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Now that I’ve gotten off my lazy butt I can tell you what is going on in the world of bad movie websites for April!

Badmovies.org gives us the Rocky Horror pseudo-sequel Shock Treatment, as well as Hundra and The Flesh Eaters

Foywonder has his April Foyeurism, THE HILLS HAVE OSMONDS, as well as regular reviews on his blog.

Yourvideostoreshelf has turned into podcast central with many new interviews with DTV/B-movie directors and writers, such as Dustin Rikert (Alien Invasion Arizona), Tibor Takács (Mansquito, The Gate), and Christine Conradt (The Rival)

FantasyFilmscapes.com has the April issue of their webzine

Weird Asia had a slow month with the only update being on the Return of the Ninjas page for Shogun’s Ninja.

Bad Cinema Diary had it’s April update as well, with 8 new movies.

Cold Fusion Video is on a Lovecraft movie binge for April

Hopefully I won’t delay so long on getting the May update put on here.

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As requested on the message board, as well as pretty much asking for it from the film’s makers. Thrill as the film “re-imagines” (steals) Star Wars with dragons.

Read Eragon

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Added two movie clips to Godzilla vs. Gigan. Also added some posters to that review of Godzilla vs. Megalon.

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Been reading the books again to get prepared for the new movie. The poster looks great, and the new trailer shows they kept a good portion of the events in the book. Enjoy the poster, and prepare for Potter magic soon at the box office!

It is neat how the movies have been getting better as the series progresses. The actors still fit their roles, the movies are tighter and just look better (ever since 3 re-ignited the series) Longbottom will be kicking some butt!

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Latest movie reivew is up - Cozzilla, the Italian TV cut of Godzilla done by Luigi Cozzi which is, uh, very interesting, to say the least.

As usual, click the link to read it.
March of Godzilla 2 is over, next week won’t have a radioactive fire breathing lizard, but may have a fire breathing lizard if we get it done it time!

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Hong Kong films seem like they want to get back to not being so terrible, and have done a good job recently. Now they got a Science Fiction trilogy in the works.

Science Fiction Trilogy Planned for Hong Kong
April 2007
Hong Kong cinema, often defined by its gangster and action pictures, will have a rare treat of a new big-budget science fiction trilogy. New writer-director Daniel Chan is currently prepping for “Exodus”, the US$12.8 mn opening installment of the trilogy which is scheduled to start shooting in the territory towards year-end.

The CGI-laden “Exodus” is set in a post-apocalyptic Hong Kong when the prosperous Island City treats the working class natives of Kowloon as slaves. The legend has it that a Kowloon native will lead an army that will defeat the Islanders and set the slaves free.

“This is Ten Commandments meets Blade Runner shot like 300,” says Chan. The 25-year-old Hong Kong-born filmmaker was raised in Australia where he made his first feature film Half Lit.

The special effects will be created by Dajoint’s Thomas Chou whose credits include “The Eye 10″ and “Perhaps Love”. The dialogue will be mainly in English with some Cantonese.

The new picture will be mostly funded by new Singapore-US film financing company Upside Down Entertainment, a joint venture between Singapore’s production house Upside Down Concepts and Mark Byers’ Quixotic Media Group of the US which aims to bring western film financing strategies to Asia.

Before “Exodus”, Daniel Chan will direct “Jiang Hu Yi” this summer, a US$3.5 mn gangster epic backed by Mei Ah Entertainment and produced by veteran actor Eric Tsang. He is also attached as associate producer to Stanley Kwan¡¦s upcoming project “The Green Mansion”.

“This is Ten Commandments meets Blade Runner shot like 300″ does not instill me with much confidence that it will be plot driven, but if it delivers good action maybe that can be overlooked. The English language means they are going to be trying to get it distributed worldwide (like Naked Weapon was)

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Twitch with word of a sequel to Shaolin Soccer. Don’t get excited, it will be all Japanese with Steve Chow only producing. Why even bother? There is a Shoalin Soccer TV series in China that gets played on KTSF in San Francisco at times, but it is not as good as the movie, either.

Here’s what we know: it’s the announcement of Shaolin Shoujo, a sequel to Stephen Chow’s action-comedy Shaolin Soccer. It’s a purely Japanese film - with Chow on board as producer - starring Kou Shibasaki and directed by Odoro Daisousasen’s Katsuyuki Motohiro with the sports setting moved away from soccer and into the world of lacrosse.

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HA. HA. HA. He is so offensive. Or stuff.

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We have just completed two episodes of Ultra Q for your reading pleasure. These are the first two, done due to the fact they have familiar monsters running around in them. Though officially something different, their suits’ point of origins are clear. Each episode gets a movie clip so you can see the monsters in action! A freaky-modification of a Godzilla suit, and a small modification of a King Kong suit!

Ultra Q - Episodes 1 and 2 (”Defeat Gomess!” and “Goro and Goro”)

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The new Star Wars: Episode 2 Rifftrax is now up, will be getting it shortly

Next week is:

The original Willy Wonka film! Plus, guest riffer Doogie Howser! MD! Neal Patrick Harris! I’m there, dude!

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