Ask FlickChick Yes there is a real body-snatching psychosis why Hollywood loves remakes why critics hate Stephen King and moreQuestion I just saw the new Nicole Kidman movie Invasion with my girlfriend and she insists theres a real disease where people think their friends and family have been replaced by duplicates That sounds crazy to me I think there have just been so many versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers that people think its a real thing What do you think ErikFlickChick Amazingly enough there is a real psychological disorder called Capgras Syndrome whose sufferers are convinced that their loved ones are no longer their loved ones just like the characters in the four adaptations to date of Jack Finneys allegorical science-fiction novel Invasion of the Body Snatchers The delusion is named for French psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph Capgras who first described it in 1923 It remains something of a mystery and can take several forms Sometim
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Per Variety, Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables: Capone Rising, a prequel chronicling Al's rise to power and his relationship with nemesis Detective Jimmy Malone.... Maria Bello is replacing Rachel Weisz as aventuress Evelyn O'Connell in the third Mummy movie.... Guy Ritchie will return to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels roots with Rocknrolla, an action comedy about "a dangerous crime lord, a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and a band of petty thieves".... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Gary Cole is an estranged hubby and father trying to reconcile with his boozing wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and their daughter (Agnes Bruckner) via a cross-country RV excursion in Say Hello to Stan Talmadge.
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Per Variety, Office cutie Jenna Fischer has joined the Judd Apatow- and Jake Kasdan-penned comedy Walk Hard, playing a June Carter Cash-esque love interest for John C. Reilly's fictional music legend, Dewey Cox. Fischer will also sing in the pic.... Will Arnett has been added to the lineup for Semi-Pro, the basketball comedy starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson and Andrew Benjamin.... HDNet Films has tapped Brian De Palma to write and direct Redacted, a montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq war, and due for a fall day-and-date release.
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I love talking about movies but Ive never been able to organize movie-night get-togethers So this is the next best thing On Tuesdays Im going to spotlight a DVD and suggest some virtual-discussion startersWe all know the drill Sequels are never as good as the originals And its true except when it isnt Thats why I devoted a whole chapter of my book Movie Lust Recommended Viewing for Every Mood Moment and Reason over to remakes that defy conventional wisdom including Jonathan Demmes 2004 version of The Manchurian Candidate 1962 What Price Hollywood 1932 and the musical remake A Star is Born 1954 and Brian DePalmas Scarface which updated Howard Hawks 1932 gangster drama Scarface The Shame of a Nation inspired by the rise and fall of Al Capone to then-contemporary MiamiScarface is newly available in a Platinum Edition whose additional features lean heavily to the jokey reflecting the fact that over the course of some two decades the film has gone
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Recently, Hollywood has turned to the horror flick to rejuvenate flagging ticket sales. While the glut of guts has led to a lot of remakes and knockoffs, a few young filmmakers have risen to the challenge of fashioning fresh fare. Eli Roth is one such box-office reanimator. Spawning the hits Cabin Fever and Hostel, the Boston-born director splices social commentary into his gore while mischievously tinkering with genre convention. TVGuide.com invited Roth to discuss Hostel (out on DVD today) and share hi
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