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So was this remake true to the original, a blatant rip-off or something a bit better? Come on in and find out. You might be surprised by what I have to say in this movie review!

Colin Farrell, Fright Night movie review

Fright Night 2011, was penned by Marti Noxon (I Am Number Four; on TV: Glee, Mad Men) and directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl; on TV: United States of Tara).  This is a remake of the 1985 movie of the same name.

The opening scene in Fright Night was very reminiscent of the first Men in Black movie, with the energetic, peppy movie music as we zoom, like we’re flying, into a small outlying neighborhood of Las Vegas.  We find ourselves in a house where a family is being murdered, in a bloody, messy manner.

Anton Yelchin in Fright Night

We segue into Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) battling the woes of his motorcycle not starting, and meeting the circle of his friends at school.

Very early on, we meet Charley’s neighbor, Jerry (Colin Farrell), helping Charley’s mom (Toni Collette) with a gardening thing or two in the front lawn.

Then we meet Charley’s friend, Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), whose blackmailing Charley into breaking into a house…

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Below are some pieces of news or trailers from events at 2011 Comic Con… including panel bits from HBO’s Game of Thrones, Underworld: Awakening, Thundercats, Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Comic-Con News from Cinema Static

Game of Thrones Comic Con News

At the Game of Thrones Panel, which had George R. R. Martin (moderating) and Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Jason Momoa, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harrington, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau with show creators David Benioff & D.B Weiss.  The gang let it be known that in the upcoming season we’ll get to see the dragons grow up and more dire wolves this season.

It was noted that we probably won’t be seeing one book per season, as that won’t balance out from book to book.

The DVD package won’t have deleted scenes from the season 1 because they used everything.

A funny bit: There were a few good moments of levity, but one that I remembered, was a question tossed out to the panel, asking how they would end “A Song of Fire and Ice?”

Peter Dinklage suggested a dance number.

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I’m sad I missed the Fright Night panel with director Craig Gillespie & actors Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and surprise guest moderator Chris Sarandon. Screenwriter Marti Noxon was also on the panel.

In this remake, it would seem that we’ll learn more about Jerry’s (the vampire) background… remember, he’s a predator.

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