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The horror! The horror! It's out in force this week, with zombies, Satanists and Bermuda Triangle victims wading through the gore to your house. Equally horrific? The slew of rom-coms that hit this week. If we ever succumb to their onslaught, just shoot us in the head.
Zombieland
Jesse Eisenberg has lived in Adventureland and Zombieland, and we bet the amusement park world of Adventureland looks a lot better after surviving the zombie apocalypse. While we wait for Blimpland and Canastaland to come out, we'll have to enjoy him in the funniest zombie comedy since Shaun of the Dead! In addition to the celebrity cameo at the end, this DVD includes deleted scenes, making-of docs and a Woody Harrelson/Eisenberg commentary track.
House of the Devil
Writer-director Ti West may not have a lot of films under his belt (his biggest credit is Cabin Fever 2), but he's clearly seen a lot of films, and is trying to re-create the minimalist, slow-burn horror of the 1970s. Mostly, that means that there's no teaser death before the opening credits, and the kills aren't evenly spaced throughout the film to keep the audience happy. But there's still happiness to be had -- cult movie legend Tom Noonan (Manhunter, RoboCop 2) plays the owner of the creepy house who hires a housesitter for the night. Of course, he's only in two scenes, and in between we've got a good long stretch of a college girl freaking herself out in a scary old house, but it's worth the wait for his return. The best part? A VHS copy is available, to sit on your shelf in between your vintage copies of Rosemary's Baby and The Amityville Horror. When did VHS become ironically retro?
Triangle
Speaking of Amityville, TAH remake star Melissa George is in a new horror movie, one that starts off seemingly formulaic but turns into a bit of a mind-warp. When George's character goes out sailing with her friends and their boat capsizes in a storm, they get picked up by a cruise ship. But of course, since this is a horror movie, this is all happening in the Bermuda Triangle, and the cruise ship has been trapping and killing its victims for a long time.
Amelia
After the disappointing box-office showing by this Amelia Earhart biopic, we really have to wonder why anyone casts Hilary Swank in anything, for all she brings to a film. That said, she is physically the best person for the role. (Not that Amy Adams wasn't swell as Amelia in Night at the Museum 2.) We can only imagine the brevity of the discussion involving her casting. "Who can we get to play Amelia Earhart?" "I dunno, what does she look like?" "Short hair, kinda plain looks, wears men's clothes..." "How about Hilary Swank?" "Perfect! We'll make a mint!"
A Handful of Dust/Scoop: The Evelyn Waugh Collection
From the deceptively named male author of Brideshead Revisited come two British movies based on his more satirical works. One stars Kristen Scott Thomas as an unfaithful socialite and co-stars Anjelica Houston, Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Alec Guinness; the other follows a journalist into a boring African war zone, where the worst things he finds are Denholm Elliott and Donald Pleasance. Hail Britannia!
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
In the beginning, there was Ong Bak, and it was good. Then there was Ong Bak 2, and it was awesome. Martial artist Tony Jaa goes back in time to play a Thai prince who has to avenge the death of his parents after being trained from childhood by a town full of assassins. I guess it does take a village to raise a child... preferably a village full of assassins.
New York, I Love You
New York, New York. The town so nice they made ten movies about it, and nobody saw any of them.
Also out this week:
Love Happens You know what else happens? Hammers. Hammers happen.
Planet Hulk The comic-book saga is now an animated movie. Excitement levels may vary.
Adam
Asperger's Syndrome. Damages star Rose Byrne. Love story. You do the math.
More Than a Game
It's a documentary about a game. Sooo different.
Universal Soldier: Regeneration Jean-Claude Van Damme got my letter! And read it to Dolph Lundgren.
The Wolf Man: Special Edition Before Benicio Del Toro steals your heart next week, let Lon Chaney Jr. tear it from your chest.
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