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Reintroducing loyal fans to the tortured Carlton Leech (Ricci Harnett – The Rise And Fall Of A White Collar Hooligan, 28 Days Later), we pick up with our hero a shadow of his former self following the murder of three of his closest friends and fellow gang members. Fearing for his own life and self prescribing drugs on top of alcohol, Carlton must find the strength to fight in order to regain his place in the criminal underworld. That is until circumstances conspire to place him at the heart of what might just become his final job.

Rise Of The Footsoldier 2 sees the return of one of the most feared men in home entertainment history. Released in cinemas from 11th December and on demand, Blu-ray and DVD from December 26th courtesy of Signature Entertainment, the film also features legendary actor Steven Berkoff (Rambo, A Clockwork Orange) Luke Mably (28 Days Later,...

Kristen is set to star in a raunchy new movie with Hot British actor Jim Sturgess. Will Robert Pattinson be jealous?

Kristen Stewart is no stranger to raunchy roles — she’s even been naked on screen twice, in both On The Road and Welcome To The Rileys. So it’s no surprise that Kristen will be playing an outrageous new role of a fetishist in the film The Big Shoe, due for release in 2013. She will act alongside sexy British actor Jim Sturgess, and we all know how much Kristen likes posh English men! Should Robert Pattinson be worried?

Kristen Stewart Will Star In ‘The Big Shoe’

In the new film, Kristen, 22, will star with Jim, 31, and Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks. The film will be directed by Steven Shainberg.

HollywoodLife.com‘s sister website Deadline.com has all the juicy details about the movie:

Jim plays a gifted shoe...

In today's geek casting roundup we have some news about The Colony and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters. 

Deadline reports that Kevin Zegers has been cast in The Colony, and will star opposite Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton. Jeff Renfroe is directing the independent film, which he co-wrote with Patrick Tarr and Pascal Trottier.

The story follows "a small group of survivors in the aftermath of a future Ice Age who live underground fighting for their lives in a society that disintegrates into cannibalism and violence." Zegers just finished shooting the 12-part miniseries Titanic: Blood & Steel alongside Chris Noth, Derek Jacobi, and Neve Campbell. The actor has also appeared in Transamerica and 50 Dead Men Walking, in which he starred with Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess. 

THR reports that The Artist's Missi Pyle, Yvette Nicole Brown (Community), and Mary Birdsong will play the "three fates" in Fox 2000's sequel,...

The Terminator, Aliens, Near Dark, Frailty and Twister star Bill Paxton has been cast in The Colony directed by Jeff Renfroe, as reported by Deadline. Renfroe co-wrote The Colony with Patrick Tarr and Pascal Trottier. Paxton stars alongside previously announced Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Zegers in the feature "about a small group of survivors living in the aftermath of a future ice age who live underground fighting for their lives in a society that disintegrates into cannibalism and violence." Paul Barkin will produce. Zegers recently completed filming on the 12-part, $28 million British miniseries, Titanic: Blood & Steel, alongside Chris Noth, Derek Jacobi and Neve Campbell. His credits also include Transamerica and 50 Dead Men Walking, in which he starred along with Sir Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess. Zegers is represented by ICM.

The application of the death penalty in the sentencing of criminal cases has been an issue that continues to divide this country. A few months ago, at one of the many Gop presidential debates, the moderator noted the number of executions performed while Rick Perry was governor of Texas. This elicited gales of wild applause from the debate audience, while many pundits were shocked at the reaction. For his latest feature film documentary, director Werner Herzog traveled to that state to take a closer look at this divisive topic by focusing in on a horrific crime and the two young men who were brought to justice and met very different fates.

In the small, sleepy town of Conroe, Texas Michael Perry and Jason Burkett were found guilty in the death of Sandra Stotler, her teenage son, and his school pal. It seemed that Perry and Burkett shot the three for a few dollars,...

Susan Sarandon's casual remark about Pope Benedict XVI has caused an uproar with the Catholic League. During Newsday interview with fellow actor and filmmaker Bob Balaban in the Hamptons Saturday, Sarandon shared she sent Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Men Walking to the Pontiff. Sarandon referred to the current Pope as a "Nazi." "The last [pope]," she said, clarifying she sent the tome to Pope John Paul II. "Not this Nazi one we have now." "She's a despicable person to make these kinds of despicable remarks," Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights shared with E! News in response to Sarandon's smackdown of Pope Benedict XVI. "He deserted the Hitler Youth at the first...

New to Netflix Streaming On Thursday July 7th:The Tourist (PG13 | 2010)

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The Netflix Api is spitting this one out but we can’t verify it and it seems like this is a casualty of the Sony/Starz contract dispute that pulled a bunch of movies of Netflix Instant Watch. Check back Thursday to see if it’s available.

Directed By: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Starring: Johnny Depp •� Angelina Jolie •� Paul Bettany •� Timothy Dalton

Genres: Drama •� Paranoid Thriller •� Thriller

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Four Rooms (R | 1995)

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Directed By: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez

Starring: Tim Roth •� Jennifer Beals •� Quentin Tarantino •� Paul Calderon •� Sammi Davis

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New to Netflix Streaming On Friday July 8th:The Winning Season (PG13 | 2009)

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Phase 4 Films has purchased the North American rights to the dark comedy Lucky directed by Gil Cates Jr. The film is set to have it's world premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival this week, will receive a theatrical and VOD release this summer.The film stars Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Jeffrey Tambor and Ann-Margret. Kent Sublette wrote the screenplay that tells the story of "a young man who wins the lottery and pursues his dream girl while trying to hide his ambitions as a serial killer." Cates Jr. and Caitlin Murney produced through their Ten/Four Pictures.

Here is what Phase 4 president and CEO Berry Meyerowitz.said in a statement:

“Lucky is thrilling, disturbing, and hilarious all at the same time. It is one of the most original films I have seen in a while, and we are excited to bring the picture to audiences across the U.

The more things change in Hollywood, the more they stay the same. So Sarah Michelle Gellar has left CAA and returned to ICM and Eddy Yablans. When ICM last repped her, she starred in the iconic Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series, and feature films including Cruel Intentions and The Grudge. She's still managed by Joanne Colonna at Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Leaving CAA to go back to ICM agent Brian Bunnin is Kevin Zegers, who had a breakout performance in Transamerica and whose other credits include 50 Dead Men Walking, The Perfect Age Of Rock 'N Roll, The Jane Austen Book Club, Normal, and The Narrows. He's still managed by Jason Weinberg and Justin Grey Stone at Untitled.

Time now for an introduction: Carly Steel is the newest addition to the Movieline family. A veteran of E! and TV Guide network, Carly will be Movieline's on-camera correspondent at Hollywood awards shows, premieres, parties and anything else you can slap a red carpet in front of. Last night, she attended the Angeleno magazine Pre-Oscar party, where she chatted with British actress Nathalie Press -- nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for her work in 50 Dead Men Walking-- as well as costar Rose McGowan, who offered some awards night tips, spoke of her own paralyzing red carpet fright, and admitted to a bad habit of breaking into architecturally significant homes.

Even though Christmas has passed and we’re into the new year, there’s always time for new DVD releases. This week’s releases include , and the second Dawn of the Dead, End of Days, The Green Berets and 10 Things I Hate About You. Of these releases, we are all pretty excited about The Last Starfighter (pictured above).

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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 ~ Bonnie Hunt, Shawn Levy (Blu-ray)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ~ Anna Faris (DVD and Blu-ray)

Dawn of the Dead (2004) ~ Sarah Polley (Blu-ray)

Dogtown and Z-Boys ~ Sean Penn, Jay Adams (Blu-ray)

End of Days (2pc) ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger (Blu-ray)

The Final Destination ~ Bobby Campo, Mykelti Williamson (Blu-ray and DVD)

The Green Berets ~ John Wayne (Blu-ray)

Last Starfighter ~ Lance Guest (Blu-ray)

10 Things I Hate About You ~ Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Julia Stiles (Blu-ray)

50 Dead Men Walking ~ Jim Sturgess, Sir Ben Kingsley,...

Not a lot of exciting releases this week on DVD, but I'm sure some people will be interested in checking out a couple of last year's biggest 3-D movies, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and The Final Destination. Also, if you need to catch up before the next season starts on HBO, Big Love: The Complete Third Season is out today, and on Blu-ray, you've got Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 plus a couple of Stacy Peralta documentaries. I don't want to tell you how to spend your money, but you might want to wait for next week instead. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) The Final Destination [3] (+ Blu-ray [4]) Trucker [5] 50 Dead Men Walking [6] (+ Blu-ray [7]) Lorna's Silence [8] The Ministers [9] (+ Blu-ray [10]) 3 Ways To Get a Husband [11] The Hip Hop Project [12] 10 Things I Hate About You: 10th Anniversary Edition [13] (+ Blu-ray [14]) Big Love: Season 3 [15] Chuck: The Complete Second Season [16] (+ Blu-ray [17]) Iron Man...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

The latest in crazy adventure movies, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs offers a world where weather becomes food, where snowball fights morph into ice cream battles. In his review, Todd Gilchrist wrote: "co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have adapted Ron and Judi Barrett's kids book into a true larger-than-life tale, creating a world that scarcely resembles anything that could or would happen, and manages to be all the more exciting because of it." Buy it on Blu-ray or DVD.

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The Final Destination

In this formulaic fourth installment, once again: a premonition helps save a group of people, only for them to then die one by one in grotesque ways. Except this time, it's in 3D. In his review, Eric Snider wrote: "You might just as well stay home and watch one of the other three,...

Toronto -- Canadian Kari Skogland has signed on to direct the Miracle Pictures' drama "Prisoner of Tehran," about a 16-year-old Christian girl forced in 1982 to convert to Islam and marry a prison guard who rescued her from an Iranian firing squad.

The Canadian indie pic is based on the 2007 best-selling memoir "Prisoner of Tehran" by Marina Nemat, whose imprisonment in Tehran's infamous Evin prison and forced marriage eventually ended when her husband was assassinated by a rival faction and his family secured her release.

After a forbidden marriage in a Catholic church to her teenage sweetheart, Nemat fled to Canada in 1991, where she now lives.

Miracle Pictures producer Paul Brown expects Nemat's harrowing tale of abuse and torture after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution to resonate with movie-going audiences as repression of that country's political opposition continues to grow and western powers attempt to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Skogland is...

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs I just reviewed the Blu-ray edition (read that here) and was unfortunately unimpressed. At 81 minutes I expected a brisk and entertaining film, but what I got was a film that runs about 20 minutes too long and seemed to get worse and worse as the remaining minutes ticked away. The Final Destination I can't bring myself to watch what I truly hope is the final installment in this frachise again. I was extremely disappointed in this film after my interest was piqued at Comic Con last year. Oh well, can't win 'em all. Trucker Now here's a film that isn't all that bad, but I would only recommend it as a rental at this point. You can read my review for a complete breakdown, but in short it's a well-acted film that falls apart...

I was amazed by the transformation of Kevin Zegers from teen idol to serious actor. Two feature films should be credited for this amazing transition - Fifty Dead Men Walking and The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll. While Fifty Dead Men gave us a glimpse into Kevin's serious side as an actor, Perfect Age gave us his most important acting vehicle to date.

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- - - In The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll, the story centers on a rock star (Zegers) who retreats to his Long Island hometown after his sophomore album flops. Cinematical was quite skeptical about the casting:

Just what would you expect from a white, cutie student from The Jane Austen Book Club (or the dysfunctional son from Transamerica) and Spike Lee? Believe it or not, Lee is executive producing a new indie film called The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll,...

I was amazed by the transformation of Kevin Zegers from teen idol to serious actor. Two feature films should be credited for this amazing transition - Fifty Dead Men Walking and The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll. While Fifty Dead Men gave us a glimpse into Kevin's serious side as an actor, Perfect Age gave us his most important acting vehicle to date.

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- - - In The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll, the story centers on a rock star (Zegers) who retreats to his Long Island hometown after his sophomore album flops. Cinematical was quite skeptical about the casting:

Just what would you expect from a white, cutie student from The Jane Austen Book Club (or the dysfunctional son from Transamerica) and Spike Lee? Believe it or not, Lee is executive producing a new indie film called The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll,...

I was amazed by the transformation of Kevin Zegers from teen idol to serious actor. Two feature films should be credited for this amazing transition - Fifty Dead Men Walking and The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll. While Fifty Dead Men gave us a glimpse into Kevin's serious side as an actor, Perfect Age gave us his most important acting vehicle to date.

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- - - In The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll, the story centers on a rock star (Zegers) who retreats to his Long Island hometown after his sophomore album flops. Cinematical was quite skeptical about the casting:

Just what would you expect from a white, cutie student from The Jane Austen Book Club (or the dysfunctional son from Transamerica) and Spike Lee? Believe it or not, Lee is executive producing a new indie film called The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll,...

I was amazed by the transformation of Kevin Zegers from teen idol to serious actor. Two feature films should be credited for this amazing transition - Fifty Dead Men Walking and The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll. While Fifty Dead Men gave us a glimpse into Kevin's serious side as an actor, Perfect Age gave us his most important acting vehicle to date.

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- - - In The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll, the story centers on a rock star (Zegers) who retreats to his Long Island hometown after his sophomore album flops. Cinematical was quite skeptical about the casting:

Just what would you expect from a white, cutie student from The Jane Austen Book Club (or the dysfunctional son from Transamerica) and Spike Lee? Believe it or not, Lee is executive producing a new indie film called The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll,...

I was amazed by the transformation of Kevin Zegers from teen idol to serious actor. Two feature films should be credited for this amazing transition - Fifty Dead Men Walking and The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll. While Fifty Dead Men gave us a glimpse into Kevin's serious side as an actor, Perfect Age gave us his most important acting vehicle to date.

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- - - In The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll, the story centers on a rock star (Zegers) who retreats to his Long Island hometown after his sophomore album flops. Cinematical was quite skeptical about the casting:

Just what would you expect from a white, cutie student from The Jane Austen Book Club (or the dysfunctional son from Transamerica) and Spike Lee? Believe it or not, Lee is executive producing a new indie film called The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll,...

According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Gossip Girl" has hired Kevin Zegers who will be a new love interest for Taylor Momsen's character, little Jenny Humphrey. Kevin will play a character named Damien,and will be Jenny's international love interest for multiple episodes. He will also be a bad boy. What's interesting is that Kevin Zegers is 25 years old in real life,while Taylor is only 16. So I'm wondering how awkward that will be. Hmmm. Nevertheless, Taylor Momsen's Jenny Humphrey character will get more onscreen time,coming up here,pretty soon. Kevin Zegers past acting credits include roles in "TransAmerica," "The Jane Austen Book Club," "50 Dead Men Walking," and "The Narrows."...

By the Hollywood Reporter

Jenny's life is about to get a lot more complicated.

Kevin Zegers has joined the cast of "Gossip Girl" for a multi-episode arc.

He will play Damien, an international bad-boy love interest to Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen).

Zegers, who starred opposite Felicity Huffman in "TransAmerica," was recently seen in "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Narrows."

Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.

Jenny's life is about to get a lot more complicated.

Kevin Zegers has joined the cast of "Gossip Girl" for a multi-episode arc.

He will play Damien, an international bad-boy love interest to Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen).

Zegers, who starred opposite Felicity Huffman in "TransAmerica," was recently seen in "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Narrows."

He will soon begin production on "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde."

Zegers is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.

In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the merits of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, reflect on the Avatar trailer/hype, try to figure out what a new director means for the Bioshock film, and lament the financial state of the entertainment industry. Special guest director Nicholas Jasenovec joins us for this episode. Nick's film, Paper Heart, starring Charlyne Yi, is out in theaters now. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us next Monday at 10 Pm Est / 7 Pm Pst at Slashfilm's live page for our next broadcast. Download or Play Now in your Browser: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/slashfilmcast/Slashfilmcastep64.mp3] Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Shownotes Introduction (00:40) Nicholas Jasenovec, Director of Paper Heart What Have We Watched David Chen (02:23): 50 Dead Men Walking Nick (08:20): Ponyo, Planes Trains and Automobiles Devindra (10:02): Mad Men...

Chicago – Although the name Jim Sturgess might not be recognized, his work in ‘Across the Universe’ and ‘21’ has certainly made him identifiable. He is in a newly released film about the Irish Republican Army, “Fifty Dead Man Walking.”

Rating: 3.5/5.0 Sturgess plays real-life Martin McGartland, a stalwart soldier for the Ira in 1980s Belfast who decides to become an informant for Britain’s Special Branch, who were trying to infiltrate the Ira to quell some of the violence in Northern Ireland.

At first lured by money, McGartland becomes more aware of the lives he is saving (thus the title). With help from his contact, Fergus (Ben Kingsley), the conflicted McGartland tries desperately to do the right thing for himself and his family.

Jim Sturgess as Martin McGartland in ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking’

Photo credit: Phase 4 Films HollywoodChicago.com interviewed lead actor Jim Sturgess. In his spirited perspective, he talks about the...

Jim Sturgess broke out in a big way in 2007's Across the Universe and solidified his status as an actor to watch with the entertaining (if flawed) 21.  You'll be able to see him again soon in the British thriller 50 Dead Men Walking, which premiered in the U.K. last April but opens in limited release in the U.S. this weekend. The plot sounds pretty fantastic: in the late 1980s, a troublemaker from Belfast, Northern Ireland is arrested and subsequently recruited by the British Police to spy on the Ira.  Ben Kingsley co-stars as Sturgess's handler.  It's based on a true ...

As the bloody sectarian horror show of Northern Ireland in the 20th century has tapered off in the headlines, so has much of its currency in the movies. A few Irish Republican Army gems peek out from time to time (recent Cannes award-winners The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Hunger come to mind), but on the whole, the subject has become almost as quaint as the townships where so many of its earlier films unfolded. Which makes 50 Dead Men Walking both the last of a dying breed and a rejuvenating marvel of sorts: Quintessential Ira grit and exploitation cinema balled up in one fierce package.

Alistair Little was 16 years old in Northern Ireland in 1975. Tensions between Unionist and Nationalists were at boiling point, not only in Belfast but also in many violently segregated small towns. Riots erupted every week in the street and petrol bombs caused the deaths of fathers, sons and brothers.

When Little, a Protestant, learned that Jim Griffin, a Catholic, had been stoking trouble, something, he believed, had to be done. He could no longer sit around and passively wait for matters to improve. With a group of friends, Alistair hotwired a stolen car, donned a ski mask and drove to 37 Hill Street, Griffin’s home. Through the living room window, he shot 19-year-old James Griffin. As he turned to leave, he locked eyes with a boy playing with a soccer ball on the pavement outside. He spared the boy's life.

The boy was Jim Griffin’s brother, Joe. The strain of...

I still contend that Jim Sturgess is gonna be a huge star -- he was amazing in Across the Universe -- but maybe not for this movie. Not that the movie may not be fine; I just don’t see a story about an Irish man who goes to work for British intelligence in Belfast in 1980 can really be a rousing hit with mainstream audiences on either side of the Atlantic... or on either side of the Irish Sea, for that matter. 50 Dead Men Walking played theatrically in the U.K. this past spring and will be available on DVD in Region 2 on September 7; opens in the U.S. on August 21.

Zombies? nope… ‘50 Dead Men Walking‘ is an independent film which has been doing the festival circuit since 2008, it was finally picked up and released in theaters this week.

Starring Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess, the film won the top award at the 2008 Vancouver Film Festival. Its a CIA/Ira spy thriller sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Check out the trailer from the movie and keep reading if you want to see more interviews and clips!

In the 1980s when the Irish civil conflict was at its most treacherous, 22 year old Martin McGartland was recruited by the British police to infiltrate and spy on the Ira. He lived his life under constant threat of exposure and subsequent guaranteed torture and death yet he continued because his information saved many lives. He enjoyed the buzz until one day he was discovered and had to escape against all odds.

Jay Russell is attached to direct the fantasy comedy "Duncan" for Ben Kingsley's Sbk Pictures.

Written by Barton Randall, "Duncan" tells the story of a grown woman reconnecting with a stuffed animal from her childhood. Kingsley, who is producing, will provide the voice of the toy.

Kingsley's Sbk partners Simone Sheffield and Valerie Hoffman also are producing.

Sbk has a number of projects in the works, including the period drama "Will," which Charles Wood is adapting from the Christopher Rush novel; "Whispers Like Thunder," about the 65-year legal battle between three Native American sisters and the U.S. government over sacred burial ground; and "Quixote," about the author Miguel Cervantes, with a screenplay by Rusty Lemorande.

Sbk most recently produced "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Wackness."

Russell directed "Ladder 49," "Tuck Everlasting," "My Dog Skip" and, most recently, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep." He is repped...

It has been fourteen years since writer-director Philip Ridley last made a film. Fourteen very long years. It’s not that he hasn’t been busy in the intervening time, it’s just that he’s been doing his work in live theater but as rewarding as that may be it is no help at all for fans of his work, such as myself, with the misfortune of having an ocean between ourselves and the theaters where these works are actually performed.

Ridley first burst into the public eye in 1990 with arty horror film The Reflecting Skin - which he wrote and directed - and gangster thriller The Krays - which he wrote - films he would follow up with the very Lynchian tale of religious hysteria, The Passion of Darkly Noon, in 1995. But since then? One piece of writing appearing on television and absolutely nothing else, a situation that...

Jim Sturgess was so amazing in Fifty Dead Men Walking, I would watch any film that include Sturgess in the cast without having to bother with what the movie is all about. The guy is not only a talented actor, he is also an awesome singer.

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Jso - JimSturgessOnline just posted several articles that put the spotlight on Sturgess' next most important film - Heartless, and I quote:

Just announced, Heartless, starring Jim Sturgess, will make it’s world premiere atLondon’s annual Frightfest which takes placefrom August 27 - 31 at Empire Auditorium. The horror film festival has a Heartless webpagewith all the details, as well as a description and some additional images from the film.

And there’s more. For the first time ever in FrightFest’s history, we will be hosting a live music gig. Jim Sturgess, the headliner of Philip Ridley’s astonishing Heartless,...

Jim Sturgess was so amazing in Fifty Dead Men Walking, I would watch any film that include Sturgess in the cast without having to bother with what the movie is all about. The guy is not only a talented actor, he is also an awesome singer.

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Jso - JimSturgessOnline just posted several articles that put the spotlight on Sturgess' next most important film - Heartless, and I quote:

Just announced, Heartless, starring Jim Sturgess, will make it’s world premiere atLondon’s annual Frightfest which takes placefrom August 27 - 31 at Empire Auditorium. The horror film festival has a Heartless webpagewith all the details, as well as a description and some additional images from the film.

And there’s more. For the first time ever in FrightFest’s history, we will be hosting a live music gig. Jim Sturgess, the headliner of Philip Ridley’s astonishing Heartless,...

Jim Sturgess was so amazing in Fifty Dead Men Walking, I would watch any film that include Sturgess in the cast without having to bother with what the movie is all about. The guy is not only a talented actor, he is also an awesome singer.

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Jso - JimSturgessOnline just posted several articles that put the spotlight on Sturgess' next most important film - Heartless, and I quote:

Just announced, Heartless, starring Jim Sturgess, will make it’s world premiere atLondon’s annual Frightfest which takes placefrom August 27 - 31 at Empire Auditorium. The horror film festival has a Heartless webpagewith all the details, as well as a description and some additional images from the film.

And there’s more. For the first time ever in FrightFest’s history, we will be hosting a live music gig. Jim Sturgess, the headliner of Philip Ridley’s astonishing Heartless,...

Time to close out one week, and open the books for a fresh one. The battle for horror supremacy rages on and Fangoria continues to fight the undead army, leaving yet another pile of mangled flesh in the smoldering wreckage behind us.

Let's take a look back at the past seven days worth of Fangoria news, features, reviews, blogs and more.

Fangoria Entertainment Updates & Weekend Of Horrors Aftermath:

Fangoria Radio creates Urban Pop Culture Video: Woh NYC ’09: H.G. Lewis - The Panel Woh NYC ’09: Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan speak! Woh NYC ’09: Dario Argento Comes to New York (with Video!) Woh NYC '09 Video: The Trick 'R Treat Panel! Woh NYC '09 Video: David Hess & Fred Lincoln (Nsfw) Woh NYC '09 Video: Warrington Gillette - Friday The 13th Part 2 Woh NYC '09 Video: Kane Hodder from Friday The 13th Woh NYC '09 Video: Judah Friedlander...

Catchy beats and guitars with barbed-hook riffs are what makes Zombie Rock acts so terrifyingly fun.  Germany already holds itself as a European haven for some of the most fun and interesting Psychobilly acts the world has to offer, and Fast Foot takes an interesting twist in the Psychobilly zombie crawl. Formed in 1997, the act has taken the German punk scene with a new take on an old style.   Less centered on upright bass and ghoulish motifs than other acts, they take a more direct punk rock approach.  Still a very Psychobilly sound, the band refers to itself as Punk & Roll.  The result is a very stripped, but nonetheless creepy sound that will have rotting corpses stomping.

Their latest release Dead Men Walking is a fun and randy listen as the band heats up the campy lyrics with fun trucker and redneck hooks.  The title track is a zombie walk...

Here’s a nice way to start the week – watch a clip from crime thriller 50 Dead Men Walking, coming to cinemas April 10. Based on the autobiography of undercover agent Martin McGartland, it looks to be a nice alternative to the traditional British fare of romcoms, London gangster tales and films shot in Bath. Take a look below, and check out the trailer here. Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. .

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Here’s the trailer for the British film “Fifty Dead Men Walking” from Kari Skogland (”Riverworld”, “Chicks with Sticks”), starring Jim Sturgess as a British intelligence mole in 1980s Northern Ireland, and Ben Kingsley as his government handler. Rose McGowan is also in there somewhere, although I don’t think I saw her in the trailer. The film is based on the biography of Martin McGartland, which means it’s a true story. Inspired by Martin McGartlands incredible autobiography, Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Kari Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland in the late eighties. Over the course of four years, until his betrayal and subsequent discovery, it was estimated that McGartland was responsible for saving the lives of up to fifty men. Starring Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press, Rose McGowan, Tom Collins,...

Academy? Award-winners Geoffrey Rush (Shine) as King Berenger and Susan Sarandon (Dead Men Walking) as Queen Marguerite will star in Eugene Ionesco's Exit The King on Broadway. This production marks Rush's Broadway debut. Translated by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush and directed by Neil Armfield, Exit The King will begin performances Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) and open on Thursday, March 26, 2009. This limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only, through Sunday, June 14, 2009.

The programme for the 9th Jameson Belfast Film Festival, which runs from 26th March until 4th April 2009, has been unveiled. Northern Irish shot films to screen will include Kari Skogland's '50 Dead Men Walking', Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barro's 'Cherrybomb', the post apocalyptic 'Ditching' and Carol Moore's 'Pumpgirl'. The programme was launched last week in Belfast by Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Gregory Campbell and the Lord Mayor of Belfast Councillor Tom Hartley who described the event as "a cornerstone event in the city's annual arts calendar". Over 130 film screenings from over 30 countries mix in with various special events. The Irish Premiere of 'Little Ashes', a film which chronicles the life of a young Salvador Dali, will open the Festival at Movie House Dublin Road on 26th March.

Academy? Award-winners Geoffrey Rush (Shine) as King Berenger and Susan Sarandon (Dead Men Walking) as Queen Marguerite will star in Eugene Ionesco's Exit The King on Broadway. This production marks Rush's Broadway debut. Translated by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush and directed by Neil Armfield, Exit The King will begin performances Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) and open on Thursday, March 26, 2009. This limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only, through Sunday, June 14, 2009.

Kari Skogland’s 50 Dead Men Walking is a film we’ve been keeping an eye on in these parts for a good while now. For one thing it’s a Canadian co-production that actually looks primed to hit theaters, which is a rarity in itself and gets the patriotic juices flowing. For another, it’s based on the life of actual Ira informant Martin McGartland, which makes for some potent source material. And it’s also got a cast that just won’t quit, with Ben Kingsley turning in one of his better recent performances and young Jim Sturgess - who gave a great performance in the not-great blackjack drama 21 - in the lead as McGartland.

But despite being on the lookout and te film playing to much love at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, there’s been virtually nothing online to share until now. The fine lads at the...

You might think that this is a far-down-the-line sequel to Tim Robbins' Dead Man Walking and that you've missed the last 48, but not so. 50 Dead Men Walking is a Donnie Brasco-esque drama about an Ira informant - and we've got the trailer right here.The film stars Jim Sturgess (21, Across the Universe) as Martin McGartland, a real-life Ira informant who saved 50 lives by informing on the paramilitary organisation. Ben Kingsley plays his contact and handler, with support from Nathalie Press and Rose McGowan.The film's due out here on April 10, and word of mouth in the Empire office is already pretty strong.

Tickets go on sale this Sunday, January 25 for the upcoming Broadway production of Eugene Ionesco's classic comedy Exit The King starring Academy Award-winners Geoffrey Rush (Shine) and Susan Sarandon (Dead Men Walking), and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Lauren Ambrose (Awake and Sing!, "Six Feet Under") and Tony? Award- winner Andrea Martin (My Favorite Year, Young Frankenstein). With a new translation by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush and directed by Neil Armfield, Exit The King will begin performances Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) and open on Thursday, March 26, 2009. This limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only, through Sunday, June 14, 2009. Exit The King is a hilarious and poignant comedy about a megalomaniacal ruler, King Berenger (Rush) whose incompetence has left his country in near ruin. Despite the efforts of Queen Marguerite (Sarandon) and the other members of the court to convince the King he has only 90 minutes left to live,...

Tickets go on sale this Sunday, January 25 for the upcoming Broadway production of Eugene Ionesco's classic comedy Exit The King starring Academy Award-winners Geoffrey Rush (Shine) and Susan Sarandon (Dead Men Walking), and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Lauren Ambrose (Awake and Sing!, "Six Feet Under") and Tony? Award- winner Andrea Martin (My Favorite Year, Young Frankenstein). With a new translation by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush and directed by Neil Armfield, Exit The King will begin performances Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) and open on Thursday, March 26, 2009. This limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only, through Sunday, June 14, 2009. Exit The King is a hilarious and poignant comedy about a megalomaniacal ruler, King Berenger (Rush) whose incompetence has left his country in near ruin. Despite the efforts of Queen Marguerite (Sarandon) and the other members of the court to convince the King he has only 90 minutes left to live,...

Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan are now on The Way Back with Peter Weir, in a true-life story of soldiers who fought to escape a Gulag (that's Soviet labour camp to all non-Russian speakers) in Siberia.Set in 1942, the script is based on the memoirs of Slavomir Rawicz, and was written by Weir, who hasn't been seen on our screens since he directed Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World.Farrell - who is up for a Golden Globe on Sunday for his performance in In Bruges, and recently stepped in for the late Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus- is set to play a tattooed Russian hard man prisoner. Harris - who is fresh from directing and starring in Apaloosa- will stick to what he knows in playing an American; and the ubiquitous Sturgess (21 - and later this year in 50 Dead Men Walking...

Rose McGowan is in hot water with her producers of the new film Fifty Dead Men Walking. While the film was making the rounds in Toronto last week, McGowan told reporters that she would have joined the Irish Republican Army if she had been in Belfast at that time. Rose added that she understands why many in Northern Ireland resorted to violence during their conflict with England.

Fifty Dead Men Walking depicts Martin McGartland's infiltration into the IRA in the late 1980s and also his torture at the hands of the group once his cover was blown. Because these things run deep, McGartland is still in hiding, having escaped from IRA capture in 1991. He was later shot multiple times, allegedly by the IRA, in 1999, before being relocated again.

So you could see why producers of a film that calls itself "an even, nonjudgmental" account of those events might feel...