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Fred Dekker Revisits The Night of the Creeps!

16 October 2009 7:44 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The most elusive cult creeper ever made finally makes its way to DVD and Blu-ray October 27th!

Night of the Creeps has become one of the most sought after late night cult creepers ever made. After hitting the video store circuit in the mid-80s on VHS tape (and VHS alone), the film quickly disappeared. It would later crawl out from late night cable television on that rare occasion, like some long dormant creature hungry for flesh. It's never been re-released on any medium, and has only made a handful of appearances at the local midnight theater. Despite that fact, Fred Dekker's amazing 1986 ode to aliens, zombies, and high school romps has developed a rabid following over the years. Revolving around squirmy black leeches that possess a town full of teenagers and treats them like puppets on prom night, it's a hard film to shake. And the fact that »

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Terrible Yellow Links

15 October 2009 8:37 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Today's Must Read

Newsweek brings Maurice Sendak, Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze together for an awesome conversation while Where The Wild Things Are heads to theaters. It's a must read. Here's a little bit about Sendak's issues with Disney Do you think Disney is bad for children?

Sendak: I think it's terrible.

But you have all the Disney characters on your mantel behind you.

Sendak: I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk. I stood on the chair screaming, "My hero! My hero!" He had a lot of guts when he was young. We're both about the same age; we're about a month apart. »

- NATHANIEL R

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How Drama Died At The Filmmaker Forum

11 October 2009 8:53 AM, PDT | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »

Film Independent's Filmmaker Forum is underway this weekend, and we asked writer/director Zak Forsman to attend and report back. Here's the first of his posts. I’ve just locked picture on my first feature-length motion picture and it seems I couldn’t be entering the world of distribution at a worse time. I strolled into the DGA in Los Angeles for day one of the Film Independent Filmmaker Forum optimistic and eager. I left it determined to batten down the hatches in preparation for stormy seas ahead. Veteran producer Jeremy Thomas (Creation, The Last Emperor, Crash) keynote opened with the concession that these are tough times for filmmakers making art house cinema for “sentient human beings,” as he put it. While he rejected the... »

- Scott Macaulay

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IFC November Thrills and Chills

1 October 2009 1:08 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Even though everyone's all about what's hitting home video in October for Halloween, the good folks over at IFC gave us a look at what they're dishing out in terms of horror and thrillers for the month of November!

Synopsis

Lisa Vidal of ER and Star Trek delivers a startling performance as Deborah Martin, a former photographer turned stay-at-home mom who moves her family into a strange house filled with cut-glass windows and beveled mirrors that reflect to infinity. As she attempts to restart her photography career, Deborah discovers to her utter horror that those she photographs die – reflected in the chilling visions she sees in the house’s mirrors. Has Deborah accidentally unearthed the house’s dark past? Has she discovered an alternate reality that unleashes a homicidal evil? Or is she trapped within the terrifying recesses of her own disturbed mind?

The DVD available November 3rd presents the film in widescreen letterbox format. »

- Uncle Creepy

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Watch the Full Episode of Crash: Always See Your Face Here

24 September 2009 5:57 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The brand new episode of Crash's second season, Always See Your Face, will debut on Friday, October 2 at 10 Pm Et on Starz. However, if you dont' want to wait another day, you can watch the full episode right here! Just click below to watch this second episode of the second season before anyone else.

After his near-death experience, billionaire Seth Blanchard (Eric Roberts), tries to make sense of what he saw and whether God-if there is a God-has a plan in mind for him. Blanchard's right-hand woman Andrea Schillo (Julie Warner) warns him stockholders are losing confidence since word of his collapse has spread, and urges him to hit the town with his wife Maggie (Linda Park) to reassure the world he's fine. However, Blanchard is more interested in revisiting the strip mall to ask security guard Kenny Battaglia (Ross McCall) whether he noticed a bright light when Seth collapsed, »

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DVD Playhouse--August 2009

10 August 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—August 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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David Cronenberg to Adapt Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis

24 July 2009 1:46 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Canadian horror guru David Cronenberg continues to move away from the creepy genre films that filled the first 25 years of his career with the announcement of another new project being added to his plate this week. In addition to the Robert Ludlum adaptation The Matarese Circle [1] which he is currently developing, he will also be adapting a novel by postmodern author Don DeLillo called Cosmopolis. It will be a co-production of Paris-based Alfama Films and Cronenberg's own Toronto Antenna Ltd, and starts shooting next year in New York and Toronto. Cosmopolis is the story of a 28-year-old multi-billionaire who drives across Manhattan in a limo to get a haircut. Yep... that's it. Of course, a few things happen along the way, but the story all takes place in the course of a day. As far as I know, it doesn't involve any orifices or bodily fluids either. Clearly this is not typical Cronenberg territory, »

- Sean

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The Men Who Read The News

23 July 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Robert here, catching up with the news that the great Walter Cronkite passed away. Sad news indeed, but it got me thinking about how that fabled job of T.V. newsman has been portrayed in cinema through the years.

David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good LuckAward Season of 2005 was all about Brokeback Mountain vs. Crash and the Best Actor races pitted Heath Ledger against Philip Seymour Hoffman. Lost in the fray was epically dependable character actor David Strathairn. In fact, one might say despite being the star of the film he was overshadowed by his director. When does that happen? Well, when the director is George Clooney I suppose.

Will Ferrell as Ron Burgandy in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyGo ahead and say that Ferrell's schtick has gotten old. I won't argue. But Anchorman saw him at the height of his powers. Even »

- Robert

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Starz 'Crash' back September 18, Eric Roberts joins cast

21 July 2009 10:21 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

One of the better smallscreen series that debuted last year is back for season two on Starz. 'Crash" stars Dennis Hopper, and he is joined by new cast members Eric Roberts, Tess Harper, Julie Warner, Jake McLaughlin, Dana Ashbrook and Linda Park. Roberts is cast as Seth, a billionaire entrepreneur with unfathomable success and drive; Linda Park as Maggie, Seth.s trophy wife who writes of a joyful life in her children.s books but has trouble living it; Jake McLaughlin as Bo, a former high-school pitching ace and shoo-in for the big leagues who was derailed by a career-ending injury; Tess Harper as Bo.s heavy-smoking mother Wendy, who owns a hobby-shop business; Dana Ashbrook as Jimmy, a charismatic gambler »

- April MacIntyre

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Inside track: Emmy race for lead actor in a drama

4 July 2009 7:00 PM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Since the nominees for TV's top award are a lot like TV reruns, there's a good chance we'll see most of last year's nominees for outstanding lead actor in a drama series return when bids are unveiled on July 16. Judging panels will not be used this year to whittle down final nominees after evaluating sample episodes submitted by the top 10 voter-getters determined by a popular vote of members of the TV academy's acting branch. This year, six nominees (instead of the traditional five) will be decided by an outright popular vote, so that makes predicting the outcome much easier. Sure bets probably include last year's nominees Gabriel Byrne ("In Treatment"), Michael C. Hall ("Dexter"), Jon Hamm ("Mad Men"), Hugh Laurie ("House M.D.) and 2008 winner Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"). That leaves room for just one more. Serial past winner James Spader ("Boston Legal"), who made last year's rundown? Previous champ Kiefer Sutherland »

- tomoneil

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J.G. Ballard’s Running Wild and High Rise Coming to the Big Screen

25 May 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

J.G. Ballard, who passed away back in April, is thought by many to be one of the most groundbreaking science-fiction authors to ever live... and yet, the vast majority of people have still never even heard of the guy. A lot of his books are now out of print and hard to find, although I think he has a bigger following in the U.K. than in North America. Up until this point, only a few of his stories have ever been adapted for the big screen, most notably Crash, which was directed by David Cronenberg, and Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, based on Ballard's non-science-fiction novel about growing up in Japan during WWII. Well, it looks like a couple more of his books are finally on their way to becoming movies, and at least one of them should be in good hands. High Rise is a dark story about »

- Sean

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David Cronenberg's The Brood Turns 30!

22 May 2009 10:39 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Can a lack of objectivity be a virtue? Art isn’t governed by the same rules as journalism, but the accepted wisdom is that the more adult a piece of art is, the less biased it is allowed to be. In “highbrow” cinema the assumption is that the subject or subjects should be presented in the clearest light possible.

But what about the visceral thrill of an artist letting go of his perspective and indulging emotion, holding a grudge, reveling in id? Thirty years ago, David Cronenberg made his best pure horror film and took the next great leap in his filmmaking with The Brood. The director openly acknowledged that the film was inspired by his acrimonious dissolution of his marriage, but even if he hadn’t, viewers would certainly have noticed that his vision of a divorce with a body count took a less than favorable stance on the sacred institution. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jack McDonald)

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Simon Baker vs. Casey Affleck in 'The Killer Inside Me'

12 May 2009 5:20 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Hold up. No one told me about the adaptation of Jim Thompson's classic The Killer Inside Me. A true '50s noir, Thompson's book is a bite-your-nails tale about a Texas sheriff's deputy who is also the town murderer. He's calm and cool on the outside and a brutal killer on the inside. And yes, it's also a song by Mc 900 Ft Jesus.

I'm down with that, since the younger and less chinny Affleck proved his chops in Gone Baby Gone and The Assassination of Jesse Ford by the Coward Robert Ford, although IMDb pro also lists him as the director of "Untitled Joaquin Phoenix Documentary," so we've got him to thank for that sh*tshow. Bill Pullman and awesomely creepy Elias Koteas (Crash) also star.

On the other hand, the rest of the cast is a uneven, and this particular adaptation has quite the long back story. Kate Hudson »

- Jenni Miller

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"but what I really want to do is link"

27 April 2009 6:32 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Hollywood Reporter acquisition talks at Tribeca for The Eclipse, Don McKay (with Thomas Hayden Church & Elisabeth Shue!) and Serious Moonlight

Disturbia "Bateman" Ts. Love it

Coming Soon More Lovely Bones photos

La Times answers the question I've been asking forever: what the hell is going on with Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret (now three years in post-production)?

Cigarettes and Red Vines check out this marquee for There Will Be Blood. Hee

Omg a sequel to Clueless??? Be careful what you wish for

StinkyLulu Smackdown 1959

Pop Elegantiarum Grace Kelly "Ice-Cold"

Sunset Gun on David Cronenberg and Jg Ballard's Crash

Nerdcore unites icons Kirk & Leia. I wish I'd thought of this photo mashup

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- NATHANIEL R

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Quiet Earth salutes the great literary genius of the late J.G. Ballard

21 April 2009 10:22 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

James Graham Ballard, 1930-2009

The world of the Imagination took a heavy hit the morning of Sunday, April 19 with the passing of literary great Jg Ballard, the iconoclastic author of "Crash," "The Drowned World" and "Empire of the Sun," as well as numerous other novels and short stories.

Born November 15, 1930 to wealthy parents in Shanghai’s international settlement, in 1942 Ballard’s storybook world fell swiftly apart after he and his family were interned for three years at the Japanese army’s civilian assembly camp at Lunghua, some ten miles south of the city centre. This experience had a life-altering effect on the young Ballard, as he really never recovered from the spectacle of watching the breakdown of reality as he knew it – he henceforth referred to reality as a "stage set" – and the motif of a psychically-damaged professional finding some kind of personal salvation in an otherwise apocalyptic world repeats »

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Rip, J.G. Ballard

20 April 2009 5:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

After a long battle with prostate cancer, British novelist J. G. Ballard passed away in his home in west London on Sunday at the age of 78. Ballard might not have been a big name in Hollywood, nor lent his time to the world of Tinsel and screenwriting, but his novels did make for two radically different and unforgettable films.

First, there was Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun -- the story of Ballard's expat childhood in China and his experiences in an internment camp when the Japanese invaded during World War II. This also happens to be the film that truly kicked off Christian Bale's career (he played the young, fictionalized version of the writer). Ballard once wrote: "In many ways my entire fiction is the dissection of a deep pathology that I had witnessed in Shanghai and later in the postwar world."

This notion adds a whole »

- Monika Bartyzel

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"Empire Of The Sun" Author Ballard Passes Away At 78

20 April 2009 5:12 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

"Empire of the Sun" author J.G. Ballard died on Sunday, April 19 at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer.

According to his literary agent, Margaret Hanbury, Ballard suffered from the disease for several years. She released a statement on Monday saying, "J.G. Ballard has been a giant on the world literary scene for more than 50 years. His acute and visionary observation of contemporary life was distilled into a number of brilliant, powerful novels, which have been published all over the world."

Ballard based his book "Empire of the Sun" on his boyhood experiences in a World War II internment camp in Shanghai. The book was made into a film by director Steven Spielberg in 1988.

His other books include "The Drought," "The Wind from Nowhere" and "Crash," which was made into a film by David Cronenberg in 1996.

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Empire Of The Sun Author Dies

20 April 2009 12:15 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Cult author J.G. Ballard has died following a longrunning battle with ill health. He was 78.

The novelist, most famous for writing Crash and Empire of the Sun, on which the 1987 Steven Spielberg movie was based, passed away on Sunday.

His agent, Margaret Hanbury, confirmed his death, stating Ballard had been ill "for several years".

Empire of the Sun was his most revered work, based on his childhood in a Japanese prison camp in China, and was transformed into a big screen film starring Christian Bale and John Malkovich.

He penned 15 novels and a selection of short stories throughout his career, which started when he moved to Britain from Shanghai, China in the 1960s. »

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J.G. Ballard Dies Aged 78

20 April 2009 12:11 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Award-winning novelist J.G. Ballard has died after a long battle with prostrate cancer. He was 78. Ballard, who died at his Shepperton home, was one of the most influential British writers of the post-war era and also earned significant cachet within Hollywood, where two of his novels, Crash and Empire Of The Sun, were adapted into movies.Seen by many as a sci-fi writer, Ballard disliked the label, preferring to describe his books as 'picturing the psychology of the future'. Crash, High Rise, Super-Cannes and The Drowned World, in particular, created stark visions of modern life and proved a key influence on the cyberpunk movement.Ballard's dystopian tale of car-accident fetishism Crash caught the eye of David Cronenberg, who brought it to the screen in 1996 in an adaptation that proved extremely faithful to the writer's vision. Ballard dismissed Crash's attendant controversy and applauded Cronenberg's movie, describing it as "the first »

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'Cult' Writer Jg Ballard Dead at 78

19 April 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | newser.com | See recent newser news »

British author Jg Ballard died this morning "with great sadness" after many years of poor health, his agent said today. The 78-year-old novelist and short story writer was most famous for his semi-autobiographical book Empire of the Sun , later made into a film by Steven Spielberg, and his controversial novel Crash , adapted for the screen by David Cronenberg. Empire of the Sun recounts Ballard’s boyhood in Japanese-occupied Shanghai; Crash revolves around the sexual desires aroused by car accidents. Ballard's "acute and visionary observation of contemporary life" gained him "cult status," his agent said. Others called his work science-fiction, but Ballard ... »

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