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Wanted director unleashes world's first killer squirrel movie

Mike S. and I have this schtick -- more of an in-joke actually -- about killer squirrels . Mostly because it's a silly idea that's kinda scary at the same time. Kinda. I mean killer squirrels? Really? Seems Wanted/Nightwatch director Timur Bekmambetov finds the killer squirrel concept as appealing as me and The S as he's pushing ahead with a horror movie about, you guessed it, killer squirrels. Suffice to say it's likely a horror/comedy. Likely. By the way, the flick will be called Squirrels. No word yet on a writer, director or stars. All we know is Bekmambetov is involved and he's put together the below sales trailer to generate interest. I've watched it. I'm interested. Check it: As for plot? When a young man’s estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances, he returns home for the first time in years to get to the bottom of the mystery. Hoping to uncover some logical explanation, he instead finds his mom’s sleazy new boyfr...

Shawn reviews 9

So, after my Seagal Sunday, I needed a bit of a break. Haha! 9 is something that I pre-screened for my kids. I'll often screen movies for them, before my wife and I let them watch.  I find the rating system fairly flawed in terms of our parenting style. Their ages are 9, 7 and 5. They've all watched the Transformers movies, except the third one. But my kids will not be watching  9, not because it's too much for them to handle, but because they will likely find it quite boring. They won't really understand the main message and it doesn't offer much else. Where I can appreciate the visuals, it won't be anything new to them. Their generation gets to see lifelike giant robots transform into cool cars, after fighting other giant robots. 9 was like the aftermath of The Matrix mixed with The Borrowers, if they were dolls. Then animate. Really fucking boring. They can watch it if they want, but I know they will lose interest a lot quicker than I did. This ge...