All posts from October 30, 2008

Splinter hits theatres Friday!

In addition to the many special event screenings which are listed at the official Splinter web site, here’s a list of theatres for Splinter’s opening weekend. Please help get this info out into the hands of your friends in these cities, let’s get the word to the people for that all important opening weekend!

This link will show you where and when, and if possible allow you to buy tickets on-line. Like early voting… this is an important step in getting people out to the movies. 
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/splinter/34600/showtimes?mileValue=Unlimited

Los Angeles: Mann Chinese 6
6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028 (310) 208-7856
11:50am | 2:20pm | 4:50pm | 7:20pm | 9:50pm

New York City: City Cinemas Village East
181 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003  (212) 529-6893
11:40am | 1:40pm | 3:40pm | 5:40pm | 7:40pm | 9:40pm

Austin: Landmark Dobie
2025 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78705 (512) 472-3456
4:30pm | 7:30pm | 9:30pm
Please pass it on.

Awesome interview with Splinter star Jill Wagner on G4.  She seriously rocks! And you can read more about what’s going on inside the interviewer’s mind HERE.

Short Film "Kidney Thieves" Featured by NY Mag

NYMagazine

The awesome folks over at New York Magazine are hosting my 2006 short film “Kidney Thieves” in support of the release of Splinter. This of course is in addition to publishing film critic David Edelstein’s rave review from a few days ago. 

Please check out the short, it’s something writer Ben Acker and I are very proud of. The film stars Ethan Embry (Empire Records, Eagle Eye), Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds), and Paul F. Tompkins (Best Week Ever). 

“…down-and-dirty, gory survival tale, lovingly steeped in creature-hostage nightmares (think George Romero’s zombie films and John Carpenter’s The Thing)”

— LA Times

New York Times Review

The New York Times

A. O. Scott of the New York Times had some nice things to say about Splinter.

“Working from an efficient, bare-bones script by Ian Shorr and Kai Barry, the director, Toby Wilkins, honors the conventions of the genre with skill and enough wit to keep the scares sharp.”

“The monsters - are as gruesome as zombies and as creepy as bugs.”

My friend Spooky Dan (host of Bloody Disgusting TV) and I sat down for a short chat to talk a bit about Splinter. You can see snippets from that interview in the above episode of BDTV.  Enjoy.