Kat Dennings Battles Addiction in Trailer for 'To Write Love on her Arms'

Kat Dennings has gained a pretty big following for the snarky characters she tends to play, whether it's every week on 2 Broke Girls or for her comic relief roles in the Thor movies. We haven't had much of a chance to see her dramatic side, but that's changing with the true life drama To Write Love on her Arms. 

Dennings plays 19-year-old Renee Yohe, whose struggles with addiction and suicide inspired Jamie Tworkowski (Chad Michael Murray) to create a charitable organization helping others deal with the same issues. The trailer isn't too impressive, and doesn't suggest it will deal with the subject in any kind of a hard-hitting way. Actually, it looks and sounds like something that should be airing on the CW.

To Write Love on her Arms opens in March.

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The Rapture Can't Stop Nicolas Cage in Trailer for 'Left Behind'

There aren't many things in the world that can put a dent in Nicolas Cage's mojo. Endless runs of bad movies don't hurt him. Being the butt of jokes doesn't hurt. Not being able to play Superman doesn't hurt him. Even the almighty IRS falls to the sheer power of Cage. And apparently, not even the Rapture can hold a candle to him, at least that seems to be the point behind the new trailer for Left Behind.

Yes, it just looks like a longer, poorly-made version of HBO's The Leftovers but the fact is Left Behind has been around for a minute. It's based on the popular series of faith-based books that explore what happens to the people LEFT BEHIND (!!!!!!) after the Rapture. A battle between good and evil is about to erupt and if you guessed the Antichrist is behind it then all that time spent at Sunday School was worth it.

Also starring Cassie Thomson, Jordin Sparks, and Chad Michael Murray but with 100% less Kirk Cameron than the 2003 version, Left Behind opens October 3rd.

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Trailer for Nicolas Cages' 'Left Behind' Remake Is Predictably Terrible

It was always going to be a union packed with unintentional comic potential, having Nicolas Cage star in a remake of Left Behind, the far right sci-fi novels adapted into awful movies with Kirk Cameron. As usual for Cage, if he takes one great step forward with a movie like Joe (he's brilliant in it, by the way), he takes a giant leap backwards soon after, and now that the Left Behind trailer is here this definitely looks like another one of his paycheck gigs.

The first clip released some time ago didn't promise much, and now we see why. Looking cheap and vaguely unfinished in the same way the Atlas Shrugged movies did, the film features an overacting Cage ("I know you all want answers AND SO DO I"!!!) as a man LEFT BEHIND after a number of people suddenly vanish in the Rapture. The story follows the survivors who must try to understand and cope with the enormity of what has occurred. Adding to the TV movie feel of this are a cast of TV regulars led by Chad Michael Murray and Cassi Thomson, along with Jordin Sparks, Nicky Whelan, Lea Thompson, and Olympic athlete Lolo Jones (!!!).

All snark aside, Christian-themed movies have been doing gangbusters at the box office, and considering the best selling source material Left Behind will probably find a big audience on October 3rd.

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Skylar Astin and Camilla Belle Look for Love in New 'Cavemen' Trailer

What happens when the worlds of Pitch Perfect and the Footloose remake collide? Nothing remotely musical, apparently. Instead you get Cavemen, a romantic comedy starring Skylar Astin, Alexis Knapp, Kenny Wormald, Chad Michael Murray, Camilla Belle, and Dayo Okeniyi. Put these folks in anything else and you might have the makings of a something hot, but this trailer promises nothing but weak sauce.  Los Angeles 20-somethings are searching for love in all the wrong places, but it's Astin taking the lead as Dean, who wants to move on from one night stands and find something more. Belle plays his best friend and they share a physical attraction but you'll be shocked to learn neither is willing to make the first move. It's like they rolled this movie off an assembly line.

Written and directed by Herschel Faber, Cavemen opens February 7th. Lots of talent here, so maybe it'll be better than it appears. 


Cavemen Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Comedy Movie HD by UltraCinema

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Chad Michael Murray to get 'Left Behind' with Nicolas Cage

One Tree Hill is over, right? And Chad Michael Murray hasn't been on it for a couple of years? So that explains why he's suddenly turning up on the big screen, with a role in the terribly-named The Haunting in Connecticut: Ghosts of Georgia coming up. You'd think the title alone would have had his agent shredding the screenplay, but these are the types of films one does to try and remain relevant. The other kind one does? Nicolas Cage flicks.

Murray is joining the previously announced Cage in the remake of Left Behind, based on those awful faith-based movies that unfortunately brought Kirk Cameron's special brand of insanity back into our lives. Based on the first of 16 novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, the stories take place in the aftermath of the Rapture when an anti-Christian government has taken hold. Murray will play journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams, which sounds more like a porn star name. This would be a more interesting movie if it was a porn star name. Paul Lalonde will produce and co-write the script with John Patus, both having been involved in the previous film trilogy. They'll attempt to make the Christian-themed series more mainstream. Good luck with that. Vic Armstrong(Army of One) was in talks to direct last we heard, but Deadline's report doesn't mention him.

These sound pretty horrible, but they can't be worse than the Cameron films were.


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1st trailer and poster for 'The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia'

Three years ago The Haunting in Connecticut served up hearty haunted house scares on a meager budget, coasting its way to over $77M at a time when animated movies were dominating the box office. Not exactly world-beating numbers, but enough that a sequel was likely, and soon we learned that Gold Circle Films had two in the works, centering on families haunted in two very different locales. Like the original, it would be based on an alleged real life encounter with the paranormal, and would be directed by 'Connecticut' editor Tom Elkins.

First announced as The Haunting in Georgia, it now goes by the overlong and confusing title of The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia(wait, what?), and with a release date right around the corner, we're finally getting a look at the trailer. The film is comprised mostly of TV vets, Chad Michael Murray(One Tree Hill), Katee Sackhoff(Battlestar Galactica) and Abigail Spencer(Mad Men), following a family that moves into a historic Georgia home, only to discover they aren't alone. As you might expect, the new location gives way to a deeply Southern Gothic approach, but the poster looks like someone saw The Last Exorcism once too often.

Presumably, if this does well, we'll see the next chapter in the series, which takes place in New York and has Sean Hood(Halloween: Resurrection) penning the screenplay. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia will get a small theatrical run and VOD release on February 1st 2013. Check out the trailer below.....[IGN/Yahoo!]

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