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Prepare for a chilling journey into the depths of a small Kentucky town’s darkest secrets as Dateline presents “The Evil that Watches.” This compelling episode is scheduled to air on Sunday, February 4 at 9 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Ct.

At the heart of this haunting tale is a triple murder that shatters the peace of Pembroke, Kentucky, leaving its residents in a state of disbelief and fear. When the veneer of tranquility is stripped away, disturbing questions begin to surface: How well do we truly know our neighbors? What hidden truths lie behind closed doors?

Esteemed journalist Keith Morrison leads us through this gripping narrative, uncovering the layers of mystery and deception that surround the horrifying events in Pembroke.

Sheriff Brent White, a central figure in the investigation, sheds light on the complexities of the triple murder and the challenges faced by law enforcement in their pursuit of justice.

It's a spooktacular reboot with nothing we haven't seen before -- but the jokes are good and the comediennes form a welcome ensemble. You'd think that this one would have been committee'd and PC'ed to within an inch of its proton packs, but the personalities make it entertaining. Ghostbusters Blu-ray Columbia Pictures/SonyColumbia Pictures / Sony 2016 / Color / 2:39 widescreen 1:37 flat full frame / 116 min. theatrical, 134 min. extended / Answer the Call / Street Date October 11, 2016 / 34.99 Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Elizabeth Perkins, Ed Begley Jr,. Charles Dance, Zach Woods, Karan Soni, Katie Dippold, Nate Corddry, Bill Murray, Ozzy Osbourne, Andy Garcia, Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver. Cinematography Robert D. Yeoman Film Editors Melissa Bretherton, Brent White Original Music Theodore Shapiro Written by Katie Dippold, Paul Feig based on the 1984 film written by Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Produced by Amy Pascal, Ivan Reitman...

The term "director's cut" has been abused to the point of meaninglessness in the age of special edition DVDs, and it is easy for the consumer to eventually tune out any mention of a "new" version of a film, sure they're only going to see a few small differences after sitting through something they have, for the most part, already seen and fully digested. That is not the case with the R-rated cut of "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" that is in theaters at the moment. This may well set the new standard for just how different an alternative cut of a film can be, and it's a fascinating exercise in how just a few choices can make the difference between two different ratings and, in a world where studios are spending tens of millions of dollars to market a film, the economic success or failure of a movie. By far,...

On a sunny May morning in northwest Atlanta, Will Ferrell ambles into the warehouse at 2282 Defoor Hills Road – a windowless, 31,000-square-foot behemoth that has been transformed, thanks to low rents and generous Georgia tax incentives, into a makeshift movie soundstage. The warehouse is typically home to moving companies, but today the tenant has a much higher profile: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, a.k.a. the most hotly anticipated comedy of the year, and the most buzzed-about sequel in comedy history. Ferrell is starting his workday as the film's hero,...

The trailer for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Super-Sized R-Rated Version is here and you can check it out in the player below, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers . What's more, below that is a clip (via Break.com ) showcasing a new scene from the surprise theatrical release, hitting the big screen for one week only beginning February 28! Rumors of a big screen return for Anchorman 2 began last fall when ComingSoon.net visited writer/director Adam McKay and editor Brent White in the sequel's editing bay. They offered up their hopes for a big screen release of a very different Anchorman 2 cut. It's full history begins, however, quite some time ago. Back when the original Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was in post-production, McKay and White discovered that...

Director Adam McKay shot so much extra footage for "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" -- including multiple alternate takes for nearly every joke and every scene -- that the first cut of the film was four and a half hours long.

That's what McKay told ScreenCrush in a new interview promoting the upcoming release of the hotly-anticipated sequel to 2004's "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." McKay said subsequent cuts shaved the movie down to three hours and then to two and a half, before finally settling in right around two hours for the soon-to-be-finished film.

Of course, all that editing means many jokes won't see the light of day, but the director doesn't want that to happen. McKay said he's mulling over cutting a completely new version of the film that still keeps the plot, but uses all the alternate takes and extra jokes in place of the originals,...

Last May, Screen Rant journeyed to the Sea World set of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues on one of the last days of filming and chatted with director Adam McKay and star Will Ferrell. Months later, during post-production, we had the chance to visit the edit bay and chat with McKay again, along with editor Brent White while watching select scenes (read about them here) from the comedy sequel.

Below is a transcript of our Q&A session where Don Kaye on behalf of Screen Rant and a group of journalists discuss with McKay and White the two Anchorman films, shooting the sequel and keeping it funny and appropriately inappropriate with new jokes and returning ...

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The editing bay that we’re shown into on this particularly warm day on the Paramount Studios lot is a lot like any other similar facility we’ve visited: it’s about the size of an office, a medium-sized one, except that at one end of the room is a large mixing and computer console with several different hi-def video screens positioned around it. At the other end of the room is a couch, with chairs and a small desk scattered nearby.

As a group of about a dozen journalists squeeze themselves into the room, director Adam McKay is sprawled comfortably on the couch while editor Brent White sits at the console. The two are here working on Anchorman 2: The ...

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In spite of a minimal plot, Anchorman remains one of the finest comedies ever thanks to perfect casting and characterisation, Ryan writes...

By rights, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy should have been an unqualified failure. Originally conceived as a much more complex movie with a plot that involved a group of organized criminals called The Alarm Clock, Anchorman was radically edited before release, with entire chunks of its story ditched (these excised scenes eventually found their way on the DVD-only Wake Up, Ron Burgundy) in favour of an unconventional tale about male chauvinism in TV journalism, love, redemption and the birth of a panda in a San Diego zoo.

Couple the finished film’s decidedly loose storyline, and a group of characters which, in theory at least, are by turns sexist, small-minded and arrogant, and you have the makings of what could have been a comedy misfire.

"This Is 40," Judd Apatow's caustic, hilarious and heartwarming tale of love and marriage, runs 134 minutes, but that's only because Apatow cut an additional 82 minutes (!) from its original running time.

“When I first showed this to my friends to get some reaction, it was three hours and 36 minutes, and then slowly like a game of Jenga, you pull things out and see if you've ruined the movie,” Apatow told the Chicago Tribune. To accomplish the cutting, Apatow used three editors: David L. Bertman ("Undeclared"), Jay Deuby ("Cyrus") and Brent White, who worked on Apatow's three other feature films ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up" and "Funny People"). Wondering what those 82 discarded minutes included? Check out the new red-band trailer above, which features three scenes not in the finished "This Is 40."

The first is the scene where Rudd's Pete embarrasses his daughter (played by Apatow's daughter, Maude) while she's video...

Film also Features New Songs by Mark Ronson and Ben Gibbard,

Vocals by Daniel Merriweather

Burbank, CA, March 7, 2011 . Composer Theodore Shapiro is providing the original score for director Jason Winer’s contemporary re-imagining of the timeless romantic comedyARTHUR, in theaters nationwide on April 8th.

Arthur stars Russell Brand as loveable billionaire Arthur Bach, and Helen Mirren as his lifelong nanny and best friend, Hobson.

Shapiro, a prolific composer and eight-time recipient of the Bmi Film Music Award, says, “Arthur treats the world as a toy to be played with. He’s irresponsible, but also kind-hearted, generous and has a love of life, and Jason and I wanted the palette of the score to reflect that dichotomy and Arthur’s upbeat worldview.”

Also featured in the film will be several original songs contributed by Mark Ronson, with vocals by Daniel Merriweather; and by Ben Gibbard.

“I absolutely love Jason Winer’s new take on ‘Arthur,...

Principal photography begins today on Columbia Pictures’ action-comedy “The Other Guys,” starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The film is directed by Adam McKay (Step Brothers, The Procedure, The Landlord) and written by Adam McKay & Chris Henchy(Land of the Lost). The film is a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Miller, and Patrick Crowley produce. David Householter, Chris Henchy and Kevin Messick are the Executive Producers. Jessica Elbaum and Josh Church serve as Co-Producers.

Set in New York City, “The Other Guys” follows Detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson...

Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's...

On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued invitations to 134 members of the film community to join the group. There were a maximum of 166 open slots to fill this year, but the various branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them.

Hugh Jackman, who hosted the most recent Oscar show, has been invited to join. So have Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, James Franco and Michelle Williams. The list even includes a number of comic performers like Michael Cera, Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd.

Voting membership in the organization has held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.

New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September.

"These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," Academy president Sid Ganis. Said. "It's...

Proving that even infantile humor can be funny, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" does make you laugh even if you hate yourself for doing so. A creation of former "Saturday Night Live" colleagues, the comedy plays like an extended skit with bits of improvisation and several slightly extended sequences.

Will Ferrell co-wrote the script with former "SNL" head writer Adam McKay. Ferrell plays the title role, while McKay makes his directing debut. If Ferrell's recent screen successes -- "Elf" and "Old School" -- mean anything, this broadly played (to put it mildly) antic comedy should become a hit with the young crowd.

The film does tackle an interesting subject -- the invasion of the male-dominated TV newsroom by women journalists in the 1970s. Formerly a place where anchormen, male reporters and a mostly male crew smoked, sipped Scotch and generally exuded testosterone, this clubby atmosphere was shattered by female reporters and eventually -- to the men's shock and chagrin -- anchorwomen.

Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in the San Diego market during the '70s, whose wardrobe fits his name and whose journalistic talents are nonexistent. What he is is a news reader, a voice disconnected from the brain. (He is notorious for reading anything that appears on a teleprompter, which will lead to his ruination.)

His "sidekicks" are Champ Kind (David Koechner), outfitted with a cowboy hat and a good-ol'-boy sensibility; Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), a field reporter with a flair for the fatuous; and weather guy Brick Talmand (Steve Carell), who is as thick as a ... well, a brick.

In the name of "diversity," news producer Ed Harken (the always hilarious Fred Willard) recruits newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) for the news team. Her very presence provokes conflicted instincts among the men. The entire news team tries to bed her, with disastrous results for all except Ron. But when a traffic mishap (involving a uproarious cameo by Jack Black) prevents Ron from making the evening newscast one fateful day, Veronica replaces him and, despite the best efforts of the rest of the male team to sabotage her, is an instant success. So the fur flies as the tomcats howl and scratch in bitter frustration.

The key to the comedy is that Ferrrell and McKay see TV newsrooms of the '70s as kindergartens. The high jinks and attempts to undermine colleagues are akin to children fighting over the sandbox. This bright comic idea extends to a "rumble" among all the male San Diego news teams, which features achingly funny cameos by, among others, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and, as a PBS newsman, Tim Robbins.

Ferrell and Applegate make appealing foes whose sexual attraction only fuels their acrimonious rivalry. Ferrell's suavity -- for the '70s, mind you -- barely covers up his oafishness, while Applegate's pretty-in-pastel glamour barely disguises her predatory instincts. All the other actors have amusing moments in the broadest, most cartoonish sense.

The behind-the-camera team has goofy fun with the era's truly awful hair and fashion styles, equally bad music and monochromatic, bare-bones TV news desks. Of course, the main fun comes at the expense of the era's male chauvinism that now plays like such quaint nonsense.

ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY

DreamWorks Pictures

An Apatow production

Credits:

Director: Adam McKay

Screenwriters: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay

Producer: Judd Apatow

Executive producers: Shauna Robertson, David O. Russell

Director of photography: Thomas Ackerman

Production designer: Clayton R. Hartley

Music: Alex Wurman

Co-producer: David Householter

Costume designer: Debra McGuire

Editor: Brent White

Cast:

Ron Burgundy: Will Ferrell

Veronica Corningstone: Christina Applegate

Brian Fantana: Paul Rudd

Brick Tamland: Steve Carell

Champ Kind: David Koechner

Ed Harken: Fred Willard

Garth Holliday: Chris Parnell

Helen: Kathryn Hahn

MPAA rating PG-13

Running time -- 94 minutes...