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In 2002 a film by the title of Dog Soldiers made its debut on the festival circuit and went on to see a limited theatrical release and worldwide video/DVD distribution. It was the debut feature from writer/director Neil Marshall, about a group of hard-drinking, soccer-loving Scottish soldiers who, while on a seemingly routine training exercise in northern Scotland mountains, cross paths with a pack of lycanthropes (werewolves to the lay person), and must battle the beasts with everything from guns, knives, and grenades, to broadswords, makeshift flamethrowers, everyday household items, and when all else fails, hand to hand combat. Filled with audacious violence, a dark sense of humor, and loads of movie references (Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, Jaws and Predator to name a few), Dog Soldiers garnered a substantial cult following among horror fans that flocked to the film like a mob of zombies to an end-of-the-world survivor with an empty shotgun and a broken leg.

The rumors have been confirmed and fans of Aussie rockers INXS can finally get another taste of the former front man and longhaired heartthrob Michael Hutchence. The lead singer, who recorded 12 albums with the group until his death in 1997, was said to be the spirit of INXS – a position that cannot be replaced (although they tried with the CBS reality TV talent search “Rock Star: INXS”).

Zombie master George A. Romero, one of America’s preeminent masters of the horror genre, is mining for scares from somewhere other than his own mind: Japan. Following the well-proven road of “Hollywood Horror, via Japan,” Romero has signed on to direct Solitary Isle for Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures, with 20th Century Fox distributing. The film, based on a story by Koji Suzuki, deals with a group of explorers on an deserted island who are harassed and assuredly killed by the island’s dark secret. Sounds like “The Cave.” Or “The Descent.” Or “Event Horizon,” but with better oceanic views. Personally, I think the whole thing reeks of TV’s “Lost.”

From Charlton Heston to Dudley Moore, the biblical standards set out in Genesis have long been the basis for Hollywood interpretation and visualization. None however have attempted it in quite the same way as David Wain’s (Wet Hot American Summer 2001) new film The Ten. Currently in pre-production, and set to film in Mexico and New York, the film will portray ten stories in an episodic style with a story representing each of the 10 Commandments. Winona Ryder, Franke Jansen, Gretchen Mol, Liev Schreiber, Rob Corddy, Ron Silver and Oliver Platt have all just been announced as joining Jessica Alba, Adam Brady, Ken Marino, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux on the irreverent comedy written by Wain and Marino for City Lights.

It is no secret that Michel Gondry, the brilliant brain behind the much loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the soon to be fav The Science of Sleep, got his start with music videos.