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Total Recall: Best and Worst Part Fours
It's no secret that Hollywood loves sequels -- but studios are also pretty quick to abandon franchises when they start running out of steam at the box office, so if a series can make it past three installments, it's an achievement worth noticing. Of course, noticing and commending are two different things -- but while we tend to be cynical about sequels, particularly later ones, not all fourth film chapters are created equal. In honor of Resident Evil: Afterlife's impending bow, we decided to dedicate this week's column to some of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) third sequels. Direct-to-video titles were, as always, off limits, and we mostly ignored the many sequel-friendly (and drearily similar) horror franchises -- but that still left plenty of films to choose from. From the maligned to the honored, from the wildly successful to the all-but-forgotten, it's time to Total Recall...tetralogically!
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BFI London Film Festival announces 2010 lineup
Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go and Danny Boyle's 127 Hours will open and close the Brit festival.
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Five Favorite Films with Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller rose to recognition with his role in TV's hit series Prison Break, in which he played the jailhouse architect trying to bust out his falsely imprisoned brother. He's no stranger to horror franchises, though, having appeared in 2003's vampires-versus-werewolves showdown Underworld, and this week he's back among the land of the undead in Resident Evil: Afterlife -- the fourth installment of the enduring video game-inspired series. In Paul W.S. Anderson's 3-D actioner, Miller is Chris Redfield, older brother to Ali Larter's Claire -- and, not incidentally, one of the original heroes from the very first Resident Evil game. We recently spoke to the amiable (and absurdly well-toned) Miller and asked him to name his all-time Five Favorite Films.
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RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: MacGruber and Killers
The dearth of truly quality movie DVDs continues, as most of the brand new releases this week of films that came out this year are quite solidly Rotten. Having said that, we've also attempted to fish out a few good re-releases, as well as one indie film that was Certified Fresh but didn't see much action at the box office. There were also a handful of Blu-Ray titles which were simply reissues of previous releases (Forbidden Planet and Stardust, for example), so we decided to leave those off the list. So have a look and see if anything tickles your fancy.
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Better Off Dead Turns 25: An Oral History
To celebrate the 25th birthday of the comedy legend known as "Better Off Dead," Moviefone assembled director Savage Steve Holland and (most of) the cast for an oral history.
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Clint Eastwood Could Have Been Superman or 007
In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Clint Eastwood reflects on his long career -- including his close brushes with the Superman and James Bond franchises.
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Liam Neeson Boards Battleship
Liam Neeson has joined the cast of "Battleship," where he'll play the Navy admiral whose daughter (Brooklyn Decker) is engaged to a young officer (Taylor Kitsch).
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Michael Caine in Talks for Journey of the Center of the Earth 2
Michael Caine is negotiating for the right to be chased by giant bees in the "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D" sequel.
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Schwentke Gets R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds
Robert Schwentke has signed on to direct Ryan Reynolds in "R.I.P.D.," an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic about "a law enforcement division staffed by dead guys."
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Ronald Reagan Biopic Planned
It doesn't have a director or a star, but there's a Ronald Reagan biopic in the works, with Jonas McCord ("Malice") attached to write the script.
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