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Keanu Reeves is attached to star in the next adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale about a doctor who scientifically develops an evil self. Jekyll joins the long list of adaptations of the classic story. 

The storyline is being kept under wraps.  Justin Haythe, writer of Revolutionary Road, is penning the script and Nicolas Winding Refn is in negotiations to direct the film.

May 7th, 2009 in Classic, Fantasy, Film Clips

The quality of the clip is not the greatest, yet you get to see more of the storyline for Disney’s Princess and the Frog.

May 1st, 2009 in Classic, DVD, Fun/Entertainment, GiveAways, TV

On behalf of Lionsgate, Screenhead is pleased to announce the release of two “Best of” DVDs from the critically acclaimed comedy series, WILL & GRACE! Will & Grace: Best of Love & Marriage and Will & Grace: Best of Friends & Foes will be available on DVD May 5th

Winner of 16 Emmy awards including Outstanding Comedy, “Will & Grace” has earned its place as one of the most adored sitcoms of all time, and now loving fans will be able to rekindle the magic with two new collectors’ additions – Will & Grace: Best of Love & Marriage and Will & Grace: Best of Friends & Foes. Each 2-disc DVD set features 16 favorite episodes packed with non-stop laughs! 

Remember Rosario’s green card incident? And when Grace and Leo first met? The Will & Grace: Best of Love & Marriage collection captures those priceless moments and highlights other incredibly memorable relationship mishaps and make-ups from the series. Will & Grace: Best of Friends & Foes features favorite celebrity cameos by Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Bacon, Glenn Close, Britney Spears, Matt Damon, Madonna and more. The fabulous sets also include hysterical themed featurettes and special audio commentaries with the cast and crew. 

Screenhead has both WILL & GRACE DVDs to giveaway. Post your name and we will pick the winner Friday, May 29, 2009.

Anne (18) and Pamela Callahan (19) are our winners!!!

 

Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior features the powerful Pokémon Giratina and its epic struggle with another legendary foe, Dialga. Ash and his companions become entangled in a dimension-spanning conflict when they befriend the feisty and sharp-witted Pokémon named Shaymin and stumble upon Giratina’s mysterious Reverse World. In the course of the heroes’ adventure, they meet a helpful researcher as they all try to battle a dangerous villain who wishes to control Giratina and rule the Reverse World.

Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior is on the streets today!

A friend of my daughter’s, who is a seven year old boy, will be very excited to hear that The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are making their way back to the big screen.

The fifth installment is moving forward as a live-action film focusing on the origins of the iconic crime fighters (sounds a bit like X-Men Origins and Star Trekplotlines.) A 2011 release date is projected with the sewer-dwelling heroes Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael along with their master Splinter.

Surely the announce of the fifth installment is not coincidental, Turtles’ 25th anniversary celebration kicks off today in New York with the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfilm screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.  The Empire State Building will be lit green today in “Shell-abration” of the Turtles anniversary.

Variety offered a bit of a history lesson concerning Ninja Turtles. The characters first appeared in a May 1984 comic book before spawning a lucrative line of toys, cartoons and three films released in the early 1990s. In 2003, the Turtles were reintroduced to a new generation via a TV series, the TMNT film and a revamped merchandising program.

All promises are being made to keep to the true spirit of the original comic books.  I am sure that will make all the young and old boys excited to hear as they experience the conventional wait for the movie to open at their local movie theaters in 2011.

Whoopi Goldberg hosts a Summit with former Star Trek stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathon Frakes, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy.  Such a wonderful clip and I want to see more of this interview because each personality is so different and intriguing.

April 19th, 2009 in Actors, Classic, Horror, Movies, Reviews, Suspense, Thriller

Well, it’s been a great ride, folks–but all good things must come to an end with the final installment of Lions Gate’s The Lost Collection.  And this time, I’ve got the one horror movie in the lot to hit you with–Slaughter High.

Marty was the kid that everyone picked on, going so far as to have a hot chick invite him to have sex in the girl’s locker room on his birthday and then film him naked.  Well, one of the pranks goes a bit too far, and gives Marty a shot of boiling nitric acid to the face, leaving him disfigured for life.  But Marty’s not taking this one lying down, no sir–he may have vanished for five years, but he’s also set up an extra-special reunion for the little friends who left him disfigured.

Yes, Marty majored in cutting classmates–and it’s a good thing, otherwise we wouldn’t have much of a movie at all.  And when your movie starts out with full-frontal male nudity within the first five minutes, you know you’re in for a serious ride.

See, here’s the especially nifty part: The Lost Collection’s installment of Slaughter High is a fully uncut release.  Yes, to get its R back in the day, they had to dump some footage.  That footage is now back in full effect.  See, back in the eighties, studios couldn’t just release an unrated director’s cut when they went to video.  Now they can, but that’s left earlier stuff like Slaughter High in a bit of a lurch.  Until now–Lions Gate managed to find a fully uncut master print of this one buried in like a broom closet or something, where isn’t really that important, but the important thing is that you’re seeing this sucker exactly as it was meant to be seen.

And yes, it’s very, VERY, familiar–you’ve seen this type of movie before–but once again, this was actually around long before all those other movies you’ve already seen.  You’re looking at a genuine piece of horror history, folks; it really wasn’t a big deal where they found that complete print–it’s the fact that they found it at all that makes this one a downright collectible.

The really interesting part about Slaughter High is that the parts you’ve seen before are very well done…but the parts you HAVEN’T already seen are what really make this one worthwhile.  The ending is going to be quite literally unlike pretty much anything you’ve ever seen.  I’m having a very tough time recalling an ending similar to this one.  And I’ll say this, too–why Simon Scuddamore, who played Marty, didn’t find more work after this one is just downright perplexing.  He made an absolutely incredible lunatic serial killer, moving seamlessly from downtrodden nerd to lunatic with an axe to grind in both the physical AND metaphorical senses.  He could’ve done some truly AMAZING stuff.  Of course, the drug overdose he had the same year Slaughter High was released may well have had something to do with that, but wow…talk about your tragedy, huh?

But regardless of this, Slaughter High ends The Lost Collection with an absolute bang.  It’s everything a proper slasher flick should be, and then some.  It’s easy to see why so many movies were based on this sort of movie–it does its job with a fierce efficiency that’s unrivaled in most of its imitators.

April 11th, 2009 in Classic, DVD, Fantasy, Fun/Entertainment, GiveAways

Denise (5) is the winner.  Congratulations and Happy Easter. Your kids will love this tale.

Filling London with plastic Easter eggs, Uncle Nezzer is on a rampage to make Easter “bigger than ever!” But just how hard can his mechanical chickens work before they’re…well, fried? In just one unforgettable day and night, Cavis and Millward (Bob and Larry) and a music box angel named Hope (voiced by Rebecca St. James) must convince Nezzer that Easter is about more than just candy and eggs.  Inspired by Dickens’ Christmas classic, this very special VeggieTales film explains why millions of Christians around the world celebrate Easter past, present and future.

April 8th, 2009 in Classic, Contests, DVD, GiveAways, Horror

Paula H (237) is the winner!! Congratulations!

Friday the 13th Giveaway – DVD Box Set of 8 Films

Screenhead has joined FEARnet in this horrific Friday the 13th Giveaway package. The lucky winner will receive Friday the 13th: Ultimate Edition DVD Collection(all 8 original films), a FEARnet notebook, a FEARnet folder, Fearnet golf tees, and some Friday the 13th greeting cards.

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