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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

25 October 2009 8:14 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

It’s a difficult tightrope to walk, making a film adaptation of a book, especially if the book is well-loved.  On one hand, if you change the book’s content too much, you run the risk of angering the fans who will turn on you for all the differences between the story in their heads and the one you’ve committed to film.  On the other hand, if you don’t alter the story enough so that a few hundred pages’ worth of information gets crammed properly into 90 minutes of movie, those who have not read the book(s) will not understand what is going on or why things are happening, and thus will not be able to follow the story thoroughly.  I am sorry to say that Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant does not walk that tightrope very well and, by the third act, tumbles clumsily into the safety net below. »

- Marco Duran

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An American Werewolf In London, Army Of Darknes and Van Helsing Blu-ray Reviews

10 October 2009 10:01 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Halloween brings out the ghosts, ghouls and reissues of Haloween favorites and “favorites.” Universal, one of the great studios for catalog Blu-ray releases has put out two cult-classics, and one film that might strain to be some day. My reviews of An America Werewolf in London, Army of Darkness and Van Helsing after the jump.

John Landis has a great and awkward career, one that started with promise and mutated into saggy but somewhat enjoyable enterprises. It’s hard to say if the joy is gone because his first episode of Masters of Horror suggested that the man still has some game. An American Werewolf in London may not be his best movie (it’s hard to argue between it, Animal House and Trading Places), but it’s one of the great modern horror films.

David Naughton stars as David Kessler, who’s out backpacking with his best friend Jack Goodman »

- Andre Dellamorte

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DVD Weekly Roundup – Mon 12th October 2009

10 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Coraline

Based on a brilliant book by Neil Gaiman, Coraline is about a young girl that enters a parallel reality when she discovers a hidden door in her new home. In this world she encounters strange characters that help and hinder her journey back into real life.

Directed by Henry Selick of Nightmare Before Christmas fame, Coraline is another great-animated feature that has been released recently. It can sit proud alongside Pixar’s Up and Fantastic Mr Fox. Amazing visuals and a perfect script make this perfect viewing for the whole family. Highly recommended!

Looking For Eric

One of Britain’s best directors brings us Looking For Eric. Telling the story of Eric, a postman living in Manchester desperately trying to get his life back on track after his wife leaves him. Unable to turn to anyone, it is while smoking a joint that Eric is visited by none other »

- Alex Wagner

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TheCW Reveals Revamped 90210 Character Galleries

7 October 2009 5:00 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

TheCW has revamped their 90210 character pics. Not nearly as steamy as the Melrose Place and Gossip Girl shoots, but most definitely worth a gander.  Click on through for an up close look.

A lot has changed in Beverly Hills over the past summer. Some friendships have solidified, while others have been destroyed in the aftershocks of the earthquake that was prom night. Some romances have bloomed, while others have wilted or died on the vine. Some characters have struggled in an effort to be understood, while others have done everything within their power to conceal who they are…and the horrible things they have done.

Season two of 90210 focuses on our group as they begin their all-important Junior year. They'll go through all the ordinary teenage struggles and triumphs – crushes, sexual discovery, academic pressure, evolving friendships, shunning and isolation, love and relationships, family issues, SATs, STDs, a desire to fit in, »

- Jon Lachonis

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Review: ‘Zombieland’

2 October 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Part monster movie, part buddy road comedy with a dash of romance thrown in, Zombieland manages to deliver on pretty much every level. Featuring terrific performances by the entire cast, including Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, this film is able to deliver genuine laughs, genuine scares and genuine entertainment for its entire running time. Its a solid piece of filmmaking by director Ruben Fleischer, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, that should definitely find an audience.

The premise of the film is, as it should be, relatively simple. The world as we know it has come to an end due to some unspecified reason and the dead are now walking the earth. In this world we first meet Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) who, being the introverted, Mountain Dew drinking, pseudo-loser he is, has managed to stay alive due to his nature and adherence to rules he »

- Chris Ullrich

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HuffPost Review: Zombieland

2 October 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

There are several big laughs in Zombieland - more than in any of the other big films opening this week. So why doesn't Zombieland feel satisfying? It comes close: It entertains regularly, if not consistently. And the script, by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, finds a new spin on the whole zombie craze. Ultimately, however, director Ruben Fleischer has to honor the horror half of the horror-comedy equation. And that slows the movie down every time. The narrator-hero is Columbus (all characters are named for their hometowns), played with wonderfully jittery politesse by Jesse Eisenberg. Columbus has managed to survive the fast-acting virus that turned much of America into a ravening horde of the flesh-eating undead. In this world, the zombies don't shamble along relentlessly but, rather, sprint after their prey. Hence, Columbus's first rule: Work on your cardio. Columbus has many more rules,... »

- Marshall Fine

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Tiff ‘09: Daybreakers

24 September 2009 8:19 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Daybreakers Directed by Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig In 2003 the twin Australian filmmakers, The Spierig Brothers, unleashed the no-budget, frenetic, zombie opus titled Undead onto the world. Now after a six year hiatus, they have finally returned with the world premiere of their new movie Daybreakers, at Tiff's Midnight Madness. Daybreakers tackles the vampire genre with all of the energy and enthusiasm shown in Undead, but now with a bigger budget, a more revered cast, and a better script. The vampire film has become almost as tired as the zombie film, but with even greater presence in the mainstream. It's saturated with things like Twilight and True Blood, taking the terrifying Draculas and Nosferatus, and transforming them into pop icons like Edward Cullen. Now the Spierig bothers are breathing some new life into the vampire genre with their extremely inventive second feature. In this world, power has shifted into the hands of the vampires, »

- Ricky

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Tiff ‘09: Daybreakers

17 September 2009 8:36 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Daybreakers Directed by Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig In 2003 the twin Australian filmmakers, The Spierig Brothers, unleashed the no-budget, frenetic, zombie opus titled Undead onto the world. Now after a six year hiatus, they have finally returned with the world premiere of their new movie Daybreakers, at Tiff's Midnight Madness. Daybreakers tackles the vampire genre with all of the energy and enthusiasm shown in Undead, but now with a bigger budget, a more revered cast, and a better script. The vampire film has become almost as tired as the zombie film, but with even greater presence in the mainstream. It's saturated with things like Twilight and True Blood, taking the terrifying Draculas and Nosferatus, and transforming them into pop icons like Edward Cullen. Now the Spierig bothers are breathing some new life into the vampire genre with their extremely inventive second feature. In this world, power has shifted into the hands of the vampires, »

- Madeleine Koestner

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Review: ‘Halloween 2′

28 August 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 doesn’t live up to the promise of his first effort and is only marginally entertaining for its running time. The film, which begins about a minute after the last one ends, continues the tale of Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) and her descent into madness. During the film she’s also pursued by Michael Myers, a sinister and relentless killing machine who even thought he’s on a mission to find Laurie and do whatever it is sociopaths do with people they find instead of killing them, he manages to stop along the way and kill many people seemingly at random or just because they happen to be in his way.

There are some things to like about this sequel. First, Zombie manages to up the tension and the stakes a bit from the first one — its now even more about saving Laurie — plus he »

- Chris Ullrich

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Red Riding Trilogy: Tony Grisoni Interview Part Three

4 March 2009 2:14 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Red Riding is a trilogy of movies based on a quartet of novels by David Peace. The books (and films) are fictionalized accounts of the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper, a brutal serial killer that stalked the Yorkshire area of England in the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Screen Rant was present at the launch of the films in London and interviewed writer Tony Grisoni (Tideland and Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas) along with various other UK bloggers.

Check out the third and final installment of this Screen Rant Interview with Tony Grisoni below (if you missed part one, you can find it here and if you need to catch up on part two you can find it here).

Most people in the UK know David Peace from The Damned United which became an unlikely bestseller. Was this all green lit before that success?

Oh yeah-i’m not sure if it »

- Niall Browne

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2009 | 2006 | 2003

10 articles from 2009

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