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Contributed by Rodrigo Perez

In Sam Raimi's return to horror "Drag Me To Hell," a young woman (played by Alison Lohman) wants to impress her manager at the bank and goes along with an eviction notice on an elderly lady. Being a Sam Raimi film, you can probably imagine what happens.

"She makes one little mistake, one morally bankrupt, morally questionable decision, our hero will have none of it, she's chosen the wrong woman to screw over," he laughed. "And even though her character is a really good person, she's done something wrong and she basically spends the next 90 minutes paying for it and she is cursed and chased by this demon that over the next three days is going to appear more definitively in the world as we know it and on the third day, drags her kicking and screaming to hell." Read more...

Tags alison lohman, drag me to hell, sam raimi

By Matt Wenzel

The actor who played Darth Vader -- quite possibly one of the greatest film villains of all time -- has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to CNN.

Most of us probably think of James Earl Jones as the man who provided Vader’s deep, almost inhuman voice. However, under the helmet was David Prowse, providing the actual physical representation of the Emperor's chief henchman. Read more...

Tags david prowse, star wars

Trailer spoofs are a dime a dozen but how many star the great Christopher Lloyd terrorizing a gaggle of whiny youths as a demented Willy Wonka? If you have clicked on the below by now, I don't know what more I can say. How about this? It's got Paul Scheer and one of the guys from "Friday Night Lights"! Go on, just click it.

Tags christopher lloyd, gobstopper

As everyone and their uncle knows, "Twilight" comes out on DVD tomorrow. As excited Twilighters are at the chance to watch and rewatch the film 100 more times, folks are probably just as excited to delve into the assorted bonus features that the disc will contain.

Just as excited as fans are the film's stars. When we caught up with Edi Gathegi and Nikki Reed to discuss the DVD release, they couldn't contain their enthusiasm at being able to watch the deleted scene. Check out our interview in the video below, and then click here to see exclusive clips from the "Twilight" DVD.

Tags Edi Gathegi, Twilight

Our "Rough Cut" interview with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen was certainly one of our more atypical movie star chats (though we pride ourselves on making ALL our chats unique). No, it wasn't an interview in an elevator or the back of cab. Just the typical junket setting. But any interview results in one of the world's most adored actresses rubbing my back and cleaning my glasses -- well that's a memory.

Check out the full crazy chat with Julia and Clive here. Or begin with my personal favorite segment of the chat below.

Tags clive owen, duplicity, julia roberts

Supernatural gothic sagas are crazy hot right now: HBO’s “True Blood,” those “Twilight” flicks everyone keeps talking about, plus a host of upcoming films like Benicio Del Toro’s “The Wolfman” and Nicolas Cage’s “Season of the Witch.” Even “Spider-Man 4”’s rumored villain is a vampire. Another of these Zeitgeist-y projects is the Johnny Depp-starring adaptation of the 1960s soap opera, “Dark Shadows,” which had been in development even before this obsession with monsters, ghosts and witches took hold.

But since word of the planned film surfaced two years ago, reliable “Dark Shadows” news has been hard to come by. Now an executive in Depp’s production company, Infinitum-Nihil, which is developing the movie, confirmed some details for MTV News, left others up in the air, and hinted that we might be seeing the makings of a new supernatural franchise.

Most importantly, we wanted to know if Johnny Depp is still attached to star. “Indeed he is,” confirmed Sam Sarkar, Infinitum’s director of development. Read more...

Tags dark shadows, johnny depp, tim burton

Contributed by Jeff Sneider

Brad Pitt is going back undercover. Variety reports that Paramount has nabbed the film rights to John Le Carre’s 1993 spy thriller “The Night Manager,” which Pitt’s company Plan B will produce.

Former Gulf War intelligence officer and Nicholls fellow Robert Edwards will adapt the critically acclaimed novel, which follows Jonathan Pine, the night manager of a Swiss hotel who’s recruited by a government agency to infiltrate the network of a dangerous international arms dealer named Richard Roper, a character of no relation to the famed film critic. Read more...

Tags brad pitt, the night manager

Recently, My Chemical Romance became probably the first band in history to proclaim they wanted nothing to do with the upcoming "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon." (Are you listening, every other celebrity in the universe?)

Turns out, they're rather choosy when it comes to just which films get their music. Moody adaptations of classic Alan Moore graphic novels = yes. Everything else = no. Read more...

Tags gerard way, my chemical romance, New Moon, Twilight

We may be able to prop up our failing economy purely by the amount of films being made about it. The latest is John Wells' independent drama "The Company Men," which has just attracted Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones. They're joining Ben Affleck, who has been attached since last fall and can say he was doing economy-themed films before anyone else.

According to Variety, the film's theme is something we can all relate to -- the effect corporate downsizing has on those who are fired, and those left behind to keep it all running.

Affleck will play a corporate hotshot who loses everything (his Porsche, his enormous six figure salary, probably his friends and penthouse apartment too) after he's fired. Costner will play his brother-in-law, an ordinary guy who installs drywall, and gives his brother a construction job. Read more...

Tags ben affleck, kevin costner, the company men, tommy lee jones

Natasha Richardson has died and I think I'm echoing many of you when I say this one just hurts all around. It hurts because, yes Natasha was a fine actress of stage and screen. And yes, she was a proud carrier of the Redgrave tradition. And it hurts because she and Liam Neeson just oozed charm and class. And it hurts because of the circumstances -- almost too absurd and random to be believed. But most of all it hurts because you think of her family, her grieving husband, her mother, and tragically, her two young sons.

This might sound like an absurd anecdote to conjure up at a time like this but it's my only personal memory of Richardson beyond the work she contributed. I was working for Charlie Rose's talk-show at the time (this was probably about seven years ago) and I was standing awkwardly in the greenroom with Natasha as was her publicist or whatever handler accompanied her that day. Small talk only goes so far in such situations and there was a lull where I was just standing there, waiting and hoping for the uncomfortable silence to end. Then, out of the silence came her regal (even lyrical) voice saying the following without a trace of irony: "say, did anyone see 'Temptation Island' last night?!?" I've had a soft spot for Natasha Richardson ever since. I know it says nothing about her life as an actress or a mother but damnit if it doesn't convey how endearing she could be.

Tags natasha richardson