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What scary movie scares you most?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I have to admit, I’m a big chicken when it comes to scary movies. Nowadays, I usually avoid them altogether. But I reluctantly agreed to watch “The Strangers,” which is now out on DVD on Tuesday. I thought it was pretty scary, but my 20-something nephew and niece had one word for it: “lame.” They didn’t see it on the big screen, but both predicted every “scary” turn from start to finish as we watched it on TV.
Now there are some classics I will watch — “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Amityville of Horror,” “Pyscho.” And others with seriously sharp or deadly instruments — “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “The Shining,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” — that I could never be talked into watching. Nor anything with snakes — “Anaconda” or “Snakes on a Plane” (I know the latter is not a horror movie, but the title alone send chills up my spine.)
With Halloween next week, there are a lot of DVD releases this month — old and new titles — that will scare or entertain you. In addition to “The Strangers” and “Psycho,” here are a few others:
“The Happening,” “Touch of Evil: 50th Anniversary Edition,” “The Omen,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Omen” (Blu Ray), “Hellboy,” “The Ray Harryhausen Collection: “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “20 Million Miles to Earth”)
So, what’s your all-time favorite scary movie?
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Alec Baldwin hosting TCM’s “The Essentials” in 2009 with Robert Osborne
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last year, TCM took a bit of a left turn by bringing in cult figure and actress Rose McGowan as co-host of “The Essentials,” a heralded series in which McGowan and movie guru Robert Osborne would gab about a particular film. McGowan showed impressive knowledge of old flicks for a gal her age and the chemistry between the two of them was wonderful.
But this year, TCM managed to get hot A list actor Alec Baldwin, currently starring in NBC’s “30 Rock,” to work with Osborne.
As the press release notes:
Baldwin, who possesses a deep love and understanding of classic films, will join TCM host Robert Osborne in introducing “must see” movies each week, with an eye toward helping viewers better understand why these films are important and the impact they had on audiences and the culture at large.
Taping will occur in December with Baldwin’s episodes starting in March, 2009.
Baldwin was a guest programmer in the past for TCM and interviewed Gene Wilder for a special earlier this year.
Over the years, he’s won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award.
His credits include: Beetlejuice, The Good Shepherd, The Hunt for Red October, Miami Blues, Prelude to a Kiss, Malice, The Shadow, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heaven’s Prisoners, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Edge, Pearl Harbor and The Cat in the Hat.
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The ultimate Bruce Lee: In 50 parts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bruce Lee is getting his due in China. The country’s state-run broadcaster plans to air a 50-part (yes, 50) prime time series on Bruce Lee, the late kung fu film star.
Lee’s popularity soared in the early 1970s with a number of films, but his influence was not felt immediately in mainland China, which had a closed society. His films did not do well in China until they began arriving on video in the 1980, according to AP.
The highly detailed megaseries was filmed over nine months in the U.S., Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Italy. The character of Lee, who died in 1973 at age 32, will be played by Chan Kwok Kwan.
As a child, my brother loved Bruce Lee’s movies. He even made a pair of nunchucks for his play fights. Were you a Bruce Lee fan? What are your favorite Bruce Lee or martial arts movies?
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Found Footage film festival, a collection of bizarro videos, at Plaza Theatre Oct. 12
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Check out the Found Footage Festival, the national touring showcase of odd and hilarious found videos. It h as a one-night-only engagement at the Plaza Theatre (1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE) on Sunday, Oct. 12th at 7:30 pm. Tix are $10.
Nick Prueher and fellow curator Joe Pickett, whose credits include The Onion, “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Colbert Report,” have spent the last four years traveling the country, scouring thrift stores and garage sales for bizarre videos.
[Here’s a link to the trailer]*http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3648214.)
And here’s the press release:
The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event compiles more than an hour’s worth of footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Pickett and Prueher host each screening in-person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.
Among the new video clips to be featured in the show:
— Highlights from a cable access talent show called “Stairway to Stardom”
— An all-new collection of exercise videos featuring Marky Mark Wahlberg, O.J. Simpson and a group of rapping pregnant ladies.
— An instructional video for a cosmetic device so frightening that it will forever haunt you
The Found Footage Festival was founded in New York in 2004 and has gone on to sell out hundreds of shows across the U.S. and Canada, including the HBO Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. .
For more information, call the venue’s box office at 404-873-1939 or visit [www.plazaatlanta.com.][(http://www.plazaatlanta.com)
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