Found In Iceland. FROST Starts Filming.
Icelandic director Reynir Lyngdal has started filming his second film, a found footage sci-fi horror movie called FROST, which is a first for Iceland. What little is known about the storyline is that a scientist travels up to a glacier... More »
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BLACK'S GAME Teaser
Based on a controversial book about Iceland's seedy underbelly, which is largely based on real events and people, the film Black's Game (Svartur á Leik) revolves around how a young man is pulled in to the world of organized crime.... More »
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TIM AND ERIC's BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE Teaser
Adult Swim legends Tim and Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim respectively) have been creating some of the most cutting edge and just plain bizarre TV comedy for a few years now, utilizing old school techniques and analog productions. Their show, Tim... More »
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CHRONICLE. Found Footage Superheros.
I did not know that this film was in production until I saw this trailer on MTV.com and I have to say that I'm intrigued.Chronicle mixes together the found footage format with a super hero plot and already websites are calling... More »
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LEGENDS OF VALHALLA: THOR trailer
It's been seven years in the making but Icelandic animation studio CAOZ has finally released their first full length CGI animated feature Legends of Valhalla: Thor, which also Iceland's first animation feature and I think, the most expensive film ever... More »
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James Mangold to direct CITY STATE remake?
It was premiered only last week but already Olaf De Fleur Johannesson's ultra low budget crime thriller City State has been picked up for its remake rights and it seems that none other than James Mangold has been attached to... More »
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Baltasar Kormakur jumping head first in to Hollywood with a comic book adaption.
It's safe to say that Baltasar Kormakur is Iceland's most successful director. After his block buster thriller Jar City set record numbers at the box office here at home he has been working on a bunch of projects over there... More »
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FANTASTIC FEST 2011: KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR Review
Being a fan of Japanese kaiju cinema and diving a little bit in to Japanese monster TV shows I knew a little about Karate Robo Zaborgar before sitting down and watch Noboru Iguchi's take on the legendary transforming motorbike... More »
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FANTASTIC FEST 2011: THE SQUAD Review
I've got a thing for military genre films for some reason. Ever since I saw Michael J. Bassett's Deathwatch I've been getting a semi regular fix of various quality in the form of The Bunker, Outpost, R-Point and The... More »
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FANTASTIC FEST 2011: KNUCKLE Review
Being the only documentary playing this year at Fantastic Fest it was sure to be about something outside the mainstream. And it is. Knuckle is a fly on the wall story about feuding clans of traveler families in rural... More »
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FANTASTIC FEST 2011: COMING AT YA! 3D Review
Back in the 80's when 3D was taking its dying breath yet again, as it is starting to do now, a couple of guys based in Italy, American actor Tony Anthony and director Ferdinando Baldi, decided to utilize the... More »
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FANTASTIC FEST 2011: MELANCHOLIA Review
After the harrowingly dark and depressing experience I had with Lars Von Trier's Antichrist a couple of years I go I was sort of dreading his latest film Melancholia. Even though the film dealt with the fantastical idea that... More »
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FANTASTIC FEST 2011: EXTRATERRESTRIAL Review
Nacho Vigalondo burst on to the feature film scene with his debut Timecrimes, a dark and complicated take on time travel. Fans were eager to find out what he would be up to next so when he started working... More »
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LFFF 2011: SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE review.
Ever had one of those festival moments when you walk blindly in to the theater, not really knowing what you are going to see but then walk out pleasantly surprised by the film you ended up seeing. I had... More »
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WTF of the day. Unarmed and Dangerous aka Kung Fu Flid
First off, I don't know what the hell a "Flid" is but I'm guessing it has something to do with this film's main actor's physical condition. You see this is an action film starring a man living with the condition... More »
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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES REVIEW
Monkeys, or apes more correctly have been the butt of our jokes for decades. Those cuddly little bastards have put on roller-skates, smoked cigars and dressed up in corporate suits for our entertainment. Countless movies have been made about the quirky... More »
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BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL! A HE-MAN DOCUMENTARY.
Muscles! It's all about the Muscles. Let's face it. The 80's were covered in muscles be it block buster movies from Stallone, Ahnold and Lundgren and tons of other impostors, the music industry were littered with well oiled musicians from cheesy... More »
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Lucas Tries Something A Bit Different: RED TAILS Trailer Online.
Aside from Star Wars and Indiana Jones George Lucas's track record as a producer has been less than stellar, which is why he probably does so little of it. His last film outside his cash cow franchises was the 1994... More »
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FILM ON PAPER: GRAHAM HUMPHREYS INTERVIEW
I'm pretty sure most of you out there have no idea who Graham Humphreys is, especially if you live outside the UK or Europe around the 80's and 90's VHS boom. You have however seen his work as he was... More »
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Oh, For Fuck Sakes. THE HOWLING REBORN TRAILER.
Joe Dante is rolling in his grave and the motherfucker ain't dead yet.At one point in the trailer for THE HOWLING REBORN one of the characters says "These aren't your make up wearing, pansy ass vampires" clearly an intentional jab... More »
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