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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by grip on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The Top-Notch Videos

MovieSet brings you the another “Best of the Best” with a couple “Need to Watch” videos from Drag me to Hell and Land of the Lost.

Drag Me to Hell is gaining rave reviews since screening at Cannes. Here’s the synopsis:

DRAG ME TO HELL tells the story of Christine Brown (Alison Lohman), an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, Professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) enters their lives…and everything begins to unravel. When her loan is denied and she loses her house, the shamed Mrs. Ganush places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell.

Here’s writer/director Sam Raimi discussing the Drag me to Hell story - there are 10 more behind the scenes videos for the film:

And here’s “cinema icon” Will Ferrell with a preview of Land of the Lost - with time travel, dinosaurs, a giant crab and lizard people! One of 16 Land of the Lost videos on MovieSet. Don’t Forget to enter our Land of the Lost Sweepstakes below to win prizes from the zany Will Ferrell movie based on the Syd and Marty Croft classic TV series.

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne in Bright Star Gems and the Cannes Film Festival
The Seoul Times, May 30, 2009
By Gautaman Bhaskaran, South Asia Correspondent

Indeed a treat for romantics and poetry lovers, “Bright Star” may well be a joy forever marking Campion’s return to Cannes after her 1993 Palm d’Or winner, “The Piano” Tracing the love story between a young Keats and his Hamstead neighbour, Fanny Brawne, Campion never losses sight of period details. Scenes of Brawne with a fine needle and thread, Keats with his pen and paper creating poetic pleasure that much after his death helped the world realise his genius and the passion between the two only restrained by the rigid social mores of the day have been frozen on frame with a classic touch.

Photo: Seoul Times

Biteback: at Cannes
The Sunday Times, May 24, 2009
By Richard Brooks

I admired Bright Star, the story of the love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne, but was not smitten. Well acted, well directed and well shot, it lacked a point. I was amused when its producer, Jan Chapman, told me she was determined not to make a costume drama. What? Brawne (Abbie Cornish) parades in about 30 different outfits. I know she was a good seamstress, but she was only 18 and her mum was widowed, with two other youngsters to bring up. How was this not a “frocks” movie?

Dispatch from Cannes
Las Vegas Weekly, Thu, May 28, 2009
By Mike D’Angelo

Heavyweight auteurs mostly fail to thrill at the world’s top film festival, {snip} But in the end, despite its endless parade of auteurs, Cannes 2009 served up only a handful of truly memorable movies, none of them masterpieces. The first few days, in particular, were a long haul, as even the better films tread exceedingly familiar ground. Campion, who hadn’t made a feature since 2003’s critically reviled In the Cut, received respectful notices for Bright Star, her portrait of the doomed relationship between Romantic poet John Keats and his muse, Fanny Brawne, but seeing this once-ferocious filmmaker (even In the Cut has its queasy moments) reduced to a genteel literary biopic only made me sad.

Bright Star

Cannes. “Bright Star”
“The Daily” on IFC.com, 05/15/2009
By David Hudson

“Jane Campion has put herself in line for her second Palme d’Or here at the Cannes film festival with a film which I think could be the best of her career; an affecting and deeply considered study of the last years in the short life of John Keats [Ben Whishaw], and the ecstasy of loss which suffuses his love affair with Fanny Brawne [Abbie Cornish] - a love thwarted not due to illness, but to a pernicious web of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.” The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw: “Campion brings to this story an unfashionable, unapologetic reverence for romance and romantic love, and she responds to Keats’s life and work with intelligence and grace.”

“Refreshingly, ['Bright Star'] is free of the hysterics so often associated with films about writers and deftly avoids the distracting surface tendencies that can plague British period pieces set in the 18th and 19th centuries,” writes Time Out London’s Dave Calhoun. “It’s also remarkable in its lightness of touch: the film barely tries to persuade us that Keats is a valid object of this girl’s affection or that he is a fine literary talent; we are left to learn both incidentally. They’re wise choices, leaving Campion to concentrate on character and emotion rather than any special pleading about genius and its offshoots.”

Cannes 09 ‘Bright Star’ Press Conference with Abbie Cornish
MovieSet.com Cannes coverage, Monday, May 18, 2009
By Phillip Nakov

We sat down for a chat with Abbie Cornish this week at the 62 ^nd annual Cannes Film Festival to chat about her role as Fanny Brawne in Jane Campion’s latest work “Bright Star“. The movie is about the life, love and work of the famous English romantic poet John Keats.

As she draws near the table, she sits down slowly exhales. She is wearing a dainty lace top that looks delicate and light atop a darker black under shirt. I noticed immediately she is back to a lighter hair color as she was dark haired for the movie. She smiles as we start to chat about working with Jane Campion, what it meant to her to accept this role and what she expects on the set of her next movie with Zach Synder which she starts shooting in June.

{snip}

Q: So what’s coming up next for you?

A: My next film is going to be “Sucker Punch.” Directed by Zach Snyder. He did ‘300′ and the ‘Watchmen‘. It’s totally different to anything I‘ve ever done. It’s going to be a little wild and a little crazy.

Q: Have you started already?

A: No, I start in June.

Q: Who will you be playing?

A: I play the character of Sweet Pea. Essentially it’s the story of five girls in the 1950’s who get together and try to escape a psychiatric ward. They are all in this thing and they are all like let’s get out of here. The interesting thing to me is that the films Zach has directed he hasn’t written. They haven’t been his concepts from the beginning. This is the first time he’s ever made a concept film that he wrote. I am interested to see what he does with it. I think he has an incredible talent in regards to contemporary cutting edge cinema. I think he is a bit of the master at the action sequences.

More on MovieSet

Jane Champion’s ‘Bright Star‘ stars Abbie Cornish, Thomas Sangster and Paul Schneider. Not much is know about the movie yet, but you can check out some stuff at the Official Page and in the vidcast “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Bright Star and Cannes Wrap-up - Behind the Scenes #42“.

Abbie Cornish Press Conference Photo Credit: MovieSet.com- Actress Abbie Cornish smiles with director Jane Campion at press conference for ‘Bright Star’ - movie about poet John Keats

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The MovieSet Cannes team is back and brought a suitcase of souvenirs for fans of the film festival and we wanna share the stash with you!

Shaun and Eric, hosts of the Behind the Scenes show, ask, “What did you like at Cannes?” Let us know and we’ll send you a official gift from the festival - just add a link to the Cannes 2009 sitelet.

To get your hands on our Cannes souvenirs, simply let us know what Cannes movies and coverage you enjoyed with a link to the Cannes 2009 sitelet in a blog post, Twitter update, Facebook mention, MySpace blurb, comment, whatever … Just make sure you point back to the Cannes 2009 sitelet so we can say thank you with an official Cannes poster, Cannes watch, Cannes backpack or Cannes film slate photo frame to remember the 62nd edition of this classic festival.

Some of the Cannes Movies we covered:

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The MovieSet Cannes team is back and brought a suitcase of souvenirs for fans of the film festival and we wanna share the stash with you! Indeed, We Like to Be Seen so are asking you, “What did you like at Cannes?”

Write about any movie we covered, a Behind the Scenes episode or share a photo - whatever you liked best.

Here’s a recap of Cannes Highlights and Films to get you started:

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by grip on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

MovieSet brings it all to one spot

As we come to the end of the Cannes Film Festival, we are gonna do a quick re-cap on the top stories we covered at the Festival.

For those that missed the great coverage, check out this post to see the progress of the festival, as well as the awards and winners.

Our team at Cannes is very proud to captured some amazing footage of one of the best film festivals in the world!

The full list of winners follows. You can log on to Official Cannes Festival site to watch the press conference and photo call following the closing ceremony festivities in Cannes.

To check out exactly what each prize means, and more info about the festival itself, check out The Substream Filmlabs’ Cannes Video.

Palme d’Or (Golden Palm): “The White Ribbon,” by Michael Haneke (Austria)
Grand Prize: “A Prophet,” by Jacques Audiard (France)
Jury Prize: “Fish Tank,” by Andrea Arnold (Britain) and “Thirst,” By Park Chan-wook (South Korea).
Special Prize: Alain Resnais
Best Director: Brillante Mendoza, “Kinatay” (The Philippines)
Best Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” (United States)
Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Antichrist” (Denmark)
Best Screenplay: Feng Mei, “Spring Fever” (China)
Camera d’Or (first-time director): “Samson and Delilah,” by Warwick Thornton (Australia)
Best short film: “Arena,” by Joao Salaviza (Portugal)

Here’s an introduction to the films we had an opportunity to cover, including press conferences and interviews with filmmakers and actors.

1) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr. Nick. Now it is time to pay the price…

Watch the Press Conference with Terry Gilliam and Actors.

2) I Love you Phillip Morris

The true story of an ex-cop, ex-husband, ex-insurance swindler, ex-model prisoner and eternal lover of cellmate Philip Morris (Ewan McGregor). Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) will do anything to avoid being separated from the man of his dreams. Which means not rotting away in prison.

How far can one go for love? Quite far if you believe the incredible story of Steven Russell, an escape artist whose romanticism gets the better of him. Based on the book by Steven McVicker, this jail-house, dark romantic comedy.

Read the Ultimate Review by Phillip Nakov

3) Agora

As the Roman Empire declines, philosopher and astromomer Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshipers of the Egyptian gods.

Check out the Press Conference with Rachel Weisz and Director Alejandro Amenabar

4) Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come, as they help to bring kindness to his otherwise cold heart. The Ghosts remind him of the man he used to be, the hard truth of what the world is today, and what will happen if he does not strive to be a better man.

Jim Carrey plays four separate roles in this updated version of A Christmas Carol. Carrey portrays Scrooge, as well as the three ghosts (Past, Present, and Yet-to-Come). His dynamic character roles keep the four characters as diverse as being played by four actors. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future trilogy) has his chance to dabble in telling a story through the windows of time, as he directs the long-awaited remake. In theaters Nov. 6, 2009.

Check out this sneak peak teaser footage of the movie, showing off some of the CGI and the Press Conference with Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis and some Stills of the Premiere.

5) Bright Star

“Bright Star”. The movie stars Australian Actress Abbie Cornish, Thomas Sangster and Paul Schneider. Not much is know about the movie yet, but you can check out some stuff at the Official Page.

London 1818 is the year, a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats’s younger brother that drew them together. Keats was touched by Fanny’s efforts to help and agreed to teach her poetry. By the time Fanny’s alarmed mother and Keats’s best friend Brown realised their attachment, the relationship had an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers were swept into powerful new sensations, “I have the feeling as if I were dissolving”, Keats wrote to her. Together they rode a wave of romantic obsession that deepened as their troubles mounted. Only Keats’s illness proved insurmountable.

Take a look at this clip from the Press Conference in Cannes.

For everything Cannes Remember to check out the Cannes 2009 Sitelet!

Au revoir !

From Phillip, our man on the Crossiette ….

And that wraps it up for us and the whole MovieSet.com crew from here in the south of France. It has been a terrific, fast-paced and exciting two weeks. We’ve seen so many great movies, some not so great and some that we just wondered how they ever got made. There is no other festival like it in the world.

We thank the Festival de Cannes press accreditation committee for welcoming MovieSet.com so graciously at this year’s festival. We hope you have enjoyed our coverage of the 62^nd Annual Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. The response has been tremendous from around the world and so till next year.

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by monica on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Thanks to D*hOLLYWOOD for picking up our Cannes videos from the Agora Press Conference and “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus“, as well as quoting from our “Drag Me to Hell” review!

Miss604 also mentioned MovieSet in her “Wednesday Morning Link Fest: Readers’ Choice“.

And we were pleased to see one of our other Cannes videos making the rounds - MarketSaw displayed A C hristmas Carol’s Press Conference on their blog and remarked:

“Isn’t Jim Carrey a likeable guy? Just watching his discussion here underscores what a treasure he is. Hope the kid never dies inside you man!”

We can’t help but agree.

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by grip on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Listen and watch the press conference as director Terry Gilliam and actors Lily Cole and Verne Troyer talk about the movie and what it was like working on set before and after the death of actor Heath Ledger, who died during production. Terry also talks about his long shelved movie “Don Quixote”, but I’m not going to tell you what he says, watch the video!

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all…

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by grip on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

May 22, 2009- Cannes, France

Highlighs from the Press Conference for Terry Gilliam’s ‘Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus’ and BREAKING NEWS about ‘Don Quixote’!

This morning we were fortunate to nab a coveted spot at the long-anticipated press conference for Terry Gilliam’s ‘Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus‘ here on the first of the three final days of the 62^nd Annual Cannes Film Festival.

Perhaps best known as the movie in which Heath Ledger began filming but never finished before his untimely death, Gilliam brought on Johnny Depp, Colin Farrel and Judd Law to fill in the void left for the role of Tony.

The ‘Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus‘ is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. Dr. Parnassus with his extraordinary traveling show “The Imaginarium” offers to members of the audience an irresistible opportunity to enter their universe of imaginations and wonders, by passing through a magical mirror. But Dr. Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick, in which he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr. Nick. Now it is time to pay the price… In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr. Parnassus must fight to save his daughter and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all!

Attending the press conference today were Terry Gilliam (Director), Lily Cole (Valentina), Verne Troyer (Percy), Andrew Garfield (Anton), Amy Gilliam (producer), Samuel Hadida (producer).

The conference started on a lighter note with Amy Gilliam, Mr. Gilliam’s daughter, joking about her relationship with her father, working with him on the picture and how they settled disagreements. She said it was hard to tell her dad no. But he advised her that she knew best… to which she replied, she did. (Laughter)

At which point the next question dealt with the untimely passing of Heath Ledger and how Mr. Gilliam came to decide to cast Judd Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrel to replace him. His initial reaction was to close the production down as he did not see how he could continue without him. Fortunately he was surrounded by really good people who said he could not be a lazy bastard and that he would have to finish the movie for Heath. He discussed for a long time how to replace Heath and finally decided it would be most respectful to not recast him with one actor. Since in the movie there is a magic mirror and Heath’s character passes through the mirror three times, he decided it would be three actors that would stand in for Heath. He started calling friends that knew and loved Heath. It had to be the nature. Everyone was determined to finish the film and it was people’s love for Heath that propelled the project forward.

The next question dealt with the Ledger family and their participation with Mr. Gilliam’s decision to continue the production following Heath’s death. His initial meeting was first all tears then switched to laughter. They were completely supportive of his decision and they have yet to see the picture so it will be a surprise for them when they see it.

Mr. Gilliam went on to state that although Heath passed away over a year ago, he was still alive and well on film and has been with Mr. Gilliam in the edit room every day as he saw him on screen as he edited the film for the festival here in Cannes.

There was an overall love fest when it came to discussions of working with Heath Ledger. The cast and Terry were extremely warm, kind and complimentary of his work and his style on set. Heath was described as extremely passionate, brilliant and energetic. He lifted everyone up and enthused everyone on the set.

It was also noted that it was difficult for the three actors who stepped in to fill his shoes… not only because he had such large feet… but because they were all friends of his as well and they were all moved and touched so much by him. But everyone rallied together to support each other and keep the Heath’s energy alive and strong on set.

A smart-alecky journalist from Iceland jokingly asked if Mr. Gilliam made a pact with the devil to get a movie made? (This is in reference to Dr. Parnassus in the movie having made a pact with the devil himself.) Laughter ensued from the press-corps and the guests on the dais. To which Mr. Gilliam’s wittily replied “I just made a movie with Sammy (Hadida), come on… that’s it!” “But we got the movie at the end,” added Samuel Hadida wryly with a smile.

Terry Gilliam wrote Verne Troyer’s part of Percy with him in mind. Gilliam stated that he was bored seeing Verne in all those comedies and wanted to show that he was a brilliant actor.

The actors spoke about the difficulty of working against a green screen and acting in environments that weren’t even there. It was a challenge but thanks to the direction and brilliant imagination of Mr. Gilliam made it so much easier.

None of the cast has yet seen the movie and Mr. Gilliam is excited for them to all see what he ended up making them look like. The premiere is tonight (May 22, 2009) and is screening out of competition.

Perhaps the biggest news to come out of the press conference was the confirmation by Terry Gilliam of the restart of ‘Don Quixote.’ The script has been rewritten and is back from the lawyers. They have rewritten it and Jeremy Thomas is producing and the plan is to begin shooting next spring time. He then stated that he had nothing more to add except that “we are at the beginning stage. Get the money. Get the bodies and let’s go.”

The press conference was then halted as that was the last question before Gilliam and his team posed for photos and signed autographs for a few minutes before being led out.

You can watch the full press conference and see the gallery of photos we snapped as well by simply clicking here.

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by grip on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The team at MovieSet brings you some wicked footage of some of the top celebrities in the world.

Straight from Cannes is a video of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie being the sensation that they are. Thousands of fans crowd around the Inglorious Basterds Premiere to try to get some footage of the Dazzling couple.

Check it out Below.

Join us here at the Cannes Sitelet as we cover the remaining days of the festival and stay tuned to our Blog for the latest!

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Best of the Best - Drag me to Hell and the Land of the Lost

Posted by grip on Tuesday, June 02, 2009

By Jeff Otto

Synopsis: Christine Brown (Lohman) is a bank loan officer up for a big promotion from her strict boss (Paymer). To prove she can make the tough decisions, she denies a loan extension to an old lady (Raver) and the woman places a curse on the girl that will have her haunted by a powerful demon intent on dragging Christine Brown into the depths of hell.

Stars: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, David Paymer, Dileep Rao, Adrianna Barraza

Written by: Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Opening on: May 29th, wide

EXPECTATIONS

What I’d Seen - Fun, over-the-top trailers and a day spent on set put my hopes high, although I was thinking this might be more along the lines of Raimi’s The Gift rather than the beloved Evil Dead series.

What I’d Heard - This is Sam Raimi’s long-awaited return to horror after years away directing blockbuster material. Although, with a PG-13 rating, I wondered whether the talented director would be restrained from delivering the kinds of no-holds-barred material fans loved so much in the Evil Dead trilogy.

What I Wanted - Something to wash the bitter taste of Spider-Man 3 from my mouth once and for all.

EXPERIENCE

What Turned Me On -

When Sam Raimi first told us about his Ghost House production banner, it sounded like a great idea. Fun house horror movies along the lines of classic material by the likes of William Castle and Mario Bava. Unfortunately, what followed were a series of lifeless throwaway horror material like The Grudge and Boogeyman series. 30 Days of Night was good, but still didn’t feel true to the spirit of Ghost House’s kitschy horror promises.

Drag Me to Hell should serve as the blueprint for what a Ghost House Picture is supposed to be. Near-perfect in execution, Drag Me is a thrilling, gross-out, goosebump-inducing ride through the fun house from start to finish. It is an absolute blast and, believe me, they didn’t give away all the best bits in the trailer. Not by a long shot.

What Turned Me Off -

In all honesty, I have almost no complaints about Drag Me to Hell. It’s exactly what I wanted. If I had to criticize anything, it would be that this serves as yet another example of the MPAA’s consistent inconsistency in their ratings tactics. Personally, I probably wouldn’t let my 13-year-old see this and I consider myself pretty lenient.

AFTERMATH

I Left Thinking - That was so much fun that I can’t wait to see it again, and I never see anything more than once these days. Raimi may have been away from the horror genre for a long time, but he got back on that horse without so much as a hiccup anywhere in site. He can still turn stomachs and make audiences jump with the best of them.

I Left Saying - Does Raimi really have to go back and do another frickin’ Spider-Man movie after this? Does anyone really want that? Sure, the first two movies were good, but been there, done that. Lots of people are doing comic movies. What the fans really want is more films like Drag Me to Hell. The horror genre needs you, Mr. Raimi. Don’t make us wait to long before you come back again and show everyone else how it’s done.

Expiry Date - Drag Me to Hell should hold up quite well to multiple viewings and a long shelf life on home video. Now let’s just hope mainstream America comes out and supports one of summer’s few examples of original material.

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Here’s an introduction to the films we had an opportunity to cover, including press conferences and interviews with filmmakers and actors.

1) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2) I Love you Phillip Morris

3) Agora

4) Disney’s A Christmas Carol

5) Bright Star

Au revoir !

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