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Jennifer Garner is in talks to star opposite Jamie Foxx in upcoming thriller The Kingdom.

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Game to move adapations rock. Most people hate them, critics especially but I thought Tomb Raider and Resident Evil were decent movies. The latest attempt at such an adaptation is Silent Hill, one of the few games, along with Resident Evil that could actually claim the status of being a “scary” game.

Unlike Resident Evil, Silent Hill follows very closely to the game. I’m told. I haven’t played the game much and am not too familar with it but I am reliably informed that the movie sticks to the plot quite closely. It would appear so in the movie too, certain factors make it very game-esc.

It’s a bit of a cloudy movie anyway though, the first thing two of the three people I went with said after it finished was “huh? I thought I was following it until I saw the end. What’s going on?” It does kind of click at the end but it’s not really putting the final piece in the puzzle, it’s more that it kind of wipes the puzzle and then completes a slightly different one.

The plot revolves around Rose taking her daughter Sharon to a creepy ghost down named Silent Hill because Sharon has been sleep walking in dangerous places and saying Silent Hill randomly. It was either take her to a doctor, or pay a visit to the town despite massive amounts of warnings on the internet so Rose choose the latter.

The town itself is abandoned and has been for 30 years. Underground coal fires give off toxic fumes. People do live there though. Or rather people, who used to be alive live there. But I can’t really say much about that without giving away too much of the plot.

Of course the real asset of the game was that it was so creepy that it actually was scary. Does the film achieve the same thing? Well, to an extent. It doesn’t have the unseen horror that really gave the game it’s effect but it still manages to very creepy and while it didn’t massively scare me, looking at it from a critical point of view, it was quite a scary film.

Overall I quite liked it but I could see why most of the critics don’t. If it’s your type of thing then go see it but don’t be suprised if you walk out feeling confused, not only about the plot but also whether you actually liked it or not.

Resident Evil: Extinction, the third Resident Evil movie will begin shooting sometime this July or August in Mexico.

Oded Fehr (who plays Carlos Olivera) recently confirmed he would be reprising his role.

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Scary Movie 4 easily topped the weekend box office sales pulling in more than twice it’s nearest competitor, Ice Age 2. The top 5 were as follows…

1. Scary Movie 4 $41 M
2. Ice Age: The Meltdown $20 M
3. Benchwarmers $10 M
4. The Wild $9.5 M
5. Take the Lead $6.7 M

Jessica Simpson may star in the upcoming new Baywatch movie.

A source told The Sun…

“Jessica really caught the eye in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ film last summer. She was the unanimous choice for the ‘Baywatch’ role. Jessica has all the assets to make the part her own.”

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Teaser trailers for The Simpsons movie have started appearing. Fox are quoting as 27 July 2007 as the arrival date. It seems very precise considering that it’s still well over a year away but I guess they like to be prepared.

I can’t resist a good spooky woods horror movie even if it is gone midnight when it starts and I have to be up at eight. I choose the sleep deprivation and I’m quite glad I did as I was quite impressed by this intriguing horror movie directed by John Fawcett (whose previous work includes Taken and Mutant X).

The film centres around the classic werewolf mythology while at the same time using this as a metaphor for puberty. Two sisters Brigitte (aka “B”) and Ginger of which Ginger gets bitten and infected by “some kind of dog thing” would probably be the most appropriate term. Think werewolf meats the re-animated dogs from Resident Evil.

It’s all down hill from here. More blood, more hair, feelings of sexual desire. It’s the usual stuff we all went through with the added horror of the fact you’re turning into a werewolf. As Ginger decends, B tries to keep a straight head on the situation and enlists the help of Sam to try and cure her sister and stop her decline into a monster.

Emily Perkins (Brigitte) and Katharine Isabelle (Ginger) put on a solid performance as the outcast school goths and you really get a feeling for the whole attitude while still there is a beautiful relationship between them underneath it. There is something out them coming together to tape up Ginger’s tail for gym that creates an intimate heart warming moment.

For horror fans there is plenty of gore in it. Killing, bleeding, slashing it’s all in there. And while you shouldn’t judge a movie on how much violence it has in (except for maybe Battle Royale because that was just classic :p) it’s always good to throw some in on top a good horror movie.

Ginger Snaps has managed what the best films in manage to do in making two different movies in one movie. One a traditional werewolf infection story, the other a tale of two sisters as they go through puberty. Whichever appeals to you it’s worth checking out.