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Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy revisit their roles from UNDERWORLD in this prequel to the horror-action hybrid. Sheen (THE QUEEN) stars as Lucian, a werewolf who battles vampire Viktor (Nighy, the Pirates of the Caribbean films), despite his love for Viktor’s daughter Sonja. Kate Beckinsale might have departed the series, but fellow dark-haired beauty Rhona Mitra (DOOMSDAY) fills fans desires for a sexy heroine in her role as Sonja.
In this fantasy adventure based on Cornelia Funke’s book, a young girl and her father cause fictional characters to leap into reality. But a formerly book-bound baddie (LORD OF THE RINGS’ Andy Serkis) takes the dad hostage, and it’s up to the junior heroine–and some fictional help–to rescue her father.
As a mall security guard, Paul Blart is devoted to keeping crime and mischief out of the New Jersey shopping center where he works, even if he isn’t allowed to wear a gun. But Santa’s helpers decide to be naughty, taking Paul’s loved ones hostage, so he has to use all his training to save them. Kevin James (THE KING OF QUEENS) brings the laughter–and the pain–as the titular law enforcer.
Fans of Irish rockers My Bloody Valentine might be disappointed to learn that this isn’t a documentary about their favorite band, but horror devotees will be glad for the arrival of this 3-D remake of the 1980s horror classic. SUPERNATURAL’s Jensen Ackles stars as a man who can’t move past an accident he caused a decade ago that led to a murderer taking deadly revenge. But those events are no longer a distant memory when people in his small town begin to die again.
This biopic from executive producer Sean “Diddy” Combs explores the life and death of East Coast rapper Notorious B.I.G. Newcomer Jamal Woolard stars as Biggie Smalls, but big names fill out the rest of the cast: Angela Bassett plays the rapper’s mother, Derek Luke costars as Combs, and Anthony Mackie plays rival Tupac Shakur. Bassett’s real life counterpart, Voletta Wallace, acts as one of the film’s producers.