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‘You Again’ Trailer + Stills

Cinemablend recently debuted the trailer for the upcoming comedy You Again starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver and Betty White. The plot centers around a young woman (Bell) whose brother becomes ...
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9 Things I Learned From Horror Movies

Thanks to Scream, most filmgoers are familiar with the basic rules of slasher films. Tropes such as 'don't go up the stairs', 'the minority is the first to die' and 'the promiscuous teenagers are doomed' have all entered popular culture to the point of parody [...]...
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Lindsay Lohan To Play Porn Star in ‘Inferno’

It's been a long time since Lindsay Lohan's name has been associated with any casting news but it seems the down-and-out actress has been cast as 1970's pornstar Linda Lovelace in an upcoming biopic entitled Inferno. ...
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[Tribeca Review] The Sentimental Engine Slayer

If you know little more than the title of “The Sentimental Engine Slayer” going into it, then it’s undeniably dissonant when the main character tries to strangle a prostitute in a dingy hotel room in the opening scene. ...
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Ten Remakes You May Not Know Are Remakes

In honor of this week's release of the reboot/remake of the 80s classic horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, here's the Top Ten Movies You Don't Know Are Remakes....
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[Weekend Box Office] ‘Elm Street’ Dominates

The Warner Brothers remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street dominated the weekend box office, pulling in an estimated $32.2 million. It silenced the impressive six week run of How To Train Your Dragon which finished in a distant second, earning $10.8 million, bringing its total to $192 million. ...
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Krasinski and Barrymore To Swim With ‘Whales’

Universal has given the go ahead for production of Whales. The film is about the rescue efforts to save a family of gray whales who became trapped under the Arctic Circle in 1988; it is based on a true story....