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Every week, Scott Davis and Austin Kennedy check out the latest, but not always the greatest films in the multiplexes. Everything from the biggest blockbusters, to the smallest indie films to the latest foreign films. Scott and Austin are film geeks by birth, keeping a critical eye on things, but bringing a lot of humor and energy to the proceedings as well. They don't always agree, but it's always entertaining.

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  Date / Time: 3/19/2009 7:46 PM UTC

  LAST HOUSE ON WITCH MOUNTAIN
  

  Hello everyone, Scott here
   
  This week on the show, we'll take a look at four big movies that hit theatres recently.
   
  

  

  Can you smell what the Mouse is cookin'?

   

  First up, the newest reboot from Walt Disney Pictures. RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN stars Dwayne Johnson, formerly the Rock, in a remake of their 1975 hit, ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN. Disney has been doing this for a while with films like FLUBBER being an update THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR and THE SHAGGY DOG being remade with Tim Allen. We know those didn't go well, but what about this more serious property?

   

  

  "Okay, just erase the title and the tagline. We're going to use this same poster for like five horror films this year."

   

  Another remake of a completely different sort, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is a remake of Wes Craven's grindhouse cult classic (which itself was an unofficial remake of Ingmar Bergman's THE VIRGIN SPRING). In it, two girls are abducted and abused by a roaming pack of murderous, degenerate thugs. After disposing of their prey, the thugs seek shelter at the nearest house, which turns out to be owned by the parents of one of the girls. These horror remakes have been coming quickly, but how does this one differ from the pack?

   

  

  Amateurs. I moved on to Hustler when I was twelve.

   

  Completely screwing up a potential theme show, MISS MARCH turns out ot be an original concept. How dare they? In this one, an pro-abstinence guy wakes up from a four year coma, only to discover his girlfriend is now a Playboy Playmate. Now, he and his perverted friend go on a road trip to confront his now airbrushed love.

   

  
  

  Weirdest. Production of A Chrous Line. Ever.
  

   

  SHUTTLE may or may not have hit theatres near you. It's doing one of those "select cities" gigs this month before it hits DVD in April. In it, a group of travelers are terrorized by the driver of their airport shuttle.
  
  
  

  

  "Are the 15 year old girls opening their wallets yet? Sweeeet."

   

  In our DVD section this week, we'll take a look at the blockbuster, TWILIGHT. Also, third time may be the charm with PUNISHER: WAR ZONE. And Kristen Scott Thomas gets moody in French in I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG.

  Also, movie news which unfortunately includes the premature passing of actors Ron Silver and Natasha Richardson.

  Check us out live Sunday at 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time at our official site at BlogTalkRadio. If you don't catch us live, you can stream our show later, or download it right to your hard drive. Previous episodes are also available for download. You can also catch us at MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/filmgeekcentral.

  Hope to see you there, film geeks!

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