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Why You Really Should Experience 'The House of the Devil'
26 October 2009 9:20 PM, PDT
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From its synth-heavy opening song and freeze-frame-filled beginning credits, Ti West’s The House of the Devil is a loving, respectful ode to the horror films of the 1970s and '80s. But don’t expect to get a warm, fuzzy feeling from all that affection; The House of the Devil is a gory, eerie film that doesn’t follow the templates set up by recent remakes of period favorites such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, and My Bloody Valentine. Instead of repackaging a familiar tale for contemporary audiences, director Ti West’s film revisits the era in a surprisingly fresh and authentic way.
Bearing a striking resemblance to Suspiria-era Jessica Harper, newcomer Jocelin Donahue plays Sam, a New England college student desperate for rent money so she can escape her roommate from hell. When she sees ads for a babysitter around campus, she thinks she may have found her salvation.
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DVD Review: Hell Ride
25 October 2009 11:04 AM, PDT
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As twilight descends on Quentin Tarantino’s contribution to nineties American cinema, fewer filmmakers are writing scripts with a copy of Pulp Fiction’s in hand for reference. A new filmmaker might reason that Tarantino is so successfully parodying himself these days that they’d be making a copy of a copy and it’s hardly worth it. But for those still in thrall to the magpie’s ouveur and determined to make knock off versions of the movies that electrified 90’s audiences, there’s still one man in Hollywood who’s willing to back them – er, Quentin Tarantino.
Hell Ride is such a movie – a low rent affair produced by Tarantino and the Weinsteins and featuring Dennis Hopper, the late David Carradine and Michael Madsen in parts so slight that you can imagine their participation was gained for a modest outlay of girls, grams and glug, probably at a
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- Ed Whitfield
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DVD Weekly Roundup – Mon 12th October 2009
10 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT
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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
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- Alex Wagner
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Hell Ride Heading To DVD
17 September 2009 11:27 AM, PDT
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Continuing with out DVD-themed day here at FilmShaft, it’s my pleasure to present to you….Hell Ride, a feature length, rough, tough (and not at all sexist) adventure that packs one hell of a punch and makes no apologies!
From Executive Producer Quentin Tarantino (Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof) and Writer, Director, Producer and star Larry Bishop (Mad Dog Time) comes this lean, mean mayhem machine, fully loaded with the three B’s: bikers, beer and booty! Action packed and fueled by pure testosterone, Hell Ride revs it up to DVD and Blu-ray on 12th October 2009 from Warner Home Video.
Larry Bishop takes up the role of Pistolero, head honcho of the Victors, a badass biker gang who are out to avenge the murder of one of their members at the hands of the 666ers, a rival gang who relish living up to their hellish moniker. Alongside his cohorts, the
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The Weinstein Co. Partners with Vivendi Entertainment for Home Video
14 September 2009 7:08 AM, PDT
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The Weinstein Company and Vivendi Entertainment (Ve) announced today a home entertainment partnership that will make Vivendi Entertainment (Ve) the exclusive distributor of The Weinstein Company library and grant Ve the rights to distribute 20 new direct-to-dvd titles from Twc over the next year. The announcement was made today by Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairmen of Twc, and Tom O'Malley, President of Ve.
The Weinstein Company library includes a vast array of titles and brands ­ feature films such as The Reader­ 2009 Oscar nominee for Best Picture featuring Academy Award Best Actress winner Kate Winslet and Vicky Cristina Barcelona­ featuring Academy Award Best Supporting Actress winner Penelope Cruz; the Dragon Dynasty series with films featuring Jackie Chan and Jet Li; Dimension Extreme titles including George Romero's Diary of the Dead, Pulse 2 and 3, Daria Argento's Mother of Tears, Hell Ride, presented by Quentin Tarantino, Teeth and many others; classic like
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Children of the Corn Remake in the Works
7 September 2009 5:00 PM, PDT
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Back in October, Dimension Films revealed that it was planning to greenlight eighteen direct-to-video films, including remakes, sequels and prequel to "Pulse," "Feast," "Hell Ride" and "Children of the Corn." Now, Bob Weinstein from The Weinstein Company has revealed that the "Children of the Corn" remake will soon be heading to theaters and that Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key, The Ring) has already been hired to adapt the Stephen King short story. "We felt the 1984 film was a missed opportunity," said Weinstein. "If you read the short story, it's got such a strong feeling to it and there's this religious overtone to it as well. Ehren wants to hit it hard. It's popular in Hollywood to say you re-envisioning a project but a lot of the time they're just carbon copying the original. We are bringing something new to the story." King's "Children of the Corn" tells the story of
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'Twilight' Fans, Meet The New Ladies Of 'Eclipse'
26 August 2009 3:18 AM, PDT
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We give you a handy guide to the new ladies joining the 'Twilight' family in the third installment of the franchise.
By Larry Carroll
Bryce Dallas Howard
Photo: Junko Kimura/ Getty Images
By now, most Twilighters know more about Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed and the others than their own mothers. So, with filming of "Eclipse" finally under way in Vancouver, the fanbase is excited to welcome some new blood into the vampire franchise.
With that in mind, we present this handy guide to five key actresses joining the "Twilight"
saga for its third installment. Much like Bella, we can all look forward to making new friends in Forks, and tomorrow we'll take a look at the new "Eclipse" men. But to be courteous, here are the ladies first.
Meet The Cast Of "Eclipse"
Actor: Catalina Sandino Moreno
Character: Maria
The Lowdown: Fan-favorite Jackson Rathbone has already expressed excitement
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Spotlight on new 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' star Julia Jones | Twilight Examiner
19 August 2009 10:44 AM, PDT
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Happily enough, yesterday’s press release from Summit Entertainment about casting for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse announced the casting of Julia Jones for the role of Leah Clearwater.
Julia Jones, a First American from Boston, Massachusetts, has been in films for about six years now.
She started in 2003 with The Look, and got the part as Sammi in 2004’s Black Cloud. For that film, Jones won a Faita (First American in the Arts Award) for “Best Actress.”
Since then, Jones has appeared in Hell Ride, Three Priests, and California Indian.
Along with acting, Jones has experience in the literary field as well, carrying a Bachelor’s in English from Columbia University
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Spotlight on new ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ star Julia Jones
19 August 2009 6:05 AM, PDT
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Happily enough, yesterday's press release from Summit Entertainment about casting for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse announced the casting of Julia Jones for the role of Leah Clearwater.
Julia Jones, a First American from Boston, Massachusetts, has been in films for about six years now.
She started in 2003 with The Look, and got the part as Sammi in 2004's Black Cloud. For that film, Jones won a Faita (First American in the Arts Award) for "Best Actress."
Since then, Jones has appeared in Hell Ride, Three Priests, and California Indian.
Along with acting, Jones has experience in the literary field as well, carrying a Bachelor's in English from Columbia University.
Her biggest fear, according to an interview with FearNet is "Spiders in my bed. Like tarantulas. Like fuzzy ones."
Jones joins Boo Boo Stewart, Jodelle Ferland, Jack Huston, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Xavier Samuel.
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Is Vanessa Hudgens the newest ‘Eclipse’ star or is it Julia Jones?
18 August 2009 11:26 AM, PDT
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This weekend, Vanessa Hudgens’ newest film Bandslam took to the theaters with promises that the second full trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon would play during its opening weekend. The dripping faucet of illegal trailer uploads, though, put a damper in the equation lined up for Bandslam’s Twilight-related success, and the full, beautiful trailer for New Moon has since been released to the internet community. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ... photographs of Vanessa Hudgens with Nikki Reed were posted. She is in Vancouver, reports say, for filming of her next movie Sucker Punch, but many are speculating that the star has been cast as Leah Clearwater for Eclipse. If so, Hudgens would join Eclipse newcomers Xavier Samuel, Jack Huston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jodelle Ferland, and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Hudgens isn’t the only Eclipse/Leah Clearwater hopeful in the basket, though. Another contender, according to popular belief, is Julia Jones.
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Julia Jones is Leah, not Vanessa Hudgens
18 August 2009 9:39 AM, PDT
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This weekend, Vanessa Hudgens' newest film Bandslam took to the theaters with promises that the second full trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon would play during its opening weekend.
The dripping faucet of illegal trailer uploads, though, put a damper in the equation lined up for Bandslam's Twilight-related success, and the full, beautiful trailer for New Moon has since been released to the internet community.
Tuesday marked the supposed beginning of filming for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in Vancouver, British Columbia, and photographs of Vanessa Hudgens with Nikki Reed were posted.
She is in Vancouver, reports say, for filming of her next movie Sucker Punch, but many are speculating that the star has been cast as Leah Clearwater for Eclipse. If so, Hudgens would join Eclipse newcomers Xavier Samuel, Jack Huston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jodelle Ferland, and Catalina Sandino Moreno.
Hudgens isn't the only Eclipse/Leah Clearwater hopeful in the basket,
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More Eclipse Cast Additions, Julia Jones and BooBoo Stewart
18 August 2009 8:50 AM, PDT
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Julia Jones and BooBoo Stewart are the latest casting additions to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and will be playing the roles of brother and sister team Leah and Seth Clearwater.
The 28-year-old Jones was last seen in four 2008 episodes of ER, after starring in the movies Hell Ride and The Reckoning. Stewart is a 15-year-old Californian, with a varied acting resume that includes the TV shows Dante's Cove and Everybody Hates Chris. Both actors look like they could easily be part of the Quileute Indian Tribe, and should fit in nicely with Taylor Lautner and Co.
Jodelle Ferland has also been officially announced for the role of vampire Bree, after much fan speculation about which part she would play. What do you think of the new castings? Is this how you imagined the characters? We're betting Twilighters everywhere have breathed a huge sigh of relief that Vanessa Hudgens won't be
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'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' casting reports galore
4 August 2009 11:15 PM, PDT
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nothing is official until it is confirmed by Summit Entertainment.
With that caveat in mind, one can proceed to look at some of the most recent reports regarding casting for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Firstly, a couple of days ago, a blogsite reported that Julia Jones beat out Q'orianka Kilcher for the part of Leah Clearwater in Eclipse. You might've seen Jones in Hell Ride and ER. Kilcher, on the other hand, was seen in films like The New World.
Secondly, a new Variety report states that Jodelle Ferland has been cast for a role in Eclipse also - that of "a vampire who has just been turned." Ferland played in Tideland and Silent Hill, and she also appeared alongside Kristen Stewart in The Messengers. The part she is reported to be cast for is yet unknown, but it sounds like it could be any host of newborn vam
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the Your Movie Sucks© files
27 June 2009 11:52 AM, PDT
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Gathered here in one convenient place are my recent reviews that awarded films Zero Stars, One-half Star, One Star, and One-and-a-half Stars. These are, generally speaking to be avoided. Sometimes I hear from readers who confess they are in the mood to watch a really bad movie on some form of video. If you are sincere, be sure to know what you're getting: A really bad movie.
Be aware, movies that fall into the category of "so bad they're good" should generally get Two Stars. And when Pauline Kael wrote, "The movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash, we shouldn't go at all"--well, great trash should ideally get 2.5 stars or even higher.
Many of these reviews were written in the carefree spirit of those in my books Your Movie Sucks and I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie. Cheap shots and snark are permitted.
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Actor David Carradine Found Dead in Bangkok
4 June 2009 2:49 PM, PDT
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Legendary actor David Carradine was found dead in Bangkok earlier today from an apparent "accidental" suicide, according to the Daily Mail. He was 72. Carradine, who's best known for his iconic role as Kwai Chang Cane in the TV show Kung Fu, comes from a family full of actors – including his father John Carradine, and brothers Keith, Bruce and Robert. With more than 200 appearances in films and TV shows over the years, Carradine was always known as an actor with an edge; a somewhat creepy dude who could stare down the best of them. More recently you might remember him from his role as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, opposite Uma Thurman, or as The Deuce in Hell Ride, the voice of Frankenstein in Death Race or the strangely-named Poon Dong in...
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Actor David Carradine Found Dead in Bangkok
4 June 2009 2:49 PM, PDT
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Legendary actor David Carradine was found dead in Bangkok earlier today from an apparent "accidental" suicide, according to the Daily Mail. He was 72. Carradine, who's best known for his iconic role as Kwai Chang Cane in the TV show Kung Fu, comes from a family full of actors – including his father John Carradine, and brothers Keith, Bruce and Robert. With more than 200 appearances in films and TV shows over the years, Carradine was always known as an actor with an edge; a somewhat creepy dude who could stare down the best of them. More recently you might remember him from his role as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, opposite Uma Thurman, or as The Deuce in Hell Ride, the voice of Frankenstein in Death Race or the strangely-named Poon Dong in...
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Actor David Carradine Found Dead in Bangkok
4 June 2009 2:49 PM, PDT
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Legendary actor David Carradine was found dead in Bangkok earlier today from an apparent "accidental" suicide, according to the Daily Mail. He was 72. Carradine, who's best known for his iconic role as Kwai Chang Cane in the TV show Kung Fu, comes from a family full of actors – including his father John Carradine, and brothers Keith, Bruce and Robert. With more than 200 appearances in films and TV shows over the years, Carradine was always known as an actor with an edge; a somewhat creepy dude who could stare down the best of them. More recently you might remember him from his role as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, opposite Uma Thurman, or as The Deuce in Hell Ride, the voice of Frankenstein in Death Race or the strangely-named Poon Dong in...
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Hi-Res Pics, DVD Art for Rise of the Gargoyles
2 June 2009
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Somewhere along the way Eric Balfour's career turned him from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and into the brick wall that is comprised of "Sci-Fi Original" movies. That makes us sad. The Hell Ride actor recently starred in Rise of the Gargoyles , a creature feature directed by Bill Corcoran that was geared for the Sci-Fi Channel and is now making its way to DVD on September 8th. Genius Products forwarded us a series of hi-res production photos as well as DVD cover art which you can find by clicking on the image below .
In the film, Balfour plays Jack Richmond, a struggling author whose outlandish theories on pagan architecture, make him the laughing stock of the academic world. But when Jack finds himself face to face in a demolished church with a live version
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New House DVD Movie Clip Dinner
8 April 2009 12:00 AM, PDT
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Lionsgate recently released this new movie clip “Dinner” from the DVD release “House” by director Robby Henson (Thr3e) and starring Michael Madsen (Sin City 2, Hell Ride), Reynaldo Rosales (House M.D.), Heidi Dippold (Angel) and Julie Ann Emery.
Synopsis: Director Robby Henson’s psychological thriller House concerns a husband and wife who, attempting to patch up their marriage after the death of their child, decide on a spur of the moment to ignore their regularly scheduled therapy session and set off on a trip. After a car accident incapacitates their vehicle, the duo ends up at the title dwelling, where they meet another couple as well as the off-putting people who own [...]
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House DVD Movie Review
7 April 2009 6:28 AM, PDT
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Title: House (DVD)
Directed by: Robby Henson (Thr3e).
Starring Michael Madsen (Sin City 2, Hell Ride), Reynaldo Rosales (House M.D.), Heidi Dippold (Angel) and Julie Ann Emery.
Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 84, Acting: 89, Overall: 94
I started watching House with no expectations. I didn’t really hear anything about it beforehand, so, I just thought: Great, another sub-par horror movie that I’ll be able to pick apart and forget about the next day. Boy, was I wrong.
Jack and Stephanie are on their way to a marriage counseling session in the middle of Alabama(odd?) when they get diverted down a desolate road by a just creepy enough cop. (played by Michael Madsen) Just when [...]
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