Warner Bros. have released the first images from director Chris Peckover’s timely and sure-to-be controversial thriller Undocumented. Written by Peckover and Joe Peterson, the film follows a group of young filmmakers forced to document the torture and murder of the captured immigrants by a group of vigilante “patriots” in New Mexico.

The film stars Alona Tal (Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3-D), Scott Mechlowicz (Mean Creek), Kevin Weisman (”Alias”), Greg Serano (”Scoundrels”), Yancey Arias (Legion), Noah Segan (Chain Letter), and Nicholas Tucci (Choose).

I was fortunate enough to have crashed a screening of Undocumented back in December. While the film has the potential to make Arizona governor Jan Brewer and her supporters wet, most moviegoers will be horrified by the film’s premise, enthralled by its execution, and thrilled by the performances.

To read my spoiler-free review, click here.

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“Dexter” star Michael C. Hall was photographed this week while filming what appears to be a sleight-of-hand scene for the critically acclaimed Showtime series. The action takes place at a beach side hotel in Miami and finds Dexter attempting to distract a fed’s attention from a black luggage bag.

Unfortunately, the actor playing the fed does not have a vagina and, therefore, makes it difficult for me to feel motivated enough to put in the research time to identify him. But, hey, he looks like fine thespian.

“Dexter” returns this fall for season 5 with plenty of new faces including Julia Stiles (The Omen), Peter Weller (RoboCop), April Lee Hernandez (”ER”), Maria Doyle Kennedy (”The Tudors”), Johnny Lee Miller (Mindhunters), and Shawn Hatosy (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans).

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The world premiere of Fox Searchlight Pictures’ supernatural thriller Black Swan was held yesterday at the Sala Grande Palazzo Del Cinema during the opening ceremony of the 67th Venice Film Festival. Director Darren Aronofsky was joined on the red carpet by headliner Natalie Portman and costars Vincent Cassel and Ksenia Solo.

Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Sebastian Stan, and Kristina Anapau apparently did not make the shindig.

Those who were on hand to kick off the festivities were festival jury member Quentin Tarantino and Italian actresses Margareth Made, Violante Placido, Jo Champa, Matilde Brandi, Isabella Ragonese, and drop-dead gorgeous Manuela Arcuri (see gallery).

Zimbio has a large gallery, but I discarded the ugly ducklings for your viewing pleasure:

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Spike TV has announced its nominees for the 5th annual Scream Awards, to be held on Oct. 16 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony celebrates the best in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy released between July 16, 2009 and July 16, 2010. Along with conventional categories such as Best Horror Film and Best Villain, the show also honors the year’s Most Memorable Mutilation, Best Fight, and Holy Shit! Scene.

Films nominated this year include Inception, Avatar, Predators, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Paranormal Activity, District 9, The Crazies, Kick Ass, and Zombieland. TV noms went to “LOST,” “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Dr. Who,” and “V.”

Best Horror Actress noms went to Julie Benz for “Dexter,” Emily Blunt for The Wolfman, Emma Stone for Zombieland, Milla Jovovich for The Fourth Kind, Charlotte Gainsbourg  for Antichrist, and Anna Paquin for “True Blood.”

The Best Villain category holds some of the year’s most memorable performances. The nominees include Oscar-winning actor Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger, Emmy-winner John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer on “Dexter,” Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2, Stephen Lang as Col. Miles Quaritch in Avatar, Emmy-winner Terry O’Quinn as John Locke/Smoke Monster on “LOST,” and Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Heiter in the year’s most outrageous film The Human Centipede.

The nominees were chosen by an advisory board that included such noted genre figures as Wes Craven, Ridley Scott, John Carpenter, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Damon Lindelof, Joss Whedon, and Eli Roth.

Fans can vote on all 30 categories by visiting SpikeTV.com. Voting will be open up until Oct. 15.

Spike TV will air The 5th Annual Scream Awards on October 19 (9:00–11:00 PM, ET/PT).