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• Two More Enter Will Ferrell's Casa de mi padre
  "Y tu mama tambien" duo Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna will reunite for Will Ferrell's Spanish comedy "Casa de mi padre," which "will be told in an overly dramatic telenovela style and feature English subtitles."
• Keanu Joins Generation Um...
  In news that prompted dozens of sarcastic cries of "whoa," Keanu Reeves has signed on to star in "Generation Um...," a movie about a day in the life of a man and two women "as they immerse themselves in sex, drugs and indecision."
• Five Favorite Films with Paul W.S. Anderson
  After a long hiatus from the Resident Evil director's chair, Paul W.S. Anderson returns with Afterlife, fourth in the series, which sees survivors Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) mowing down zombies and monsters and entering their most horrific location yet: Los Angeles. Between the original Resident Evil and Afterlife, Anderson directed AVP: Alien vs. Predator and Death Race, all part of a long body of fanboy work that includes early efforts like Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon. With Afterlife hitting theaters this Friday, Rotten Tomatoes sat down with Anderson to talk about his Five Favorite Films, what compelled him to return to direct this installment, and what it was like working with James Cameron's 3D technology.
• Critics Consensus: Guess Resident Evil: Afterlife's Tomatometer!
  This week at the movies brings only one wide release: The fourth installment of the zombie-infested sci-fi/action Resident Evil franchise (Resident Evil: Afterlife, starring Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter). What do the critics have to say? We'd love to give you the lowdown on the latest entry in the venerable Resident Evil franchise, but Afterlife wasn't screened for critics - which, given that the best-reviewed entry in the series is at 34 percent, was probably a wise move. Milla Jovovich is back as Alice, a one-woman zombie-killing force; this time out, she's headed to Los Angeles to stop the latest dastardly deeds by the evil Umbrella Corporation. It's time to play guess the Tomatometer!
• Five Favorite Films with Michael Shannon
  Michael Shannon has made an impressive mark on Hollywood in the past few years. The noted character actor picked up a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his small-but-crucial role in Revolutionary Road, and this year he’s had two new movies in release -- Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, an unconventional police procedural that examines the mind of a man who slowly went mad, and The Runaways, playing the legendary (and legendarily piggish) rock impresario Kim Fowley. As Brad in My Son, My Son, Shannon convincingly embodies a deeply disturbed man whose life was changed during a rafting trip in Peru; upon his return to the States, he becomes consumed by religious fervor and his performance in a community theater -- and the result isn’t pretty. And in The Runaways, Shannon plays Fowley with a carnival-barker’s sense of showbiz -- as well as a shrewd head for the music business.
• Alamo Drafthouse Turns Distributor; Plots Theater Expansions
  The majesty of the Alamo Drafthouse is well-known to film fans in Texas -- and now, thanks to an ambitious expansion plan, the Drafthouse way seems to be catching on.