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Lr's The Blu Room: Paranormal Activity Blu-Ray
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Paranormal Activity (Blu-ray)Paramount Home ENTERTAINMENT2009/Rated R/86 Minsnow Available -- List Price &39.98Sometimes I can't gauge just what direction the movie business is heading, up or down. We've had independent filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, Robert Rodriguez and even the legendary Martin Scorsese break through and shake up the mainstream, ultimately energizing the industry and then there are folks like newcomer Oren Peli. I know how hard it is to break through let alone, get a good movie made and I congratulate Peli on the success of his first feature Paranormal Activity, but I can't for the life of me understand why audiences are so easily duped today? Is his horror debut really such a scary movie? Some are even calling it the scariest film ever made. I will agree that Peli uses a number of impressive techniques to psychologically torment his two main characters as well as us the audience,
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This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Paranormal Activity, 9, Jennifer’s Body, A Perfect Getaway, and More
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This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s.
Paranormal Activity
Costing only $15,000 to make, Paranormal Activity makes up for what it lacks in budget with pure ingenuity. The most obvious comparison is naturally The Blair Witch Project, with both films being presented as if they were genuine footage that's been discovered after-the-fact. Where Paranormal Activity shines though, is its setting: a house. Not a forest, not an isolated mansion—a normal, everyday house. When it comes to fearing a supernatural presence, there's no place people feel more vulnerable than their own home. Paranormal Activity takes advantage of this, and uses subtle filmmaking tricks to slowly ratchet up the tension as night after night goes by. I can fully understand why somebody would find the experience terrifying.
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 12/29
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Jennifer's Body
Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama, Jennifer's Body is a horror movie for people who don't like horror movies, dawdling and teasing and never really coming to grips with whatever it is it's supposed to be about. Amanda Seyfried easily walks away with the picture from ostensible star Megan Fox. But it's worth watching for the discussions it will provoke. Available in both theatrical and extended versions. Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Diablo fans can also pick up her premium cable TV series, United States of Tara: Season One.
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Paranormal Activity
Ten years after The Blair Witch Project, another 'fake reality' scare show connects with jaded audiences. The simplicity of the set-up by director Oren Peli and the warmth of the married couple -- fighting a bit, loving a bit, pushing each other a bit -- adds to the creepy atmosphere.
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Paranormal Activity Sequel Won't be Like Blair Witch Sequel
14 hours ago
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When you make as much money as Paranormal Activity did, it's no surprise that people are looking into a sequel. But how can the low-budget, videocam horror flick follow up its surprising success? The Blair Witch Project bombed when Hollywood tried to repeat its formula with Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Paranormal actor Micah Sloat told Movieweb that Paranormal Activity 2 plans to avoid those mistakes.
I can't say anything specific about it, but I can definitely tell you that Paramount and the producers are very aware of what happened with Blair Witch 2, and how you can't really take something that's unique like Blair Witch or Paranormal and then follow it up with just a typical, Hollywood horror film. It just doesn't work. I think you can expect Paranormal Activity 2 to be just as unique, or at least have a quality of uniqueness, just like the original did, in its
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Exclusive: Micah Sloat Takes Us Inside Paranormal Activity
28 December 2009 3:41 PM, PST
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Micah Sloat of the year's biggest sleeper hit talks about the new DVD, the forthcoming sequel and much more Whether you loved it or hated it, there's no denying that the little horror film that could Paranormal Activity was one of the biggest stories in film this year. Oren Peli's debut film that cost a miniscule $15,000 took moviegoers by storm with its innovative Demand It online campaign and the fans flocked to the theaters in droves when the film was in a local theater, taking in well over $100 million at the box office. Pretty damn good for a film that was originally just going to be remade instead of having the original film shown in theaters. The film also shone a light on two talented new actors in Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, who recently was good enough to chat with me over the phone just before the holidays
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Diabolic Discussion: Looking Back at a Decade in Horror Pt. 1
28 December 2009
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Ryan Rotten: What a strange last ten years it has been for horror. Better than the '90s, I'll tell you that much. The '90s - before it birthed both The Sixth Sense and The Blair Witch Project and descended into teen thriller territory - was one hell of a confused brat with an identity crisis and an acne outbreak represented by pretty painful films. Now that our best of the decade list is behind us, I wanted to talk about some of the other films that didn't make the cut, the trends we saw - especially pre- and post-9/11 which, you can't deny, had a tremendous impact on the genre - and, of course, the glut of remakes. Now, we immediately started taking some flack for not including Saw and Hostel on our list. I'll agree, they were certainly influential films, but I don't
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Humpday | Film review
17 December 2009 2:30 PM, PST
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This indie movie by Lynn Shelton is a mumblecore bromance with a bizarre high concept that may well have begun as an unrealised real-life dare. Two best friends in their 30s challenge each other to star in a hardcore art-porn event, staging a full-on sex act between two heterosexual men, radically demonstrating non-sexual comradeship and confidence in their own straightness. Mark Duplass is Ben, happily married and about to start a family; wannabe artist Joshua Leonard ("Josh" from The Blair Witch Project) plays his buddy, just back from Mexico and persuasively keen on the non-gay-video-sex wheeze. The ending of the movie is an awful let-down, which is a shame: the film had been weirdly involving and Alycia Delmore is good as Ben's outraged wife.
Rating: 3/5
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If Paranormal Activity Wasn’t Enough, Prepare Yourselves For Paranormal Entity
17 December 2009 7:59 AM, PST
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If you’ve spent any amount of time browsing the shelves of your favorite locally-owned video store, chances are you’ve stumbled across a title from dodgy distributor The Asylum. Their endless supply of so-called “mockbusters” — films that are, essentially, low-budget knock-offs of big-budget theatrical releases — are good for an unintentional laugh or two, but for the most part, you’re better off pretending they don’t exist. The only notable exception, of course, is the Mark Dacascos vehicle “I Am Omega,” which is a coy little companion piece to the Will Smith action flick “I Am Legend.” The company’s Wikipedia page has a complete list of these laughable films if you’re interested.
The Asylum’s latest immortal classic, 2009’s “Paranormal Entity,” looks like a cross between “The Blair Witch Project,” “Paranormal Activity,” and, God forbid, “Strawberry Estates.” The trailer has been included below to serve as a
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
15 December 2009 7:47 AM, PST
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After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.
Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.
Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.
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Opens: 2010
Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
15 December 2009 7:47 AM, PST
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After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.
Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.
Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.
13
Opens: 2010
Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The
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Studio to repeat Paranormal Activity success with microbudget movies
14 December 2009 7:51 AM, PST
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After seeing the supernatural profit margins that are materialising from Paranormal Activity, it's no wonder studio bosses at Paramount want more of the same.
The film cost $15,000 (£9,200) to make and has so far brought in $107million (£66million). It's also been well-received by critics and a sequel is being considered.
Paramount now says it will spend $1million a year on developing other 'microbudget' movies.
Between 10 and 20 projects will be under way by the end of next year, reports Variety, with no individual budget topping $100,000 (£62,000).
Paranormal Activity isn't the first low-budget horror success. In 1999, The Blair Witch Project was made for $60,000 (£37,000) and earned $249million (£153million) worldwide.
David Lynch's 1977 cult classic Eraserhead was made for $20,000 (£12,000) while Robert Rodriguez's 1992 debut El Mariachi cost just $7,000 (£4,300).
Even El Mariachi, at less than half the budget of Paranormal Activity, isn't the cheapest film ever made.
The prime contender for that honour has to be the
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Sundance 2010 Park City at Midnight: Cortes' Buried, Natali's Splice and 6 Gems?
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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You can always count on Park City at Midnight section to deliver one groundbreaking film. It's hard to predict which one, but I'd go with "concept" over such things as cast, aesthetics or production budget. This theory isn't off the charts when you consider Black Dynamite, The Blair Witch Project and Saw got their starts in this section. Of the 8 selected below, I'm familiar with Rodrigo Cortes's Buried (which reminds me of the torment that the Dutch film The Vanishing caused me) and Vincent Natali's Splice which I believe received its world preem at Sitges. - You can always count on Park City at Midnight section to deliver one groundbreaking film. It's hard to predict which one, but I'd go with "concept" over such things as cast, aesthetics or production budget. This theory isn't off the charts when you consider Black Dynamite, The Blair Witch Project and Saw got their starts in this section.
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Sundance Reveals 2010 Non-Competition Slate
4 December 2009 5:24 PM, PST
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On Wednesday the Sundance Film Festival unveiled the films competing in late January 2010. Yesterday they announced the rest of the line-up of independent films vying for attention for industry types and the curious public.
The entire list of 53 films is below, but here are a few that stood out to me from the premieres alone:
Mumblecore directors the Duplass Brothers, have a new, untitled movie starring an unusually high-profile cast compared to their usual improvisational crew. John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener. Reilly and Keener are actually in two films at the 2010 festival.
The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt about corporate downsizing.
Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds as a man buried alive in a coffin. I’ve read the script and its great. More on that as soon as I can.
The Runaways, the
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Sundance 2010: Park City at Midnight Lineup Revealed!
4 December 2009 12:44 AM, PST
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The 2010 Sundance Film Festival is just over a month away (January 21-31) and as always, the Midnight screenings are the must-attend events for genre fans. The full lineup for the non-competition Park City at Midnight program was revealed yesterday, and we've got all the gory details below the jump.
Park City At Midnight
Home to horror films and crazy comedies, Black Dynamite, The Blair Witch Project and Saw are among the films that have screened here.
7 Days / Canada (Director: Daniel Grou; Screenwriter: Patrick Senecal)–A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who murdered his young daughter. Cast: Rémy Girard, Claude Legault, Fanny Mallette, Martin Dubreuil, Rose-Marie Coallier. World Premiere
Buried / Spain, USA (Director: Rodrigo Cortes; Screenwriter: Chris Sparling)–A U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race
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Sundance 2010 Announced Out-of-Competition Lineup
3 December 2009 9:31 PM, PST
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We are 49 days out and counting down to Sundance 2010. Yesterday, we unveiled the list of competition films for the upcoming festival. Today, we have your list of out-of-competition films which include Premieres, Spotlight, New Frontier, and, my personal favorite, Park City at Midnight, which has featured past entries like Black Dynamite, The Descent, and Saw.
Check out next year’s lineup for the out-of-competition films:
Premieres
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Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters: Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza)–A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father’s absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Carlos Aragon, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza. World Premiere
Cane Toads:
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2010 Sundance Film Festival Out-of-Competition Films: Spotlight
3 December 2009 6:27 PM, PST
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Yesterday we gave you a list of all the films playing in-competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. We now have the list of the films playing out-of-competition and they’re divided up into four categories: Premieres, Next, Spotlight, and Park City at Midnight. Since combining these lists would be a lot to read for just one article, we’ve broken it up to make it easier on your eyes. You’re welcome.
Films in the Spotlight category include Louis C.K.: Hilarious; Rodrigo Garcia’s Mother & Child starring Naomi Watts, Annette Benning, and Kerry Washington; the great-sounding documentary Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks; and Enter the Void, the new film from Gaspar Noé (Irreversible). Films in the Park City at Midnight category include High School starring Adrien Brody; and Buried starring Ryan Reynolds.
Hit the jump to check out synopses for all of the films playing in these categories.
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Full Sundance line-up announced...and it's a doozy!
3 December 2009 2:08 PM, PST
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In addition to the competition titles which were announced yesterday, Sundance has announced the remainder of their line-up and it includes some titles we’re already familiar with along with a huge number of premieres.
Also on the docket are two new series: Next which showcases low/no budget films and Spotlight which highlights films which festival programmers deem worthy of extra love including Enter the Void (review) and Lourdes (the trailer for which I really liked).
I’m particularly excited to see some of the titles in the New Frontier program but overall, the line-up is an impressive one but the Kristen Stewart fan in me is excited to see her turn as Joan Jett in The Runaways and I think it’s fair to say we’re all dying to see Vincenzo Natali’s hotly anticipated Splice (trailer).
In the Midnight section, Adam Green's Frozen is sounding mighty find,
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Sundance 2010: Park City at Midnight
3 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST
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From the Sundance Institute: “Home to horror films and crazy comedies, “Black Dynamite,” “The Blair Witch Project” and “Saw” are among the films that have screened here.” Buried/Spain,USA (Director: Rodrigo Cortes; Screenwriter: Chris Sparling)—A U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it’s a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. Cast: Ryan Reynolds. …
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Sundance 2010 Film Lineup *Updated*
3 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST
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Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far:
Premieres
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Sundance '10: Impressive Park City at Midnight Full Line-Up!
3 December 2009 12:58 PM, PST
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Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen at Park City at Midnight category of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. every year we cover the event, and every year I have to cram it down your throats; this is the single most important film festival alongside Tiff! Saw premiered at Sundance, as did High Tension, Open Water, The Blair Witch Project, The Signal and many, many more. Pay Attention. Beyond the break you'll find a list of films playing the Midnight category and they're really, really good this year.
Films include: Splice, The Killer Inside Me, Frozen, The Violent Kind, 7 Days, Buried, Tucker & Dale Vs Evil, High School, The Perfect Host and All My Friends Are Funeral Singers.
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