JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and...
- 2/23/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It’s a good time to be a Sofia Coppola fan. Alongside last fall’s release of one of her finest films, Priscilla, we got an expansive book detailing her career. Now we have two new updates related to other peaks of the director’s career.
First up, a New Yorker profile has revealed that a documentary on the making of her 2006 feature Marie Antoinette is in the works. Sofia Coppola’s mother Eleanor Coppola shot behind-the-scenes footage from the production, as she did for her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s films, most notably resulting in the documentary feature Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. For Marie Antoinette, she captured around 80 hours, and both mother and daughter are now in the editing process. Here’s hoping it arrives by the film’s 20th anniversary.
For something that will arrive a bit sooner, a deluxe double vinyl LP of the Lost in Translation...
First up, a New Yorker profile has revealed that a documentary on the making of her 2006 feature Marie Antoinette is in the works. Sofia Coppola’s mother Eleanor Coppola shot behind-the-scenes footage from the production, as she did for her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s films, most notably resulting in the documentary feature Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. For Marie Antoinette, she captured around 80 hours, and both mother and daughter are now in the editing process. Here’s hoping it arrives by the film’s 20th anniversary.
For something that will arrive a bit sooner, a deluxe double vinyl LP of the Lost in Translation...
- 2/19/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Stars: Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Amaury Nolasco, Dermot Mulroney, Jaime King, Paul Sloan, Donald Cerrone, Erica Peeples | Written by Chad Law, Garry Charles, Brandon Burrows | Directed by Christian Sesma
Michael ‘Duffy’ Duffield was a soldier, now he’s a drifter, dealing with Ptsd and living on the move. As Lights Out begins, he gets off a bus, and it’s not even five minutes before he finds himself in a card game and accused of cheating. The ease with which he dispatches the other players and takes his money catches the eye of Max Bomer.
Max is just out of jail and looking for a way to make some money, and he sees Duffy’s skill with his fists as the way to do it. He just has to convince him to take part in some illegal underground fight clubs like the one run by Fosco. And, since Duffy could use some cash himself,...
Michael ‘Duffy’ Duffield was a soldier, now he’s a drifter, dealing with Ptsd and living on the move. As Lights Out begins, he gets off a bus, and it’s not even five minutes before he finds himself in a card game and accused of cheating. The ease with which he dispatches the other players and takes his money catches the eye of Max Bomer.
Max is just out of jail and looking for a way to make some money, and he sees Duffy’s skill with his fists as the way to do it. He just has to convince him to take part in some illegal underground fight clubs like the one run by Fosco. And, since Duffy could use some cash himself,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Photo: Universal Pictures, Michele K. Short/Focus Features, gorodenkoff (iStock by Getty Images), Cannes Film Festival, Image: Paramount Pictures, io9/James Whitbrook, Screenshot: Paramount Pictures, Synapse, Warner Bros., Universal, 20th Century Fox, DisCina, Graphic: The A.V. Club, The A.V. ClubSpoiler Space: Let’s talk about that Argylle twistBryce Dallas Howard...
- 2/10/2024
- avclub.com
Fan-favorite TV series and a host of exciting films arrive on HBO and HBO Max this month. The fourth and final season of Emmy-winning drama “Succession” kicks off on March 26, so mark your calendars. Meanwhile, the long-awaited second season of “Perry Mason” is upon us with a debut on March 6, while “The Last of Us” wraps up its acclaimed first season on March 12. And the Oscar-nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” makes its streaming debut on March 19.
Noteworthy new library titles this month include the first two “Creed” films, the cult favorite “Speed Racer” and the Paul Rudd/Jason Segel comedy “I Love You Man.”
Check out the full list of what’s new on HBO and HBO Max in March 2023 below.
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A Dangerous Method, 2011
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, 2014 (HBO)
Basic, 2003 (HBO)
Beatriz at Dinner,...
Noteworthy new library titles this month include the first two “Creed” films, the cult favorite “Speed Racer” and the Paul Rudd/Jason Segel comedy “I Love You Man.”
Check out the full list of what’s new on HBO and HBO Max in March 2023 below.
Also Read:
Where to Stream 2023’s Oscar-Nominated Movies Right Now March 1
A Dangerous Method, 2011
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, 2014 (HBO)
Basic, 2003 (HBO)
Beatriz at Dinner,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
There’s nothing quite like when HBO is airing one of its trademark watercooler-worthy dramas weekly. Thankfully, we’ll get to it experience exactly that and more on HBO Max in March 2023.
The big ticket item on HBO Max this March is undoubtedly Succession Season 4 on March 26. Part prestige drama and part screwball comedy, Succession is about as fun a watch as they come. Season 4 of the series about egregious wealth will find the Roy siblings reeling after trying and failing to take down their father, Logan (Brian Cox).
HBO Max’s other major TV option this month is another weekly release from HBO. Matthew Rhys returns as the titular lawyer in Perry Mason Season 2 on March 6. Season 1 of this period piece reboot flexed the classic TV character’s detective skills. From the look of the trailer, it seems as though this is the year Perry makes his name in the court room.
The big ticket item on HBO Max this March is undoubtedly Succession Season 4 on March 26. Part prestige drama and part screwball comedy, Succession is about as fun a watch as they come. Season 4 of the series about egregious wealth will find the Roy siblings reeling after trying and failing to take down their father, Logan (Brian Cox).
HBO Max’s other major TV option this month is another weekly release from HBO. Matthew Rhys returns as the titular lawyer in Perry Mason Season 2 on March 6. Season 1 of this period piece reboot flexed the classic TV character’s detective skills. From the look of the trailer, it seems as though this is the year Perry makes his name in the court room.
- 3/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Hot on the heels of Terror Vision Records’ release of composer Paul Zaza’s My Bloody Valentine (1981) score on cassette comes another coveted collaboration between the label and Zaza: the first-ever pressing of cult favorite Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II‘s score on vinyl.
The original motion picture soundtrack by the legendary composer who wrote the music for 1980’s Prom Night will be available as a limited Record Store Day release.
The Record Store Day exclusive release will be limited to 1500 copies. That means you’ll want to keep track of the release through the Record Store Day site or by signing up for the Terror Vision mailing list to keep tabs on this highly coveted release.
In director Bruce Pittman’s wild cult sequel, high school mean girl and prom queen Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) accidentally burns to death shortly after getting her prom queen crown...
The original motion picture soundtrack by the legendary composer who wrote the music for 1980’s Prom Night will be available as a limited Record Store Day release.
The Record Store Day exclusive release will be limited to 1500 copies. That means you’ll want to keep track of the release through the Record Store Day site or by signing up for the Terror Vision mailing list to keep tabs on this highly coveted release.
In director Bruce Pittman’s wild cult sequel, high school mean girl and prom queen Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) accidentally burns to death shortly after getting her prom queen crown...
- 2/16/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
[Editor's Note: Welcome to Archie's House of Horror! We're thrilled and chilled to team up with Archie Comics for this recurring column written by Jamie L. Rotante, writer and Senior Director of Editorial at Archie Comics. Each column takes a closer look at the terrifying themes and eerie inspirations found within the pages of the ever-expanding world of Archie Horror, with this month's column focusing on the horror homages, strong female characters, and subversive slasher elements of the new one-shot anthology Betty: The Final Girl, now available from Archie Comics!]
What does it mean to be a “Final Girl”?
I know, a silly question to ask on this website. If you’re reading Daily Dead, you’re likely already pretty seasoned in all things horror and knowledgeable about the various tropes and subgenres within it. But this isn’t just about defining what a final girl is in its most baseline dictionary definition. It’s about what it takes to be a final girl.
And what...
What does it mean to be a “Final Girl”?
I know, a silly question to ask on this website. If you’re reading Daily Dead, you’re likely already pretty seasoned in all things horror and knowledgeable about the various tropes and subgenres within it. But this isn’t just about defining what a final girl is in its most baseline dictionary definition. It’s about what it takes to be a final girl.
And what...
- 2/15/2023
- by Jamie L. Rotante
- DailyDead
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and as we’re doing our annual rewatches of My Bloody Valentine (both versions—don’t skimp) or 2001’s Valentine, it’s important to remember that we have another holiday-appropriate horror movie to add to the fun. And it’s a film that happens to be celebrating its 15th birthday this year. Happy birthday to Pontypool, a zombie film that doesn’t get nearly enough attention, despite the fact that it brings a truly unique vision to the table.
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, Pontypool is a zombie movie like no other. Like other recent favorites, it puts its own stamp on the material and creates something memorable. It rethinks the idea of what makes a zombie, taking the things we know and love about the mythology and bending them into a different form to create something unique, while still paying...
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, Pontypool is a zombie movie like no other. Like other recent favorites, it puts its own stamp on the material and creates something memorable. It rethinks the idea of what makes a zombie, taking the things we know and love about the mythology and bending them into a different form to create something unique, while still paying...
- 2/14/2023
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
Have a bloody Valentine’s Day with Fright-Rags’ My Bloody Valentine collection! The horror merch company has created official trading cards, two T-shirts, and Harry Warden socks from the ’80s slasher.
My Bloody Valentine trading cards are available in single packs with nine movie cards and a sticker; factory boxes with 80 movie cards, two parallel cards, two stickers, and a checklist; and sealed boxes (limited to 320) with two full base sets, two full sticker sets, two full parallel sets, two checklists, one autograph card, and a printing plate.
They Live will invade Fright-Rags on February 15th in celebration of its 35th anniversary. John Carpenter’s prescient cult classic is receiving four new shirts, including a glow-in-the-dark design.
Also coming this month are shirts from Deadstream (February 21st), Elvira (February 24th), and an anniversary collection for a fan-favorite slasher sequel (February 28th).
Recent releases include an official design from Joe Bob...
My Bloody Valentine trading cards are available in single packs with nine movie cards and a sticker; factory boxes with 80 movie cards, two parallel cards, two stickers, and a checklist; and sealed boxes (limited to 320) with two full base sets, two full sticker sets, two full parallel sets, two checklists, one autograph card, and a printing plate.
They Live will invade Fright-Rags on February 15th in celebration of its 35th anniversary. John Carpenter’s prescient cult classic is receiving four new shirts, including a glow-in-the-dark design.
Also coming this month are shirts from Deadstream (February 21st), Elvira (February 24th), and an anniversary collection for a fan-favorite slasher sequel (February 28th).
Recent releases include an official design from Joe Bob...
- 2/14/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Roses are red. Violets are blue. We hate Valentine’s Day. How about you?
Ok, “hate” is an overstatement. At the very least, capitalism’s annual ode to the big L-o-v-e is an excellent excuse to revisit our favorite rom-coms and dramatic love stories. From “The Notebook” and “Moonlight” to “Notting Hill” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” the best movies about the highs and lows of finding The One can bring smiles to our faces and tears to our eyes. Arguably, it’s these films that make the most compelling arguments for a holiday wholly dedicated to flowers, greeting cards, and other displays of chocolate-dipped devotion.
Still, Valentine’s Day draws ire for its materialistic center and vaguely exclusionary culture. More than ever, singles, couples, and so-called “situationships” are foregoing the traditional dinner-for-two and enjoying Galentine’s, Palentine’s, and other counter culture celebrations on or around February 14. Whether you’re...
Ok, “hate” is an overstatement. At the very least, capitalism’s annual ode to the big L-o-v-e is an excellent excuse to revisit our favorite rom-coms and dramatic love stories. From “The Notebook” and “Moonlight” to “Notting Hill” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” the best movies about the highs and lows of finding The One can bring smiles to our faces and tears to our eyes. Arguably, it’s these films that make the most compelling arguments for a holiday wholly dedicated to flowers, greeting cards, and other displays of chocolate-dipped devotion.
Still, Valentine’s Day draws ire for its materialistic center and vaguely exclusionary culture. More than ever, singles, couples, and so-called “situationships” are foregoing the traditional dinner-for-two and enjoying Galentine’s, Palentine’s, and other counter culture celebrations on or around February 14. Whether you’re...
- 2/14/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
It’s time for a new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, the video series hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson)! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and the boys are gearing up for the holiday by taking in a viewing of the 1981 slasher classic My Bloody Valentine (watch it Here). To find out what they had to say about My Bloody Valentine, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by George Mihalka from a screenplay by John Beaird (and a story by Stephen Miller), My Bloody Valentine has the following synopsis: Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine’s Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend the town’s annual Valentine’s Day dance. The only survivor,...
Directed by George Mihalka from a screenplay by John Beaird (and a story by Stephen Miller), My Bloody Valentine has the following synopsis: Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine’s Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend the town’s annual Valentine’s Day dance. The only survivor,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kenny Caperton’s “On Set Cinema” is an ongoing film series that presents movie screenings of cult favorites and horror classics at their actual filming locations, and one of this year’s just-announced events will invite The Lost Boys fans out to its iconic filming location.
“Who’s ready to sleep all day, party all night, never grow old and never die?! Join On Set Cinema in Santa Cruz, California … aka Santa Carla on Friday, September 8th for a very special blood-sucking screening of one of the most beloved Horror cult classics of all time!”
On-Set Cinema will be showing the movie inside Cocoanut Grove, which is located on the infamous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk where a ton of the movie takes place.
They will also be doing a filming locations walking tour to show fans where everything was filmed on the boardwalk, including the National Historic Looff Carousel where...
“Who’s ready to sleep all day, party all night, never grow old and never die?! Join On Set Cinema in Santa Cruz, California … aka Santa Carla on Friday, September 8th for a very special blood-sucking screening of one of the most beloved Horror cult classics of all time!”
On-Set Cinema will be showing the movie inside Cocoanut Grove, which is located on the infamous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk where a ton of the movie takes place.
They will also be doing a filming locations walking tour to show fans where everything was filmed on the boardwalk, including the National Historic Looff Carousel where...
- 1/24/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Bailee Madison, Anthony Turpel, Chris Lee, Jerry O’Connell, Sterling Beaumon, Chris Butler, Lestonja Diaz, Kyler O’Neal, Jorge-Luis Pallo | Written by Simon Boyes, Adam Mason | Directed by Patrick Lussier
Patrick Lussier parlayed a career editing everything from the original MacGyver to films by Wes Craven and Guillermo del Toro to Apollo 18 into a gig writing and directing the reboot of My Bloody Valentine. Unfortunately, that film’s success didn’t rub off on him and in the years since he’s only done a pair of features, Drive Angry and Trick as well as some television.
Now he’s trying to break through again with Play Dead. It’s the story of Chloe a criminology student whose been left a house by her father. Unfortunately, he didn’t leave her any money and foreclosure looks imminent.
Her younger brother Tj and her ex Ross have a plan however, they’re...
Patrick Lussier parlayed a career editing everything from the original MacGyver to films by Wes Craven and Guillermo del Toro to Apollo 18 into a gig writing and directing the reboot of My Bloody Valentine. Unfortunately, that film’s success didn’t rub off on him and in the years since he’s only done a pair of features, Drive Angry and Trick as well as some television.
Now he’s trying to break through again with Play Dead. It’s the story of Chloe a criminology student whose been left a house by her father. Unfortunately, he didn’t leave her any money and foreclosure looks imminent.
Her younger brother Tj and her ex Ross have a plan however, they’re...
- 1/24/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
“I’m a sensitive man,” says Magic Johnson. “Man, I shouldn’t be telling my weaknesses … but I do cry at movies. I will admit that. I’m giving too many secrets away!”
In a new interview for this week’s cover story of Variety, Johnson expanded on some untold stories from his upcoming docuseries “They Call Me Magic,” premiering on April 22 on Apple TV Plus.
Here are some things we learned from one of the most influential basketball players in history.
Rivalry on the Court: “It’s no question: Larry Bird. We’re linked together forever,” Johnson says when asked to name his fiercest basketball competitor. Their rivalry began before either of them had made it to the NBA in the ’80s. They played each other — Johnson for Michigan State University and Bird for Indiana State University — in the NCAA Championship, which Michigan won. “Who ever thought that game...
In a new interview for this week’s cover story of Variety, Johnson expanded on some untold stories from his upcoming docuseries “They Call Me Magic,” premiering on April 22 on Apple TV Plus.
Here are some things we learned from one of the most influential basketball players in history.
Rivalry on the Court: “It’s no question: Larry Bird. We’re linked together forever,” Johnson says when asked to name his fiercest basketball competitor. Their rivalry began before either of them had made it to the NBA in the ’80s. They played each other — Johnson for Michigan State University and Bird for Indiana State University — in the NCAA Championship, which Michigan won. “Who ever thought that game...
- 4/8/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The world-famous escape artist and illusionist Harry Houdini is set to get yet another cinematic treatment, this time from "Transformers" producers Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian for Paramount. No plot details have been revealed and the project is still untitled, but there have been rumblings around the industry that the film will be a period piece and share a similar tone to "Sherlock Holmes," treating Houdini as somewhat of a human superhero. Makes sense considering for a while it looked like Dan Trachtenberg was going to make a Houdini film featuring Ben Affleck in a supporting role and based on the book "The Secret...
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- 3/3/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
With a new month upon us, that means Netflix is saying farewell to some favorite films in their library for the time being. And this month, there’s an unusual amount of good movies leaving Netflix. If you’re wondering what to watch before it’s gone, we’ve got a handy guide.
Fans of period dramas and family films, in particular, may find themselves with a lot to catch up on before it leaves Netflix. In the former category, films like “Howard’s End,” “Lawless,” “A River Runs Through It,” “Bright Star,” and “Braveheart” are all expiring in March.
But the Kids and Family section is taking a particularly big hit this month. Animated departures include “Kung Fu Panda,” “Despicable Me” and “Despicable Me 2,” “Happy Feet Two,” a handful of “Pokemon!” movies and series, and meme culture favorite “Bee Movie.” There are also several live-action family classics leaving Netflix in March as well,...
Fans of period dramas and family films, in particular, may find themselves with a lot to catch up on before it leaves Netflix. In the former category, films like “Howard’s End,” “Lawless,” “A River Runs Through It,” “Bright Star,” and “Braveheart” are all expiring in March.
But the Kids and Family section is taking a particularly big hit this month. Animated departures include “Kung Fu Panda,” “Despicable Me” and “Despicable Me 2,” “Happy Feet Two,” a handful of “Pokemon!” movies and series, and meme culture favorite “Bee Movie.” There are also several live-action family classics leaving Netflix in March as well,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
Stars: Brie Mattson, Brandon Wardle, Sage Mears, Christina July Kim, William Romano-Pugh, David Fine, Barbara Crampton | Written and Directed by Dean Yurke
Another generic (and not very good) name for a low budget horror movie, so it’s fair to say that I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from Stay Out Stay Alive.
I’m glad to report though that this isn’t quite as generic as I expected and there is plenty of things to enjoy here. I was not surprised at all when I looked up director Dean Yurke and discovered that before this, his directorial début, he has worked a lot in visual effects and in big shows or films such as Loki, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and much much more. And it shows because despite a low budget the effects used here a very good on the whole.
Another generic (and not very good) name for a low budget horror movie, so it’s fair to say that I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from Stay Out Stay Alive.
I’m glad to report though that this isn’t quite as generic as I expected and there is plenty of things to enjoy here. I was not surprised at all when I looked up director Dean Yurke and discovered that before this, his directorial début, he has worked a lot in visual effects and in big shows or films such as Loki, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and much much more. And it shows because despite a low budget the effects used here a very good on the whole.
- 2/24/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Netflix brings one of its biggest shows back to the streaming service in March with the return of “Bridgerton.” The second season of the 2021 Emmy Award nominee for Best Drama series debuts on March 25. But there are loads of other original shows and movies coming to Netflix in March 2022 – including the Ryan Reynolds blockbuster “The Adam Project” – plus legacy titles such as “Shrek,” “Top Gun,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” and “Dunkirk.” Here’s everything coming to Netflix in March 2022 and what’s leaving the service in March as well.
What’s new on Netflix in March 2022
Coming soon
800 Meters
Tomorrow
March 1
The Guardians of Justice
Worst Roommate Ever
21
21 Bridges
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Battleship
Christine
Coach Carter
Due Date
Freddy vs. Jason
Gattaca
The Gift
Redemption
The Replacements
Richie RichThe Shawshank Redemption
Shooter
Shrek
Shrek 2
Sorry to Bother You
Starship Troopers
Texas Chainsaw 3D...
What’s new on Netflix in March 2022
Coming soon
800 Meters
Tomorrow
March 1
The Guardians of Justice
Worst Roommate Ever
21
21 Bridges
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Battleship
Christine
Coach Carter
Due Date
Freddy vs. Jason
Gattaca
The Gift
Redemption
The Replacements
Richie RichThe Shawshank Redemption
Shooter
Shrek
Shrek 2
Sorry to Bother You
Starship Troopers
Texas Chainsaw 3D...
- 2/24/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
With this installment of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be digging into The Return of the Miner, the long-planned sequel to director George Mihalka’s classic 1981 Canadian slasher film My Bloody Valentine, which sadly went unproduced after years of development. Mr. Mihalka has joined us to discuss not only this unmade My Bloody Valentine 2, but also […]
The post ‘My Bloody Valentine 2’? George Mihalka Reveals the Unmade Sequels [Phantom Limbs] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
The post ‘My Bloody Valentine 2’? George Mihalka Reveals the Unmade Sequels [Phantom Limbs] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 2/11/2022
- by Jason Jenkins
- bloody-disgusting.com
Photo: ‘The Secret Diary of An Exchange Student’ Netflix is known for its inclusivity of shows and movies about different nations and cultures. In fact, before the premiere of ‘The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student,’ Netflix had many Brazilian titles for streaming, ranging from flicks to long-term series like, ‘Double Dad,’ ‘Rich in Love,’ ‘Girls from Ipanema,’ to name a few. The interesting and diverse Portuguese stories brought a level of richness to the expanding platform that didn’t exist before, something ‘The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student,’ is contributing to now! Related article: ‘In the Heights’ – Behind the Scenes and Full Commentary/Reactions from Cast & Crew Related article: The Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase: “The Importance of Venice Film Festival as the Protector of Cinema” The film is about two Brazilian teenagers coming to America, a faraway and foreign land that plunges them into a...
- 8/24/2021
- by Mireille Karadanaian
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Hong Kong New Wave directress Ann Hui’s sophomore work – after a foray into “Giallo” territory with “The Secret” – is an unusual mix of comedy, horror and Cantonese Opera. “Unusual” at the time of the release but not for longer, as her film, together with Sammo Hung’s “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” of the same year, started off and contributed to define a genre that proved extremely successful and dominated the box office for many years, peaking with “Mr. Vampire” and the huge legacy that spawned from it. “The Spooky Bunch” was screened in 1981 at the Berlin International Film Festival
A rickety, travelling Cantonese Opera group is employed by the wealthy patriarch Ma to perform for him on the island of Cheung Chau. He has a special request though; the support actress Ah Chi (Josephine Siao) must perform in the leading role this time. All this is organised for a precise reason.
A rickety, travelling Cantonese Opera group is employed by the wealthy patriarch Ma to perform for him on the island of Cheung Chau. He has a special request though; the support actress Ah Chi (Josephine Siao) must perform in the leading role this time. All this is organised for a precise reason.
- 5/27/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Top brass say Starz global membership could near 60m by 2025.
As Hollywood digests news of the Amazon-MGM merger and AT&T spinning off WarnerMedia to Discovery, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer steered clear of commenting on the company’s status as a prime target as he discussed strong fourth quarter results that beat Wall Street forecasts.
Feltheimer emphasised the value of IP and brands – the mini-major’s coveted library contains the Saw, Hunger Games, and John Wick franchises – and spoke of growth at Starz, where the focus is on building a premium service.
As stay-at-home viewing increased during the pandemic, Starz...
As Hollywood digests news of the Amazon-MGM merger and AT&T spinning off WarnerMedia to Discovery, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer steered clear of commenting on the company’s status as a prime target as he discussed strong fourth quarter results that beat Wall Street forecasts.
Feltheimer emphasised the value of IP and brands – the mini-major’s coveted library contains the Saw, Hunger Games, and John Wick franchises – and spoke of growth at Starz, where the focus is on building a premium service.
As stay-at-home viewing increased during the pandemic, Starz...
- 5/27/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Amongst a group of films – such as Yim Ho’s “The Extras” and Alex Cheung’s “Cops and Robbers” – that ushered in the Hong Kong New Wave, “The Secret” is the debut feature by veteran and prolific directress Ann Hui. Like many of her fellow directors of the New wave Movement, she received her film education abroad, at the London Film School, after a degree in English and Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong and she proceeded in working briefly as an assistant to the director King Hu and then making television films for Radio Television Hong Kong (Rthk) and Television Broadcasts Limited (Tvb). Her experience with local broadcasting corporations mixed with her European film studies resulted in an accomplished and excitingly fresh piece of work.
In the opening credits a Taoist funeral ritual is being performed and we are thrown immediately into a mood of superstition and death.
In the opening credits a Taoist funeral ritual is being performed and we are thrown immediately into a mood of superstition and death.
- 5/17/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Los Angeles, March 13 (Ians) Former Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, has been nominated for two Razzies this year, for his appearance in "Borat Subsequent MovieFilm". The personal attorney to Donald Trump is vying for Worst Supporting Actor, and also Worst Screen Combo along with Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova, who plays Borats daughter in the film.
Top names from Hollywood who have been nominated across categories at this year's Razzie awards include Robert Downey Jr. in "Dolittle", Adam Sandler in "Hubie Halloween", Anne Hathaway in "The Last Thing He Wanted", and "The Witches", Glenn Close for "Hillbilly Elegy" and Kristen Wiig for "Wonder Woman 1984".
The Golden Raspberry Awards, popularly known as Razzies, is a spoof awards show that ‘honour' the worst of cinematic works of the year.
Here's the complete list of nominees for Razzies 2021:
Worst Picture
365 Days
Absolute Proof
Dolittle
Fantasy Island
Music
Worst Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
Top names from Hollywood who have been nominated across categories at this year's Razzie awards include Robert Downey Jr. in "Dolittle", Adam Sandler in "Hubie Halloween", Anne Hathaway in "The Last Thing He Wanted", and "The Witches", Glenn Close for "Hillbilly Elegy" and Kristen Wiig for "Wonder Woman 1984".
The Golden Raspberry Awards, popularly known as Razzies, is a spoof awards show that ‘honour' the worst of cinematic works of the year.
Here's the complete list of nominees for Razzies 2021:
Worst Picture
365 Days
Absolute Proof
Dolittle
Fantasy Island
Music
Worst Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
- 3/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Ann Hui was born to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father in Northeastern China in 1947, and settled in Hong Kong with her family when she was 5. After graduating in English and Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University, she studied for two years at the London Film School before returning to Hong Kong to work for King Hu, as an assistant director. Following this, she joined the broadcaster Tvb where she directed dramas and documentaries before making her feature debut with “The Secret”, a film which established her as one of the leaders of Hong Kong’s New Wave movement. Her career since then has included adaptations of literary works, family dramas, martial arts movies, and supernatural tales with notable award-winners like “Boat People”, “Summer Snow”, “A Simple Life” and “Our Time Will Come”. Hui was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice International Film Festival 2020 where her latest film,...
- 3/6/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Secret She Keeps and Wentworth scribe Sarah Walker is set to write and executive produce crime thriller series The Last House Guest for Elle and Dakota Fanning’s newly-formed production company, Lewellen Pictures.
An adaptation of The New York Times bestseller from author Megan Miranda, it is the first project in development under the Fanning sisters’ first look deal with Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.
The Last House Guest follows an intimate friendship between two girls who fall violently in love with each other’s differences, which, in the end, create doubt, betrayal and tragedy.
Dakota and Elle will executive produce alongside Brittany Kahan Ward and Mary Jane Skalski for Echo Lake Entertainment.
Over the past few years, Walker has been working on an adaptation of Gina Frangello’s novel A Life In Men for Charlize Theron and Beth Kono’s production company Denver & Delilah. The...
An adaptation of The New York Times bestseller from author Megan Miranda, it is the first project in development under the Fanning sisters’ first look deal with Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.
The Last House Guest follows an intimate friendship between two girls who fall violently in love with each other’s differences, which, in the end, create doubt, betrayal and tragedy.
Dakota and Elle will executive produce alongside Brittany Kahan Ward and Mary Jane Skalski for Echo Lake Entertainment.
Over the past few years, Walker has been working on an adaptation of Gina Frangello’s novel A Life In Men for Charlize Theron and Beth Kono’s production company Denver & Delilah. The...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Josh Lucas is set as a lead opposite Rose Rollins in Long Slow Exhale, Spectrum Originals’ upcoming drama series from L.A. Finest‘s Pam Veasey, Anton Cropper and John Dove and Paramount TV Studios. After a nine-month exclusive run on Spectrum, the series will air with a second window on BET.
Created by Veasey and to be directed by Cropper, Long Slow Exhale follows J.C. Abernathy (Rollins), the successful head coach of a competitive women’s college basketball team who finds herself in the middle of a potentially career shattering sexual abuse scandal. Sorting through the secrets to unravel the truth, she is forced to make decisions that will affect her, her family and the young female athletes who depend on her.
Lucas will play Hilman Ford, athletic director of the university.
2021 Spectrum Originals Pilots & Series Orders
Veasey, who serves as showrunner, executive produces with Cropper, Bruna Papandrea...
Created by Veasey and to be directed by Cropper, Long Slow Exhale follows J.C. Abernathy (Rollins), the successful head coach of a competitive women’s college basketball team who finds herself in the middle of a potentially career shattering sexual abuse scandal. Sorting through the secrets to unravel the truth, she is forced to make decisions that will affect her, her family and the young female athletes who depend on her.
Lucas will play Hilman Ford, athletic director of the university.
2021 Spectrum Originals Pilots & Series Orders
Veasey, who serves as showrunner, executive produces with Cropper, Bruna Papandrea...
- 2/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
From 24 February-7 March, the Gff will host eight world, three European and 48 UK premieres online. Initially planned as a hybrid event taking place both in cinemas and online, the 2021 edition of the Glasgow Film Festival will now unfold entirely online, via Glasgow Film’s new viewing platform Glasgow Film At Home. The movies will be accessible to everyone in the UK (not just in Scotland) for the price of £9.99 per film and with special, themed bundles. Opening on 24 February with Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, the festival will close on 7 March with Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom. Standing out among the festival’s eight world premieres is Nick Moran’s Creation Stories, written by Scottish author Irvine Welsh and starring Ewen Bremner, of Trainspotting fame, as the infamous Alan McGee, founder of record label Creation Records, which brought into the world acts such as My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream...
Bollywood actress Kirti Kulhari is doing her bit to support the cinema hall industry, while it suffers losses amid the ongoing pandemic. The actress on Monday visited a theatre and shared photographs on social media to encourage netizens to do the same.
Kirti Kulhari took to her verified Instagram account to share photographs clicked at a multiplex where she is seen enjoying a show with a mask on her face.
"#backtothetheater I know things are tough for everyone, everywhere... here I am, being careful and cautious and yet doing my bit in supporting my industry and thus supporting a lot of others... because we are all together and connected in this ... let's #supporteachother in any way that we can..#togetherwecan #togetherwewill #thesecret," captioned the actress.
Kirti Kulhari went to watch the Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas starrer romantic drama "The Secret: Dare To Dream". Directed by veteran Andy Tennant, the...
Kirti Kulhari took to her verified Instagram account to share photographs clicked at a multiplex where she is seen enjoying a show with a mask on her face.
"#backtothetheater I know things are tough for everyone, everywhere... here I am, being careful and cautious and yet doing my bit in supporting my industry and thus supporting a lot of others... because we are all together and connected in this ... let's #supporteachother in any way that we can..#togetherwecan #togetherwewill #thesecret," captioned the actress.
Kirti Kulhari went to watch the Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas starrer romantic drama "The Secret: Dare To Dream". Directed by veteran Andy Tennant, the...
- 11/30/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Updated with conference call: Lionsgate revenue dipped to $745 million last quarter, down 20% from $938 million the year earlier, as Ott subscribers jumped and the shares headed higher in late trading.
The stock was up nearly 4% after rising 2% for the session. Vice chairman Michael Burns insisted on a conference call post-earnings that the company’s growth and positioning is not reflected in its stock price.
The motion picture producer and distributor, which just announced it’s laying off 15% of its global motion pictures group, said it swung to a net loss of $18.4 million from a $1.8 million profit the year before.
Ott subscribers — a major focus — rose by 2.3 million to end the quarter at 13.7 million. That includes Starz domestic streaming subs, which increased from 7.4 to 9.2 million, Starz International, and the Pantaya Spanish-language platform. The company expects to end the year at the high end of its projected 13-15 million sub range. Global over-the-top...
The stock was up nearly 4% after rising 2% for the session. Vice chairman Michael Burns insisted on a conference call post-earnings that the company’s growth and positioning is not reflected in its stock price.
The motion picture producer and distributor, which just announced it’s laying off 15% of its global motion pictures group, said it swung to a net loss of $18.4 million from a $1.8 million profit the year before.
Ott subscribers — a major focus — rose by 2.3 million to end the quarter at 13.7 million. That includes Starz domestic streaming subs, which increased from 7.4 to 9.2 million, Starz International, and the Pantaya Spanish-language platform. The company expects to end the year at the high end of its projected 13-15 million sub range. Global over-the-top...
- 11/5/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi's series Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and New Taiwanese Cinema is showing September - December, 2020 in the United States.Above: The TerrorizersSince the end of World War II there have been a great many new waves in world cinema, times when a structural breakdown of a nation’s film industry creates an opening for a new generation of filmmakers to break through to artistic, if not necessarily commercial, success. Beginning with Italy right after the war and running through England, France, India, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Iran, the United States and more from the 1950s through the 1970s, these waves, in many ways dissimilar and unique, shared a conscious opposition to then-dominant filmmaking styles and production approaches, countering a perceived glossy and superficial popular cinema with what they and the critics who championed them argued was a grittier, more real approach to filmmaking.Of the three Chinese-language new waves that...
- 9/4/2020
- MUBI
Tilda Swinton accepted her Golden Lion for career achievement at the Venice Film Festival with a touching love letter to cinema, which she punctuated with “Wakanda Forever,” in a nod to “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman.
The British actor accepted the prize from Venice jury president Cate Blanchett during the festival’s opening ceremony on Wednesday evening, where the festival kicked off with a tribute to Italian composer Ennio Morricone — complete with nine-piece orchestra on the stage of the Sala Grande — and a united message heralding cinema from European festival directors.
Swinton has been to Venice for countless films including all four of her collaborations with Luca Guadagnino, “I Am Love” and “A Bigger Splash” among them, as well as films such as Sally Potter’s “Orlando” and Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading.” Taking the stage, the actor said there have been “two things I’ve been wondering about lately: one,...
The British actor accepted the prize from Venice jury president Cate Blanchett during the festival’s opening ceremony on Wednesday evening, where the festival kicked off with a tribute to Italian composer Ennio Morricone — complete with nine-piece orchestra on the stage of the Sala Grande — and a united message heralding cinema from European festival directors.
Swinton has been to Venice for countless films including all four of her collaborations with Luca Guadagnino, “I Am Love” and “A Bigger Splash” among them, as well as films such as Sally Potter’s “Orlando” and Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading.” Taking the stage, the actor said there have been “two things I’ve been wondering about lately: one,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The Premium VOD debut of United Artists’ “Bill & Ted Face the Music” topped charts from the moment it debuted August 28. As a mid-budget title that’s thriving at $19.99, it could be as important as “Tenet” in determining the shape of movie distribution. “Bill & Ted” didn’t see much theatrical play, but given its day-and-date debut it also didn’t have the option. About 1,000 independent theaters did play the title, where by our estimate it grossed around $1.1 million, or around $1,000 per theater.
That’s not a lot, but it’s better than Searchlight’s theater-only flop “The Personal History of David Copperfield.” Based on those two performances, UA made the right move: Searchlight devoted marketing spend to a disappointheatrical release that now must wait until November before it can play VOD.
“Bill & Ted” was first on all three possible charts. “Fatima” (Picturehouse), the other new PVOD entry, appeared on two.
That’s not a lot, but it’s better than Searchlight’s theater-only flop “The Personal History of David Copperfield.” Based on those two performances, UA made the right move: Searchlight devoted marketing spend to a disappointheatrical release that now must wait until November before it can play VOD.
“Bill & Ted” was first on all three possible charts. “Fatima” (Picturehouse), the other new PVOD entry, appeared on two.
- 8/31/2020
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
During season two of the AMC series “NOS4A2” we have learned quite a bit of backstory behind Charlie Manx, played by actor Zachary Quinto, as well as, Christmasland. We also got to see a much younger version of Charlie Manx, expertly portrayed by young actor Aidan Pierce Brennan. Brennan is already well on his way to becoming a household name, as he got his start in the web series “Sitters” as the age of eight and has continued to hone his craft appearing in the ABC series “Forever”, the Netflix/Marvel series “The Punisher”, and Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”. Brennan’s current projects include starring opposite Katie Holmes, Jerry O’Connell and Josh Lucas in highly anticipated film based upon the best-selling novel “The Secret” and of course his role on AMC’s “NOS4A2” for which he was gracious enough to take a few minutes out of his day to speak to us about.
- 8/24/2020
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
After 15 seasons of battling demons, gods, Leviathans, and a family legacy on Supernatural, Jensen Ackles will join the cast of The Boys Season 3, according to Variety. The Amazon Prime Video comic book series returns for season 2 on Sept. 4.
“I keep wondering what I’ll do…. when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year,” Ackles announced on Instagram. “Then it hit me.” At which point in the video he’s tossed a copy of The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, while Elvis Presley’s version of the song “Soldier Boy” plays in the background.
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I keep wondering what I’ll do….when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year. Then it hit me. *volume ⬆️
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Ackles will play Soldier Boy, the original superhero in The Boys’ universe. When Soldier Boy came home from World...
“I keep wondering what I’ll do…. when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year,” Ackles announced on Instagram. “Then it hit me.” At which point in the video he’s tossed a copy of The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, while Elvis Presley’s version of the song “Soldier Boy” plays in the background.
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I keep wondering what I’ll do….when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year. Then it hit me. *volume ⬆️
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Ackles will play Soldier Boy, the original superhero in The Boys’ universe. When Soldier Boy came home from World...
- 8/17/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
“Supernatural” star Jensen Ackles is jumping from one Eric Kripke show right into another. The actor is joining the cast of “The Boys” in its third season, Ackles and Amazon Prime Video announced Monday.
“I keep wondering what I’ll do….when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year,” Ackles wrote on Instagram. “Then it hit me.”
Ackles will portray Soldier Boy aka the original superhero in the streaming drama. After Soldier Boy fought in World War II, he became the first super celebrity and a mainstay of American culture for decades.
“When I was a child, I had a crazy, impossible dream — to provide Jensen Ackles with gainful employment,” said Kripke in a statement. “I’m happy to say that dream has come true. Jensen is an amazing actor, an even better person, smells like warm chocolate chip cookies, and I consider him a brother. As Soldier Boy, the very first superhero,...
“I keep wondering what I’ll do….when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year,” Ackles wrote on Instagram. “Then it hit me.”
Ackles will portray Soldier Boy aka the original superhero in the streaming drama. After Soldier Boy fought in World War II, he became the first super celebrity and a mainstay of American culture for decades.
“When I was a child, I had a crazy, impossible dream — to provide Jensen Ackles with gainful employment,” said Kripke in a statement. “I’m happy to say that dream has come true. Jensen is an amazing actor, an even better person, smells like warm chocolate chip cookies, and I consider him a brother. As Soldier Boy, the very first superhero,...
- 8/17/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
A cobwebbed castle? Check. Damsel in distress? Uh huh. An icky, 200 year old secret? Why not! You are about to enter The Maze (1953), a low key flick that doles out the kind of smile-inducing simple pleasure unique to the era. I also think it was partly the inspiration for Burnt Offerings, one of my favorite films.
Released and distributed by Allied Artists Pictures in late July, The Maze was dismissed as gimmicky melodrama, thanks to the commercial go-round with 3-D that Hollywood to this day still thinks we want; but director William Cameron Menzies was as good (or better) a production designer as director, so The Maze is, at the very least, a slick entertainment with canny use of space. At its most, it tells a tale quite unlike anything I’ve seen before (but have since).
Enjoying his engagement to Kitty (Veronica Hurst – The Boy Cried Murder) on the French Riviera,...
Released and distributed by Allied Artists Pictures in late July, The Maze was dismissed as gimmicky melodrama, thanks to the commercial go-round with 3-D that Hollywood to this day still thinks we want; but director William Cameron Menzies was as good (or better) a production designer as director, so The Maze is, at the very least, a slick entertainment with canny use of space. At its most, it tells a tale quite unlike anything I’ve seen before (but have since).
Enjoying his engagement to Kitty (Veronica Hurst – The Boy Cried Murder) on the French Riviera,...
- 8/15/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Are Nicholas Sparks adaptations a bit too hard-hitting for you? Did you quite fancy Josh Lucas in Sweet Home Alabama but find him too charismatic? Do you enjoy mansplaining, rictus grins and infomercials?
Boy oh boy, fans of the bland, do we have a movie for you!
Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) is having a hard time. She has a leaky roof, a dead husband, a boring boyfriend and mild to moderate debt. Sometimes she cannot afford to order pizza and she definitely cannot buy her daughter a pony. Woe is her. Outside her southeastern Louisiana home, a storm is brewing and swirling in the gale are the winds of change.
Bray (Josh Lucas) is a man with many missions (and an ill-advised side parting); he needs to deliver a mysterious wax-sealed manilla envelope to Miranda and distill Rhonda Byrne’s bafflingly popular self-help tome The Secret into hints, glances and...
Boy oh boy, fans of the bland, do we have a movie for you!
Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) is having a hard time. She has a leaky roof, a dead husband, a boring boyfriend and mild to moderate debt. Sometimes she cannot afford to order pizza and she definitely cannot buy her daughter a pony. Woe is her. Outside her southeastern Louisiana home, a storm is brewing and swirling in the gale are the winds of change.
Bray (Josh Lucas) is a man with many missions (and an ill-advised side parting); he needs to deliver a mysterious wax-sealed manilla envelope to Miranda and distill Rhonda Byrne’s bafflingly popular self-help tome The Secret into hints, glances and...
- 8/12/2020
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
‘Black Water: Abyss.’
Studiocanal’s road rage thriller Unhinged was the top choice again for cinemagoers in its second weekend while R&r Films’ Black Water: Abyss, director Andrew Traucki’s sequel to his 2007 cult-horror Black Water, opened on limited screens in Oz and the US.
Starved of new, wide releases, the market had to rely on holdovers as well as two French specialty films, Palace’s We’ll End Up Together and Umbrella Entertainment’s Deerskin.
The top 20 titles generated $2.1 million, 4 per cent up on the previous frame, according to Numero.
Directed by Derrick Borte and starring Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius, Unhinged rang up $701,000 on 193 screens, easing by a mere 12 per cent, upping the total to $1.7 million.
In second spot, Roadshow’s The Secret: Dare to Dream actually lifted its takings by 15 per cent to $259,000 in its second frame on 212. Director Andy Tennant’s adaptation of Rhonda Byrne...
Studiocanal’s road rage thriller Unhinged was the top choice again for cinemagoers in its second weekend while R&r Films’ Black Water: Abyss, director Andrew Traucki’s sequel to his 2007 cult-horror Black Water, opened on limited screens in Oz and the US.
Starved of new, wide releases, the market had to rely on holdovers as well as two French specialty films, Palace’s We’ll End Up Together and Umbrella Entertainment’s Deerskin.
The top 20 titles generated $2.1 million, 4 per cent up on the previous frame, according to Numero.
Directed by Derrick Borte and starring Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius, Unhinged rang up $701,000 on 193 screens, easing by a mere 12 per cent, upping the total to $1.7 million.
In second spot, Roadshow’s The Secret: Dare to Dream actually lifted its takings by 15 per cent to $259,000 in its second frame on 212. Director Andy Tennant’s adaptation of Rhonda Byrne...
- 8/10/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Katie Holmes sees her life transformed by a mysterious stranger in a featherweight adaptation of the bestselling self-help book
The key tenet of Rhonda Byrne’s mystical self-help blockbuster The Secret is that if one desires and then really thinks about something hard enough then it will ultimately appear. If this tracks then somewhere, deep in America, one of the book’s many superfans has been close to bursting a blood vessel visualising a $20 rental of a once theatrically aimed movie adaptation, mood-boarding a costly night in with a middle-of-the-road sub-Nicholas Sparks pile of soap bubbles. It’s a frothy, forgettable translation of the hit book that takes its central belief system and uses it as the basis for a vaguely magical romantic drama for moms.
Related: Stage Mother review – drag-queen heartwarmer never rises above tepid...
The key tenet of Rhonda Byrne’s mystical self-help blockbuster The Secret is that if one desires and then really thinks about something hard enough then it will ultimately appear. If this tracks then somewhere, deep in America, one of the book’s many superfans has been close to bursting a blood vessel visualising a $20 rental of a once theatrically aimed movie adaptation, mood-boarding a costly night in with a middle-of-the-road sub-Nicholas Sparks pile of soap bubbles. It’s a frothy, forgettable translation of the hit book that takes its central belief system and uses it as the basis for a vaguely magical romantic drama for moms.
Related: Stage Mother review – drag-queen heartwarmer never rises above tepid...
- 7/30/2020
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Jed Mercurio, creator of hit series “Line of Duty” and “Bodyguard,” will executive produce a three-part sequel to BAFTA-winning 1999 single drama “The Murder of Stephen Lawrence,” for U.K. broadcaster ITV.
Titled “Stephen,” the series will be directed by Alrick Riley (“NCIS”) and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce (“The Railway Man”) and Joe Cottrell Boyce (“Vivid”). Paul Greengrass, who directed the 1999 drama, will executive produce alongside Mercurio, Mark Redhead (“The Secret”) and Jimmy Mulville (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?”). Mercurio’s Htm will produce, with Madonna Baptise (“The Stranger”) serving as producer.
“The Murder of Stephen Lawrence” (pictured) recreated the night in April 1993 when 18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence died after being attacked by a gang of youths in south London. The narrative was as seen through the eyes of his parents, Doreen and Neville Lawrence. The sequel will portray the investigation that secures the convictions of two of the gang...
Titled “Stephen,” the series will be directed by Alrick Riley (“NCIS”) and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce (“The Railway Man”) and Joe Cottrell Boyce (“Vivid”). Paul Greengrass, who directed the 1999 drama, will executive produce alongside Mercurio, Mark Redhead (“The Secret”) and Jimmy Mulville (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?”). Mercurio’s Htm will produce, with Madonna Baptise (“The Stranger”) serving as producer.
“The Murder of Stephen Lawrence” (pictured) recreated the night in April 1993 when 18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence died after being attacked by a gang of youths in south London. The narrative was as seen through the eyes of his parents, Doreen and Neville Lawrence. The sequel will portray the investigation that secures the convictions of two of the gang...
- 7/13/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The debut of Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” reboot earlier this month has brought about a clamoring for cold cases to be brought to justice. In that spirit, we’ve compiled a list of TV shows that have actually solved crimes, exonerated people, and found answers to the unknown, from “The Jinx” miniseries that lead to the arrest of Robert Durst, to “Extinct or Alive,” which found a living animal thought to have died out over a hundred years ago.
“Unsolved Mysteries”
Back before the Netflix reboot, this classic series was on network television. Creator Terry Meurer told TheWrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped to solve over 260 cold cases. She has high hopes that the Netflix reboot will have the same luck.
“Cold Justice”
This crime series from Dick Wolf and Magical Elves, which works with local law enforcement to solve cold cases, has resulted in 45 arrests and 18 convictions,...
“Unsolved Mysteries”
Back before the Netflix reboot, this classic series was on network television. Creator Terry Meurer told TheWrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped to solve over 260 cold cases. She has high hopes that the Netflix reboot will have the same luck.
“Cold Justice”
This crime series from Dick Wolf and Magical Elves, which works with local law enforcement to solve cold cases, has resulted in 45 arrests and 18 convictions,...
- 7/10/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
It’s been nearly 15 years since The Office gave us “The Injury.” You remember “The Injury,” right? It’s the one where Michael cooks his foot on a George Foreman grill, Dwight gets concussed and starts acting nice to Pam, and the gas station in Carbondale does not have fresh yams. It is easily the funniest episode of that show, and one of the most consistently laugh-out-loud half-hours of this century.
At the time it debuted, though, “The Injury” was wildly unpopular with many Office fans, because NBC was running episodes out of order.
At the time it debuted, though, “The Injury” was wildly unpopular with many Office fans, because NBC was running episodes out of order.
- 4/23/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
The healing magic of nature has long been the driving message of Frances Hodgson Burnett‘s beloved children’s novel The Secret Garden. But in the shiny new adaptation of the literary classic, the titular garden may actually be magical? With a producing team that hails from Harry Potter and Paddington, that could very well be the case. Watch the official The Secret […]
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- 3/5/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer have re-teamed for Trick, which stars Omar Epps in the main role of Detective Mike Denver, a man obsessed with a serial killer that has remained one step ahead of him for years.
An elusive serial killer, “Trick,” returns each Halloween to kill innocent victims. Detective Mike Denver (Omar Epps) faced Trick once before, shooting him off a five-storey building. When Trick’s body disappears into the town river, everyone thinks he’s dead. Only Denver believes he’s still alive. But now, as strange occurrences disrupt the peace of the town, nobody can deny that Trick has returned. Obsessed with catching the murderer, Denver will do whatever it takes to stop Trick claiming their next victim.
Trick also stars Ellen Adair as Sheriff Lisa Jayne, the sheriff in the small town of Benton who has always considered Detective Denver as her mentor.
An elusive serial killer, “Trick,” returns each Halloween to kill innocent victims. Detective Mike Denver (Omar Epps) faced Trick once before, shooting him off a five-storey building. When Trick’s body disappears into the town river, everyone thinks he’s dead. Only Denver believes he’s still alive. But now, as strange occurrences disrupt the peace of the town, nobody can deny that Trick has returned. Obsessed with catching the murderer, Denver will do whatever it takes to stop Trick claiming their next victim.
Trick also stars Ellen Adair as Sheriff Lisa Jayne, the sheriff in the small town of Benton who has always considered Detective Denver as her mentor.
- 2/27/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A little more than a decade ago, the self-help book, “The Secret,” became a worldwide phenomenon. And when we say phenomenon, we mean it, as the book appeared on the New York Times best-seller list for 190 weeks. Everywhere you looked, people were raving about this book that would change your life. Well, naturally, Hollywood came calling and now, “The Secret: Dare to Dream” is about to hit theaters.
Continue reading ‘The Secret: Dare To Dream’ Trailer: The Self-Help Bestseller Hits Theaters Starring Katie Holmes at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Secret: Dare To Dream’ Trailer: The Self-Help Bestseller Hits Theaters Starring Katie Holmes at The Playlist.
- 2/14/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
"Your thoughts attract things with a force you cannot see, but is definitely real." Roadside Attractions has debuted an official trailer for The Secret: Dare to Dream, a feature adaptation of the bestselling book "The Secret" written by Rhonda Byrne. "Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions, and philosophies throughout the centuries." Katie Holmes stars in this film as Miranda Wells, a struggling mother of three kids whose life is transformed when she meets a mysterious, charismatic man who believes in the karmic power of positive thinking, specifically the three-step process of asking, believing, and then receiving. The groundbreaking book by Rhonda Byrne has sold over 34 million copies worldwide, which means plenty of people really love this kind of positive thinking trick. The cast also includes Josh Lucas, Jerry O'Connell, Celia Weston, Aidan Pierce Brennan, Sarah Hoffmeister, and Chloe Lee. I...
- 2/13/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Welcome to Valentine Bluffs, the little town with a big heart. Around those parts, though, that big heart might end up being stuffed inside a heart-shaped candy box by Harry Warden before February 14th is over and done with, but otherwise, it’s a great place to live.
As a kid, I only ever rented George Mihalka’s My Bloody Valentine once (for some dumb reason), and it was only until the remake was coming out in 2009 that I decided to rent it again, and was totally blown away, because 10-year-old Heather sure as hell didn’t appreciate just how great the original Mbv was and still is after all this time. One of those rare singular slashers that never made it into franchise territory, My Bloody Valentine is a pretty fantastic whodunit about a killer dressed up like a miner, similar to the M.O. of Harry Warden, a...
As a kid, I only ever rented George Mihalka’s My Bloody Valentine once (for some dumb reason), and it was only until the remake was coming out in 2009 that I decided to rent it again, and was totally blown away, because 10-year-old Heather sure as hell didn’t appreciate just how great the original Mbv was and still is after all this time. One of those rare singular slashers that never made it into franchise territory, My Bloody Valentine is a pretty fantastic whodunit about a killer dressed up like a miner, similar to the M.O. of Harry Warden, a...
- 2/12/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
With Valentine’s Day only a few days away, if you’re still looking for some gift ideas to win the affection of the horror fan in your life, then perhaps this latest batch of Blu-rays and DVD releases might give you some inspiration. And speaking of amore, Scream Factory has put together a brilliant Collector’s Edition for the original My Bloody Valentine that is a must-own for genre fans, and keeping with the theme, Takashi Miike’s First Love is coming home on both Blu and DVD this Tuesday as well.
We also have other romantic genre offerings coming out this week, too, including Transylvania 6-5000, Cupid, and Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, which is about obsessive love, but love nonetheless.
Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases for February 11th include Get Gone, Inmate Zero, Rust, Omnivores, and a retro-style Blu-ray for the original When A Stranger Calls by Fred Walton.
We also have other romantic genre offerings coming out this week, too, including Transylvania 6-5000, Cupid, and Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, which is about obsessive love, but love nonetheless.
Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases for February 11th include Get Gone, Inmate Zero, Rust, Omnivores, and a retro-style Blu-ray for the original When A Stranger Calls by Fred Walton.
- 2/10/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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