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A big batch of DVD releases hit store shelves this week, led by SPIDER-MAN 3. The summer blockbuster comes in a Widescreen DVD,  a Two-Disc Special Edition DVD, and a Blu-ray disc. Also available is a new box set, Spider-Man – The High-Definition Trilogy. In case that is not enough for you, this week also [...]

Finally, after a freaky week of fires, evacuations and bright red skies at night, things are settling down in San Diego, and so it is with great joy that my mind has settled and I can fill everybody in on what turned out to be the first film festival that I have ever attended. How [...]

Variety’s Todd McCarthy thinks that BEE MOVIE – the computer-animated comedy written by and starring Jerry Seinfeld – is no match for the stand-up comedian’s wonderful television show.
Amiable but no more, “Bee Movie” puts a hiveful of potent talent at the service of a zig-zigging, back-of-an-envelope story that’s short on surprise and originality. Long sought [...]

RATATOUILLE remained tops at the overseas box office for the fourth time in a row, earning $21.9-million in 31 markets this weekend. The numbers were particularly impressive because the film has already opened in all the major; there were no new debuts to boost tickets sales this weekend. So far, the foreign sales ahve accumulated [...]

Actor Mario Van Peelbes will direct his science-fiction script THE UNITER for producers Don Kushner and Brad Wyman. Production is slated to begin in January. According to Variety, the story “chronicles the journey of a political fugitive who escapes from the future back to the present to teach a 13-year-old how to use his powers [...]

“Razor,” the two-hour episode that launches the final season of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, will makes its debut in theatres on November 12. The free screenings will take place in eight cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, and Seattle.
In Los Angeles, four theatres (in Palmdale, Huntington Beach, Orange, and Ventura) will screenig the [...]

Stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen has been selected by the Art Directors Guild to receive its annual award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery. The 12th annual Art Directors Guild Awards will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 16. Previous recipients include Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys), Steven Spielberg (WAR OF THE WORLDS), Robert [...]

Variety informs us that monster designer Patrick Tatopoulos will be directing UNDERWORLD 3: RISE OF THE LYCANS, a prequel to the two UNDERWORLD films. The screenplay by Danny McBride will fill in details of the back story glimpsed in the previous films, depicting the origins to the feud between vampires and werewolves: a young Lycan [...]

ComingSoon.net alerts us to the imminent production start on a second X-FILES film. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will return as Mulder and Scully; creator Chris Carter will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Frank Spotnitz.
Over at Cinematical, Erik Davis ponders whether X-FILES 2 may be too little, too late. The show has been [...]

Well, it seems that reports of the death of the torture-porn genre were exaggerated. Although HOSTEL 2 tanked, the debut of SAW IV more or less matched the opening of last year’s SAW III, earning an estimated $32.1-million in 3,183 theatres. Even if the film shows a sharp drop-off over the next couple of weeks, it [...]

October Shadows is a fantastic exhibition of Halloween-themed art, on display at Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker’s Cinovation studio in Glendale. We attended the opening night reception on Friday, October 13. Check out our video report below.

The exhibit last through Halloween, but you better hurry – several of the works on display in the video [...]

Screamfest  has announced the winners from its 2007 horror film festival. The big winner is the fine Thai ghost story ALONE, which topped five categories. Fest highlights PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and STORM WARNING also won in multiple categories.

Best Student Short: ANGEL directed by Nikolas List
Best Editing: ALONE – Vijja Kojew and Thammarat Sumetsupachuck
Best Score: STORM WARNING performed [...]

Eagerly anticipating THE MIST, Frank Darabont’s adaptation of the Stephen King novella? Then check out the official website for the movie, which has been recently updated.