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Stars: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Marshall Bell, Rigo Garay, Michael Buscemi, James Le Gros, Barbara Crampton | Written and Directed by Larry Fessenden

With his latest film, Blackout (not to be confused with The Blackout), Larry Fessenden finally gets around to tackling the werewolf mythos. He’s dealt with vampires in Habit, Frankenstein and his creation in Depraved, and even the Wendigo in the film of the same name. Now he ventures to Talbot Falls, I wonder where he got that name from, for a tale of lycanthropy, small town corruption and what it means to be human.

Blackout begins traditionally enough for a horror film with a couple having sex outdoors, running afoul of a large, hairy creature before introducing us to Charley. He’s an artist with a drinking problem, or at least that’s what he tells people is the cause of his monthly blackouts. Of course, he,...

The Who will rerelease their classic 1967 album The Who Sell Out as a giant reissue complete with studio outtakes, unreleased tracks, early takes, and Pete Townshend’s original demos for the LP.

The Super Deluxe edition of The Who Sell Out, due out April 23rd via UMe/Polydor, boasts 112 songs across five CDs and two 7-inch singles, including 46 unreleased tracks.

The Who Sell Out placed at Number 316 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. “The Who’s third record was their first concept album, a tribute to the U.

We have another busy week of home releases to look forward to, with an array of films that hit a bunch of different subgenres. For those who may have missed it in theaters earlier this year, you can now catch up with Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde this Tuesday, and if you missed seeing it online this fall, Amityville: The Awakening hits both Blu-ray and DVD as well.

For you cult cinema fans out there, I hope your wallets are ready for some serious damage, as there are a ton of great offerings coming home on November 14th, including the gorgeous limited edition Hellraiser Steelbook, The Paul Naschy Collection II, J.D.’s Revenge, and Arrow’s stunning Blu-ray set honoring one of horror’s true greats—George A. Romero—that features HD releases of Season of the Witch, There’s Always Vanilla, and The Crazies.

Other notable...

After giving horror fans a treat with their Blu-ray release earlier this year of The Paul Naschy Collection, Scream Factory continues to commemorate the influential Spanish director with The Paul Naschy Collection II, and we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.

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In 2016, Chance the Rapper secretly filmed a slasher film about an outlaw framed for the murders of several pizza boys, appropriately titled Slice. Last Halloween, the Mc teased the project on Twitter, and now, one year later, a second clip has arrived promising the film will be released in 2018.

The mostly animated clip doesn't reveal much about the movie, and instead cribs the aesthetic of the Internet game Line Rider, with a figure on a moped zipping across a landscape of line fragments while an eight-bit version of Edvard Grieg...

Rebecca Lea Sep 18, 2017

We take a look at the movie version of Stephen King's Needful Things, starring Ed Harris...

The film: A mysterious new shop called Needful Things opens in the town of Castle Rock, owned by the mysterious Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow). The residents discover that the antique shop provides them with exactly what they’re looking for, no matter how specific. The price to pay isn’t of the ordinary variety, however, and Gaunt invites his customers to commit pranks on their fellow townsfolk which steadily escalate in complexity and consequence. It soon attracts the attention of Sheriff Alan Pangborn (lately of The Dark Half and now in the form of Ed Harris).

See related The Croods 2 has been cancelled

See also: the BFI's Stephen King season continues this weeek.

A satire on greed culture, small town politics, and mob mentalities, Needful Things is one of...

The pomp and circumstance of Felix Mendelssohn’s “War March of the Priests,” as played on a grand pipe organ by a hooded figure seated in an opulent ballroom during the opening credits of The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), perfectly sets the tone and timbre of director Robert Fuest’s film, both with playful irreverence and an eloquently ominous aural shroud of dread. The events we’re about to see play out in the film will hardly be a righteous procession of missionary or military zeal, as Mendelssohn’s music was originally intended to evoke. Instead, as it rings and bellows forth from the ornate instrument in this eerie chamber, one which feels at once haunted and strangely festive, Mendelssohn’s fervor is immediately cast with the unmistakable sense of having been drawn forth from someplace much darker than one of heavenly inspiration.

The organ itself rises from the bowels of...

Projects participated in the Nordic festival’s works in progress event.

Ruben Ostlund got buyers and festival programmers hopping with excitement in Goteborg as he presented the first footage from his forthcoming fifth feature The Square during the festival’s work in progress pitches.

Ostlund screened about seven minutes from one scene of the new film, during which a controversial performance artist (played by Terry Notary) makes guests at a black-tie art gala very uncomfortable. “You know I love awkward situations,” the director said.

Goteborg’s audience of industry experts commented that they were impressed by the confidence of the unnerving scene, which showed Ostlund working on a bigger scale even than his last hit, Force Majeure.

At a festival session later for the public, Ostlund previewed a second clip from the film, in which a museum director (Claes Bang) delivers a self-centered video apology to a boy he had accused of being a thief.

Another high-profile...

A total of 18 work in progress projects will participate in this year’s Nordic Film Market.Scroll down for full line up

The works in progress titles set to take part in this year’s Nordic Film Market (Feb 2-5) at the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 27 – Feb 6) have been revealed.

Among them is Borg vs McEnroe, Jans Metz’s tennis biopic starring Shia Labeouf as John McEnroe and rising Swedish talent Sverrir Gudnason as his rival Bjorn Borg.

Sf International is handling international sales and has already tied up multiple deals including Curzon Artificial Eye for the UK and Nordisk Film for Scandinavia.

Also featuring as a work in progress is The Square, the latest feature from director Ruben Östlund, whose credits include Bafta-nominated avalanche comedy-drama Force Majeure.

The Swedish filmmaker’s English-language debut stars Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West in the story of an artist who installs an unusual exhibition in a public square. The Coproduction...

Shotguns, chainsaws, puppets, mechanical bulls, vomiting old ladies, intestines with teeth and more blood and viscera than you can shake a stick at, all set to "Hall of the Mountain King". Yes the teaser trailer has arrived for the second season of Starz's "Ash vs. Evil Dead". Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless return to kick the undead's ass when the returns to screens in October.

Exclusive: Maipo Film is now readying the third film in the animated Louis & Nolan franchise, Louis & Nolan: Mission To The Moon.

The film is now in production for release in 2018. Rasmus A Sivertsen again directs from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu. Cornelia Boysen and Synnove Horsdal produce, and the co-producers are Qvisten Animation and The Kari and Kjell Aukrust Foundation. The plot will see the titular hedgehog and magpie try to save the moon from commercialization. Sola Media will again handle sales.

The second film in the puppet animation trilogy, Louis & Nolan: The Big Cheese Race, is competing in the Generation Kplus section here after already becoming a box-office hit at home in Norway.

Maipo is also planning an April shoot for another family film, live action The Ash Lad: In The Hall Of The Mountain King. Horsdal told Screen that the project is based on classic Norwegian mythology and is “an action adventure with humour in it.” The...

Special Mention: The Most Dangerous Game

Directed by Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack

Written by James Creelman

USA, 1932

Genre: Survival Horror

The first of many official and unofficial screen versions of Richard Connell’s short story of the same name, The Most Dangerous Game was made in 1932, in the era known as “Pre-Code Hollywood,” a time when filmmakers were able to get away with sexual innuendo, illegal drug use, adultery, abortion, intense violence, homosexuality, and much more. It was during this time that a film like The Most Dangerous Game was allowed to be made and shown to the general public without fear of censorship. The film was put together by producer Willis O’Brien while in pre-production on King Kong, and features several of the same cast and crew members, as well as props and sets from Kong. Despite these obvious cost-cutting measures, Dangerous Game never feels like a second-rate production,...

Here we are at what is a surprisingly modern list. At the beginning of this, I didn’t expect to see so much cultural impact coming from films so recently made, but that’s the way it goes. The films that define the horror genre aren’t necessarily the scariest or the most expensive or even the best. The films that define the genre point to a movement – movies that changed the game and influenced all the films after it. Movies that transcend the horror genre. Movies that broke the mold and changed the way horror can be created.

10. El laberinto del fauno (2006)

English Language Title: Pan’s Labyrinth

Directed by: Gullermo del Toro

It’s more a dark fantasy film than a horror film, but it would be tough to make a list of 50 of those. Plus, it has enough graphic, nightmarish images to push it over the threshold.

I should preface this piece by saying that's it's written under (mild) duress. My editors asked me to choose a favorite Mad Men episode, and for a long time, I resisted because the series is so wide-ranging in its goals and operates in so many different modes. My short list might include season one's "Babylon," "Nixon vs. Kennedy," and "The Wheel"; season two's "Hall of the Mountain King" and "Meditations in an Emergency"; season three's "My Old Kentucky Home," "Shut the Door, Have a Seat," "The Grown-Ups" (officially the JFK episode), and "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (which works through the JFK assassination obliquely and symbolically); season four's "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword," "The Summer Man," and "The Suitcase" (a classic, obviously, yet not emblematic of the series from week to week); almost any episode from season five (the most cohesive and ambitious overall, as far as I'm concerned,...

The Norwegian Film Institute has announced a sizable $2.2m production award for upcoming troll movie The Ash Lad in the Hall of the Mountain King.

The $9m film, directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose (Ragnarok, Cold Prey 3), features in this year’s Berlinale co-production market and is being sold by TrustNordisk.

Made through Maipo Film As, it is scripted by Aleksander Kirkwood Brown and Espen Enger, and is produced by Synnøve Hørsdal and Åshild Ramborg.

The Ash Lad in the Hall of the Mountain King is a fantasy film based on Asbjørnsen and Moe’s classic fairy tales.

The action takes place in 19th century Norway. It centres on 17-year-old Espen Askeladd, the son of a poor farmer family, who embarks on a dangerous journey to save the princess of the kingdom, who has been kidnapped by The Mountain King, a fearsome troll believed to be invincible.

A second film, Carpenter Andersen Meets Santa Claus, based on [link...

The arrival of Gone Girl prompts Ivan to take a listen back to the impeccable soundtracks in David Fincher's earlier movies...

"I am officially in control of our story… Isn't that what every marriage is, anyway?"

That's Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) in Gone Girl. A dark satire on marriage, it's a film that recasts human relationships as a battle of control, perfection and perception. In other words, it's a natural fit for David Fincher - and his soundtrack is equally at home.

It perhaps seems harsh to call it Fincher's soundtrack, especially given that the score is composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, but it also feels apt. The director is renowned for his auteur-like attention to detail, recording take after take of even the shortest shot to get the desired result for the audience's eyes - and he's just as meticulous when it comes to the ears.

Simon Pegg tries to find the secret to happiness in his latest film. He chats to us about its making, British cinema and more...

Simon Pegg is back in cinemas this week, in Peter Chelsom's Hector And The Search For Happiness. Ahead of that, the man himself sat down with us for a chat, that led to us - genuinely - being locked in a hotel room together for a minute or two.

It was not helped by us holding a packet of Love Hearts at the time. It's probably best you don't ask.

Anyway, we kept our professional composure, and this is what happened...

Given what a globetrotting movie this one is, how are your passport stamps looking?

It's ridiculously stamped now!

Did you film any of it in Liam Neeson's fake plane from Non-Stop? That would have made it easier.

We were working out how long...

Here we are at what is a surprisingly modern list. At the beginning of this, I didn’t expect to see so much cultural impact coming from films so recently made, but that’s the way it goes. The films that define the horror genre aren’t necessarily the scariest or the most expensive or even the best. The films that define the genre point to a movement – movies that changed the game and influenced all the films after it. Movies that transcend the horror genre. Movies that broke the mold and changed the way horror can be created.

10. El laberinto del fauno (2006)

English Language Title: Pan’s Labyrinth

Directed by: Gullermo del Toro

It’s more a dark fantasy film than a horror film, but it would be tough to make a list of 50 of those. Plus, it has enough graphic, nightmarish images to push it over the threshold.

Considering they're the best-known cryptids in history, the humanoids known variously as Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, the Abominable Snowman and so forth don't get much respect in modern cinema. While thousands of hours of film and video have been dedicated to these elusive man-beasts, there's something about the big dude that makes it nearly impossible for filmmakers to take him seriously, or even tell a semi-competent story about him. It's certainly not for a lack of trying; there have been nearly a hundred Bigfoot and Yeti movies released since the '50s. Old-fashioned giant monster romps, found-footage and slasher entries, feel-good family dramas, romantic comedies... even porno flicks. So why are nearly all of them so damn goofy? Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy these insane interpretations; in fact, the crazier they get, the more I dig 'em. So to honor this dubious cinematic legacy, here are two dozen of...

Every year, we here at Sound On Sight celebrate the month of October with 31 Days of Horror; and every year, I update the list of my favourite horror films ever made. Last year, I released a list that included 150 picks. This year, I’ll be upgrading the list, making minor alterations, changing the rankings, adding new entries, and possibly removing a few titles. I’ve also decided to publish each post backwards this time for one reason: the new additions appear lower on my list, whereas my top 50 haven’t changed much, except for maybe in ranking. Enjoy!

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Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking dance routines and unique vocals have influenced generations of musicians, dancers, and entertainers. He was one of entertainment’s greatest icons, and like most gifted individuals, he was always pushing boundaries, reinventing himself, and testing his limits. One of his biggest accomplishments was Thriller, a 14-minute...

What can I say about the cannibal subgenre that stormed Euro cinema during the 70′s and 80′s? I love ‘em. I love ‘em when they’re good. I love them when they are not so good. I love them when they are an excuse to put naked women on the screen and cover them in Crayola paint (or reasonable knock off). There are very few that I dislike and most of the ones I dislike came about toward the end of the late 80′s as knock-offs of the best knock-offs that the subgenre ever produced. I’m looking at you Green Inferno (not the soon to be released Eli Roth homage picture either). Today we’re here to discuss Cannibal Terror, a Euro-Cine picture distributed by Severin Films and full of exploitation gold. Hope you brought your appetites because 1980x is going to the jungle, hungry, horny and ready to...

Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.

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Special Mention:

Shock Corridor

Directed by Samuel Fuller

Written by Samuel Fuller

1963, USA

Shock Corridor stars Peter Breck as Johnny Barrett, an ambitious reporter who wants to expose the killer at the local insane asylum. In order to solve the case, he must pretend to be insane so they have him committed. Once in the asylum, Barrett sets to work, interrogating the other patients and keeping a close eye on the staff.

Genre: Documentary | Reality | Horror

Air Date/Time: Sunday, October 28 at 8/7c

Network: Chiller

Summary: On Sunday, October 28 @ 8pm, Chiller presents its first-ever original documentary film, “The American Scream.”

From the same director/producer of the critically-acclaimed hit documentary “Best Worst Movie” (2009), “The American Scream” is an unconventional look at the Halloween cultural phenomenon of homemade haunted houses and the enthusiasts behind the scenes. Filmed in the sleepy enclave of Fairhaven, Ma, The American Scream follows the creative minds behind three local homemade haunts and their spirited, passionate and sometimes harrowing efforts in igniting their town’s Halloween spirit each year.

Prior to premiering on Chiller, “The American Scream” debuted as part of the Fantastic Fest, held September 20-27, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

“The American Scream” is produced by Michael and Lindsay Stephenson, Zack Carlson and Rod Olson for Magic Stone Productions and Meyer Shwarzstein of Brainstorm Media; Michael Stephenson directs.

Trailer:...

Just in time to capitalize on Olympic fever comes the rowing movie starring James Van Der Beek that you had no idea you wanted (or, most likely, that you also had no idea even existed). In Backwards, Van Der Beek (Der Beek? Beek? Mr. Beek? Da Beek?) plays second fiddle to relative newcomer Sarah Megan Thomas as Abi Brooks, a world-class rower who has worked her entire life to competing (and winning) in the Olympics. Yeah, that doesn’t work out so much – booted from her team, Abi ends up back at her old high school, coaching the crew team, and kicking it with her ex (Van Der Beek, cast as the head of athletics at their alma mater). If you can’t imagine some of the conflicts that will arise in Ben Hickernell‘s film, you’ve probably never watched a movie about sports stars trying to reinvent themselves before, and...

I was going to write a news story about this video. But I can’t do it justice. Just watch it, if you dare.

You may not want colleagues looking over your shoulder while you do though.

Grim but compelling, isn’t it?

It was created by Naked Communications Melbourne for men’s skin care range Oxy, which is managed by Mentholatum. Man sized problems indeed.

Horrific as it is, I bet it goes viral.

It takes in clips that already existed on YouTube. I’m never going to be able to listen to In The Hall Of the Mountain King again.

This is a great example of when great strategy does not demand a big budget solution.

As Naked’s Adam Ferrier puts it: “The idea came from the simple insight that guys like watching videos of guys squeezing big pimples. It speaks to our target much more authentically than the glossy,...

Trent Reznor's score for The Social Network won an Oscar. Will The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo bag him another? Dorian Lynskey meets him at his Beverly Hills home

Some time in the late 1990s, the music video director Mark Romanek approached his friend Trent Reznor to compose the score for his feature debut One Hour Photo, a thriller in which lab technician Robin Williams becomes obsessed with a suburban family. It was not the happiest time for Reznor, who was straining to complete the third Nine Inch Nails album and, he says, was about to "slip off a cliff of addiction". While things were still at the demo stage, he received an apologetic call from Romanek saying the studio was pressuring him to use a "real composer".

The physical evidence of how much has changed since those days is 34cm tall, gold-plated and stands on the mantelpiece of Reznor's house in Beverly Hills.

Geek Girl Navigating the World – The Trans-Siberian Orchestra Experience

I was recently surprised with tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra kick off this year’s tour by a couple of friends of mine. I’m not sure if they actually knew whether I liked the band or whether they just hoped I’d be cool with going to a concert when I went to go see them. Fortunately, it all worked out to everyone’s advantage, I think.

My first encounter with any of Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s music was when I was in college. I was riding home to visit my parents with a friend of the family and he had a CD with a whole mix of Christmas music on it. Since we were actually headed home for Christmas, I didn’t mind listening to them. One of the songs on the CD was “Revenge of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Ryan Lambie Jul 28, 2016

What do Bambi, The Dark Knight and Seven all have in common? Some powerful moments of off-screen violence...

Nb: The following contains spoilers for Seven (1995) and The Witch (2015)

The seminal moment in the history of cinema came at the turn of the 20th century, when the medium began to move away from the storytelling language of the theatre. Filmmakers like Edwin S Porter began to realise that the camera could do so much more than simply record what was in front of it; such techniques as close-ups and edits to different angles or locations could be used to create drama.

It’s these filmmaking techniques that the masters of cinema use to create suspense and feelings of dread. And while there’s nothing wrong with jabs of violence of gore in movies, it remains the case that anticipation or suggestion of a violent act is more effective than seeing the moment itself.

What do Bambi, The Dark Knight and Seven all have in common? Spectacular moments of off-screen violence, obviously. Here’s a list of a few other favourites…

Exploding heads are great, obviously. And there are some action and horror films that simply wouldn’t be the same without copious bloodletting, broken limbs and flying eyeballs. So while we’ve nothing against cinematic excess, it’s also the case that truly horrific violence can be implied rather than explicitly shown.

To this end, here’s a list of a few particularly noteworthy moments of implied nastiness in cinema. Needless to say, there are dozens upon dozens that we’ve failed to remember, so feel free to chip in with your own favourite moments of off-screen menace in the comments section.

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“Just you wait, the nasty man in black will come,” is the first line uttered in Fritz Lang’s unforgettably disturbing 1931 thriller,...

Meeting Rowan Atkinson, he is the first to admit he’s not the funniest person in the room. “I’m not a naturally funny man,” Atkinson told Movie Fanatic. “I tend to be quite serious.”

But one thing is for sure: Atkinson is hilarious once the cameras are rolling. The British comedic actor has been making audiences laugh hysterically for decades. He first came to America's attention for his portrayal of Mr. Bean. In his latest film, Johnny English Reborn, he is continuing the adventures of one of his other character creations, the James Bond parody spy of the title.

The James Bond-ish parody film Johnny English first appeared in 2003 to international box office success. In our interview with Atkinson, he talks about his bankability and how he feels it is largely due to his Mr. Bean character. See, Mr. Bean doesn’t say a word. It’s easy...

Depending on who you believe, time’s are either hard, or looking-up for the British gaming industry – while not too many of the biggest award winners at our own British Academy Video Games Awards actually came from our own fair Isles, aside from F1 2010, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Kinect Sports and Peter Molyneux. But really none of those awards really meant that much in the upper echelons of the gaming industry – the big shakers last year, and indeed this year are the sprawling Fps releases, fighting among themselves for the biggest sales purse come the end of the year.

And in amongst them, there will be will little British influence at all.

For the third largest games industry in the world to have such a small representation of the biggest selling games developed or published within its shores is a travesty, that is only compounded by the fact that...

By Zachary Swickey

Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock has been busy in the studio working on his group’s latest album – with Outkast’s Big Boi producing some tracks – but the enigmatic singer has just tacked another project on to his to-do list: scoring a film.

Brock has signed on to provide the audio accompaniment to a western comedy film (don’t see those very often) called Queens of Country. The movie is to be directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke – the same fellas who brought us Blood Into Wine, a wine documentary starring Tool’s Maynard James Keenan. Rather appropriate since the singer is set to appear in the film as the antagonist – a bigger role than the cameos he’s used to.

Meanwhile, the lead actors are Ron Livingston, Sex and the City’s Jack Berger and star of the cult classic Office Space, and Lizzy Caplan of my favorite canceled show,...

Patrick Ecclesine/Fox Cat Deeley, right, hosts with resident judges Nigel Lythgoe (center) and Mary Murphy on Season Eight of “So You Think You Can Dance.”

The Los Angeles auditions—a city that “never fails to deliver,” Cat Deeley says.

They take place at the Orpheum, and the judges are show creator Nigel Lythgoe, ballroom exper Mary Murphy, and Tyce Diorio, Broadway choreographer.

The rules are that dancers can be sent home, get a ticket for the next round in Vegas,...

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Exclusive: Pro wrestler Chris Jericho guest blogs about how a song saved 'Dancing With the Stars' classical-music night for him.

For the first time ever on 'Dancing With the Stars,' it was Classical Week, which meant that all the dances were performed in front of a 46-piece symphony orchestra.

When I first heard about the concept, I have to admit that I wasn't overly excited. I mean, I appreciate the Beethovens and Tchaikovskys of the world, but I didn't know how I was supposed to dance the passionate paso doble to a song that had no words or drums!

It was with great hesitation that I asked partner Cheryl Burke to play me the song to which we would be performing. But as the music unfolded, it was with great joy that I realized I knew the song and...

Kendra Wilkinson is struggling to stay in the competition on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ — but should we keep her around for entertainment value?

Compared to seasons past, I have to admit the Season 12 Dancing with the Stars cast is pretty coordinated. However, there Is a black sheep in the competition who’s just not pulling her weight and her name is Kendra Wilkinson. The reality starlet is consistently in the bottom of the score board and she’s starting to remind me an awful lot of Season 10′s Kate Gosselin and Season 11′s Bristol Palin. The only problem is she’s not nearly as entertaining as those two ladies — and that was the reason we kept them around!

To be fair, I don’t think Kendra is anywhere near as clunky of a dancer as Kate, or even Bristol. However, the personality we’ve loved so much on her reality...

In light of The Social Network's Oscar win for Best Original Score, here's Glen's appreciation of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' work...

There were many fantastic scores released in 2010, many of which weren't considered during awards season. But the fact that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the BAFTA, Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Score is quite an achievement.

Best original score is a suitable label for this contribution by Reznor and Ross, who have shied away from the conventional approach and worked within a system that they're both familiar with, having collaborated with each other a number of times in the past on other, non-movie-related projects.

For me, The Social Network had the most original and cohesive score of last year and the one that exceeded my expectations. I feel that Nigel Godrich attempted something for Scott Pilgrim Vs The World that had moments of interest,...

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are coming at you live on ABC for 3+ hours Sunday (Feb. 27) and Zap2it is here with you for every sparkly minute of the festivities.

Is it a foregone conclusion that the big prizes go to "The King's Speech," Colin Firth, Natalie Portman and David Fincher? We'd love to see an upset, but we aren't holding our breath.

The fun starts at 8:30 p.m. Et/5:30 p.m. Pt. All times Eastern.

8:08 p.m. - T-minus 22 minutes 'til Oscar time. Who has been your favorite red carpet lady? We think Natalie Portman, Jennifer Hudson, Mandy Moore and Hailee Steinfeld look gorgeous. We are more divided at the Zap2it offices on Cate Blanchett's purple gown.

8:16 p.m. - Film critic Ben Mankiewicz just said on the red carpet that Colin Firth is a lock to win Best Actor. Fine. But he...

Ten years ago, around the time that Fight Club was becoming one of those generational movie touchstones (this was not your father’s clockwork nihilism, or even your older brother’s), David Fincher’s ascent seemed more or less complete. An audacious and protean talent, with the requisite music-video background (“Express Yourself,” “Janie’s Got a Gun”) and a decade’s worth of feature film work behind him, he was steeped in the visual language of grunge — a kind of slickly orchestrated kitchen-sink MTV entropy. All of his movies, good or mediocre, were conceived as sensually overcharged experiences. From the start,...

Trent Reznor is one of the most innovative musical and technological personalities of the last 20 years. Recently he has been thrust into the Hollywood limelight for composing the score for 'The Social Network,' with writing partner Atticus Ross. Reznor is best known as the founder and primary member of Nine Inch Nails.

His music is one of keen subversion. His attempt to undermine the system by which he is necessarily bound is not uniquely sonic in nature; it reaches down to his very methods of music distribution. Reznor has frequently given his music away via the Internet free of charge and has gone so far as to plant Usb drives preloaded with unreleased Nin material in concert venue bathrooms for fans to stumble upon.

As the Oscars approach, Reznor took the time to reflect upon the process that has already won him a Golden Globe and has placed...

The Social Network (Blu-Ray)Sony Pictures Home ENTERTAINMENT2010/Rated PG-13/Running Time 120 MinsList Price $34.95 -- Available January 11, 2011With The Social Network director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin have fashioned an entertaining examination of youths thrust into great power with their somewhat fictionalized account of the rise of Facebook. Despite the fact that the film has been praised across the board by critics since its release last fall, calling the film a master-piece is more than a bit of a stretch in my opinion because that would mean the picture is perfect and it isn't even almost that. The Social Network is as flawed as its subjects and though it provides many answers, it only scratches the surface of the behind-the-scenes events surrounding the creation of a pop culture phenomenon. It's also just as ambitious as its main character Mark Zuckerberg and like the Facebook CEO, remains a cypher. Yet...

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. The Social Network Each year, there are always a select number of standout films that astound through their remarkable craftsmanship. More rare, meanwhile, are the films that achieve this while also providing prescient insight into our evolving culture. The Social Network is the latter. While film may not have seemed like the medium best suited to communicate how the internet has altered the world, the dynamite pairing of director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin transforms the topic into a fiercely entertaining, cinematically rich experience. Never before has the use of computers in film been so thrilling without needing to abandon total authenticity. And for all its rhythmically-charged dialogue sparring sessions set to Trent Reznor's electric score,...

 The Social Network

Extras include:

Commentary by Director David FincherCommentary by Writer Aaron Sorkin and Cast'How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?' - 90 min. documentaryJeff Cronenweth and David Fincher on the VisualsAngus Wall, Kirk Baxter, and Ren Klyce on PostTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and David Fincher on the ScoreIn the Hall of the Mountain King: Music ExplorationSwarmatron - Trent Reznor introduces viewers to one of the unique instruments that played a critical role in the film's soundtrackRuby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown Piranha

Extras include:

CommentaryDeleted Scenes with optional commentaryDon't Scream, Just Swim Behind-the-Scenes of Piranha 3D - 2 hour documentaryDeleted Storyboard Sequences Dances With Wolves Blu-ray

Extras include:

CommentariesMilitary Rank and Social Hierarchy GuideReal History or Movie Make-Believe?A Day in the Life on the Western FrontierThe Original 'Making of 'Dances With Wolves'The Creation of an Epic - A Retrospective Seven Part DocumentaryOriginal...

The Film:

It’s interesting that a film maker like David Fincher would make a film like The Social Network, considering his past films. You’ve seen and heard the ads promoting it with a high-praising quote calling it “the movie of the year that also so brilliantly defines the decade“, when actually it’s about the people that defined our lives over the last few years and not the film itself. But the film cannibalizes an earlier Fincher film as if he has forgotten this quote: “You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.” Mark Zuckerberg isn’t Charles Foster Kane and The Social Network isn’t Fight Club.

Technically, the film is a marvel. David Fincher is on top of his game, with some expertly handled camera movements and shots, with his typical moody cinematography, and a edgy score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. If there...

Hey gang! If you are a fan of David Fincher's latest film The Social Network, then we have another great contest for you to enter! I loved this film, and I'm pretty confident that it will take home the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

So, here's what we are giving away to (1) of our lucky readers. (1) DVD, (1) T-shirt, and (1) Movie Soundtrack.

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Fan us on Facebook and spread the word to your friends.

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As 2010 draws to a close and the year’s films are placed into Top Tens and Best Of lists, it’s always good to take an alternative perspective on a year in cinema.

To this end HeyUGuys presents for your edification our movie awards – The Truffles. We asked our writers to sift through the movie mayhem of the past twelve months and come up with the awards they would want to see handed out.

We will be posting Part 1 of The Truffles today and we’ll be saving Part 2 for next Monday, so check back then for more awards.

Drum roll…

Craig Skinner

Best ‘difficult second album’ of 2010: The Brothers Bloom

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Just in time for awards season, The Social Network, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, is coming to home video. The Aaron Sorkin penned film is yours to own when it releases on DVD and Blu-ray on January 11.

If you’re not familiar with the movie, it is inspired by the story of Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook. It’s racking up quite the buzz this time of year, already nabbing six Golden Globe nominations. You can expect that it will have some recognition at the Oscars as well.

Take a look at the included special features and box art.

Disc 1:

– Audio Commentary with David Fincher

– Audio Commentary with Writer Aaron Sorkin & The Cast

Disc 2:

– How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?: feature length documentary

– Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post

– Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just announced a January 11, 2011 release date for the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the Oscar front-runner The Social Network. As you can tell from my "Oscar Overture" section of the site, this film is getting tons of love from the critical community as the Los Angeles, New York, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco and Southeastern Critics groups have already named it the best film of 2010 along with the National Board of Review. It seems Sony is keen on getting the film in stores with the massive wave of buzz behind it instead of waiting to see if it takes home the Best Picture Oscar on February 27 and even before Oscar nominations are announced on January 25. Perhaps they're hoping the film will rack up enough nominations to send those that hadn't yet purchased it to the store to see what all the fuss is about. Either way,...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that David Fincher’s The Social Network will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 11 next year. The film was a box-0ffice hit, and got critical acclaim by most critics (and you can read Jon’s review here). The film even earned six Golden Glode nominations just recently.

Blu-ray has the list of special features:

Two audio commentaries: David Fincher Writer Aaron Sorkin and cast How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?: a feature-length documentary in four parts David Fincher and Jeff Cronenweth on the Visuals Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on the Score Ruby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown In the Hall of the Mountain King: Reznor’s First Draft Swarmatron

No cover art has been revealed just yet.

Last week we took a listen to some of the year’s better soundtracks, and this week we bring you our companion show on the year’s original scores, from the likes of Clint Mansell, Ar Rahman, Michael Giacchino, and plenty more. Sos composer-in-residence Matthew Bell joins us.

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Hans Zimmer – 528491

Daft Punk – Recognizer

John Murphy – Strobe

Michael Giacchino – First Date Jitters

Clint Mansell – A New Swan Queen

Trent Reznor and Atticus Finch – In the Hall of the Mountain King

Ar Rahman – Liberation in a Dream...

So far TooFab ’s given you a list of the hottest celeb-hosted Halloween parties across the country and the must-sip cocktails for your spooky bashes. Now, we’ve got the perfect tracks to accompany your freaky night. TooFab enlisted DJ Sam French ( right ) of the hot New York City nightclub Avenue , to create a party playlist. "I usually look at Halloween as a time to get a little-creepy-sexy-dirty," French tells TooFab, "And play some rock that makes people feel like they’re doing something bad!" So here’s the ultimate party playlist from DJ Sam French: 1. “A Nightmare On My Street” (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) 2. “The Ballroom Blitz” (Sweet) 3. “Thriller” (Michael Jackson) 4. “Dragula” (Rob Zombie) 5. “Sweet Transvestite” ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Soundtrack) 6. “Ghostbusters” (Ray Parker Jr.) 7. “Personal Jesus” (Depeche Mode) 8. “Cities In Dust” (Junkie Xl, featuring Lauren Rocket) 9. “Tear You Apart” (She Wants Revenge) 10. “Mother” (Danzig) 11. “In...