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Horror Plus Crime: Se7en

28 October 2009 4:22 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Welcome to the fourth installment in Screen Rant’s Halloween lead-up series called “Horror Plus” – a feature which showcases one film, dipped into the stapled-flavor of another genre to create something unique, something all its own.

Be sure to go back and review our first, second, and third installments in the series: Horror Plus Comedy: Shaun of the Dead, Horror Plus Sci-Fi: Alien, and Horror Plus Thriller: 28 Days Later. Also look for more that we hope to put up for you to read as we soon arrive at the end of October, 2009!

While we might consider “Crime” to actually be a piece of the horror genre as a matter of course, it’s important to remember many films feature something altogether different when it comes to “crime.” In this case we’re referring to the more procedural aspects of “Crime” and the movie we’ll be focusing on, that dips »

- Mike Wilkerson

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Ask the Flying Monkey! (October 12, 2009)

11 October 2009 8:19 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Have a question about gay male entertainment? Send it to aftereltonflyingmonkey@yahoo.com! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)

Q: Can you please help us get more details on Luke Macfarlane's involvement in a Canadian movie Iron Road? He plays a straight guy who falls in love with a woman who was disguised as a boy and has a total nude scene which is gorgeous and sexy. -- Bclee

A: Who is this, the publicist for Iron Road? You’re a smart one. By getting me to publish your email on AfterElton.com, you should sell at least a few thousand extra copies of the movie.

Charlotte Sullivan and Luke Macfarlane in Iron Road

Iron Road, a $10 million Canada/Chinese production, tells the sad story of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and of the many Chinese workers who were tricked into slavery and lost »

- Brent Hartinger

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Hugh Jackman In Talks For Real Steel

1 October 2009 3:49 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing film, Real Steel.

Real Steel is based on a short story by Richard Matheson, and was originally adapted for the big screen by scriptwriter Dan Gilroy (The Fall), but has since been rewritten by Leslie Bohem (Taken, Dante's Peak) and John Gatins (Summer Catch, Dreamer).

The story centres on a father and his estranged 13-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing as, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed and replaced with sports combat between human-trained 2000-pound heavy steel robots.

According to Variety, Jackman is in talks to play the father's role, an ex-fighter turned promoter whose "access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win."

It's an interesting and original concept, so here's hoping that it is dealt with properly. »

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Hugh Jackman in Talks For Real Steel

30 September 2009 4:28 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. The film tells the story of a father and his estranged 13-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing. You see, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed, replaced with sports combat between human-trained 2000-pound heavy steel robots. According to Variety, Jackman would play the father, an ex-fighter turned promoter whose "access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win."  The concept is something we've never seen before on the big screen, and in the right hands, could be a good Summer tentpole film. Real Steel is based on a short story by Richard Matheson, which was made into a Twilight Zone episode featuring Lee Marvin. The screenplay adaptation was originally scripted by Dan Gilroy (The Fall »

- Peter Sciretta

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Five 'Fall' Titles To Celebrate The Autumnal Equinox

22 September 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

When a hail of raining "Meatballs" earns box office gold over the likes of the bloody, sexy, Megan Fox-starring "Jennifer's Body," it's clear that summer is truly over. Fall is upon us now, meaning that the days of the big Hollywood blockbuster will have to wait until next May. In the meantime, there's plenty of other film fare to look forward to and plenty to look back upon.

Earlier today, our friends at Hollywood Crush devised a list of movies that take place in autumn, but such an array of films is a bit too subtle for my tastes. Just hearing the word "fall" is enough to get my wheelhouse churning, because there are so many movies that have the word in their title... some of 'em good, some of 'em not so much.

For your viewing pleasure, behold our five most memorable flicks with the word "fall" in its title. »

- Josh Wigler

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Top Ten Underrated Films (Of All Time)

2 September 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Great movies sometimes do not hit it off with the audience upon first viewing. Not even the sublime Citizen Kane found much appreciation on its release in 1941, taking over twenty years and critical re-discovery in order for everybody to agree it was a pretty special movie.

Cult films are different (and this is not a list of cult movies) – those do tend to find an audience (usually people who become hardcore fans) allowing the film to become celebrated in alternative ways – as opposed to garnering a multitude of awards.

This is a list drawn up of films I consider under-rated; overlooked; not thought about; dismissed, and so forth. I am not suggesting they should be regaled as masterpieces anointed and placed in a cinematic pantheon of greatness.

Compiling lists is very tough and as this is limited to a mere ten films, some wonderful films did not make final cut. »

- Martyn Conterio

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New Trailer for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

7 August 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Now that the Summer blockbuster season has settled down and most of the tent pole films for the year have been put to bed, it’s time for the sleeper hits of 2009 to shine. The Fall is a pretty big time for films like District 9, Gamer, and of course Where the Wild Things Are to take over the box office in a substantial way.

The first trailer for Where the Wild Things Are hit a few months back, and didn’t show us very much. Still, we knew that director Spike Jonze, who was the mastermind behind this stroke of genius, would do the children’s book classic. We now get a new trailer filled with plenty of footage of the titular “wild things” and surprisingly lots of James Gandolfini.

Also starring Forest Whitaker, Catherine Ohara, Lauren Ambrose, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener, and Max Records, Warner’s Where the WIld Things Are »

- Sebastian Suchecki

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[DVD Review] The Cell 2

17 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The Cell 2 is an infuriating movie, insulting your intelligence as it frolics gleefully in its own stupidity. This is exacerbated by the fact that it poses as a sequel to the Tarsem Singh original, a generally derided film that developed something of a cult following, with this reviewer among the ranks. This film is barely able to qualify as a follow-up as it shares few actual similarities and completely ignores the rules that the original played by.

Eva Longoria look-alike Tessie Santiago is the clairvoyant Maya Casteneda, working in conjunction with the FBI on the trail of serial killer The Cusp, who tortures his victims by killing them and bringing them back to life multiple times. Maya’s ability is the result of a former encounter with The Cusp, rendering her the only survivor of the killer and opening up areas of her brain through the massive amount of »

- Mark Zhuravsky

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‘Mystery Team’ Gets Distributor, Plans College Tour

19 May 2009 11:38 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

One of my absolute favorite films of the year, the Derrick Comedy group's dark and absurd detective comedy Mystery Team, has finally been picked up for distribution here in the United States. The lucky distributor: Roadside Attractions, the same group that brought films such as Tarsem's The Fall (a top ten pick from last year) and Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me to the people of America. This time around, Roadside Attractions (and indie arm of Lionsgate) will have on their hands a film that I've already called the "perfect comedy for the internet generation," a comedy sketch troupe movie that doesn't have all the usually limitations of a comedy sketch troupe movie. For one, it is a well-executed, deeply funny story about three high school seniors (Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes and DC Pierson) who aren't ready to give up their childhood dreams of being the town's super-sleuths. Think Encyclopedia Brown meets well, the »

- Neil Miller

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Will Henry Cavill finally become Superman in the next film?

7 May 2009 12:07 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Henry Cavill, best known as Sir Charles Brandon in hit TV show The Tudors, has come close to playing big-screen heroes on several occasions.

He was once dubbed the unluckiest man in Hollywood - and here's why...

Cavill was:

almost cast as the new James Bond, losing out to Daniel Craig

close to landing the part of Batman that went instead to Christian Bale

among contenders to play Superman in the shelved Justice League movie

attached to star in the unmade Superman: Flyby movie which was to have been helmed by Terminator Salvation director McG.

McG had initially walked away from directing a proposed Batman vs Superman film in favour of making Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

He later became involved in the Superman: Flyby project, dropping out when his phobia of air travel clashed with Warner Bros' desire to film it in Australia. So Flyby never flew anywhere.

Speaking to »

- David Bentley

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Movies that are made for forever

2 May 2009 4:38 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

I have feelings more than ideas. I am tired, but very happy. My 11th annual film festival has just wrapped at the Virginia Theater in my home town, and what I can say is, it worked. There is no such thing as the best year or the worst year. But there is such a thing as a festival where every single film seemed to connect strongly with the audience. Sitting in the back row, seeing these films another time, sensing the audience response, I thought: Yes, these films are more than good, and this audience is a gathering of people who feel that.

Let me tell you about the last afternoon, the screening of a newly restored 70mm print of "Baraka." The 1,600 seats of the main floor and balcony were very nearly filled. The movie exists of about 96 minutes of images, music and sound. Nothing else. No narration. No subtitles. »

- Roger Ebert

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Behold... "The Cell 2"

29 April 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Direct-to-video sequels aren't new. Sure, it's a quick way to make a buck off the established names, regardless of the involvement of the original actors. The Butterfly Effect 3 just came out, in case anyone's interested, and this summer we'll see the direct-to-dvd release of the (not) hotly anticipated Donnie Darko sequel, S. Darko.

But those movies, at least, have huge cult followings that the sequelmakers are hoping to cash in on. It amuses me when they do it to a decade-old movie that was critically mauled and a moderate but hardly long-lasting success at best.

Movies like The Cell.

I certainly don't look back on the first movie that fondly. While I admired Tarsem's gorgeous eye-candy (which he applied much more proficiently in The Fall), Mark Protosevich's script was all but a disaster, and the performances by Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn pretty much killed it. Still, it »

- Arya Ponto

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The best train set a boy could ever want

27 March 2009 12:43 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

It's a good thing Ebertfest is no longer called the Overlooked Film Festival. One of my choices this year, "Frozen River," was in danger of being overlooked when I first invited it, but then it realized the dream of every indie film, found an audience and won two Oscar nominations. Yet even after the Oscar nods, it has grossed only about $2.5 million and has been unseen in theaters by most of the nation.

Those numbers underline the crisis in independent, foreign or documentary films--art films. More than ever, the monolithic U.S. distribution system freezes out films lacking big stars, big ad budgets, ready-made teenage audiences, or exploitable hooks. When an unconventional film like "Slumdog Millionaire" breaks out, it's the exception that proves the rule. While it was splendid, it was not as original or really as moving as the American indie "Chop Shop," made a year earlier. The difference is, »

- Roger Ebert

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35th Annual Saturn Awards Nominees in Feature Film

10 March 2009 8:42 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

"The Dark Knight" may not get much from the 2009 Oscars, but it definitely received big recognition from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror as the academy announced the nominations for the 35th annual Saturn Awards. On Tuesday, March 10, it was unraveled the 2008 biggest selling movie has led the pack with 11 nods in its pocket.

One of the counts the superhero movie nabbed was for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film. In the category, it will compete against two of Clint Eastwood's films, "Changeling" and "Gran Torino", a James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace", a Don Cheadle-starrer thriller "Traitor" and a Bryan Singer's world war II drama "Valkyrie".

Aside from Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film nom, "Dark Knight" also picked up gongs for its stars,

Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger, as well as for director Christopher Nolan. Nolan was also up for the Best »

- AceShowbiz.com

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"The Dark Knight" Lords Over the 35th Annual Saturn Awards

10 March 2009 6:33 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

"The Dark Knight" grabbed 11 nominations for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards! "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" received nine while "Iron Man" took eight.

The Saturn Awards is given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards will be presented June 25.

Here's the complete list of nominees:

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Science Fiction Film

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (20th Century Fox)

"Eagle Eye" (Paramount / DreamWorks)

"The Incredible Hulk" (Universal / Marvel)

"Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (Paramount / Lucasfilm)

"Iron Man" (Paramount / Marvel)

"Jumper" (20th Century Fox)

Fantasy Film

"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (Walt Disney Studios)

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount)

"Hancock" (Sony)

"The Spiderwick Chronicles" (Paramount)

"Twilight" (Summit Entertainment)

"Wanted" (Universal)

Horror Film

"The Happening" (20th Century Fox)

"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal)

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (Universal)

"Quarantine" (Sony)

"Splinter" (Magnolia / Magnet)

"The Strangers" (Rogue / Universal »

- Manny

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Horror Comic Chopping List for March 4, 2009

2 March 2009 8:06 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Here's the Chopping List for this week's horror comics and related merchandise, arriving in specialty shops near you this week.

Hitting Comic Shops This Coming Wednesday, March 4, 2009:

Dabel Brothers Publications

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files Storm Front #3

Dark Horse

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol. 2 (Season 8) #23 (Two Covers)

Goon Vol. 3 #32 10th Anniversary Issue

Hellboy Wild Hunt #4

DC Comics

House of Mystery Vol. 2 #11

Solomon Grundy #1

Devils Due Publishing

Chucky Vol. 2 #1

I Am Legion #2 (Two Covers)

Dynamite Entertainment

Army of Darkness Vol. 2 #17

Dead Irons #2 (Three Covers)

Hot Toys

Alien 3 Dog Alien Poseable Model Kit

Idw Publishing

Locke & Key Head Games #3 (Two Covers)

Spike After The Fall #1 Variant

Image

Impaler Vol. 2 #2

Killer of Demons #1

Marvel Comics

Dark Tower Treachery #6 (Two Covers)

Dead of Night Featurin Werewolf By Night #3

Moonstone

Kolchak Tales Annual #1 (Two Covers)

Sideshow Toys

Dead Subject 2221 The Harbinger 12-Inch Action Figure

Predator 2 Diorama Statue

Zenescope Entertainment

Grimm Fairy Tales #36

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Keira Knightley Teaming with Romanek for Sci-Fi Thriller

2 March 2009 12:52 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

I have talked about Mark Romanek several times over the years including a look at his Directors Label music video DVD and comparing his music video for Madonna's "Bedtime Story" to Tarsem Singh's The Fall and The Cell. I was excited when he was assigned directorial duties on the remake of The Wolfman and disappointed when he dropped off the project to be replaced by Joe Johnston. As far as feature films go his only project is the Robin Williams thriller One Hour Photo so news of a new project for Romanek has got me a bit excited. The new film is titled Never Let Me Go and it will star Keira Knightley whose schedule has opened up since the scrapping of the King Lear project she was once attached to star in. Andrew Garfield (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Carey Mulligan (An Education) have also joined the cast. »

- Brad Brevet

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Horror Comic Chopping List for February 11, 2009

8 February 2009 9:39 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Here's the Chopping List for this week's horror comics and related merchandise, arriving in specialty shops near you.

Hitting Comic Shops This Coming Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

Antarctic Press

Fire & Brimstone #4

Yeti vs Vampire #2

Ardden Entertainment

Death Shade #0

Boom! Studios

Cthulhu Tales Vol. 3 Chaos of the Mind Tp

Hexed #2 (Two Covers)

Castle Rain Entertainment

Jack the Lantern Ghosts #3

Dark Horse

Bprd Black Goddess #2

Hellboy Wild Hunt #3

DC Comics

Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 1 Hc

Simon Dark #17

Dynamite Entertainment

Army of Darkness Long Road Home Tp

Fangoria Entertainment

Fangoria #281

Idw Publishing

Angel After The Fall #17 (Three Covers)

Spike After The Fall Vol. 1 Hc

Welcome to Hoxford Vol. 1 Tp

Image

Roberts Tp

Walking Dead #58

McFarlane Toys

Spawn Series 21 Diamond Exclusive Raven Spawn Pewter Finish Variant Action Figure

Mezco Toys

Cinema of Fear Friday the 13th 2009 Jason Action Figure

To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comic-book.  »

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Tarsem Talks 'War of the Gods'

26 January 2009 3:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

If there was ever a director perfectly suited to tackle a tale about warring Gods, it's Tarsem Singh (The Fall). Say what you will about the man's ability to tell a story, but there is no director working today who has more of a flair for the visually dramatic than Mr. Singh. He recently spoke with Empire magazine about his current film, The Fall, when the subject changed to Singh's upcoming fantasy tale for Relativity Media, War of the Gods. Singh tells Empire, "It's turning into, basically, Caravaggio meets Fight Club, it's a really hardcore action film done in Renaissance painting style. I want to see how that goes; it's turned into something really cool" -- I don't know about you, but he had me at "Caravaggio meets Fight Club".

Back in November, Elisabeth brought us the news that Singh had his eye on Henry Cavill from The Tudors as »

- Jessica Barnes

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Tarsem Talks War of the Gods Plot and Potential Casting

24 January 2009 10:06 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

I hated The Cell, but Tarsem’s visual feast The Fall finally convinced me of his genius. He may not be a master storyteller, but the man is a visual powerhouse. Empire recently caught up with him and was able to coax some plot details and prospective talent on his next project, War of the Gods:

“It’s  turning into, basically, Caravaggio meets Fight Club,” he said.  “It’s a really hardcore action film done in Renaissance painting style. I want to see how that goes; it’s turned into something really cool. This guy who I really love, who’s the only one person in it right now, is the brother in The Tudors, Henry Cavill. I’m going for a very contemporary look on top of that so I’m kind of going with, you know, Renaissance time with electricity. So it’s a bit like Baz Luhrman »

- Devindra Hardawar

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