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The Amityville Horror: In Theaters April 15th
In The Amityville Horror a young couple with three children moves into what they think is their dream home. But their new house has a history, a bloody history. Based upon the story that captivated the nation Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George play George and Kathy Lutz, the unsuspecting occupants of a house that may be the dwelling place of unspeakable evil (or at least a lot of flies). We have the trailer, photos, and the official site for The Amityville Horror. The Amityville Horror opens Friday, April 15th.

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Short Film Competition
Amazon.com, the Tribeca Film Festival and American Express announce the Amazon Theater/Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Competition. Through April 13th filmmakers will be invited to submit their short films to an audience of millions, with the chance for a grand prize of an American Express prepaid card in the amount of $50,000. On April 18th, the films, which should have a total run time no longer than 7 minutes and be appropriate for a general audience, will be presented in the Screening Room where customers will be invited to rate them, on a scale of 1 to 5 stars, to determine the five finalists. At the end of May the finalists will be featured on the Amazon.com welcome page over five weeks. Amazon.com customers will again be invited to rate the five finalists to determine the winner, who will receive the $50,000 grant for a future film project. Read more about the Amazon Theater/Tribeca Short Film Competition

IMDb Movie of the Day
Katie Holmes is most formidable in indie films. After Abandon, her first attempt to carry a major production, went bust, Holmes rebounded in Pieces of April as the titular April, the black sheep of the Burns family looking to make good by her mom and dad by hosting Thanksgiving at her teeny Lower East Side apartment. Peter Hedges, who wrote What's Eating Gilbert Grape and co-authored About a Boy, is graceful in his directorial debut, achieving an emotional depth that is resonant, simplistic, and only slightly contrived. April is a minor rebel, and the Burnses are all somewhat matchless; you get the feeling that April fled from suburban Pennsylvania for New York City like any smart, displaced high school graduate might. With the exception of her mother's breast cancer, there's no severe family history that needs to be unraveled and rolled back up as the film develops. Accordingly, April doesn't dig far back into her past as her entire family travels to NYC in their cramped station wagon; she's more concerned with the fact that she can't really cook ... and that her oven doesn't even work. As she is forced to pact with her assorted neighbors (including Sean Hayes in full-on fusty queen mode), her clan (headed by Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson, who scored a Best Supporting Actress nomination) finds distractions along the highways and in gas station restrooms. Derek Luke, who plays April's boyfriend, is wonderfully understated in a role that isn't quite necessary and is kind of a cheat overall. But at least the digital video format and handheld camerawork makes sense within April's dingy apartment and chaotic building as a whole. - Arno Kazarian (more) (Movie of the Day Archive)

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In Ask a Filmmaker, questions from IMDb users are answered by some of the best in the business: camera artisan Oliver Stapleton, revered director Penelope Spheeris, and acclaimed screenwriter John August. Check out this week's issue or the "Ask" archive. Straightforward, thoughtful, truthful; get the real inside scoop on making movies in Ask a Filmmaker.

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Truly Trivial Which L Word star is a cousin of Gwyneth Paltrow? (answer)

Movie/TV Quote of the Day

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Well it's like Adam and Eve. He was fine grooving in paradise, but Eve wanted something scary.