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6 articles from 2008

2 July 2008 10:43 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Alison Willmore

For the many ill-wishers out there, the most disappointing thing about M. Night Shyamalan's environmental thriller "The Happening" wasn't that it was a failure, but that it wasn't a spectacular failure. Critics went in with their long knives out, only to leave shrugging that they've seen worse. Having made $59 million in theaters, it's not even the box office bomb some expected after "Lady in the Water." All in all, "The Happening" is actually pretty successful, considering it's a serious horror film about trees... that kill! In honor of that dubious designation, here's a look at the spotty history of films about murderous botanic life that have preceded it.

Killer tomatoes

Film: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)

Directed by John De Bello

M.O.: Produce that, for no apparent reason, become massive and murderous.

De Bello's broad comedy mocked B-movie conventions while bearing its reported $90,000 budget like a badge of honor.

Alison Willmore

30 June 2008 5:03 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Paramount Home Entertainment sent us the official DVD artwork and release details for the upcoming Unrated DVD release “The Ruins”, by director Carter Smith and starring Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone (The Messenger), Laura Ramsey (Shrink) and Shawn Ashmore (X2). Hollywood, Calif. - Something deadly comes to life on July 8, 2008 when the terrifying thriller The Ruins debuts as an unrated DVD and Blu-ray disc from Paramount Home Entertainment. Based on the gripping best-selling novel by Scott Smith, The Ruins [...]

Brian Corder

30 June 2008 11:19 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Play the official “The Ruins” flash video game based on the upcoming DVD release of “The Ruins” by director Carter Smith and starring Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone (The Messenger), Laura Ramsey (Shrink) and Shawn Ashmore (X2). Synopsis: Bright sun, warm waters and sandy beaches beckon countless Americans every year, particularly young adults seeking inexpensive fun. Enter Amy and Stacy, two best friends who bring along their very different boyfriends–focused med student Jeff and free-spirited partier Eric. As the group’s vacation nears [...]

Brian Corder

2 June 2008 11:01 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced both the rated and unrated editions of The Ruins, which stars Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, and Laura Ramsey. Each will carry an anamorphic widescreen transfer, and English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. DVD Active reports that no extra material will be included on the rated edition. The unrated DVD will include a commentary by Director Carter Smith and Editor Jeff Betancourt, 3 featurettes (Making The Ruins, Creeping Death, Building The Ruins), 5 additional scenes (Rain, Celebration, Going Over The Escape Plan, Alternate Ending, Original Theatrical Ending), and trailers. An unrated Blu-ray edition will also be available with identical features.

31 March 2008 8:17 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week is something of a nostalgia trip with a period comedy, Freddie Prinze Jr. and a concert documentary about a group of men who, by all the laws of man and nature, should not still be alive and walking around.

"The Flight of the Red Balloon"

After being nominated for the Palme d'Or an incredible five times at Cannes, it's no wonder that director Hou Hsiao-hsien has become a Francophile. In his first film outside of Asia, the "Three Times" auteur directs the country's first lady of cinema, Juliette Binoche, in a story about an overburdened mother who receives a much-needed lift from her son's Chinese nanny (Song Fang) as they turn the City of Lights into a magical playground for the 7-year-old Simon . a tribute to Albert Lamorisse's 1956 short. In French with subtitles.

Opens in limited release.

"Jack and Jill vs. the World

Neil Pedley

20 February 2008 9:02 PM, PST | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Today Paramount Pictures release two posters for Carter Smith's adaptation of The Ruins, which stars Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Caitlin Stasey and Joe Anderson. Arriving in theaters April 4, the film follows four American friends on vacation in Cancún, MexicoJeff, Amy, Eric and Stacywho meet a German tourist, Mathias, and persuades them to join his hunt for his younger brother, Henrich, last seen headed off with a new girlfriend toward some ruins. The four soon regret their impulsive decision after they find themselves lost in the jungle and freaked out by signs that theyre headed for danger.

6 articles from 2008