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Universal Studios lists this title among their releases for 2009, but no specific date has been set as of yet. Check out this excerpt from the press kit for more information:
Cirque Du Freak tells the frightening tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a [...]

[ February 10, 2010; ]
Universal Pictures will release their remake of THE WOLFMAN, starring Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro and Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins, on November 6. UPDATE: The release date has been pushed back to February 10, 2010. There had been previous werewolf movies before the 1941 original (which starred Lon Chaney as Lawrence Talbot who returns to the family [...]

[ June 5, 2009; ] Universal Pictures releases this big-budget comedy-adventure about some characters (including Will Ferrell) who get sucked into a space-time vortex and end up in the titular lost world. Who would have thought that the little 1970s Saturday morning kiddie TV show would eventually spawn a theatrical feature released during the summer blockbuster season. The original had [...]

[ May 29, 2009; ]
No, it’s not about cross-dressing Satanists; it’s Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre as a director for the first time since 1992’s ARMY OF DARKNESS. DRAG ME TO HELL, from Universal Pictures, is describd as “an original tale of a young woman’s desperate quest to break an evil curse.” From the press release:

Christine Brown (Alison [...]

[ April 3, 2009; ] Variety reviews ALIEN TRESPASS, which is scheduled for limited release on April 3, with a possiblity of a gradual roll-out:
Good silly fun, “Alien Trespass” is a dead-on spoof of cheapo ’50s sci-fi programmers done with plenty of self-deprecating humor. Producer-director and longtime “X-Files” intimate R. W. Goodwin clearly knows the territory; the pic gets away with [...]

The New Year is nearly two weeks old, but we’re still waiting for Hollywood to start churning out some exciting DVD and Blu-ray releases. Maybe they are taking things slow in the wake of 2008’s declining DVD sales, but we hope the release of exciting science fiction, fantasy, and horror titles speeds up soon. In [...]

At the conclusion of 2008 television ads promoted upcoming movies for the new year, and THE UNBORN caught my eye. At that time I was impressed by the trailers, which can be dangerous in that many times studios do a great job of making the trailers better than the actual films they promote. Even so, [...]

[ February 6, 2009; ] Paul McGuigan directs Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans in this Summit Entertainment production. In Hong Kong, a trio of young people with special abilities are pursued by a clandestine U.S. government agency who wants the gifted ones back in their fold. Release date: February 6.

[ February 6, 2009; ] Kyle Newman directs Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell in this Weinstein Company production about four guys and their galpal who plan a cross-country trip in order to steal a print of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace from Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see it before its world premiere. William [...]

[ February 6, 2009; ] Henry Selick (TIM BURTON’S A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) directs Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, and John Hodgman in this Focus Features production. A secret door in her family’s new house offers a passage way to an unusual parallel world for young Coraline. Release date: February 6.

[ January 30, 2009; ] Charles Guard and Thomas Guard direct Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, and Elizabeth Banks in this DreamWorks remake of the art house Korean ghost story A TALE OF TWO SISTERS. After her mother’s death and her subsequent hospital stay, Anna Rydell (Browning) returns home to be with her sister (Krebbel) and her father (Strathairn), who has become [...]

[ January 23, 2009; ] Patrick Tatopoulos directs Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, and Bill Nighy in Screen Gems’s prequel to the UNDERWOLRD films. The story depcts  an uprising led by werewolf named Lucian (Sheen) against an aristocratic vampire sect — a revolt that will mark the beginning of a centuries-old war between the two races. Release date: January 23.

[ January 23, 2009; ] A little girl rallies her friends — both real and imaginary — to rescue her father, a bookbinder who can bring characters to life by reading aloud, from the clutches of an evil-doer. Director: Iain Softley directs Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett. Warner Bros. releases the film on January 23.