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Sophia Bush: Penelope Cruz Is Sensual Without Ever Being Vulgar

27 November 2009 7:51 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Sophia Bush has revealed her admiration for "Broken Embraces" actress Penelope Cruz. Speaking in an interview for the latest issue of Ok! Magazine, the "One Tree Hill" star claimed, "Penelope Cruz is so sensual and beautiful without ever being vulgar. She's stunning to me. I think she's our modern-day Sophia Lauren."

Beside gushing about Cruz, the depicter of Brooke Davis in the The CW's show admitted her crushes on other female Hollywood celebs. "Cate Blanchett is the best thing since sliced bread to me. She amazes me with her choices in her career and in fashion. I really think she's amazing," she went on detailing. "I also really admire wonderful, kind of quirky beauties like Zooey Deschanel, who always owns her own little thing."

In the same interview, Bush also shared some tips of choosing fashion styles, stating "Always having fun with it." She added, "Putting on something that makes you feel great, »

- celebrity-mania.com

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31 Days of Horror: Amusement

15 October 2009 1:09 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Hello hello, the Coroner here with another installment of the Report, this time focusing on the direct to DVD and Blu-ray Amusement. The film is writer Jake Wade Wall's first foray into something original, he previously penned the remakes of The Hitcher and the atrocious When a Stranger Calls. Working with his own material, Wall does a decently good job, though with obvious flaws.  Director John Simpson is similarly inexperienced, but manages to craft a pretty good movie with one section that is absolutely awesome. This little film came out a good while ago and I've been meaning to catch up with it for months now.  The cover is a spooky clown and it stars a couple of women, I mean how bad can it be?  The story is broken up into basically three sections.  The first serves as an introduction to our killer as he does what he does best - look kind of nerdy »

- Robert Fure

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Steve Jablonsky scores Elm Street remake

23 September 2009 8:49 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

Composer Steve Jablonsky continues his prolific output for film company Platinum Dunes and producers Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller scoring their latest horror classic remake, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Jablonsky has been providing the original music for other similar genre entries from the same company, including The Amityville Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hitcher and Friday the 13th. The composer is best known for his two »

- moviescore

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Stephenie Saturday: Stephenie's Playlists - 'Please Forgive Me'

12 September 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

Hello and welcome to yet another edition of Stephenie Saturday! Weve got another great edition of Stephenies Playlist coming your way and this week were highlighting an awesome song for you straight from Stephenie Meyers Twilight playlist. For this weeks playlist highlight Ta Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song Please Forgive Me by David Gray. In addition to the video Rebecca gives us a little background information on the artist his music and how exactly he fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday weve added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.Please Forgive Me David GrayQuestions Where do you think this song fits into Twilight? Are you a fan of David Gray? If so were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for Twilight or did you become one after? Why do you think Stephenie »

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Blu-Ray Review: Jason Voorhees Returns in Killer Cut of ‘Friday the 13th’

17 June 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The reboot of “Friday the 13th” was another financially successful notch in the belt of Platinum Dunes, the film company behind the remakes of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “The Hitcher,” and “The Amityville Horror”. Making $90 million worldwide and more domestically than any previous Jason Voorhees movie (that didn’t include Freddy Krueger), “Friday the 13th” has a following that will be ecstatic with the excellent Blu-Ray release for the slasher title.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0 The Blu-Ray of “Friday the 13th” delivers everything fans could ask for. Not only do they present a longer and better cut of the film in the 9-minutes-longer “Extended Cut,” but the special features enhance the “Friday the 13th” experience and the technical transfer is nearly flawless.

Friday the 13th was released on Blu-Ray on June 16th, 2009.

Photo credit: WB

As for the film itself, my response to “Friday the 13th” is mixed at best. I love »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Dream or Nightmare: What Will Become of the Nightmare on Elm Street Remake?

26 April 2009 4:39 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

I was on the Austin, TX set of the Platinum Dunes remake of Friday the 13th last June and, while it wasn't until months later that it was confirmed, I don't think anyone on that set thought that the Platinum Dunes Wouldn't get to do the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Dunes triumvirate of executive producer Michael Bay and producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, have been on a rampage through the horror genre since the production company's formation in 2001 and, with the buzz surrounding Friday the 13th, I'm sure I wasn't the only one not surprised when the Dunes deal for A Nightmare on Elm Street was inked in December. They have the principals in place - screenwriter Wesley Strick, director Samuel Bayer, Jackie Earle Haley as the iconic Freddy Krueger and young leads Kyle Gallner and recently announced Rooney Mara as Quentin and Nancy, the »

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Friday the 13th

13 February 2009 4:51 PM, PST | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Friday the 13th is arguably the king of all slasher flicks. While it didn’t pioneer the genre, it did perfect it and is mainly responsible for the balloon of horror films throughout the 80s and early 90s. However, it’s no secret that the franchise has since faded away – ultimately becoming a parody of itself with Jason X. Enter Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form, the trio behind the Platinum Dunes production company. Dunes’ main goal has been to rejuvenate dead franchises and make them cool again, and while they’ve all but failed before with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror and The Hitcher remakes, Friday the 13th is their first success. It would be unfair to call this production a straight remake. While it does a decent job at refreshing everyone’s memory of the psychotic killer known as Jason Voorhees, it also directly references the »

- James Cook

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Lack of Originality, Actual Scares Render Marcus Nispel’s ‘Friday the 13th’ Ineffective

12 February 2009 8:56 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Your reaction to Marcus Nispel’s “Friday the 13th” is likely to depend on how nostalgically you remember the original and how you reacted to producer Michael Bay’s “remakes” of “The Amityville Horror,” “The Hitcher,” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”.

Rating: 2.0/5.0 Like “TCM” or Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” (although without nearly as far to fall in terms of quality from original to big-budget carbon copy), the remake/reboot/re-whatever of “Friday the 13th” is essentially just another entry in a franchise, delivering more of the same except louder and with a bigger budget.

Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Friday the 13th” in our reviews section. Screenwriters Damien Shannon & Mark Swift waste an opportunity to upgrade Jason Voorhees for a new generation, choosing instead to make just another slasher flick that will ultimately be as influential or memorable as the mediocre sequels that followed one of the »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Sam Raimi to Remake Two Horror Films

11 February 2009 9:00 AM, PST | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures is remaking a pair of European horror films. "Anguish" - a remake of the 1987 Spanish pic that was written and directed by Bigas Luna, and the Danish movie "Room 205." "Anguish" follows two girls who, while watching a scary movie, find themselves in a horror film of their own when their life starts to mirror the pic's plot. Jake Wade Wall (When a Stranger Calls, The Hitcher, Amusement) penned the screenplay. Ghost House has tapped "Room 205" director Martin Barnewitz to helm the English-language remake, which is being redubbed "The Dorm." Story centers on a college freshman who moves into a dorm only to find that her room is haunted by sinister forces. Stephen Susco, who wrote "The Grudge" and "The Grudge 2," is adapting. »

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Scribe Jake Wade Wall To Write Remake Of Spanish Horror "Anguish"

11 February 2009 4:56 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

"The Hitcher" scribe Jake Wade Wall has written a remake of the 1987 Spanish horror film "Anguish."

The 1987 Bigas Luna terror follows two girls who, while watching a scary film, finds themselves in a horror movie of their own when their life starts to echo the film's plot.

Wall is writing the adapted screenplay for Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures. No director has been signed on yet.

Meanwhile, the film studio has acquired the remake rights to the Danish horror "Room 205," which story centers on a college freshman who moves into a haunted dorm. "The Grudge" scribe Stephen Susco will adapt the screenplay.

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DVD Round Up, Jan. 27, 2009: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘College,’ ‘City of Ember’

27 January 2009 7:19 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – We apologize to the people behind these four titles but the star power is a little dim in this edition of HollywoodChicago.com’s DVD Round Up. When a canceled vampire series is arguably the biggest release in a four-pack of titles, it’s a weird edition of the Round Up. Prepare yourself.

“Amusement,” “City of Ember,” “College,” and “Moonlight”. A straight-to-dvd horror movie, a TV series cancelled after one year, and two movies that barely opened in theaters and made a Combined $13 million in domestic gross. These titles are for specialized audiences but that’s why we love the Round Up. Enjoy.

“Amusement,” “City of Ember,” and “Moonlight: The Complete Series” were released on January 20th, 2009. “College” was released on January 27th, 2009.

“Amusement”

Photo credit: Warner Brothers “Amusement” is one of those movies that you pass at the video store and wonder, “What the heck is that? »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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13 Promising New Friday The 13th Remake Shots

20 January 2009 4:37 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

We're a little on the fence when it comes to horror remakes. Especially those made by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes company. Check the gallery to your right to see pictures from their latest effort. In case you don't recognise the name, Platinum Dunes is the company behind the Texas Chain Saw Massacre remake, which was pretty much amazing. But they were also behind The Hitcher, which was so bad it made us want to pay someone to run over our faces in a Fiat until the memory of watching it had been squashed out of our...

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DVD Review: Amusement

19 January 2009 11:08 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Three former childhood friends -- Tabitha (Katheryn Winnick), Lisa (Jessica Lucas) and Shelby (Laura Breckenridge) -- find themselves at the mercy of a madman obsessed with terrifying them for his own personal amusement. One by one they are trapped within his spacious industrially gothic lair and if they don't play his game he might just decide the whole lot of them are better off dead. On and off the theatrical calendar for over a year, thanks to Warner Bros.' internal absorption of New Line and Picturehouse the horror-thriller Amusement makes its premiere on DVD in all its completely unoriginal glory. Granted, this little Saw meets "The Twilight Zone" wannabe has its effective moments, with a couple of moments burrowing under my skin far more than I'd expected them to, but Jake Wade Wall's screenplay is every bit as asinine and as mind-numbingly idiotic as his ones for remakes »

- Sara Michelle Fetters

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Check Out New Photos & Channing Tatum's 'Fighting' on E! News Tonight

6 January 2009 7:46 PM, PST | Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news »

I was just told that fans should watch tonight's E! News, because there is going to be something on it about Chan's upcoming film 'Fighting'. Fans should make sure to watch E! at 10pm Central and Huge thanks to Kay for the heads up!!!

In other 'Fighting' news...

Relativity Media Buys Rogue Pictures

As I mentioned in a previous post, Relativity Media was in talks with Universal to buy Rogue Pictures, which is producing Channing Tatum's upcoming action movie 'Fighting'.

Variety is reporting that, after more than two months of negotiations, it's now official that Relativity Media will buy Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures for roughly $150 million.

In 2004, Rogue Pictures was launched as a label under Universal-owned Focus Features, with the label's goal being "high-quality suspense, action, thriller and urban features with mainstream appeal and franchise potential", and in 2005, Universal expanded the operations »

- Blog Expert

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Nightmare on Elm Street reboot confirmed

5 January 2009 9:45 AM, PST | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »

Platinum Dunes, the production company through which Michael Bay produced remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hitcher and now Friday the 13th, has confirmed plans to remake Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. The project had long been in development, with a script already in the can and production set to start in the first half of next year. »

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