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Gamer Shoots for the High Score on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19th

27 October 2009 8:50 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

You can bring a futuristic world where gaming has a whole new meaning home on DVD and Blu-ray early next year. Gamer will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2010. We don't have cover art images right now, but the standard DVD will be priced at $29.95 Srp while the Bd will go for $39.99 Srp. The film stars Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Kyra Sedgwick and Logan Lerman.

Gerard Butler stars as Kable, condemned criminal and globally famous super-soldier in the ultimate multiplayer game, "Slayers." Human controllers direct each thought and move of real-life prison inmates battling in hyper-intense environments - where the goal is freedom and the penalty is death. But when Kable suddenly decides he wants out, his rebellion threatens the twisted plans of game creator Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall, TV's "Dexter") who will stop at nothing to crush the renegade commando in this taut, »

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Drag Me To Hell Japanese Movie Poster

25 October 2009 12:58 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Here’s an awesome new Japanese poster for the upcoming horror film “Drag Me to Hell” by director Sam Raimi (Spider Man). The film is director Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre under the Ghost House Pictures label. The film stars Justin Long (Serious Moonlight, Live Free or Die Hard ) and Alison Lohman (Beowulf). Sam Raimi will also direct the upcoming remake of “The Evil Dead” co produced by b-movie legend Bruce Campbell. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Drag Me To Hell. Synopsis: Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead series) returns to the horror genre with Drag Me to Hell, an original tale of [...] »

- Brian Corder

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DVD Weekly Roundup – Mon 26th October 2009

24 October 2009 2:20 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Drag Me To Hell

Finally Sam Raimi gets back to what he does best. A damn good splatter-fest that is as funny as it is scary. Alison Lohman turns in a brilliant performance as Christine Brown, a normal young woman who works at an L.A. loan company. After she refuses the mysterious Mrs Ganush an extension on her loan to impress her boss she finds herself on the receiving end of a very nasty curse that transforms her life quite literally into a living hell. Asking for help from a psychic to reverse the curse Christine finds herself in a race against time and in the end she has to choose exactly how far she is prepared to go in order to break the spell.

This is fantastic filmmaking. It moves at a break-neck speed and offers moments that will make you jump miles off of your seat. Forget Spider-Man 4, »

- Alex Wagner

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Blu-Ray Review: Sam Raimi’s ‘Drag Me to Hell’ a Great Halloween Choice

20 October 2009 3:33 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – There are a number of choices for your Halloween movie dollar this season including “Saw VI” and “Paranormal Activity” in theaters and new Blu-Ray editions of “Audition” and this year’s “Orphan” and Sam Raimi’s great “Drag Me to Hell”. Universal has packaged Raimi’s glorious return to the genre that made him a star with a gorgeous video and audio treatment but lackluster special features. The movie deserves a bit better.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0

It deserved better at the box office as well. With so many awful horror films out there, how did one that was so critically acclaimed barely make a dent at the box office? It makes no sense. All I can assume is that hardcore genre junkies stayed away because of the PG-13 rating, assuming that this gleefully gory flick had been toned down for the masses. That was a mistake. Seeing “Drag” with a full, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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A Conversation with Katt Shea

20 October 2009 2:07 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

As a director, Katt Shea helped to launch the careers of such actors as Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mena Suvari, Alison Lohman, Christina Applegate, and Angelina Jolie. As a writer, she has helped create scripts for Roger Corman, and has even been the recipient of the Peabody Award for her first television movie for CBS.

Jason Anders recently caught up with Shea to discuss her career both in front of, and behind the camera - starting with Psycho III...

Ja/Fangoria: Let's start with your acting career, specifically with your role in the 1986 film Psycho III; what was it like to work with the legendary Anthony Perkins, not only on screen as an actor, but being under his direction for the film as well?

Ks: Anthony was under a lot of pressure as he was starring in and directing his first feature film, not only that, it was for a »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)

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Get Sucked In To "Drag Me To Hell" DVD

19 October 2009 10:37 PM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The Sam Raimi horror film "Drag Me to Hell" is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def.

The summer scare-fest comes complete with both the theatrical and unrated versions of the movie on the DVD, along with production diaries. The Blu-ray also contains Digital Copy of the film, as well as Bd Live, a special feature allowing for full utilization of the format with My Scenes Sharing, Video Rotation and On-Screen Ticker.

"Spider-Man" trilogy director Raimi's latest movie, co-written by himself and his brother Ivan, is about loan officer Christine Brown (Alison Lohman), who finds her life becoming a living hell when she is forced to evict an old woman (Lorna Raver) from her house in order to gain a promotion at work. As the unfortunate victim of an evil gypsy curse by the old woman, Christine's days turn into one long nightmare of terrifying images, disrupting her otherwise peaceful »

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DVD Playhouse--October 2009

15 October 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—October 2009

By

Allen Gardner

The Wizard Of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’S Edition (Warner Bros.) A true highlight in digital restoration technology, Warner Bros. restoration of the 1939 classic is cause for celebration. The Technicolor of the late ‘30s looks as though it was shot yesterday, and is especially stunning on Blu-ray, which was produced by scanning each of the film’s original Technicolor camera negatives using 8K resolution. From this scan, a final “capture” master was created in 4K, yielding twice the resolution seen in the master utilized for the film’s previous DVD release. Judy Garland’s Dorothy is charming as ever, and the entire cast: Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch, are all stellar. Four disc set bonuses include: Sing-along track; Documentaries and featurettes; Two 1914 silent films produced by Oz author L. Frank Baum, based on his stories »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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New on DVD: Gay men from Broadway to Asia and points in between

14 October 2009 12:09 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

If you've been lamenting the lack of DVDs of specifically queer interest in the past few weeks, now would be a good time to check out the New Releases shelf for a song-and-dance documentary, an international romance and a potty-mouthed animated musical.

Read on for more!

You don't have to be a Broadway fanatic to love the fascinating documentary Every Little Step, about the audition process for the 2005 revival of A Chorus Line. The directors were granted unprecedented access to the months of tryouts—and since A Chorus Line itself is a musical about an audition, the movie has a fascinating meta quality as it mirrors itself throughout.

If you're one of those people who wish the film had spent more time talking about the original production conceived by gay producer Michael Bennett in the 1970s, don't miss the DVD extras, which include lots more interviews — Donna McKechnie (above, with »

- ADuralde

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Weekly DVD Drinking Game: Drag Me to Hell

14 October 2009 8:10 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

We at Fsr love to drink. And we know that many of you love to drink, as well. This shared love has led us to a brand new (though not exactly new) feature here at Fsr: The Weekly DVD Drinking Game. Every week we will chose a DVD release and give you a few simple steps toward drunken stupidity (or cinematic tolerance). This week... They say that drinking is a sin, and maybe if you do too much of it you might be dragged to hell. But apparently Alison Lohman is on her way there as well, so at least you’ll be in good company. Enjoy watching Sam Raimi’s tour-de-force of sensory overload while numbing your senses with this drinking game. And now, to cover our butts… This game is only for people over the age of 21. Please drink responsibly, and don’t piss off any old Gypsy women. Take »

- Kevin Carr

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Check out Sam Raimi’s return to horror with ‘Drag Me to Hell’ on Blu-ray

13 October 2009 6:06 PM, PDT | Denver Movies Examiner | See recent Denver Movies Examiner news »

Long before Spider-Man, director Sam Raimi first cut his teeth on low budget horror-fare with the Evil Dead series. His return to the genre that made him a hero to millions in Drag Me to Hell has been heralded as a horror romp filled with tongue-in-cheek nods to itself and an entertainment value off the charts. The movie is a great time for fans. Imaginative with solid and most of all, memorable characters, Raimi’s latest is also deliciously hilarious.

Since its debut in theaters, many skeptics have denounced the film saying that Raimi, given a large budget, cannot create the same fun-loving and controversial (shame on you, trees!) mayhem shown in the Evil Dead films. Perhaps Drag Me to Hell isn’t in the same vein as those cult classics but Raimi’s mainstream take on horror couldn’t have come at a better time. Theaters have been filled »

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Sam Raimi Drags Us 'To Hell,' Will Ferrell Gets 'Lost' And More In The DVD Report For October 13

13 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Director Sam Raimi made a name for himself (and boyhood friend Bruce Campbell) with a series of low-budget horror films that began in 1978 with "Within the Woods," a short college project that would chart the rest of his career. While that particular movie remains little seen, it led directly to the cult classic "Evil Dead" and its two sequels, "Evil Dead II" and "Army of Darkness," and forever cemented Sam Raimi as a bonafide member of the horror club.

So it was with some regret among his fans that -- as his career progressed -- Raimi drifted into other areas of cinema, most notably the billion dollar blockbuster "Spider-Man" franchise, and seemingly left his chainsaw and boomstick behind. That was until 2009, when he came roaring out of the gate with "Drag Me to Hell," the veteran filmmaker's return to the genre that made him a legend. The film stars Alison Lohman »

- Brian Jacks

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Blu-ray review: ‘Drag Me to Hell’

13 October 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Long before Spider-Man, director Sam Raimi first cut his teeth on low budget horror-fare with the Evil Dead series. His return to the genre that made him a hero to millions in Drag Me to Hell has been heralded as a horror romp filled with tongue-in-cheek nods to itself and an entertainment value off the charts. The movie is a great time for fans. Imaginative with solid and most of all, memorable characters, Raimi’s latest is also deliciously hilarious.

Since its debut in theaters, many skeptics have denounced the film saying that Raimi, given a large budget, cannot create the same fun-loving and controversial (shame on you, trees!) mayhem shown in the Evil Dead films. Perhaps Drag Me to Hell isn’t in the same vein as those cult classics but Raimi’s mainstream take on horror couldn’t have come at a better time. Theaters have been filled »

- Erik Buckman

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Sam Raimi Talks Creative Control And Avoiding Horror Movie Cliches In 'Drag Me To Hell'

13 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Sam Raimi likes to be in control. And if he wants to make a film he can truly stand behind, he simply needs to be in control. "The best way for me to move forward on films," the director once said, "is that I've got to be the singular voice that makes the creative choices on the film."

That wasn't the case in "Spider-Man 3," and the result was a movie that made almost $900 million worldwide but that almost everyone whose opinion you'd respect, including Raimi, realized did not present Spidey at his crime-fighting finest. That's one of the reasons the director had such a good time making "Drag Me To Hell," his return to the horror genre after years spent with Marvel's web-spinning wall-climber.

"On this one, I had the right of final cut, so this is one of the rare cases—really since the first movie I did, »

- Eric Ditzian

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This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Drag Me to Hell, Land of the Lost, The Proposal, and More

13 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Drag Me To Hell The only thing missing from this bit of glorious schlock-o-rama is 3D. So many gag-inducing substances are splattered in and around Alison Lohman's mouth, the central conflict of the film might as well be her trying to keep her face clean. This fiendish display of gore and grue, combined with an underlying sense of dark, campy comedy that's carefully balanced against the film's otherwise serious tone, is not something that's likely to appeal to all horror buffs. Those looking for an original storyline and unique characters are going to walk away unimpressed. However, as I'm sure any other Evil Dead fan will also tell you, Sam Raimi's horror expertise extends less »

- Adam Quigley

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DVD Capsule Review: Drag Me To Hell (Unrated)

13 October 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Drag Me To Hell Brad's Theatrical Review: Read It Here

Quick Thoughts: Drag Me to Hell is a glorious return to the horror genre for director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man). The movie contains all the unhinged lunacy you'd expect from the director of the Evil Dead trilogy including some projectile maggot vomiting, nasty nasal blood spurts and a talking demonic goat as a young woman (Alison Lohman) declines an elderly gypsy (Lorna Raver) a mortgage extension and suffers the consequences of her decision.

As crazy as the movie gets, Raimi keeps things emotionally grounded through the use of the relationship between Christine and her caring (if befuddled) boyfriend Clay (Justin Long), the one element to which everything else revolves. Beyond the emotional, Raimi never lets his foot come off the gas pedal as the film moves at such a breakneck pace it's easy to get swept up in all the hysteria. »

- Sara Michelle Fetters

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10 Most Underrated Young Actors

12 October 2009 7:54 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Cinema is filled with multi-talented young actors who bring to life all types of characters. Sometimes, a role is given to the wrong guy - just because he has the looks (pin-up pretty, looks awesome wearing trunks) and the connection (a powerful talent agent at his side). But when the role is given to the right guy - moviegoers get to witness something unique, memorable and powerful, even magical. Anyway, even the 'right guy' needs an agent, of course...

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- - - Underrated versus Overrated: If you've watched Jumper, then you'll notice the difference between Jamie Bell and Hayden Christensen - Bell has undeniable screen presence, I can't say the same with Hayden. It could have been different if Tom Sturridge was retained to play Hayden's part. Anyway, who am I to argue? Christensen has more box office appeal than the relatively unknown Sturridge, but acting-wise?

So, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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