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Pandorum review. (5/5). The best science fiction horror since Aliens.

30 September 2009 12:07 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Two of the most impressive films I’ve seen this year fall into the science fiction genre. The first being the South African “District 9” from Neill Blomkamp and now “Pandorum” under the skilled hand of director Christian Alvart. This was a film I was eager to view since first coming across it and, although I had great expectations, they were easily surpassed. I find that the film is a clever mixture of various potent films in the same genre with elements of 1997’s gory “Event Horizon” by Paul W.S. Anderson, the Barry Levinson film “Sphere” of 1998 and the exceptional 2005 cave horror “The Descent” from Neil Marshall. »

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'Twilight' Producers Close To Casting Halle Berry For Thriller 'Dark Tide'

9 September 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

By choice or not, Halle Berry has stayed on the outskirts of Hollywood's radar in the last few years, appearing in just two relatively low-profile films, with a third indie still awaiting release. The folks behind the "Twilight" franchise, conversely, are at the epicenter of the pop culture zeitgeist.

Variety is reporting that the thriller "Dark Tide" will have Berry and two "Twilight" producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, joining forces. Nothing's set yet — the Oscar-winner is still in those mysterious "advance talks" — but if everything works out, Berry will sign on to play a diving instructor who suffers a near-fatal accident with a great white shark and then decides — screw it! — to head back to the ocean.

The script comes from newbie Amy Sorlie, a screenwriter and journalist who — if her Twitter account is an accurate representation — is a committed beach bum based in Los Angeles. Clark Johnson, a »

- Eric Ditzian

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New on DVD This Week

9 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time this week as well.

Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies like Silverado, Dead Calm and The Quick and the Dead as well as Fringe Season One also on the Blu-ray.

Check them out.

Movies

Bedknobs and Broomsticks ~ Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall (DVD)

Catwoman ~ Halle Berry (Blu-ray)

Crank 2: High Voltage ~ Jason Statham, Amy Smart, David Carradine (DVD and Blu-ray)

Creepshow ~ Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen (Blu-ray)

Dead Calm ~ Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane (Blu-ray)

Requiem for a Dream ~ Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly (Blu-ray)

Freddy vs. Jason ~ Robert Englund, Monica Keena (Blu-ray)

Friday ~ Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long (Blu-ray)

Halloween »

- Joe Gillis

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'The Final Destination' Contest- Win cool stuff!

20 August 2009 5:19 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Good news, everyone! The Final Destination revives the awesome Final Destination horror film series in which death and fate and bad luck stalk the survivors of horrible accidents in which they were meant to die while they scramble to find a way to cheat death on August 28th... in 3-D!

Better news: we're running a contest in which you can win prizes like keychains, t-shirts, emergency car tool kits(!), and weird crystal sculpture things literally worth hundreds of dollars. Check out the entire contest and enter here, now, on this site...

Our August 28th The Final Destination is a visceral, high definition 3D ride that jumps out at you from the first crash. Fourth in the series, it’s from the same writer and director of Final Destination 2, and the same producers who’ve been with the franchise from the beginning. This time, the film’s signature opening crash »

- Superheidi

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Contest: Win Huge from The Final Destination!

16 August 2009 7:09 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

On August 28 The Final Destination will explode into theaters like never before. This new 3D installment of the popular horror franchise promises to poke your eyes out with plenty of gore and horrific scenes of mayhem. We're so excited about the upcoming release, which was directed by Final Destination 2's David Ellis, that we're giving away a whole bunch of cool swag in our new Final Destination contest. If you act fast, you might just cheat death and walk away with any one of these scary Final Destination prizes. Beat the Grim Reaper by entering this thrilling new contest today!

We're giving away the following prizes to various winners:

- Crystal Light-up Key Chains with 3D Face

- Emergency Car Tool Kit

- Women's Indigo, Skull T-Shirt

- Men's Green, Skull T-Shirt

- The Final Destination Luggage Tags

- Real D 3D Glasses - Premium Eye Wear - Arv $35 (Own your own high-end, »

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Massive Final Destination Contest

11 August 2009 5:55 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

With death knocking on our doors in theatres on August 28th, we figured that there would be no better way to celebrate our soon-to-be passing than with a massive contest ushering in The Final Destination!

So what exactly are we giving away, you ask? Check out the pictures below. For more on the film visit the The Final Destination website, and to receive exclusive Warner Bros. movie news updates click on the banner below.

Ok, enough talking! On to the prizes! To win yourself some of the cool swag below (prizes will broken up into random packages with one (1) grand prize winner getting one of everything, see below for official rules and regulations), just hit us off with an E-mail Here that includes your Full Name And Mailing Address, and we'll do the rest.

Women’s Indigo, Skull T-Shirt Men’s Green, Skull T-Shirt Crystal Light-up Key Chains with 3D »

- Uncle Creepy

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Steven Spielberg Interested in Directing a Matt Helm Movie? Updated!

30 July 2009 3:51 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

An interesting story about the one-and-only Steven Spielberg has popped up today on Variety. They're reporting that Spielberg is "seriously considering" directing a project tentatively called Matt Helm. Helm is based on a series of 27 novels written by Donald Hamilton about a government agent whose mission is to take down enemy agents. While the novels were set in the post-wwii Cold War era, the current script is set in the present. The latest draft of the script, written by Paul Attanasio (Sphere, The Sum of All Fears, The Good German), was what sparked Spielberg's recent interest in the project. I like the sound of it so far. The reason why Spielberg isn't confirmed for this yet is because Matt Helm is one of the (many) projects that were left behind at Paramount when DreamWorks split from the company late last year. Therefore, if Spielberg were to come on and direct, »

- Alex Billington

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Kurt Wimmer Hired to Write the Total Recall Remake

3 June 2009 11:35 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

When we announced back in February that Total Recall was being rebooted, no writer or directed was attached yet. However, Columbia has now hired Kurt Wimmer to write the remake. Wimmer previously wrote Sphere, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Recruit, and Street Kings, and both wrote and directed Equilibrium and Ultraviolet. Producer Neal Moritz is developing this remake as a contemporary adaptation of the movie based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale." Columbia secured remake rights from Miramax, which has the option to co-finance the project when it's ready to shoot. There's nothing really in Wimmer's filmography that makes me feel confident that it's him who is writing this. Sure, Equilibrium is a fun movie, but the writing wasn't that great. The original Total Recall was directed by Paul Verhoeven, who is responsible for a lot of the crazy visuals in it. I'm »

- Alex Billington

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Total Recall Remake Gets a Writer with Geek Cred

3 June 2009 9:27 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

If you're like me, you're probably wondering why there is a Total Recall remake in development at all right now, but alas, this is the world we live in. Producer Neal Moritz (The Fast and the Furious) has his work cut out for him if he expects to find a way to improve upon the original, and somehow make people forget about the presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the style of director Paul Verhoeven. According to Variety [1], the project has just landed a writer in the form of Kurt Wimmer, who previously wrote and directed the films Equilibrium and Ultraviolet. He also wrote screenplays for Sphere, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Recruit, and more recently, Salt starring Angelina Jolie. So this is the part where everyone debates whether Equilibrium was actually any good. To me, it is easily the best thing Wimmer has done so far, but also heavily flawed and a bit ham-fisted. »

- Sean

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‘Total Recall’ Remake Totally Has A New Writer

3 June 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Why Columbia, why? Director Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic “Total Recall” doesn’t really scream for a remake, but that’s exactly what we’re getting. It’s old news, I know. That doesn’t mean I’ve accepted it though.

Now Kurt Wimmer has been tapped to deliver a script, according to a report in Variety. Wimmer is no stranger to sci-fi, having previously written “Equilibrium,” “Ultraviolet” and “Sphere.” Not exactly the most inspiring resumè, I know, but at least “Sphere” and “Equilibrium” — the two out of those I’ve seen — contain some interesting ideas. The heavily “Matrix”-inspired “Equilibrium” boasts some impressive action, including a standout pistol whipping fight scene. And yes, that is Christian Bale.

Both the original “Total Recall” and the coming remake are based on Philip K. Dick’s story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale,” though Variety describes the new version as a “contemporized adaptation. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Kurt Wimmer to Write Total Recall Remake

2 June 2009 9:35 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Columbia Pictures remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi flick, Total Recall, is still moving forward, with the studio bringing on Kurt Wimmer (The Thomas Crown Affair, Sphere) to pen the screenplay. Wimmer has been working with the studio on Salt, the Phillip Noyce-directed espionage thriller starring Angelina Jolie. Wimmer wrote the story for that film and shares screen credit with Brian Helgeland. Wimmer also co-wrote the F. Gary Gray-directed Law Abiding Citizen, which stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, for the Film Department. Total Recall was resurrected for remake earlier this year by the studio and producer Neal Moritz and his Original Films banner. The film will be a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale." The original story centers on a man haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys »

- James Cook

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Two New Michael Crichton Novels Found

7 April 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

HarperCollins is getting ready to publish two new novels written by the late author Michael Crichton, who died of cancer last year at 66. He was known for such hits as "Jurassic Park" and "ER." The action adventure "Pirate Latitudes" is set in Jamaica in 1665 and revolves around plans by a notorious pirate named Hunter and the governor of Jamaica to raid a Spanish galleon filled with treasure. The novel was written before Crichton's death and was discovered in his files by an assistant. HarperCollins plans a first printing of 1 million copies, with the novel set to hit stores on November 24th. The other book is a yet-to-be-titled technological thriller that was left unfinished by Crichton. It will be completed based on the writer's notes and released late next year. An author has not yet been hired to finish the work. Creative Artists Agency is handling the film and TV rights of the books. »

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Hollywood Circling Two New Michael Crichton Books

6 April 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Michael Crichton may be gone, but his work is still very much with us. The enduring author of such mega-hits as "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park" has two pending properties that Hollywood is currently set to bid on.

According to Variety, HarperCollins is readying for publication two new novels written by the late author. The action adventure "Pirate Latitudes", set in Jamaica in 1665, hits store shelves Nov. 24, while a yet-to-be-titled technological thriller will bow late next year.

"Pirate Latitudes" was written before Crichton's death last year and discovered in his files by an assistant, while the untitled book will be completed based on the writer's notes.

"Latitudes" revolves around plans by a notorious pirate named Hunter and the governor of Jamaica to raid a Spanish galleon filled with treasure.

Hollywood has long been invested in the late author's work. His novels "The Andromeda Strain", "Congo", "Disclosure", "Rising Sun", "Sphere »

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2009 | 2008 | 1998

13 articles from 2009

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