Fantastic Fest 2010 - horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action movie festival

Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. In years past we have presented the world premieres of THERE WILL BE BLOOD, APOCALYPTO, CITY OF EMBER, ZOMBIELAND, and GENTLEMEN BRONCOS, while our guest roster has included such talent as Mel Gibson, Bill Murray, Dolph Lundgren, Jemaine Clement, Paul Rudd, Bill Pullman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jon Favreau, George Romero, Darren Aronofsky and Mike Judge. We also feature world, national and regional premieres of new, up-and-coming genre films.

Fantastic Fest is held each year at the Paramount Theater and the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar in Austin, Texas. The Alamo Drafthouse was named the best cinema in America by Entertainment Weekly and features food and drink served to your seat without any disruption of the movie experience.



http://www.fantasticfest.com/

Metal Life Interview with Richard Taylor (WETA), Ray Griggs (director, Wind in the Willows)

Metal Life Magazine interview with Richard Taylor (WETA) and Ray Griggs (director of "The Wind In The Willows") at San Diego Comic Con 2010.

Read the Interview Here

Clash of the Titans - opening April 2

CGI rich retelling of the stop-motion animation/live action classic, this is the story of Perseus, son of Zeus and his adventures to win the hand of Princess Andromeda. Zeus sets out a series of "impossible" tasks that Perseus must complete. These tasks include capturing the Pegasus, slaying Medusa and stopping Hades and the minions of the Underworld from overtaking the earth.

The original was release in 1981 and featured the work of stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen.

Greek mythology has been a popular theme in a lot of metal songs and I am sure that this movie will inspire a new generation of songs. Some examples of metal songs inspired by the Greek myths are:

• "The Eyes Of Medusa" by Symphony X
  
• "Medusa and Hemlock" by Cradle of Filth
  
• "And Then There Was Silence" by Blind Guardian
  
• "Iphigenia In Hades" by Virgin Steele
  
• "Typhon" by Therion
  
• most songs by Kronos
  
• most songs by Hydra (black metal band from Sweden)
  
• several songs by Lair of the Minotaur
  
• and many many more
  

http://www.clash-of-the-titans.com/