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Uncle Creepy's Blu Christmas Buyer's Guide 2009

11 December 2009 1:55 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Note: This Will Be Posted At The Top Of Our Headlines Throughout The Weekend! Happy Shopping! With the holiday shopping season officially upon us, I figured it might be a good idea to start making some recommendations for the lucky horror-loving folks on your lists!

Blu-ray players once again are going to be pretty hot items this year, but what of the movies available for them? If you already own the DVD of your favorite flick, is there a need to replace it with a Blu-ray? I'm here to answer all of your questions in the second annual ...

Before we get into my picks, let's take a second to explain how I rated them. They're broken down into three categories:

Can't Miss -- Must Haves: These are the cream of the crop! The purchases that are guaranteed to bring a smile to someone's face. Items no one with the tech should be without. »

- Uncle Creepy

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First Trailer For ‘Kids In The Hall: Death Comes To Town’

8 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

A few months ago, we first reported that the Kids in The Hall, Lorne Michael’s bastard Canadian comedy troop, would be making it’s return to (Canadian) TV with an all new series entitled Death Comes To Town. It looks like we’re even closer to getting a return of the outrageous comedy team, as the first trailer has just been released.

The premise feels a little bit like the plot to Hot Fuzz. A local, everyday, suburban town gets it’s world rocked when a series of vicious murders take place, around the same time that Death shows up via Greyhound bus. The entire gang steps in to portray the locals (in typical Kidh fashion), including Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, and Bruce McCulloch.

The story will be doled out in an 8 part mini-series, which will only be available on Canadian Broadcast TV at first »

- Sebastian Suchecki

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Money pressures force Frost to give Twitter the cold shoulder | Media Monkey

8 December 2009 2:40 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

It's not easy being Nick Frost, star of Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced and, er ... BBC2's Hyperdrive. Oh come on, not every sci-fi sitcom can be as good as Red Dwarf. Anyway, fab Frost is busy starring in an BBC2 adaptation of Martin Amis's Money. And he's so busy he's not even got time to tweet. Well, almost. "I'm not on tweet strike!" he tells his 55,610 followers. "I'm in every scene so I'm up at 6 home at 9. It leaves little time for anything else. Sorry." Up at 6? Home at 9? Who'd be an actor?

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- Monkey

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Preview: Not Alone

7 December 2009 1:49 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The undeniable quality of nominees and winners at last night’s British Independent Film Awards paints a picture of a vibrant, healthy British film industry.

And while the present state of that industry is rightly being celebrated it is time to look to the future and one of the films to look out for is Not Alone from writer/director Tristan Versluis and producer Andy Thompson.

The synopsis is: A damaged emotional Eli Rose arrives at an old long forgotten family cabin along the broken coastline. Arriving unprepared and packed with few supplies she seems anxious at either leaving or someone else arriving.  The house abandoned years ago still holds most of its original decor and memories providing us with hints toward a shattered family, which once filled the space.

Plagued by the reoccurring nightmare of the violent murder of her family, Eli starts to understand her reasons for being there. »

- Jon Lyus

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Paul Movie Still Featuring Pegg and Frost

6 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Check out a new movie still of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in the upcoming film “Paul” by director Greg Mottola (Adventureland, Superbad) and starring Seth Rogen (Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, The Green Hornet), Simon Pegg (Star Trek 2), Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Nick Frost and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development). Synopsis: Two British buddies (Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz’s Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) head out on the road in search of Area 51 after attending a comic convention, only to encounter a cute little alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) along the way in this comedy from Working Title and Universal Pictures. Superbad’s Greg Mottola directs from [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Empire Release their 20th Birthday Portfolio

3 December 2009 8:20 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

For the 20th anniversary edition of Empire Magazine, not only did they have Steven Spielberg as they’re guest editor and reunite The Goonies, they also did some wonderful photos of famous movie stars recreating famous scenes with a modern twist. The photos featured people like Arnold Schwarzenegger recreating his some Terminator poses, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins doing Silence of the Lambs and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost re-enacting Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

Empire have now collated all these images and given them to us in a lovely gallery which shows them off properly. Some of these were available before today but now all 30 images are there.

I think I’m going to create a collage of them all because they’re too good to be kept on the Internet. They need to be displayed on a wall!

Head over to Empire to check them all out. »

- David Sztypuljak

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Hot Fuzz named top comedy in new poll

30 November 2009 4:03 AM, PST | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Looking for a good chuckle? A hearty belly laugh to chase away the winter blues? Well, look no further than Hot Fuzz. The 2007 comedy starring and co-written by Simon Pegg as an ambitious London policeman sent to the sleepy country village of Sandford was voted the most popular comedy of all time in a new poll by cinema chain, Odeon. A firm favourite here at Boxwish HQ, the police spoof that co-stars Nick Frost took nearly a quarter of the votes (24 per cent) and claimed top honours in a survey that really lays bare some of the cinema habits of us Brits. »

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UK loves comedy films, but Coventry is crazy about sci-fi

27 November 2009 4:52 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Film Fans are choosing to laugh their way through tough economic times, with comedy named as the UK's favourite genre.

Cinema chain Odeon polled more than 5,000 UK moviegoers - and found that comedy came out on top, with just over a fifth of votes (21 per cent). This was followed by action/adventure with 15 per cent, and romantic comedies with 12 per cent.

Nearly a quarter of those who took part in the poll (24 per cent) named police spoof Hot Fuzz, starring Simon Pegg, as their favourite comedy film of all time.

The survey also found regional variations, with the action adventure genre particularly popular in Oxford, Bollywood in Brighton, comedy in Cardiff, gangster in Norwich, sci-fi in Coventry, horror in Wolverhampton, musical in Worcester and rom com in York.

Luke Vetere, sales and marketing director at Odeon and Uci cinemas said: "2009 has proved to be a real treat for comedy fans »

- David Bentley

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Nicolas Cage Lights Up Bath

27 November 2009 3:26 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

It’s official. It happened. It actually frickin’ happened. Nicolas Cage – Oscar-winner, ace actor, huge movie star and marvellous eccentric – actually switched on the Christmas lights in his adopted hometown of Bath last night.Cage, who has owned several properties in and around the beautiful Somerset town (just a stone’s throw from Hot Fuzz’s Wells) for a few years now, was asked to turn on the lights – usually the domain of C-list celebs and the town’s Mayor – by a local resident, Emma Samways, who popped a letter through his front door.Cage readily agreed and last night, sporting a long coat, swept-back hair and a snow-white goatee, he appeared on stage in front of thousands of screaming fans (or neighbours) and, egged on by the event’s presenter, professional twonk Toby Anstis, pressed the plunger that turned on the shiny display. Ooh, shiny.“Thank you citizens of Bath, »

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Film review: Bunny and the Bull

26 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Last week in Film&Music, Brian ­Logan discussed the perennially vexed ­question of how to transform Britain's famously high standard of TV comedy into something we can feel good about on the big screen. Here is a case in point. There's no doubt about the ability and the track-records of the people involved. Writer-director Paul King directed The Mighty Boosh on television, and is here making his feature debut with ­something in a broadly comparable vein: a manky male flat-share comedy, with a strong dash of fantasy and delusion. Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding from the Boosh are in the film, but only in supporting roles. The leads are taken by relative newcomers Edward Hogg and Simon Farnaby. Hogg plays Stephen "the Bull" Turnbull, a guy who has ­apparently been traumatised by some past event; he now never leaves his ropey apartment, and is tormented by visions of his old mate Bunny, »

- Peter Bradshaw

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Russell Peters Special, George Lopez Album Among Comedy Central Projects

24 November 2009 9:53 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

It may not be Christmas for another month, but Comedy Central has got its stocking stuffers ready in advance.

The humor-based cable network is preparing a wide variety of material for the coming weeks, both in the television medium and otherwise.

The prelude to the holidays begins with a week of all-new episodes of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" running from November 30 through December 3. Also included in the week's schedule of new episodes: the late night Internet comedy sensation "Atom TV," featuring the best of humor that the web has to offer; ventriloquism and comedy sketches on "The Jeff Dunham Show"; the premiere of the new series "Free Radio"; and a new lineup of standup in "Live at Gotham," hosted by Rob Riggle. Comic Gabriel Iglesias' special "I'm Not Fat. I'm Fluffy" will run, as well. Also filling out the week is "Friends with Benefits," with the »

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Anna Kendrick on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

22 November 2009 8:54 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Yesterday I participated in a roundtable interview with Anna Kendrick for her new movie Up in the Air.  While I’ll have a full transcript soon, I wanted to share what she said about Edgar Wright’s (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World today.  If you didn’t know, she plays Michael Cera’s sister in the movie.

While we didn’t spend that much time talking about the film, she revealed she’s seen some of the movie and says, “You should start emotionally preparing yourself now. It’s so good, people are not going to know what hit them. I have a small role in so I’m allowed to gush. It’s so cool. I’ve never seen anything like it. There’s an energy and a style that I’ve just never seen before and I think it’s going to »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Wright slams Times over Woodward article

20 November 2009 2:59 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Edgar Wright has criticised The Times for printing his tribute to Edward Woodward without permission. Wright posted an article recounting his memories of Woodward on his EdgarWrightHere.com site earlier this week following the actor's passing. Wright, who directed Woodward in 2007's Hot Fuzz, blasted the newspaper for reprinting his tribute in Tuesday's edition as if it had been written for them. "They just lifted it from my blog without asking," Wright wrote on his Twitter (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Edward Woodward dies at 79

17 November 2009 6:51 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

The actor Edward Woodward has died November 16 at age 79. The British actor was probably best known in the Us for his role in the eighties television series “The Equalizer.” He won a Golden Globe award in 1987 for the role. Horror film fans will remember him from 1973’s The Wicker Man where his character experienced one of the more grisly cinematic deaths, and modern audiences will remember him when he created a similar role for Hot Fuzz. I first saw Woodward on cable in the 1980 Breaker Morant, a film I highly recommend. He played Lieutenant Breaker Morant, tried for murder in the deaths of Boer prisoners during the second Boer War. Woodward’s career began in 1955 and spanned theater, television and film. The actor was also a singer and had the distinction of being personally chosen by Noel Coward to star in the Broadway show "High Spirits," a musical adaptation of Coward’s “Blithe Spirit”. Woodward also recorded »

- Robin Ruinsky

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Edward Woodward Dies Age 79

17 November 2009 5:28 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Yesterday cinema lost one of its true greats. After a long battle with a series of illnesses including pneumonia Edward Woodwardpassed away at Truro hospital in Cornwall surrounded by his beloved family.

Edward Woodward was born on June 1st 1930 in Croydon and enjoyed initial success on the small screen. In 1967 he starred in “Callan” a TV series that ran up until 1972. He played a world-weary assassin for the S.I.S. and showed the world a glimpse of how he could handle the brooding intensity that was to become his trademark.

1973 saw him take the role he will be best remembered for when he starred as Sergeant Howie in the seminal cult horror film The Wicker Man.

His performance as the young, straight-laced, intensely religious copper ranks among the best in the world. He gave a performance so haunting that it was forever burned into the soul of every film lover worldwide. »

- Alex Wagner

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Stars Pay Tribute To Woodward

17 November 2009 1:56 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Stars including Sir Christopher Lee and Simon Pegg have paid tribute to late British actor Edward Woodward, who died on Monday.

The 79 year old, best known for his role in cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as TV series including Callan and The Equalizer, passed away in hospital following a long battle with illness.

Woodward's The Wicker Man co-star Lee has expressed his sadness at losing "a very good friend and a splendid actor," while Robin Hardy, who directed the pair in the cult 1973 movie, adds: "He was one of the greatest actors of his generation, with a broad career on U.S. TV as well as British TV. He was an extremely nice human being."

British funnyman Pegg, who cast Woodward in his 2007 film Hot Fuzz, has also honoured the late actor, taking to his Twitter.com page to write, "So sorry to hear we have lost the great Edward Woodward. Feel lucky to have worked with him." »

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A Fistful of News - 5 More Stories From Us to You

16 November 2009 11:15 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

There’s always more to give and while we should all definitely be giving around this time of year*, we have five news stories than we didn’t have time to craft into a bigger article but still though they were worth a read.  After the jump you can find out what’s coming up on Parks and Recreation, where you can HBO’s John Adams on Blu-ray for less than $30, and Edgar Wright’s loving tribute to actor Edward Woodward who passed away today at the age of 79.

Writer/Director Edgar Wright wrote a really lovely piece about Edward Woodward, an actor who was best known for his performances in the original version of The Wicker Man and the TV spy series Callan and The Equalizer.  Woodward co-starred as Nwa member Tom Weaver in Wright’s 2007 film, Hot Fuzz.

Fans of NBC’s Parks and Recreation should be pleased »

- Matt Goldberg

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Rest in Peace, Edward Woodward

16 November 2009 3:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

The Equalizer Edward Woodward has passed away at the age of 79, having lost his battle against illness in a hospital near his home in Cornwall, England. A statement from agent Janet Glass said: "He was equally fine and courageous in real life, never losing his brave spirit and wonderful humour throughout his illness." He is survived by his second wife, actress Michele Dotrice, and four children.

But while I lead off with the actor's famed television role, Woodward was more than a television star ... even if he once told The Associated Press that he's probably done "more television than any actor living. I've done over 2,000, could be 3,000 now, television productions," and earned a number of Emmy nominations and a Golden Globes win for The Equalizer. Woodward was the man who played Sergeant Howie in the original 1973 film The Wicker Man -- a performance that inspired director Robin Hardy to eulogize: »

- Monika Bartyzel

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Edward Woodward of Wicker Man Dies at 79

16 November 2009 12:25 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Sadly, The Guardian today reported that Edward Woodward has died at 79.  Woodward is perhaps best known for his role as Robert McCall in the popular CBS series The Equalizer.  But horror fans will likely remember him for his role in one of horror's most offbeat films,  The Wicker Man, in which his straitlaced police inspector Robbie travels to a small island to solve the mystery of a missing girl.  He finds more than he expects in the presence of Lord Summerisle, an outlandish performance by Christopher Lee.

A victim of poor health and several heart attacks in his later years, Woodward nonetheless appeared in Shaun Of The Dead director Edgar Wright's police spoof Hot Fuzz.  He succumbed today to pneumonia.

Read The Guardian's full obituary here.

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Cult movie star Edward Woodward dies

16 November 2009 11:13 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

The actor Edward Woodward, best known for his roles as a virginal policeman in The Wicker Man and a trenchcoated vigilante in the 1980s TV series The Equalizer, has died, his agent confirmed .

The Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor, who was 79, had been suffering from a number of illnesses including pneumonia, Janet Glass said, and died in hospital near his home in Cornwall.

She said he had been "universally loved and admired" in a career of "unforgettable" roles, adding: "He was equally fine and courageous in real life, never losing his brave spirit and wonderful humour throughout his illness," she said in a statement. He is survived by his wife, the actor Michele Dotrice, and four children.

Woodward, who was born into a working class family in Croydon, south London, attended Rada and was already a successful stage actor when, in 1967, he won the part of the unsmiling assassin »

- Esther Addley

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