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Brittany Murphy was the tragically young age of 32 when she died suddenly 10 years ago. Her life had taken some surprising turns in the years since she first caught most moviegoers' eyes in Clueless as the new girl in school who gets a crash course in popularity from Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash, but both busy with work and thinking about starting a family, she seemed happy. On Dec. 1, 2009, she attended the premiere of the bare-bones noir thriller Across the Hall, in which she played a woman who's cheating on her fiancé with his best friend and some intense cat-and-mouse ensues. "I don't know June's actual reasons for cheating," she said in an...

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FBI agent Gretchen Blair is on a flight to Washington D.C. when the man seated beside her makes an unusual offer. He explains that the plane they’re on is about to be hijacked, and promises to pay her millions of dollars if she can get him safely back on the ground. When a gang of professional thieves takes control of the plane, she realizes he isn’t joking. Soon Gretchen finds herself caught in the middle of an elaborate mid-air heist, fighting to save the passengers while the thieves tear the plane apart, searching for the stolen loot hidden somewhere on board.

Made by the writer/director duo behind 2009′s underrated mystery thriller Across the Hall (one of actress...

This week’s Big Bang Theory finds Sheldon in Penny’s bed, but not for the reason some overly creative ‘Shenny’ fanfic writers have dreamt up over the last decade.

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After years of dating, Sheldon and Amy relocate to Apartment 4B to see what it would be like to live together. Meanwhile, someone learns the gender of Howard and Bernadette’s baby, but it’s neither the mom- nor dad-to-be. Let’s recap:

The Roommate Reconfiguration Exploration | When Amy’s apartment gets flooded, leaving...

The writers of Scandal haven't been afraid to get political this season, and Thursday night was no exception.

Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) took on a military rape case, and the episode crackled with her passion for justice. Plus, resident torture experts Huck (Guillermo Díaz) and Quinn (Katie Lowes) tried to get Russell (Brian White) to reveal the meaning of Foxtail, a code word the Gladiators knew only from his call with Rowan (Joe Morton).

Read on to learn whether they succeeded – and for more on the final-act twist that set the show for a sure-to-be-insane finale.

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There was a time, not very long ago, when obtaining a decent copy of David Lynch’s first masterpiece, Eraserhead, was problematic. Selected in 2004 for preservation in the National Film Registry, nearly four decades of overriding nearly every other piece of flotsam and jetsam comprising the cult classic continuum, one of the most exquisite directorial debuts of all time gets a lavish Criterion Collection treatment. A film whose aural devices equal its bizarre and unforgettable visuals, outside of a theatrical screening, it’s the definitive way to experience this dream of dark and troubling things.

To outline the narrative of Eraserhead feels rather reductive since the film is a visual and auditory experience that requires first hand exposure. But, basically, it’s about a guy named Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) who is forced to marry a neurotic girlfriend, Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) because she gave birth to a creature/baby he impregnated her with.

So you call yourself a "Friends" fan, eh? You've seen every episode, know all the lyrics to that darn theme song, and consider classic lines ("could I Be wearing anymore clothes?") part of your everyday vocabulary.

"Friends" premiered 20 years ago today on September 22, 1994, and we thought we would honor that big anniversary by putting together 20 little-known facts about the iconic series. Want to see if you're the master of "Friends" trivia? Look no further:

1. Original titles considered for the show included Six of One, Friends Like Us, Insomnia Cafe, and Across the Hall.

2. The apartment numbers got switched as the series went on. Monica and Rachel's original apartment number was 5, but was later changed to 20 because 5 was too small a number for such a high floor. Joey and Chandler's was switched from 4 to 19.

3. Jon Favreau and Jon Cryer were up for the role of Chandler. As you may remember, Jon Favreau...

In the end, NCIS‘ Ziva David walked away from her badge not for fear of her future but to put her past behind her.

As Cote de Pablo‘s eight-year run came to an end this Tuesday night, it was revealed that at the start of the four-month time jump, Michael Weatherly‘s Dinozzo had made tracks for Israel to find his disappeared friend. There, he was met by both Mossad director Orli Elbaz (who’s probably not happy about Gibbs’ Captain Kirk ignorance) and Adam Eshel, both of whom assured the visitor they were on the same mission.

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Born in Pennsylvania to a family with two grandfathers who fought in World War II, Mike Vogel now plays Army veteran Dale "Barbie" Barbara in CBS' Monday limited series "Under the Dome," based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.

Barbie is on a mission and has plenty of secrets and angst, but Vogel is a happily married father of three daughters. He also doesn't think much of actors opining on world issues.

"I grew up a plumber's son in Philadelphia," he tells Zap2it. "No one stuck a microphone in my dad's face, saying, 'What's your view on gun control?' But why would they care what I think? On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there.

"Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning. However, my opinion...

The 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival is officially under way – last night the opening film, Killer Joe, screened in Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, and though I wasn’t there I do wonder how it went down. It’s a provocative movie, and if it gets people arguing then at least it’s got people talking; last year’s deliberately unglamorous festival didn’t achieve even that. The screening was attended by its director, William Friedkin, who the night before introduced a screening of his classic The French Connection in the Filmhouse, and actress Gina Gershon; jury members Jim Broadbent and Elliott Gould were also in attendance.

After Friedkin’s memorable opener, I started my Festival with Pusher, that most suspicious of film product: a dreaded English-language remake. The original, a cult Danish film from the ’90s, was the first film from director Nicolas Winding Refn, of whom I have been...

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One of the best teen lifestyle parodies, the 1995 comedy movie Clueless stars Alicia Silverstone (Blast From the Past) as Cher, who’s just trying to survive the ups and downs of high school in Beverly Hills.

The small and funny film was written and directed by Amy Heckerling, who knows a thing or two about laughs having helmed Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Clueless follows the self-absorbed Cher as she assembles the ideal fashion ensemble, talks her way out of bad grades and searches for the perfect boyfriend. But along the way, she also discovers that popularity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

The PG-13 movie’s cast also includes Paul Rudd (Our Idiot Brother), Brittany Murphy (Across the Hall), Donald Faison (Skyline), Stacey Dash (TV’s Single Ladies) and Jeremy Sisto (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead...

HollywoodNews.com: Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel to be honored at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony.

The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce that the cast of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s “The Help” – Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel – will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.”

The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place on the evening of Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Hollywood Film Awards Gala launches the awards season.

IFC Midnight is pleased to announce the release of Choose, a new slasher film from director Marcus Gravesstars both Katheryn Winnick (Love and Other Drugs) and Kevin Pollack (The Usual Suspects, Otis). "The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city become suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parent's bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents but gets no response. She enters their bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react she is grabbed roughly by the hair and slammed against the wall. "Do what I say or you die" Scar Lip tells her....."...

Simple title, simple poster. IFC is releasing Choose from director Marcus Graves, a slasher film that stars Kevin Pollack and Katheryn Winnick. The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city become suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents’ bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents but gets no response. She enters their bedroom, and as her eyes adjust to the darkness, she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react, she is grabbed roughly by the hair and slammed against the wall. “Do what I say or you die,” Scar Lip tells her.

He turns over an expertly crafted hourglass filled with blood and coolly instructs her, “I’m going to kill your mother or your father. You have...

IFC Midnight’s Choose, a new slasher film from director Marcus Graves’ and starring Katheryn Winnick (Love & Other Drugs) and Kevin Pollack (That Thing You Do!, The Usual Suspects), is headed for theaters and VOD demand starting March 18th.

In Choose, the peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city become suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parent’s bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents but gets no response. She enters their bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react she is grabbed roughly by the hair and slammed against the wall. “Do what I say or you die,” the frightful Scar Lip tells her.

He turns over an...

A new slasher film is on the way from director Marcus Graves and IFC Midnight, and we've got all the details you need to start grinding your axe!

Choose stars Katheryn Winnick and Kevin Pollack and will be in select theaters starting Friday, March 18th. It is also now available nationwide on demand from IFC Midnight via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House and on iTunes.

Dig on the goods below.

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The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city become suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents' bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents but gets no response. She enters their bedroom, and as her eyes adjust to the darkness, she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react,...

We posted some news tidbits on Marcus Graves' Choose a few weeks ago and now you UK peeps can go and get it on DVD. As for us over here in the states, we have to wait a while longer as usual but the word is IFC will handle the distro duties. Check out all the familiar faces in the trailer!

Synopsis:

The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parent's bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents-no response. She enters their bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react she is grabbed roughly by the hair and slammed against the wall.

Well, three weeks into January and the DVD and Blu-ray releases are heating up, with some of last summers biggest movies finally hitting the home formats, and some classic re-releases… Here’s the weeks highlights:

Grown Ups (DVD & Blu-ray)

In the tradition of The Big Chill, five childhood friends (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider) reunite after 30 years to attend the funeral of their beloved youth basketball coach over the Fourth of July weekend. They all stay at the late coach’s lake house with their families in tow. Comedy ensues as they relive old times, tease each other, and try to show their kids how to have fun the old fashion way. The hilarious reunion shows them not only how different their lives have become, but how much they still have in common.

The Switch (DVD & Blu-ray)

Seven years after the birth of his son,...

A new trailer has been circulating recently for the horror thriller Choose. This film will make its way to DVD January 17th in the United Kingdom and the teaser below will make horror fans hope for a release in North America. Currently, there are no plans to release this title in this territory.

In the clip below, Katheryn Winnick (Night and Day) plays Fiona Wagner, a woman with a decision. A cold-blooded killer delivers a moral dilemma via knifepoint. She must choose to kill either her father or her mother. Have a watch inside.

The Choose synopsis:

"The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence and manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes the bedroom door open.

Across the hall her parents’ bedroom door lies ajar and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she...

[Editor's note: True story, I've actually had a copy of this trailer for well over a year, but we didn't run it for fear of reprisal from the producers. Good to see it's finally coming out.]

Choose is a new psychological horror flick from first-time director Marcus Graves. The film premiered at the Frightfest Halloween All-Nighter in Leicester Square in 2010 and hits DVD in the UK on 17th January.

Synopsis:

The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence and manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes he bedroom door open.

Across the hall her parents’ bedroom door lies ajar and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she finds her parents gagged and tied to the bed. Knocked unconscious she is later awoken by a deranged killer and given sixty seconds to make a simple choice: who dies, her mother or her father?

Check out the trailer (via: Pulp Movies) after the break.

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Since I'm on a bit of a Cold Case binge, I decided to use my next Television Balcony column to see what some of that show's castmembers were up to. That - and a free Amazon Video on Demand credit - led me to checking out Across The Hall, a tense thriller starring Danny Pino (better known as Det. Scotty Valens), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) and the late Brittany Murphy (whose largest TV credit has to be her voicing Luanne Platter on King of the Hill).

The plot is simple enough (unsurprising, since it actually started as a short film). Terry (Pino) is at his breaking point, because he's sure that his fiancee June (Murphy) is cheating on him. He's so convinced that he's followed her to a cheap hotel (where all affairs take place, of course) and is now sitting - you guessed it - in the room across the...

Choose - On DVD 17 January 2011 He Makes The Rules….You Make The Choice…..Time To Decide Suspense laden psychological horror Choose come to DVD on 17th January, starring Katheryn Winnick (CSI, Law & Order) and Kevin Pollak (Tropic Thunder, Usual Suspects). Starring Katheryn Winnick (CSI, Law & Order) and Kevin Pollak (Tropic Thunder, Usual Suspects) Choose is a suspense laden psychological horror starring Richard Short (Public Enemies). The film also marks the directorial debut for Marcus Graves. The film got its UK premier at the Frightfest Halloween All-Nighter in Leicester Square earlier this year. The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence and manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes he bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents’ bedroom door lies ajar and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she finds her parents [...]...

Well it sounded good in my head. Anyway our UK horror friends will get to check out Marcus Graves' Choose on January 24th when it hits DVD. As for us over here in the states, we have to wait a while longer as usual but the word is IFC will handle the distro duties.

Synopsis:

The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parent's bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents-no response. She enters their bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react she is grabbed roughly by the hair and slammed against the wall. "Do what I say or you die" Scarlip tells her.

And once again our friends from across the pond trump us Yanks by getting a flick on DVD way before we ever will. I speak of course of the new slasher flick Choose.

Marcus Graves' Choose will be hitting DVD in the UK on January 24th while we wait here for the flick to begin its limited theatrical and VOD run courtesy of IFC. Look for more on this one soon.

Synopsis

The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents' bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents -- no response. She enters their bedroom, and as her eyes adjust to the darkness, she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react,...

Here's the latest on Choose , the Saw -esque thriller we last brought you an update on at the start of the year. Katheryn Winnick stars a young woman who is preyed upon by a killer nicknamed "Scarlip" (played by Nicholas Tucci). Bruce Dern and Kevin Pollak also star. It looks like the directorial debut of Marcus Graves is hitting DVD in the UK on January 24 if you have a region-free player. That's the artwork to the left. Synopsis: The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence and manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes he bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents' bedroom door lies ajar and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she finds her parents gagged and tied...

In For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry trades in Madea for a high end, high-minded source — a beloved 1975 Ntozake Shange play — and comes away with the same sort of overheated, overstuffed kitchen sink cinematic work that’s become his calling card. It’s a mess, proving once again that the mega-rich Atlanta one-man studio’s business acumen surpasses his filmmaking talents. Granted, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf could not have been an easy work to adapt, consisting as it does of 20 loosely conjoined prose poems centered on such hot-button issues as rape and abortion. Using Shange’s reflective, elliptical prose as a starting point, Perry crafts an interwoven ensemble of women, who face some serious, pressing crises while largely sharing the same Harlem apartment building’s roof. Among them: Crystal (Kimberly Elise), who works for monstrous magazine editrix Jo (Janet Jackson) and struggles to cope with her abusive, alcoholic...

On October 2nd the third annual GoreZone International Film Festival got under way at Leicester Square’s Prince Charles Cinema; and for the first time ever, Dread was on the scene to check it out. Our report follows along with condensed reviews of six of the films shown over the weekend.

Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet, Breath of Hate, Hyenas, Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer, New Terminal Hotel, Darfur, and Devil's Playground are all included, but first a recap of the event and awards show.

In the face of fellow Leicester Square-based festival and horror heavy hitter, Film4 Frightfest, GoreZone (or Gz, as the magazine has rebranded) would appear to be the underdog. Having experienced the festival first-hand, however, it’s pleasing to discover a level of intimacy and audience connection that is easily lost amongst the hustle and bustle of many larger profile fests, bolstered by...

The soft glow of a burning-hot wire in an incandescent lightbulb, and the bluish tinge from the screaming electrical plasma storm in a fluorescent tube may soon become largely things of the past. Led lighting has arrived to beat them both.

Ever since British inventor Humphry Davy passed current through a platinum strip in 1802, electrical lighting based on incandescent technology in vacuum-sealed glass bulbs has lighted up our lives. Edison didn't invent the things, despite what you may have heard, but he did perfect an early design that made the lightbulb a practical commodity. Since Edison's experiments, the tech has been tweaked and polished, to the point that we're no longer amazed by the instant availability of electrical light, seeing it as merely "normal."

And don't forget fluorescent systems either--decades of effort by Brits, Germans, French and Americans starting in the mid-1800's resulted in those long tubes lighting up practically every office space everywhere,...

It has been a confusing day on the "Captain America" casting front with one of the previously rumoured contenders moving to the forefront and then later being shot down.

In the morning Fox 411 apparently confirmed an old Cinematical scoop that it is "very likely" that "The Office" star John Krasinski will be the new Steve Rogers as "he is a favorite among the key decision makers and has been asked to come back for more this week". Krasinski has already read for the role four times and screen tested twice with the multiple actresses up for the female leads to ensure chemistry.

Hold on though, now Deadline New York and later Heat Vision both reports that Marvel Studios has expanded its search while at the same time cutting down on the original candidates list which apparently does not include Krasinski in the new short list. The names that are still...

A new slayer is on the horizon and his name is Scarlip. Both Dreadcentral and Shock Till You Drop are announcing an appearance of the new horror flick Choose at the European Film Market, where Scarlip plays a central role. A whole slew of films have recently been announced as appearing at the Efm, but have an early look at Choose here. The full synopsis for the film is below.

A synopsis for Choose here:

"The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parent's bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents-no response. She enters their bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can...

It's been a while since we last spoke about Robert Legato's chiller Choose, and with the European Film Market gearing up, it seems that the flick is finally ready to seek distro.

In Choose Katheryn Winnick (Amusement) stars as a young woman who is stalked by a killer nicknamed "Scarlip" (Nicholas Tucci). Bruce Dern and Kevin Pollak co-star.

Check out the full plot crunch below.

Synopsis

The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents' bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents--no response. She enters their bedroom, and as her eyes adjust to the darkness, she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react, she is grabbed roughly by the hair and slammed against the wall.

Before heading off to Berlin Bd scored a look at some early promo art for Robert Legato's Choose, which stars Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Tucci, Kevin Pollok, Bruce Dern, Talia Balsam, Cady Huffman, Richard Short. In the film Winnick (Amusement) stars as a journalism grad student who attempts to track down a vengeful killer (Tucci) with the help of her detective father (Pollak) and a shrink (Dern). You'll find the art and a more detailed synopsis below. The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parent's bedroom door lies ajar. She calls for her parents-no response. She enters their bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed hog-tied and gagged. More...

It's been a while since we last reported on the horror film called Choose (well over a year, in fact), but it appears director Robert Legato finally has a project in the can and ready for the European Film Market. We've got a look at the art being used to promote the film on the left. Katheryn Winnick ( Amusement ) stars a young woman who is preyed upon by a killer nicknamed "Scarlip" (played by Nicholas Tucci). Bruce Dern and Kevin Pollak also star. Below you'll find a full synopsis. We'll update you when this one finds distribution. The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her...

For the most part, it's a week where mediocre to terrible theatrical releases are getting dumped to DVD, but you may still find a few things of interest on store shelves today. In addition to poorly-reviewed crap like Gamer, Pandorum and Whiteout, there is also the Ricky Gervais comedy The Invention of Lying, and a pair of decent documentaries in Outrage and No Impact Man. Also out this week is the Criterion release of Steven Soderbergh's 4-hour epic Che, plus Season 5 of Weeds and Magnolia on Blu-ray. Will you be picking up anything on DVD or Blu-ray this week? Pandorum [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) The Invention of Lying [3] (+ Blu-ray [4]) Gamer [5] (+ Blu-ray [6]) Whiteout [7] (+ Blu-ray [8]) Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball [9] (+ Blu-ray [10]) According to Greta [11] (+ Blu-ray [12]) Across The Hall [13] (+ Blu-ray [14]) Blood Creek [15] Death in Love [16] (+ Blu-ray [17]) Che: Criterion Collection [18] (+ Blu-ray [19]) Outrage [20] No Impact Man [21] Artie Lange: Jack and Coke [22] (+ Blu-ray [23]) Weeds: Season Five [24] (+ Blu-ray [25]) Damages:...

Here are the new Blu-ray releases for January 19, 2010 courtesy of HighDefDigest.com According to Greta (Starz/Anchor Bay) Across the Hall (Image) Artie Lange: Jack and Coke (Image) The Bourne Identity (Universal) The Bourne Supremacy (Universal) The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) Che (Criterion) Gamer (Lionsgate) The Invention of Lying (Warner Brothers) Magnolia (Warner Brothers) Pandorum (Starz/Anchor Bay) Smokin’ Aces (Universal) Smokin’ Aces 2 – Assassins’ Ball (Universal) Weeds: Season Five (Lionsgate) WWII in HD (A&E)

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Brittany Murphy looked 'pale and thin' during her last interview. A reporter for a Us magazine added that the actress told her on December 3 she was looking forward to getting away from Los Angeles for Christmas. The star was also planning a family holiday in New York with her husband Simon Monjack before trying to kick-start her acting career in 2010. The magazine reports that Murphy appeared to have an eerie premonition about her own death – while promoting her new film Across The Hall, the actress told another reporter she wanted to have beautiful blonde hair 'in my next life'.

Tragic actress Brittany Murphy was battling to beat the blues and a cold in time for Christmas in what has become her last interview.

The Just Married star, who died suddenly on 20 December, chatted to In Touch magazine reporter Amy Webber, who reveals the star looked "pale and thin" on 3 December at a party in Los Angeles.

She told Webber she was looking forward to getting away from Los Angeles for Christmas and was planning a family holiday in New York with her husband Simon Monjack before kickstarting her acting career in 2010.

The publication reports Murphy appeared to have an eerie premonition about her own death - promoting her new film Across The Hall days before her chat with Webber, the actress told another reporter she wanted to have beautiful blonde hair "in my next life".

Details about the cause and manner of Murphy's passing is pending investigation while the Los Angeles County Coroner awaits the results of toxicology and tissue tests.

The actress was buried in Los Angeles at twilight on Christmas Eve.

Reports suggest the medication she was taking to beat her cold prompted the cardiac arrest which killed her.

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A look back into reports on Brittany Murphy’s life reveals some very disturbing accounts of her husband Simon Monjack. Over the past three years, countless stories have surfaced about Simon, and his strange — even controlling — behavior.

As far back as May 2007, when Brittany and Simon first got married, eyebrows were raised. The National Enquirer (via Page Six) reported then that Monjack, who is British, was “arrested on expired visa charges in the middle of the night on Mar. 27 – just over a month before the couple’s rushed marriage,” suggesting that they got married so Simon could stay in the country. At the time, Monjack’s lawyer insisted the accounts came from “disgruntled ex-girlfriends” … but the story didn’t end there.

While Brittany — who died tragically in her shower on Dec. 20 at age 32 — was filming Across the Hall in La in February of 2008, it was reported that Simon, her “ever-present...

Actress Brittany Murphy died yesterday at the age of 32. She collapsed Sunday morning at her Hollywood Hills home. The coroner says they will conduct an autopsy Monday to try to determine what killed the actress. There are still upcoming films coming out from Murphy.

Abandoned … Murphy stars in this psychological thriller where she plays someone with a history of psychiatric issues who accompanies her boyfriend (Dean Cain) to the hospital for surgery, only to have him disappear without a trace. It was expected to be straight to DVD, now the producers are rethinking.

Something Wicked … Murphy stars as a psychiatrist in a thriller about two recent high school grads whose plans for a happy life together are shattered by parents who don’t want them to be together. The film is still being edited.

Across the Hall is a thriller about a standoff between a young man, his fiance and...

The actress, who died on Sunday, spoke to 'Access Hollywood' earlier this month.

By Jocelyn Vena

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As friends and family mourn Brittany Murphy after her sudden death on Sunday, media outlets and colleagues have revealed that in recent encounters, the actress seemed optimistic about her upcoming year.

Speaking to "Access Hollywood" on December 3 at the Tt Collection Pop-Up Party in Los Angeles, her reported last public appearance, Murphy said she and her husband were talking about starting a family in 2010.

"As far as having a New Year's resolution, I'd love to have a child next year," the 32-year-old said. "But that's kind of a large one!"

She said she felt lucky she got to spend so much time with her family. "I've been very blessed to have a really great, loving husband [Simon Monjack]," she added. "I spend more time with my family than anyone else in the world.

She appeared to be skinnier than ever, but at her final public event - just weeks before her Dec. 20 death - Brittany Murphy beamed for the cameras as she gushed about her family and spoke of wanting to have a baby. Murphy, 32, who was pronounced dead at the hospital Sunday morning after she was stricken at her Los Angeles home, walked the red carpet Dec. 3 for the opening of Tt Collection's Pop-Up shop in La. Wearing a short black dress by her designer friend Tiffany Saidnia, Murphy was described as smiling and upbeat, telling Access Hollywood, "I've been very blessed...

These photos were clear warning signs for Brittany.

While an official cause for Brittany Murphy’s death hasn’t been named, it’s clear from photos that something wasn’t quite right about the actress recently. Just look at the difference between Brittany in Nov. 2006 (seen in the orange dress at the Carolina Herrera Los Angeles Boutique Opening) and Brittany just a few weeks ago on Dec. 1, 2009 (seen in the black jumpsuit at the Across the Hall premiere). She became dangerously thin and looked extremely pale. Could these photos be a sign of her deteriorating health?

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Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit "Clueless" and rose to stardom in "8 Mile" before her movie roles declined in recent years, died Sunday in Los Angeles of what appeared to be natural causes, a Los Angeles County coroner's official said. She was 32.

Murphy was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Sally Stewart said.

Murphy was transported to the hospital after the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call at 8 a.m. at the home she shared with her husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, in the Hollywood Hills.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Murphy apparently collapsed in the bathroom, and authorities were looking into her medical history.

An official cause of death may not be determined for some time, since toxicology tests will be required, but "it appears to be natural," Winter said. He said an autopsy...

Multiple sites, including TMZ, are now reporting that actress Brittany Murphy, seen most recently in Across the Hall, died this morning at the age of 32 in Los Angeles. The reports indicate that she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived. No other information is known about her death, besides that it occurred at the home of her husband Simon Monjack this morning at around 8Am. This is incredibly tragic especially considering she was still a young budding actress with quite a bit of potential. While she wasn't the most popular actress, she will certainly be remember for her many great appearances in many films. Murphy began her acting career at the age of 14 starring on "Drexell's Class". She has appeared in films like Clueless, Drive, Falling Sky, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Girl Interrupted, Cherry Falls, Don't Say a Word, Riding in Cars with Boys, 8 Mile, Uptown ...

Brittany Murphy, the actress who starred in 8 Mile, Clueless and Uptown Girls died this morning from a fatal heart attack. She was 32.

TMZ reports that the Los Angeles Fired department received a call this morning from Murphy's husband; Murphy was transported to Cedars Sinai and pronounced dead at the scene.

Murphy, whose career has floundered in recent years, had recently had something of a comeback in the making -- she's got three films completed, including Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Most recently, she starred in Ramen Girl, Deadline and Across the Hall. She, of course, had her break-out role in 1995's Clueless, but in recent years, she was perhaps most popular for her voice work on "King of the Hill," and Happy Feet.

Various sources are reporting today that actress Brittany Murphy has died at the age of 32. The star of such films as Sin City , Clueless and 8 Mile went into cardiac arrest this morning and was pronounced dead on arrival at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. To genre fans, Murphy is best known for her turn in Cherry Falls . Later, she appeared in Don't Say a Word , Deadline and Across the Hall . Earlier this year, she worked with director Darin Scott for the upcoming thriller Something Wicked .

Open Graves is a film that stars Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn) and Mike Vogel (Across the Hall) in a test of mortality versus the supernatural. Guess who comes out the loser? The first trailer for the film shows much of the plot as several of the central characters meet bloody and unfortunate deaths. A true horror film, Open Graves will hit DVD and Blu-Ray formats starting February 23, 2010. Prepare yourself, press play, and pump the adrenalin as the Red Band trailer unfolds before your shocked eyes!

A synopsis for Open Graves here:

"An international group of young surfers come into possession of an ancient artifact, Mamba, an old board game made from the skin and bones of a witch executed during the Spanish Inquisition. At a drunken party one night, they casually decide to play. It's all fun and games until they find out that curses last forever and death is...

Innovation and nostalgia ombine in a new film that came together in a place of Hollywood legend.

"Across the Hall," a new independent film starring Brittany Murphy, Mike Vogel and Danny Pino, opened on December 4 in Los Angeles and New York theaters. Available at L.A.'s Beverly Hills Laemmle Music Hall and New York's City Cinemas and Village East Cinema, the movie is the directorial debut of writer/director Alex Merkin.

In a press release for the film, Merkin said he intended his work - shot on 35mm film and produced on a modest budget over 17 days - to be "a deeply visceral cinematic experience."

"For my first film I wanted to tell the type of story I grew up loving: ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, surrounded by a dense, textured world - one that lives and breathes on its own," he said.

I can't say I ever expected to write two pieces on Brittany Murphy so close together, but the world is an imperfect place. A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that she had been cast in the goofy-sounding horror movie The Caller, and I mocked both her and the plot. It's what I do. I mock. Shove it.

Anyway, here's the trailer for her next flick, Across the Hall, written and directed by first-timer Alex Merkin. It's based on Merkin's own short film of the same name. Here's the IMDb plot summary:

Terry (Danny Pino, "Cold Case") learns that his fiancée, June (Murphy), has checked into a hotel with another man, sending him into a fit of near-homicidal fury. Desperate to hear a friendly voice, he calls his best friend (Mike Vogel, Cloverfield), admitting he's in a hotel room across the hall from June and plans to kill her lover.

This week's slate gathers together so many big name stars in one place you'd think it was Oscar night already.

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"Across The Hall"

A stripped-down neo-noir with a twist, this feature debut for filmmaker Alex Merkin began as a 2005 short (starring Adrian Grenier, which can be found online here). Grenier didn't return, but Mike Vogel takes his place as Julian, a young man who races to a seedy hotel where his best friend's wayward fiancée (Brittany Murphy) and another man have aroused the suspicions of his pal, who's holed up "across the hall" with a bottle of whiskey and a gun.

Opens in New York and Los Angeles.

"Armored"

Having garnered a great deal of attention with his grungy murder mystery debut "Kontroll," American-born Hungarian helmer Nimród Antal first made his mark in Hollywood...