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Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!

23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year? »

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Poll: Does Taylor Swift Holiday Tune Top Adam Sandler's?

14 December 2009 6:11 AM, PST | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »

Is Evan Taubenfeld about to steal the Jewish boy's hilarious holiday song throne from Adam Sandler? The former SNL star's "Chanukkah Song" references Tom Cruise, David Lee Roth, Harrison Ford and the Three Stooges. But, in Taubenfeld's "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukkah)," the singer is specific about how he wants to celebrate his eight nights and beyond. He wants Taylor Swift…and he's not willing to settle for Angelina Jolie, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Smart or even Megan Fox. "Santa, for my gift, please send me Taylor Swift," he urges. "No one will mess with her when she's mine/And Kanye will watch his mouth »

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Poll: Does Taylor Swift Holiday Tune Top Adam Sandler's?

14 December 2009 6:11 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Is Evan Taubenfeld about to steal the Jewish boy's hilarious holiday song throne from Adam Sandler? The former SNL star's "Chanukah Song" references Tom Cruise, David Lee Roth, Harrison Ford and the Three Stooges. But, in Taubenfeld's "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)," the singer is specific about how he wants to celebrate his eight nights and beyond. He wants Taylor Swift…and he's not willing to settle for Angelina Jolie, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Smart or even Megan Fox. "Santa, for my gift, please send me Taylor Swift," he urges. "No one will mess with her when she's mine/And Kanye will watch his mouth »

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In Pictures: 'Amy Smart Attends A Christmas Benefit'

11 December 2009 1:39 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Amy Smart attends a Christmas benefit at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA on December 10, 2009. Photo copyright by Fame Pictures. Amy Smart attends a Christmas benefit at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA on December 10, 2009. Photo copyright by Fame Pictures. Amy Smart attends a Christmas benefit at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA on December 10, 2009. Photo copyright by Fame Pictures. Amy Smart attends a Christmas benefit at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA on December 10, 2009. Photo copyright by Fame Pictures. Amy Smart attends a Christmas benefit at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA on December 10, 2009. Photo copyright by Fame Pictures. Amy Smart attends a Christmas benefit at the Roosevelt Hotel »

- James Wray

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Eva, Anne, Busy, and Nicky Help Out Friends Without Borders

11 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »

The star-studded Unicef Ball wasn't the only big charity event in La last night. The Roosevelt hotel was also brimming with celebrities out for the first annual Friends Without Borders gala. Some of the night's hosts included Anne Hathaway, who was gracious on the red carpet before heading in to meet up with her boyfriend. She gushed about how much she loves Glee and even said that she would love to guest star on the show! Robin Thicke performed and also revealed how he keeps his glowing pregnant wife Paula Patton happy - with regular belly and foot rubs. Busy Philips and Ali Larter both looked gorgeous and talked about their passion for the cause, which supports a hospital in Cambodia. Eva Longoria swooped in at the end of the arrivals, posing and smiling quickly before heading in to be applauded as one of the event's many hosts. Inside, the attendees mixed, »

- Molly

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Taylor Swift Wished 'Merry Swiftmas' By Evan Taubenfeld

8 December 2009 12:30 PM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas tree farm, so she clearly has a very personal connection to the holiday. That's probably why she got so excited when she heard "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)." A singer/songwriter named Evan Taubenfeld (who used to play guitar for and collaborate with Avril Lavigne) debuted the song on YouTube and tweeted it to Swift. The pop-country superstar responded relatively soon after the initial tweet. "This made me smile," she tweeted, adding the link to the song.

The tune itself is a catchy folk-ish tune that features a series of lyrics about Taubenfeld wanting Santa to only bring him Swift for Christmas — and how disappointed he would be if any other famous ladies were delivered. The first chorus goes like this: "So don't put a bow on a box/ There's no need to send Megan Fox/ I don't need big mansion »

- Kyle Anderson

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Jason Lee to Sing the Delta Blues

17 November 2009 7:17 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Jason Lee, who starred for four seasons in the critically acclaimed comedy My Name Is Earl, has been cast in the lead role of the TNT pilot Delta Blues. He will play Dwight Hendricks, a Memphis police officer who lives with his mother and moonlights as an Elvis impersonator.

The pilot for Delta Blues, which comes to TNT from George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures and Warner Horizon Television, will be directed by Emmy nominee Clark Johnson (The Shield) from a script by Liz M. Garcia (Cold Case) and actor Joshua Harto (The Dark Knight). Clooney, Heslov and Garcia serve as executive producers. Henry Bronchtein (The Sopranos) and Smokehouse's Abby Wolf-Weiss are co-executive producers, and Harto is a producer. Johnson will also receive an executive-producer credit for the pilot.

"Jason Lee is the ideal choice to bring the compelling, off-kilter Dwight Hendricks to life," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, »

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Filmmaker Frederic Lumiere To Premiere WWII Documentary On History Channel

11 November 2009 4:23 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Award-winning filmmaker Frederic Lumiere is bringing his World War II documentary to the History Channel. The WWII documentary will be presented in full, immersive HD color, and will feature hours of rare color footage gathered from a two-year worldwide search.

"WWII in HD" will tell the story of the war through the eyes of 12 Americans. Narrated by Gary Sinise, the show will showcase the voices of Justin Bartha, Rob Corddry, Tim DeKay, Mark Hefti, James Kyson Lee, Ron Livingston, LL Cool J, Rob Lowe, Josh Lucas, Jason Ritter, Amy Smart, and Steve Zahn.

Also included in "WWII in HD" are interviews with war veterans, which will be treated like scenes in a film to keep viewers captivated.

Lumiere, producer and director of the series, said, "Everything is in-the-moment. The battles are as real as they can be, creating a visceral experience. This is presented as a billion-dollar Hollywood epic but better, »

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Seventh Moon - Blu-ray Review

13 October 2009 9:20 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Another entry in the Ghost House Underground label, .Seventh Moon. employs a clever premise based on an ancient Chinese myth with star Amy Smart headlining and Eduardo Sanchez directing (of .The Blair Witch Project fame). A fun flick but the grainy hand-held vid source makes this a questionable Blu-ray recommendation. This second group of Ghost House Underground pics presented by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert that also includes .The Thaw., .The Children. and .Offspring. got trimmed down to four selections after last Fall.s eight and seem to average better than the similar horror group offerings from the After Dark Horrorfest pics. Only Eduardo.s second film after his breakout success with .The Blair Witch Project., this pic uses the »

- Frankie Dees

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Seventh Moon - DVD Review

13 October 2009 7:44 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Seventh Moon is the latest picture from one of the names behind the Blair Witch Project. It uses the same .shaky-cam. footage that the other film was known for, but offer also offers some chilling scenes of its own. Melissa (Amy Smart) and Yul (Tim Chiou) are newlyweds that are touring Yul.s homeland of China before going off to meet his relatives. They.re being driven around by tour guide Ping (Dennis Chan). The happy couple has just attended a religious festival and is driven into the night by Ping. They.ve had a little too much to drink so both doze off in the back of the car. The car stops and Melissa awakens to see Ping going towards »

- Jeff Swindoll

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Seventh Moon (DVD Review)

13 October 2009 12:48 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Seventh Moon is one of the new Ghost House Underground films and is a mix of zombie horror and Chinese mythology that has its moments but is ultimately unsatisfying.  Melissa (Amy Smart) and Yul (Tim Chiou) are a newlywed couple spending their honeymoon in China .  After experiencing the local flavor of the Festival of the Seventh Moon, they make a long trek to stay at Yul’s grandmother’s home, deep in the countryside.  When their driver Ping (Dennis Chan) gets lost, he stops to ask for directions at a small village…and never returns. 

When the couple goes to search for Ping , they find the village completely shuttered and seemingly devoid of human life until an eerie chanting fills the night air.  They flee only to encounter a group of pale-skinned and naked creatures, human but animalistic.  They find themselves cast as the sacrifices of the Seventh Moon, which »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tim Janson)

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Ghost House Underground Four Film Collection’ Offers Few Chills

12 October 2009 8:07 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – It’s always nice to see world-famous filmmakers raising awareness about work from their lesser known peers. Where would Eli Roth be without Quentin Tarantino, or Neill Blomkamp be without Peter Jackson, or Danny McBride and Jody Hill be without the better half of Hollywood’s comedy titans? That’s why it’s nice to see “Evil Dead” creators Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert “hand pick” the indie horror films they admire, and then assist in their distribution.

Overall Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0

Raimi and Tapert’s “Ghost House Underground” series began last year with a collection of eight features that included the exuberant zombie satire “Dance of the Dead.” This year’s collection has shrunk to four features, none of which are as fun or memorable as last year’s “Dance.” Only one film manages to satisfy, while the other three vary in their degrees of mediocrity and failure. Let »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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[DVD Review] Seventh Moon

7 October 2009 5:01 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

As with most bad horror films, the problems begin early with Seventh Moon; it starts within the first few shots. We see an annoying tourist couple snap pictures and giggle during a Moon Festival celebration in China. Like watching blissfully unaware kids at a carousel when you know the title of the movie is Death Ride, these scenes in horror movies affirm what we usually feel when we see such happy scenes in real life: that there needs to be a cost. “Dumb tourists, commodifying Chinese culture, and ignoring the obvious reality behind their ghosts and monster legends,” we think. But instead of making them monster food for the sheer horror of it all, we must endure the reality of Seventh Moon: the sheer horror is that this first scene is the real story.

Even though the movie worked its best to put us against them, Melissa (Amy Smart »

- Michael Narkunski

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Exclusive Interview: 'Seventh Moon' Director Eduardo Sanchez

7 October 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Yesterday we brought you our exclusive interview with Tom Shankland, writer/director of the kids-gone-bad creepfest The Children, just one of four new Ghost House Underground titles to hit store shelves this week. Today we have an exclusive chat with Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project) writer/director of Ghost House Underground's Seventh Moon (starring Tim Chiou and Amy Smart). Check out our full interview with Eduardo below. FEARnet: Where did the inspiration for Seventh Moon come from, is it a real Chinese myth? Sanchez: Me wanting to make a chase film, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Originally it was gonna take place here, where I live in Maryland. I live in a rural area in Maryland. I just »

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DVD Review: Ghost House Underground 4-Pack

7 October 2009 1:55 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

I wasn't sure what to make of the stack of Ghost House Underground DVD releases. While I tend to be a fan of B-horror movies, there's a fine line between a bad-good one (something like say Wrong Turn 2) and just a flat-out bad-bad one (like another sequel, the unwatchable Lake Placid 2). The balance between absurdity, nonsense and gore has to be just right, and if it is even just a tiny bit off any chance of enjoyment is thrown out the window as quickly as a bloody severed head.

As for an outright good one? I tend not to hold my breath on that front. Just look at those continuing After Dark Horrorfest releases. I can think of maybe one or two of those (2008's The Broken, 2006's Wicked Little Things) that I can admit to having enjoyed, and as far as Ghost House Underground has been concerned »

- Sara Michelle Fetters

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: October 6, 2009

6 October 2009 2:16 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Platinum Edition) I just posted my review of this one (read it here) and I tried to keep it as short as possible all while managing to gush all over it. Seriously, this baby is packed with goodies and the film simply looks spectacular as Walt Disney's first feature length animated film comes to life in high definition. Snow White is 72-years-old and boy does it age well.

I reviewed the two-disc edition (or three-disc if you count the included DVD version of the film), but there are a ton of additional versions to buy including the collector's pack featured in the image to the left and then one that comes with a bunch of stuffed toys. Oh, and if you buy it at Amazon you can enter the promotional code Snowhite and »

- Brad Brevet

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Exclusive Interview: Seventh Moon 's Eduardo Sanchez

5 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Filmmaker Eduardo Sánchez knows a thing or two about the horror genre. Having been the co-creator/director on The Blair Witch Project , which just celebrated its 10th anniversary and is arguably considered the first true internet sensation, he later followed it up with his alien sci-fi/horror thriller Altered . Now he's back with his third full length feature film Seventh Moon , starring Amy Smart and Tim Chiou. The pair plays a newlywed couple celebrating their honeymoon in China during the unfortunate time of the hungry ghost festival, where on the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the ghost and spirits of deceased ancestors roam the countryside once more in search of a sacrifice. We spoke to Sanchez about the origins of the project, designing the look of the ghosts, »

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It's Ghost House Underground mega review time!

4 October 2009 3:40 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

You know it's getting close to Halloween when Sam Raimi's Ghost House Underground label unleashes a whole new wave of indie acquisitions on the horror community. Not sure why, after last year's run of eight titles, the label decided to release only four this year, but when the offerings are this fun who really cares, right?

As usual with these types of multi-film releases, we've just not got the time to give each of he flicks full reviews before they street, so this four piece mega-review will have to do.

Tuck into the horrors of The Thaw, The Children, Offspring and Seventh Moon after the break!

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Title: The Thaw

Year: 2009

Director: Mark A. Lewis

Writer: Mark A. Lewis

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Amazon: Purchase

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 6.5 out of 10

The Thaw is an effective little eco creature-feature from Canada. It's about a badass prehistoric parasite that gets re-introduced »

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Blu-ray Capsule Review: Varsity Blues

28 September 2009 11:40 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Varsity Blues Quick Thoughts: I was 22-years-old when Varsity Blues came out and while it's about high school students, the fact the majority of the actors are older or only slightly younger than myself it pretty much fit right into my early-twenties wheelhouse. Partying, playing sports and hot blondes in whipped cream bikinis (wait... what?). I mean, what isn't there for a 22-year-old not to love? Of course, the film is downright cheesy -- "I don't want... your life" -- and if you are going to attempt to take it seriously you have seriously taken a misstep. However, that isn't to say this film is an entire farce. High school football in Texas is a big deal and while I have no idea if they take it as far as Jon Voight's Coach Bud Kilmer takes it, I would be surprised if the majority of goings on in this »

- Brad Brevet

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DVD Playhouse--September 2009

26 September 2009 1:01 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—September 2009

By

Allen Gardner

The Human Condition (Criterion) Masaki Kobayashi’s epic (574 minutes) adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel was originally made and released as three separate films (1959-61), and is rightfully regarded as a landmark of Japanese cinema. Candide-like story of naïve, good-hearted Kaiji (Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor, to Imperial Army solider, to Soviet Pow, and Kaiji’s struggle to maintain his humanity throughout. Unfolds with the mastery of a great novel, beautifully-shot, and a stunning example of cinematic mastery on the part of its makers. Four-disc set bonuses include: Interview with Kobayashi; Interview with Nakadai; Featurette; Trailer; Essay by critic Philip Kemp. Widescreen. Dolby 3.0 surround.

State Of Play (Universal) Russell Crowe stars as a veteran Washington D.C. political reporter investigating the murder of an aide to a rising congressional star (Ben Affleck), who also happens to be an old friend. »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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