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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:30:19 -0700

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can also add Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, Everwood: Season Two, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season Two to your queue.

Friday the 13th
The Friday the 13th remake was a smash hit at the box office when it debuted in theaters a little while back. The duo who brought you the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, Michael Bay and Marcus Nispel, bring the creepy story of Crystal Lake back to the big screen (which you can now play on your small screen).

Here's how Netflix describes the plot: "Ignoring the warnings of the locals, a group of teenage camp counselors takes on the job of reopening Camp Crystal Lake - on Friday the 13th no less, and raise the ire of Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears), a masked, homicidal maniac."

The weather may be nice these days but many people still love watching a scary movie from the comfort of their own home. Plus, the DVD includes special features: deleted scenes and a featurette about exploring "the rebirth of Jason Voorhees for a new moviegoing era."

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What Goes Up
This little indie movie looked like it had promise but unfortunately didn't fare too well with the critics. One wrote, "Jonathan Glatzer’s directorial debut What Goes Up is a quirky-small-town dramedy that just barely avoids the 'overly cutesy' and 'self-indulgently melancholy' traps that snare so many indies."

Still, I'm curious to see this movie thanks to its cast that includes Steve Coogan, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, and Hilary Duff. The story takes place in the '80s and follows a reporter (Coogan) who is sent to a small town to cover the launch of the Challenger space shuttle and gets to know some troubled high school students in the process.

Burn Notice: Season Two
USA's hit series Burn Notice is back on TV this Summer but for those of you who are a little behind, you can now catch up on the second season.

The second season of this Miami-set spy show follows blacklisted super-spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) "as he takes on all new death-defying assignments in hopes of getting closer to his new employers, the people that were possibly responsible for his ousting." The cast also includes Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as Carla and of course Gabrielle Anwar as Michael's ex-girlfriend.

Special features include audio commentaries on select episodes, deleted scenes, a gag reel and a "NIXin' It Up" featurette with series creator Matt Nix on Episode "Do No Harm."

Caption It: Which Caption Should Win?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:30:13 -0800

You guys are killing me (get it?!) with your captions for this photo from the Friday the 13th remake:

But there can only be one winner. Here are the finalists - time to vote!

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Caption It!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:45:53 -0800

Welcome to the Caption It game on BuzzSugar! Every Wednesday, I'll post a photo still from a TV show or movie here and challenge you to think of the most hilarious caption possible. I'll announce the finalists the following Tuesday, and you'll get to vote for the best caption!

As of the time I wrote this post, akosijen's caption was winning the poll for last week's challenge, thanks to this caption, which, if I'm being honest, gave me the LOLs when I first read it:

"Simon was too hard. Randy was too soft. Paula was too lumpy. But Kara's juust right."

Congrats to akosijen! Now onto this week's challenge from the Friday the 13th remake:

Leave your captions in the comment space below before 5 p.m. PST on Monday, Feb. 23 to be considered for a spot in the voting round. Have fun!

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Box Office: Jason's Back as Audiences Make Him No. 1

BuzzSugar — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:15:26 -0800

The economy may be on shaky ground but you wouldn't know it by looking at the box office totals from this weekend. The Friday the 13th remake actually set records and had "the best opening ever for a horror movie in grossing an estimated $42.2 million from 3,105 theaters through Sunday." Meanwhile He's Just Not That Into You exceeded expectations by snagging the No. 2 spot over the weekend, while Liam Neeson's Taken continued to do strong box office business and came in third place. Confessions of a Shopaholic had a disappointing debut at No. 4.

Coraline rounded out the top five while Paul Blart: Mall Cop, at No. 6, became the first original January release to reach $100 million. Dang!

Finally, Clive Owen and Naomi Watts weren't enough star power to save The International from a lackluster debut. The thriller managed seventh place.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

The New Friday the 13th Trailer

BuzzSugar — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:30:45 -0700

As was the case with The Haunting in Connecticut, another Halloween-ish movie that comes out next year, we're getting an early, seasonally-fitting look at the next Friday the 13th. The movie opens Feb. 13, 2009 and once again features our hockey masked Jason preying upon unsuspecting young people at the creepy site of Camp Crystal Lake.

The trailer includes a voiceover by Jason's mother, explaining what happened to him at the camp along with some flashes of spooky things.

To check it out, read more.

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Buzz News Roundup, 3/31

BuzzSugar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:30:26 -0700

This incredibly creepy dude, Derek Mears, will reportedly play Jason in the new Friday the 13th, ComingSoon writes.
Meanwhile, Mos Def has signed on to portray Chuck Berry in the movie Cadillac Records, Billboard reports.
Zap2it reports that ABC is shuffling its Spring schedule, moving Women's Murder Club to Tuesdays and taking Men in Trees off the air for a few weeks.
Uh-oh: The LA Times has an update on a possible actors' strike.
According to the AP, Heather Mills will judge the next Miss USA pageant.
Kathie Lee Gifford will host the fourth hour of The Today Show, the New York Times reports.
Zany soap opera Passions no longer has a home at NBC, Variety reports.
If you want to see Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's band play live, She & Him are going on a very, very brief tour, and Pitchfork has the details.

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Jared "He'll Always Be Dean to Me" Padalecki May Star in Friday the 13th

BuzzSugar — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:31:07 -0700

Now that Michael Bay has secured rights to remake every scary film, let the casting news begin. There is a good chance that Jared Padalecki, most recently of Supernatural fame, but known to Gilmore Girls fans as Dean, will star in the remake of Friday the 13th. According to Hollywood Reporter, this remake will "focus on the serial killer [Jason], who will wear his now-iconic hockey mask. Padalecki will play the lead, who investigates what happened up at Crystal Lake." Friday the 13th will open on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.

~~Dean~~ Jared will make for a pretty young detective but no matter. I'll certainly be rooting for his triumph over evil. Padelecki will also be seen in the upcoming Home for Christmas with heavyweights Marcia Gay Harden (love her) and Peter O'Toole. This guy's hot. Go Dean!

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Michael Bay and Co. to Remake Everything Scary Ever

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:30:48 -0700

Most of you were irritated to learn that Michael Bay is planning on remaking Wes Craven’s 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street and another '80s horror classic, Friday the 13th. Bay's production company also has plans to remake Near Dark and The Birds and has already produced mostly forgettable remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, and The Hitcher.

Now there is news that Bay's production company is trying to work out a deal to develop the Ira Levin novel Rosemary's Baby into a new film. Of course, that was already done in 1968 by director Roman Polanski and is considered a classic. The fairly disturbing film wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but the way Polanski tackled unnerving subject matter earned him an Oscar nod. Somehow I doubt Bay's production will yield similar critical acclaim.

Bay certainly seems to have cornered the scary-remake market, but tell me: Do you actually care? Do you have faith in any of these remakes, or do you just wish Bay would give the whole thing a rest?

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Which '80s Horror Remake Is More Annoying?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:30:38 -0800

I would guess that most of you don't approve of the news today that Michael Bay will be directing a new franchise of horror movies based on Wes Craven’s 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street. Coupled with the November news that Friday the 13th is being remade, it's all starting to get a little annoying.

So which of these '80s horror remakes bugs you the most?

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Do You Want to See a Friday the 13th Remake?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:30:09 -0800

The next horror movie remake coming down the pipeline is Friday the 13th, which recently got a director: Marcus Nispel, who also helmed the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Apparently the new Friday the 13th won't be a cookie-cutter remake, but will get a bit of a makeover:

"While Jason made only a brief appearance in the final frames of the first movie in 1980 and didn't even don his famous mask until the third movie, the new movie will focus on Jason - who will wear the mask and kill - and keep the famous setting of Crystal Lake."

What do you think? Do you want to see a new Friday the 13th? Or should filmmakers just leave well enough alone?