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Killer serials
For RedEyeThere's an old saying that goes, "If it's Halloween, it must be 'Saw.' " OK, so maybe that's just the trailer for " Saw IV," but after five years, with a new movie each year, the "Saw" franchise practically owns the holiday. The "Saw" films might not...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Chris Sarandon, Toy Industry, Saw IV (movie), Religious Festivals
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'Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer,' 'Fly Me to the Moon'
"Fly Me to the Moon," a 3-D-animated tale of insects who want to be the first flies on the moon, seeks to instill in kids a sense of wonder at space exploration. Whether it succeeds is really in the eye of the beholder.
Three young flies in 1969 hitch...Tags: Space Programs, Mormon, Gays and Lesbians, Medical Specialization, Cape Canaveral
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Scribe Ready To Dream New 'Nightmare'
Zap2It.comNew Line has settled on a writer to bring Freddy Krueger back to life. According to The Hollywood Reporter, busy veteran screenwriter Wesley Strick has signed on to write a relaunch of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise for the Warner Bros....Tags: Society, Wes Craven, Ceremonies
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NAME DROPPING
* Actress Sean Young, 48, has entered rehabilitation for alcohol abuse following a weekend outburst in which she was heckling from the audience at the Directors Guild of America awards, People.com reports. * Freddy's back. Again. New Line is reportedly...Tags: Dennis Quaid, Sean Young
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'Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer' doesn't live down to its billing
Sentinel Movie CriticJon Knautz and writer John Ainslie have cooked up a "midnight movie" that doesn't quite live down to its billing. A slice of cheese stuffed with stunt men in rubber suits, it's a horror comedy that is all too content to rest on "We got Robert Englund...Tags: Chemistry, Jack Brooks, Movies, Roger Moore
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Films from around the world at the Florida Film Festival
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON Saturday, March 29, 1:45 p.m.–3:40 p.m. at Regal Saturday, April 5, 4:30 p.m.–6:25 p.m. at Regal Albert Lamorisse's brilliant 1956 children's classic The Red Balloon serves as inspiration. A little boy and his baby...Tags: Florida, Jim Broadbent, Juliette Binoche, Roman Polanski, Florida Film Festival
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Michael Bay Reboots 'Nightmare on Elm Street'
Zap2It.comNext up on the franchise redevelopment gravy train for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes shingle is the Wes Craven classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street." According to the industry trades, Bay and his Platinum partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been...Tags: Wes Craven, Texas, Michael Bay
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Movie review: 'Hatchet'
Tribune staff reporter3 stars (out of four) "It is what it is and that is all it ever can be" would be a good way to describe "Hatchet." The film has its limitations and works well within them. Just to be clear, this is not a film intended for a wide audience. But B-movie...Tags: Adam Sandler, Movies, Adam Green
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'Hatchet' Carves a Place in Horror Fans' Hearts
Zap2It.com"It is what it is and that is all it ever can be" would be a good way to describe "Hatchet." The film has its limitations and works well within them. Just to be clear, this is not a film intended for a wide audience. But B-movie fans who find their way to...Tags: Adam Sandler, Movies, Adam Green
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'Hatchet'
Special to The Times"Hatchet" is billed as "Old-School American Horror," and "school" would seem to be the operative word. It feels like a student film -- one that wouldn't make the grade. The plot involves a confused bayou legend about a deformed kid whose bloodthirsty...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Movies, Adam Green
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Freddy Kruger, the charmer
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (New Line). If there are any new shocks to be sustained on this two-disc special edition of the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984), it's in seeing callow, baby-faced Johnny Depp in his very first movie role. ("Noooo," you...Tags: Ted Danson, Justice System, Kathleen Turner, Mickey Rourke, Movies
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Classic frights and fights
Times Staff WriterThe American Cinematheque kicks off its annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror & Science Fiction tonight at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica with the granddaddy of classic martial arts flicks, 1973's "Enter the Dragon," which features Bruce Lee at the peak of...Tags: Henry James, Bruce Lee, William Friedkin, Celebrity, Film Festivals
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