Halloween Costume Ideas In 2009: Retailers Share what’s popular

Last year some of the most popular Halloween costumes were Captain Jack Sparrow, but retailers have said that 2009 is all about the vampires. There are a number of reasons for this, the biggest being how popular “The Vampire Diaries”, “True Blood” and the ever-popular “Twilight” sage is. Read more

Left 4 Dead and Michael Jackson music tribute

If you own Left 4 Dead on the PC, you might be interested to know that a modder has created a mod for the game which replaces the music on Left 4 Dead to Michael Jackson’s music, in a tribute following his sudden death. Read more

Xbox Live and Zune Marketplace problems

There are reports emerging stating that both the XBOX Live Marketplace and the Zune Marketplace are not functioning properly.

It is said that the XBOX Live Marketplace is having problems reliably processing purchases, and the Zune Marketplace seems to have a fundamental problem with its entire database. Many sources seem to think that the possible reason for this issue is the recent free Thriller video which proved to be very popular. Read more

E3 2009 and Microsoft: Finest Xbox 360 exclusive titles and features

E3 is just around the corner with only two months to go before the annual event. Along with Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft are hoping to showcase a collection of titles which should set the company well for the future, but what will Microsoft unveil? Read more

Half price Sky+ HD Box and seven new channels

Sky HD was promised to be something special, and yes it is but there was one small problem and that was the lack of channels on offer. Well Sky is about to launch seven new HD channels and Sky has got a bit excited about this. Read more

Richard Widmark has died at the age of 93

It has been reported that Hollywood star Richard Widmark has died at the age of 93 after a long illness.

Richard’s wife, Susan Blanchard, said that Richard died at his home in Roxbury on Monday.

According to The Associated Press Susan would not provide details of his illness and said funeral arrangements are private.

She said that “It was a big shock, but he was 93”.

Richard was born in Minnesota in 1914, and began his career in radio and theatre before playing cackling killer Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death.

Richard’s last film role was in the 1991 thriller True Colours, although he made occasional appearances afterwards in TV documentaries.

Richard said “I now find the whole moviemaking process irritating,” he said in 1987. I don’t have the patience anymore.”

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time

First BD-Live Sony Blu-ray’s: The 6th Day & Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

The first two BD-Live titles are being released from Sony and while I could think of many other Blu-ray movies I like more, the fact is the first two will be Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sci-fi thriller The 6th Day and musical Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

The US release date will be April 8th, this fits just fine with the Sony PS3 2.20 firmware launch and gives millions of Playstation 3 owners the ability to use Profile 2.0 (internet connectivity and Blu-ray).

Although HD DVD lost, it did offer picture-in-picture and Internet connectivity while Blu-ray did not offer these with Profile 1.0. Now those owners of Profile 1.0 Blu-ray players may not be able to use these new features in Profile 2.0 without buying a new player. (Unless you own a PS3 that is).

What would your choice of been for the first two BD-Live Blu-ray discs?

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Sony BMG and Big Stage put 3-D avatar of you in Michael Jackson Thriller Video

Have you ever wanted to do the corpse dance with Michael Jackson in Thriller? Well now you have the chance! As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations for Michael Jackson’s seminal album, Epic/Legacy Recordings (Sony BMG) have partnered with innovative media company Big Stage to put you in the center of the action – literally replacing Michael in the Thriller video with a photo-realistic life-like 3-D avatar of you!

You can visit www.michaeljackson.com/mythrillervideo. Once there, you will find instructions on taking three pictures of yourself using a standard digital camera - these will be used to create your avatar. You will then be emailed a link to a YouTube page where your individual video will be posted. From there it can be shared via email or posted to a blog or social networking site.

Unlike experiences you may have seen in the past where a 2-D image was pasted on top of a piece of content, your avatar will actually be integrated into the staring role of the original Thriller video!

Jim Carrey And Jason Reitman Team Up For Pierre Pierre

Jason Reitman, the Oscar-nominated director of Juno, has chosen his next project and I couldn’t be more excited! Reitman is set to team up with Jim Carrey to make Pierre Pierre!

The film, written by Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton, is a politically incorrect story of a French nihilist who takes a stolen painting from Paris to London. Does this mean Carrey will be doing a comedy French accent? Maybe that’s the politically incorrect part?

The budget for the entire film is only $13 million - not even enough to pay Jim Carrey’s wages! This means the pair are doing it for the love, not money so maybe, just maybe, this could turn out to be something very interesting indeed!

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Alison Lohman Replaces Ellen Page On Drag Me To Hell

We told you yesterday of Ellen Page’s departure from the Sam Raimi Horror Drag Me To Hell, and today it’s been reported that Alison Lohman will be her replacement. Sam Raimi’s done a fabulous job with the replacement, I love Alison Lohman!

Drag Me To Hell tells the story of a young woman who has a supernatural curse put on her and all hell breaks loose! With Lohman in the picture, shooting can begin on March 31st, only two weeks behind schedule.

Source - movietrailers.org

Last 30 News & Products: 03-04-2008

Ellen Page Decides Against Going To Hell: Star Drops Out Of Sam Raimi’s Thriller

Since the phenomenal success of Juno, Ellen Page has become Hollywood’s golden girl - and rightly so! In the aftermath of the Oscars, Ellen was inundated with lots of film offers and, like anyone would, she agreed to many of them. However it seems Page has had a change of heart and has walked away from Sam Raimi’s supernatural thriller ‘Drag Me To Hell’.

The reason behind Ellen’s departure is said to be scheduling conflicts and with many movies, including ‘Peacock’ and Drew Barrymore’s ‘Whip It’, it’s understandable - we don’t want this girl to be worn out!

Ghost House and Mandate, who are backing the project, have said in a joint statement,

“We were racing to start production so that we could accommodate Ellen’s schedule. But like so many other productions trying to start before the potential SAG strike date, this one needed more time, and we had to push back the start of production.”

It’s a shame to see Ellen walk away from this one - she was great in Hard Candy so we expected her to be awesome in Raimi’s thriller.

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Will Dead Space game be the biggest Halloween release? Xbox 360 and PS3

Something recently revealed by Electronic Arts is pretty interesting really, the thing that sticks out the most is the release date for the game Dead Space and hence being a Halloween release it has the October 31st release date stamped on it. It will be released on the Read more

First Look: Cameron Diaz and James Marsden In The Box

USA Today have posted seven images from Richard Kelly’s upcoming thriller The Box. The film, set in the 70’s, is based on Richard Mattheson’s short story. It tells the story of a couple who find a box on their doorstep. It tells them that if they push the button on top of it, they will get a million dollars. Of course, nothing is ever that easy. Read more

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass Set For A Fourth Bourne Movie

The Bourne Ultimatum won three awards at yesterday’s Oscars so it’s no surprise that both Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are ready for a fourth Bourne movie. Previously both had said they’d do a sequel if the other would and with yesterday’s success proving the films are popular, it looks highly likely. Read more

Ellen Page Joins Cillian Murphy On Peacock

Ellen Page wowed the critics in Juno and now it seems the only way is up! Page has already signed on to star in Sam Raimi’s new horror, Drag Me To Hell, and Drew Barrymore’s directional debut Whip It, but she’s not stopping there as she’s now signed on to join Cillian Murphy in the psychological thriller, Peacock. Read more

PS3 & Xbox 360 Game Condemned 2: Bloodshot Video: Get busy with gun Ethan Thomas

This video of the Condemned 2: Bloodshot game is bloody awesome, he is getting busy with the gun shooting, watching the video shows that the graphics look brilliant. Just a recap, Condemned 2: Bloodshot comes out on the Sony PS3 and Read more

Melissa George Shows Her Three Sides In Triangle

Melissa George is one fit lady. In almost every film she’s done she’s been running away from a crazy person out for blood! It’s a trend that shows no sign of changing with her latest movie, Triangle. Read more

Michael Jackson marks the 25th anniversary of his Thriller album

Michael Jackson has released a video message (which you can see below) to fans to mark the 25th anniversary of his Thriller album. Read more

Last 30 News & Products: 02-13-2008

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