LOS ANGELES (AP) - Academy Awards heavyweights such as George Clooney and Cate Blanchett were no match for another of Tyler Perry's populist tales.

The producers of the long-awaited Lost Boys sequel are trying to work out Corey Haim's work visa issues, so he can reprise his character from the original film. Haim's co-stars Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander have already signed on for the sequel, and producers are determined to make it a trilogy of returning stars.

Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the non-fiction book Flags of Our Fathers concerns the lives of the men in the famous picture of soldiers raising the American flag over Iwo Jima during that historic WWII battle. Battle scenes are intercut with footage of three of the soldiers. Also on DVD: Superman mystery Hollywoodland, horror flick The Grudge 2, memoir-inspired Running With Scissors, and family tale Flicka.

Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman have conjured up a hit at the top of the box office, scoring a number one with their new film The Prestige. The movie, about two competing illusionists, toppled horror sequel The Grudge 2 with a $14.8 million opening weekend.

"I came home and I saw a spider dangling in my kitchen and I took my InStyle and my People magazines and I smashed it and I killed it. I felt really bad because I'm a vegetarian." The Grudge 2 star Amber Tamblyn.

Horror sequel The Grudge 2 topped the box office over the weekend with $22 million, knocking director Martin Scorsese's film The Departed into second place. "The Departed" took in $18 million, while Robin Williams' new film, Man Of The Year, opened in third place with $12.6 million.

The sequel to the highly successful "The Grudge" centers on a woman (Amber Tamblyn) who is affected by the same mysterious curse as her sister (Sarah Michelle Gellar). The curse brings together several people who work to unlock its secret and save their lives. Watch the trailer / More

It’s that time of year again … leaves start changing colors, homes fill with the scent of wood burning stoves, and movie buffs head to the theaters and video stores to watch gory, bloody and disgusting horror films. This October, scary movie fans can catch three spine-tingling classics-in-the-making: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Grudge 2 and Saw III. For a list of retro horror films and other scary movies, check out the "Starpulse Halloween Horror Movie Guide" ...

Fall officially begins Sept. 22, but The Wicker Man (Sept. 1) deserves a spot on the list of upcoming creepy movies. In this remake, a young child has gone missing and it's up to a kindly but haunted sheriff (Nicolas Cage) to travel to the remote island community where she was last seen and solve the lingering mystery of her disappearance.