I've heard good reviews of the Mike Judge comedy "Extract" that came out last week, and I might add it to my list of movies to see, which still includes "District 9" and "Cold Souls." I haven't had as much time to make it to the movie theater lately as I've wanted to.

An unusual combination of movies hits theaters this week: two documentaries, one animated film, two thrillers, and a comedy. Premiering at the box office this week are "9," "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," "Whiteout," "Sorority Row," "The September Issue," and "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour." ...

1.) Starpulse user djvandeusencade asks, "I read the book 'The Ruins' and loved it! I see that it came out on [the big screen], but when will it be available on DVD?"

Based on the novel by Scott Smith, director Carter B. Smith's Yucatan-set thriller follows four American tourists as they unwisely venture off the beaten path while vacationing in Cancun. When a friendly German tourist implores the Americans to help search the jungle for his missing brother, the group becomes hopelessly trapped in a nightmare scenario that seems too strange to be true. The film will be released on DVD Ju...

Half "Bloody Mary" and half decomposing sleezeball, Beetlejuice is the titular anti-hero that helped put Tim Burton into the who's who of Hollywood. Now at its 20th anniversary, let's take a look back at a sparkling example of dark comedy that stands as a precursor to Burton's magical films.

The Movie

Reading the cast list will illicit at least one "oh yeah, he/she was in this" reaction. The ensemble would also make a 1990s romantic comedy cast director salivate: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, an appearance by the late Robert Goulet, and...

''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' is the quintessential Tim Burton movie, even though it springs from somebody else's celebrated mind.

Everything about Stephen Sondheim's revered musical, which provided the inspiration for the film, seems tailor-made for the director's sensibilities. Truly, what other filmmaker could tell the story of a vengeful barber (Johnny Depp) who slits his customers' throats and the lovesick baker (Helena Bonham Carter) who grinds up the dead bodies for her meat pies?

It's strangely beautiful and beautifully strange, with horrific subject m...

ABC Family has a frightful line-up of new programming for its ninth annual '13 Nights of Halloween' programming event. The new ABC Family original movie "Nature of the Beast" and the basic cable premieres of "An American Haunting" and "Boogeyman" will join other Halloween themed programming airing the 13 nights leading up to Halloween (October 19 - October 31).

ABC Family's new original movie "Nature of the Beast," premiering Sunday, October 21 (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT) is a darkly wicked tale of one happy couple's road to wedded bliss. Julia and Rich are in the throes of planning the...

Happy Birthday to "The O.C." actress Rachel Bilson (1981), "Kenan & Kel" star Kel Mitchell (1978), German supermodel Claudia Schiffer (1970), "All My Children" actor Cameron Mathison (1969), Powerman 5000 singer Spider One (1968), Belle & Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch (1968), Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy (1967), actor Blair Underwood (1964), country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), "The Corpse Bride" director Tim Burton (1958), English musician Elvis Costello (1954), Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes (1952), Judas Priest singer Rob Halford (1951), Kiss bassist/singer Gene Simmons (1949), "Alien Loc...

Happy Birthday to WWE Diva Ashley Massaro (1979), South Park co-creator Matt Stone (1971), "The Corpse Bride" actress Helena Bonham Carter (1966), rock star Lenny Kravitz (1964), "General Hospital" actress Genie Francis (1962), comedian Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), film and TV actress Margaret Colin (1957), "Jackie Brown" star Pam Grier (1949), country superstar Hank Williams Jr. (1949), "Miami Vice" actor Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks (1948), British guitarist Mick Ronson (1946; d. 1993), The Band drummer Levon Helm (1942), jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926; d...

Three-time Oscar nominee and Grammy Award-winning composer Danny Elfman’s inspiring score for the motion picture Charlotte’s Web will be released December 5 on Sony Classical’s original soundtrack recording, which will also introduce the original song “Ordinary Miracle,” performed by Sarah McLachlan and written by acclaimed songwriter/record producer Glen Ballard and music legend Dave Stewart.

In the classic tale of Charlotte’s Web from writer E.B. White, someone very small finds that the most powerful force in the world is friendship. In the big-screen adaptation, the characters embar...

Helena Bonham Carter will re-team Tim Burton and Johnny Depp in the big screen adaptation of "Sweeney Todd." Carter, Burton's longtime off-screen partner, has starring in Burton-directed films such as Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Big Fish and Planet Of The Apes.

Carter and Depp starred in "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory" together and both voiced characters in Burton's animated film The Corpse Bride.

She will play the devious Mrs. Lovett. in the new film, a role originated onstage by Angela Lansbury, who is a murderess who dispenses of her victims' bodies in meat pies an...

Las Vegas rockers The Killers have added a little star power to their next video by inviting quirky Corpse Bride movie maker Tim Burton to direct it. The director is the brains behind the band's “Bones” promo.

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is thrilled with Burton's efforts: "He recreated things that have been torn down in Las Vegas, like the Glass Pool Inn, which had holes in the pool where you could see people swimming. There's a little love story and the couple starts taking each other's skin off until they're skeletons."

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Happy Birthday to "The O.C." actress Rachel Bilson (1981), "Kenan & Kel" star Kel Mitchell (1978), German supermodel Claudia Schiffer (1970), "All My Children" actor Cameron Mathison (1969), Powerman 5000 singer Spider One (1968), Belle & Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch (1968), Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy (1967), actor Blair Underwood (1964), country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), "The Corpse Bride" director Tim Burton (1958), English musician Elvis Costello (1954), Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes (1952), Judas Priest singer Rob Halford (1951), Kiss bassist/singer Gene Simmons (1949), "Alien Loc...

Batman has beaten Superman and the X-Men by claiming 10 nominations for the inaugural Scream Awards.

Batman Begins picked up nods for The Ultimate Scream, Best Fantasy Movie and Most Heroic Performance when the nominations for the October honors were announced yesterday.

The awards - a joint venture between Comic-Con comic book convention bosses and cable network executives at America's Spike TV - have been set up to honor horror, sci-fi and fantasy comic books, TV shows and films.

New Superman movie Superman Returns picked up nine nominations and X-Men sequel X-Men: The L...

Happy Birthday to WWE Diva Ashley Massaro (1979), South Park co-creator Matt Stone (1971), "The Corpse Bride" actress Helena Bonham Carter (1966), rock star Lenny Kravitz (1964), "General Hospital" actress Genie Francis (1962), comedian Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), film and tv actress Margaret Colin (1957), "Jackie Brown" star Pam Grier (1949), country superstar Hank Williams Jr. (1949), "Miami Vice" actor Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks (1948), British guitarist Mick Ronson (1946; d. 1993), The Band drummer Levon Helm (1942), jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926; d...

British movies have doubled their box office takings in the past two years - thanks to the mega-successful Harry Potter franchise. The top 10 U.K. films last year made $2.4 billion

compared with just $1.2 billion in 2003. Films are classed as British if they were filmed in the United Kingdom, with U.K. talent, even if they were made with American money.

The top ten grossing U.K. movies of 2005 were:

1: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

2: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

3: Batman Begins

4: Kingdom Of Heaven

5: Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride triumphed at the British Animation Awards on Thursday after beating Oscar-winning Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit to the Best Feature accolade. The quirky filmmaker picked up the award at a glamorous ceremony in London's Shaw Theatre.

Eight-minute film "Rabbit" took two trophies, including Best Short Film and Most Cutting Edge Film. Animated pop group Gorillaz garnered the Favorite Music Video accolade for their number one hit "Feel Good Inc."

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Although Brokeback Mountain wound up walking away with a few Academy Awards last night, the big winner was Crash, which took home statues for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Original Screenplay and Best Achievement in Editing. Thrice-nominated George Clooney won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Syriana. Read more for a complete list of winners ...

78th Annual Academy Awards Winners:

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Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

David S...

* Wallace And Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit has been nominated for three British Animation Awards. The smash hit movie, which is also up for an Academy Award, leads nominations ahead of the ceremony in London next month. Other films represented at the event are Oscar rivals Corpse Bride, "Creature Comforts" and "Angry Kid" - the latter are both created by Aardman Animations, the home of Wallace And Gromit. But the 'claymation' duo will be hot favorites after scooping nine prizes at the Annies recently.

* Heath Ledger is reportedly in negotiations to go gay again in a new movi...

As expected, Brokeback Mountain is a favorite among Oscar voters, rounding up eight nominations, including those for best motion picture, director, actor, and supporting actor and actress. Crash and Good Night, And Good Luck follow with six nominations each. Walk the Line was surprisingly shut out of the best motion picture category, but the film earned five nominations, as did Capote, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Munich. Continue reading for a complete list of Oscar nominees...

78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations:

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Philip Seymour Hof...

The fiendishly macabre Corpse Bride is out on DVD this week. The animated feature follows Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living. Also on DVD this week: In Her Shoes and The Legend of Zorro.

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit garned 16 nominations for the 33rd Annual Annie Awards, which celebrates the world’s best in animation. The film is included in the "best animated feature" category along with Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Madagascar.

Other nominees are:

Best Home Entertainment Production

• Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows – Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc.

• Kronk’s New Groove – DisneyToon Studios

• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch – DisneyToon Studios

• Tarzan II – DisneyToon Studios

• The Batman vs Dracula –...

Ten films will compete in the “Best Animated Feature Film” category in the 2005 Academy Awards competition. Nominees include Chicken Little, Madagascar, and Wallace & Gromit.

The complete list of 10 eligible films are:

Chicken Little

Gulliver's Travel

Hoodwinked

Howl's Moving Castle

Madagascar

Robots

Steamboy

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Valiant

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The 10 films have been accepted as eligible to compete by the executive committee of the short films and feature animation branch of the Academy, which has recommended to the...