Choque directed by Nacho Vigalondo
The Pitch: “The follies of youth are lost on the old.” Written, directed and starring Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) as a man driven over the edge at an arcade. I saw this film as part of a short film retrospective at Fantastic Fest 2008.

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Magnolia/Magnet has released another trailer for Nacho Vigalondo’s time travel thriller Timecrimes (you can check out the previous trailer here). I have yet to see the film but I’ve heard nothing but great things about it. United Artists is already hard at work developing a English-language remake with Children of Men scribe Timothy J. Sexton penning the script. And last we heard, David Cronenberg was interested in helming the remake. The new trailer begins with a very comical vibe to it, possibly due to the soundtrack. I’ve heard that the film is more sci-fi/horror than anything else. I’ll be seeing the film either way as I’m a sucker for time [...]

I was sitting in a theater at the Alamo Drafthouse watching Nacho Vigalondo’s short films when I got a text message from a friend alerting me that the domestic movie trailer for Vigalondo’s Timecrimes was now online. I have yet to see Timecrimes, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. United Artists is already hard at work developing a English-language remake with Children of Men scribe Timothy J. Sexton penning the script. And last we heard, David Cronenberg was interested in helming the remake. Magnolia’s genre label Magnet is finally releasing the film in December. Check out the official US trailer below. Tell me what you think [...]

“…and it’s really that easy.”
Chances are you haven’t yet seen the Spanish science fiction film Time Crimes (aka Timecrimes, Los Cronocrimenes), but if you’ve read about it, you had to flip on your monitor’s praise-wipers afterwards. Tom Cruise’s United Artists has purchased the rights to remake the film, marking the first deal the studio’s made since cutting a deal with the Writers’ Guild. Writer-Producer Steve Zallian (American Gangster) will produce the film. Time Crimes is currently at the Sundance Film Festival, where it’s picking up a far amount of the praise stuff thus far.
The film, from writer-director Nacho Vigalondo, centers on an aloof man who views a naked [...]