Double Take

Movie: Double Take

Released on: 2001

Rating: 4.70

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This week's new films

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (12A)

(Rob Marshall, 2011, Us) Johnny Depp, Penйlope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Claflin. 137 mins

Ahoy! Aha! Ahem. The excitement of another rip-roaring high seas adventure dissipates almost before they set sail in this lightweight epic of action set-pieces and people trying to get stuff they want. Depp is business as usual and the presentation is classy, but the new blood brings little to this non-party, which feels less like a story than a succession of twists and swoops along well-established tracks – like a theme-park ride, in fact. Oh, hang on …

Win Win (15)

(Tom McCarthy, 2011, Us) Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale. 106 mins

Giamatti's hard-up lawyer inherits a whole heap of surrogate family issues, and a teen high-school wrestling ace, in a wry drama that doesn't really stray out of its suburban comfort zone.

Julia's Eyes (15)

(Guillem Morales, 2010, Spa) Belйn Rueda, Lluнs Homar,»

- Steve Rose

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I've not seen The Hangover Part II yet but I'll bet Bridesmaids is funnier

With plum roles for women and an equal commitment to gross-out, Kristen Wiig's movie will be a great Hangover cure

If you're in the market for a fantastically dark gross-out black comedy about clueless young Americans trapped in a never-ending nightmare in south-east Asia, skip The Hangover Part II and just watch Apocalypse Now, reissued this week for the umpteenth time. I'm out of town this week so I've yet to see Hangover II, though I imagine there's a worldwide embargo on pre-release glimpses of its priceless shit jokes and fart oratorios, lest one dime of its projected mega profits be lost to piracy or to unfounded rumours of comedic inadequacy.

The latter, as it happens, has long been my biggest problem with the Todd Phillips oeuvre. My main memories of his last three R-rated comedies – Old School, The Hangover, and Due Date – are of wall-to-wall ads in the month preceding release,»

- John Patterson

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To Die For

Movie: To Die For

Released on: 1995

Rating: 6.70

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“This Is Not A Film” And More: Iranian Cinema At The Cannes Film Festival

When is a film not a film? In one of the triumphs of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the remarkable documentary This is Not A Film, by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, asks this question and more as it portrays, diary-like, a day in Panahi’s life awaiting trial at his home in Tehran. Panahi talks on the phone with friends, illustrates with tape the boundaries of a future film set, chats with a garbage man who has just earned his Masters degree, and is kept company by his daughter’s free-roaming and giant pet lizard, Igi. If one is forbidden by law to make movies for 20 years, if one but sits in front of another’s camera, if one merely reads a vivid script aloud, does a word like “director” still have meaning?

Well-known to cinephiles for works including The White Balloon (winner of Cannes’ Golden Camera Award»

- Livia Bloom

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Warner Bros Begins Batman's 'Dark Knight Rises' Viral Campaign With Soundtrack Sliver & Tom Hardy Photo As Villain Bane

Warner Brothers on Friday kicked off the viral campaign for Chris Nolan's Batman threequel The Dark Knight Rises. On Twitter, @TheFireRises links users to the new website, which is all black and contains a disturbing soundtrack sliver. A subsection allows users to upload their own images to a collage that slowly forms the following Hardy/Bane photo. Very cool. Very Nolan:»

- NIKKI FINKE

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Sixteen Candles

Movie: Sixteen Candles

Released on: 1984

Rating: 6.90

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Art Linson's 'The Comedian' Set For Another Robert De Niro & Martin Scorsese Reunion?

Is Robert De Niro set to return to the comedy world with regular collaborator Martin Scorsese? After their twisted exploration of Rupert Pupkin in "The King Of Comedy," De Niro is reportedly interested in a script by producer Art Linson called "The Comedian" which follows the exploits of an insult comic described as Don Rickles meets Joan Rivers, with Scorsese being eyed as the man to helm. It certainly sounds like a fascinating prospect with the role noted to be "a serious role with Oscar potential" for the actor and one "quite different than Rupert Pupkin" with stand-up aspects of…»

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Cannes: Sundance Selects Acquires Competition Pic 'Poliss'

Cannes, France (May 21, 2011) – Sundance Selects announced today from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival that the company is acquiring all U.S. rights to writer-director and actress Maiwenn’s Poliss from Wild Bunch. The film, which made its world premiere in Competition at this week’s festival, was produced by Alain Attal and co-written by actress Emmanuelle Bercot, who also co-stars in the film. The film also stars Karin Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Fois, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Karole Rocher, Frederic Pierrot, Arnaud Henriet, Naidra Ayadi and Jйrйmie Elkhaim.The film follows a group of individuals and officers working in and around a child protection unit in Paris.Jonathan Sehring, President of Sundance Selects, said: "With Poliss, Maiwenn has given the Cannes Film Festival a jolt of electricity with an unforgettable ensemble cast. We think her incredibly cinematic story will really connect with American audiences."The deal for the film was negotiated by Arianna Bocco,»

- MIKE FLEMING

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The Notebook

Movie: The Notebook

Released on: 2004

Rating: 8.00

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Cannes Interview: Nanni Moretti Takes On The Vatican and Woody Allen

With Cannes competition entry Habemus Papum, Italian writer-actor-director Nanni Moretti, much like The Queen or The King' Speech, takes us behind the scenes of a place that we are forbidden to enter. He imagines what would happen if a Pope finds out that he has been elected as supreme religious leader, panics and rejects the job. Great French actor Michel Piccolli plays this Pope. And typically, Moretti is in the mix as an atheist therapist sent in to talk the new Pope into accepting God's will. (So far Cannes reviews are mixed.) The movie starts out very funny and then loses its way; I wanted more dialogue (King's Speech-style) between the shrink and the Pope. Hearing the Pope spout psychobabble about separating from his mother »

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Ariang And Stopped On Track Tie For The Top Of Un Certain Regard In Cannes

In the special category of Un Certain Regard, Arirang and Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped On Track) tied for the top prize. Elsewhere, the Special Jury Prize went to Elena and directing prize went to Mohammad Rasoulof for Be Omid E Didar (Au Revoir). It's a bittersweet consolation for Rasoulouf, who, along with director Jafar Panahi, was sentenced to a six-year jail term by the Tehran government for "propagandizing against the regime." [Deadline]»

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Pigs

Movie: Pigs

Released on: 2007

Rating: 4.80

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Could Darren Aronofsky direct Disney's Maleficent?

Following the stonking reception of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, it's no surprise to discover that he's a man in hot demand.Since directing Natalie Portman to Oscar victory, Aronofsky has bailed on his first follow-up movie, The Wolverine, citing the difficulty of being away from his family.Word from Badass Digest suggests that Aronofsky is now being courted to direct two high-profile projects: Disney's Maleficent (which recently lost Tim Burton) and Warner Bros' Moses.While Aronofsky proved he could more than handle demonic female...

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- Matt Maytum

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Iron Man 2 to Shrek Forever After: Last May's ClusterFlick Challenge

Today's Challenge: The two highest grossing movies last May were Iron Man 2 and Shrek Forever After. Can you find a link between these 2010 blockbusters?

Our first Facebook movie game, ClusterFlick, plays off that old "six degrees of separation" theory — you know, the one that has a certain Kevin at the center of the Hollywood universe. It's easy to play, but not so easy to win. The goal is to use the major cast of movies to get from Point A to Point B in the smallest number of moves.

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- reelz reelz

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Rise of the Dead

Movie: Rise of the Dead

Released on: 2007

Rating: 3.30

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Weekend Receipts: Pirates A Bit At Sea While Bridesmaids Stays Strong

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides plundered a hair over $90 million this weekend, but thanks to Hollywood expectations and arithmetic, it's a bit of disappointing haul for Depp and his crew. Previous Pirates installments were able to pull in higher debuts, and that was without the benefit of higher ticket prices and 3-D screenings. But Bridesmaids retained the second spot, barely depreciating at all from last week. Sisters are doing it for themselves! And by it, I mean pooping on themselves. Your weekend receipts are here.»

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Cannes Closing Night: Poliss Wins Jury Prize, Screenplay to Footnote, Dunst Actress, Refn Director

"Wow what a week it's been," said Kirsten Dunst as she accepted her Best Actress prize for Melancholia. "Thank you so much. It's a once in a lifetime thing. Thank you to the festival for letting the film still be in competition. Thank Lars for giving me the opportunity to be so brave. It's such a special night for me." Nicolas Winding Refn wins the director prize for Drive, amid huge applause in the house and the press room. He thanks Gaspar Noe for teaching him how to smash heads and Ryan Golsing (amid cheers) who wanted him to direct the film. I had heard the Joseph Cedar had been asked to return to Cannes to accept a prize. He didn't make it in time »

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Welcome to the Jungle

Movie: Welcome to the Jungle

Released on: 2007

Rating: 4.60

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Michael Andrews To Score Jason Segel & Emily Blunt Romance 'Five Year Engagement'

He may not be a familiar name like Mark Mothersbaugh or Jon Brion, but Michael Andrews is quickly rising into a similar status. He has composed for a number of notable films including “Donnie Darko,” Miranda July's “Me and You and Everyone We Know,” "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," “Cyrus,” “Funny People” and most recently, "Bridesmaids." He most certainly got to know both Judd Apatow and Paul Feig back in the day when he lent his skills to both “Undeclared” and “Freaks and Geeks,” and he's set to reteam with the Apatow fold on yet another project. Film Music…»

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Andy Dick Sued For Rubbing Genitals On Comedy Club Attendee

Considering how many people have been fondled by Andy Dick without consent and exposed to his genitals, it’s a little ironic the comedian’s being sued by someone who actually paid to see him. But yes, a man who went to a Dick show in Dallas late last year wants damages after the Celebrity Rehab regular whipped out his Dick-and-Andys from under a dress and rubbed them on the poor guy’s face. By the way—the fellow disappointed by his encounter with Dick’s genitalia while Andy was dressed like a woman? His last name is Tucker. Dick vs. Tucker. Boom.

While we certainly wouldn’t want to be among Dick’s many molestees, and would likely feel “degraded and humiliated” if we did somehow wind up with a cheek rub from Andy’s Dick, we’re a little intrigued by the victim’s claim that he’s»

- Anthony Miccio

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Sweeney Todd

Movie: Sweeney Todd

Released on: 2006

Rating: 7.20

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Cannes '11 | Robert De Niro and His Jury Explain Themselves at the Press Conference

Moments after handing out the Palme d'Or to "The Tree of Life," the main competition jury for the Cannes Film Festival was issued into the nearby press conference area to explain themselves. The nine-person team was a mixture of actors, filmmakers and writers. Headed by Robert De Niro as its president, the group also included Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Olivier Assayas and Johnnie To, all of whom had something to »

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Cannes 2011: live blog - the awards

Did Lars von Trier's Hitler gaffe blow Melancholia's chances? Did Terrence Malick show up? Find out who won the Palme d'Or and how the night unfolded for the rest of the contenders at this year's festival

5.00pm: So, this year's Cannes is almost at an end. The credits have rolled on the official screenings, the Marchй has shut up shop and Henry Barnes and Laurence Topham and I are the only ones still standing from the Guardian.

Last night the awards winners were announced in the sidebar competitions (of which more later). Tonight it's the turn of the main competition: by 7pm UK time we'll know which film Robert De Niro, Jude Law, Uma Thurman el al chose to give the Palme d'Or to. So stick with us - I'll be recapping the last weekend, weighing up the contenders and then liveblogging the ceremony from an increasingly glam and noisy Palais.»

- Catherine Shoard

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I Want Candy

Movie: I Want Candy

Released on: 2007

Rating: 5.90

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Review: 'Too Big To Fail' A Solid, Brisk & Entertaining Run Through The 2008 Bailout

"Motherfucker." That is the first word of dialogue uttered in "Too Big To Fail" and it sums up the feeling for many who in the fall of 2008 watched closely as the United States came precariously close to suffering a major economic collapse unlike anything seen since the Great Depression. It was a sharp wake up call for the nation and the subject has already spawned a handful of films, notably Michael Moore's rushed and reactionary "Capitalism: A Love Story" and the much better Oscar-winning documentary "Inside Job." At Sundance earlier this year, "Margin Call" premiered, going inside a fictional…»

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"Submarine" Arrives in Lower Manhattan

The Cinema Society & Altoids, with the Weinstein Company, hosted an intimate screening of Richard Ayoade's wry coming of age romance "Submarine" last night in lower Manhattan. Executive producer Ben Stiller (left) showed up in support of Ayoade (right), introducing him to the audience as a "one of the great self promoters of all time." With that, Ayoade took to the stage to debunk any high hopes the audience had »

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The Others

Movie: The Others

Released on: 2001

Rating: 7.70

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Calling all young arts critics

Ahead of the launch of the Guardian's fourth annual young arts critics competition, we need your help. Send us your questions and we'll put them to our team of critics

Next month sees the launch of the Guardian's fourth annual young arts critics competition, open to all readers aged 18 and under. To help us get it under way, we want to put your questions to our team of critics.

How many times should you listen to an album before deciding what you make of it? Should you take any notice of what your friends (or anyone else) thinks? How do you make your writing and opinions stand out from the crowd? Tell us by emailing culture@guardian.co.uk what you want to know about the job, and how old you are, and we'll put the best questions to the relevant critic. (The competition will be judged in eight categories – film,»

- Melissa Denes

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Cannes Titles 'Snowtown' and 'Polisse' Find Domestic Distribution

Karin Viard, Joey Starr and Marina Fois in Polisse

It's a nice surprise to see a pair of films I enjoyed at Cannes find themselves domestic distribution beginning with Maiwenn's Jury Prize-winning Polisse, a film I referred to as "a fast-paced, tragic, touching, emotional and occasionally hilarious look at the French police's Child Protective Unit (Cpu)." Outside of most French film critics, I was one of the few critics to enjoy it as much as I did, but at least now there's an opportunity for stateside viewers to give it a look as Sundance Selects will be distributing it. You can read my full review of the film right here.

Selects also picked up a pair of films I did not see, the first being Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike, a film I heard a lot about and tied with Nuri Bilge Ceylan's»

- Brad Brevet

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Superman: Doomsday

Movie: Superman: Doomsday

Released on: 2007

Rating: 7.30

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Could Scorsese And De Niro Reteam On The Comedian?

It's been more than a decade since Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese last teamed up for a film, when they made 1995's Casino, but they've been teasing us for nearly as long about joining forces again. For a long time we assumed their next project together would be The Irishman, based on the novel I Heard You Paint Houses; as recently as last March De Niro teased the project, which would also feature Joe Pesci and Al Pacino. But now Showbiz 411 has gotten wind of an entirely different project that could bring Scorsese and De Niro back together, and one that isn't reminiscent of their Mob-tinged work but of 1982's The King of Comedy.They hear that De Niro is a big fan of a script from Art Linson called The Comedian, about an insult comic described as "sort of like Don Rickles meets Joan Rivers." There's nothing actually»

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Vin Diesel To Star In The Action Comedy 'The Machine'

With "Fast Five" driving all over the box office in a franchise that people can't seem to get enough of, the world appears to be an oyster for thick necked Vin Diesel. While his efforts outside of the car franchise haven't quite hit the same peaks, generally, the man brings in the bucks and it looks like he's ready to finally mould himself a career not unlike that of the similarly muscled and acting talent deficient Arnold Schwarzenegger. THR reports that Diesel will produce and star in "The Machine" written by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant of "The Pacifier"…»

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Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

Movie: Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

Released on: 2004

Rating: 5.90

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'Lost' One Year Later: Why The Series Finale Didn't Work

Over the past year, I have had no less than a dozen conversations with folks about the finale of "Lost" ... the cyclical beauty of that final shot, the poignant symbolism of the stained glass window (it's all about the bardo, dude), the high-minded concepts like sacrifice and interconnectedness and destiny that it espoused. I have nodded and sipped my drink politely, listened intently, perhaps even interjected occasionally. But at the end of each and every one of those conversations, I found myself more confused than I was when it began, mostly because I couldn't believe anyone actually liked the way the show ended.

So, at the risk of upsetting Damon Lindelof (something that is surprisingly easy to do), I would like to go on record as saying that the finale of "Lost" was absolutely terrible. I hated it when it first aired and now, exactly one year later, I think I hate it even more.»

- James Montgomery

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Movie Pet Peeve #14: Characters Hanging Up the Phone Without Saying Goodbye

So today I'm watching the movie "Wild Things," the 1998 erotic thriller with Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards and Kevin Bacon. One scene in particular caught my eye -- no, it wasn't the make-out session between Campbell and Richards. It was an otherwise innocuous phone call between three characters who shall remain nameless for reasons of spoilers. Here is the transcript of their one-sided conversation:

Character #1: Now, look. We gotta stay calm, all of us. Now since the settlement, people think I'm rich. So I'm out there spending money, doing what rich guys do. Now this cop, Duquette, he's gonna try and fuck with you. Don't let him.

Character #2: Yeah, that's easy for you to say!

Character #1: [Character #2]! Don't fall apart! Only people who can fuck this up is us.

Character #1 hangs up the phone.

I know a transcript isn't the ideal way to analyze a scene in a film,»

- Matt Singer

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Control Factor

Movie: Control Factor

Released on: 2003

Rating: 4.80

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MTV Movie Awards: Meet Your Best Fight Contenders!

Many will enter, but only one match-up will walk away unscathed. That's right, it's MTV Movie Awards time, and it's not just any normal category we're talking about, either — it's time to zero in on the Best Fight of the year!

From an extraordinarily trained and deadly teenage girl kicking Mark Strong's ass to a clash of witchcraft and wizardry of epic proportions, there's no shortage of awesome fight scenes to choose from at this year's Movie Awards. Preview all of the Best Fight nominees below, and make sure to cast your vote today!

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Death Eaters, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1"

Harry, Ron and Hermione pause to catch their breath in the midst of their search to find and destroy all of Lord Voldemort's soul-containing horcruxes, but their time-out from battle is all-too-brief when a pack of Death Eaters»

- MTV Movies Team

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Interview: Discussing Talking Dogs and 'Beginners' with Writer/Director Mike Mills

I want to start out by saying this was one of the most difficult pieces I've had to write for this site. That's because I love, love writer/director Mike Mills' new film Beginners and I really hope I do it justice with this article.

I'm not saying this because I was invited to the Focus Features junket and fed breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel. I'm saying it because Beginners is the best film I've seen this year and maybe the best film-going experience I've had since I went gaga for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World last year. That doesn't mean everyone who reads this article will love Beginners as much as I did, but if you're a film lover I doubt you'll be disappointed by Mills' cinematic confection. It's that good.

If there is»

- Bill Cody

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Catch and Release

Movie: Catch and Release

Released on: 2006

Rating: 5.60

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Hollywood Planning A Dark Version Of The Little Mermaid Now

You’d think Hollywood would wait to see if the world actually wants dark re-tellings of fairy tales before making a dozen—especially when Red Riding Hood failed to storm the box office—but it looks like Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Peter Pan Begins, Oz: The Great And Powerful and all those Snow White movies aren’t the only ones in the works. The Hollywood Reporter says Sony has picked up Mermaid: A Twist On The Classic Tale, which will tentatively be produced by Tobey Maguire with Country Strong‘s Shana Feste directing. And how could that not be a good idea?

Some may wonder if the film will highlight the creepy not-so-feminist message of a woman sacrificing her voice to win the chance to seduce a man with her body, but Mermaid has a twist on the classic quirk. Instead, it’s about a princess set to enter a loveless marriage with a prince,»

- Anthony Miccio

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Title Changes for Former ‘John Carter of Mars,’ ‘Now’ and ‘Still I Rise’

Double Academy Award-winning director of Finding Nemo and Wall-e, Andrew Stanton, is currently working on his first foray into live action, an adaptation of the classic sci-fi fantasy novel John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs [1]. For some reason, though, Disney has now changed the title from that to "Gary Carter," the Hall Of Fame catcher for the 1986 New York Mets. No, I'm sorry. I meant John Carter. That's the new official title. For real.Another title change is one that's makes a little more sense. Andrew Niccol is currently working on his Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried sci-fi film [2] which was originally called I'm.mortal, then Now, but is now called In Time.Getting out of the sci-fi genre, a new Maggie Gyllenhaal movie directed by Daniel Barnz (Beastly) was originally called Still I Rise [3] but is now called Steel Town. Read more about all of these after the break.»

- Germain Lussier

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Becoming Jane

Movie: Becoming Jane

Released on: 2007

Rating: 6.70

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Bette Midler and Jeffrey Tambor Join HBO’s Phil Spector Biopic Starring Al Pacino

Two more have joined the cast of HBO’s biopic of legendary record producer-turned-lady-murderer Phil Spector. Bette Midler and Jeffrey Tambor have joined the cast of the film, written and directed by David Mamet. Al Pacino was previously cast as Spector himself in the flick that will focus on Spector’s later years, specifically the 2003 trial where he was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting a struggling actress in his mansion.The Wrap reports that Midler will play Linda Kenney Baden, one of Spector's defense attorneys in the trial. Tambor is set to take on the role of defense attorney Bruce Cutler. Last year, Pacino won the Emmy for portraying Jack Kevorkian in the HBO drama You Don’t Know Jack, directed by Barry Levinson. Levinson is on board as an executive producer of this Spector project.»

- Adam Chitwood

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Bill Hunter obituary

Australian actor known for his roles in Strictly Ballroom and Muriel's Wedding

For many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the archetypal "ocker", an uncultivated Australian working man who enjoys beer, "barbies", Aussie rules football and V8 supercars. According to Phillip Noyce, who directed the oft-bearded actor in three movies and a TV miniseries: "Bill was the absolute essence of the Anglo-Irish Australian male of the 20th century. Seemingly gruff and impenetrable, he could convey the tenderness beneath the exterior."

He was seen and appreciated by millions in three of Australia's biggest hit films – Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom (1992), Pj Hogan's Muriel's Wedding (1994) and Stephan Elliott's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) – all revealing Hunter at the peak of his powers.

He was born in Melbourne, but was brought up in rural Victoria, in Australia's south-east.»

- Ronald Bergan

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Catacombs

Movie: Catacombs

Released on: 2007

Rating: 4.60

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Insert Credit: "Bumpy Road"

Insert Credit endeavors to suss out where you should be allotting your video game allowance, sifting out a single title from many and crowning it as The One Game You Need to Get This Week. Don't consider these reviews, gentle reader. Rather, think of Insert Credit as a mix of hands-on time, informed opinion and intuition.

For the week of May 23, 2011, you should insert credit into: "Bumpy Road".

Why do cute games work so well on Apple's handhelds? Sure, games with twee aesthetics pop up everywhere, but something about the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch make games like "World of Goo," "Eliss," and "Cut the Rope" sing. Maybe the cuteness serves as a cognitive shortcut for games that might otherwise seem daunting. Hearing that chubby bird's whoop in "Tiny Wings" lets you know you're doing something right in an immediate fashion.

Or maybe it's the touching that amplifies the penetration of cute.»

- Evan Narcisse

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Screenwriter Roberto Orci discusses Star Trek 2

J.J. Abrams’ awesome-looking Super 8 is out later this year, but what of the equally exciting prospect of Star Trek 2?While Abrams is busy finishing up Super 8, Trek 2 co-writer Roberto Orci has offered an update on the project, revealing a 70+ page outline for the sequel is ready for J.J.’s attention.“Just been waiting for J.J. to be free to really decide if he likes the story and hear his suggestions before we finish the script,” Orci tells TrekMovie.“Once he says go, we’ll have it in no time....

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- Josh Winning

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Clubland

Movie: Clubland

Released on: 2007

Rating: 7.30

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Jenna Fischer Takes The Lead In A Little Help Trailer

Since making her name on The Office, Jenna Fischer has played female leads in a lot of movies where the men get way more to do—Blades Of Glory, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Promotion, Hall Pass—so it’s refreshing to see nobody from the Frat Pack is taking top billing in her new film, A Little Help. Fischer plays a frustrated mom whose philandering husband (Chris O’Donnell) falls over dead, leaving her to provide for their pissed off son. The film, which debuted at the Seattle Film Festival almost exactly a year ago, doesn’t have a release date yet, but the new trailer above should definitely bring the film a little buzz. Hopefully they’ll start promoting this thing heavily soon—you gotta take advantage of Jenna’s baby bump!»

- Anthony Miccio

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Vincent Cassel To Get His Crime On Again In Belated Sequel 'Dobermann 2: Arm Wrestle'

No country loves the crime genre quite as much as the French. Sure, it might have been derived from the States, but it was the French who really took it to their hearts, giving directors like Sam Fuller and Alfred Hitchcock the critical respect they craved, and reinventing it with the likes of "А bout de souffle" and "Rififi," while many of the best recent examples, like Jacques Audiard's "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" and "A Prophet," came from France. And if the French crime picture has one actor firmly associated with the genre, their Robert De Niro or…»

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American Pie Presents Band Camp

Movie: American Pie Presents Band Camp

Released on: 2005

Rating: 5.00

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Lars von Trier Responds to Iranian Culture Minister's Criticism of Cannes

Lars von Trier has released a response to a letter the Iranian Deputy Culture Minister for Cinematic Affairs Javad Shamaqdari released to Persian media outlets Monday that criticized the Cannes Film Festival's decision to declare the director "persona non grata", after his controversial press conference comments. “Surely you remember that the Cannes festival was established with the aim of struggling against fascists,” Shamaqdari wrote in the letter. “After 64 years, »

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Pledge to Watch a Short and Help Support Rwanda's Kigali Memorial Center

Explore.org, a non profit multimedia organization that champions people around the world who devote their lives to important causes, launched a social media campaign to benefit Rwanda's Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. To do so, they've orchestrated a collaborative online film premiere for "Raindrops Over Rwanda," a short Explore.org documentary that examines the country post-genocide. Here's how to get involved: Visit the film's Facebook page, maintained by young Rwandan leader Honore »

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Havoc

Movie: Havoc

Released on: 2005

Rating: 5.30

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On Its Way to Glasgow, 'The Dark Knight Rises' Adds Law and Religion

Casting on The Dark Knight Rises isn't slowing up as Variety reports Brett Cullen ("Lost", Ghost Rider) and Chris Ellis (Transformers, Catch Me if You Can) have joined the cast as a judge and priest respectively. The duo obviously don't have large roles in the film and neither are necessarily household names, but their filmographies show Nolan has once again brought on actors that have an extensive body of work, not to mention I'm sure one or two members of the audience will recognize Goodwin Stanhope.

Production on the film is already underway in London and Croydon and as Scotland's Daily Record reports, it will head north to Glasgow for several scenes early next month.

A source told the Daily Record's John Dingwall, "[Director Christopher Nolan] plans to use various cities to provide a mash-up of what Gotham will look like. Glasgow was location-scouted for the last film Dark Knight, though in the end it wasn't used.»

- Brad Brevet

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Lars von Trier extends Cannes apology

Danish director says Nazi comments that got him banned from the Cannes film festival were 'unintelligent, ambiguous and needlessly hurtful'

While the Cannes film festival officially ended on Sunday, the Lars von Trier controversy apparently has some way left to run. The banned Danish film-maker today released another statement clarifying his comments at last Wednesday's press conference, in which he jokingly claimed that he was "a Nazi" and "understood Hitler". Von Trier now describes those remarks as "unintelligent ... and needlessly hurtful".

The director 's latest statement appears designed, in part, to distance himself from remarks made by a minister in the Iranian government, who accused the Cannes organisers of "fascist behaviour" in their decision to banish Von Trier. "Surely you remember that the Cannes festival was established with the aim of struggling against fascists," the Iranian deputy culture minister Javad Shamaqdari wrote in a letter to the festival president, Gilles Jacob.»

- Xan Brooks

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Slow Burn

Movie: Slow Burn

Released on: 2005

Rating: 5.80

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Tahar Rahim & Niel Arestrup To Reunite For Joachim Lafosse's 'Aimer А Perdre La Raison'

Looks like a reunion of talent from Jacques Audiard's excellent 2009 film "A Prophet" is in the works with Joachim Lafosse's next directorial effort, the family drama "Aimer а perdre la raison"--which roughly translates to "Loving Without Reason." With star Tahar Rahim and scribe Thomas Bidegain already on board, their 'Prophet' colleague Niels Arestrup (pictured above next to Rahim) has seemingly replaced Gerard Depardieu in the cast for the story of a doctor who raises his friend's brother in Belgium and the drama that develops when the boy grows up and raises his own family. Co-scripted by Lafosse and Bidegain,…»

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Ex-Universal Co-Chief David Linde Closes Deal for Reliance-Backed Company with Global Output Pacts

David Linde has finally closed his long-in-the-works film production and finance company backed by India's Reliance Entertainment, which also backs DreamWorks. Linde has lined up an all-important first-look distribution deal with his former studio, Universal, plus key foreign output deals. The new company has not yet cleared a name--Linde has been calling it Lava Bear Films. Ex-caa agent and Mrc Film Group president Tory Metzger will be his production head, with ex-Universal digital strategist Adam Rymer as chief operating officer, overseeing financial operations and day-to-day business affairs. Linde plans to both produce and finance projects with a recognizable brand identity for the worldwide marketplace. Reliance is providing the capital to finance Linde's firm, which is based on a global distribution structure that combines the assets »

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Fargo

Movie: Fargo

Released on: 1996

Rating: 8.20

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‘A Little Help’ Trailer

In 2009 The King of Queens and Ned and Stacey exec producer Michael J. Weithorn wrote and directed his first feature, called A Little Help. He scored in a couple ways with the cast, which features Jenna Fischer along with Kim Coates, Lesley Ann Warren, Aida Turturro and Chris O'Donnell. But the film turned out as a classically middle of the road indie drama  that played at a couple festivals (starting with the Seattle Ff in May 2010) and then sat around waiting for a distributor to throw it some love. Now Freestyle Releasing and Secret Handshake are finally getting the film into theaters this June, but a quick look at the new trailer will clue you in on what has taken so long.This might be one of the most difficult types of films to get right. This trailer isn't terrible, but there's also nothing in it to suggest the movie is very good.»

- Russ Fischer

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'Pirates Of The Caribbean': Will Johnny Depp Keep Sailing With The Franchise?

From MTV Movies: While "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" opened to $90.1 million this weekend, showing the franchise has perhaps sprung a leak domestically in its fourth installment, the new film set a five-day international opening record of $256.3 million.

Disney is reportedly convinced this latest "Pirates" could pass the $654 million international total for 2007's "At World's End." The takeaway from all this box-office chatter is we likely haven't seen the last of the swashbuckling series.

In fact, development on a fifth film is already under way, with a draft of a script from Terry Rossio, who also penned "On Stranger Tides," in the hands of Disney execs and both director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer signaling their interest in returning to franchise. The question, however, is whether or not star Johnny Depp will reprise his role as Jack Sparrow.

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- Eric Ditzian

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Not Another Teen Movie

Movie: Not Another Teen Movie

Released on: 2001

Rating: 5.40

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Tim Burton On Display

Tim Burton. (American, b. 1958), Untitled (Edward Scissorhands), 1990, Pen and ink, and pencil on paper, 14 1/4 x 9", Private Collection, Edward Scissorhands © Twentieth Century Fox, © 2011 Tim Burton. On Saturday night I was lucky enough to attend the grand opening of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new Tim Burton exhibit, which is slightly expanded from the show that originated at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2009—and drew record-breaking attendance. More than one person who saw it at MoMA told me that Lacma’s exhibit was less cramped and therefore easier to enjoy. It…»

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Elle Fanning, Neve Campbell, Max Irons and Claire Foy to Make Beautiful Music with Vivaldi

Can a composer truly be declared immortal before a feature film about his life has graced the silver screen? Mozart got his movie years ago, as did Beethoven.

And now it's Vivaldi's turn.

Director Boris Damast (who doesn't have much to speak of under his list of credits beyond the widely panned "Pros & Cons" from over a decade ago) is helming an as-of-now untitled biopic about this famed composer, The Playlist reports.

Despite his lack of street cred, Damast has rallied a star-studded cast, which has Max Irons ("Red Riding Hood") and Claire Foy ("Season of the Witch") locked in, as well as Elle Fanning and Neve Campell in the final stages of talks to join.

The story will follow Vivaldi (who will likely be played by Irons) as he transforms a talented, but traumatized group of girls — the illegitimate daughters of courtesans — into a world-class orchestra that made»

- Elizabeth Durand

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The Firm

Movie: The Firm

Released on: 1988

Rating: 7.00

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Bridesmaids: What A Reception!

If executives at one studio were wringing their hands over the failure of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to crack the $100-million mark, executives at another were no doubt pumping them in the air after learning that Bridesmaids declined just 20 percent in its second week to $20.9 million. It managed to beat out Thor, last week’s No. 1 film, which fell 55 percent to $15.5 million. Also celebrating wildly on Monday presumably were the distributors of Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, which earned $599,003 dollars in just six theaters — or an average of $100,000 per theater. (Earlier estimates had put the per-theater average much lower but still well above that for Pirates 4.)

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Box Office Mojo (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Disney, $90,151,958, (New); 2. Bridesmaids, Universal, $20,882,070, 1 Wks. ($59,341,310); 3. Thor, Paramount, $15,455,304, 3 Wks. ($145,361,459); 4. Fast Five, Universal, $10,576,865, 4 Wks. ($186,165,450); 5. Priest, Sony, $4,750,041, 2 Wks. ($23,833,169); 6. Rio, 20th Century Fox, $4,687,714, 6 Wks. ($131,684,365); 7. Jumping the Broom, Sony/Tristar, $3,703,010, 3 Wks. ($31,320,562); 8. Something Borrowed, Warner Bros., $3,516,387, 3 Wks. ($31,519,452); 9. Water For Elephants, 20th Century Fox, $2,179,046, 5 Wks. ($52,456,620); 10. Madea’s Big Happy Family, Lionsgate, $956,589, 5 Wks. ($51,723,579).

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Why Even 2D Movies May Now Seem Darker

With the proliferation of digital 3D projection systems throughout the U.S., some theater owners are leaving the special polarizing devices, nearly all of them made by Sony, on the lenses of their projectors even when they’re using them to show 2D movies, resulting in “drastically darker” screen images, according to the Boston Globe. A projectionist for one Boston-area theater told the Globe, “When you’re running a 2-D film, that polarization device has to be taken out of the image path. If they’re not doing that, it’s crazy, because you’ve got a big polarizer that absorbs 50 percent of the light.” Audience members, the Globe explained, can determine whether the 3D lens has been removed simply by looking at the light coming out of the projection booth If they see two beams, it means that the polarizing device has not been removed. In an interview with the newspaper, Peter Farrelly said that last February he attended promotional screenings of Hall Pass, which he co-directed with his brother Bobby, at two Boston theaters, one of which had not removed the 3D device. “The first screening looked spectacular and the second was so dark, it was daytime versus nighttime. If they’re doing this for a big screening, I can’t imagine what they do for regular customers. That’s no way to see a movie.”»

- admin

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Out of Time

Movie: Out of Time

Released on: 2003

Rating: 6.50

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"A Bag of Hammers" Finds a Home in North America

Mpi Media Group has acquired North American rights to "A Bag of Hammers," an offbeat comedy from first-time director Brian Caro. The film stars Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig and Rebecca Hall. The company plans to release the film theatrically this August, followed by DVD and VOD. Below find the full release: For Immediate Release Mpi Media Group Acquires ‘A Bag Of Hammers’Starring Jason Ritter And Jake Sandvig Late Summer Theatrical »

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'The Hangover Part II': Looking Back On The Wolf-Pack's Path

What a long, strange trip it's been since the first "Hangover" film dropped in 2009. Who could predict that an original comedy starring three mid-level actors would gross hundreds of millions around the world, or that it would become the new standard of bromance comedy, or that you'd actually want to drink more after seeing where alcohol had led the wolf-pack?

But less surprising is how the careers of the actors involved have taken off. Almost all of the primary actors in "The Hangover" have found increased success in the biz, whether it's as action stars, comedic bit players, or reality TV stars.

How far have they come, and where are they going? Find out after the jump!

Zach Galifianakis

"The Hangover's" breakout star floated for years in the alternative comedy scene as one of those perpetually hilarious comedians who never seemed to get a big break. His turn as man-child Alan sparked mainstream attention,»

- Jeremy Gordon

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A Night at the Roxbury

Movie: A Night at the Roxbury

Released on: 1998

Rating: 5.50

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Wear This: X-men, From Vintage 60’s to Colorful 80’s

With a mere ten days to go until Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class hits theaters, t-shirt designers are getting creative and drawing inspiration from great artists such as the legendary graphic designer Saul Bass and pop artist Nagel.While the Bass-inspired designs have a more retro feel, the Nagel series draws its influence from the Duran Duran era of the 80’s. Check them out after the jump!Available via Mighty Fine, the Marvel vs. Saul Bass collection features Professor X – awesomely described as “Jimmy Stewart meets Charles Xavier” – and Wolverine and have that vintage comics vibe. Bass’s art is also translated into other Marvel characters, such as Thor, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, although a couple of them lack the simplicity of his signature style.The 80’s have also made a major comeback both in fashion and movies (please don’t remake Back to the Future), and the X-Men»

- Talia Soghomonian

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Can 'Star Trek 2' Morph From 70-Page Outline To Summer Tent Pole In 13 Months?

Paramount isn't confirming any of this, but I'm told that there soon should be good news and bad news on the Star Trek sequel front. The good news: With his film Super 8 set for release June 10, JJ Abrams is expected to announce shortly his return as director of Star Trek 2. The bad news: Even moving at warp speed, Abrams will be hard pressed to make the June 29, 2012 release date that the studio set for the film. I'm told that the move being considered right now is to push Trek back for a Holiday 2012 release. This comes after Paramount pushed back the other franchise film in its arsenal that has Chris Pine as its star. Pine's also playing Jack Ryan in the reboot of the Tom Clancy-created series. Pine was expected to shoot that film first, but the script wasn't ready. Paramount hired David Koepp to rewrite Adam Cozad's script.»

- MIKE FLEMING

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Mean Girls

Movie: Mean Girls

Released on: 2004

Rating: 7.00

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Stephen Dorff Replaces Matt Dillon in Boot Tracks

Stephen Dorff (Blade) will replace Matt Dillon as the male lead in director David Jacobson's (Down in the Valley) indie flick Boot Tracks. Dorff will star alongside Ray Winstone and Michelle Monaghan in the adaptation of the Matthew F. Jones novel of the same name. In his new role, Dorff plays Charlie Rankin, an ex-con who has a fling with a former porn star (Monaghan) before setting off to complete his task: an honor-killing at the behest of a fellow inmate known as “Buddha” (Winstone), who kept Rankin relatively safe in prison in exchange for all manor of favors.Variety originally reported that Dorff would be replacing Dillon in Boot Tracks, but did not mention any specific reasons. The actor can next be seen as Dick Shadow in this year's Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, where he follows in his parents' footsteps and becomes a porn star.»

- Dave Trumbore

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First Breaking Dawn Teaser Poster Online

Wow. Just… Wow. Now that is how you do a teaser poster! Okay, okay… Enough with the withering sarcasm. But if we’re honest, the Twilight gang have never exactly gone for massive leaps of imagination in their posters, largely because they know exactly what they’re selling and they’re also acutely aware that the fan base will show up anyway. Especially now we’re on to the final two movies. You can still check out the new poster for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 below.Yes, it’s a pretty sunrise with the typical Twilight title treatment superimposed on it. This time around, the marketing bods have even dispensed with using any of the main cast.In case you’re one of those who have managed to avoid finding out the plot of Breaking Dawn so far, it runs thusly: Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward»

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Super Troopers

Movie: Super Troopers

Released on: 2001

Rating: 6.60

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Here's What A Game Made by a Five-Year-Old Looks Like

The problem with adulthood is that you can no longer summon up the insane anti-logic of how childhood creativity unfolds. There's powerful energy there and, if you're lucky and/or vigilant, you can hold onto it in your head or in a box in your parents' garage.

Game developer Ryan Henson Creighton had another idea, though. He brought his kindergarten age daughter Cassie to TOJam, an indie dev gathering in where attendees meet, greet and crank out games on the quick. Creighton then tapped into the clearly brilliant imagination of her fertile mind and together they produced a marvel of the modern age called "Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure."

Creighton, who's the founder of kid-friendly studio Untold Entertainment, details the father-daughter creative journey on his blog, noting that Cassie even designed one of the game's puzzles herself. Here, their tense negotiations:

Me: Remember, you're the first little girl who's ever made a game at TOJam.»

- Evan Narcisse

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Lil Wayne’s Pants Stay Up By A Miracle

Do you see something that we don’t? Wires hanging down? Suspenders? No, right? Then how the hell are Lil Wayne‘s pants staying up! Whoever was on that beach (in Miami) probably became extremely well acquainted with his boxers, whether they liked it or not. Hey we get it, don’t rag on us for going on about someone’s personal style. We’re cool with that. We’re just marveling at the mechanics of how his shorts aren’t eating sand. One hand’s busy handling his very pretty mystery lady, perhaps it’s the other hand that is securing the pocket? Nada. As seen in the gallery below, that’s not it. Weezy, you’ve foxed us all!

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- Ambika Muttoo

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Released on: 2003

Rating: 6.10

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Mr Popper's Penguins: just another Carrey On in a suit

Jim Carrey is back as – you guessed it – the workaholic corporate berk who finds redemption and pulls funny faces

Here's some good news: you don't need to watch Mr Popper's Penguins when it comes out. This is because, aside from anomalies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Number 23, Mr Popper's Penguin looks like it'll be identical to every single Jim Carrey movie ever made.

In fact, Mr Popper's Penguins looks like such a perfect crystalisation of all the various devices that Jim Carrey movies fall back on that one day film historians will use its trailer to describe his entire oeuvre scene by scene. Like so:

Scene one: Jim Carrey is a corporate berk

This is the premise of all Jim Carrey films. In Liar Liar he played a corporate lawyer berk. In Fun With Dick and Jane he played a corporate multinational berk. In Bruce Almighty»

- Stuart Heritage

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New 'Riddick' Film Causes Existential Crisis For Vin Diesel

True art requires sacrifice. Ask any artist about the burdens they have carried, both emotionally and financially, to see their vision through and you will learn that this is a universal truth. Vincent van Gogh's missing ear may be the best known example, but for true art, a true artist will bear any burden.

Just ask Vin Diesel.

In a classic good news, bad news scenario, Diesel revealed on his Facebook page today that he is very close to finalizing a deal to film a third "Riddick" movie, but with two major catches: he'll have to accept a pay cut -- and judging by his comments, he'll apparently have to risk his soul as well. What's an artist to do?

Riddick, as most everyone knows, is Diesel's breakout sci-fi badass; appearing first in the film "Pitch Black" and then in the follow-up "The Chronicles of Riddick," Riddick, who has»

- Scott Harris

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Human Traffic

Movie: Human Traffic

Released on: 1999

Rating: 6.60

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The Best Bit Of Deathly Hallows Part 2

First thing's first, one massive, humongous, siren-like spoiler warning: the quotes beneath this paragraph contain gratuitous and flagrant breaches of not-telling-anyone-the-plot etiquette and should be read by only those of you who have already read Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows in full.You see, thanks to our Harry Potter-filled new issue of Empire, out tomorrow, we've got some amazing quotes from Julie Walters and Helena Bonham Carter about that scene. You know, the duel. The duel with the... "b-bomb".Arguably one of the most anticipated scenes in the whole series, let alone the last movie, it will see Molly Weasley squaring off with Bellatrix LeStrange after the latter attacks the former's daughter, Ginny.In it, Mrs Weasley (Walters), says the line: "Not my daughter, you bitch!" And here's what the two duelling witches had to say on the matter...Julie Walters: "Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is Mrs. Weasley’s big moment.»

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Hollywood Fights Dirty in the Ongoing 'Snow White' Wars

If you've ever wondered what it's like working at a big movie studio, remember back to your elementary school days. Name calling, pranks, jealousy-fueled temper tantrums, bitter rivalries that ended with woodchips up your nose -- back in those days, you didn't brush off little tiffs. You got even.

Hollywood works the same way. One studio will put a "brilliant" (all relative) idea into motion and almost immediately, a handful of copycats from competing companies make their way into development, fists up and ready to fight to the finish line. "A Bug's Life" vs. "Antz;" "Volcano" vs. "Dante's Peak;" "Armageddon" vs. "Deep Impact;" One concept, a million twists and a confused movie-going audience forced to figure out why there are two animated feature films in theaters about talking bugs.

The next wave of awkwardly similar flicks comes in 2012, when Relativity Media and Universal Studios will fight to the death over rival "Snow White" movies.»

- Matt Patches

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American Wedding

Movie: American Wedding

Released on: 2003

Rating: 6.20

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'Easy A' Helmer Will Gluck Makes Two-Year Sony Pictures Deal For Films And Series

Exclusive: After directing Easy A and the upcoming Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis bedroom comedy Friends With Benefits for Screen Gems, Will Gluck has made a two-year development and production deal with Sony Pictures that covers TV and film and involves Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Television. Gluck started his directing career at Screen Gems with Fired Up!, and after Easy A grossed north of $75 million, Screen Gems' Clint Culpepper greenlit Friends With Benefits and bought another project to reteam Gluck with Emma Stone. Gluck is currently developing Sex On The Moon at Columbia Pictures for producers Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael DeLuca. Gluck started out in TV as a staffer for The John Larroquette Show and was a writing producer on several other sitcoms, so it's conceivable that TV will be an important component in a deal negotiated by UTA.I'd heard this deal was coming weeks ago,»

- MIKE FLEMING

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Sarah Palin To Unveil Biopic In Late June To Catapult Her To Gop Presidential Frontlines

HBO's Sarah Palin-John McCain movie Game Change, with Julianne Moore playing the former Alaska governor, has competition from a feature film that will get to the screen first. It's the biopic Undefeated authorized by Palin, made by conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon (Generation Zero celebrating the Tea Party movement, and In The Face Of Evil lionizing President Reagan), and set to premiere in late June in Iowa and then other early presidential primary states like New Hampshire and South Carolina and Nevada. Then the film will eventually release into between 50 and 100 markets nationwide. It may also have a DVD life since there are preliminary discussion about purchasing copies of the film from Bannon to distribute as gifts to SarahPAC donors. And Bannon is counting on a video-on-demand deal.Partisan filmmaking is a long tradition of recent presidential campaigns but usually as brief documentaries shown at  Democratic National Conventions,»

- NIKKI FINKE

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The Pearl of Death

Movie: The Pearl of Death

Released on: 1944

Rating: 7.50

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iW Daily Recap | 4 Stories Not to Miss for Wednesday

indieWIRE Recaps is a daily column that curates indie news and stories from around the film world. If you’d like to suggest an article, you can find us at editors@indiewire.com Future Malick projects …on IMAX? Now that "The Tree of Life" is only days away from a limited release, it's time to focus on the next grand, epic vision from the American auteur. And what's a better way to "go »

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"Tuesday, After Christmas" is a Stunningly Executed Romanian (In)Action Flick

On the whole the Romanian New Wave and James Bond movies aren't mentioned in the same conversation. Certainly our recent outings with 007 and the similarly action-packed franchises of Jason Bourne, Indiana Jones or the superheroes that fill our cineplexes every summer hardly seem to qualify as film making even adjacent to “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” or “12:08 East of Bucharest.” Yet while watching “Tuesday, After Christmas,” the newest feature from director Radu Muntean, I couldn’t shake the feeling that these two areas have more than a little in common. The Romanian New Wave (if it can…»

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The Woman in Green

Movie: The Woman in Green

Released on: 1945

Rating: 6.80

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New Ron Weasley Edition 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' Poster

Right on cue, Warner Bros. has released the third character poster promoting the July 15 release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and as was expected, it features Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley. You can check out a larger version of this poster as well as the two prior posters featuring Emma Watson as Hermione and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry in our gallery right here. I have to assume tomorrow will bring us Voldemort... right?

Photo: Warner Bros.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be»

- Brad Brevet

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Fox Searchlight Reuniting With Little Miss Sunshine Directors For Their Next Film

Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton's upcoming project He Loves Me was already set to be a Little Miss Sunshine reunion, as the pair would once again be directing Paul Dano in a lead role, after he truly broke out playing the sullen, silent brother in Little Miss Sunshine in 2006. Now the reunion is really complete-- Deadline reports that Fox Searchlight is set to distribute this new film, from the directors whose last effort netted $100 million worldwide and helped define Fox Searchlight as a studio that distributes a certain kind of sunny, quirky indie.He Loves Me looks to have its share of quirk as well. Dano stars as a writer struggling for inspiration who writes about his dream woman and somehow wills her into existence. His real-life girlfriend Zoe Kazan will play the woman and also wrote the script, indicating the story is a lot more substantial than some»

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Terror by Night

Movie: Terror by Night

Released on: 1946

Rating: 7.00

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Don’t Worry, Ben Stiller Is Still Trying To Make Zoolander 2 Happen

You’re not alone: the would-be producers of Zoolander 2 also think Zoolander 2 would be awesome. Ben Stiller recently explained the hypothetical plot to Empire Magazine. “Ten years is a thousand years [in male modeling]. They’re both totally out of it and have to start from scratch…And then there are things set up at the end of the first movie that we’re able to build on, like Derek and Matilda have a son, and Mugatu went to jail. There’s a lot there, I’m excited about the idea of doing it. It feels like it’s getting close to going.” Added his partner Stuart Cornfeld, “It’s not just putting on those costumes again, it’s a great story to tell…We’ve got what I consider to be the best comedy script I’ve read in years and years, with jokes that haven’t been told before.»

- Anthony Miccio

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Smurf: Smurf For 'The Smurfs' Finally Smurfs

Did you see "Hop"? Well, basically "The Smurfs 3D" is the exact same movie but with multiple little blue protagonists instead of one long-eared one. The full-length trailer "The Smurfs 3D" has arrived. The film stars James Marsden Neil Patrick Harris as some random dude who has a decent apartment and a really nice job that gets overrun by these blue communist bastards when they can't deal with the shit in their own backyard and come running into Manhattan bringing trouble behind them. Isn't that always the way? Also, it contains the word smurf used about 57,983,312 times, with decreasing…»

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The Scarlet Claw

Movie: The Scarlet Claw

Released on: 1944

Rating: 7.90

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Charlie Sheen Warns La He’ll Be At Tonight’s Surprise Prince Concert

We’re so glad Twitter exists right now. If it wasn’t for the social media platform, fans at tonight’s Prince concert in La would have to debate whether that weird guy in the hat trying to climb on stage was Charlie Sheen or not. “#winning Heading to House of Blues La tonight to see a surprise show by Prince! should be Epic..!!,” Sheen tweeted this afternoon. “Was this a secret?! too late!!” Prince will actually be playing three shows in different parts of the House Of Blues tonight, the Muisc Hall at 8, the Jazz Cafe at 11, and a charity gig at the private Foundation room at 1 Am, but we wouldn’t be surprised if Charlie hits all three…it’s not like he has to go to work tomorrow.

Tonight’s festivities come after a long stretch of gigs in La, with Prince already playing 12 shows at the»

- Anthony Miccio

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Sundance Selects Takes Cannes Critics' Week Opener, The "Live Affirming" Declaration of War

Declarations of War (La guerre est dйclarйe), which opened Cannes Critics' Week, has gone to Sundance Selects for U.S. distribution. Valйrie Donzelli wrote, directed and stars in the film alongside Jйrйmie Elkaпm (who also co-wrote). Based on their own true love story, the movie follows Romeo and Juliette, a couple battling against their child's illness. Sundance Selects has now acquired five films out of the Cannes selection, including Maiwenn's jury-prize winning policier Poliss, Julia Leigh's provocative Sleeping Beauty, the Dardenne brothers' Grand Prix-sharing The Kid with a Bike and Bertrand Bonello's competition entry House of Tolerance; IFC Midnight picked up Aussie serial killer thriller Snowtown. The trailer is below: The film "won us over with their completely heartfelt, life affirming film that announces them as »

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Abandoned

Movie: Abandoned

Released on: 2006

Rating: 5.90

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New 'Smurfs' trailer: Watch the Smurfing Smurfs engage in Smurfy Smurf hijinks here. Smurf.

“Do not be fooled by their cuteness.” “Stop saying ‘Smurf’ for everything!” Are these two quotes from July 29′s 3-D The Smurfs, or reactions to the new trailer? Answer: The former, but, still, at least a third of this screenplay must be made of the word “Smurf,” based on the teaser embedded after the jump. Yet, the little blue guys with a terribly narrow vocabulary are undeniably cute: Watch as they escape the evil Gargamel (Hank Azaria) by transporting themselves into New York City and Neil Patrick Harris’ arms. Bonus draw: There’s a laughing cat. (Maybe that’s just an attraction for me.»

- Kate Ward

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'Shark Night 3D': It's about sharks! 3D sharks!! Check out the trailer!!!

Only yesterday, over at the Music Mix, we pointed out that Mike Fleiss is a man of diverse interests. He oversees the Bachelor and the Bachelorette; he has just co-directed a documentary about Ozzy Osbourne; he plays guitar in his band California Wildebeest; and he produces horror films, including the new, David R. Ellis-directed Shark Night 3D, the trailer for which just hit the Internet.

So, Mr. Fleiss, what exactly is Shark Night 3D about? “It’s about 3D sharks!” enthuses the producer. “Sharks coming at ya, in the theater!” Please do go on. “It’s a really exciting project for me.»

- Clark Collis

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Abandoned

Movie: Abandoned

Released on: 2006

Rating: 5.90

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Insidious Comes Out Of A Coma To Hit Blu-Ray And DVD

Coming from the makers of Paranormal Activity and featuring a tagline as vaguely interesting as .It.s not the house that.s haunted,. it seemed like Insidious might be the sort of low-budget horror movie that is just good enough to rake in a little cash at the box office. Fortunately, Insidious is better than that, using the same creep-out rather than gross-out philosophy its creators are becoming known for. For more information, you can check out Mack.s review.Insidious features Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne as Josh and Renai Lambert, a couple who move from their homes after their oldest son falls into a coma-like sleep and strange, haunting events begin to occur. Insidious came into theaters in April and made over $50 million on a $1.5 million budget. So if you haven.t seen the film, you might want to check it out when it comes to Blu-ray and»

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TV Vs Film: Is This Really A Golden Age Of Television & What Can Film Learn From The Small-Screen?

We don't cover much television here at The Playlist. Generally speaking, the magic of sitting in a dark room with a big-ass screen trumps the home experience every time. But TV news is starting to bleed across, thanks to the reams of big-screen stars, writers and directors who are moving into long-form TV work, and the line in terms of the product is starting to blur as well: "Mildred Pierce," for instance, barely qualifies as television, aside from its length, and its premiere airing on HBO. It was a highly cinematic experience, and arguably the best film of the year…»

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D-War

Movie: D-War

Released on: 2007

Rating: 3.80

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Early Edition: Rufus Sewell Turns Into a Vampire; 'Dragonflight' Book Takes Wing; More

Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' just got its head vampire: Rufus Sewell will play Adam, the leader of the bloodsuckers in Fox's adaptation of the best-selling book. Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper also star in Timur Bekmambetov's 3D movie. In the film, based on Seth Graham-Smith's novel, the nation's 16th president spends much of the Civil War battling vampires rather than the Confederacy. Bekmambetov should be a nice fit for 'Vampire Hunter,' having directed 'Night Watch' and 'Day Watch,' two outrageous fantasy-thrillers. [TheWrap]

Is this 'Avatar' meets 'How to Train Your Dragon'? Copperheart Entertainment and Entertainment One are producing an adaptation of Anne McCaffrey's 'Dragonflight,' the first in the 'Dragonriders of Pern' book series, with 'Watchmen' and 'X-Men' writer David Hayter set to pen the script. The story revolves around»

- Harley W. Lond

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Video Game Pioneer Jerry Lawson Passes Away

In the mid-1970s, the Homebrew Computer Club was just an irregular gathering of tinkerers, hobbyists and enthusiasts who met to talk shop and swap tips about how to build and work with computing hardware. These gatherings gave birth to the personal computer and two of Apple's co-founders--Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak--were members in good standing. Jobs and Wozniak sparked a home computing revolution with the Apple II but another member created an altogether different sort of seismic shift in the electronics world.

Jerry Lawson's name didn't wind up becoming as renowned as Jobs or Wozniak's but his accomplishments helped pave the way for video games to become a cultural force at home and in arcades. Lawson worked at Fairchild, where he led the team that created the first cartridge-based video game console. The Fairchild Channel F preceded the more famous Atari 2600, proving the viability of the nascent technology.»

- Evan Narcisse

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In Cold Blood

Movie: In Cold Blood

Released on: 1967

Rating: 8.20

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Mandy Moore and Kellan Lutz Match Up in 'Love, Wedding, Marriage' Trailer

Dermot Mulroney may be better known as the star of "Zodiac," "The Wedding Date," The Family Stone" and three episodes of "Friends" (remember Gavin from Rachel's Ralph Lauren store?), but the actor is hoping you'll give him a chance behind the camera, with his new rom-com "Love, Wedding, Marriage."

The movie stars Mandy Moore and Kellen Lutz of "Twilight" fame as a married couple trying their best to keep Moore's divorcing parents (Jane Seymour and James Brolin) together. There's a ticking clock too - the newly married couple is counting down to the parent's big wedding anniversary party. Cue James Brolin taking body shots out of a 20-something's navel.

The movie doesn't appear to do anything revolutionary with the genre (making it an odd choice for Mulroney's directorial debut), but with a talented cast of legendary performers and up-and-comers, including Jessica Szohr of "Gossip Girl" and Michael Weston of "House,»

- Matt Patches

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Get To Know The New Actors Up For Supporting Roles In The Dark Knight Rises

If casting news for Dark Knight Rises keeps going like this until its release in 2012, we'll probably be reading about who's in talks to play "Girl at Bar #3" pretty soon. But for now, the rumors are still focused on supporting characters, and now we've got three more to add to the crowded roster: Daniel Sunjata, Diego Klattenhoff and Burn Gorman. What's that? Those names don't mean anything to you? No problem! Meet each one of them along with the character they're supposed to play after the jump. »

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In a Dark Place

Movie: In a Dark Place

Released on: 2006

Rating: 4.40

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Ryan Reynolds' Final CGI Green Lantern Costume Revealed, Plus International Posters and Kilowog Gets a Voice

If you have ever frequented a fan-centric movie site, you'll find that the comic book movie fans ("fanboys" in the parlance) are extremely vocal when it comes to adaptations of their favorite characters. Some might call them "whiney," while others might just call them "critical," but they are definitely an opinionated bunch. Whenever there is a new actor announcement, poster, still image, video clip or trailer for a comic book movie, you can count on a percentage of the fans to decry it as a travesty and an insult to the legacy of the character, blah, blah, blah. Such is the case with DC Entertainment's latest superhero movie, Green Lantern, which has generated excitement among non-comic book aficionados—partially because of the casting of Ryan Reynolds as the lead character, Hal Jordan, but also because the movie will be at least partially set in space, with heavy sci-fi elements, including»

- BrentJS Sprecher

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Donald Trump is Not a Very Polite Moviegoer

"Years ago Trump sat behind me at a private screening of Steven Spielberg's slavery epic Amistad. He arrived with a tall model (now his wife) and once the lights dimmed they began making out in earnest (like high school). After about 15 minutes the pair got up and walked out. Classy." Ooof. This is gonna kill him in the Iowa caucuses. [Looker]»

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Loaded

Movie: Loaded

Released on: 2007

Rating: 5.80

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Bruce Campbell Says 'Evil Dead' Remake Script Is "Awesome," He Might Have A Role In It

A remake or sequel to Sam Raimi's cult favorite "The Evil Dead" has been knocking around for years now, moving in fits and starts but never really getting anywhere. And while we're probably not much closer to it, fans can't help but ask about the film anytime Bruce Campbell or Raimi hit the press circuit. Back in January, the Guardian reported that Raimi's longtime producing partner Rob Tapert said, "we're looking at a script this month. What's interesting about 'Evil Dead' is very few people saw it in the format we made it for, which is for the [movie] theater.…»

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Bad Movies We Love: I Know What You Did Last Summer

The other day I was thumbing through my "Glowering Vixens of Party of Five" multiyear calendar when I realized something: I know just the mediocre slasher to prepare you for Scream 4! Or Scre4m! Or SCRE4M! Or Justin Bieber: Always Say Neve. It's I Know What You Did Last Summer, screenwriter Kevin Williamson's followup to Scream that abandoned wit, subversion, and scares, and replaced them with a slow-ass murderer in a denim Eddie Bauer jacket. Fine, that's terrifying.»

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Severance

Movie: Severance

Released on: 2006

Rating: 6.80

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Adam Shankman Gets Russell Brand, But Amy Adams Won't Bed Tom Cruise In 'Rock Of Ages'

Adam Shankman has tweeted that he got Russell Brand to play Lonny in the New Line musical Rock of Ages. But Shankman's pursuit of Amy Adams  didn't work out. He wanted her to play the role of the journalist who duets and then beds down with Tom Cruise's decadent rock star character Stacee Jaxx, but Adams' schedule was complicated by landing the Lois Lane role in the Superman film Man of Steel. Shankman's still looking.Brand's casting was first disclosed by Deadline on Jan. 20. He'll play Lonny, who runs the '80s rock club The Bourbon for owner Dennis (Alec Baldwin). Brand and Baldwin get to sing a rousing version of the Reo Speedwagon tune Can’t Fight This Feeling. Brand previously worked with Shankman in Bedtime Stories. Rock of Ages stars Diego Gonzalez Boneta, Julianne Hough, Cruise, Baldwin, Mary J. Blige and Paul Giamatti. Pretty good cast for»

- MIKE FLEMING

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‘That’s What I Am’ Trailer – WWE’s Randy Orton Makes His Acting Debut Opposite Ed Harris

[1]A new trailer has been released for WWE Studios' That's What I Am, starring Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Molly Parker -- and professional wrestler Randy Orton. Yup, it's that WWE. The gargantuan sports entertainment corporation has been producing features through its filmmaking arm since 2002, including The Scorpion King (as co-producers), The Marine, and last year's Legendary. That's What I Am looks like a bit of a departure from the company's earlier projects, in that it doesn't seem to feature much in the way of action or wrestling. Watch the trailer after the jump.That's What I Am stars Chase Ellison as Andy, a typical eighth grader who learns lessons about courage and tolerance when he's assigned to work with an unpopular geek (Alexander Walters). Harris plays Andy's wise, compassionate English teacher, who faces troubles of his own when he becomes the target of a potentially destructive rumor. Madigan and Parker»

- Angie Han

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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

Movie: G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

Released on: 1999

Rating: 6.40

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Location Managers Get Tour Of Underused S.E. Los Angeles

In yet another effort to slow runaway production to other states and countries, the Location Managers Guild of America, aided by the California Film Commission, is organizing tours of areas in the southeastern part of Los Angeles County for studio location managers and producers. As reported by today’s (Wednesday) Los Angeles Times, the tour takes location-site scouts to such cities as Cerritos, Bellflower, Lakewood and Long Beach, where they can get a look at everything from bustling opera houses, to vacant department stores to homeless shelters. “There are over 90 cities within the zone … that are not recognized by the filming community and have so much to offer and have amazing locations,” said Kris Bunting, a former key assistant location manager for Dexter, who has been organizing the tours of the area. “We want to put them on the map.” While the cities may not offer the tax incentives that some states do, the Times observed, they do offer advantages such as low permit fees, low-cost parking, and communities where filmmakers, and the business they bring with them, are welcomed. »

- admin

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Adam Shankman Confirms Russell Brand is Lonny in Rock of Ages, but Amy Adams is Out

Confirming a report from earlier this month, director Adam Shankman Tweeted today that Russell Brand is officially on board for Rock of Ages -- and that he'll play Lonny, the narrator of the Sunset Strip-set rock saga, which is also set to star Tom Cruise as the douchebag rocker Stacee Jaxx, Julianne Hough, Paul Giamatti, Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige, and Diego Gonzбlez Boneta. »

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The Cooler

Movie: The Cooler

Released on: 2003

Rating: 7.00

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Twitter Helps Name Sarah Palin's New Film, and Now You Can Too

If you thought the upcoming Sarah Palin documentary sounded like a bit of a joke, you're not alone. For the last few hours Twitter users have spent precious work time coming up with pithy alternate titles for The Undefeated (the film's actual title), and now you can join in on the fun as well. Click ahead to read the ten funniest #palinfilmnames, and then add your own in the comments section.»

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Universal Marketing Head Eddie Egan Moving To Top Illumination Post

Update: Well, that didn't take long. Universal has confirmed Egan's move. Here's the release, below Deadline's original break of the story.Exclusive: I'm hearing that Universal marketing president Eddie Egan will be moving over to a top post at Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment. I hear he will transition slowly, straddling both jobs for a limited time. It's the latest growth move for Illumination, the Universal-based family film company, which is 2-for-2 on movies with Despicable Me and Hop. Despicable Me, Meledandri's first release through Universal, is also spawning a theme park attraction. Developing...Universal City, CA, May 25, 2011 – After leading the domestic marketing of back-to-back breakaway hits for Universal Pictures in Fast Five and Bridesmaids, President of Marketing Eddie Egan has chosen to take on a new position as head of marketing for Illumination Entertainment. As Egan assumes the title and duties of Illumination’s President of Marketing, he will»

- MIKE FLEMING

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Illegal Tender

Movie: Illegal Tender

Released on: 2007

Rating: 4.60

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Matthew Vaughn and Bryan Singer Talk Possible Sequels To ‘X-Men: First Class’

Usually, talking about making sequels to a film that's still about two months from release would constitute extreme over-confidence. But, usually, those movies aren't part of the X-Men franchise, a tried and true property that's already had four successful films with more currently in development. The latest one, X-Men: First Class, is scheduled for release [1] on June 3 and will serve as a prequel to all of those other films, telling the story of two very important mutants - Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) - as they begin to form their opinions, and factions, in the 1960s. Director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) and producer Bryan Singer (X-Men) sat down with Total Film and once again threw around [2] some ideas for potential sequel [3] jump off points. Read what they had to say after the jump.In their discussion with Total Film [4], Vaughn compared his film to the obvious one when»

- Germain Lussier

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Scary Good: The 9 Best Horror Sequels

Sequels are an essential part of the horror genre. Revisiting a particular horrific scenario allows us to experience new thrills in a familiar setting -- when we watch a horror sequel, we're braver now that we know the world and its rules, making us feel more like participants in the terror rather than helpless victims.

Unfortunately, a good horror sequel is a rare thing. It's a daunting task to make a fresh experience out of a now-familiar world. But every once in a while, it works. And works wonders.

As we expect "Scream 4" to join the ranks of great horror sequels, we've compiled what we believe to be the Top 9. Feel free to add the 10th in the comments section.

(Before we begin, we'd just like to explain the distinct absence of George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" from this list. We consider the "Dead" films to be variations on a theme,»

- Bryan Enk

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Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale

Movie: Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale

Released on: 2007

Rating: 5.60

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Joe Pesci Joins The Cast Of Gotti: Three Generations

Nobody plays a gangster quite like Joe Pesci. From Goodfellas to Casino, there's nothing like watching a 5'4" angry Italian man beating the crap out of somebody - or in the case of Casino, watching the crap get beaten out of them. As a result, genre fans were elated when it was reported at the end of last year that Pesci would be joining the cast of The Irishman, Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Charles Brandt's book I Heard You Paint Houses, with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Unfortunately, that project has since been sidelined, meaning that Pesci is looking for work. Sadly, he's found some.Deadline reports that Pesci has landed a role in Nick Cassavetes' Gotti: Three Generations. He joins a cast that already includes John Travolta - who will be playing John Gotti Jr. - and potentially Lindsey Lohan, who is currently in talks,»

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Friday Night Lights: The Fifth and Final Season DVD Review

One of network primetime’s greatest series closes out with an incredibly strong season.  The critically-lauded (but underwatched) Friday Night Lights takes its final bow with all the grace, eloquence and emotion that gave it such a devoted fanbase through its turbulent run at NBC (while the critics and a small group of followers adored it, the rest of the world never seemed to catch on; marketing was blamed for the show’s low numbers, and then the intelligence level of the television-watching populace was indicted, but I digress).  Friday Night Lights takes place in the fictional Dylan, Texas, an all-American town that holds nothing more sacred than the rowdy Friday night high school football games that transpire every Friday night.  But just as ER wasn’t really about hospitals, The Sopranos wasn’t really about the mob and Mad Men isn’t exactly about advertising in the 1960s, Friday Night Lights»

- Gil Kellerman

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