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Jennifer’s Boring Body

20 November 2009 7:23 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

Cheerleaders are man-eaters. No-one understands the pain of the teenage girl. Yes we get the metaphor. That doesn’t make Jennifer’s Body a better film because of it. Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) is the sexy, popular captain of the high school cheerleading squad. She is kidnapped and sacrificed by an out of town rock band hoping to make it big. When the ritual goes wrong, she comes back to life as a demon who gains her power by feasting on the town’s teenage male population.  Only her ‘frumpy’ best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried) can stop Jennifer from eating more of her classmates. Coming form the pen of Oscar winning scriptwriter Diablo Cody, the film promised much. Well written lead roles for women are still a rarity but it’s sad to say this isn’t one of those. The snappy dialogue of Juno fails to fly off the …

- Michael Shelton

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You review: Jennifer's Body

9 November 2009 5:18 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Neither a Diablo Cody script or a vampiric Megan Fox have sold critics on Jennifer's Body. Did the feminist subtext convince you, or did the high-school horror outing just drain your patience?

It ought to have been a snappy subversion of the horror genre with a feminist subtext and dialogue to die for. But the critics are not convinced that Jennifer's Body, Diablo Cody's first screenplay since the Oscar-winning Juno, is quite as hot as it thinks it is.

All the ingredients are there: a decent enough body count, an on-form Megan Fox as the sublimely beautiful, enjoyably vapid Jennifer, and an oh-so-super-ridiculous plotline in which she is transformed into a flesh-eating succubus by eyeliner-sporting indie rockers who feel they need a helping hand from the Devil. Yet not everyone reckons the whole thing hangs together – there's a sense that Jennifer's Body might be lacking a soul.

Channel 4 Film's …

- Ben Child

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Winona Ryder opens up to "BlackBook"

6 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

If you lived through the late '80s, it’s hard not to have a soft spot for Winona Ryder. Little Noni with her pixie haircut and her big eyes, her pale skin and her goth before goth was even a thing sensibilities. Ten years have passed since her last big splash in the movies with Girl, Interrupted. Since then she has still worked steadily, though often in smaller roles and less high-profile pieces. And she has kept largely to herself and often shunned the spotlight.

So it was great to read her take on her own life now in the new BlackBook interview to promote her upcoming film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. For a person who doesn’t give interviews all that often, she sure gives great copy.

On why her career has slowed:

"One of the worst things you can be is mediocre. I get offered …

- dorothy snarker

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The Action Pack presents The Heathers Quote-along

4 November 2009 6:10 PM, PST | OriginalAlamo.com | See recent AlamoDrafthouseCinema news »

Action Pack presents the

Heathers Quote-along

Thursdays, Nov 5, 12 & 19

Advance tix available here!

“Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count.”

Before Diablo Cody made talking in a teenage lingo mean dropping in dated Internet references as often as you can, Daniel Waters perfected the art of bitchy high school teen speak dialog in his screenplay for Heathers.

“What’s your damage?”

“Where’s your urge to purge?”

“If you wanna fuck with the eagles, you’ve gotta learn to fly!”

This is the movie that established the teen black comedy as the ultimate way of viewing high school, and way before Lindsay Lohan learned about a new way to play through the social politics of the clique system in Mean Girls, Christian Slater taught Winona Ryder that there are much more… physical ways of handling queen bees.

This movie may not be as chock full of one-liners as …

- caitlin

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Winona Ryder

24 October 2009 1:01 PM, PDT | Interview Magazine | See recent Interview Magazine news »

There was a time when Winona Ryder changed everything. She was like the new prom queen-the one who millions of brainy, brunette girls who'd long since disavowed their interest in prom queens had secretly been waiting for. (Some guys, too.) It was Heathers (1988), a groundbreaking, unsentimental (and very smart and funny) film about a pair of high school outcasts (Ryder and Christian Slater) who wind up taking out a handful of the most popular kids at school, that first earned Ryder favored-actress status amongst those of the Generation Formerly Known as X. That early Ryder image-the dark hair, the porcelain skin, the doe-like, knowing eyes, forever threatening to roll upward-very quickly became burned into peoples' brains. It's a singular, powerful image, and one that many directors have deployed in its variations to great effect, from Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, 1988, and Edward Scissorhands, 1990) to Francis Ford Coppola (Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992) to Martin Scorsese (The Age of Innocence, …

- By Stephen Mooallem Photography Herb Ritts

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The 26th Olympia Film Festival

16 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

 The curtains part yet again as Olympia Film Festival host several concert-worthy guests including Dame Darcy and Death By Doll and a very special visit from Steven Severin of the famed Siouxsie and the Banshees in his Only Northwest performance with his original score for the classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. With generous support, in the form of a $5,000 grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, we have been able to increase our capacity to create stronger relationships between filmmakers and the Olympia community, bringing many exciting guests.

Several Northwest premieres are spotlit on the Capitol’s mighty big screen, including the adorable story of Etienne!, as a man takes his terminally ill pet hamster on a bicycle trip up the California coast; the British crime comedy Down Terrace featuring cast members from the original The Office; and the ‘lost’ feature Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth …

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Christian Slater talks about The Forgotten, life at 40, and his love of TV

6 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Stealing scenes on the small screen is nothing new to Christian Slater. The actor, known for films like Heathers, True Romance and Pump up the Volume, has made memorable guest appearances on shows like Alias, The West Wing and My Name is Earl. His first shot at his own series, the NBC spy thriller My Own Worst Enemy, struggled to find an audience, leading the network to cancel it halfway through the first season.

Slater is back starring in a new series, The Forgotten, produced by CSI head honcho Jerry Bruckheimer. The ABC procedural follows a team of amateur detectives who work murder cases involving unidentified victims, or John and Jane Does. Slater plays former cop Alex Donovan, whose search for his missing daughter inspires him in the field.

I got the chance to talk with Slater about The Forgotten, his new career in TV, and what one of his …

- Mike Moody

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Christian Slater: ‘Having Kids Is a Phenomenal Eye-Opener’

30 September 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »

Bauer-Griffin Some roles hit closer to home than others, and for Christian Slater portraying a detective haunted by the disappearance of his daughter on the new show The Forgotten is one of them.

“I certainly know that I can identify with loving your family and loving your kids and thinking they’re the most important things in your life,” says the 40-year-old dad-of-two. “Losing one of them is just not something you want to give a lot of thought to, but I do face it on the show.”

For a time, the Heathers star admits that high school was something …

- Missy

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DVD Review: Deadgirl (2008)

19 September 2009 2:46 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Colin J reviews the horror flick.

Even after all these year, PR hype can still influence me. Before I received the press release for 2009's Deadgirl, I knew nothing of it. However, references to it as "groundbreaking" and a movie that "made headlines around the world" enticed me. Worst case scenario: I get a review out of it!

When high school students Ricky (Shiloh Fernandez) and Jt (Noah Segan) skip class, they head to an abandoned hospital to drink beer and smash stuff. As they explore the building, they find a shocking discovery: a nude girl (Jenny Spain) chained to a table and covered in plastic.

Ricky wants to get help, but Jt would prefer to keep her as a toy for a while. Ricky gets sidetracked from his plan to contact authorities and eventually Jt lures him back to the hospital to reveal a secret: the girl can't be killed. …

- Paul

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Criticizing Diablo Codyspeak. Today in Film Bloggery 09/18/09

18 September 2009 3:47 PM, PDT | Spout.com | See recent Spout news »

One of my favorite screenplays of all time is Daniel Waters' Heathers, mainly because of its clever, yet not necessarily realistic dialogue. However, I'm not that into the work of Diablo Cody, whose writing style is often compared to and admittedly influenced by that earlier black comedy. Waters' line "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?" could easily fit in a Cody-penned film, as could "No one at Westerberg is going to let you play their reindeer games." But most of the memorable, quotable Heathers lines are smarter. Aren't they? I often wonder if I would have had any appreciation for Heathers had I seen it as my older, more cynical self. Would I have dismissed the script the same way I now do the scrip …

- Christopher Campbell

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Advance Review: Jennifer's Body

11 September 2009 9:58 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

“I mean, she’s actually evil… not high school evil!” Unfortunately for Needy Lesnicky (Amanda Seyfried) no one else recognizes the true nature of her Bff (“best friend forever”) Jennifer Check (Megan Fox), a high school student-turned demonic killer in this mixed bag of a horror flick from Juno scribe, Diablo Cody.

Designed to make some members of the audience feel considerably aged within the first five minutes, it certainly does take time to catch up with Cody’s slang-infused high school girl speak. This includes terms like “shuttie” (which apparently is what you say to someone to shut them up) and personality trait descriptions that include the gem “freaktarded” (well, you can probably figure that one out). Whether or not this is how any high school student actually speaks is highly debatable, but one can already envision the “slang dictionary trivia track” option running underneath the movie for its DVD release. …

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Glenn Kay)

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Break out the Drano, "Heathers" is coming to TV

2 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

Heathers: The Musical? Thank you, ma’am, may I have another! Heathers: The TV Show. What’s your damage, Hollywood? News broke late last week that Fox was working on a contemporary take on the 1989 cult classic. And while I’m not ready to do anything inappropriate with a chainsaw — gently or otherwise — I can’t say I’m too enthusiastic.

The problem with any adaptation of Heathers is, of course, tone.

The jet-black comedy of Heathers worked on film because of its pitch-perfect delivery. It was equal-parts mean and hilarious which cut close enough to the bone to leave a scar. Dying is easy, satire is hard like drinking Drano.

The film is being adapted for the small screen by Mark Rizzo (whose previous credit includes a failed pilot called Zip) with help from Sex and the City alum Jenny Bicks. The project is still in the script stage. …

- dorothy snarker

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Teen cult film 'Heathers' becoming a Fox TV show

29 August 2009 11:57 AM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. The 1989 Christian Slater/Winona Ryder/Shannen Doherty masterpiece of teen black comedy, murder, cliques, and morbidity Heathers is becoming a Fox TV series.

TV writer Mark Rizzo and producer Jenny Bicks (Sex in the City, Men in Trees) are in charge of the adaptation, which worries me, because of Sex in the City and Men in Trees being awful shows in which women are vapid innocent idiots and men are idealized as saviors of the middle-aged single gal. Anyway, this is about teenagers. So thankfully Diablo Cody is not involved...

Veronica Sawyer (played in the movie by Winona Ryder), J.D. (Christian Slater) and the "Heathers" themselves will all stay as characters, but what other horrible changes will be made?

The idea for a Heathers revival came from inside UTA, where reps for Rizzo and Bicks decided the title was ready to be …

- Superheidi

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Heathers Coming To Fox TV

29 August 2009 12:01 AM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

A new television series based on the 1989 'black comedy' feature Heathers is being developed for Fox, by writer Mark "Zip" Rizzo and co-producer Jenny "Sex And The City" Bick for Lakeshore Entertainment. The original film produced by Denise Di Novi, directed by Michael Lehmann, from a screenplay by Daniel Waters, starred actors Winona "Beetle Juice" Ryder, Christian "True Romance" Slater, and Shannen "90210" Doherty, following four girls in a 'trend-setting clique', set at a fictional high school in Ohio. Three of the girls, named 'Heather', rule the school through intimidation, contempt and sex appeal. The 'modernized' TV version of the original story will revive the original characters from the film including 'Veronica Sawyer', 'Jason "Jd" Dean', 'Heather Duke', 'Heather Chandler', 'Heather McNamara', 'Mrs. Fleming', 'Father Ripper', 'Peter Dawson', 'Betty Finn' and 'Mrs. Sawyer'. Sneak Peek the 1989 trailer from Michael Lehmann's Heathers …

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Heathers to be revived on the small screen

28 August 2009 3:21 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

High school hassles have long been a focus of Hollywood writers, if only for the possibility of giving us wildly dysfunctional relationships, shallow characters and rebellious behaviour, alongside youthful good-looks and eye-catching fashion. So it’s with a massive grin on our faces that Team Boxwish is able to tell you that the darkest and most disturbingly comical movie of the high school-genre is being retold for the small screen. Yes, Heathers (of the death-by-drain-cleaning-liquid, and “Swatch dogs and Diet Coke heads” fame) is being adapted for TV, and so, as J.D would say – “greetings and salutations” – glad to have you back.

The 1989 black-comedy is often seen gracing lists of the most iconic high school movies, and the film certainly takes the idea of teenage cliques (all the girls of the popular group share the name Heather) and bullying (Jd, played by Christian Slater, and Veronica, played by Winona Ryder …

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Bringing Back Heathers

27 August 2009 7:32 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

The people at Twentieth Century Fox are racking their brains in order to make a more updated version of the 1988 film Heathers. The original starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater and was directed by Michael Lehmann (Because I Said So). The story centers around a girl who half-heartedly tries to be part of the “in crowd” of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics.

Fox plans to twist around the story and expand it into a TV series of sorts. They work along with Lakeshore Entertainment who currently hold onto the rights. Sex and the City producer Jenny Bicks hops on board helping out script writer Mark Rizzo put together the eighties film onto the small screen. If you are curious as to how the original goes, here’s the trailer below.

Love this news? Absolutely hate it? Let us know. …

- Melissa Molina

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Wtf: Heathers… on TV?

27 August 2009 4:23 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

When I was graduating high school and heading into college, there were three films that I considered to be my favorites: Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, the very similar A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick and Michael Lehmann’s dark high school masterpiece Heathers. Not only did Heathers usher in a long-term crush on Winona Ryder (which was quickly squashed several years later by a pixie haircut, truly awful performances in films like Girl, Interrupted and a high profile shoplifting case), but it also helped whet my taste for independent and strangely dark cinema. I have loved Heathers for years because of its daring storyline, its brilliant hyper-realism, its sardonic humor and its unflinching tone. However, a piece of news hit the entertainment wire this week that made me shudder more than if J.D. himself was pointing a gun filled with “ich luge” bullets at me. The word that strikes fear in the hearts …

- Kevin Carr

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'Heathers' on TV: What is your damage, Hollywood?

27 August 2009 2:57 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Dear Diary: My blogger-angst bulls-- now has a body count. Everybody's sad...but it's kind of a weird sad. The rumors just won't stop. First a phantom wacky 'Heathers' musical starring Kristen Bell, then a hypothetical 'Heathers' movie remake, and now a proposed 'Heathers' TV series (announced by Fox today, ugh). I have no control over myself when these obnoxious fairy tales inundate my slushied-out brain. Are we going to prom or to hell? You know what, Heather? I think I'll just watch my 'Heathers' DVD instead. Forever. Yep! That's what I'm going to do. Go ahead and make a Heathers TV show. Yeah! Great. I'll believe it when I Don't see it. In the meantime, I'm just going to pull up a sofa and eat some BBQ Corn Nuts and watch Christian Slater and Winona Ryder murder some teenagers. The Old Way. …

- Annie Barrett

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"Heathers" Coming to TV? But…..Why??

27 August 2009 1:09 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

According to my impressive research skills, Heathers (starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater) came out in 1989, which would mean that I was about 10 years old at the time.  I really don't think it was appropriate for a 10 year old, but I distinctly remember watching and loving this movie. 

For those of you who don't remember, Heatherswas the story Veronica Sawyer (Ryder) who was friends with a group of b*tchy highschool girls, most of whom were named Heather.  Enter the tortured rebel, J.D. (played to perfection by Slater and his greasy hair).  He and Veronica embark on a series of adventures wherein they "accidentally" start killing the Heathers and make it look like a suicide.  Then suicide becomes cool and all the kids want to start doing it.  It's basically a look at cliques  in highschool, teenage angst and serial killing. 

Sounds pretty whack, right?  It was, but in an awesome, …

- clarissa

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New ‘Heathers’ Coming from Fox and Sony TV

27 August 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Its probably only a matter of time before Hollywood studios remake or reboot each and every movie and tv show that’s been made in the last thirty years. Its inevitable as original ideas and creativity dry up and are replaced more and more with new projects obviously pitched during a heated ten minutes between rounds of golf at the Wilshire Country Club.

Case in point this time is the planned reboot of director Michael Lehman’s classic black comedy Heathers which, according to Variety, Fox, Sony TV and Lakeshore Entertainment are planning on doing. Why you may ask? Well, my personal favorite quote from the Variety piece illustrates my earlier point perfectly.

“We had the title, and talked about doing a film remake at times,” said Lakeshore prexy Gary Lucchesi. “But doing it for TV seemed like a fresh and original idea.”

So, taking what was once a movie …

- Chris Ullrich

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