The Silent House was one of Sundance 2011 main horror features. The story comes from a true incident that happened in the late 40′s in a small village in Uruguay.

The movie begins with Laura and her father Wilson settle down in a cottage they have to renew since its owner will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there and repair the following morning.

Everything seems to go smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder on the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own, waiting for her father to come down.

The movie was filmed in one long continuous shot from beginning to end.  Laura is the main focus, second by second. She is intent on leaving the house which hides an obscure secret, unharmed.

I have no word on when it will arrive in the States. For the horror fans, let’s hope we don’t have to wait too long.

I am very excited to hear that one of my favorite actresses, Amy Adams, will play the iconic character Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s Superman, the reboot from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Some of the films Adams has starred in are The Fighter, Doubt and Junebug.

The versatile actress joins a talented cast, which includes Adams joins Henry Cavill, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. With such a stellar cast, the only thing that can ruin this movie is a terrible script. My fingers are crossed. I hope it turns out to be one of the best Superman movies.

This is what Snyder said in a statement about the casting of Adams as Lane, “Second only to Superman himself, the question of who will play Lois Lane is arguably what fans have been most curious about. So we are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, and ambitious and, of course, beautiful.”

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s just released both the Blu-ray and DVD of The Tourist. Screenhead is hosting an online DVD giveaway. We have a copy of the DVD to give away to one of our visitors.

The movie is about a mysterious woman (Angelina Jolie) and a mild-mannered American (Johnny Depp) become involved in web of intrigue, romance and danger in this international action thriller set in the spectacular city of Venice, Italy.

The Tourist is available wherever DVDs are rented or sold. This is an awesome opportunity for you to own your own DVD with  two international stars.

To enter the giveaway, post your name and we will pick the winner April 10, 2011.

The Troll Hunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy.

Some moviegoers are calling 13 Assassins a spectacular samurai action film. Directed by Takashi Miike, the movie takes place the era of the Shogun where an evil young lord rapes and kills. The young load is assured of immunity by law. But he didn’t count on the Thirteen Assassins.

The assassins are a feared secret force, each with their own deadly skill, the Assassins undertake a suicide mission to wipe out the Lord. As he embarks on a perilous journey, the Assassins close off his escape route and ambush him in a village of death. But little do they know, they are outnumbered four to one by the Lord’s crack team of bodyguards.

From a script by Daisuke Tengan, the movie stars Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya, and Goro Inagaki. The 13 Assassins premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and recently screened at both The Toronto International Film Festival and Austin’s Fantastic Fest with very positive reviews.

The movie opens in select theaters April 29, 2011.

Crystle Tellerday says she loves Veggie Tales, and I don’t blame her because they are fun to watch.  My daughter tells me all the funny situations these vegetables get into as they try to solve a problem.

Anyway, Screehead held a giveaway for VeggieTales newest DVD is the first new Easter holiday DVD in seven years: ‘Twas The Night Before Easter. The faith-based DVD is available in Christian and general market stores.

Crystle, I hope you enjoy the DVD!

This brand new DVD features plenty of fun music as well as a new character—Cassie Cassava—voiced by American Idol top finalist Melinda Doolittle. Other memorable family-friendly content includes silly songs, interviews and a backstage pass feature with Larry the Cucumber on the “VeggieTales Live!” tour. ‘Twas The Night Before Easter examines how important it is to help other people while exploring the real meaning of Easter.

“We hatched ‘Twas The Night Before Easter as a holiday surprise for families,” said Leslie Ferrell, General Manager of Big Idea Entertainment, the company that produces VeggieTales. “This title follows the huge sales success our first Easter-themed release, An Easter Carol, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to deliver a new DVD timed to the holiday this year. It was truly a rewarding experience working with Melinda Doolittle, and we think fans are going to love her character, Cassie Cassava, just as much as her wonderful singing!”

Its Easter time in Crisper County and cable news reporter Marlee Meade is hunting for a way to help others. She cooks up a plan to save the old theater with a cast of costume-clad townies, massive props and a 20-foot robot rabbit to perform “Up With Bunnies.”

Now there’s only one thing missing – the star of the show! When word spreads that singing sensation Cassie Cassava (Melinda Doolittle) is arriving to perform in her hometown church’s Easter service, Marlee schemes to steal the starlet for her own pageant! But when things go haywire, will it be curtains for Marlee’s dreams – or will she discover the true meaning of Easter and what helping others is really all about?

My daughter has been watching VeggieTales since she was in preschool. As my constant feedback for all children friendly DVDs, she has offered her opinion of the VeggieTales latest.

“It’s funny.”  She talked about the different situations that arose in the story, which sounded like a situation comedy. She loved how the movie was upbeat. She even watched the special features, which shows how to draw the characters of the movie, pretty cool!

Bread Crumbs DVD cover says “Mama was wrong … some fairy tales are true in Bread Crumbs, a heart-pounding thriller.”

This movie is for horror hungry fans, and Screenhead held a giveaway of (5) Bread Crumbs DVDs. The horror story follows an aging star, Angie (Marianne Hagan, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Perfume), who reluctantly goes on one last shoot for a seedy, B-movie producer.

We have our lucky winners: Amber Gibson, Josh, digroz, Angela and Mike Metzler! Mike had the best comment out of all the winners saying, “I’m a horror nut!”  Well, Mike this movie is for horror nuts because it looks horrific and scary! Enjoy the movie folks and thanks for visiting Screenhead and entering the giveaway!

Now, a little bit about the movie in case those who didn’t win might want to buy or rent the movie.

On location – lodging in an enchanting, old cabin deep in the shadowy forest – the cast and crew encounter Henry (Dan Shaked, Counting to Infinity) and his little sister, Patti (Amy Crowdis, The Melancholy Fantastic), two odd children who mysteriously seem to live in the woods.

A violent attack on the second evening of shooting sends Angie, her handsome lead Billy (Steve Carey, Jack and Jill vs. the World) and the rest of the crew into a frightened frenzy. Barricading themselves in the secluded cabin, they are trapped by an unknown assailant and, one by one, being horrifically slaughtered.

Could these two children be responsible for such brutal slayings? A roller coaster ride to the terrifying conclusion, Bread Crumbs is a fairy tale of terror, the classic fable of Hansel & Gretel re-imagined. Eat the candy, if you dare! You can check out a decent review here.

It looks like Narnia and The Matrix creep into this movie.  Did I see a flying ship?  Did I see everything slow down as the bullets flew and in a gown Milla Jovovich leans back and barely avoids the bullets.

The Three Musketeers is a favorite story of mine, and obviously the studio wasn’t joking when they suggested a more modern version.  I just wonder why they call it The Three Musketeers.  This is not the same story by Alexandre Dumas, but it might prove to be entertaining.  However, if you read the description below, it does sound like the classic story.

The movie is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson with Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz and James Corden starring in the story about hot-headed young D’Artagnan along with three former legendary Musketeers.  In the story, the three Musketeers are down on their luck and must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

The 3D movie opens October 14, 2011.

Join me for a thought experiment, if you will. Imagine that you bought a ticket, for some reason, to a movie called Women’s Prison Nightmare. Then about twenty minutes in, the house lights came up and an usher announced that there’s been a horrible mistake and you should be watching Zombie Nazi Revenge instead, and your ticket will be comped. Twenty minutes into that one, the lights come back up and the usher comes in and says you really should be watching Women’s Prison Nightmare after all. Twenty minutes later the usher comes back in and says there’s been yet another mistake and you should be watching The Siege of Castle Dragonorc. Now you’re watching that one, getting a little annoyed, and the usher comes back in–about twenty minutes later, too–and says that you really should be seeing Women’s Prison Nightmare. And then, twenty minutes later, the usher comes back in and says what really should be showing in this theater is The Great Saturnian Train Robbery. You start watching that one and, once again, the usher comes back in to say that you really were supposed to see Women’s Prison Nightmare after all, and that’s what you watch until the end.

Now imagine all that, but this time, you don’t get a free ticket at the end.  That’s how I felt watching Sucker Punch.

Sucker Punch follows a girl in the 1950s with the bizarre name of Babydoll. Get used to bizarre names–there will be plenty of them by the time we’re done. Anyway, she gets sent to an insane asylum by her family, mostly because she has lots of bizarre dreams, mostly involving mass murder. Babydoll secretly longs for freedom, and thus joins up with cohorts Amber, Rocket, Sweetpea and Blondie in a bid to escape. But first, she’ll drag those cohorts through a series of hallucinations in which she kills everyone in sight, acrobatically.

Watching Sucker Punch is pretty much how I described it above, so there’s  not much in the way of focus or character development here. Basically, this is the kind of thing that a twelve year old might fantasize about: hot chicks, dragons, and explosions. Lots and lots of explosions. And while the experience is reasonably entertaining, taking such refuge in the preposterous that it might as well be screaming “Sanctuary!” at the top of its lungs a la Hunchback of Notre Dame, it’s so disjointed and unfocused that it’s hard to get into any of the distinctly different parts because we’re not there nearly long enough to actually get into any of it. It was as though Snyder (and Shibuya, adding insult to injury in the fact that it took two people to generate this massive tribute to schizophrenia) had half a dozen scripts lying around and couldn’t do anything with the lot, so he just strung them together and wished real hard that no one would notice.

Since you’ll probably be coming for explosions and attractive women causing them, Sucker Punch will not disappoint on that level. But only on that level. The rest of the movie is probably what people see right before they have a psychological breakdown. It looks beautiful, but it has so little holding the various threads of the plot together that, ultimately, it all falls apart. The pieces look amazing, though.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives Sucker Punch a five out of ten–this unnerving and thoroughly baffling experience hits all the notes they think their audience will want to hear, but puts entirely too many notes in one performance. I can’t tell just what tune it is they’re playing because they’re playing four of them at the same time.

All of this Insidious talk so late at night is scaring me. It has me wondering if I could be haunted. Luckily Spectral Sightings just launched a new FB app that helps you discover if unwanted spirits are in your midst.

It’s a pretty cool app where you upload a recent picture of yourself or someone you know. Then, the app will tell you if you have a ghost hanging around you. Yikes! I am too scared to try.  But, you go ahead and let me know what the experience was like.

The FB app is based on the horror movie Insidious from the director-writer team of James Wan and Leigh Whannell (SAW) and producers Oren Peli, Jason Blum and Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity). The movie hits theaters next Friday, April 1, 2011.

If you want some hauntingly good fun, you can go check out the new FB app.