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	Cursed : film review
		The annoying thing about Cursed is that it could have been a brilliantly weird and quirky B movie but it lacks the right irony and wit.
		Cursed suffers from an incredibly feeble script - it is filled with unintentionally funny lines and enough cheese to stock a whole supermarket.
		Cursed is cursed with hammy performances and irritating characters with an abundance of loathsome traits and inadequacies.
	www.musicomh.com /films/cursed.htm (576 words)

	Cursed (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cursed is a 2005 horror/thriller film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson.
		It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, United States, with special effects shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
		An unrated director's cut of the film was released on DVD on June 21, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cursed_(film) (270 words)

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		The Descent - Discesa nelle tenebre - Film del Giorno del 9 Maggio 2007
		Cursed Il Maleficio - Film del Giorno del 23 Maggio 2007
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	Foster on Film - Werewolves: Cursed
		Cursed is half of a good film, cut into pieces, placed out of order, mixed with clichés and weak jokes, and topped with a bad mystery.
		Since this is, in part, a high school film, there has to be the bully (who has no resemblance to actual violent teens) who deep down is good and our young hero has to beat him at a sporting event.
		The middle of the film should have been nothing but Ellie giving her officemates that preternatural stare of hers, and sniffing the air.
	www.fosteronfilm.com /horror/werewolves/cursed.htm (920 words)

	UHM - Cursed
		The film is now described as focusing on an estranged brother and sister, who are mourning the recent loss of their parents, struggling with daily life in the Los Angeles until a vicious animal attack changes everything one dark night.
		Finally after several cuts the film has recieved a PG-13 rating, which means a lot of the gore that was said to be in the film was most likely removed.
		Moviehole reports that the film is undergoing its final round of reshoots this week with most of the original cast to "punch up" the ending.
	www.upcominghorrormovies.com /movies/cursed.php (1752 words)

	Cursed movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review
		Set in Los Angeles, "Cursed" centers around an estranged brother and sister dealing with the recent loss of their parents, whose lives are irrevocably altered one dark night in Los Angeles by a vicious animal attack.
		Cursed will be released in the U.K. on R2 DVD on the 22nd August 2005.
		The other leads in the film are Brooke, of the same age, who is the high school beauty, who become his love interest and Bo, a year older, who is Brooke's football jock boyfriend who makes trouble for Jimmy whenever their paths cross.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/c/cursed.shtm (1768 words)

	Hollywood Gothique: Cursed (2005) Review
		Their chief cleverness lay in openly acknowledging the slasher genre they were mining: this gave them a license to trot out all the established tropes, while critics who normally would not be caught dead in a horror film, could sing hymns of praise to their self-referential, post-modern sensibility.
		Unfortunately, this "curse" turns out to be a mild annoyance at most: the central dilemma never registers, because they never really seem in danger of turning into animals or losing their humanity.
		CURSED is available on DVD in two versions: the PG-13 theatrical and an unrated director's cut (with a few more minutes of gore, which probably would have earned an R-rating)
	www.hollywoodgothique.com /cursed2005.html (1386 words)

	Cursed (2005): Reviews
		The film may be one of the best ever not screened in advance for critics, but that still doesn't put it in the finest company.
		The film vacillates between inanity and flat-out lameness, and the decision to recut from an R-rated version to a PG-13 sucked out whatever life might have been left.
		Cursed, a modern-day werewolf tale that fails to provide either Craven's trademark chills or Williamson's trademark satirical wit, is a distinctly subpar film that, but for the current boxoffice streak enjoyed by such formulaic genre entries, deserved to go direct to video.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/cursed (1019 words)

	DVD Review: Cursed - Unrated Edition
		As with the Scream films, the identity of the slasher (in this case, the werewolf) is kept a secret.
		It's worth noting that the film as it exists now is not the film that was originally intended.
		In fact, the current cast of the film is drastically different, with many scenes having been dumped or re-filmed to accommodate the new actors.
	www.dvddude.net /a_to_z/reviews/cursed.php (1333 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - Cursed - UGO's Werewolf Guide
		Cursed definitely belongs more in the horror-comedy genre like the Scream pictures, and is also fairly reminiscent of those Scream knock-offs that were epidemic in the late '90's (like Urban Legend and Disturbing Behavior).
		Although Cursed certainly delivers on scares for most of the film, the climax of the movie (set at the Hollywood Wax museum) is a redundant and undisciplined special effects blow-out that goes on a wee bit too long.
		Film editor Patrick Lussier discusses the difficulty of trimming an R-rated film into a PG-13 film for the theatrical release.
	ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/werewolfguide/cursed_dvdreview.asp (985 words)

	Cursed (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		As the theatrical release stands, chunks of the film appear to be missing.
		The most obvious material to be cut--during and after "attack" scenes--surely hurt the film, as well, although part of the problem with these scenes may have been Craven's fault.
		Craven opens the film at a carnival, which is obviously theatrical, and quickly presents a psychic "performer" who happens to be a "real psychic", taking her job seriously rather than just providing entertainment.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0257516 (1077 words)

	MiraclesHQ Official Campaign and Fansite
		Judy Greer, who stars in Wes Craven's troubled horror film Cursed, told SCI FI Wire that the movie faced numerous reshoots, many of which required her participation.
		But sources further indicated that top executives at the Miramax Films genre arm weren't happy with the film's ending or how the special effects were progressing, specifically the look of the film's lead lupine.
		The Dimension Films project -- from the "Scream" team of Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson -- was put on an extended hiatus during the summer so the filmmakers could plan for more special effects than originally anticipated and further develop the ending.
	www.miracleshq.com /cast-ulrich-cursed.html (1229 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Cursed
		Joshua Jackson is transparent as Ricci's mysterious boyfriend Jake, a hunk putting the finishing touches on his horror movie-inspired nightclub, and Judy Greer continues working on her tired mega-bitch routine as beastly celebrity publicist Joanie.
		Unlike I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Ginger Snaps, and countless werewolf movies in-between, Cursed only briefly alludes to any lycanthropy-as-puberty subtext—Jimmy's feral condition is equated to his homophobic tormentor's repressed inner queer—while lavishing baffling attention on cameos by Lance Bass, Craig Kilborn, and Scott Baio.
		And even then, the film is too inept to humorously capitalize on the fact that the Happy Days heartthrob's PR flack is named Joanie.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1450 (243 words)

	Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
		Director Wes Craven told SCI FI Wire that he expects to resume production in November on his werewolf film Cursed, which Dimension Films shut down after 11 weeks of shooting in order to fix the script.
		Cursed tells the story of a group of people who unite to fight a curse after they are attacked by a werewolf.
		The film adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials wants to take religion, the Big Bad of the books, out of the equation.
	www.scifi.com /scifiwire/art-film.html?2003-09/08/12.30.film (296 words)

	Cursed (2005)
		Here, the characters in the film take everything seriously, have sour looks on their faces most of the time and don't have a clue about how to deal with their situations.
		There's a bit of humour around somewhere but the film's audience is clearly the Buffy/American Pie age-range so expect comedy situations at the high-school and expect to see plenty of good-looking young actors being added to the body count in the process.
		It doesn't mean to say the film would have been any better but at least they don't have to insult us by removing it and doing a horrible job in covering their tracks.
	www.popcornpictures.co.uk /cfilms/cursed.shtml (597 words)

	Cursed
		The scariest thing about Cursed is how willingly Dimension diluted this adult film, in an attempt to pawn it off to kids.
		Cursed isn't a very good movie, but it's more an uninspired letdown than a flabbergasting turkey.
		It's not bad enough to make you curse, but you are likely to laugh when you should scream, and to roll your eyes when you are meant to laugh.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1142569-cursed (931 words)

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	Cursed movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		Teenagers embracing their new werewolf abilities has been done before, most recently and more successfully in the independent hit ‘Ginger Snaps’ and the twists and turns of the ‘who is the killer plot’ was the main story of the ‘Scream’ movies but there is still a lot to enjoy here.
		The film tries to bring a bit more to the character than you would expect and the actress does her best with the role but Ellie doesn’t have as much depth as she could have had because of a lack of background or real development.
		‘Cursed’ is the genre redefining werewolf movie that fans might have been expecting from Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson but it is still an entertaining popcorn movie.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/c/cursed.htm (1290 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| 'Cursed' Exorcist movie released
		The long-awaited prequel to horror film classic The Exorcist has finally been released in the US after being "cursed" by cast and crew changes and accidents.
		During filming, Harlin was hit by a car in Rome and spent the rest of the shoot on crutches with bones in one leg held together by 14 metal pins.
		On the film's US release, there is anticipation but low expectations for the film's quality.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3583778.stm (444 words)

	IGN: Cursed Review
		The film marks the latest collaboration between screenwriter Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven, and for our sake, let's hope it's their last; if things in Hollywood really do happen in threes, then we can already acknowledge that they were tempting fate when they decided to name their fourth film together Cursed.
		That said, however, Ellie and Jimmy begin to embrace their newfound powers – he to defeat the school wrestling team, she to attract all males within a ten-mile radius – and discover that the curse of the werewolf might indeed not be so bad.
		The problem with the film is not merely the hubris that the two men had in re-teaming for a derivative rip-off of their earlier work; it's that they seem to be suggesting that the rehash is an original idea.
	movies.ign.com /articles/590/590557p1.html (747 words)

	Amazon.com: Cursed (Unrated Version): DVD: Portia de Rossi,Mya,Shannon Elizabeth,Solar (II),Daniel Edward Mora,Kristina ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		CURSED is the story of a brother and sister who are attacked by a werewolf and become infected.
		Prior to this incident, Ellie's (Christina Ricci) biggest problems were an emotionally distant boyfriend and a snotty PR representative at her company, while Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg) mostly had to put up with the homophobic bullies at his high school.
		In "Cursed," she's nothing more than an annoying, henpecking older sister to her brother (Jesse Eisenberg), who is the only redeeming part of this film.
	www.amazon.com /Cursed-Unrated-Version-Portia-Rossi/dp/B0009ETDAK (1849 words)

	Jumon (Cursed)
		Shot on digital video, the Japanese horror film CURSED follows in the vengeful ghost tradition of THE RING and THE GRUDGE.
		Nao Shingaki is one of the part-time workers at a local convenience store, where she begins to notice a series of strange events.
		CURSED is an atmospheric horror film that sets its frights to an unorthodox locale.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1144325-cursed/about.php (299 words)

	Combustible Celluloid film review - Cursed (2005), Wes Craven, Christina Ricci, Shannon Elizabeth
		The post-modern werewolf film appeared as early as Joe Dante's The Howling and John Landis's An American Werewolf in London (both 1981) and as recently as John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps (2001).
		Williamson and Craven set up the film as a whodunit, and we're supposed to figure out which of the walking humans is really the killer beast, but it's more fun watching the horror conventions unfold though Craven's skillful camera.
		Cursed also benefits from its palpable Los Angeles atmosphere and its warm summer nights; the whole affair actually begins at a carnival with a gypsy fortune-teller (Portia de Rossi) warning of the danger!
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /2005/cursed.shtml (726 words)

	FILM ROTATION : CURSED: Region 2 DVD Review!!
		Last night I went outside my house with a dessert spoon and scraped and scraped away at the wall until I had managed to free two small, dirt covered bricks from within the wall.
		You come to realise that they junked the "bad" version of this film, went back, re filmed, re scripted, re cast, re edited and re scored it and THIS is what was released.
		This film makes me want to start stalking the patrons of my local blockbuster, giving violent hooliganistical (!!) kickings to anyone so much as attempting to rent it.
	www.filmrot.com /articles/reviews/006425.php (1262 words)

	Movie Review - Cursed - www.ericdsnider.com - The Official Website of Eric D. Snider
		It amazes me that the man who wrote the smart, self-aware teen horror flicks in the "Scream" series could also write "Cursed," a film that indulges in most of the clichés that those films mocked.
		The twist in "Scream" was that the kids had actually seen "Friday the 13th," "Halloween," and all their spawn, and therefore knew the rules of survival.
		The film occasionally flirts with campy inside-Hollywood humor, and that's fine, as far as it goes.
	www.ericdsnider.com /movies/cursed (788 words)

	cursed - film review for zone-sf.com
		L.A. TV producer Ellie (Cristina Ricci) and her young - and orphaned - brother Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg, from Shyamalan's The Village) are involved in a road accident on Mulholland Drive, were a car wreck survivor is dragged away by a barely-seen monstrous attacker.
		There's a measured degree of fun to be had as nerdy student Jimmy discovers that going 'wolfie' isn't so bad (all things considered) when he impresses a potential girlfriend, and trounces the local bully during tryouts for the high school wrestling team.
		Cursed presents her with opportunities to chew up the scenery as a super-villainess...
	www.zone-sf.com /screenscene/cursedwes.html (357 words)

	CBC.ca - Arts - Film - Dizzy Lizzie
		Bennett, is the warm heart of the film.
		His reluctance to engage his wife’s desperate machinations is pleasingly comic, and his climactic tête-à-tête with Lizzie is one of the film’s few touching notes.
		Austen aficionados would be better off passing on the popcorn and returning to their libraries.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/film/pride.html (1622 words)

	kyw.com - Film Examines So-Called Curse Of William Penn
		The facts are undeniable: The Eagles last won it all in 1960, the Flyers in 1975, the Phillies in 1980, and the Sixers in 1983.
		"We did it because we want to make people aware that we are cursed, it is the first step in solving the problem," said Borkson.
		For more information on the documentary and the curse, visit Phrustrated Phan Films.
	cbs3.com /topstories/local_story_018191400.html (414 words)

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