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Happy September, guys! This month’s home entertainment releases are wasting no time, as Tuesday looks to be another stellar day of horror and sci-fi titles coming our way. For those of you excited for Blade Runner 2049, Warner Bros. is putting out The Final Cut version of Ridley Scott’s original masterpiece in 4K Ultra HD, and Criterion is giving Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca their trademarked HD treatment with a stunning new release.

As far as new indie horror movies go, both A Dark Song and Raw come home this Tuesday and are well worth your time, and for those of you Winchester brothers fans out there, the 12th season of Supernatural is being released this week, too.

Other notable titles for September 5th include The Spell, The Atoning, The Basement, I Saw What You Did, and a 4K Ultra HD release of The Cabin in the Woods.

Blade Runner...

Lousy Smarch is almost here and the debut schedules for all the movies and series that will be hitting Netflix in March have arrived. We also have the Amazon Prime folks covered as well! The second season of Marvel’s Daredevil and the premieres of the fourth season of House of Cards and the first season of the new comedy Flaked, with Will Arnett hit the small screen. Did you forget about the premiere of the Judd Apatow-produced Pee-wee’s Big Holiday? We didn’t.

On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!

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Available 3/1

Adult Beginners (2015)

Ahora o Nunca (2015)

Aldnoah.Zero: Season 2

American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile...

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It's billed as a sequel to Cloverfield, but is 10 Cloverfield Lane all it seems? We take a look at the subject of unrelated sequels...

In an era where it's just about impossible to make a high-profile movie without at least something leaking onto the web, producer Jj Abrams seems to have pulled off the ultimate coup in recent months: he and his company Bad Robot have secretly created a follow-up, of sorts, to the 2008 hit monster movie, Cloverfield.

On the 15th January, a trailer landed for 10 Cloverfield Lane, a claustrophobic horror thriller that Abrams described in a statement to Collider as a "blood relative" of that earlier film directed by Matt Reeves.

The premise is this: Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character, Michelle, is injured in a car accident and wakes up in a bunker with 40-something survivalist, Howard (John Goodman).

Howard tells Michelle that some kind of...

The new year is upon us, and it’s time to clean up Netflix once again. Don’t fear too much though, as much as we hate to see some of our favorites leave Netflix, they do a pretty good job at adding some great new content. We lose Almost Famous, A Clockwork Orange, American Psycho, The Graduate, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and all the Rocky movies – and we get Intolerable Cruelty, Training Day, The Rundown and a new Netflix Original for Degrassi: The Next Class.

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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Along Came Polly (2004)

American Girl: Grace Stirs up Success (2015)

Angry Birds Toons: Season 1

Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)

Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007)

Catwoman (2004)

The Celebrity Plastic Surgeons of Beverly Hills: Season 1

Constantine (2005)

Forensic Files: Collection 2

Friday Night Tykes: Season 1-2

The Good Road...

Your holidays are probably already packed, but if you want to rewatch "Gladiator," the original "Conan the Barbarian," "Mission: Impossible," or any "Bourne," "Rocky," or "Rambo" films, get that action fix before New Year's Eve: These favorites are leaving Netflix streaming in January.

Holiday films "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" are also being yanked, as are several Disney classics, including "Dumbo" (1941), "The Aristocats (1970)," "The Fox and the Hound (1981)", "The Great Mouse Detective" (1986) and "Pocahontas" (1995).

Also say goodbye to classics "A Clockwork Orange: (1971)," "The Graduate" (1967), "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "Serpico" (1973) and "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962).

What's Leaving Netflix in January 2016

Leaving Jan 1, 2016

"A Clockwork Orange" (1971)

"Almost Famous" (2000)

"American Psycho" (2000)

"American Psycho 2" (2002)

"The Bourne Identity" (2002)

"The Bourne Supremacy" (2004)

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005)

"Coach Carter" (2005)

"Conan the Barbarian" (1982)

"Corpse Bride" (2005)

"Coyote Ugly" (2000)

"Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior": Season 1

"Four Brothers" (2005)

"Gladiator" (2000)

"The Graduate" (1967)

"Grandma's Boy" (2006)

"Harriet the Spy...

What's the only thing worse than a sequel? The only prospect worse than paying £10 at your local cinema to have your favourite movie ruined, forever. The answer has three words. Straight-to-video.

In the '90s, home release sequels became fairly common. You'd greet them with surprise at your local Blockbusters and then want to pull your eyeballs out when you took them home and watched them. They're probably called straight-to-dvd or straight-to-Blu-ray now, but they still exist.

With the announcement that Dolph Lundgren will be starring in Kindergarten Cop 2 (because of course), here are 21 absolute stinking sequels - the vast majority of which weren't even considered good enough for the cinema. How many of them have you watched?

1. American Pie Presents: Band Camp

2. American Pie Presents: Beta House

Maybe it's the Eugene Levy factor - just why did he keep starring in all the sequels?! - but we have weird...

Do we really need to know more about Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron’s characters from 2012’s best-forgotten fantasy?

Hollywood has form when it comes to completely unnecessary sequels. There have been four movies based on The Crow, another quartet based on Terminator and five Highlander flicks (producers of the latter presumably remaining steadfast in the face of protestations from right-minded cineastes everywhere that there should “be only one”. Sorry.) But it’s hard to imagine there’s a cinematic follow-up more pointless than the forthcoming prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, the ingeniously titled The Huntsman.

Naysayers will surely point to the likes of S. Darko, a sequel to Richard Kelly’s beguiling cult tale in which the younger sister of Jake Gyllenhaal’s psychologically challenged teen hero Donnie Darko goes on her own time-travelling road trip. And there’s also American Psycho 2, in which a pre-fame...

Do we really need to know more about Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron’s characters from 2012’s best-forgotten fantasy?

Hollywood has form when it comes to completely unnecessary sequels. There have been four movies based on The Crow, another quartet based on Terminator and five Highlander flicks (producers of the latter presumably remaining steadfast in the face of protestations from right-minded cineastes everywhere that there should “be only one”. Sorry.) But it’s hard to imagine there’s a cinematic follow-up more pointless than the forthcoming prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, the ingeniously titled The Huntsman.

Naysayers will surely point to the likes of S. Darko, a sequel to Richard Kelly’s beguiling cult tale in which the younger sister of Jake Gyllenhaal’s psychologically challenged teen hero Donnie Darko goes on her own time-travelling road trip. And there’s also American Psycho 2, in which a pre-fame...

Look at my shee-yit... again. Yep, what started as iffy-sounding, blog-based rumor a couple of months ago seems now to have become a real thing: Harmony Korine's girls-gone-wild provocation "Spring Breakers" is getting a sequel. French sales and production company Wild Bunch this morning revealed an intriguing slate of titles that they'll be hawking this month at the Cannes market -- the parallel universe of low-profile and/or unproduced projects that runs busily alongside the film festival itself. Among them were a number of exciting-sounding ventures from name directors, including Gaspar Noé, Paul Verhoeven, Arnaud Desplechin and reigning Palme d'Or winner Abdellatif Kechiche. Naturally, however, the project that has grabbed all the headlines is "Spring Breakers: The Second Coming." A follow-up that will reportedly feature a mix of old and new cast members -- don't count on Selena Gomez returning, at least -- it will follow the original Breakers...

Odd List Ryan Lambie 6 Nov 2013 - 06:50

From random films with altered names to unrelated storylines, we take a look at 15 incredibly tenuous horror and sci-fi film sequels...

The profit-driven nature of filmmaking usually means that, if a movie's a hit, sequels follow. And it's sometimes the case that, particularly in the realm of low-budget sci-fi and horror, those sequels are trotted out in a rush, or don't have anything to do with the film they're following.

This isn't to say that the sequels on this list are necessarily bad - it's a proper mixed bag of the great, the mediocre and the downright awful - but in each instance, these sequels have only vague links to their predecessors, or worse still, they're entirely different films rebranded to fit an existing franchise.  

Our list is by no means definitive - rather, we've chosen a collection of films that we find the most memorable.

Even though American Psycho got an unexpected, largely unwanted direct-to-dvd sequel with 2002’s American Psycho II: All American Girl, someone at Us network FX has decided to push ahead with a follow-up series, setting Stefan Jaworski to write and produce the new show.Don’t expect Mila Kunis’ sequel character to pop up, however: the new series hopes to get us back to Patrick Bateman, with some brave actor attempting to fill Christian Bale’s stylish suit as we bring Bateman forward to the present day and watch as he trains up a protégé to take on his murderous ways.Though it seems odd for a TV network to attempt something as potentially bloody as American Psycho, American Horror Story, Hannibal and more have proved you can transfer horror to the small screen without losing the impact.Also getting the TV series treatment is Tony Scott’s 2004 Denzel Washington action thriller Man On Fire.

Just in case you didn't get the memo, American Psycho is getting the small screen treatment. At least it's not American Psycho 2, right? No disrespect to Mila Kunis but that was a stinker. No one seems to hip on Patrick Bateman in his 50s acting crazy and preying on women. If that doesn't do it for you, maybe a Man On Fire series will. Yes another movie is getting the television treatment. Just add it to the list amongst American Psycho, Fargo, Bates Motel, and I just found out that Rambo...

While American Psycho already had a perfectly good sequel in American Psycho 2: All-American Girl—in which Mila Kunis portrayed a young girl who killed, then emulated sociopathic serial killer Patrick Bateman, and America portrayed a country who didn’t give a shit—FX is moving forward with another sequel anyway. The network that never met a show with “America” in the title it didn’t like is developing an American Psycho TV series, one that, like the rest of us, ignores the continuity of American Psycho 2, and picks up with Bateman in his mid-50s. Though his skin may ...

For every great movie there is the potential for a great sequel or an abyssmal failure. When Mary Harron's American Psycho premiered, it made Christian Bale a name to be remembered and divided audiences and critics with a violent and satirical look at America in the 1980s. It spawned one of the most atrocious sequels of all time, the cleverly titled American Psycho 2, starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner. Enough time has apparently passed that there is a new attempt to make a sequel to...

Bless you, direct-to-dvd industry, for churning out endlessly amusing extensions of movies that never should have been franchises in the first place. An EW staffer casually mentioned the third Ace Ventura movie earlier today, inspiring a group of us to reminisce about the most random sequels we could think of — sequels many of us were hearing about for the first time.

And so, in honor of both these little-discussed gems and the gift that is Friday afternoon, here’s a list of the genre’s most unassuming entries. Caution: It’s about to get all nostalgic up in here. (Like that’s a surprise.

This new season of Haven is absolutely terrific; familiar yet fresh, just the way we like our favorite shows. We would absolutely hang out with – heck, we would date, if we were available and they were willing – any of the main characters of this show. Charming, intelligent, witty, perceptive, loyal, supportive, and each one of them an absolute biscuit. Yes, even the Teagues. There is just something about this town…

And tonight we meet two more residents: psychiatrist Dr. Claire Callahan (Bree Williamson), and Jordan McKee (Kate Kelton) whom you’ve seen on the #EscapeToHaven videos. We have a screen shot of Dr. Callahan with Nathan and one of Jordan with Dwight, along with the press release and a clip from tonight’s new episode:

Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl) And Kate Kelton (Harold And Kumar) Join Cast Of Syfy’S Drama Series Haven Friday, September 28 At 10Pm

New York – September 25, 2012 – Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl,...

Genre: Sci-Fi | Action | Mystery

Air Date/Time: Friday, September 21 at 10/9c

Network: Syfy

Director: Lee Rose (“301″), Shawn Piller (“Stay”)

Writer: Jonathan Abrahams (“301″), Matt McGuinness (“Stay”)

Summary: When FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) arrived in the town of Haven, Maine, she discovered that the seemingly sleepy town was, in fact, a longtime refuge for people with supernatural afflictions. Now Audrey must not only stay on top of Haven’s many afflictions, but also solve her most challenging case yet: the secret of her own lost past and its ties to Haven. With the help of Nathan Wuornos (Lucas Bryant), a handsome local cop with his own trouble, and Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour) a local smuggler and reluctant aide in solving Haven’s troubles, Audrey digs deeper into uncovering her identity.

In the Season Three premiere, Haven picks up immediately following the events of the gripping Season Two finale with Audrey...

It's been awhile since we've mentioned Syfy's hit series "Haven," but this latest news was just too juicy to ignore. WWE Superstar Edge is returning to the show and will appear in multiple episodes of the show’s third season including the premiere, September 21st at 10Pm Et/Pt.

From the Press Release:

Edge (aka Adam Copeland) will reprise his role of Dwight Hendrickson, a shrewd, longtime Haven resident and “troubled” handyman who can truly handle anything, and often does, as the town’s “cleaner.” A close ally of Nathan’s (Lucas Bryant), Dwight helps to cover up all of the town’s supernatural goings on and to keep Haven’s secrets hidden.

Season Three of "Haven" picks up immediately following the events of the gripping Season Two finale with Audrey (Emily Rose) having been brutally kidnapped, Nathan warned against pursuing a romantic relationship with Audrey, and Duke (Eric Balfour...

Some of the best news coming out of Syfy lately is the fact that Haven is returning for its third season on September 21, less than a month away. There is an atmosphere on the show, set in a small seaside town in Maine (no surprise, as it’s based on a novella by Stephen King), that combines with the exceptional cast chemistry and fantastically twisty plots to make it easily my favorite show on Syfy. You could say it has – sorry – an Edge.

Because it does. WWE superstar Edge (Adam Copeland) joined the show for a few guest appearances last season as Dwight, a “cleaner” of the aftermath of Troubled incidents, and now we hear from Syfy that he’ll be back for Season 3. It would be easy to suspect that this is stunt casting, but honestly, he’s a natural. The show has consistently excellent writing, but the actors still need to bring it,...

Over at Total Film’s website the guys have put together a list of the 50 Worst Horror Movie Sequels and whilst the list does contains some real clunkers, there are a number on their list which I consider amongst my favourites. So, I thought I bring you my own list – another Top 10 – of films I think Shouldn’T be on Total Film’s list…

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)

Saw III (2006)

Sorority House Massacre 2 (1990)

Lake Placid 3 (2010)

Witchboard III: The Possession (1995)

Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)

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Critters 2 (1988)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)...

Earlier this month we told you about the only-in-Haven-type “cleaner” cast for Haven‘s upcoming Season 3. Now comes word of two more newbies moving in on our favorite town, along with more inside information about what we can be looking for when the series returns in September:

Official Press Release:

Dorian Missick (Southland, The Cape) And Kate Kelton (Harold And Kumar, American Psycho 2) Join Third Season Of Syfy’S Popular Series Haven Season 3 Of Haven Premieres Friday, September 21

New York – May 18, 2012 – Dorian Missick (Southland, The Cape) and Kate Kelton (Harold and Kumar, American Psycho 2) will join the cast of Syfy’s popular series Haven in recurring roles when the show returns for its third season beginning Friday, September 21 at 10Pm (Et/Pt).

Kelton portrays the spirited and fierce “Jordan McKee.” She’s a waitress at “The Gun & Rose Diner,” and also an influential member of a...

Haven's regular cast (l-r: Eric Balfour, Lucas Bryant and Emily Rose) will have new friends in Season 3.

News about the supernatural series Haven has been coming our way thick and fast this week and we’re okay with that.

The latest piece to reach us reveals two more names that will be joining the series in its upcoming third season: Dorian Missick (Southland, The Cape) and Kate Kelton (Harold and Kumar, American Psycho 2). Both actors will have what is described as recurring roles.

Kelton will play Jordan McKee, a waitress at The Gun & Rose Diner who, according to a press release, is “spirited and fierce.” She is also an influential member of a mysterious organization of people with a distinctive tattoo who are at the heart of the titular town’s so-called ‘Troubles’.

Missick will appear as a character called Tommy Bowen. Bowen is said to be a street smart,...

Technically speaking, there is a sequel to the 2000 thriller American Psycho, but it had nothing to do with Wall Street anti-hero and serial killer Patrick Bateman as personified by Christian Bale. American Psycho II: All American Girl was a cheap direct-to-dvd knock off starring Mila Kunis that only had a minor connection to Bret Easton Ellis' original creation.

The novel was published in 1991, and the film adaptation quickly became a cult hit upon its release on April 14th of 2000. Due to both the film and novel's popularity, Patrick Bateman is considered an icon of sorts, and for years, fans have asked for a sequel. Bret Easton Ellis has never obliged, but that may soon change. When posed with the question "What would Patrick Bateman be doing right now? Here, in 2012?" A question that has arisen far too many times in the past couple of years, Bret Easton Ellis decided...

As soon as we heard that Lionsgate was looking to remake "American Psycho" -- a film made only 11 years ago -- we immediately thought why? And too soon!

But then we thought what a perfect opportunity for Scott Disick to play the character he's been dressing as for the last decade.

It turns out we weren't the only ones to have that brilliant thought -- Kourtney Kardashian's baby daddy totally wants in on it. A few hours after the annoucement of the remake, 28-year-old Disick tweeted:

"Just heard there doing a remake of American Psycho! best news i have ever heard! i hope they call me!

We were even more delighted when late last night, "American Pyscho" author Bret Easton Ellis, chimed in too:

"I have warned Lionsgate that I will not approve a new version of 'American Psycho' unless it stars Scott Disick or Miles Fisher,...

In today's fast-paced, concept-destitute filmmaking world, 10 years is more than enough time to justify the remake of a popular film. And in checking my calendar, I see it's been almost 12 years since American Psycho came out — so what the hell, Hollywood? What? You’re on it? Well, okay then.

Lionsgate, which holds the remake rights to American Psycho, is planning on whipping out an ultra-low-budget reboot of Mary Harron's now-classic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' controversial 1991 novel. Noble Jones, who's directed music videos, documentaries, commercials and second unit material for David Fincher, is hoping to make his feature debut with the project.

Jones has written a script that updates the original by taking the titular psycho, Patrick Bateman, and placing him in today's world. How does a psycho killer react to the current financial unrest? Does he go after those pesky Occupy Wallstreet protestors in a way that would make Frank Miller proud?...

File this one under "who cares". Lionsgate is moving forward with a new American Psycho with Noble Jones tapped to "adapt a new version" based on the Bret Easton-Ellis novel, reports Variety. A new version/adaption implies a reboot of the 2000 film directed by Mary Harron, which starred Christian Bale as a wealthy New York investment banking executive who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. The project is in development, which means it could be years before anything comes into fruition. But let's be clear, nobody will be better than Bale, and the original is far from outdated. Lionsgate also released the direct-to-video sequel American Psycho II: All American Girl starring Mila Kunis in 2002.

For the horror buff, Fall is the best time of the year. The air is crisp, the leaves are falling and a feeling of death hangs on the air. Here at Sound on Sight we have some of the biggest horror fans you can find. We are continually showcasing the best of genre cinema, so we’ve decided to put our horror knowledge and passion to the test in a horror watching contest. Each week in October, Ricky D, James Merolla and Justine Smith will post a list of the horror films they have watched. By the end of the month, the person who has seen the most films wins. Prize Tbd.

Ricky D – 14 Viewings

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The Exorcist

Directed by William Friedkin

One of the few horror films that really gets under my skin. Essential viewing for any cinephile.

The Exorcist 3

Directed by William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty,...

Welcome to the 5th Annual Pajiba Ten: A list of the 10 Most Bangable Celebrities on the Planet as voted on by our readers. Thanks to new rules which elevate celebrities who have been on the list at list twice into the Pajiba 10 Hall of Fame, we actually have seven new entrants onto the 10 in our 5th year. That's fresh blood, folks, for your drooling pleasure. It's also the first year in which four women made this list, instead of the usual three.

If you're curious, there are quite a few who just missed the cut this year, including Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Donald Glover, and -- sadly -- there is no "Doctor Who" representation this year as our worst fears were confirmed: David Tennant and Matt Smith split the vote, while Karen Gillan simply annoyed too many of you in her latest "Who" run to merit the votes necessary.

Mila Kunis may have turned into a bombshell film star, but she is a geek at heart.

"I'm a massive Trekkie," Mila told GQ's August 2011 issue, after being asked about working with William Shatner in the film, "American Psycho 2," in 2002.

"That was crazy," she added of the experience. "He's exactly what you think he is."

As for that "Star Trek" obsession, Mila said she's been a fan for years.

"I got into it in my late teens -- 18, 19, 20. Something like that. I got into it later than most people. But ...

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Not many horror chicks cracked FHM Australia's Top 100 Women list, but since this is the new Horror Yearbook, the I don't give a crap Horror Yearbook, here is the top 15 women anyway. 1) Katy Perry, 2) Jennifer Hawkins (Miss Universe 2004), 3) Mirnada Kerr, 4) Megan Fox (Jennifer's Body), 5) Jessica Alba (Idle Hands, The Eye), 6) Mila Kunis (American Psycho II: All American Girl), 7) Adriana Lima (Brazilian Model), 8. Natalie Portman (Black Swan), 9) Alessandra Ambrosio (Model), 10) Ruby Rose (Australian MTV VJ), 11) Rihanna, 12) Bar Refaeli, 13) Eva Mendes (Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, Urban Legends: Final Cut) 14) Scarlett Johansson 15) Emma Watson.

It’s back to the “Cube” again. Lionsgate is soliciting pitches for “Cube 3D,” according to ShockTillYouDrop. It is not clear on whether the film would be the third part of a complete reboot of the franchise. In the original 1997 science fiction horror “Cube,” the tale is about seven complete strangers with different personalities involuntarily placed into a maze full of deadly traps. The original film was directed by Vincenzo Natali (“Splice,” “Ginger Snaps”). It starred Nicole de Boer (“Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”), Maurice Dean Wint (“RoboCop: Prime Directives,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) and David Hewlett (“Stargate: Atlantis,” “Splice”). There was also a follow up 2002 sequel called, “Cube 2: Hypercube.” In this version, eight strangers need to escape the “hypercube” and discovered they are in a strange fourth dimension where the laws of physics do not apply. The film was directed by Andrzej Sekula (“The Pleasure Drivers,...

James Franco Also Apparently Locked For The Film Which witch? This witch. After making her name on "That '70s Show" and starring in some fairly ignoble pictures along the way ("American Psycho 2," anyone?), Mila Kunis had a giant career boost in the last year, her excellent supporting performance in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" wiping away any memories of her terrible performance in "The Book of Eli" earlier in 2010. She'd already booked two big comedy roles, opposite Justin Timberlake in "Friends With Benefits" and as Mark Wahlberg's love interest in the imminently filming Seth MacFarlane comedy "Ted." But it…...

In our latest interview to celebrate the arrival of Black Swan in the UK, we chat to Mila Kunis about her role in the film, and how she landed the part…

Best known for her long-term roles in Family Guy and That 70s Show, and turning heads in films such as Max Payne and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mila Kunis' appearance in Black Swan has opened her up to a new kind of attention.

Her performance as Lily, the extroverted, ambiguously-drawn rival to Natalie Portman's ballerina, bagged her the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival, as well as a Supporting Actress nomination at the Golden Globes.

Back at the London Film Festival, we sat in on a roundtable interview with Kunis, chatting about the odd circumstances which led her to Black Swan, the enduring appeal of Family Guy, and where she sees her career going in the future.

Darren Aronofsky is a master at making beautiful films you never want to see again. Part of this has to do with the inherently unpleasant nature of the obsessions and addictions he chronicles: the heroin chase of Requiem for a Dream, the eon-spanning pursuit of doomed love in The Fountain, the thirst for a dying fame in The Wrestler. These are dark and unwelcoming stories, but Aronofsky presents them in such a way that their emotional impact becomes a physical one through an often dazzling use of sound and vision. Think of (respectively) Harry's infected arm, Tomas' physical martyrdom, or Randy the Ram's gruesome flagellations. These moments aren't observations by a filmmaker but inflictions upon an audience. Yet even though none of Aronofsky's films could remotely be called fun, the ones that worked married the director's fondness for skin-crawling discomfort with a commitment to telling a story populated by rounded characters.

In Black Swan, Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman play the Black and White Swans, respectively. In real life, they couldn’t both be more… exactly like their characters. Mila is a relaxed, funny, open person with plenty of humor. Natalie Portman is every bit as boring and unimaginative as her White Swan character. If either of them were ever questioning why they were cast in this film, it’s because they both didn’t have to stray too far from reality to make it believable.

Lily (Mila Kunis) lures Nina (Natalie Portman) over to the dark side through food. Just kidding. But partly, only.

Natalie Portman is the sheltered ballet dancer who yearns to dance with passion. Mila Kunis is her assertive rival. They both make up two halves of the same dancer – the Swan Princess. It’s chaotic genius at its best from director Darren Aronofksy.

Despite my assertion...

Whoa. The first trailer has arrived online for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, and it is both mesmerizing and unsettling. The movie stars Natalie Portman as a professional ballerina whose life starts spinning out of control when a new dancer (Mila Kunis) joins the group and competes with her for the lead role in an upcoming production. Don't be put off by the idea that this is a movie about ballet; much like The Wrestler, this is only a backdrop for a dark and twisted character study. The movie looks like it goes to some pretty dark places, and the suspense created just within these two minutes alone is palpable. This is also a chance for Mila Kunis to prove that she can do something more than comedy (although I suppose she did star in American Psycho 2), and with a supporting cast that also includes Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey,...

In the world of direct-to-dvd sequels that's shortly to bring us Lost Boys 3, all an enterprising studio needs is the rights to a good title and a director who's willing to work fast

Lost Boys 3, the second sequel to Kiefer Sutherland's 80s vampire hit, is coming out later this year. What? You missed Lost Boys 2? Don't worry, so did Kiefer (although it does feature his half-brother Angus). Lost Boys 2, which went straight to DVD in 2008, is a poor retread of the original, but recouped its $5m budget in less than a month, paving the way for a third film. Welcome to the world of DVD sequels, where profits are high, stakes are low, and quality lower.

Back in the 90s, the direct-to-video sequel industry mainly produced animated or family films, with Disney in particular happy to churn out weak sequels for everything from Bambi to Pocahontas. However, the decreasing...

If you're not familiar with writer-producer-director Morgan J. Freeman, here is a primer: The multi-hyphenate's debut feature, Hurricane Streets, starring Edie Falco and Brendan Sexton III (Welcome to the Dollhouse), was the first narrative project to win three awards at Sundance in 1997. Freeman went on to direct other films including Desert Blue and American Psycho 2 while launching a successful career producing reality television shows for MTV. His first series, Laguna Beach, spawned two spin-offs and two years ago, Freeman created 16 and Pregnant, which has already spun off another successful social commentary series for MTV, Teen Moms.

Movieline caught up with Freeman recently to discuss how 16 and Pregnant has been a "dream come true" for his inner storyteller, why the series hits home with so many audience members and how all of his projects -- scripted or not -- are related.

Paper Street Films and Animus Films just sent us the first official movie poster from the upcoming film “Homecoming” by director Morgan J. Freeman (American Psycho II: All American Girl) and starring Mischa Barton (The O.C.), Jessica Stroup (90210, True Blood) and Matt Long (Ghost Rider). Synopsis: Mike (Matt Long) is a small-town star athlete who is the first in his family to attend college, receiving a football scholarship to prestigious Northwestern University. When he returns home over Christmas break to the people he left behind - his family and friends - they are all surprised to see him with a new girlfriend, Elizabeth (Jessica Stroup), a pretty rich girl from [...]...

Ah, it's another 'crazy girl' movie! I love these! Mischa Barton (she of the fragile stardom and ego) is starring as an obsessed college student who will do Anything to keep her man.. even kill! (Her Career, that is!)

Homecoming is out in theaters on July 17th, and looks like such a blast. It's that old, old story about a woman who is So into a guy, that it drives her insane! Done best by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, this character has been repeated many times (even once by Jenna Elfman in Obsessed for Lifetime television and more recently in theaters by Ali Larter in a movie by the same name!)It co-stars Jessica Stroup (90210) and Matt Long. Jealous co-eds, evil ex-girlfriends, and murder... what more do you want? Read on!... Mike (Long) is a small-town star athlete who is the first in his family to attend college, receiving...

Morgan J. Freeman, the man behind Hurricane and American Psycho 2 , is back with a new flick entitled Homecoming and it's getting a limited release on June 17th through Paper Street Films. Once described as a Misery -esque thriller when it was first announced, the film stars Mischa Barton ( Walled In ), Jessica Stroup ( The Hills Have Eyes 2 ) and Matthew Long. To tout its release, Paper Street has supplied us with a trailer, poster and official synopsis. Check 'em out below and watch the trailer here . Mike (Long) is a small-town star athlete who is the first in his family to attend college, receiving a football scholarship to prestigious Northwestern University. When he returns home over Christmas break to the people he left behind - his family and friends - they are all...

Last Saturday Fango told you about the official site for Homecoming opening for business, and today we've got your first look at the trailer for the film.

In Homecoming, Morgan J. Freeman (not the actor) returns to the bad-girl territory he previously explored in American Psycho II: All American Girl. Mischa Barton stars as Shelby, a small-town girl and former homecoming queen who’s just a tad upset when her former beau Mike (Matt Long) comes home from college for Christmas break with his new girlfriend Elizabeth (The Hills Have Eyes II’s Jessica Stroup). Shelby wants Mike back for herself, and embarks on a campaign of terror to get Elizabeth out of the picture. Paper Street Films opens Homecoming in New York and La on July 17, and expands the release in the subsequent weeks.

Mike is a small-town star athlete who is the first in his family to attend college,...

Internet scooper-extraordinaire Joey Monda wrote in with the alert that the promised website for Homecoming (which we told you about here) has partially opened for business.

In Homecoming, Morgan J. Freeman (not the actor, though credited as "Morgan Freeman" on the splash page) returns to the bad-girl territory he previously explored in American Psycho II: All American Girl. Mischa Barton stars as Shelby, a small-town girl and former homecoming queen who’s just a tad upset when her former beau Mike (Matt Long) comes home from college for Christmas break with his new girlfriend Elizabeth (The Hills Have Eyes II’s Jessica Stroup). Shelby wants Mike back for herself, and embarks on a campaign of terror to get Elizabeth out of the picture. Paper Street Films opens Homecoming in New York and La on July 17, and expands the release in the subsequent weeks.

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Fango got word about a pair of independent features spotlighting different kinds of crazy heading for big screens in the coming months. One, Morgan J. Freeman’s Homecoming, is played straight, while Luke Ricci’s How To Be A Serial Killer is pitched as a gruesome satire.

In Homecoming, Freeman (no relation to the similarly named actor) returns to the bad-girl territory he previously explored in American Psycho II: All American Girl. Mischa Barton stars as Shelby, a small-town girl and former homecoming queen who’s just a tad upset when her former beau Mike (Matt Long) comes home from college for Christmas break with his new girlfriend Elizabeth (The Hills Have Eyes II’s Jessica Stroup). Shelby wants Mike back for herself, and embarks on a campaign of terror to get Elizabeth out of the picture. Paper Street Films opens Homecoming in New York and La on July 17, and...

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If Robin Hood is such a great hero you'd think he'd be able to work in some monster fighting in between all his robbing from the rich to give to the poor. That's why all Robin Hood movies in the past have sucked: lack of monsters. Thank goodness we have the Sci-Fi Channel around to rectify such mistakes.

I'd first heard about Robin Hood: Beyond Sherwood what seems like ages ago. It's only just now that progress is being made. Working from a script by Chase Parker, the writer of such other Sci-Fi offerings as Basilisk: The Serpent King, Reign of the Gargoyles, and the all-time classic Boa vs. Python, actor-director Peter DeLuise ("21 Jump Street", "Stargate Sg-1") helms this ultimate tale of merry ol' England's favorite tights-wearing, forest-dwelling, arrow-shooting, always-sticking-it-to-the-man swashbuckler as he squares off with a fiendish monster brought forth by the Sheriff of Nottingham, now in the post-production phase.

Whether it's a flick revolving around a crazed axe toting zombie lurking the halls of a dorm, or a thriller about a fraternity house that doubles as the gateway to hell, everyone, especially college students, loves college-themed horror movies. Here are some of the most recognizable on-campus horror flicks of all time. No matter how cheesy some of these films might be, we always ask ourselves the same question at the end of them... Could this story be based on truth?

Scream 2 (1997)

Sydney goes for a degree while trying not to get murdered.

This is one of the most popular horror series of all time, so Scream: The College Years should be no different. It has all the makings of a great scare flick: lots of jump-out–of–your seat moments, several plot twists, a plethora of hot women and enough spilt blood to fill a bath tub. My...