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Kat Dennings is known for her timeless Hollywood beauty. And while this young American actress gained her footing with several quirky indie roles, she also boasts a broad range that can be seen in her extensive filmography.

Ira David Wood IV and his girlfriend Kat Dennings attend the premiere of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, with Kat stunning in a strapless black tiered mini dress and matching clutch at Arclight Cinemas on August 11, 2005, in Hollywood (Credit: Dimitri Halkidis / WENN)

Her supporting role in The 40-Year-Old Virgin kicked her career into the next stratosphere.

Why Kat Dennings Uses a Stage Name Instead of Her Real One

The American actress, who uses a stage name and is of Russian Jewish heritage, was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the youngest of five children.

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While remakes are a longstanding tradition in the horror genre, 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ushered in a decade-dominating trend of reinventing classic genre properties for the new millennium. Hoping to replicate the success of Texas Chainsaw, production company Platinum Dunes re-teamed with director Marcus Nispel for a contemporary take on Friday the 13th in 2009.

Like many of the best remakes, Friday the 13th doesn’t recycle the same plot and characters from the 1980 film. The script, penned by Freddy vs. Jason scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, strikes a careful balance between fresh and familiar by blending novel concepts with interpolated elements from the first four Friday the 13th films — from Mrs. Voorhees to sackhead Jason to the iconic hockey mask.

Following an extended prologue — which streamlines the summer camp slasher formula into 20 breakneck minutes before the title card drops — ruggedly handsome Clay Miller is introduced. While searching the...

The following contains discussions of domestic abuse, harm to children and sexual assault, along with spoilers for Criminal Minds: Evolution, Season 2, Episode 7, "Piranha."

Serial killers are scary, which is why stories about them, both fictional and true, remain intriguing. This premise sustained Criminal Minds: Evolution and its beloved predecessor, the original Criminal Minds, for 17 seasons over nearly 20 years. With "Piranha," Evolution takes a detour from its larger story to introduce a new character with an unrelated "case of the week." It's a deeply disturbing episode, which is both exactly what fans want and what critics hate most about it.

There are three episodes left in Season 2 of Evolution, which earned a Season 3 renewal just before the premiere. These final episodes will likely focus almost entirely on the two ongoing serial mysteries: the Gold Star killers and Season 1's "big bad" Elias Voit (Zack Gilford). This episode, in particular, spends most...

Casinos have played prominent roles in many blockbuster films over the past decades with film producers taking advantage of the illustrious settings and glamour provided by casinos. In some of the biggest hits involving casinos, Asian actors have also played their parts in iconic scenes and storylines. These movies also serve as a nice reminder that casinos still very much exist despite the ongoing shift to the online world.

These portrayals of film characters in a physical casino are refreshing to see in a world where live casino games at Cloudbet for example are starting to take over. For the traditional casino players, here are a few movies to get those juices flowing and the actors of Asian descent that have starred in these Hollywood blockbusters.

Qin Shaobo – Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen

Danny Ocean’s “grease man” in the Oceans trilogy was born in Guangxi, China and played Yen.

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After dipping into the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator (listen) and checking out an early adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), somehow we’re already on our third episode of February. And while the holiday doesn’t line up, we couldn’t pass up a chance to revisit Friday the 13th (2009) for its fifteenth anniversary.

In the Marcus Nispel remake, a group of friends travel to the palatial country house of Trent (Travis Van Winkle) near what was once Camp Crystal Lake. As Trent’s girlfriend Jenna (Danielle Panabaker) bonds with Clay (Jared Padalecki) over the disappearance of his sister Whitney (Amanda Righetti), their friends Chewie (Aaron Yoo), Bree (Julianna Guill), Lawrence (Arlen Escarpeta), Nolan (Ryan Hansen) and Chelsea (Willa Ford) are being picked off one by one by Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears).

Who will survive their encounter with survivalist Jason? Can anything top the...

Last Friday, which happened to be a Friday the 13th, screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift shared some pages from the script they wrote for the unmade sequel to the 2009 version of Friday the 13th (watch it Here). In those pages, we got to read the description of a scene where a character would have been killed by iconic masked slasher Jason Voorhees while riding down a zip line. But those weren’t the only pages Shannon and Swift shared from the script last Friday. They also unveiled a couple pages that reveal what happened to Jason’s dad – and you can read them in this embed:

Ok, since it's #FridayThe13th how about one more? Our sequel script had lots of stuff for long time fans, including returning characters! Let's reveal two of them now: https://t.co/WhNTVuo2Nx pic.twitter.com/yUdnv2L6bL

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Damian Shannon and Mark Swift were the writers who cracked the Freddy vs. Jason story and pulled that project out of development hell, where it had been trapped for a decade. Six years later, when Warner Bros. teamed up with Paramount and Platinum Dunes for a Friday the 13th reboot, Shannon and Swift were again the writers. (You can hear all about that Friday the 13th in our latest Wtf Happened video.) Since the reboot made over $91 million at the global box office on a budget of $19 million when it was released in February of 2009, it was no surprise when it was announced that it was going to receive a sequel, to be shot in 3-D and released on August 13, 2010. Then the studios couldn’t agree on the money split, so the sequel was shelved… but not before Shannon and Swift had already written the full script. Today, to celebrate Friday the 13th,...

It’s time for another episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and with this one we’re celebrating Friday the 13th by looking back at the most recent entry in the Friday the 13th film franchise, the 2009 movie that’s simply called Friday the 13th (watch it Here)! To hear all about it, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (who share a story credit with Mark Wheaton), Friday the 13th (2009) has the following synopsis: Against the advice of locals and police, Clay scours the eerie woods surrounding Crystal Lake for his missing sister. But the rotting cabins of an abandoned summer camp are not the only things he finds. Hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees lies in wait for a chance to use his razor-sharp machete on Clay and the group of college students...

Some movies deal with real-life situations that are meant to intrigue and fascinate. Smaller stories, or stories that have never had the type of spotlight that Hollywood thought they deserved. But sometimes (wait for it) Hollywood sensationalizes or changes the plot to fit their narrative.

One of these movies was the 2008 movie 21—a film based on a book based on a sensational story. However, the film made some poor casting choices, and since its release, it has garnered more attention for its faults than for its triumphs.

21 and Bringing Down the House

The film 21 was based on a book by Ben Mezrich called Bringing Down the House. It tells the (semi) true story of an MIT student named Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) who joins the blackjack team led by Professor Mickey Rosa (Kevin Spacey). The team has such a high level of intelligence and skill that they begin making regular trips to Las Vegas.

Inspector Sun, an upcoming animated movie from Viva Pictures, follows the detective as he tries to solve a murder that occurs during a flight to San Francisco. Ronny Chieng, known for his role in Crazy Rich Asians, stars as Inspector Sun in the film, which will hit theaters on October 27. The movie is set in the world of insects and promises to provide children with their own detective story for Halloween.

Ronny Chieng solves a murder in the trailer for Inspector Sun, the upcoming animated movie from Viva Pictures, coming to theaters on October 27. While fans of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot can enjoy a new installment of the film saga starring Kenneth Branagh, children will have their own detective on the big screen this Halloween. After debuting at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Inspector Sun will finally hit theaters next month.

The movie is set in the world of insects,...

Aaron Yoo continues his guest starring role as Bo Chang/Troll Farmer on NBC’s The Blacklist season 10 episode nine. “The Troll Farmer Pt. 3” will air on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The final season cast is led by James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington. Diego Klattenhoff stars as Donald Ressler, Hisham Tawfiq plays Dembe Zuma, Anya Banerjee is Siya Malik, and Harry Lennix stars as Harold Cooper.

“The Troll Farmer Pt. 3” Plot: The Task Force races against the clock to recover a valuable asset stolen from the government. Red hatches a plan to help track down the perpetrators.

Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in ‘The Blacklist’ season 10 episode 9 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)

The Season 10 Plot:

The final season will find Raymond Reddington confronting unparalleled danger. With Reddington’s covert role as an FBI informant facing exposure, former Blacklisters will unite...

NBC’s The Blacklist dives back into the story of the Troll Farmer, a blacklister played by Aaron Yoo and introduced in the first episode of season three. Season 10 episode eight, “The Troll Farmer Pt. 2,” will air on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The final season cast is led by James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington. Diego Klattenhoff stars as Donald Ressler, Hisham Tawfiq plays Dembe Zuma, Anya Banerjee is Siya Malik, and Harry Lennix stars as Harold Cooper.

“The Troll Farmer Pt. 2” Plot: The Task Force investigates a series of social media conspiracies that simulate dangerous public attacks. When a top-secret government program is stolen, the team works to uncover the Troll Farmer’s involvement.

James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in ‘The Blacklist’ season 10 episode 8 (Photo by: David Giesbrecht/NBC)

The Season 10 Plot:

The final season will find Raymond Reddington confronting unparalleled danger. With Reddington’s covert...

Fourteen years have gone by since the last time a Friday the 13th movie was released (check out a ranking of the franchise Here) – and this Friday the 13th, the folks at Cavity Colors are celebrating the 2009 Friday the 13th (watch it Here) with a couple T-shirts, a long sleeve shirt, and a hoodie. These items can be ordered at This Link – but if you want them, make sure to go over to Cavity Colors this weekend, because they will only be sold for a period of 72 hours. And we’re already several hours into that 72 hour period as I type this. Images of the Friday the 13th 2009 items can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (who also receive story credit with Mark Wheaton), Friday the 13th 2009 has the following synopsis: Against the advice of locals and police,...

John Cho, Constance Wu and Jimmy Wong voice characters in the new animated fantasy film, Wish Dragon. As Entertainment Weekly reports, the movie was released theatrically in China earlier this year. It makes its Netflix debut on June 11th.

The Chris Appelhans-directed film follows a similar arc to Aladdin, where a mythical figure grants three wishes to the person who has unleashed it from its confines.

In the new Wish Dragon trailer, Wong voices Din, a college student of meager means who is in search of his long-lost friend,...

It’s no secret that Asians are woefully underrepresented in American Cinema, but that thinking has started to shift in the last few years. This is especially true afer the majority-Asian cast Crazy Rich Asians became the most successful rom-com in decades. According to Vice.com, there are a slew of blockbuster movies coming out soon with Asian lead characters. We’re even about to see our first Asian Marvel Super Hero. In the past, Hollywood has seen backlash for constantly whitewashing films, removing Asian actors from source materials and casting white Americans to take their places. It seems that Hollywood is starting to see the power of the Asian American market. Here are 6 Asian actors who have appeared in gambling and casino movies over the years.

#1. Aaron Yoo

Aaron Yoo is a Korean American actor who was born in Dallas, TX. He has been in several feature films such as Disturbia,...

“There’s a quote that, ‘You cannot be what you cannot see,’ and we think there’s a lot of truth in that,” says Peter Ash Lee, the New York-based editor behind the Asian-American arts and culture magazine Burdock. “Growing up, we didn’t see many reflections of ourselves in media, and when we did, they were often portrayals lacking any depth.”

The feelings of being “unseen” and a desire for multi-dimensional Asian-American experiences were what inspired Lee and his sister, Hannah, to create Burdock, which launched in April at New York’s Apex for Youth Gala.

“We’ve often been painted with a monolithic brush, but the Asian community contains so many multitudes and no two stories are identical — there are thousands of unique experiences and stories to tell,” Lee says.

For Ian Chen, who stars as Evan on ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” (the first network television...

"We do not play God ever." Crackle has just released a new trailer and key art for season three of StartUp.

The drama series tells the story of the emergence of GenCoin, a new cryptocurrency that also has the dubious distinction of germinating on the “wrong side of the tracks,” thanks to three unknowns who are hardly typical tech engineers. The cast includes Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Wayne Knight, Aaron Yoo, Ron Perlman, Addison Timlin, and Kristen Ariza.

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StartUp is starting back up soon. Today, Crackle announced the TV show's third season will debut in November.

The drama series tells the story of the emergence of GenCoin, a new cryptocurrency that also has the dubious distinction of germinating on the “wrong side of the tracks,” thanks to three unknowns who are hardly typical tech engineers. The cast includes Martin Freeman, Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Wayne Knight, Aaron Yoo, Ron Perlman, Addison Timlin, and Kristen Ariza.

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Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Taran Killam, Cobie Smulders, Bobby Moynihan, Amir Talai, Allison Tolman, Hannah Simone, Peter Kelamis, Amir Talai, Ryan Gaul, Aaron Yoo | Written and Directed by Taran Killam

Note: With the film finally hitting DVD, here’s a repost of our review of Killing Gunther from its VOD release back in March(!)

With a documentary crew in tow to record the process, hit man Blake (Taran Killam) leads a group of skilled assassins who have had enough of the world’s number one hitman Gunther (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and decide to do what they do best, kill him! Despite the combined talents of the team however, completing the kills turns out to be a harder than they had expected, as their plans turn into a series of bungled encounters with Gunther always seeming to be one step ahead.

Killing Gunther is a clever dark comedy from writer-director Taran Killam, which...

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Taran Killam, Cobie Smulders, Bobby Moynihan, Amir Talai, Allison Tolman, Hannah Simone, Peter Kelamis, Amir Talai, Ryan Gaul, Aaron Yoo | Written and Directed by Taran Killam

With a documentary crew in tow to record the process, hit man Blake (Taran Killam) leads a group of skilled assassins who have had enough of the world’s number one hitman Gunther (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and decide to do what they do best, kill him! Despite the combined talents of the team however, completing the kills turns out to be a harder than they had expected, as their plans turn into a series of bungled encounters with Gunther always seeming to be one step ahead.

Killing Gunther is a clever dark comedy from writer-director Taran Killam, which incorporates the current trend for reality TV; although in this mockumentary it is a group of trained assassins. The film has plenty of laughs...

StartUp is starting a new season. Recently, Crackle announced production has begun on season three of the TV series and Mira Sorvino has joined the cast.The drama tells the story of the emergence of GenCoin, a new cryptocurrency. The cast includes Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Wayne Knight, Aaron Yoo, and Ron Perlman.Read More…...

Network: Crackle. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: September 6, 2016 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Martin Freeman, Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Wayne Knight, Aaron Yoo, Ron Perlman, Addison Timlin, Kristen Ariza, Fredrick Bam Scott, Vera Cherny, Jared Wofford, Jevon White, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Jenny Gago. TV show description: From creator Ben Ketai, the StartUp TV show tells the story of the emergence of GenCoin, a new cryptocurrency. While alternative digital money is already a controversial idea, GenCoin also has the dubious distinction of germinating on the "wrong side of the tracks," thanks to three unknowns who are hardly typical tech engineers. The drama centers on FBI agent Phil Rask (Freeman). Jaded and...

Trailer is now below for 'Killing Gunther' directed and staring Taran Killam the film also stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bobby Moynihan, Hannah Simone , Cobie Smulders, Paul Brittain , Amir Talai, Aaron Yoo, Ryan Gaul and Allison Tolman.

'Killing Gunther' is a documentary style comedy about Gunther (Schwarzenegger), the world’s greatest hitman. There are plenty of reasons to want to kill him: he’s arrogant, he’s a show-off, and he steals jobs. The assassin community is tired of it. Determined to retire Gunther for good, a group of eccentric killers from across the globe come together to set the perfect trap. But their master plan quickly turns into a series of embarrassing fails as Gunther always appears one step ahead.

It will stream video on demand on September 22, 2017, before a limited theatrical release on October 20, 2017, by Saban Films.

"You want to be king, you have to kill the king." Saban Films has debuted the official trailer for the action comedy titled Killing Gunther, starring the one-and-only badass Arnold Schwarzenegger as Gunther. This looks hilarious and much better than any of the other self-parody work Schwarzenegger has done recently. The plot is about a group of eccentric assassins who are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, so they come up with a scheme to kill him. But of course Gunther turns out to always be one step ahead. Along with Schwarzenegger, the film features Cobie Smulders, Hannah Simone, Taran Killam, Allison Tolman, Aaron Yoo, Peter Kelamis, Alex Duncan, Amir Talai, and Bobby Moynihan. Seriously, this looks pretty damn amazing, the kind of action comedy we need more of. I'm so down for this. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Taran Killam's Killing Gunther, found direct...

Production wraps on action comedy about arrogant hitman.

Saban Films has picked up North American rights to the action comedy Killing Gunther starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Taran Killam directed and stars alongside the former California governor, who plays a showboating hitman who becomes the target of a group of jealous fellow assassins.

Production just wrapped on the project financed by StarStream Media and Ingenious Media. Imr International handles international sales and Saban plans a theatrical release later this year.

Killing Gunther also stars Bobby Moynihan, Hannah Simone, Cobie Smulders, Paul Brittain, Amir Talai, Aaron Yoo, Ryan Gaul, Allison Tolman Kim Leadford, Ash Sarohia, and Steve Squillante.

Schwarzenegger served as executive producer. Ness Saban and Bill Bromiley negotiated the deal on behalf of Saban Films with UTA Independent Film Group and CAA.

Saban Films’ slate includes Ethan Hawke action thriller 24 Hours To Live, Simon West’s Gun Shy starring Antonio Banderas and Olga Kurylenko, and [link=nm...

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Killing Gunter” has been acquired by Saban Films, the company announced today. “SNL” alum Taran Killam directs and co-stars in action comedy. Bobby Moynihan, Hannah Simone, Cobie Smulders, Paul Brittain, Amir Talai, Aaron Yoo, Ryan Gaul, and Allison Tolman co-star. The action comedy is produced by Killam, Kim Leadford, Ash Sarohia and Steve Squillante, executive produced by Schwarzenegger and financed by StarStream Media and Ingenious Media. Saban Films is planning a theatrical release later this year. Imr International is handling the foreign rights. “Killing Gunther” tells the story of Gunther (Schwarzenegger), the world’s greatest hitman. There are plenty of reasons.

China's Bliss Media has acquired the rights to action comedy Why We're Killing Gunther, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, for the Middle Kingdom.

The film, about hit men trying to take out the world's top hit man, also stars Bobby Moynihan, Cobie Smulders, Paul Brittain, Ryan Gaul, Hannah Simone, Allison Tolman, Aaron Yoo, Amir Talai and Peter Kelamis. It is directed by Saturday Night Live alumn Taran Killam, who's making his directorial debut. He also wrote the script and stars in the film.

Imr International is handling international rights at Cannes. The comedy was financed by StarStream Media and is also produced by...

Sometimes one new technological innovation can change the world, and sometimes you need to play in the underground to get it started. Crackle’s new original series “StartUp” follows a group of Miami underdog techies — intelligent financier Nick Talman (Adam Brody), unorthodox tech whiz Izzy Morales (Otmara Marrero), and Haitian gang leader Ronald Dacey (Edi Gathegi) — who form an unexpected partnership to get a great idea off the ground, even though they’re founded on dirty money. Meanwhile, FBI agent Phil Rask (Martin Freeman) is hot on their trail, and he’s willing to travel deep into the Miami underbelly to take them down. The series also stars Wayne Knight (“Seinfeld) and Aaron Yoo (“Blacklist”),and is produced by Critical Content and Hollywood Gang Productions. Watch an exclusive clip from “StartUp” featuring Izzy explaining her idea of GenCoin, a new currency free of corruption.

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Here's the first trailer for StartUp, a new TV series starring Martin Freeman about the rise of a tech company putting forth a new digital currency (with obvious similarities to Bitcoin). It's set in Miami and looks very stylish, but the biggest problem with it is that it's on Crackle, Sony's streaming network. I was about to complain about how I don't want to have to pay to subscribe to yet another service like that, but apparently Crackle is free (I don't currently watch anything on there, and I don't know if I ever have). So I guess the biggest problem is going to be remembering that this show exists in the first place and heading over to Crackle to check it out.

Here's the official synopsis, and let us know what you think about the trailer below.

Launching Tuesday, September 6, 2016, the 10-episode, one-hour series is set amongst the unconstrained,...

See you in September... Crackle has announced its new, scripted StartUp TV show premieres Tuesday, September 6, 2016, on the free S-vod (streaming video-on-demand) plat. The drama stars Martin Freeman, Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, and Otmara Marrero. The StartUp TV series cast also includes Wayne Knight and Aaron Yoo. StartUp is written by Ep Ben Ketai who also directs. Tom Forman, Andrew Marcus, Ray Ricord, Gianni Nunnari and Shannon Gaulding executive produces. Brody and Anne Clements are producers.Set in Miami, Crackle says StartUp is about the "emergence of GenCoin, a brilliant, yet controversial tech idea centered around digital currency-an idea that gets incubated on the wrong side of the tracks by three strangers who don't necessarily fit the mold of "tech entrepreneurs" and a crooked FBI agent who will go to any length necessary to take them down."Read More…...

Today, Sony’s streaming network Crackle announces the premiere date and debuts the poster for their upcoming original drama series “StartUp.” Set on the opportunistic streets of Miami, the series follows three unconventional tech entrepreneurs, the dirty money they’re using to fund their business, and a crooked FBI agent who will stop at nothing to take them down.

Read More: ‘StartUp’ Trailer — Martin Freeman & Adam Brody Star In Crackle’s New Drama

“StartUp” begins with Phil Rask (Martin Freeman), the FBI agent who specializes in financial crimes, who crosses paths with Nick Talman (Adam Brody), an intelligent financier working in a boutique firm. Rask is after Talman’s father, a wealthy, irresponsible man who forces Nick to stash his ill-gotten gain after he goes missing. Instead of going to the FBI, Nick decides to hide the money in a tech startup pitched by the unorthodox Izzy Morales (Otmara Marrero...

Money Monster Review Money Monster (2016) Film Review, a movie directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham, Lenny Venito, Chris Bauer, Dennis Boutsikaris, Emily Meade, Condola Rashad, Aaron Yoo, Carsey Walker, Jr. , and Grant Rosenmeyer. Following an out-of-competition screening this past weekend, Jodie Foster’s Money Monster received […]...

'Money Monster' with George Clooney and Jack O'Connell: TV celebrity and unwise investor/hostage taker. 'Money Monster' review: Jodie Foster movie suffers from both qualitative and intellectual disconnect Sometimes there's a difference between what a movie thinks it is and what it actually is. Usually it's a qualitative disconnect, as in “this movie thinks it's exciting but it's actually boring” or “this movie assumes Kevin Hart is funny when, in fact, he's not.” In the case of Money Monster, the divide is also an intellectual versus anti-intellectual one. The fourth film directed by Jodie Foster fancies itself a ripped from the headlines wail from the bottom of the economic ladder. A thriller-cum-exposé into how Wall Street and big media suckered average Americans into following the Pied Pipers of TV's financial punditry class over the cliff into economic ruin. However, the movie we're really getting is...

Below, watch the official teaser for the new StartUp TV series, coming to Crackle, in fall 2016. StartUp stars Martin Freeman, Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, and Otmara Marrero. During its Upfront presentation, Crackle announced Seinfeld's Wayne Knight and The Blacklist's Aaron Yoo have been added to the cast.

A high-stakes crime drama series, Start Up is produced by Critical Content and Hollywood Gang Productions. Tom Forman, Andrew Marcus, Ray Ricord, Gianni Nunnari, and Shannon Gaulding executive produce. The series is written by Ben Ketai who executive produces and directs. Brody and Anne Clements produce.

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Stars: Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Megan Park, Scott Mechlowicz, Aaron Yoo, Alex Goode, Ashton Leigh, Terence Rosemore, Griff Furst, Jesse Steccato, Meyer DeLeeuw | Written by Max La Bella | Directed by Will Canon

James Wan, the man behind Saw, Dead Silence (a personal favourite), Insidious and The Conjuring, dons producer cap once more – following the success of Annabelle – for Demonic, the second feature from director Will Canon (Brotherhood); and a movie that seems to share more in common with the work of its producer that just having his name on the film…

Demonic follows Detective Mark Lewis and psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein as they question the lone survivor of a ghost-hunting excursion turned horrific massacre – where five college students were brutally murdered inside an abandoned home. The amateur paranormal activists were simply seeking proof of poltergeist phenomenon at the supposed haunted house. But what started out as...

Read More: Vimeo Invests $10 Million in Vimeo On Demand Service Ahead of SXSW In the upcoming drama "Everything Before Us," marriage isn't the only union that must be legitimized. The debut feature from Philip Wang and Wesley Chan tells the unique story of two couples trying their best to maintain and strengthen their love while navigating around the rules of an organization that monitors all romantic relationships. As one budding couple attempts to register for the first time, another is ending their relationship with termination contracts. Their activities are documented and monitored by the Department of Emotional Integrity (Dei), a Dmv-styled agency that issues a relationship score to keep individuals accountable for their relationship activity and choices. The score is public for all to see and affects various aspects of their daily lives. The film stars  Aaron Yoo ("Disturbia"), Ki Hong Lee ("The Maze Runer"), Randall Park...

At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

"Focus"

Will Smith and Margot Robbie are now filming the highly anticipated "Suicide Squad" movie, but watch them as con artists in this crime drama, which is available June 2. The "Focus" Blu-ray/DVD combo includes the special features "Masters of Misdirection: The Players in a Con, "Will Smith: Gentleman Thief," "Margot Robbie: Stealing Hearts," deleted scenes, and an alternate opening.

"McFarland USA"

Kevin Costner stars in Disney's inspirational sports drama about a successful high school cross country team in McFarland, California. The Digital HD, Blu-ray, and DVD all come with special features including "Juntos" music video and a featurette called "Inspiring McFarland."

"Jupiter Ascending"

This was pretty much demolished by critics, but it still has some defenders and a great...

Wong Fu Productions has secured a distribution partner for its first feature-length film. The YouTube group, founded in 2003 and comprised of Philip Chang, Wesley Chan, and Ted Fu, will release the movie Everything Before Us exclusively via Vimeo On Demand on June 3, 2015.

Originally premiering at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on April 23, Everything Before Us is a science fiction romantic drama set in a modern day world not terribly unlike our own, except for the fact a person's romantic history is documented like a credit score. The flick focuses on a couple trying to overcome the inherent drawbacks of the system for individuals who haven't had a lot of luck in love.

Everything Before Us stars Aaron Yoo (The Tomorrow People), Ki Hong Lee (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Randall Park (The Interview), Brittany Ishibashi (Political Animals), Victoria Park (Raven’s Touch), and Brandon Soo Hoo (Tropic Thunder).

Wong Fu Productions...

Welcome, one and all to yet another abject lesson in what should be called Cinematic Séances Are A Bad Idea For Everyone Involved. As if we didn’t already have last year’s Ouija to point this out, along comes the first trailer for horror thriller Demonic to remind the world that nothing good happens when stupid people decide to try to dabble in dark forces.This time around, those trying to figure out what happened when one of these ill-judged ceremonies turns deadly include a psychologist (Maria Bello) and a detective (Frank Grillo). Naturally, they start to dig into the case and the foreboding old house that it all went down in, trying to piece together what really happened. Was this an incursion from the Great Beyond? Or are the participants just run-of-the-mill killers trying to cover their tracks? The trailer leaves little room for doubt on that front.

I wasn't even aware of Demonic, a film produced and co-written by James Wan (Saw, Furious 7), until this morning. Directed by Will Canon (Air Jesus), who also co-wrote the film, the story seems to follow traditional territory as a police officer and psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts. And it would appear some surveillance footage captured all the dirty deeds. The movie stars Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Scott Mechlowicz and Aaron Yoo and as of now it doesn't have a release date, though it seems a safe bet it will find its way into theaters this October or thereabouts. Watch the trailer below. sb id="1334731" height="360" width="640"...

A couple of key trailers have hit in the past day or so. First up comes the first trailer for the "Flatliners"-esque "The Lazarus Effect". Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, and Donald Glover star in the film about a research team who accidentally kill a colleague during the experiments in mapping the brain. When they reanimate her, well, what comes back is not what they bargained for.

Next up there's the first trailer for Will Canon's "Demonic," the James Wan-produced horror tale starring Frank Grillo and Maria Bello, as a detective and psychologist respectively, inspecting a brutal massacre inside an abandoned home. Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Megan Park, Scott Mechlowicz and Aaron Yoo also star.

Finally there's the trailer for "Good Kill," Andrew Nicole's drama thriller about Las Vegas-based drone pilots starring Ethan Hawke and Bruce Greenwood. Hawke plays a former fighter pilot turned drone pilot...

Sneak Peek footage from director Will Canon's horror feature "Demonic", produced by James Wan starring Frank Grillo ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier") and Maria Bello ("A History Of Violence"), Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Megan Park, Scott Mechlowicz and Aaron Yoo:

"...a detective (Grillo) and a psychologist (Bello) investigate a series of crimes inside an abandoned home that took the lives of five college students..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Demonic"...

James Wan has created some of the best horror movies of the last 10 years. The first full trailer for Demonic was released today, and it leans pretty heavy on Wan's name as writer and producer. This is the second film from director Will Canon, who is not mentioned in the trailer. The synopsis is pretty simple: "A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts." With a "story by" credit from Wan, odds are it's going to be a well-plotted script. The movie has a bit of a found footage vibe without relying on it to tell the story. My favorite part of the trailer - aside from the floating blood - is the infrared camera.

Demonic stars Maria Bello as Dr. Elizabeth Klein and Frank Grillo as Detective Mark Lewis. The movie also features an ensemble of "victims...

“There are a lot of theories about how to open these gates between our world and the underworld. The trick is finding them. Everybody join hands.” Ghost hunters want to hear from the dead, but what if a haunted house responded very violently? Previously known as House of Horror, we’ve been tracking the James Wan-produced Demonic since early 2011, and now the movie about ghost-seeking gone wrong has received its first trailer.

From James Wan, Demonic was directed by Will Canon (Brotherhood) and filmed in Baton Rouge. The script was written by Max La Bella and is based on an original idea from Wan:

“The film centers on the aftermath of a horrific massacre: five college students, brutally murdered inside a decrepit, abandoned home. Fresh on the scene, detective Mark Lewis and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters,...

Demonic has been around for a while. Director Will Canon shot the film back in February of 2013, but it didn’t score a release date until late July 2014 and then in September, The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films nixed the December 12th release entirely. So when’s the film coming out? A new date has yet to be set, but according to the film's very first trailer, it’s coming soon. Demonic stars Frank Grillo as a detective and Maria Bello as a psychologist, and follows what happens when the pair investigates a brutal massacre inside an abandoned home that took the lives of five college students. Hit the jump to check out the first Demonic trailer. The film also stars Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Megan Park, Scott Mechlowicz and Aaron Yoo, and is produced by James Wan. You’d think a film that keeps getting delayed wouldn’t look too promising,...

From the mind of James Wan, the co-creator and director of Saw, comes a new kind of horror experience in Demonic. An international trailer has been released for this haunting thriller, which pits a team of ghost hunters against an evil spirit.

Demonic centers on the aftermath of a horrific massacre where five college students were brutally murdered inside an abandoned home. Detective Mark Lewis and psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters, seeking out paranormal phenomenon at the abandoned house, which was believed to be haunted. But what started out as a harmless activity turned into something truly terrifying.

Check out this first very scary look at Demonic, which comes from director Will Canon, who mixes a traditional narrative with the found-footage genre to bring the ghost hunter's Pov to life in freighting new ways. With a cast that features Frank Grillo and Maria Bello,...

From Vvs Films, Sneak Peek footage from director Josh C. Waller's action crime feature "McCanick", available on a Blu-ray + DVD Combo, starring David Morse, Mike Vogel, Trevor Morgan, Ciarán Hinds and the late Cory Monteith in his last screen role as a drug addict:

"...'Eugene 'Mack' McCanick (David Morse) is a foul-mouthed detective who, along with partner 'Floyd Intrator' (Mike Vogel), hunts down a young criminal named 'Simon Weeks' (Cory Monteith) who was just released from prison..."

Also starring is Rachel Nichols as 'Amy Intrator', Trevor Morgan as 'Louis', Aaron Yoo as 'Carl', Tracie Thoms as 'Sister Alice' and Ciarán Hinds as 'Quinn'.

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Dimension Films has suddenly pulled two upcoming horror projects from their release slate, Demonic and Amityville: The Awakening, just a few months before they were both set to hit theaters. The studio has not issued new release dates for either project as of yet, and it isn't immediately clear why they were both pulled.

Back in late July, Dimension Films issued a December 12, 2014 release date for Demonic, which is written and directed by Will Canon (Brotherhood), based on an original story by producer James Wan. Frank Grillo and Maria Bello star as a detective and a psychologist who interview one of the survivors of a brutal massacre where five college students were killed. The survivor explains that they were all ghost hunters, trying to discover a paranormal phenomenon.

Amityville: The Awakening had been set for a January 2, 2015 release since December, with TWC-Dimension releasing the first trailer last month. Jennifer Jason Leigh...

Filmgoers can knock all they want, but they’ll have to wait an undetermined length of time before theaters answer the door and let them into two upcoming haunted house movies from The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films. Amityville: The Awakening and James Wan’s Demonic, both initially scheduled to be released this winter, have now been delayed.

According to Box Office Mojo, Weinstein/Dimension have delayed the debuts of Amityville: The Awakening (originally slated for a January 2nd, 2015 release) and James Wan’s Demonic (initially scheduled to hit theaters on December 12th, 2014). No new release dates have been penciled in on the calendar, but we’ll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further announcements.

The latest installment in the horror movie franchise that began in 1979, Amityville: The Awakening follows a single mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her three children as they move into the dreaded 112 Ocean Avenue home in New York,...

Dimension Films announced today that it will release the supernatural thriller Demonic, presented by James Wan (The Conjuring, Insidious, Saw), on December 12, 2014. The film is produced by James Wan and Lee Clay (Beautiful Boy) and directed by Will Canon (Brotherhood). The script is based on an original idea of James Wan's.

&#8232 &#8232Golden Globe nominated Maria Bello stars as the lead female along with Frank Grillo.&#8232 &#8232

The film centers on the aftermath of a horrific massacre where five college students were brutally murdered inside an abandoned home. Detective Mark Lewis and psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters, seeking out paranormal phenomenon at the abandoned house, which was believed to be haunted. But what started out as a harmless activity turned into something truly terrifying.&#8232 &#8232

Said Erik Lomis, President of Theatrical Distribution & Home Entertainment for The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films...