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Review: iTunes 99p Rental – Scary Movie 3

27 October 2009 5:01 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The way we watch movies is changing. In five years time, the studios believe, all our home entertainment will be delivered digitally. Apple know this, and already have a large quantity of movies available via iTunes and Apple TV.

To encourage us to try this form of media, every week iTunes offers one movie for rental at 99p, a considerable discount from the usual price of £3.50. Every week I  review the movie that has been chosen. This week, to coincide with Halloween, they’ve selected… Airplane creator David Zucker’s Scary Movie 3.

The first Scary Movie was the first proper spoof movie for a while when it was released. Opening at a time when gross-out movies had hit their prime, it was a big success. Infused with The Wayan family’s edge and relevant humour, it was a mix of old style Zucker/Abrams puns and more contemporary American Pie-style sex comedy, »

- Barry Steele

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'Scary Movie 5' May Be a Reboot

20 October 2009 2:24 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

"Scary Movie 5" is in the very early stages of works and words are, it may end up as a remake to the popular spoof series. Cinema Blend brought up the story to the surface, claiming insiders have suggested that the Weinstein Company is rebooting "Scary Movie".

If the studio indeed plans to start all over again with the series, it could mean the fifth film would feature all new characters and there will be no more of Anna Faris. Back in September, Faris has revealed to Fangoria she has no clue on the fifth movie, saying "Everyone wants to know if there will be a fifth Scary Movie and I really have no answer."

Cinema Blend further pointed out that "Scary Movie 5" won't be happening anytime soon. The site noted Weinstein doesn't plan to begin work on it until "Scream 4" is released in theaters across the U. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Scary Movie getting the reboot?

19 October 2009 11:47 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

It's been three years sinced Scary Movie 4 and I'm still scared that there might be another Scary Movie. Now, fittingly, Cinema Blend is scaring me in the month of October by saying that they've heard talk that the franchise is getting rebooted. No more Anna Faris? Likely, if the story pans out to be accurate.

The four Scary Movie films have made over $800 million dollars worldwide for Miramax so it's not like Cb's scoop should come as too much of a surprise. These things make money, and Miramax is letting the franchise's soil recover from the rough ploughing it went through from 2000 to 2006, as well as letting the whole fad of the copycat Genre Movie craze to die off. I can't see Faris returning to the franchise unless it were in a cameo to hand the baton over to the next generation of comedy scream queen, à la Jamie Lee Curtis »

- Patrick Sauriol

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'Scary Movie 5's Reboot Agenda is Code for Cost Savings

19 October 2009 4:18 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Are you one of the remaining fans who contributed to the $90-million haul Scary Movie 4 brought in at the box office? If so, I hope that series star Anna Faris wasn't what drew you to the horror-spoof shenanigans, because common sense says that she's likely not sticking around for the newly announced Scary Movie 5. Cinema Blend has it on good authority that the Weinstein Company is gearing up for a fifth trip to the comedy well. Only this time around the objective appears to be orbiting Hollywood's favorite new buzzword: reboot.

Now rebooting a franchise that, by design, is a free-flow of unconnected, topical plot points from entry-to-entry means that the studio plans on getting rid of the one thing that unites all of the films together: Anna Faris as the delightfully vacant Cindy and Regina Hall as Cindy's amusingly verbose best friend Brenda. Personally I think that's a terrible idea, »

- Peter Hall

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Scary Movie 5 Will Be A Reboot

19 October 2009 3:02 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

We.ve survived four installments and you.d think that would earn us all a break, but they.re starting it all over again. We.ve heard from solid sources close to the Weinstein Company that they.re rebooting Scary Movie. Look, you should have seen this coming. The last one, Scary Movie 4, was clearly out of gas creatively but still managed to make nearly $180 million worldwide. They.ve run out of places to take the franchise but they.d still like to drive Ferraris, so restarting the whole thing sort of makes sense. assuming of course you.re an evil, soulless, corporate executive. So we.re talking Scary Movie reboot, with new characters and all that implies. That likely means no Anna Faris who has been one of the few constants throughout all four previous Scary Movies. In fact just a few weeks ago she told Fangoria, .Everyone »

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Summit Looking to Buy The Weinstein Company?

1 October 2009 2:36 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Could the past two months be any stranger for The Weinstein Company? Inglourious Basterds became the studio's biggest smash since Scary Movie 4, and then Halloween 2 limped out of the gate like an unimaginative sequel to an unneccesary remake. Then the already hurting company hastily announced a 3-D threequel, which was officially put on hold over the weekend.

But those are all appetizers. The main course is the talk that Summit Entertainment might want to buy TWC, although that's based on a Nikki Finke report that Summit is indeed looking to buy...something.

It could be libraries of other films, Finke points out, but the upstart studio could also be looking at MGM, or at least its valuable properties, James Bond and The Hobbit, or as New York magazine suggests, it could make a play for Harvey's House. That's a big what if, but it's not beyond the scope of possibility. »

- Colin Boyd

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[TV] Two and a Half Men: The Complete Sixth Season

7 September 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Do you know that nauseating, aching feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when someone is blatantly embarrassing themselves in front of your eyes and you're entirely powerless to do anything about it? That's approximately how it feels to sit through an episode of Two and a Half Men; twenty minutes of gut-wrenching humiliation by association.

If you've never seen this show, you have to understand the three character archetypes, the interactions of which the show is hinging on: Alan (Jon Cryer) is an effeminate single father, Charlie (Charlie Sheen), his brother, is a smooth-talking playboy who for some reason dresses like an overgrown man-child perpetually stuck in a state of stilted adolescence, and Jake (Angus T. Jones), Alan's son and Charlie's nephew, the thick-headed buffoon of the group, whose intellectual missteps are supposed to make for solid comedy, the operative words being supposed to.

The first episode of the season -- which, »

- Inna Mkrtycheva

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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Movie Clip

5 September 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Sony Pictures Animation recently released this brand new clip “Cal’s Birthda” from the upcoming animated film “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” by directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller starring Anna Faris (Observe and Report, Scary Movie 4), Andy Samberg (I Love You, Man), Bill Hader (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Adventureland), Bruce Campbell (My Name Is Bruce, Army of Darkness), Mr. T and James Caan (Get Smart). Movie Synopsis: The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest from “Cloudy with a [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Box Office - $37 Million Opening for 'Basterds'

23 August 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

The difference between the $37 million District 9 made a week ago and the $37 million Inglourious Basterds delivered this weekend is the budgets of the two films: District cost about $30 million and Basterds has a budget around $70 million. So there's still work to do, even though this is by far Quentin Tarantinos's best opening weekend.

Basterds will almost certainly be one of the biggest movies in the young history of The Weinstein Company, but that budget will keep it from being a hit the size of Scary Movie 4, but we're probably looking at a $100 million. Probably.

Those are the only two stories this weekend, though, and that may help explain why this is such big debut for Tarantino. No other new release made over $7 million (Shorts and Post Grad made less than $10 million combined), and carryovers like G.I. Joe, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Julie & Julia aren't putting up huge numbers, »

- Colin Boyd

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Friday Box Office: Glorious Basterds

22 August 2009 1:20 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Inglorious Basterds is predictably perched at the top of Friday's box-office standings, but its estimated numbers are anything but predictable: $14.3 million all told, setting it up for minimum $40 million debut weekend. It would be Quentin Tarantino's all-time best bow, and looks likely to exceed Scary Movie 4 as the Weinstein Company's best opening since its launch in 2005. Harvey is sending Bob to buy champagne as I write this, and the Sony gang is nursing a bit of vertigo after District 9 looked set to drop as much as 60 percent in week two. And people are still watching G.I. Joe. View Friday's full top 10 after the jump. »

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Bill Pullman: Under Surveillance

18 August 2009 5:33 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Bill Pullman may not be the first person who comes to mind when you think “genre veteran.” But the actor who is perhaps best known for such populist entertainments as Independence Day and While You Were Sleeping has taken a number of cinematic trips to the dark side, most notably under the guidance of the Lynch family. Having starred in David’s 1997 mind-teaser Lost Highway, he now can be seen as the lead in daughter Jennifer’s Surveillance, out this week on DVD and Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment’s Magnet Pictures banner.

Pullman stars in the film with Julia Ormond as FBI agents Hallaway and Anderson, who arrive at a rural police station to investigate a grisly roadside massacre. A trio of badly shaken witnesses survived the bloody incident, and the particulars of what happened gradually come together through their dramatized recollections as they are separately interviewed. One, a »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Dancing With The Stars Season 9 Premiere

17 August 2009 12:03 PM, PDT | TVStar | See recent TVStar news »

Grab those dancing shoes, brush up on your ecarte, and get ready to rock on the dance floor with a whole new batch of celebrity wannabe dancers. Announced early this morning, the sixteen contestants of Dancing with the Stars were made and fans are going to love this lineup. You have athletes, reality stars, talk show hosts, movie stars, and TV stars. Beginning September 21st on ABC, these wannabes will be paired up with the best dancers from all around the world and will take the stage and live for your vote. Come and meet the sixteen contestants who will surely become the most talked about celebrities in upcoming weeks. Chuck Liddell - At the age of 12, Liddell began mastering Koei-Kan karate and became one of the best Mixed Martial Artists in the World. Liddell has won many trophies such as Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight, but can this master »

- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)

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134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy

1 July 2009 1:08 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's »

- Brad Brevet

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Barbara Stepansky's gothic horror film 'Hurt' out on DVD Nov 17th

26 June 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Monterey Media has picked up Hurt, a gothic thriller written and directed by Barbara Stepansky, for release on November 17th, 2009! Sending chills down your spine as the story unfolds, Hurt seizes its audience in a macabre web of terror before revealing its twisted core.

The Coltrane family’s life has been devastated by an untimely death. Widowed Helen Coltrane (Melora Walters of Big Love), along with her teenage son (Jackson Rathbone of Twilight) and daughter, are given shelter by her reclusive and quirky gun-loving brother-in-law. As they grapple with the reality of their shattered, altered life and twist of fate, coincidence steps in with a seemingly lovely foster child (Sofia Vassilieva of Medium) who appears touting a story that Helen’s husband had pledged to take her in. And as they do, a macabre story of deception unfolds... Hurt, a taut, psychological thriller and character-driven family drama, was co-written by »

- Superheidi

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Hollywood high on Miley, Bollywood in a Ditch

13 April 2009 12:47 PM, PDT | India.com | See recent India.com news »

Hannah Montana: The Movie doubled forecasts by earning Us$34 million worth of tickets at the Easter weekend box office in North America, as young fans of teen starlet Miley Cyrus rushed to see their heroine's first big-screen outing.

The movie ranks as the second-best Easter opening, following 2006's Scary Movie 4 with Us$40 million.

"Omgomg! my fans rock! the movie is doing great you guys!" Cyrus, 16, said in a Twitter message.

Disney had hoped Hannah Montana would perform in the same range as 2003's The Lizzie McGuire Movie, another big-screen vehicle for a Disney Channel star, in that case Hilary Duff. Lizzie... opened to $17.3 million in 2003, and ended its domestic run with $42.7 million. Last weekend's champion Fast & Furious slipped to No 2 with $28.8 million, taking the 10-day total for Universal Pictures' race-car thriller to $118.0 million.

Meanwhile 'Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat', 'Ek Se Bure Do' and 'Coffee House' all bombed at the Bollywood box office, »

- mihirkula

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Weekend Report: 'Hannah Montana' Rules Easter Roost

13 April 2009 12:20 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Moviegoers ponied up a sizable $32.3 million for Hannah Montana The Movie over the weekend, marking the second-highest grossing Easter debut ever behind Scary Movie 4. Hannah combined with Fast and Furious and Monsters Vs. Aliens led to the second busiest April weekend on record, behind last weekend, and a 40 percent bump in overall business from the same timeframe last year. Hitting approximately 4,200 screens at 3,118 venues, Hannah Montana rode past the debut of the franchise's previous movie, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour ($31.1 million at 683 3D sites), and outdrew the starting gross of the more comparable The Lizzie McGuire Movie by $15 million. According to distributor Walt Disney Pictures' exit polling, 79 percent of the audience was ... »

- Brandon Gray

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Monday Morning Box Office Report: Hannah Montana Outmuscles Vin Diesel

13 April 2009 6:03 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

As expected, families flocked to theatres over the Easter long weekend to watch Miley Cyrus struggle with her pop star alter-ego Hannah Montana... a much more interesting proposition, apparently, than any of the other new releases on the big screen this week. The $34 million opening made it the second-highest Easter opening ever, behind Scary Movie 4. Fast & Furious and Monsters vs Aliens also did quite well, earning over $20 million each, while Jody Hill's Observe & Report only managed a disappointing $11.1 million. As for Dragonball Evolution, the movie flat out bombed, debuting with just $4.65 million and little hope of expanding on that in future weeks. 1. Hannah Montana: The Movie -- $34M 2. Fast & Furious -- $28.8M 3. Monsters vs Aliens -- $22.6M 4. Observe and Report -- $11.1M 5. Knowing -- $6.67M 6. I Love You, Man -- $6.41M 7. The Haunting in Connecticut -- $5.71M 8. Dragonball Evolution -- $4.65M 9. Adventureland -- $3.43M 10. Duplicity -- $3M »

- Sean

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'Hannah Montana: The Movie' Rocks North American Box Office

12 April 2009 7:41 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Miley Cyrus has topped the North American box office once again with "Hannah Montana: The Movie". The teenage sensation once again displayed her domination on the chart after scoring big at the box office back in early 2008 with "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour".

This big screen adaptation of Disney's popular TV series "Hannah Montana" has debuted atop the box office, pulling in $32.3 million over the Easter weekend and exceeding the upper $20 million expectation. With the impressive bow, "Hannah Montana" has outsold Cyrus' "Best of Both World" concert movie, which collected $31.1 million upon its first weekend screening.

Outperforming another Disney's TV adaptation, Hilary Duff-starring "The Lizzie McGuire Movie", this Peter Chelsom-directed film has also nailed the second-biggest Easter weekend opener of all time, right behind "Scary Movie 4". Of the success, Disney's president of domestic theatrical distribution Chuck Viane said, "It caught us by surprise. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Ogre and still more “final” guests added to La Fango con

12 April 2009 7:31 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

We thought we were finished, but everybody wants to come to our scary shindig next week! Legendary Skinny Puppy singer Nivek Ogre (a.k.a. Oghr) and a few more notable genre folks have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

Ogre will appear with his Repo! The Genetic Opera cast and crew on Sunday. The singer played Pavi Largo in the cult horror/rock musical. The latest bonus guests (hey, we are running out of room!) include:

• Greydon Clark: cult director of Without Warning, Satan’S Cheerleaders, Wacko, Black Shampoo and Dance MacAbre (signing at Hollywood Book & Poster table)

• Tim Thomerson: fan favorite from Near Dark, Trancers, Dollman, Nemesis and new War Wolves and Live Evil (the latter screening at the con; Thomerson will »

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Hannah Montana sings her way past Fast & Furious. Miley Cyrus starrer tops the box office charts.

12 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Disney’s “Hannah Montana: The Movie” became the number one film of the Easter weekend with an estimated $34 million grossed. Young star Miley Cyrus gets her second number one at the box office as the Peter Chelson-helmed film averaged a strong $10,904 per theatre from an opening 3,118 venue count. Film is now the fifth best April opener of all time behind “Fast & Furious,” “Anger Management,” “Scary Movie 4” and “The Scorpion King.” Hannah Montana Daily Estimate Breakdowns: Friday - $17.2 millionSaturday - $10.3 millionSunday - $6.4 million “Fast & Furious,” last weekend’s debuting #1 and highest April opener ever, showed a 59% change with $28.7 million in its sophomore weekend as opposed to last weekend’s big $70.9 million gross. The Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster starrer has accumulated around $104.7 million, now covering its $85 million budget with ease. Paramount/DreamWorks animated sci-fi comedy “Monsters vs. Aliens” showed a slight 30.6% change in its third weekend at play with $22.6 million posted. »

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