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The Bangkok Film Festival ahs just pulled out Japanese director Junji Sakamoto’s Thailand set child prostitution drama “Children of the Dark” out of its lineup. The film has been deemed inappropriate for Thai society. The film denied a permit to shoot in Thailand last year, according to the Thailand Film Office.

In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, Hunter, and Adam discuss the pernicious consequences of remakes, despair over the fate of their favorite actors from The Wire, and dissect as many plotholes from Death Race as they possibly can.

Photo: Sony Pictures Classics In preparing for the upcoming Oscar season I had to add a couple of new movies today. The first was Happy-Go-Lucky from Mike Leigh (Vera Drake) and the other is an Israeli animated film called Waltz with Bashir and visually it looks a lot like A Scanner Darkly, but

On Persepolis, wearing pink shoes with your burka, loving hard rock, and the many shades of gray: Yesterday Barry Gewen over at Paper Cuts recommended that the millions of people who hadn’t seen Persepolis yet should watch it now that it’s out on DVD.

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Here's some quick reviews of the films and one TV series on DVD that I've seen recently. This was the darkest Harry Potter film yet, as it should be since the book it is based on is very dark. It's also one of the best yet. These films keep getting better and better in my opinion and it's because the kids are getting older and they are growing into their roles.

“Trust the people.  They’ll do all they can to keep their freedom now.” 2007.  Rated PG-13.  France.  Out on DVD.  Written and Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vicent Paronnaud.  Based on the graphic novels by Satrapi.  With the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes & Francois Jerosme.

As "alternative" animated movies like Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly and French import Renaissance have proven, it is indeed possible for the customarily child-oriented medium to maturely deal with themes directed towards older audiences.

Hi everyone, this is a reminder about DVD Tuesday. Lots of movies coming out; some worth seeing (In Bruges, Definitely, Maybe, Persepolis), some no one cares about (Spiderwick Chronicles) and others worth burning (10,000BC). Whatever you decide to rent (or buy), ENJOY! 10,000 B.C.

DVD LINKS: RELEASE DATES | NEW DVDS | REVIEWS | RSS FEED Here is your MUST BUY for this week, or this year for that matter. In Bruges is my favorite film of 2008 so far and it may end up close to the top if not #1 by the time January 2009 rolls around.