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Siblings gather for their mom’s wedding, which seems to stir up a lot of mixed emotions in the trailer for My Mother’s Wedding (aka North Star). Vertical will release My Mother’s Wedding, directed by Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas who also stars as the titular mother, in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson, two-time BAFTA nominee Sienna Miller (The Girl), and Emily Beecham (William Tell) lead the cast as siblings. Freida Pinto also stars in the relationship comedy.

“In this heartfelt and funny story, three sisters return to their childhood home for a momentous occasion: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother (Scott Thomas). Over the weekend, the family gathers to celebrate the new marriage, but mother and daughters alike are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, all with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests,” reads Vertical’s synopsis.

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On the original casting call for "Star Trek: the Next Generation," authored in the late months of 1986, the Enterprise's security chief was to be a Latina character named Macha Hernandez, said to be modeled after the character Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) from James Cameron's then-recent film "Aliens." Indeed, there was a brief attempt to hire Goldstein for the role, until writer D.C. Fontana pointed out that she wasn't actually Latina. The character was renamed Tanya as a result, then eventually Tasha. The new Tasha Yar was given an intriguing backstory. She was a survivor of an ambitious Earth colony that had, through greed and mismanagement, completely collapsed. She lived among lawlessness, rampant sexual abuse, and poverty before escaping and joining Starfleet.

Denise Crosby was ultimately cast as Tasha Yar, and the show's producers gave the character a position on the bridge, ensuring that Yar would always be on camera. Crosby,...

Many manhwa run the risk of getting axed before the author can wrap up their story. In the event that their manhwa doesn't do well, such as not having enough views or popularity, authors can sometimes be forced to end their story in a way that appears rushed. This happens quite often, which is why there are a lot of beloved series that end prematurely. It's always heartbreaking to find a manhwa a reader loves, only to find out that it doesn't get the proper ending it deserves.

These endings tend to leave many pressing questions left unanswered. There are also manhwa that don't get rushed to the end but still have an unsatisfying ending. This happens when the manhwa ends too vaguely or doesn't have a conclusive ending that explains the story's mysteries. Having a strong build-up that ends with more questions than answers will always have fans feeling dissatisfied.

Novocaine stars Jack Quaid (from The Boys) as a banker named Nathan Caine, who is almost like a superhero as he resists gunshots, stab wounds, and more. However, his resistance comes from a condition that makes it impossible for him to feel pain, which is where he gets his nickname, Novocaine, after the anesthetic that blocks pain. For most of his life, his condition just meant having to be careful around dangerous objects, but he uses his condition to fight crime after the woman he loves is taken hostage during a bank robbery. The action-comedy also features Amber Midthunder (Prey), Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: No Way Home), and Ray Nicholson (Smile 2) in some of the main roles.

The Girl of Nathan's Dreams Is Not Who She Seems

At the beginning of Novocaine, Nathan falls in love with a co-worker named Sherry. Nathan's never really experienced love like he has with Sherry.

Emilia Pérez

Emilia Pérez continues to lead in a tight awards race, appearing in 14 of the BAFTA longlists announced today. It's from these lists that the final nominees will be chosen on 18 January, the day after the Oscar nominations.

Those lists in full:

Best Film Anora The Apprentice The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Kneecap The Substance Wicked

Outstanding British Film Back To Black Bird Blitz Civil War Conclave Gladiator II Hard Truths Kneecap Lee Love Lies Bleeding The Outrun Paddington In Peru Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl We Live In Time Wicked Little Letters

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer Bring Them Down Grand Theft Hamlet Hoard Kneecap Monkey Man On Falling Santosh Sister Midnight The Taste Of Mango The Teacher

Best Children’s & Family Film Flow Kensuke’s Kingdom Piece By Piece Spellbound That Christmas Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl...

Kate Winslet has been stoking the creative fires of Lee for some time. Long before the new biopic about acclaimed American war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller was fully realized, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress contacted Tony Penrose, Lee Miller and Roland Penroses son. She wanted to know why nobody had made a film about his famous mother. Penrose informed her that many people had tried and that there was an entire box of screenplays in the attic of potential movies that never went anywhere. Penrose reportedly told Winslet that the writers just didnt quite get her, referencing his mother.

Winslet did. And by the time director Ellen Kuras became involved, it was clear that the film would be in good hands. Kuras is an award-winning cinematographer, who impressed with her work on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Summer of Sam, and The Betrayal. She exhibits creative veracity here,...

Angelina Jolie is an impeccable and talented actress. Being a household name through her work in Hollywood, she has made a name for herself for so much more than just her acting skills. Being a director and producer after predominantly acting for most of her professional life is not an easy task.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in By the Sea | Credit: Universal Pictures

The actress, on the other hand, has been able to manage it excellently well, making a name for herself through how skilled she is. However, it would seem that this did not come naturally to her, and she was taught by one of the greatest.

Why Is Robert De Niro a Good Director?

In 2006, Angelina Jolie starred alongside Matt Damon and Robert De Niro in the period piece, The Good Shepherd. The film had an excellent premise, and the actress got to play a character completely...

In October, the latest horror movie from Dread, Epic Pictures' specialty horror label, will be released. Ahead of the movie's arrival, Cbr has an exclusive sneak peek clip to unveil.

The film imagines what might happen if a costumed killer were to embark on a killing spree in a haunted house attraction, blurring the lines between what's real and what isn't. Our clip picks up early into the night of carnage when the haunted house's employees are gathered to plan their night of fright, unaware of the true horrors that await. The film will be released in limited theaters starting on Oct. 4 ahead of its launch for rent or purchase on video-on-demand (VOD) on Oct. 8. For now, Cbr's sneak peek clip can be viewed below.

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Related New Horror Movie Unites Friday the 13th & Texas Chainsaw Massacre Stars

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After airing both seasons of Link Click , The Girl Downstairs and the first season of Fairies Album , Fuji TV's B8station broadcast slot will continue its run of Japanese-dubbed donghua with Fairies Album Season 2 from October 2 at 25:25 Jst (effectively October 3 at 1:25). A key visual and a trailer were also released, along with confirmation of returning cast members Nao Toyama, Ayumu Murase and Kengo Kawanishi. Key Visual Faeries Album Jp Cast Related: The Girl Downstairs Donghua Japanese Dub Reveals Premiere Date, Visual and Trailer Crunchyroll streams the original Chinese version of Fairies Album 's third and fourth seasons in a range of subtitles, describing the story like so: The planes humans and spirits exist on has always felt impossibly distant, but in this land’s capital, they’re closer than we could ever imagine. This is a world where the Spirit Doctor, Tao Yao, is seen as a...

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Imelda Staunton is entering “The Crown” episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” as her 2024 Emmy Award submission for Best Drama Actress. “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” debuted on December 14, 2023, and is the series finale of the Netflix drama.

In “Sleep, Dearie Sleep,” “The queen (Staunton) gives Charles the green light to wed Camilla; tasked with planning her own funeral ahead of her 80th birthday, she faces an existential crisis.” The episode was written by creator Peter Morgan and directed by Stephen Daldry.

SEEJonathan Pryce interview: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Slow Horses’

Staunton is a two-time Emmy Award nominee, previously nominated for the HBO movie “The Girl.” She is the third actress nominated for playing Queen Elizabeth on the Netflix hit, following Claire Foy and Olivia Colman. Both Foy and Colman have won Emmys for playing Queen Elizabeth on the show.

For this 2024 contest, Staunton is competing against Jennifer Aniston...

Having trouble predicting who will win Best Drama Actress at the upcoming Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s 2024 Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their predictions, and the majority of them believe the trophy will go to Anna Sawai (“Shōgun”). The other potential nominees, per our current racetrack odds, are Imelda Staunton (“The Crown”), Emma Stone (“The Curse”), Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”), Juliette Binoche (“The New Look”) and Carrie Preston (“Elsbeth”).

As of this writing, a leading six out of our 17 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Sawai: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Clayton Davis (Variety), Dave Nemetz (TV Line), Eric Deggans (NPR), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby) and Peter Travers (ABC). She plays Toda Mariko, a Japanese translator who has an allegiance to Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada). Sawai shared in the ensemble prize at last year’s Spirit Awards for “Pachinko,...

“The Crown” has been a consistent Emmy contender since its first season debuted on Netflix in 2016. Last year, its sixth season premiered on the streaming service, bringing the drama to a conclusion once and for all. We expect this season to be a big hit with Emmy voters once more and several stars could benefit from that attention, including Queen Elizabeth actress Imelda Staunton.

Staunton took over the role from Olivia Colman, who in turn inherited the character from Claire Foy. Staunton joined the show in season five and, in season six, she provided her best performance as Queen Elizabeth yet. This season takes place between 1997 and 2005 and depicts the death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), the premiership of Tony Blair (Bertie Carvel) as Prime Minister, and the wedding of Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla Parker Bowles (Olivia Williams). Critics agree, Staunton is excellent again as she leads the line as Queen Elizabeth.

Popular Manhwa The Girl Downstairs Unveils Japanese Dub Release Date: All You Need to Know - Main Image

After its initial release last year, The Girl Downstairs is finally getting a Japanese dub with a release date set for July.

This is an interesting show for romance fans, and not just for its story. The series is not exactly an anime. Instead, it’s a Chinese donghua based on a popular South Korean manhwa.

With the show’s Japanese dub release, this may indicate that English-speaking fans will finally be able to watch the series with English subtitles, that is if a streaming platform picks it up in summer 2024.

The Girl Downstairs Japanese Dub Release Date Announced

The Girl Downstairs started as a manhwa that ran from July 2019 to July 2022 in Naver Webtoon. Thanks to its popularity, the series was also released in English via Line Webtoon.

As is the case with many popular manhwa,...

Over the weekend, Chanel and Tribeca’s Jane Rosenthal threw a star-studded luncheon at Locanda Verde to commemorate the 10th Annual Though Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program, which offers funding, support, and mentoring for rising female writers and directors.

Guests were clad in Chanel, no less. While AnnaSophia Robb and Joey King wore miniskirts, many opted for Chanel’s take on baggy jeans—one of the few relatable pieces in the luxury fashion house’s collections.

Ella Rubin, Kathryn Newton, Katie Holmes, and Emily Mortimer wear Chanel baggy jeans with pumps at the Chanel Tribeca luncheon during the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival (Credit: BauerGriffin / Roger Wong / Janet Mayer / INSTARimages)

From Ella Rubin to Katie Holmes, let’s see how these stunning celebrities radiated sophistication in laid-back, baggy denim jeans at Chanel’s special luncheon.

Ella Rubin Goes Timeless in Baggy Crop Jeans and White Tee Combo

Ella Rubin,...

The Japanese-dubbed version of the Chinese donghua adapting Korean webcomic The Girl Downstairs revealed a brand-new trailer and key visual today, previewing opening theme song "Might Just" by Sweet Revenge and announcing a July 3 at 25:35 Jst (effectively July 4 at 1:25) premiere on Fuji TV's B8station. Using translated names, Maaya Sakamoto (Ciel in Black Butler ) and Keisuke Komoto (Haruichi in Kaiju No. 8 ) star as Mio Kisaragi and Yo Sugiura, respectively, alongside Rumi Okubo as Makoto Momoi and Manami Numakura as Sara Mikuni. Nornis perform "Yo ga Akeru made" for the series' ending theme song. The visual's taglines read, "They're interested in a younger man" and "Near or far, I want to tell you my true feelings." Key Visual Related: Heaven Official’s Blessing and the Popularity of Donghua First streamed on bilibili in April 2023 and currently spanning 22 episodes, The Girl Downstairs donghua was produced at Red Dog Culture House...

Quick Navigation High-Rise (2015) – 60% Critics / 38% Audience Score The Girl (2012) – 70% Critics / 41% Audience Score American Sniper (2014) – 72% Critics / 84% Audience Score Wander Darkly (2020) – 75% Critics / 70% Audience Score Stardust (2007) – 77% Critics / 86% Audience Score Layer Cake (2004) – 81% Critics / 84% Audience Score The Lost City of Z (2016) – 86% Critics / 58% Audience Score Foxcatcher (2014) – 88% Critics / 66% Audience Score American Woman – 89% Critics / 81% Audience Score Mississippi Grind (2015) – 91% Critics / 55% Audience Score Sienna Miller’s Red Carpet Return in a Giambattista Valli Lbd and Anny Nord Slingback Pumps

Sienna Miller made her acting breakthrough in 2004 with her role in the British crime film Layer Cake with Daniel Craig and the 2004 film Alfie alongside Jude Law. She has had an illustrious acting career spanning two decades of movies and television work.

Sienna Miller looking glamorous in a shimmery Gucci embroidered lace gown with a faux fur coat and platform heels at the 2021 Met Gala (Credit: Guerin Charles / Abaca USA / INSTARimages)

The actress and model was born in New York...

Sienna Miller has been a consistent performer ever since her breakthrough roles in Matthew Vaughn’s Layer Cake and Alfie. She impressed critics and audiences with her performances playing real-life people in Factory Girl, The Edge of Love, and The Girl, while also starring in award-winning films such as Foxcatcher and American Sniper.

Sienna Miller in The Edge of Love | Lionsgate

Like most actors and actresses in the industry in the early 2000s, everyone was doing their best to impress Harvey Weinstein who was the most powerful and influential producer at the time. Getting his approval meant a stable Hollywood career and Miller believed that his constant abuses at her were a form of tough love, which she felt was a badge of honor.

Sienna Miller Felt Inaugurated After Being Shouted At By Harvey Weinstein

Sienna Miller and Jude Law in Alfie | Paramount Pictures

Harvey Weinstein had a lot of...

Elle Fanning is best known for portraying Sleeping Beauty in the 2014 film Maleficent and its 2019 sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. So, I am unsurprised that she chose to channel her iconic character, Aurora, on the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala.

On Monday, May 6, Elle Fanning was among the many celebrities who attended the event, which raises funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and celebrates the Costume Institute’s annual exhibits.

Elle Fanning, accompanied by boyfriend Gus Wenner, shines on the red carpet, her frosty-themed gown contrasting beautifully with his classic black suit (Credit: Michael Stewart / INSTARimages)

The dress code for the night was “The Garden of Time,” inspired by the art museum’s new exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” And I think the 26-year-old American actress captured the theme flawlessly, exuding romance and fantasy with her attire.

Channeling Princess Aurora in Icy Balmain Gown

For the occasion,...

Actress Sienna Miller (“Horizon: An American Saga”) poses for the Twinset Spring and Summer 2024 wardrobe campaign, photographed by Daniel Jackson:

Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.

Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.

February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.

In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".

This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl".

In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love...

Actress Sienna Miller (“Horizon: An American Saga”) poses for the new Twinset Spring Summer 2024 ad campaign, photographed by Daniel Jackson:

Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.

Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.

February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.

In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".

This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl".

In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love...

Having trouble predicting who will win Best Drama Actress at the 2024 Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their first set of predictions, and they say the trophy will go to Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”). The other potential nominees at this early stage are Emma Stone (“The Curse”), Imelda Staunton (“The Crown”), Juliette Binoche (“The New Look”), Rosario Dawson (“Ahsoka”) and Carrie Coon (“The Gilded Age”) — but that could all change in the coming months.

As of this writing, four out of our nine Emmy Experts predict a victory for Aniston: Clayton Davis (Variety), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby) and Ray Richmond (Gold Derby). She plays journalist Alex Levy who, during Season 3 of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” begins a romantic relationship with tech billionaire Paul Marks (Jon Hamm). This would be...

Sarah Rice, who performed the pivotal role of the endangered Johanna in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, died Saturday of cancer. She was 68.

Her death was announced in an Instagram post by her friend and fellow performer Rebecca Caine, who remembered Rice for her love of animals. “May you be greeted by every animal you ever loved on the other side and may green finch and linnet birds sing you to your rest,” wrote Caine, referring to the Sweeney number “Green Finch & Linnet Bird” performed by the Johanna character.

Rice, whose Sweeney role in 1979 was her first and only Broadway performance, revisited her signature song just two years ago at the Sondheim Unplugged concert staged at New York’s 54 Below.

Sarah Rice sings “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” at 54 Below in 2022

Born March 5, 1955, in Okinawa, Japan, where her father...

Dr. Death season 2 explores the story of Paolo Macchiarini and his unethical methods in developing trachea implants. The show aims to balance suspenseful storytelling with honoring the victims and educating audiences about their experiences. Ashley Michel Hoban takes over as showrunner for season 2 and aims to continue the show's dedication to portraying the victims' stories accurately.

Peacock's adaptation of the Wondery podcast Dr. Death is back with season 2. The latest season explores the story of Paolo Macchiarini, an Italian-Swiss surgeon once renowned for his efforts to develop trachea implants through stem cells, only for his research to be called into question for its unethical methods and his manipulative relationship with TV producer Benita Alexander.

Mandy Moore and Édgar Ramirez lead the ensemble Dr. Death season 2 cast alongside Luke Kirby, Gustaf Hammarsten, Ashley Madekwe, Rita Volk, Judy Reyes, Jack Davenport, Annika Boras, and Sandra Andreis. Prior showrunner Patrick Macmanus is back...

Stars: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman | Written by Chris Thomas Devlin | Directed by Samuel Bodin

Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.

We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.

Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...

In the tradition of Barbarella and Danger: Diabolik comes this swinging ‘60s action orgy as bisexual super-villain Sumuru (the luscious Shirley Eaton of Goldfinger) launches a diabolical plan to enslave the male species with her army of lusty warrior women. But when Sumuru kidnaps a fugitive American playboy, she crosses a sadistic crime boss the sexes that will bring Brazil to its knees in more ways than one. Richard Wyler (The Bounty Killer) and Maria Rohm (Eugenie) co-star in this kinky cult favorite from producer Harry Alan Towers (The Blook of Fu Manchu) and director Jess Franco (Venus in Furs). Also known as Rio 70, Future Women, and The Seven Secrets of Sumuru, The Girl from Rio is now presented in a brand-new 4K restoration from the original camera negative, totally uncut and uncensored with all its eye-popping nudity, torture, and lesbianism in Dolby Vision Hdr!

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Actress  Sienna Miller poses for the September 2023 issue of "Grazia UK" magazine: 

Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar. 

Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.

February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.

In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama  "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".   

This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl". In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love".

In 2009 Miller played villain 'The Baroness' in...

“The Crown” is an Emmys force to reckon with. Amassing a whopping 21 Emmy wins across its first four seasons, the latest fifth season will hope to continue that impressive run.

Season five crept ever closer to modern-day history as it took place in the 1990s, in which several major events were depicted in the Netflix show. These included Queen Elizabeth‘s “annus horribilis,” the Queen’s state visit to Russia, the start of Tony Blair‘s (Bertie Carvel) reign as Prime Minister, the public divorce between Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), and the latter’s “Panorama” interview.

This season featured plenty of knock-out performances, as per usual with “The Crown,” and none more so than Imelda Staunton‘s turn as Queen Elizabeth. Staunton took over the role from Claire Foy and Olivia Colman and made the role, the third rendition of the character, entirely her own.

One source of controversy related to Disney's new remake of The Little Mermaid concerns its updated song lyrics. The live-action remake features most of the songs from the original animated version, but a select few have been slightly updated with new lyrics. "Kiss the Girl" is one of them, as some of the lyrics in the original could be interpreted as Sebastian encouraging Eric to kiss Ariel without consent. Ursula's "Poor Unfortunate Souls" was another song that's been updated as the filmmakers didn't want young girls to "feel like they shouldn't speak out of turn," as songwriter Alan Menken previously explained.

There have been some rather fiery responses on social media to these changes, but the original Ariel is 100% on board. In fact, she says that it was something that needed to happen, as times have changed since the original songs for The Little Mermaid were written. Jodi Benson,...

The Kinks will mark their 60th anniversary as a band with a two-year celebration that kicks off this March with The Journey – Part 1, a two-disc compilation featuring songs handpicked by the surviving members.

Boasting tracks from the Rock Hall-inducted group’s first singles in 1964 to their 1975 concept albums, each side of The Journey – Part 1 — curated by Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avery — follows a narrative arc, ranging from “Songs about becoming a man, the search for adventure, finding an identity and a girl” to “Days and nights of a lost soul,...

Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday Addams on the original live-action Addams Family series, has died, our sister site Variety confirms. She was 64.

TV writer and producer Laura Jacobson announced Loring’s passing Sunday on Facebook, writing, “It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring.” According to Jacobson, the actress “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” four days prior and has been on life support for three days.

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Oh, horror movies. Market research showed that more people knew the phrase Texas Chainsaw Massacre than the number of people who had seen it or even knew what it was about. So you know what that means! Reboot time! Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with rebooting a popular film and/or franchise. But there's also no rule that says they have to be bad. Nevertheless, crappy remakes keep plaguing horror fans. We're looking at 10 horror movie reboots that went horribly wrong.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is easily one of the scariest movies of all time, no question. Loosely based on true events, put together in the early '70s on a shoestring budget, this thing played like some sorta snuff film. It's chilling. It's such a great horror film that once the sequels stopped coming, Hollywood tried to reboot it not once, but twice.

All week our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. It’s perhaps a little quaint to choose a year that I wasn’t even alive during to represent the best year of cinema. I was not there to observe how any of these films conversed with the culture around them when they were first screened. So, although I am choosing the glorious year of 1973, I am choosing not just due to a perusal of top ten lists that year—but because the films that were released that year greatly influenced how I engage with movies now, in 2015. Films speak to more than just the audiences that watch them—they speak to each other. Filmmakers inspire each other. Allusions are made. A patchwork begins. These are the movies of our lives. Having grown up with cinema in the 90s,...

There's a good case to be made for this being the silliest Bond of them all, but Moonraker's still a lot of fun...

Well, we’ve come a long, long way since From Russia With Love. Moonraker: a film that redefined the possibilities of the Bond franchise if only by sheer scale of stupidity. The space bits are relatively by-the-numbers (other than being in space). However, the script was probably written in crayon. Chases happen without explanation, people randomly bump into each other, the utterly implausible is presented as mundane. Purists think of Istanbul and weep. But treat the whole thing as a comedy – perhaps a gentle spoof – and you’ll actually enjoy yourself. A plot-hole drinking game will get everyone plastered.

The Villain: Weirdly good. The master of the dry putdown – “James Bond. You defy my attempts to devise an amusing death for you” – Hugo Drax almost steals the film.

Roger Moore comes up against the excellent Christopher Lee in our look back at The Man With The Golden Gun...

The Film: Lousy, quite frankly. Throws away a brilliant premise and the best villain of the series. A decent if uninspiring first act slides into an utterly shambolic second. Clarity is left by the wayside, dignity jettisoned swiftly after. The Solex Agitator must be the dullest MacGuffin in cinema, the villain’s lair is a solar power plant operated by a single henchman (who looks highly unqualified in thermal energy). Potentially strong scenes are sabotaged by nonsensical additions: Goodnight in the wardrobe, the ‘whoop’ noise as the car corkscrews over the river.

The Villain: Destroys the received wisdom that a Bond film is measured by its antagonist. Were that the case, Golden Gun would be a stone cold classic. Francisco Scaramanga is the baddie benchmark. He is far more compelling...

Kaci takes a look at M.R. Carey's supernatural novel, The Girl With All The Gifts, the latest book club fiction entry...

This review contains spoilers.

In The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey manages to write a thoroughly enjoyable story filled with characters who frequently make it difficult to like them. Even Miss Justineau, who through Melanie's eyes seems like angelic perfection, isn't particularly so once you get inside her head — not only is there the revelation about her hit-and-run accident, but there's also the fact that her thoughts about Melanie frequently are not the motherly affection Melanie assumes her to feel. She's more pragmatic and distant than that inside her own head.

The interesting thing is that despite these characters' flaws and unlikeability, I found myself rooting for them anyway. Gallagher was a self-admitted coward who abandoned a girl he'd gotten pregnant and I still wanted...

Odd List Ryan Lambie 6 Nov 2013 - 06:50

From random films with altered names to unrelated storylines, we take a look at 15 incredibly tenuous horror and sci-fi film sequels...

The profit-driven nature of filmmaking usually means that, if a movie's a hit, sequels follow. And it's sometimes the case that, particularly in the realm of low-budget sci-fi and horror, those sequels are trotted out in a rush, or don't have anything to do with the film they're following.

This isn't to say that the sequels on this list are necessarily bad - it's a proper mixed bag of the great, the mediocre and the downright awful - but in each instance, these sequels have only vague links to their predecessors, or worse still, they're entirely different films rebranded to fit an existing franchise.  

Our list is by no means definitive - rather, we've chosen a collection of films that we find the most memorable.

Exclusive: Keanu Reeves has been approached to star in Antti J. Jokinen’s thriller The Criminal about organised crime in Finland and Russia.

Pitching the project at the first edition of the Northern Seas Film Forum (Nsff) in St Petersburg at the weekend, producer Markus Selin of Solar Films Inc. Oy and director Jokinen said that they are speaking to the Matrix star about headlining the crime thriller which is set to shoot next year.

The Criminal is based on interviews conducted with Russian and Finnish felons over the past four years and has the Organised Crime Unit of the Finnish Police now serving as an advisor on the screenplay.

Selin revealed that Ireland’s Subotica Films is already onboard as a co-producer and he is now looking for a Russian company to join the production.

The $16m (€12m) production would shoot in Helsinki, Dublin and St Petersburg in Russian and Finnish with the English actors speaking...

Internationally renowned artist Michel Comte and his wife Ayako Yoshida have completed principal photography on their first feature film, The Girl from Nagasaki. They have also revealed a first look photo.

The film is a multimedia, contemporary retelling of Puccini's classic opera Madame Butterfly. After filming around the world in numerous locations including Japan, Germany, the United States, and Italy, Comte chose to film his grand finale at Teatro Valle in Rome, one of the first opera houses to premiere Puccini's original "Madame Butterfly." The film stars both Mariko Wordell and prima ballerina Polina Semionova as the tragic geisha Madame Butterfly, Ayako Yoshida as her faithful maid Suzuki, and both Edoardo Ponti and Christopher Lee as Officer Pinkerton. The movie boasts an eclectic, global, and multi-generational cast including Robert Evans, Nobu Matsuhisa, Michael Nyqvist, Michael Wincott, Anna Orso, Clemens Schick, Lisa Zane, Mehmet Yumak, Burhan &#214&#231al, Marianne Faithfull and Sasha Alexander.

Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.

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Special Mention:

American Psycho

Directed by Mary Harrron

Written by Mary Harron

2000, USA

Bret Easton Ellis’s dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s was brought to the big screen by director Mary Harron. Initially slapped with the MPAA’s kiss of death (an Nc-17 rating), American Psycho was later re-edited and reduced to a more commercially dependable “R”. Perhaps the film works best as a slick satire about misogyny,...

"I want to thank three persons,” said Michel Hazanavicius, accepting the 2012 Best Picture Oscar for “The Artist.” “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder.” He wasn’t the first director to namecheck Wilder in an acceptance speech. In 1994, Fernando Trueba, accepting the Foreign Language Film Oscar for "Belle Epoque" quipped, "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder... so, thank you Mr. Wilder." Wilder reportedly called the next day "Fernando? It's God."

So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?

Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...

It seems like it was only yesterday when I posted the best trailers of 2010 with the trailer for Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life taking top honours. As we continue our look back at 2011, we’re once again reminded of a few things: Movie trailers have become a medium unto themselves, but you should never pre-judge a movie by its trailer, nor should you ever raise your expectations for a film too high based on the neatly packaged two minutes of footage we get. Remember folks, great expectations only lead to big disappointments. Sometimes we’re so excited to watch the first footage from a movie that we forget they are presenting only a glimpse at what is usually an unfinished project. Case in point: Many fanboys were up and arms over the dodgy effects in the Green Lantern trailers earlier this year, not realizing the effects were not yet fully completed.

The term “giallo” initially referred to cheap yellow paperbacks (printed American mysteries from writers such as Agatha Christie), that were distributed in post-fascist Italy. Applied to cinema, the genre is comprised of equal parts early pulp thrillers, mystery novels, with a willingness to gleefully explore onscreen sex and violence in provocative, innovative ways. Giallos are strikingly different from American crime films: they value style and plot over characterization, and tend towards unapologetic displays of violence, sexual content, and taboo exploration. The genre is known for stylistic excess, characterized by unnatural yet intriguing lighting techniques, convoluted plots, red herrings, extended murder sequences, excessive bloodletting, stylish camerawork and unusual musical arrangements. Amidst the ‘creative kill’ set-pieces are thematic undercurrents along with a whodunit element, usually some sort of twist ending. Here is my list of the best giallo films – made strictly by Italian directors, so don’t expect Black Swan, Amer or...

Late last week it was announce that the New York Film Festival would be showing a work-in-progress cut from a "master filmmaker" on Monday night.  It would most likely be an awards season heavy-weight, but and there were a variety of films to choose from including War Horse, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Nyff has now announced that Martin Scorsese's 3D family film Hugo will be screening tonight at 7pm in Avery Fisher Hall.  Scorsese has never screened at unfinished version of his film and Nyff hasn't screened a work-in-progress cut since Beauty and the Beast, but it looks like the Paramount is feeling confident that the movie can generate some serious buzz after its screening tonight.  Deadline reports that the showing will be in 3D but there will still be a few unfinished green-screen effects. Obviously, we'll be interested to hear...

The line-up for 2011′s annual FrightFest in London’s Leicester Square has just been announced and it’s another amazing year.

Opening with the Guillermo Del Toro-produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and closing up with Julian Gilbey’s A Lonely Place to Die there are plenty of thrillers, shockers and gore-fuelled splattefests, with premieres of some big genre films.

Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree, the companion piece to his classic The Wicker Man, is having its European premiere and Andy Nyman’s dark thriller The Glass Man goes before an audience for the first time.

Chillerama, a horror anthology from directors Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, and Joe Lynch, was hinted at last year’s festival and now comes before the FrightFest faithful with ludicrous and brilliant titles such as The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein, I Was A Teenage Werebear and Zom-b-Movie on offer.

DVD Playhouse—March 2011

By

Allen Gardner

127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.

Amarcord (Criterion) Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning, autobiographical classic might...

Season of the Witch is out today, and if you want a taste of what this new Nicolas Cage film has to offer, we have good news! Here's a clip from the film to demonstrate what it's all about, starring Cage's Behman of Blighbrook, Ron Perlman as his Bff Felson and Claire Foy as suspected witch The Girl (they didn't spend a lot of time on names in medieval times).The story sese Behman and Felson desert from the Crusading army after becoming sickened by the slaughter of innocents, and return to a Black Death-plagued Europe. There, they are imprisoned for going Awol (at which point this scene takes place) and then tasked with transporting The Girl to a monastery to stand trial for witchcraft. brightcove.createExperiences();The film also stars the dependable Stephen Campbell-Moore, the legendary Christopher Lee, Ulrich Thomsen and Stephen Graham, and it's all directed by...

Nicolas Cage and Claire Foy in Season of the Witch

Photo: Relativity Media Dominic Sena's films have never been known for their quality. Gone in 60 Seconds wasn't any good. Swordfish had a cool factor, but I think we all know the only real buzz around that film was Halle Berry's widely reported $500,000 nude scene. It then took eight years for Sena to make another film and when he did I can't believe Whiteout was the return to the big screen he envisioned.

If there's a plus to Season of the Witch it's that it's not as bad as Whiteout. Instead, it's a below average movie that probably cost too much to make for it to go direct-to-dvd, but is hardly worthy of a respectable theatrical release.

Season of the Witch re-teams Sena with his Gone in 60 Seconds star Nicolas Cage whom, alongside Ron Perlman (Hellboy), plays a 14th century knight.

The Hangover: Part Two

Opens: May 26th 2011

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifinakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong

Director: Todd Phillips

Summary: Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned.

Analysis: It really wasn't until about three months before its release that Warner Brothers realised "The Hangover" was going to be a hit. Test screening response was through the roof, while the trailer had great reaction after premiering at ShoWest and online. About that time they commissioned director Todd Phillips, along with his "Old School" and "Road Trip" scribe Scot Armstrong, to pen a sequel. Yet they still waited to see how the first one went before fully committing to the follow-up.

The wait didn't last long.

DVD Playhouse September 2010

By

Allen Gardner

The Girl Who Played With Fire (Music Box Films) Follow up to the hit The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo finds Lisabeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) joining forces once again as Blomkvist is about to break a story on Sweden’s sex trade, which leads unexpectedly to a dark secret from Elizabeth’s past. Starts off well, then quickly nose-dives into sensationalism and downright silliness, with a pair of villains who are straight out of a Roger Moore-era James Bond film. A real letdown for those of us who felt Dragon Tattoo had finally breathed life into the cinema’s long-stagnant genre of the thriller. Bonuses: English language track; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.

The Killer Inside Me (IFC Films) Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of Jim Thompson’s classic, and notorious, novel about the psychotic mind of a small town sheriff (Casey Affleck,...

Weekend Box Office

1) How to Train Your Dragon $43.3 million

2) Alice in Wonderland - $17.3 million

3) Hot Tub Time Machine - $13.6 million

4) The Bounty Hunter - $12.4 million

5) Diary of a Wimpy Kid - $10 million

6) She's Out Of My League - $3.5 million

7) The Green Zone - $3.3 million

8) Shutter Island - $3.1 million

9) Repo Men - $3.0 million

10) Our Family Wedding - $2.2 million

Dragons were all the rage this weekend at the box office as DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon took the number one spot in its opening weekend. The film, which is a re-imagining of the "Vikings vs. Dragons" legend and stars the voices of Gerard Butler, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig burned the box office up by earning $43.3 million in its opening weekend. The movie opened in 4,055 theaters and made roughly $10,678 per screen however they'll have to keep that up for a few...