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VOD Spotlight: A Haunted House
Channel Guide MagazineA Haunted House spoofs the horror genre and targets hits like Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside, Sinister, The Possession and other “found footage” films with the story of a couple, Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins), who... -
On Demand DVD New Releases April 22-28
Channel Guide MagazineOn Demand DVD New Releases April 22-28: This week's releases tackle some true stories (The Impossible), some true-to-life stories (Promised Land, Any Day), and a ghost story of sorts, (A Haunted House). Cheech and Chong get animated, and Josh Brolin, Ryan... -
'A Haunted House'
Members of the Wayans family sent up all sorts of screen shockers in the "Scary Movie" series, and they're back at it as Marlon Wayans serves as co-writer, co-producer and star of this only mildly amusing parody of pictures in the "Paranormal Activity"...
Tags: Cedric the Entertainer, Unexplained Phenomena
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'A Haunted House' wears out its only joke ★
Marlon Wayans wrings every last down-and-dirty giggle out of a single joke in "A Haunted House," his return to "Scary Movie" territory, in truth if not by contract. He's no longer involved in that series, so he limited himself to making fun not of every...
Tags: Marlon Wayans, Affion Crockett, Unexplained Phenomena, Movies, Ghosts (supernatural entities)
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Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Jan. 13, 2012
now playing "Django Unchained" (R). A slave turned bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. TownMall Cinemas (12:50, 4:20, 7:50 p.m.) "Gangster Squad"...Tags: Leslie Mann, Josh Brolin, Paul Rudd, Bette Midler, Martin Freeman
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'A Haunted House' review: 'Paranormal Activity' is funnier
* (out of four) Imagine if the “Paranormal Activity” films still featured loud noises and mysteriously falling pots and pans—only this time, they also included Marlon Wayans being raped by a ghost. Wouldn’t that be hilarious? No,...
Tags: Marlon Wayans, Unexplained Phenomena, Movies, Ghosts (supernatural entities), Paranormal Activity (movie)
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Open Road, Endgame visit 'Haunted House': Duo acquire U.S. rights to Michael Tiddes pic
VarietyOpen Road Films, in partnership with Endgame Entertainment, has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Michael Tiddes' "A Haunted House" from IM Global. IM Global's genre label Octane financed and produced the pic, which Open Road will release...Tags: Marlon Wayans, Cedric the Entertainer, David Koechner, Corporate Officers, Movies
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'Deliver Us From Eva'
Times Staff WriterWhen a woman loftily declares to the men in her sisters' lives that women uplift culture while men only lift up lap dancers, it's hardly a friendly sign. In "Deliver Us From Eva," a shrewd and funny romantic comedy, the formidable title character...Tags: LL Cool J, Barry Levinson, Meagan Good, Duane Martin, Cinema Industry
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It's Cheech and Chong for the 21st Century
TIMES STAFF WRITER"How High" generates considerable hilarity when it turns loose rappers Method Man and Redman on an unsuspecting Harvard University. The way they get there is pretty funny in this raunchy, good-natured comedy from Universal. Written by Dustin Lee...Tags: Redman, Clarence Thomas, Health, Education, Entertainment
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Let the shows begin
By all appearances, the broadcast television networks finally got the message that audiences are hungry for original programming even during summer months. What's more, they've learned to do it with relatively inexpensive programming. Just look at the...Tags: Paula Marshall, Dick Clark, Mary Tyler Moore, Michaela Conlin, David Caruso
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Movie review, 'Deliver Us from Eva'
Special to the TribuneWhen suave Ray Adams (LL Cool J) falls in love with luscious Eva Dandridge (Gabrelle Union), his buddies chide him that his style has slipped from "DMZ to Babyface." It's more than just a humorous riff on the actor/rapper's own persona. The black...Tags: LL Cool J, Meagan Good, Duane Martin, Movies, Death
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