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Universal, home of the most Famous Monsters of Filmland and the excreable MSNBC, has canceled the September 27, 2019 release of director Craig Zobel's $15 million budgeted 'thriller', "The Hunt", starring Betty Gilpin' as 'Crystal', a kidnapped 'deplorable', who gets deadly revenge on a gang of left-wing 'killer elites' :

"...12 strangers mysteriously wake up in a clearing. They do not know where they are or how they got there. They discover that they have been chosen to be hunted in a game devised by a group of rich 'elites'. 

"The hunters gather in a remote facility called the 'Manor House', but their sport gets derailed when one of the hunted, 'Crystal' (Gilpin), fights back and starts revenge killing the elites, one by one..."

Cast also includes Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts and Oscar winner Hilary Swank.

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The new body will represent 13 companies which service the increasing number of foreign productions.

As international film production booms in the Netherlands thanks to the successful cash rebate scheme, the post-production sector is enjoying a sharp rise.

Now 13 Dutch post-production companies have created the Netherlands Post-Production Alliance (Npa), a new body representing the companies which service the increasing number of foreign productions, such as Sergei Loznitsa’s Un Certain Regard opener Donbass, doing post work in the territory.

“Netherlands has become an important ‘post hub’ of Europe,” said Remco Mastwijk, Xx of Filmmore, and chairman of the Npa.

“We distinguish ourselves internationally through flexibility,...

Anca Puiu is producing through Mandragora and Iadasarecasa.

Cannes Croisette regular Cristi Puiu has wrapped principal photography on his anticipated next film Manor House.

It is Puiu’s first film in French and is set in 1900 on the estate of a wealthy landowner. The guests spend the time luxuriously consuming rich meals and enjoying long conversations about death and the Antichrist, progress and morality.

Manor House sees the director return to the work of the late-19th century Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov which he first used in his experimental acting-workshop film Three Exercises of Interpretation in 2013. The cast is headed...

Welcome to a pair of vintage mysteries with George Simenon’s popular Inspector Jules Maigret, a gumshoe who gets the tough cases. Top kick French actor Jean Gabin is the cop who keeps cool, until it’s time to rattle a recalcitrant suspect. In two separate cases, he tracks a serial killer in the heart of Paris, and travels to his hometown to unearth a murder conspiracy.

Maigret Sets a Trap

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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

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Kino Classics

1958, 1959 / B&W /1:37 flat; 1:66 widescreen / 118, 101 min. / Street Date December 5, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber: Trap, St. Fiacre / 29.95 ea.

Starring: Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Jean Desailly, Olivier Hussenot, Lucienne Bogaert, Paulette Dubost, Lino Ventura, Dominique Page / Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Michel Vitold, Camille Guérini, Gabrielle Fontan, Micheline Luccioni, Jacques Marin, Paul Frankeur, Robert Hirsch.

Cinematography: Louis Page

Film Editor: Henri Taverna

Original Music: Paul Misraki...

Once upon a time, somewhere in the span between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hunter S. Thompson, a dapper posse of aristocrat journalists thrived by combining pre-war sophistication with post-war sexuality. Belonging neither to the old world or the new, they were prophets of their present moment, a transitional group that helped lay the foundation for a culture that wouldn’t be able to accommodate them.

Gay Talese was perhaps the most notable of the group. The godfather of indulgent celebrity profiles, Talese elevated an entire medium by fleshing a routine portrait into a genuine piece of literature; published in the April 1966 issue of Esquire, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” might well outlive the magazine that paid for it. Talese became almost as famous as the people featured in his work, and his reputation protected him from the rest of the 20th century; it seemed unthinkable that someone who could write...

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To mark the host of outdoor screenings by Pop Up Screens, taking place across London until September, we’ve been given 5 pairs of tickets to a screening to give away.

Once again Pop Up Screens has put together a programme to inspire and delight, that includes comedies Deadpool and Four Weddings and a Funeral, vintage blockbusters The Big Lebowski and Back To The Future, fantasy adventures Jurassic Park and Ghostbusters and timeless faves Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman. Plus a couple of more recently Oscar-approved entries, including La La Land and Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.

To provide the perfect al fresco settings, this year’s London venues will include:

Bishops Park in Fulham

Central Park, Greenwich Peninsula

Coram’s Fields, Bloomsbury

Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith

Manor House Gardens, Hither Green

Southwark Park, Canada Water

Kennington Park, Kennington

Please note: This competition is open to UK residents...

A thyroid operation every ten years, plus regular libations of an eerie green liquid, has allowed Anton Diffring to live over a hundred years without looking a year over forty. Hammer’s medical horror show features Christopher Lee, Hazel Court and sumptuous cinematography, but not a whole lot of surprises.

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

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Kl Studio Classics

1959 / Color/ 1:66 widescreen / 83 min. / Street Date March 14, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold Marle, Delphi Lawrence.

Cinematography: Jack Asher

Production Design: Bernard Robinson

Art Direction: Roy Ashton

Film Editor: John Dunsford

Original Music: Richard Rodney Bennett

Written by Jimmy Sangster from a play by Barré Lyndon

Produced by Michael Carreras

Directed by Terence Fisher

For its first two years of Technicolor horror Hammer Films could seemingly do no wrong. In just a few months their revivals of classic horror motifs were being bankrolled and...

A Colorado motel owner claims he spent decades spying on his guests as they had sex, used the bathroom and even committed murder - and he's only revealing the truth now that the statute of limitations has passed. The shocking revelations, made in this week's issue of The New Yorker, have brought scrutiny on the owner, Gerald Foos, and on the author of the magazine story, legendary journalist Gay Talese - who kept Foos's secret since 1980. "The Voyeur's Motel" uses Foos's own meticulous journals to tell story of a voyeur who admits to invading the privacy of thousands of guests...

A Colorado motel owner claims he spent decades spying on his guests as they had sex, used the bathroom and even committed murder - and he's only revealing the truth now that the statute of limitations has passed. The shocking revelations, made in this week's issue of The New Yorker, have brought scrutiny on the owner, Gerald Foos, and on the author of the magazine story, legendary journalist Gay Talese - who kept Foos's secret since 1980. "The Voyeur's Motel" uses Foos's own meticulous journals to tell story of a voyeur who admits to invading the privacy of thousands of guests...

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We’ve scoured the scenes of Sherlock special, The Abominable Bride, to dig out its nerdy details. Spoilers ahead…

Warning: contains spoilers for The Abominable Bride.

If, by the time Sherlock special The Abominable Bride came around, your usually-shining powers of observation had been dulled by New Year’s indulgence, never fear.

We’ve hunted around the episode with (mostly) clear heads and stumbled upon a few fun titbits, from Wilder the Diogenes butler, to set design jokes, nods to Doyle’s original stories, Paget’s illustrations, previous Sherlock episodes and more…

1. This dilated pupil (we'd suggest Cumberbatch’s rather than Freeman’s?) is the first hint-in-hindsight that what’s to follow involves narcotics.

2. Both A Study In Pink and The Abominable Bride start with Watson waking up from a nightmare of his time in an Afghan war, centuries apart.

3. Joining the regular cast’s Victorian counterparts...

Chris Swanson is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Bletchley Park. Britain’s most secret weapon in the Second World War. Inside draughty huts, the earliest computers clatter day and night, decoding enemy transmissions and revealing intelligence crucial to the country’s defence. Leading Wren Mrs Constance Clarke directs her charges to provide vital assistance to the boffins stationed in the Manor House. But a recent arrival among the code-breakers, the mysterious Dr Smith, has...

The post Big Finish Review – Criss-Cross appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.

Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming Dlc The Executioner for The Evil Within.

The executioner is the final Dlc expansion for The Evil Within and is releasing May 26th.

About the Dlc:

"The Executioner places players in a series of battle arenas all from the first-person perspective of The Keeper. Initially armed with The Keeper’s signature hammer, players will fight against a host of The Evil Within’s iconic villains to earn new weapons and upgrades. Set in the Manor House of the Victoriano Estate, The Executioner features first-person melee combat combined with exploration and discovery as players unearth the story of a man forced to become The Keeper."

The Dlc is the final piece to the season pass which is priced at $19.99 and comes with all 3 released expansions. You can also purchase just The Executioner for $4.99

The Evil WithinGAME News...

The Executioner—the third and final Dlc for The Evil Within—will allow gamers to wield the game's iconic, blood-soaked hammer as The Keeper. Ahead of the Dlc's May 26th release, Bethesda has released a brand new trailer for The Executioner:

"The Executioner places players in a series of battle arenas all from the first-person perspective of The Keeper. Initially armed with The Keeper’s signature hammer, players will fight against a host of The Evil Within’s iconic villains to earn new weapons and upgrades. Set in the Manor House of the Victoriano Estate, The Executioner features first-person melee combat combined with exploration and discovery as players unearth the story of a man forced to become The Keeper.

As the final add-on, The Executioner completes The Evil Within’s Season Pass. Priced at $19.99, the Season Pass offers savings on all three add-ons for the game, including the first two...

Back to the Future, Labyrinth and Forrest Gump are among the films on offer with Pop Up Screens 2014.

Pop Up Screens have confirmed their summer lineup for July to September, taking place at several London parks.

The Breakfast Club, Anchorman, American Beauty, The Notebook, Fight Club, Dumb & Dumber and Grease are also on the lineup of movies.

The large outdoor screenings will occur at several different venues, including Morden, Fulham, Blackheath, Hammersmith, Holborn and Greenwich.

Each screening costs £10, while a weekender pass to see all three films is £24. A season ticket for all films costs £75.

This year's events will also serve up Pop Up Burgers, while there will be a bar and popcorn available as well.

Pop Up Screens founder David Leydon said: "If you've never been to an outdoor cinema, you should, it's a must try. I know it sounds like a bit of a sales pitch, but it...

Sir Derek Jacobi has appeared in new photos from This Is Jinsy.

The Last Tango in Halifax and Vicious actor will appear in the seventh episode of the second series of the comedy.

He will play Robunce Barnatty in the Sky Atlantic show, who is the eldest resident of Jinsy island.

This Is Jinsy returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

The series was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

The details of the guest appearances are as follows:

Episode 1: Stephen Fry as Dr Bevelspepp, who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an invasion of rampaging hair

Episode 2: Ben Miller as the Chief Accountant of Jinsy as well as his daughter Berpetta, a drunk, hefty, buck-toothed accountant

Episode 3: Katy Brand as Madame Astralina,...

Pictures of Katy Brand as Madame Astralina in This Is Jinsy have been unveiled.

The character appears in episode three of the second run of the show, and is described as "a flamboyant psychic who obtains her readings from a pen of rats".

The Sky Atlantic show returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

This Is Jinsy was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

The details of the guest appearances are as follows:

Episode 1: Stephen Fry as Dr Bevelspepp, who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an invasion of rampaging hairEpisode 2: Ben Miller as the Chief Accountant of Jinsy as well as his daughter Berpetta, a drunk, hefty, buck-toothed accountantEpisode 3: Katy Brand as Madame Astralina, a flamboyant psychic...

New pictures of Ben Miller and Stephen Fry in the second series of This Is Jinsy have been revealed.

Miller stars in the second episode of the show as the Chief Accountant of Jinsy, along with his sister - a drunk, hefty, buck-toothed accountant called Berpetta.

Fry appears in the first episode of the run as Dr Bevelspepp, a character who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an invasion of rampaging hair.

The Sky Atlantic show returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

This Is Jinsy was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

The first pictures of Greg Davies as "sinister figure" Jennitta Bishard were unveiled yesterday.

Other guest stars confirmed for the eight-episode second series include Katy Brand, Eilieen Atkins,...

The first images of Greg Davies as Jennitta Bishard in This Is Jinsy have been released.

The comedian will appear across several episodes of the second series of the Sky Atlantic show, which returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

Bishard is described as "a delightfully sinister figure who delivers punishments to residents across the island from the safety of her TV studio".

This Is Jinsy was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

Other guest stars confirmed for the eight-episode second series include Stephen Fry, Ben Miller, Katy Brand, Eilieen Atkins, Rob Brydon, Stephen Mangan, Derek Jacobi, Phil Davis and Olivia Colman, who join series regulars Alice Lowe as Soosan Noop, Janine Duvitski as Mrs Goadion and Geoff McGivern as Trince.

The details of the guest appearances...

Photographer celebrated for his informal portraits of artists, actors and musicians

David Farrell, who has died aged 93, was known primarily for his photographic portraits of the most prominent artists, actors, authors and, particularly, musicians of his time. These ranged from classical performers such as Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar and Jacqueline du Pré to Louis Armstrong, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He would take his portable darkroom with him to filming locations, where he photographed Albert Finney, Julie Christie, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson, among others. His main body of work dates from the mid-1950s to the 1980s, by which time he was working primarily in cinema, but he continued with his photography well into the digital age.

Taking Henri Cartier-Bresson's "humanitarian" photography as his model, Farrell specialised in taking portraits in informal situations – he preferred to photograph artists at home or in the studio, rather than in...

Chicago – In contrast with the other subpar supernatural blockbusters released last August, Nick Murphy’s “The Awakening” lacks the cheesy thrills of “The Possession” and the hilarious ineptitude of “The Apparition.” Instead, it’s a humorless and ponderous bore buoyed only slightly by its vivid lead performance from Rebecca Hall, a supremely gifted character actress who has yet to receive the cinematic showcase she deserves.

As headstrong skeptic Florence, Hall charges through the picture, determined to debunk every rumored instance of paranormal activity. Sadly, the clunky script co-authored by Murphy and Stephen Volk spells out all of her inner turmoil with the most dreadfully monotonous exposition. Even before she’s swept into the film’s central mystery, the audience is already bored to tears.

Blu-ray Rating: 2.0/5.0

Murphy has a background in BBC documentaries (such as the splendid reality TV miniseries, “Manor House”), so perhaps he was attracted to the material...

Merthur kicks off their final season with tonight's season premiere of Merlin.

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Typically, the words "Yes, Dear reunion" wouldn't get me excited but in this case we're going to get to see Mike O'Maley (along with Liza Snyder) on Raising Hope, as reported by EW. They'll play a couple that finds the sex tape Burt and Virginia lost.

IFC's getting into the animated comedy business. Out There will follow three socially awkward boys living in a small town, with a voice cast that will include Megan Mullally, Linda Cardinelli, Pamela Adlon and Fred Armisen.

In an interview with Vulture, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan says that Casablanca provides the bar for Breaking Bad's finale, "No one gets everything they wanted. The guy doesn’t get the girl, but he has the satisfaction of knowing she wants him. And he doesn’t get her because he has to save the free world.

Home Invasion is a weekly post every Tuesday which shows you what is being released on Blu-Ray & DVD today! We scoured through Amazon to bring you everything you might be interested in. Our Picks of the Week are releases that we are looking forward to checking out, have reviewed and/or were are Picks of the Week on the Dtb Podcast. All descriptions are courtesy of Amazon.com.

This week is pretty slim on new quality releases. However, there are some children friendly Halloween releases and some multi-film combo packs for some films that are worth picking up as well as some hi-def re-releases of some great flicks.

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It’s the film that divided audiences at our local Late Nite Grindhouse program earlier this year but we still feel it should be seen by all fans of genre cinema.

The legendary Hammer Studios is widely recognized as the high watermark of the gothic macabre, creating some of the most chilling and recognizable horror films of all time.

Synapse Films is proud to present this essential collection of all 13 tales of terror from the legendary British film studio into The Complete Hammer House of Horror collector's set.

In 1980 Hammer took over the old Hampden Manor House in the heartland of England and produced a series of thirteen horror stories to air on British television.  With a host of Hammer regulars, including Peter Cushing (Twins of Evil, Star Wars) and Denholm Elliott (Raiders of the Lost Ark), classic thespians including Brian Cox (The Ring), Patricia Quinn (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Georgina Hale (The Devils), Diana Dors (Theatre of Blood) and Dark Shadows stalwart Kathryn Leigh Scott, along with early appearances by actors like Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye), each episode provides a...

One of our favorite shows around these parts is the anthology series "The Hammer House of Horror", and though it's been released on DVD before, you know the good folks over at Synapse Films are going to put together a package that puts that one to shame!

From the Press Release

Each generation creates tales of horror… stories that seep through the very heart of our collective fears. The legendary Hammer Studios is widely recognized as the high watermark of the Gothic macabre, creating some of the most chilling and recognizable horror films of all time. Synapse Films is proud to present this essential collection of all 13 tales of terror from the legendary British film studio into The Complete Hammer House Of Horror collector's set!

In 1980 Hammer took over the old Hampden Manor House in the heartland of England and produced a series of thirteen horror stories to air on British television.

We’ve known that Synapse Films had plans to release Hammer House of Horror since 2010, but it is now official and will be released later this year. The complete 13-episode TV series will be available in a 5-dvd set on September 11th. According to Fangoria, the episodes will be presented in their original airdate order and are completely uncut:

“Produced in 1980, Hammer House Of Horror consisted of 13 episodes shot at Hampden Manor House in the heart of England, with directors including Hammer vets Peter Sasdy and Alan Gibson and featuring actors such as Peter Cushing, Pierce Brosnan, Brian Cox and Denholm Elliott. Synapse’s five-dvd set will present the episodes in original airdate order, uncut with all the nudity and violence intact, presented in the original 1.33:1 broadcast aspect ratio.”

The DVD set will sell for $39.95 and we’ve included a look at the cover art below. Here is a...

An experience that offers participants the chance to shoot zombies is hiring people to play the undead. 'Zombie Manor House', from the people who started 'Zombie Shopping Mall', takes place near Manchester and revolves around a "top-secret" and abandoned facility overrun by undead beings. At present, the experience - stated as lasting around three hours - can be booked for £99 per person. Survivors investigating the manor are provided with airsoft weapons to shoot the lurking zombies and are involved in a story "which unfolds in real time". Eventual undead hires will be given make-up and prosthetics (more)...

Virgin Media have just released the news that ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, their contract to get free Wi-Fi installed in certain London Underground stations has now begun with the first two stations going live. King’s Cross and Warren Street are the first two with Wi-Fi going live as of today (7th June) with Oxford Circus and Green Park both going live tomorrow (8th June).

Following these four stations Virgin are expecting 80 stations in total to be connected before the end of July and 120 to be live by the end of 2012.

Other stations expected to be completed before the end of July include:

Aldgate East, Elephant & Castle, London Bridge, St Paul’s, Angel, Embankment, Manor House, Stepney Green, Archway, Euston, Mansion House, Stockwell, Arsenal Euston Square, Marble Arch, Stratford, Barbican, Finsbury Park, Marylebone, Swiss Cottage, Bayswater, Goodge Street, Mile End, Temple, Bermondsey, Green Park, North Greenwich, Tottenham Hale, Bethnal Green,...

Season 2 of the addictive Downton Abbey premieres Jan. 8 (check local listings), but PBS is hoping fans will keep another date in mind: On Jan. 22, it will air a one-hour special, Secrets of the Manor House, which is a described as a nonfiction look into the lives of British aristocracy during the early 1900s. Fingers crossed we hear about sex, scandals, and someone with as biting a tongue as Maggie Smith’s Violet Crawley.

According to PBS, the first season of Downton Abbey was the third-most watched Masterpiece program in the last 22 years.

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‘Downton Abbey’ finale review: How much did you love it,...

The famous Irish manor that director John Huston once owned has been put back on the market. The house is the site where the celebrated American filmmaker, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, raised his famous actress daughter, Anjelica Huston. The filmmaker once described his home, St. Cleran’s Manor House in Craughwell, County Galway, as “the most beautiful house in Ireland.” The property, which was restored by American media mogul Merv Griffin, is now on the market for €3.7 million ($5.5 million) and is being sold by a trust. The house was briefly put up for sale in 2002/2003 for €4.5 million but was subsequently withdrawn. Coldwell Banker Estates is now determined to sell the manor. The prominent home was built in 1784 by one of Galway’s original 14 clans, the Burkes. In the 1950s, Huston saw the manor while on vacation in the west of Ireland, and purchased the manor for around £35,000. He lived...

Is punctuality the key to booking the job? Well, that—along with being prepared and having diverse interests—certainly helped Lisa Keppel land the role of Helen Stanton in Chapman University's production of "A Question of Sex," a farce set in London in 1900.Arriving early to the audition, Keppel unknowingly chatted up one of the producers she was about to read for. "We struck up a little bit of a conversation about ballet, because we had both done ballet in the past," Keppel says, "and we were talking about just the heat and random things." After realizing that this was one of the people she'd be auditioning for, "it kind of broke the ice a little bit," she says. "It made it a little less nerve-racking going into the audition."As for her promptness, director Adam Fox says a director appreciates it "when you know that someone is there on...