Awe… it just wanted a chew toy!

Cloverfield rates decently on the Jam Scale. The main cast is diverse enough for me as are the supporting players. You really get a feel for the people of New York which is quite nice. Shaky cam almost made me nauseous, but I get that way after playing FPS’s for too long anyway. Overall, quite enjoyable.

And now, for my super spoily review!
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Funny Games premieres at the Sundance Film festival this week. Turns out that this version is a shot for shot remake of Michael Haneke’s original 1997 film of the same name. Haneke is also directing the remake which kind of makes me wonder why he’s doing it shot for shot. Normally I’d be panning this outright. Why remake something that’s as poignant and disturbing as Funny Games when it stands so well on its own? For that matter, why shoot an exact duplicate with different actors? But in this case, Haneke has something up his sleeve and I’m actually looking forward to seeing this.

Don’t let the music in the trailer fool you, there’s nothing remotely humorous about this home invasion thriller. Two seemingly clean cut and unremarkable youth enter the vacation home of a family, take them hostage, and torture them while forcing them to play a game with rules that constantly change and have little basis or formula. Even though all the truly violent acts occur off screen, the original 1997 movie disturbed the absolute fuck out of Audrey and me.

The rest of this discussion goes behind the cut. I don’t want to spoil anything because I think it’s a movie that should be experienced fresh for the first time. I don’t know who you recommend highly disturbing films to, but we quite enjoyed it and encourage people to see it. If you have seen it, rented it, or are at Sundance and have seen the remake, venture forth.

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Reader Paul Jang pointed me to this horrifying article that details a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds set to be released in 2009. The remake is rumored to be directed by none other than Michael “Boom Boom” Bay and set to star Naomi Watts as Melanie Daniels.

For the love of… I mean I like me some Naomi Watts just fine. She made both Ring remakes watchable and she was quite enjoyable in that giant ape movie. I almost expect something like this from Bay but there’s got to be something better for her out there than this ill conceived remake. Yuck.

Thanks for the link, Paul.

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Holidays are usually the best time to catch up on movies. And there’s nothing better than sharing awesome movies with friends and family. So I thought I’d share a short list of flicks you should check out this holiday weekend.

Current Flicks

For Rental or Net Flicks

I hope you all have a great holiday season! Stay safe, stay warm, and get lots of awesome loot!

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Sony and Capcom are teaming up for a CG Resident Evil movie. This is being released in Japan so I’m guessing we can expect something like Advent Children. Not much more information other than it will be based on an original story and probably won’t be related to the Milla Jovovich flicks which is probably a good thing. Certainly couldn’t be any worse, could it?

[Via Variety]

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Isn’t a lichen some sort of funky fungus? Oh… lychan! Just in time for Halloween, we get some Underworld 3 news.

Underworld: Rise of the Lychans will be a prequel that will explain the origins of the war between the vampires and the lychens. Like that needs a whole movie to tell. Beckinsale will not be returning and she was possibly the only reason to see the first two. The one ray of hope is that it takes place in the Middle Ages. Without access to patent leather or guns with UV-infused bullets, perhaps we’ll actually see vampires and werewolves fight as vampires and werewolves.

That’s really all we want people. Make a vampire and werewolf movie where they do vampire and werewolf shits!

[Via Variety]

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Jet Li is starring as the villain in the next Mummy flick. Oh look, he’s flying mummy!

I will watch this movie to see Jet Li fly through the air and kick some major ass. I would also like to see some Terra Cotta warrior action. If these two things occur, I might even pay full price. Maybe.

[Via Filmwad]

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With all Hallows Eve upon us comes news of a looming Hellraiser remake. The French duo of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo will remake the first film featuring Pinhead. The good news is that Clive Barker is producing. If they’re good enough for Clive, they’ve certainly got my attention.

The pair directed Inside, a French thriller released last summer about a pregnant woman haunted by a mysterious woman. Apparently, it impressed Clive enough for him to recruit them for this remake. Inside is scheduled for American distribution by The Weinstein Company.

[Via Variety]

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So lieu of another Friday the 13th Part Ad Infinitum, New Line has decided to remix and relaunch Friday the 13th. The writers of Freddy vs. Jason will rewrite Friday the 13th to focus on a mask wearing Jason stalking and killing naked chicks at Crystal Lake.

Freddy vs. Jason was fun. Not a terribly good movie by any stretch. But it was fun. Friday the 13th shouldn’t be fun. It should scare the living shit out of us. I guess I don’t mind him having the mask. In the original film, his mom did all the killing and he didn’t show up until the end and only started wearing the mask in the third. But I worry that it might degrade into just a bunch of slashy gore with no real scares. Gory films might give you nightmares. But the really scary movies fuck with your mind and make you sit straight up in bed in the middle of the night screaming in terror. Been a while since we’ve had a movie that made us jump like that. If you’re going to remake something, why not go for the big scare!

[Via Hollywood Reporter]

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Ticket SOLD! I’m so fucking there!

[Via MTV Movie Blog]

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