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"Hildy Johnson" (Rosalind Russell) is a star reporter for a major New York City newspaper who decides to quit her job to marry her fiancé, "Bruce Baldwin" (Ralph Bellamy), and move to Albany to start a new life. Her boss, and former husband, "Walter Burns" (Cary Grant), has other plans and, being the unscrupulous editor he is, decides to use every trick he knows to keep Hildy at the paper. To do that, he manipulates Hildy into covering the story of a convicted murderer named "Earl Williams" (John Qualen), who is scheduled to be executed that night. Needless to say, since they were supposed to leave for Albany that evening, Hildy does everything she can to wrap up the story in time to catch the train. Unfortunately, both Walter Burns and Earl Williams have other ideas. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this remake of the 1931 film "The Front Page" is an extremely fast-paced comedy that hardly gives the viewer a chance to catch their breath, with Cary Grant being the primary catalyst. Be that as it may, it should be remembered that this movie is a remake of a fairly entertaining comedy from nine years earlier, and had I not seen that movie, I probably would have enjoyed it a bit more and rated it a little higher than I have.

This film starts with a young woman named "Fuko Ando" (Miori Takimoto) caring for her 5-year-old niece, "Nagi" (Kokoro Hirasawa), since her sister-in-law, "Akane Ayukawa" (Satomi Ishihara), died giving birth. Meanwhile, Nagi's father, "Takanori Ando" (Koji Seto), works as a hospital janitor and stays out of their lives. Nagi struggles to fit in at kindergarten, as some kids mock her for not having a mother. However, Nagi has an uncanny ability to predict deaths around her, further fueled by a computer virus that causes exposed people to commit suicide. As more people die nearby, Fuko begins to believe Nagi is somehow responsible, and she becomes increasingly terrified of the young girl she's raising. I will not say more, but this film shares the same overall theme as its predecessor, with the evil spirit known as "Sadako" (Mizuki Endo) trying to enter the world to spread malevolence throughout mankind. I should also note that, like its predecessor, this movie was initially produced in 3D, which I hope added more thrills and excitement to the regular 2D version, which lacked those elements. Think of the film "Damien-Omen II" in 3D, but without the suspense. At least, that's how it seemed to me. Nonetheless, while I don't think this is a bad film necessarily, since the 3D effects weren't available in the version I watched, I can't say that I was terribly impressed with this movie, and I have rated it accordingly.

This film essentially begins with a sheep rancher doing some chores outside, when a gust of wind caused by an alien force field changes him into a creature similar to a zombie. The scene then shifts to a newspaper photographer named "Jeff Rhodes" (Thom Meyers) driving up to a crime scene where two dead bodies have been discovered, completely drained of blood. Not long after that, he suffers a flat tire while driving and manages to hitch a ride with a young woman named "Julie" (Laurie Ellis), who agrees to drive him to his home. Meanwhile, a military officer named "General Sanders" (Dennis Letts) has been sent to a research facility where he learns that an alien energy field is turning normal people into zombies, and he has been given orders to contain any future outbreaks. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was one of those ultra-low-budget films that clearly suffer from a lack of resources on every level. The acting was poor, the special effects were bad, and the humor was almost non-existent. In short, this was not a good film, and I have rated it accordingly.