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An erotic thriller that has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score and should have been a shoe in for Oscar nominations ended up being disqualified for a technicality. Kevin Smith has been promoting the re-release of his cult classic Dogma into theaters, and he mentioned the Oscar controversy concerning his lead actress for that movie, Linda Fiorentino.

Kevin Smith went on The Rich Eisen Show to talk about the re-release of Dogma. The two discussed some interesting trivia about how Smith wanted Samuel L. Jackson to play Rufus. However, Chris Rock wanted the role and Smith said the actor fought for it. He also talked about how star-studded his cast was before discussing his lead actress, Linda Fiorentino, who played Bethany in Dogma. That is when Smith mentioned why he was so excited to get her for the movie.

Smith said Fiorentino just starred in Men in Black, so she had that fame coming in.

Exclusive: Here’s your first look at Diane Kruger and Anamaria Vartolomei in Merteuil, Max’s anticipated reimagining of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liasions).

We can reveal today that the series will be titled The Seduction in all territories outside of France and will launch in the second half of 2025. Filming continues in France until the end of this month.

Also starring are Vincent Lacoste, Lucas Bravo, Julien De Saint Jean, Noée Abita, Fantine Harduin, and Patrick d’Assumçao.

The synopsis reads: “To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan.”

Max has described its first French Original drama as a free adaptation of Laclos’s steamy novel and “an exploration of the price of emotional and sexual freedom — in...

Victoria Monét had Usher on her mind when she started making “Sos.” As she explains in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The Breakdown, while she was in the studio, she was deep down a Confessions “rabbit hole, just studying that album top to bottom, and being so blown away, again, by the art and craft of this body of work.”

At one point, she played a bit of Usher’s “Seduction” for co-writer Daniel Church as they worked on the song. And then, about an hour later, Monét says,...

Makeine offers a unique and refreshing twist on rom-coms by focusing on a dynamic and bold female lead character, Anna Yanami. The deliberate undermining of character stereotypes in Makeine results in a more lively and unpredictable cast compared to other romance anime. Anna's vivaciousness and everyday antics make her a more complex and fascinating character to watch, setting Makeine apart from other gimmicky rom-coms of the season.

A-1 Pictures' newest adaptation, Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, currently streaming on Crunchyroll, could be one of the season's funniest shows. Besides its unique frame for a romantic comedy, its willingness to embarrass all its characters creates a dynamic and more memorable cast, including its leading lady, Anna Yanami. The result is surprisingly refreshing in a season filled with gimmicky dramas.

Many rom-com feel lopsided in implementation, sacrificing jokes for sex appeal. While it may work, Makeine had a strong first episode by going in the opposite direction,...

David Sanborn, the six time Grammy-winning alto saxophonist who played at Woodstock, composed music for the Lethal Weapon movies, played in the SNL and Late Night with David Letterman bands and worked with everyone from Stevie Wonder to David Bowie, died Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications. He Was 78.

Sanborn’s music is often described “smooth jazz,” but he reportedly rejected that characterization, and one can see why. His lively, iconic sax solo on Bowie’s “Young Americans” is anything but. Sanborn preferred the idea that he “put the saxophone back into rock ’n’ roll.”

Indeed, he worked with a virtual who’s who of rock and R&b legends, including James Brown, Eric Clapton, Roger Daltrey, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Elton John, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Roger Waters, Steely Dan, the Eagles,...

Many people would claim that Frank Darabont has made the best Stephen King adaptations ever put on film, but did you know that over a decade before making The Shawshank Redemption, it would be Stephen King himself who helped Frank Darabont become a filmmaker? Frank would use one of Stephen King’s infamous “Dollar Babies” where King would allow aspiring filmmakers to license one of his short stories for just $1. Darabont would adapt King’s short The Woman in the Room which would be short-listed for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short film in 1983. Despite not getting the nomination, and not even particularly liking the short, King was a fan and for $5,000, granted Darabont the rights to adapt another of his short stories: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.

Of course, Darabont wasn’t quite ready to tackle something as massive as that story just yet, so he made...

Rapper Snoop Dogg is opening up about his surprising animal phobia. On a recent episode of Snoop Dogg’s YouTube news network series ‘Double G News’, the ‘Sensual Seduction’ rapper, 51, admitted his equinophobia, or fear of horses.

The rapper said: “I’m just f—— scared of them”.

The Death Row Records owner, who was dressed in a bathrobe, was joined on his show by guest Tiffany Haddish, who wore a pink tartan suit, reports People magazine.

During their discussion, the ‘Night School’ star talked about her childhood dream of raising horses on a farm, to which he replied, “I’m scared of horses.”

“What? As big as you are?” the actress, 43, shot back.

“To this day, too,” the ‘Training Day’ actor responded. “I don’t know why I’m just f—— scared of them.”

“Are you serious?” Tiffany asked.

“So serious. You ain’t never seen me in a scene with a horse.

Los Angeles, Sep 15 (Ians) Rapper Snoop Dogg is opening up about his surprising animal phobia.

On a recent episode of Snoop Dogg’s YouTube news network series ‘Double G News’, the ‘Sensual Seduction’ rapper, 51, admitted his equinophobia, or fear of horses.

The rapper said: “I’m just f—— scared of them”.

The Death Row Records owner, who was dressed in a bathrobe, was joined on his show by guest Tiffany Haddish, who wore a pink tartan suit, reports People magazine.

During their discussion, the ‘Night School’ star talked about her childhood dream of raising horses on a farm, to which he replied, “I’m scared of horses.”

“What? As big as you are?” the actress, 43, shot back.

“To this day, too,” the ‘Training Day’ actor responded. “I don’t know why I’m just f—— scared of them.”

“Are you serious?” Tiffany asked.

“So serious. You ain’t never seen...

Emily spent time outside of the Love Island USA villa with a different islander, sparking speculation about their connection. Emily shared a suggestive video on TikTok, hinting at a potential romantic relationship. It seems that Emily and Harrison's relationship may have come to an end, as Emily's actions would not be appropriate if she were still with Harrison.

Emily Chavez left Love Island USA with Harrison Luna, but she might be with a different contestant now. Emily entered the villa with Kenzo Ludo and Jonah Allman as one of three bombshells. Unfortunately, after coupling up with Harrison and remaining loyal to him, the couple was eliminated before Casa Amor.

This gave Emily little time to get to know anyone else or further her connection with Harrison. After she left, Mike Stark entered the villa as a bombshell with Imani Wheeler. Apparently, despite not being in the villa at the same time,...

Netflix has successfully forayed into the African market, and for the past few years, they have given us interesting stories from across the continent. The Fatal Seduction is a South African Netflix Original that speaks about desires and infidelity amidst corruption and crimes against women and children in the country. Created by Steven Pillemer, this seven-episodic first volume of the show has caught the attention of viewers not just because of the steamy scenes but also because of the attention it draws to pertinent issues that plague that nation.

The Fatal Seduction begins with Nandi, the lead protagonist, being taken into police custody for a crime unknown, but there is blood everywhere inside her fancy home, and there is a murder weapon. As the series progresses, the viewers can pick and choose from several characters in the show that could have been Nandi’s target, and slowly, they might also...

Offering rides to strangers can often lead to trouble, and in Sympathy for the Devil, one driver is about to discover that not every passenger is worth picking up. Production is underway in Las Vegas on Sympathy for the Devil, starring Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman.

Yuval Adler directs from a script written by Luke Paradise (Lost on a Mountain in Maine). Sympathy for the Devil follows “The Driver” (Kinnaman), who finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man, “The Passenger” (Cage). As their white-knuckle ride progresses, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

“This is a tour de force featuring two incredible actors,” said producer Allan Ungar. “As an acclaimed filmmaker, Yuval has assembled the perfect cast and brought a unique and gritty vision to this film that will be sure to capture audiences.

Disclosure has released a new song, “Into My Arms.” The six-plus-minute track is the first of five the group will drop this week and will be followed by “Seduction,” “Another Level,” “It’s Happening,” and “Never Enough.”

“The spark that ignited the creation of this body of work came from a place of wanting to revitalize a very fractured and uncertain dance music scene and club culture that has changed so much all over the world for obvious reasons in the last 18 months,” band member Guy Lawrence said in a statement.

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No cinephile’s bookshelf is complete without a well-curated selection of film criticism books to complement their robust movie library. After all, criticism exists to enhance our understanding of art, and really any creative endeavor. The art of film criticism is almost as old as film itself, and has evolved just as film has over the past century or so.

The below selection of film criticism classics includes a wide variety of literature that helps enhance the filmgoing experience, from in-depth histories of specific films to exhaustive analysis of filmmakers and actors; from essay collections of famed critics to histories of film movements and eras. They’re both historical and contemporary, with original...

Review by Roger Carpenter

Italian director Fernando Di Leo is best known for his violent poliziotteschi, or crime films, like Caliber 9, The Italian Connection, The Boss, and Kidnap Syndicate, to name a few. However, like the majority of working Italian directors in the 70’s and 80’s, he worked in many genres including WWII pictures (Code Name, Red Roses), horror (Slaughter Hotel; Madness), and erotic dramas (Burn, Boy, Burn; A Wrong Way to Love). Seduction falls into this latter category.

Maurice Ronet stars as Giuseppe Lagan, a European playboy come back from Paris to settle his dead father’s affairs. He arrives in Catania, Sicily, and immediately rekindles his old friendship with Alfredo (Pino Caruso), a schoolmate of Giuseppe’s who is now a prominent jeweler in town. As they reminisce about their old flames, Giuseppe asks about Caterina (Lisa Gastoni), an ex-lover he’s never forgotten. It seems Caterina...