“Halo” is a TV show made by Showtime with 343 Industries and Amblin Television for Paramount+. It’s based on a video game series. The story is about a war in the 26th century between humans and a group of aliens called the Covenant.
Pablo Schreiber plays Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, and Jen Taylor plays Cortana, who is a computer voice in the games too.
Due to its popularity, the stars of the show “Halo” have earned a huge amount of money. If you want to know more about how much they earn, keep reading this article till the end.
You can also find out who the richest stars on the show “Halo” are, starting from the least wealthy to the wealthiest. So, keep reading this article till the end to find out everything.
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Pablo Schreiber plays Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, and Jen Taylor plays Cortana, who is a computer voice in the games too.
Due to its popularity, the stars of the show “Halo” have earned a huge amount of money. If you want to know more about how much they earn, keep reading this article till the end.
You can also find out who the richest stars on the show “Halo” are, starting from the least wealthy to the wealthiest. So, keep reading this article till the end to find out everything.
Also Read: The Richest “Young Sheldon” Stars Ranked From Lowest To Highest Net Worth!!!
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- 4/27/2024
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
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A curious thing happened when the first trailer for “Challengers” came out: People started getting really, really weird online about the suggestion that the three main characters — played by Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor — have a threesome. It prompted memes and hand-wringing alike, as if this was the first time any actor in film history had ever pretended to engage in sex onscreen — never mind that the film ultimately doesn’t have an actual sex scene at all, instead withholding from the audience in order to build up the lingering sexual tension that eats away at all sides of its love triangle. The fervor around the possibility of sex in “Challengers” affirmed something that has been obvious for years now: Cinema, especially American cinema, is starved for films that sizzle with genuine sensuality.
So thank god that Luca Guadagnino is around. A hit or miss filmmaker, Guadagnino is nonetheless...
So thank god that Luca Guadagnino is around. A hit or miss filmmaker, Guadagnino is nonetheless...
- 4/26/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
A single-location thriller set in an imminent-seeming future where food scarcity has forced every country on Earth to cull its population by 20 percent, Caitlin Cronenberg’s slight but steel-eyed “Humane” takes a hard look — or at least an unflinching glance — at the irreconcilable relationship between self-interest and saving the planet. The broadly representative premise screenwriter Michael Sparaga uses in order to examine that dynamic: A family dinner at the castle-like estate of a former news anchor (Peter Gallagher), which is tense even before the wealthy retiree tells his four adult children that he and his most recent wife (Uni Park as Dawn) have volunteered to be euthanized later that same evening.
This news takes Charles’ kids by surprise, as their family doesn’t need the $250,000 payout that the government offers “heroic” — aka poor — people who agree to sacrifice themselves for the greater good, but there isn’t time enough to...
This news takes Charles’ kids by surprise, as their family doesn’t need the $250,000 payout that the government offers “heroic” — aka poor — people who agree to sacrifice themselves for the greater good, but there isn’t time enough to...
- 4/23/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
CAA has come on board to advise on the worldwide sales of “Pleasant Outcast,” the post-apocalyptic Korean thriller series from Lotte Cultureworks (“Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days”) and Climax Studio. “Pleasant Outcast” is set to premiere at Canneseries, which kicks off April 5.
The 10-part series is a companion piece to the Korean box office smash hit film “Concrete Utopia,” which was selected as South Korea’s Oscar contender and sold to 185 countries.
“Pleasant Outcast” is co-directed by Min Yong-keun (“Soulmate”) and Yang Soo-hee. It’s based on the same best-selling webtoon, “Cheerful Outcast.” While “Concrete Utopia” was based on the second part of “Cheerful Outcast,” “Pleasant Outcast” is based on the first part of the flagship title.
“Pleasant Outcast” was written by Kim Bo-tong, creator and co-writer of Netflix’s “D.P.” and Min Young-keun. Kim Bo-tong is also signed to CAA.
Described as being in the...
The 10-part series is a companion piece to the Korean box office smash hit film “Concrete Utopia,” which was selected as South Korea’s Oscar contender and sold to 185 countries.
“Pleasant Outcast” is co-directed by Min Yong-keun (“Soulmate”) and Yang Soo-hee. It’s based on the same best-selling webtoon, “Cheerful Outcast.” While “Concrete Utopia” was based on the second part of “Cheerful Outcast,” “Pleasant Outcast” is based on the first part of the flagship title.
“Pleasant Outcast” was written by Kim Bo-tong, creator and co-writer of Netflix’s “D.P.” and Min Young-keun. Kim Bo-tong is also signed to CAA.
Described as being in the...
- 4/4/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is to direct Julia Roberts in the “intense dramatic thriller” After The Hunt.
Luca Guadagnino just can’t help himself. In what must be a personal game of project Jenga, he continually adds films to his slate until his tower partly collapses, a few projects go by the wayside and he starts adding more again. Let’s recap: This year, Guadagnino has two films releasing. Challengers, the highly-anticipated love triangle tennis drama that was supposed to release last year before the Hollywood strikes upended everything. Challengers is slated to release later next month, but Guadagnino also has Queer on the way later this year too. That sounds equally promising given that Guadagnino is directing Daniel Craig in an adaptation of the William Burroughs book of the same name. That one shot last year and is set to release sometime this year (we...
Luca Guadagnino just can’t help himself. In what must be a personal game of project Jenga, he continually adds films to his slate until his tower partly collapses, a few projects go by the wayside and he starts adding more again. Let’s recap: This year, Guadagnino has two films releasing. Challengers, the highly-anticipated love triangle tennis drama that was supposed to release last year before the Hollywood strikes upended everything. Challengers is slated to release later next month, but Guadagnino also has Queer on the way later this year too. That sounds equally promising given that Guadagnino is directing Daniel Craig in an adaptation of the William Burroughs book of the same name. That one shot last year and is set to release sometime this year (we...
- 3/27/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
The BBC commissioned half of all UK TV scripted last year, defying the slowdown that hit its rivals and streamers and spending big on kids shows and thrillers, according to new research.
Ampere Analysis’ latest report found that the nation’s biggest public broadcaster greenlit 129 of 256 scripted shows in 2023, an increase of three on the prior year, although its comedy commissioning actually fell.
While the BBC’s scripted show increase was minimal, it defied the losses experienced by rivals and took a larger share of the pie. The number of streamer commissions dipped by 20% to 49, commercial free-to-air-rivals nearly halved to 54 and pay-tv outfits such as Sky fell from 52 to 27. Major BBC scripted commissions last year included an adaptation of Lord of the Flies, Mr Loverman starring Lennie James and a double season order for Waterloo Road.
The BBC announced in 2023 that it would be cutting up to 1,000 hours of programing...
Ampere Analysis’ latest report found that the nation’s biggest public broadcaster greenlit 129 of 256 scripted shows in 2023, an increase of three on the prior year, although its comedy commissioning actually fell.
While the BBC’s scripted show increase was minimal, it defied the losses experienced by rivals and took a larger share of the pie. The number of streamer commissions dipped by 20% to 49, commercial free-to-air-rivals nearly halved to 54 and pay-tv outfits such as Sky fell from 52 to 27. Major BBC scripted commissions last year included an adaptation of Lord of the Flies, Mr Loverman starring Lennie James and a double season order for Waterloo Road.
The BBC announced in 2023 that it would be cutting up to 1,000 hours of programing...
- 3/25/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Luca Guadagnino’s slate continues to shift with the news that he may be tackling an adaptation of Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s Italian cult novel, Separate Rooms.
We already know that director Luca Guadagnino has two films coming out this year.
One of this films was Challengers, the highly-anticipated (and pictured) love triangle tennis drama that was supposed to release last year before the Hollywood strikes upended everything. Challengers is slated to release later next month but Guadagnino also has Queer on the way later this year too. That sounds equally promising given that Guadagnino is directing Daniel Craig in an adaptation of the William Burroughs book of the same name. That one shot last year and is set to release sometime this year (we think).
Beyond that Guadagnino’s slate always seems to be in a perpetual state of flux.
There was the planned Audrey Hepburn biopic starring Rooney Mara...
We already know that director Luca Guadagnino has two films coming out this year.
One of this films was Challengers, the highly-anticipated (and pictured) love triangle tennis drama that was supposed to release last year before the Hollywood strikes upended everything. Challengers is slated to release later next month but Guadagnino also has Queer on the way later this year too. That sounds equally promising given that Guadagnino is directing Daniel Craig in an adaptation of the William Burroughs book of the same name. That one shot last year and is set to release sometime this year (we think).
Beyond that Guadagnino’s slate always seems to be in a perpetual state of flux.
There was the planned Audrey Hepburn biopic starring Rooney Mara...
- 3/19/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
“Pleasant Outcast,” a 10-part Korean series that is set to appear at Canneseries next month, is a companion piece to “Concrete Utopia,” the hit film from last year that was selected as South Korea’s Oscar contender.
Both the Lotte Cultureworks series and “Concrete Utopia,” a dystopian drama-thriller set in a post-apocalyptic Seoul, are adapted from best-selling webtoon “Cheerful Outcast,” by Kim Soong Nyung. The film was frequently compared to William Golding’s seminal novel from the 1954 “Lord of the Flies” and its 1964 film adaptation.
Using the first part of the webtoon, the series follows Dong-hyun, a high school junior, who barely survives his day-to-day bullying at school. “When he wishes all were dead, an unexplained powerful earthquake destroys his school. Trapped in isolated circumstances, the hierarchy and power reshuffle as students struggle to survive, while continuous collapses and accidents kill more students. In this collapsed and extreme world, the...
Both the Lotte Cultureworks series and “Concrete Utopia,” a dystopian drama-thriller set in a post-apocalyptic Seoul, are adapted from best-selling webtoon “Cheerful Outcast,” by Kim Soong Nyung. The film was frequently compared to William Golding’s seminal novel from the 1954 “Lord of the Flies” and its 1964 film adaptation.
Using the first part of the webtoon, the series follows Dong-hyun, a high school junior, who barely survives his day-to-day bullying at school. “When he wishes all were dead, an unexplained powerful earthquake destroys his school. Trapped in isolated circumstances, the hierarchy and power reshuffle as students struggle to survive, while continuous collapses and accidents kill more students. In this collapsed and extreme world, the...
- 3/13/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
A feast for the eyeballs! That’s what the UK’s new TV drama (British shows returning for another series this year are here) output looks like for 2024 – a year of thrills, chills and laughs, from supernatural escapism to immersive historical dramas, true stories brought to life, and plenty to feed Britain’s crime mystery obsession.
Here’s a flavour of what 2024 holds for your TV: book adaptations include a new imagining of Ian Rankin’s Rebus detective stories coming to the BBC, a scandalous adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s iconic novel Rivals (starring David Tennant), Jack Thorne’s take on Lord of the Flies, and much much more.
There’s high-stakes action in thrillers like Red Eye, Black Doves and Nightsleeper, and you can transport yourself back in time to discover the lives of a notorious eighties jewel thief in Joan, sinister Jacobean power play in Mary and George,...
Here’s a flavour of what 2024 holds for your TV: book adaptations include a new imagining of Ian Rankin’s Rebus detective stories coming to the BBC, a scandalous adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s iconic novel Rivals (starring David Tennant), Jack Thorne’s take on Lord of the Flies, and much much more.
There’s high-stakes action in thrillers like Red Eye, Black Doves and Nightsleeper, and you can transport yourself back in time to discover the lives of a notorious eighties jewel thief in Joan, sinister Jacobean power play in Mary and George,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Between 1999 and 2000, the amount of internet users around the world more than doubled from roughly 150 million to 407 million . It was a momentous leap — it meant a lot not only for professionals that were finding their workplace activities to be inextricably tied to the online sphere, but for young people as well. The social media boom had not yet occurred, but the use of forums, chat-based communities, and even simple comments sections flourished. For years, connecting and making friends on the internet had been seen as a relatively singular practice, the kind of thing done only for devotees of very niche interests. Now, it was uniform amongst the millennial generation. Though it would take years for mainstream culture to accept the idea that online relationships could hold emotional weight like real-life relationships, the turn was already occurring. Related: Digimon Adventure 02 Anime Film Reveals New Trailer, Premiere Date 1999 was the year Digimon Adventure premiered,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Daniel Dockery
- Crunchyroll
[This story contains major spoilers from the True Detective: Night Country finale.]
True Detective: Night Country winked and nodded to the HBO crime anthology’s original iteration all season long. But perhaps never more overtly than in the finale, which conjured up the franchise’s most indelible phrase: “Time is a flat circle.”
In the sprawling episode, viewers finally learn the answers to some of the biggest mysteries littered throughout Night Country, including this big one: What question should we have been asking all along? Turns out, it’s not “Who or what killed these men?” But instead: “Who knows who killed Annie K?”
By the end of the finale, it’s revealed the two cases are completely linked: The scientists killed Annie in an act straight out of Lord of the Flies, and Annie’s community — many of them women who worked at the research station — rose up and killed the scientists in kind. The women explain their actions in a...
True Detective: Night Country winked and nodded to the HBO crime anthology’s original iteration all season long. But perhaps never more overtly than in the finale, which conjured up the franchise’s most indelible phrase: “Time is a flat circle.”
In the sprawling episode, viewers finally learn the answers to some of the biggest mysteries littered throughout Night Country, including this big one: What question should we have been asking all along? Turns out, it’s not “Who or what killed these men?” But instead: “Who knows who killed Annie K?”
By the end of the finale, it’s revealed the two cases are completely linked: The scientists killed Annie in an act straight out of Lord of the Flies, and Annie’s community — many of them women who worked at the research station — rose up and killed the scientists in kind. The women explain their actions in a...
- 2/19/2024
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a conversation with uInterview founder Erik Meers, Andrew Cumming, Director of the recently released movie Out of Darkness, reflected on where his inspiration for the prehistoric horror film originated.
“I was finishing film school and I was watching a documentary one night on the BBC here in the UK and the first episode was about early modern humans and I just thought what a cool time period that has been rarely shared in cinema…or it hasn’t been given the treatment I would like it to have, which is this lean, muscular, slightly violent approach,” he said.
He explained that William Golding’s follow-up book to the classic Lord of the Flies set in the same period, called The Inheritors, played a big role in his vision. Cumming recounted, “I finished that book and I thought, ‘Yes. One day I’m going to make this book.’ If I...
“I was finishing film school and I was watching a documentary one night on the BBC here in the UK and the first episode was about early modern humans and I just thought what a cool time period that has been rarely shared in cinema…or it hasn’t been given the treatment I would like it to have, which is this lean, muscular, slightly violent approach,” he said.
He explained that William Golding’s follow-up book to the classic Lord of the Flies set in the same period, called The Inheritors, played a big role in his vision. Cumming recounted, “I finished that book and I thought, ‘Yes. One day I’m going to make this book.’ If I...
- 2/14/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Although one may be tempted to classify The Teacher’s Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer) as a treatise on the social dynamics within the setting of a high school in Germany, there is far more at work here that is indicative of the Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film bestowed upon the work this year. It is, in short, one of the best films of the year.
The film begins with math teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) calling her class of high school students to order using a series of brief calisthenic-like movements to start the day. Throughout the course of the day, Carla’s dedication to the profession becomes evident. But when a series of thefts is found to be plaguing the school, and one of her students is suspected of the crime, she attempts to investigate the pilfering herself. This leads her to heated confrontations with colleagues, parents, and...
The film begins with math teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) calling her class of high school students to order using a series of brief calisthenic-like movements to start the day. Throughout the course of the day, Carla’s dedication to the profession becomes evident. But when a series of thefts is found to be plaguing the school, and one of her students is suspected of the crime, she attempts to investigate the pilfering herself. This leads her to heated confrontations with colleagues, parents, and...
- 2/10/2024
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Fans of The Decameronhave been waiting nearly one thousand years, but the time has finally come: A soapy adaptation of the iconic short story collection is coming to Netflix in 2024, from creator and showrunner Kathleen Jordan. Read on for everything we know so far about the eight-episode series.
What’s The Decameron about?
First published in Italy in the mid-14th century, Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron tells the story of a group of nobles and their servants sheltering in the grand Villa Santa outside Florence as the Black Death rages in 1348. To pass the time, they take turns telling each other stories that range from witty to debauched. The series has a similar premise, but with a twist right out of Lord of the Flies — as time goes on and social rules wear thin, the orgy of riches and liquor collapses into a struggle...
What’s The Decameron about?
First published in Italy in the mid-14th century, Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron tells the story of a group of nobles and their servants sheltering in the grand Villa Santa outside Florence as the Black Death rages in 1348. To pass the time, they take turns telling each other stories that range from witty to debauched. The series has a similar premise, but with a twist right out of Lord of the Flies — as time goes on and social rules wear thin, the orgy of riches and liquor collapses into a struggle...
- 2/1/2024
- by John DiLillo
- Tudum - Netflix
One of South Korea’s biggest hits of last year is set to hit stateside. Concrete Utopia is a film that gained acclaim and was a massive hit at the Korean box office in 2023 with an earning of $28.0 million from 3.85 million admissions when the film opened on August 9 of last year. The film was also a Korean Oscar contender. Variety’s review of the film stated, “[Concrete Utopia] places its characters in a desperate, scary, do-or-die situation and then refuses to tell the audience what to think about them. It’s a fractious, blood-soaked drama about the will to survive that feels like Earthquake crossed with Lord of the Flies.”
Variety is now reporting that Concrete Utopia has secured a U.S. streaming release on a platform called Rakuten Viki, a service that specializes in Asian content. The streaming platform has licensed exclusive rights to the film in the U.
Variety is now reporting that Concrete Utopia has secured a U.S. streaming release on a platform called Rakuten Viki, a service that specializes in Asian content. The streaming platform has licensed exclusive rights to the film in the U.
- 1/26/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Chicago – Public education is in the fight of its life. As curriculums are determined more through the state, parents and politics, the local authority of a child’s educator is being consistently diminished. This subject is the centerpiece of “The Teacher’s Lounge,” co-written and directed by German/Turkish filmmaker Ilker Çatak.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Carla (Leonie Benesch) is a dedicated, idealistic young teacher in her first job at a German middle school. Her relaxed rapport with her seventh-grade students is put under stress when a series of thefts occur at the school, and a staff investigation leads to accusations and mistrust among outraged parents, opinionated colleagues, and angry students. Caught in the middle of these complex dynamics, Carla tries to mediate … but the more she tries to do everything right, the more desperate her position becomes. The film has a wide release on January 19th, 2024.
’The Teachers’ Lounge,’ Co-Written/Directed by Ilker...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Carla (Leonie Benesch) is a dedicated, idealistic young teacher in her first job at a German middle school. Her relaxed rapport with her seventh-grade students is put under stress when a series of thefts occur at the school, and a staff investigation leads to accusations and mistrust among outraged parents, opinionated colleagues, and angry students. Caught in the middle of these complex dynamics, Carla tries to mediate … but the more she tries to do everything right, the more desperate her position becomes. The film has a wide release on January 19th, 2024.
’The Teachers’ Lounge,’ Co-Written/Directed by Ilker...
- 1/17/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ninety-seven times out of 100, a movie makes its moral judgments for us. Yes, there’s a haunting ambiguity to films like “The Conformist” or “Taxi Driver” or “Tár.” But when was the last time you saw moral ambiguity in a genre movie? Even the “Mad Max” films, in their visionary savagery, draw a clean line between nobility and treachery, speed-demon heroism and outlaw selfishness. But “Concrete Utopia” is a dystopian disaster movie with a difference. This year’s South Korean entry in the Oscar competition for best international feature, it places its characters in a desperate, scary, do-or-die situation and then refuses to tell the audience what to think about them. It’s a fractious, blood-soaked drama about the will to survive that feels like “Earthquake” crossed with “Lord of the Flies.” What’s gripping is that you watch it and think, “If I were in this movie, what would I do?...
- 11/12/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The Israeli-Gaza morass this week seemed to defy coherent media coverage, reminding me of critic David Thomson’s conclusion about Hollywood war movies and how they “used to celebrate courage, not confusion.”
Thomson’s new book, The Fatal Alliance, deals with the history of the war movie from Gallipoli to Saving Private Ryan, guiding readers from “war is hell” to “war is a blur.”
The war movie once constituted a reliable genre product for Hollywood, along with the Western and the musical. To be sure, Israel-Gaza is a tragedy of enormous and dramatic proportions, as symbolized by its chaotic cross-cutting from drones to tunnels.
From Paths of Glory to Dunkirk, war movies once set forth a structure and pathos to guide audiences through the nihilism of combat.
Thomson reminds us of the pageantry of the knights on horseback in Olivier’s Henry V, the churning helicopters in Apocalypse Now or...
Thomson’s new book, The Fatal Alliance, deals with the history of the war movie from Gallipoli to Saving Private Ryan, guiding readers from “war is hell” to “war is a blur.”
The war movie once constituted a reliable genre product for Hollywood, along with the Western and the musical. To be sure, Israel-Gaza is a tragedy of enormous and dramatic proportions, as symbolized by its chaotic cross-cutting from drones to tunnels.
From Paths of Glory to Dunkirk, war movies once set forth a structure and pathos to guide audiences through the nihilism of combat.
Thomson reminds us of the pageantry of the knights on horseback in Olivier’s Henry V, the churning helicopters in Apocalypse Now or...
- 11/2/2023
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
All At Sea Together
The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions [with] film acting as a global lens [that] allows us to bridge the gap between different islands, fostering an inclusive atmosphere in Okinawa, where diverse cultures and nationalities converge.”
The festival will open with “From Okinawa With Love,” by Sunairi Hiroshi, which premiered at the Dmz Documentary Festival in Korea, and tracks the work of a photographer who investigated the African American G.I. scene around the island’s U.S. air bases. It will close with “We Are Still Here,” a portmanteau film by indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The competition section...
The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions [with] film acting as a global lens [that] allows us to bridge the gap between different islands, fostering an inclusive atmosphere in Okinawa, where diverse cultures and nationalities converge.”
The festival will open with “From Okinawa With Love,” by Sunairi Hiroshi, which premiered at the Dmz Documentary Festival in Korea, and tracks the work of a photographer who investigated the African American G.I. scene around the island’s U.S. air bases. It will close with “We Are Still Here,” a portmanteau film by indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The competition section...
- 10/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“They’re all nice for a minute,” says Kitty Green, director of the sizzling thriller The Royal Hotel. She’s talking about the men that make up most of the film’s ensemble cast — Australian miners in a remote, rugged, Outback town — who can pivot from playful pub banter to grinning malevolence without warning. What might they do after one pint too many?
It’s a question any young woman tending bar has asked herself, and in Green’s frighteningly plausible tale, the heavily outnumbered women serving these men drinks...
It’s a question any young woman tending bar has asked herself, and in Green’s frighteningly plausible tale, the heavily outnumbered women serving these men drinks...
- 10/2/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
The Hollywood Reporter named its top 25 Platinum Players in music, and below some of the top-performing acts — from Kim Petras to Coco Jones — share their favorite films of the year, top album of the year and say how they hope the music industry will change for the better.
What Is Your Favorite Song Of Album Of The Year?
Kim Petras: Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana del Rey.
Boygenius: The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski.
Coco Jones: Renaissance by Beyoncé.
Noah Kahan: My favorite song this year would have to be Hozier’s “Unknown/Nth” from Unreal Unearth. It’s just a beautiful song, so expressive. It reminds me of the songs that made me fall in love with Hozier in the first place, just an unbelievably emotional melody with his incredible lyricism that transports...
What Is Your Favorite Song Of Album Of The Year?
Kim Petras: Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana del Rey.
Boygenius: The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski.
Coco Jones: Renaissance by Beyoncé.
Noah Kahan: My favorite song this year would have to be Hozier’s “Unknown/Nth” from Unreal Unearth. It’s just a beautiful song, so expressive. It reminds me of the songs that made me fall in love with Hozier in the first place, just an unbelievably emotional melody with his incredible lyricism that transports...
- 9/20/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Diamanda Galás, the powerful vocalist whose avant-garde compositions cry out for humanity, has penned a letter condemning Lauren Pazienza, the woman who last year killed Galás’ friend, Barbara Gustern. Gustern was a beloved, New York City vocal coach who tutored not only Galás but Debbie Harry, Kathleen Hanna, Taylor Mac, and many others.
A judge last month sentenced the 27-year-old Pazienza, who fatally shoved the 87-year-old Gustern while attempting to get a taxi, to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervision after she pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
A judge last month sentenced the 27-year-old Pazienza, who fatally shoved the 87-year-old Gustern while attempting to get a taxi, to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervision after she pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
- 9/5/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Harlan Coben’s Shelter is a teen mystery series created by Harlan and Charlotte Coben. The Prime Video series is based on a novel of the same name by Harlan Coben and it tells the story of Mickey Bolitar, whose mother is in rehab, whose father is dead, and he currently lives with his aunt in New Jersey where he just started school. Things get even harder for Mickey when a creepy old woman tells him that his father isn’t dead and he starts to think that he is losing his mind. So, if you loved Harlan Coben’s Shelter here are some similar shows you should check out next.
The Hardy Boys (Hulu) Credit – Hulu
Synopsis: After a family tragedy strikes, Frank Hardy and his brother Joe are forced to move from the big city to their parent’s hometown of Bridgeport for the summer. Staying with their Aunt Trudy,...
The Hardy Boys (Hulu) Credit – Hulu
Synopsis: After a family tragedy strikes, Frank Hardy and his brother Joe are forced to move from the big city to their parent’s hometown of Bridgeport for the summer. Staying with their Aunt Trudy,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Any chance David Tennant gets to pull out his natural (possibly exaggerated) Scottish accent, as he does on Good Omens Season 2 Episode 3, fun times are to be had.
Aziraphale's 1827 lesson in the ineffable "virtues of poverty" is a moment of real personal growth for the sanctimonious angel.
I'd like to think this isn't the last we'll see of Elsbeth. It would be interesting to see if those ninety guineas are enough to level the playing field for her.
But first, there's Officer Constable Muriel.
Inexperienced with humanity, even among angels, it's a classic comedic fish-out-of-water scenario when she's assigned to confirm and document the miracle Aziraphale claimed to have used to make Nina and Maggies fall in love.
Her Pollyanna-esque optimism and complete ineptitude are quite adorable, especially in light of the higher-up angels' routinely callous and pompous behavior.
With her positive attitude and lean-in curiosity about the world, it...
Aziraphale's 1827 lesson in the ineffable "virtues of poverty" is a moment of real personal growth for the sanctimonious angel.
I'd like to think this isn't the last we'll see of Elsbeth. It would be interesting to see if those ninety guineas are enough to level the playing field for her.
But first, there's Officer Constable Muriel.
Inexperienced with humanity, even among angels, it's a classic comedic fish-out-of-water scenario when she's assigned to confirm and document the miracle Aziraphale claimed to have used to make Nina and Maggies fall in love.
Her Pollyanna-esque optimism and complete ineptitude are quite adorable, especially in light of the higher-up angels' routinely callous and pompous behavior.
With her positive attitude and lean-in curiosity about the world, it...
- 7/29/2023
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
Donald Trump has been arrested again.
The former president turned himself over to authorities in Miami on Tuesday, to be arraigned after being charged last week with 37 federal counts related to his handling of classified material. Trump stayed at his nearby Doral resort on Monday night, and left for the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. federal courthouse a little after 1:30 p.m. local time.
The court prohibited journalists from bringing any phones or electronic devices into the courthouse, although a transcript of the proceedings was provided. Trump was not be...
The former president turned himself over to authorities in Miami on Tuesday, to be arraigned after being charged last week with 37 federal counts related to his handling of classified material. Trump stayed at his nearby Doral resort on Monday night, and left for the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. federal courthouse a little after 1:30 p.m. local time.
The court prohibited journalists from bringing any phones or electronic devices into the courthouse, although a transcript of the proceedings was provided. Trump was not be...
- 6/13/2023
- by Mike Seemuth and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
There have been plenty of movies detailing life in a fraternity — Animal House being the crown jewel of all, no matter how outrageously funny. The newest entry in the genre, The Line, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival this weekend, is not trying to amuse on any level; a deadly serious take on college frat houses, it looks like it was ripped straight from the many headlines about hazing deaths and horrific goings-on at these places.
However, for at least its first half to first two thirds, this feature film debut for director Ethan Berger (who also co-wrote the script with Alex Russek) is aiming to entertain with a look at the fictional southern Kappa Nu Alpha fraternity in all its vile, sick, crass ugliness. If the goal was to make us hate these guys, the filmmakers succeed admirably. By the end I wanted see every last one of them...
However, for at least its first half to first two thirds, this feature film debut for director Ethan Berger (who also co-wrote the script with Alex Russek) is aiming to entertain with a look at the fictional southern Kappa Nu Alpha fraternity in all its vile, sick, crass ugliness. If the goal was to make us hate these guys, the filmmakers succeed admirably. By the end I wanted see every last one of them...
- 6/11/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The penultimate episode of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “It Chooses” bides its time laying out all cards on the table before taking giant strides toward the wild hunt teased in the series’ opening. Things look dire for the group, both in the past and present. The careful plotting this week builds to a soul-shaking conclusion that ensures next week’s finale will bring the pain.
“It Chooses” provides crucial context from the outset, before the opening credits play. Akilah (Nia Sondaya), who’d been hiding her mouse friend from the group lest they deem him an easy meal, is forced to confront a tragic truth. The mouse isn’t alive and hasn’t been for some time based on its dried-out husk of a body. The devastating effects of long-term starvation and malnutrition have finally come for the girls, altering their temperament and reality as hallucinations increase. That precise set of circumstances...
“It Chooses” provides crucial context from the outset, before the opening credits play. Akilah (Nia Sondaya), who’d been hiding her mouse friend from the group lest they deem him an easy meal, is forced to confront a tragic truth. The mouse isn’t alive and hasn’t been for some time based on its dried-out husk of a body. The devastating effects of long-term starvation and malnutrition have finally come for the girls, altering their temperament and reality as hallucinations increase. That precise set of circumstances...
- 5/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets and discusses potentially triggering content."
Halfway through the first season of "Yellowjackets," Showtime's smash-hit series about a high school girls' soccer team who resorted to cannibalism to survive after their plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness, it was revealed that Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is hard enough as is, but enduring a pregnancy while stranded in the middle of the forest and surviving off of soup made from melted snow and random critters sounds like an impossibility.
To make matters even more complicated, the father of Shauna's baby is Jeff Sadecki, the man Shauna would later grow up to marry as an adult, but the boy who is currently dating her best friend Jackie. When Jackie discovers that her best friend and boyfriend were hooking up behind her back, it throws their friendship into such extreme conflict, it leads to Jackie's death.
Halfway through the first season of "Yellowjackets," Showtime's smash-hit series about a high school girls' soccer team who resorted to cannibalism to survive after their plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness, it was revealed that Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is hard enough as is, but enduring a pregnancy while stranded in the middle of the forest and surviving off of soup made from melted snow and random critters sounds like an impossibility.
To make matters even more complicated, the father of Shauna's baby is Jeff Sadecki, the man Shauna would later grow up to marry as an adult, but the boy who is currently dating her best friend Jackie. When Jackie discovers that her best friend and boyfriend were hooking up behind her back, it throws their friendship into such extreme conflict, it leads to Jackie's death.
- 5/5/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Exclusive: His Dark Materials and Enola Holmes scribe Jack Thorne, a “proud” member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, has paused work on two projects in solidarity with the WGA strikers.
The multi-bafta winner, who is based in the UK, told us: “For me the crucial issue of the strike is about writer minimums and protecting young writers. We need to be looking after these young writers to ensure they have a career and can run their own shows and be the generation that does even better with television.”
Thorne spoke to us a couple of times this week, including at London’s National Theatre for the opening night of his acclaimed new play The Motive And The Cue, directed by Sam Mendes.
However, the in-demand writer wouldn’t be drawn on which projects he has paused work on, only noting that one is a film and one a series.
The multi-bafta winner, who is based in the UK, told us: “For me the crucial issue of the strike is about writer minimums and protecting young writers. We need to be looking after these young writers to ensure they have a career and can run their own shows and be the generation that does even better with television.”
Thorne spoke to us a couple of times this week, including at London’s National Theatre for the opening night of his acclaimed new play The Motive And The Cue, directed by Sam Mendes.
However, the in-demand writer wouldn’t be drawn on which projects he has paused work on, only noting that one is a film and one a series.
- 5/3/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime's electrifying thriller series "Yellowjackets" is back for more murder and mayhem in its second season. The show follows a high school girl's soccer team - the titular Yellowjackets - destined for the national championship when all hell breaks loose. On the way to the championship, their private plane crashes in the woods and the group is forced to do whatever it takes to survive. Meanwhile, in the present day, the surviving Yellowjackets, now adults, are dealing with the repercussions of what they had to do to survive and go to extremes to keep the secrets of their time in the woods hidden.
Fans might wonder if "Yellowjackets" is based in reality. While it's not a completely true story, it does have real-life inspirations. Here's what we know.
Is "Yellowjackets" Based on a True Story?
The show isn't entirely based on a true story, but it does resemble the real-life Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster.
Fans might wonder if "Yellowjackets" is based in reality. While it's not a completely true story, it does have real-life inspirations. Here's what we know.
Is "Yellowjackets" Based on a True Story?
The show isn't entirely based on a true story, but it does resemble the real-life Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster.
- 4/28/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
AC Independent and The Veterans are working together to bring an adaptation of William Sleator’s science fiction novel House of Stairs to the screen, and Variety reports that Jacob Tremblay (The Predator) has signed on to star in the film. Production is expected to take place in Canada later this year.
Wi Ding Ho (Cities of Last Things) is on board to direct House of Stairs from a screenplay by Matthew McInerney-Lacombe (the upcoming disaster film Icbm). The story is set in a dystopian America in the near future and follows five 16-year-old orphans who wake up to find themselves in a strange building with no walls, no ceiling, and no floor: nothing but endless flights of stairs leading in every direction, seemingly infinite. To find an exit, the five teenagers must learn to deal with the others’ disparate personalities, the lack of privacy and comfort, their clear helplessness,...
Wi Ding Ho (Cities of Last Things) is on board to direct House of Stairs from a screenplay by Matthew McInerney-Lacombe (the upcoming disaster film Icbm). The story is set in a dystopian America in the near future and follows five 16-year-old orphans who wake up to find themselves in a strange building with no walls, no ceiling, and no floor: nothing but endless flights of stairs leading in every direction, seemingly infinite. To find an exit, the five teenagers must learn to deal with the others’ disparate personalities, the lack of privacy and comfort, their clear helplessness,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Renowned British novelist William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is to be adapted for television for the first time by Eleven and multi-bafta award-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne, known for TV shows like “This Is England ’88,” “National Treasure” and “His Dark Materials,” and stage shows like “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
Executive produced by Eleven’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, “Lord of the Flies” is comprised of four one-hour episodes, to be aired on BBC One and playing on BBC iPlayer.
The drama tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw other boys away...
Executive produced by Eleven’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, “Lord of the Flies” is comprised of four one-hour episodes, to be aired on BBC One and playing on BBC iPlayer.
The drama tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw other boys away...
- 4/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC has tasked His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne to pen a TV adaptation of William Golding’s seminal novel Lord of the Flies.
This marks the first time the novel will be made for television, though there have been two feature film adaptations — the first Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and the second made in 1990 by Harry Hook (above).
Sex Education producer Eleven is attached to make The BBC’s series, which was unveiled by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London. Several other announcements were also made (see below).
Writer Thorne is known for shows such as BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials, Channel 4 Covid-19 drama Help, Shane Meadows’ This is England and Netflix series The Eddy, feature films Wonder and Enola Holmes and theater productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Golding’s 1954 novel tells the story...
This marks the first time the novel will be made for television, though there have been two feature film adaptations — the first Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and the second made in 1990 by Harry Hook (above).
Sex Education producer Eleven is attached to make The BBC’s series, which was unveiled by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London. Several other announcements were also made (see below).
Writer Thorne is known for shows such as BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials, Channel 4 Covid-19 drama Help, Shane Meadows’ This is England and Netflix series The Eddy, feature films Wonder and Enola Holmes and theater productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Golding’s 1954 novel tells the story...
- 4/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets."
I can't do cannibalism in movies or TV shows. I'm okay with the goriest horror movies, but as soon as people start chowing down on one another, I'm out. As a result, I initially gave "Yellowjackets" a wide berth until curiosity won over and I took the plunge to see what all the fuss was about.
Season 1 of the extremely watchable survival horror series became Showtime's second most-streamed TV show in the network's history after "Dexter: New Blood," proving that many viewers' fascination with the dark and macabre is evergreen. The show doesn't hold back on revealing that cannibalism will be involved, dangling that as grisly bait during the opening minutes of its premiere episode.
The show's creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, wisely postponed the act itself until early in the second season, by which point they had already hooked millions of viewers...
I can't do cannibalism in movies or TV shows. I'm okay with the goriest horror movies, but as soon as people start chowing down on one another, I'm out. As a result, I initially gave "Yellowjackets" a wide berth until curiosity won over and I took the plunge to see what all the fuss was about.
Season 1 of the extremely watchable survival horror series became Showtime's second most-streamed TV show in the network's history after "Dexter: New Blood," proving that many viewers' fascination with the dark and macabre is evergreen. The show doesn't hold back on revealing that cannibalism will be involved, dangling that as grisly bait during the opening minutes of its premiere episode.
The show's creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, wisely postponed the act itself until early in the second season, by which point they had already hooked millions of viewers...
- 4/15/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Episode four of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Old Wounds,” picks up with both teen and adult Tai regaining control and consciousness. In the present, it sends Tai running for the only person she knows will understand, while the past sees Tai in denial as her strange trances begin to drive a wedge in her relationship with Van (Liv Hewson). The slow formation of dividing lines extends beyond Tai and Van, becoming the running theme of the episode.
In the past timeline, Coach Ben (Steven Krueger) finally vocalizes his disgust over the girls’ act of cannibalism. It’s the spark that emboldens Lottie’s (Courtney Eaton) followers, sowing dissension among the ranks. When Nat (Sophie Thatcher) gets accused of not pulling her weight as the group’s hunter, it sparks a dangerous bet on who’s the better leader/provider: Lottie for her otherworldly mysticism or Nat and her pragmatic nature. The wilderness...
In the past timeline, Coach Ben (Steven Krueger) finally vocalizes his disgust over the girls’ act of cannibalism. It’s the spark that emboldens Lottie’s (Courtney Eaton) followers, sowing dissension among the ranks. When Nat (Sophie Thatcher) gets accused of not pulling her weight as the group’s hunter, it sparks a dangerous bet on who’s the better leader/provider: Lottie for her otherworldly mysticism or Nat and her pragmatic nature. The wilderness...
- 4/14/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
There's a horror movie remake that's absolutely blowing up on Netflix, leaving some film fans befuddled. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s 2011 remake-slash-secret-prequel of John Carpenter's 1982 horror masterpiece "The Thing" is a divisive film that left most fans of the original feeling left out in the cold, but for some reason it's one of the hottest things on Netflix right now. Honestly, some folks who love Carpenter's version might find faults with any remake, but this remake allegedly had a troubled production with lots of studio meddling, and it ended up being a victim of its own marketing hype. So why is it suddenly trending on Netflix? Are new fans without all of that baggage discovering it for the first time, or are old ones finally giving it a reappraisal with the clarity of time? Or are people just confused and think it's the Carpenter version because they share the same name,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
There will be spoilers for "Star Wars: The Mandalorian" Chapter 21 - The Pirate
In the latest episode of "The Mandalorian," Chapter 21 - "The Pirate," a choice is brought before the Mandalorians hiding in their secret covert. Captain Carson Teva has tracked them down and given them information about the plight of Greef Karga and the people on Nevarro, under attack by Gorian Shard, the Pirate King. Din Djarin feels honor-bound to go back and help, but he needs help. Accordingly, he's given a chance to address the other members of the covert to see if they would be willing to risk themselves to help.
As the Mandalorians debate this in their secret cavern, each speaker is handed the Armorer's gravity hammer when it's their turn to speak. They respect the honor of the hammer and listen attentively to whoever wields it. This same concept actually has a long history in...
In the latest episode of "The Mandalorian," Chapter 21 - "The Pirate," a choice is brought before the Mandalorians hiding in their secret covert. Captain Carson Teva has tracked them down and given them information about the plight of Greef Karga and the people on Nevarro, under attack by Gorian Shard, the Pirate King. Din Djarin feels honor-bound to go back and help, but he needs help. Accordingly, he's given a chance to address the other members of the covert to see if they would be willing to risk themselves to help.
As the Mandalorians debate this in their secret cavern, each speaker is handed the Armorer's gravity hammer when it's their turn to speak. They respect the honor of the hammer and listen attentively to whoever wields it. This same concept actually has a long history in...
- 3/29/2023
- by Bryan Young
- Slash Film
There will always be a soft spot in our hearts for Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence in Lionsgate's film adaptation of "The Hunger Games," but we definitely shouldn't forget about Suzanne Collins's dystopian novel that started the entire franchise. It's a page-turner of a book about the society of Panem, where teenagers called tributes are forced to enlist in a high-stakes televised fight to the death called the Hunger Games.
While it might be overlooked as a young-adult series, "The Hunger Games" actually discusses important themes like inequality and consumerism that are more relevant today than you may think. It also features Katniss Everdeen as its protagonist, a strong female character who is as tough as she is vulnerable, something many readers (and viewers) have come to appreciate. And now that a Hunger Games prequel movie is officially on the way, based on Collins's novel "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,...
While it might be overlooked as a young-adult series, "The Hunger Games" actually discusses important themes like inequality and consumerism that are more relevant today than you may think. It also features Katniss Everdeen as its protagonist, a strong female character who is as tough as she is vulnerable, something many readers (and viewers) have come to appreciate. And now that a Hunger Games prequel movie is officially on the way, based on Collins's novel "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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Following one of the most shocking finale episodes in recent TV history, the highly anticipated second season of “Yellowjackets” is finally here. The Emmy-nominated series arrives on Showtime on Friday, March 24 but will also be available to stream for free on Paramount+ beginning Sunday, March 26.
The Showtime breakout hit — which stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci, among others — follows a high school soccer team after a near-fatal plane crash leaves them deserted in a remote location in the wilderness. The girls find themselves at the center of a “Lord of the Flies”-inspired survival horror story in the 19 brutal months before they’re rescued.
While the first season focuses on their efforts to stay alive, the second season centers around the team’s trauma and...
Following one of the most shocking finale episodes in recent TV history, the highly anticipated second season of “Yellowjackets” is finally here. The Emmy-nominated series arrives on Showtime on Friday, March 24 but will also be available to stream for free on Paramount+ beginning Sunday, March 26.
The Showtime breakout hit — which stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci, among others — follows a high school soccer team after a near-fatal plane crash leaves them deserted in a remote location in the wilderness. The girls find themselves at the center of a “Lord of the Flies”-inspired survival horror story in the 19 brutal months before they’re rescued.
While the first season focuses on their efforts to stay alive, the second season centers around the team’s trauma and...
- 3/24/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
When William Golding published his groundbreaking 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, it was described, in a contemporary review, as “not only a first-rate adventure but a parable of our times”. It’s testament, then, to how little our collective psychology has evolved in nearly 70 years, that Yellowjackets, Paramount Plus’s unmasking of the dark recesses of the human mind, could be talked of in almost the same terms. Adventure meets social satire, presented in neatly digestible chunks.
This second season continues with the same time split as its predecessor. In the late 1990s, a group of high-school football stars fight for survival in the harsh Canadian wilderness, while, in the present day, the survivors of that traumatic plane crash reckon with what it took to survive. By now we know the protagonists: Shauna, Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown/Tawny Cypress), Natalie (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), and Misty (Sammi Hanratty/Christina Ricci...
This second season continues with the same time split as its predecessor. In the late 1990s, a group of high-school football stars fight for survival in the harsh Canadian wilderness, while, in the present day, the survivors of that traumatic plane crash reckon with what it took to survive. By now we know the protagonists: Shauna, Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown/Tawny Cypress), Natalie (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), and Misty (Sammi Hanratty/Christina Ricci...
- 3/24/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
When Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson first moved to Los Angeles, working as a dog walker and P.F. Chang’s bartender, respectively, the native New Jersey couple liked to splurge on dinner and drinks at Tam O’Shanter — the 100-year-old Scottish house of prime rib in Atwater Village. These days, however, it’s where they go to break story on their Emmy-nominated drama, Yellowjackets. “It turns out that this place is kind of a writers’ haunt,” says Lyle, next to one of the Tudor building’s dormant fireplaces on a recent March afternoon. “I’ve seen Dan Harmon here a few times. And Jason Segel, who we worked with on Dispatches From Elsewhere, he fucking loves this place.”
The husband-and-wife team were not, like so many TV creators these days, an overnight success. Prior to Yellowjackets, their co-creation that courted a rabid fan base out of the gate in...
The husband-and-wife team were not, like so many TV creators these days, an overnight success. Prior to Yellowjackets, their co-creation that courted a rabid fan base out of the gate in...
- 3/20/2023
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you’ve always thought that shows and movies about high school reunions weren’t harrowing and demented enough, then Prime Video might have the show just for you. Described as a cross between “Mean Girls” and “Lord of the Flies,” in the Australian series “Class of ‘07”, a group of women visiting their all-girls high school campus for their 10-year reunion is forced to survive when an apocalyptic tidal wave hits. If this sounds like you might enjoy it, pencil in Friday, March 17 to watch all eight episodes. You can watch Class of '07: Season 1 with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video.
How to Watch ‘Class of '07’ Series Premiere When: Friday, March 17, 2023 Where: Amazon Prime Video Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video. 30-Day Free Trial$8.99 / month amazon.com About ‘Class of '07’ Series Premiere
“Class of ‘07” is a dark comedy...
How to Watch ‘Class of '07’ Series Premiere When: Friday, March 17, 2023 Where: Amazon Prime Video Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video. 30-Day Free Trial$8.99 / month amazon.com About ‘Class of '07’ Series Premiere
“Class of ‘07” is a dark comedy...
- 3/17/2023
- by Jessica Lerner
- The Streamable
Plot: The Yellowjackets barely made it through summer, but now as winter begins to bite, we’ll see if hunger and desperation turn into full-on psychosis. Meanwhile, 25 years later, each survivor must determine if the darkness is coming for them or from them.
Review: Yellowjackets was one of the bigger surprises on television last year. A blend of Mean Girls and Lord of the Flies, the Showtime survival/thriller series had a solid cast and built buzz over its bloody first season, securing a second season renewal after airing just five episodes. With a third season already greenlit, the five-year plan for the New Jersey soccer team forced to band together in the Canadian wilderness is closer to reality. Like any successful series, the sophomore run can be the most challenging, with some stories succumbing to going too big far too quickly. Luckily, Yellowjackets returns for a second season that...
Review: Yellowjackets was one of the bigger surprises on television last year. A blend of Mean Girls and Lord of the Flies, the Showtime survival/thriller series had a solid cast and built buzz over its bloody first season, securing a second season renewal after airing just five episodes. With a third season already greenlit, the five-year plan for the New Jersey soccer team forced to band together in the Canadian wilderness is closer to reality. Like any successful series, the sophomore run can be the most challenging, with some stories succumbing to going too big far too quickly. Luckily, Yellowjackets returns for a second season that...
- 3/16/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
The first season of “Yellowjackets” definitely hit a nerve with its inspired combination of “Now and Then,” “Lord of the Flies” and “Alive”; the series quickly became one of Showtime’s most successful ever, with about 5 million viewers tuning in each week.
The inspired premise of a group of plane crash survivors — told in the “then” and “now” — was only enhanced by the stellar cast who brought it to life, like Melanie Lynskey as Shauna, now a suburban mom and housewife with homicidal impulses; Juliette Lewis as the edgy, extremely damaged grown-up Natalie; and Christina Ricci as the obsessive Misty, who was basically to blame for the entire disaster, as her teenage self (Samantha Hanratty) was enjoying the camaraderie of the girls’ life in the wild so much that she destroyed the plane’s black box to prevent the team from getting rescued in the first place.
The “Yellowjackets” casting team deserves all the awards,...
The inspired premise of a group of plane crash survivors — told in the “then” and “now” — was only enhanced by the stellar cast who brought it to life, like Melanie Lynskey as Shauna, now a suburban mom and housewife with homicidal impulses; Juliette Lewis as the edgy, extremely damaged grown-up Natalie; and Christina Ricci as the obsessive Misty, who was basically to blame for the entire disaster, as her teenage self (Samantha Hanratty) was enjoying the camaraderie of the girls’ life in the wild so much that she destroyed the plane’s black box to prevent the team from getting rescued in the first place.
The “Yellowjackets” casting team deserves all the awards,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Gwen Ihnat
- The Wrap
The Park is a film written and directed by Shal Ngo starring Carli McIntyre, Billy Slaughter, Laura Coover and Carmina Garay among others.
An interesting premise, different, well made, but sustained by a literary spirit. Plus, it has a story to tell and character development is included.
Doesn’t that make B-Series sound better?
Storyline
In a dystopian future, a virus kills humans once they reach puberty. Only children are left. This is the story of a group of young people in a park who fight against their own nature.
About the Film
A great little surprise in the form of Lord of the Flies in its plot and with a clear touch of The Purge in its look. A film that gets the most out of its actors, knows how to take advantage of its aesthetics and its plot and, worthwhile in its premise, knows how to take itself seriously,...
An interesting premise, different, well made, but sustained by a literary spirit. Plus, it has a story to tell and character development is included.
Doesn’t that make B-Series sound better?
Storyline
In a dystopian future, a virus kills humans once they reach puberty. Only children are left. This is the story of a group of young people in a park who fight against their own nature.
About the Film
A great little surprise in the form of Lord of the Flies in its plot and with a clear touch of The Purge in its look. A film that gets the most out of its actors, knows how to take advantage of its aesthetics and its plot and, worthwhile in its premise, knows how to take itself seriously,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Often the only restaurant in town that’s open all night, Waffle House has long been a hub for general late-night anarchy. So what better place for a moving, dramatic scene Saturday Night Live–style?
Marcello Hernandez and guest host Jenna Ortega get to show off their great acting chops in the sketch above as Zack and Casey, delivering an entire goodbye scene in the style of Friday Night Lights as the two high school sweethearts head off to different colleges. But who cares what’s happening in the foreground? The action’s all in the Waffle House behind them.
Marcello Hernandez and guest host Jenna Ortega get to show off their great acting chops in the sketch above as Zack and Casey, delivering an entire goodbye scene in the style of Friday Night Lights as the two high school sweethearts head off to different colleges. But who cares what’s happening in the foreground? The action’s all in the Waffle House behind them.
- 3/12/2023
- by Robert Clarke-Chan
- TVLine.com
Actress Rhea Seehorn discusses a few of her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Swimmer (1968)
Linoleum (2023)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Breaking The Waves (1996)
Sound Of Metal (2020)
Starman (1984)
The Worst Person In The World (2021)
Beatriz At Dinner (2017)
Frida (2002)
The Shape Of Water (2017)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
The Lobster (2015)
Delicatessen (1992)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The Favourite (2018)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Birdman (2014)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Triangle Of Sadness (2022)
Get Out (2017)
Nope (2022)
Brazil (1985)
Safe (1995)
Withnail & I (1987)
The Fisher King (1991)
Regarding Henry (1990)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Swimmer (1968)
Linoleum (2023)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Breaking The Waves (1996)
Sound Of Metal (2020)
Starman (1984)
The Worst Person In The World (2021)
Beatriz At Dinner (2017)
Frida (2002)
The Shape Of Water (2017)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
The Lobster (2015)
Delicatessen (1992)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The Favourite (2018)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Birdman (2014)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Triangle Of Sadness (2022)
Get Out (2017)
Nope (2022)
Brazil (1985)
Safe (1995)
Withnail & I (1987)
The Fisher King (1991)
Regarding Henry (1990)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...
- 3/7/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
However cold you might feel this winter, rest assured it could be worse. How much worse? For the 16 “lone wolf” contestants signed up for the extreme survivalist competition series Outlast, it gets dropped-into-the-Alaska-wilderness cold. On Netflix’s latest competition series, these hearty challengers seek to outlast one another through weeks in the wild, hoping for a million-dollar prize. There is, however, one twist. (Credit: Courtesy of Netflix) “Their only rule,” says executive producer Emma Ho, “is they have to be a part of a team if they want to win.” And that team doesn’t need to be the one they started with. Cue the backstabbing and sabotage. “It very quickly turns into Lord of the Flies/Hunger Games,” says Ho. With varying levels of experience and few supplies available in one of the harshest environments on the planet, players need to find food in the snowy terrain, while occasionally being pelted with freezing rain.
- 3/4/2023
- TV Insider
We move from February into March this week, which means the arrival of Scream VI is now just over one week away. But before we get there, we’ve got other fresh horrors to consume.
This week, Six brand new horror movies will be released, and included in the mix is the latest installment in a long-running franchise based on a classic Stephen King horror novel.
Here’s all the new horror arriving February 28 – March 5, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up, Gravitas Ventures unleashes Wolf Garden via On Demand outlets today (February 28), being described by Gravitas as a “elevated horror picture in the tradition of It Follows.”
Written and Directed by Wayne David, Wolf Garden tells the blood-curdling story of William (Wayne David), a young man who disappears upon experiencing haunting visions of the woman he loves and a mysterious creature in the nearby woods.
This week, Six brand new horror movies will be released, and included in the mix is the latest installment in a long-running franchise based on a classic Stephen King horror novel.
Here’s all the new horror arriving February 28 – March 5, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up, Gravitas Ventures unleashes Wolf Garden via On Demand outlets today (February 28), being described by Gravitas as a “elevated horror picture in the tradition of It Follows.”
Written and Directed by Wayne David, Wolf Garden tells the blood-curdling story of William (Wayne David), a young man who disappears upon experiencing haunting visions of the woman he loves and a mysterious creature in the nearby woods.
- 2/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Like a virus that keeps coming back but growing weaker each time, “Children of the Corn” is now a horror movie that lacks the strength to infect you with even a speck of fear. The original strain of the virus was Stephen King’s short story — published in 1977, at the heart of his shivery heyday. The tale of a group of Nebraska farm-town children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields, it was like a slasher version of “Lord of the Flies,” with a touch of the creepiness of “The Wicker Man.” The kids killed the adults around them, but the scariest thing about them is that they’d become a cult. The cornfield demon, known as He Who Walks Behind the Rows, was less a monster than a force, one that spoke to gathering forces in our society — impulses of religious zealotry and intolerance that were...
- 2/28/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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