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Bruce Campbell says Evil Dead remake is aiming for an R rating

Bruce Campbell has given an update on the forthcoming Evil Dead remake, confirming that the filmmakers are aiming for an R rating, and stressing that the fans are always at the forefront of his consideration. “We do care what the fans think,” says Campbell, in relation to the initial reaction …

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Alexa Vega stars in sexy new Machete Kills image

Machete Kills has released a brand new image online, featuring Alexa Vega wearing a startlingly revealing outfit and clutching a big old gun. Having previously appeared in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids franchise as one of the titular scamps, it’s something of a change of pace for Vega, who plays a …

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Hit So Hard review

Purportedly the story of drummer Patty Schemel’s (’90s alt-rockers Hole) rise and fall, but really an attempt to shoehorn in as much of her home-filmed Kurt Cobain footage as possible, P David Ebersole’s scrappy documentary is a mess of talking heads sharing half-remembered truths. What hits hardest is how, without …

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Skyfall scores record-breaking opening weekend

Bond is back with a bang, as Skyfall enjoyed a richly profitable weekend, with a couple of broken records thrown in for good measure. The film opened to the tune $32.4m in the UK this weekend, the second highest opening weekend in history behind Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows …

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Alps review

The Alps in question are a Greek quartet, comprising a nurse (Aggeliki Papoulia), a paramedic (Aris Servetalis), a gymnast (Ariane Labed) and her coach (Johnny Vekris), who provide a very unusual service: they impersonate the just-deceased – by wearing their clothes and speaking their words – to assist their relatives’ …

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Andy Serkis planning to direct Animal Farm

Andy Serkis is obsessed with the animal kingdom. Not happy playing all primates great and small in King Kong and Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes , his next move behind the camera will reportedly see him rework George Orwell’s barnyard epic, Animal Farm . “I think we found …

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Tyler Perrys Alex Cross will be getting a sequel

Whereas most filmmakers have to wait until the success of the first film can be measured by box office figures and critical reactions before securing a sequel, Tyler Perry seems to have bypassed all that by negotiating a follow-up to Alex Cross before the original has even been released. Alex …

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