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I can think of at least three movies in the coming two weeks that feature scenes that are strikingly out of tone with the film they're a respective part of and yet seemingly included as a means of getting people to tell their loved ones how ridiculous Bit X in Movie Y is. And so today's Cinematical Seven list will be an arbitrary, far from ultimate compilation of the most distractingly disgusting and supremely superfluous parts in recent movies. Sure, most of these are comedies, and yes, most of them seem to have been released from the year 2000 on, and as always, we welcome your comments below. Just make sure they're not too gross.

(Speaking of which, NSFW clips follow after the jump.)

You know, at this point I think that Milla Jovovich should probably be named the patron saint of video game flicks. Mainly it's because that in the barrage of crappy console-to- screen properties, there are none more beloved than the Resident Evil series. So I can only hope that some of that 'geek shine' is going to rub off on The Weinstein's latest attempt. Bloody Disgusting (who is usually pretty reliable when it comes to all things horror) has confirmed that Jovovich is set to star in the big-screen adaptation of Capcom's horror-survival game, Clock Tower. Even though this news is still in the rumor stage, BD is confident that Jovovich is already on board.

News of the film first surfaced back in April, and last month Variety had announced that Brittany Snow (Prom Night) signed on for the lead. According to sources, Jovovich will play "a woman in a psych ward who befriends the lead character, played by Snow, when they discover a shared family history. Meanwhile a psychotic madman dubbed Scissorman is pursuing her and keeping the family curse going strong." Eric Poppen (Borderland) was tapped to write the script, and even though there are some conflicting reports regarding the story, the general consensus seems to be that the film will be loosely based on the second installment of the series.

Shooting is scheduled for November in Los Angeles, and by then we should have a few more details. Hopefully the addition of Jovovich and an 'R' horror director like Martin Weisz (The Hills have Eyes 2) means that the film will be avoiding the usual pitfalls of PG horror and adding a little more 'bang for our buck'. Not to mention that at least with Milla on board, we might get a glimpse of a slightly more interesting female lead than the perpetually pouty Ms. Snow.

Looks like April Fool's Day came a bit late for some folks from Holtsville, Long Island. When a bunch of parents brought their kids to a screening of The Last Mimzy at the Island 16 multi-plex, the last thing they expected to see on screen was a chained naked woman giving birth to a mutant baby. Oh no, we're not talking about dear old Mimzy here -- seems a copy of The Hills Have Eyes 2 (that's still playing in theaters?) accidentally screened in the wrong theater. And since the scene in question happens pre-opening credits, there was no warning and no time to turn away. But, there was definitely enough time for mom to turn to little Johnny and say, "See, that's where babies come from."

Once the pre-credit sequence was over, parents grabbed their kids and promptly ran out of the theater, screaming. Thankfully, the staff stopped the film and handed out vouchers to those who were complaining. The problem was then corrected and The Last Mimzy began a half hour late. But is a free voucher enough to wash away the emotional scars caused by the dreck that was The Hills Have Eyes 2? I'm sure a slew of kids woke up from nightmares the following evening. "Mommy, help! Hollywood was trying to get to me to go see this horrible movie called The Hills Have Eyes 2! It was awful. And when I finally got them to stop playing it, things got even worse -- they followed it up with The Last Mimzy! I never want to go to the movies again!" Luckily, Cinematical's own Ryan Stewart made it out of a Hills 2 screening alive; you can read his review of the film here. Poor kids. I feel their pain.

When you sign up to review a horror movie these days, you're very often signing up to spend your own money, unless you work for an outlet that will reimburse your ticket and popcorn expenses. Since today's critical community tends to greet most horror fare with a universal 'boo,' even the biggest studio horror films are beginning to drop directly into theaters without so much as an introduction to the press. Actually, that's not quite correct -- introductions are now often being made in ways other than just sitting your average overweight critic down in a seat and showing him something on a screen for two hours.

We recently reported on a special NYComicCon event for Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes II, attended by Craven and the stars of the film. Turns out that, even after that kind of outreach, Fox will not be screening the film for the press. It strikes me as an odd move -- can't we, the ones who took the time to go to the breakfast, at least be trusted to give the film a fair shake? If the studio is so completely sure that newspaper critics will scorch the film, why not screen it for the online press only? Would it be better to offer targeted screenings than simply institute a 'no screenings' policy? Maybe. The big studios haven't lost all faith in their horror products yet -- Warner's is soon to release Hilary Swank's religious-horror film The Reaping and won't be holding it from critics. It will arrive with a press junket and screening slate.

For those of you who didn't get a chance to check out our coverage of New York's ComicCon, below you'll find some of the highlights; click through to read the full posts:

The Hills Have Breakfast -- The Lucky Ones Eat First (Wes Craven was on hand for an early breakfast to promote The Hills Have Eyes 2.)

Wes Craven: "I guess it's a way of looking at a concept that you're really not safe any place. Because none of us are. You could be in the most protected home and have a sibling snap or have some terrible disease spring up within your own body, or get run over by a Mercedes and have a high-class death. It just has to do with we all have that working realization that whatever sense of safety we have can be shattered in an instant. I've always been interested in looking locally for those things."

Stephen King Talks Dark Tower Comic, Feature Film Plans, Duma Key, Next Straub Book, Van Accident (A ton of people flooded the Stephen King panel to hear the novelist talk up Marvel's Dark Tower comic book series.)

Stephen King: "And I know J.J. Abrams work and Damon Lindelof, his collaborator on Lost. David is just a total comic-book freak and loves The Dark Tower. He likes those books and I trust those guys, cause they've got a lot on the ball. So, when they said 'We'd like to talk about doing this,' I said 'You know what? Why don't you option this and see if you can develop it.' And they said 'How much do you want for an option?' And I said 'nineteen dollars.' And that's what they paid me, and that's where it is."

Kevin Smith Talks Superhero Death Wish, Joel Siegel Feud, Superman Returns' Logic Problems, Ryan Phillippe Rumors (Kevin Smith showed up to bash Superman and announce his plans to shoot back-to-back films next year.)

From Ryan's write-up: "According to Smith, the logic problems occur if you accept Bryan Singer's premise -- that Superman Returns picks up where the second film leaves off, with Superman having sex with Lois, then giving her an amnesia kiss and taking off to go find his relatives and whatnot. When Lois finds out her kid in Superman Returns can throw a piano, and is therefore Superman's kid, why is she not very surprised? She should have no memory of having sex with Superman, so when she visits him in the hospital, shouldn't her first question to him be -- Smith's words -- "When did you rape me?"

Eli Roth Talks Tarantino, Hostel II, The Cell, The 'Splat Pack' and Hostel III Possibility (Writer-director Eli Roth was all amped up to talk everything from Grindhouse to this summer's Hostel: Part II.)

Eli Roth: "Right after I finished Hostel, I asked Guillermo del Toro if I should do a big budget or a low budget movie next. So he just goes (in his best del Toro accent): 'Whatever gives you the biggest boner man. You've got to wake up with a f**kin' rager, because if you don't have a boner you can't work.' And I thought, 'He's right.' You have to be that excited about the project you're doing ... and that was Hostel II."