News

The Boston Underground Film Festival returns for its 25th annual celebration of all things weird, wicked, and wonderful, running from March 19–23 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Ma.

The festival will host the world premieres of the new Re-Animator 4K restoration with horror legend Barbara Crampton in attendance and Alma & The Wolf with director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous).

There are also regional premieres of The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage, Irish folk-horror Fréwaka, hallucinogenic odyssey Fucktoys, twisted Cinderella story The Ugly Stepsister, absurdist sci-fi comedy Escape from the 21st Century, and the new Texas Chain Saw Massacre documentary Chain Reactions, among others.

Whether you want premieres, genre-bending insanity, or the sheer joy of descending into the darkness with fellow weirdos, Buff 2025 promises a high-voltage lineup of films, special guests, and late-night delirium.

Feature Film Line Up

The Surfer – East Coast Premiere (Opening Night Film)

Director: Lorcan Finnegan

Australia, Ireland,...

The third season of Bridgerton ended with Nicola Coughlan‘s Penelope Featherington marrying Luke Newton‘s Colin Bridgerton, and the actress is happy to confirm that she now refers to her beloved character with her new last name. “Yeah, she’s now Penelope Bridgerton, and that’s the name on the trailer when I go in — it’s quite cute,” Coughlan tells Gold Derby. “She’s very much in the family now. It’s very, very sweet. She’s graduated to Bridgerton status.”

Addressing the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she was nominated for drama actress and drama ensemble, Coughlan readily admits, “I did not think I had any chance in the world [to be nominated]. I wasn’t even tuned in. I knew the nominations were coming out, but I was not on my phone. I’d completely forgotten about it, if I’m being honest. I was getting ready to...

There’s a reason we keep coming back to the heist movie genre, again and again and again. That’s because although most movies would have you believe that committing crimes is bad, we can’t help but respect a character who does it well. Robbing a little old lady on the street is unforgivable, sure, but robbing a wealthy old lady who keeps her hoard of ill-gotten money in an impenetrable vault surrounded by lasers and mercenaries? You gotta respect the moxie of anybody who even tries. And if they succeed, well dang, good for them. It sounds like they earned every penny.

There’s no shortage of classic heist movies, but with income inequality on our minds, and billionaires actively destroying everything decent about this planet every single day, the genre seems particularly alluring in the 21st century. Maybe that’s why we’ve had so many classic...

Nightbitch's cast extends boasts some impressive talent opposite Amy Adams' commanding performance. Nightbitch is a black comedy riff on a classic creature feature, combining the themes of films like An American Werewolf in London with an exploration of motherhood. The film centers around Amy Adams' nameless Mother, who finds herself increasingly frustrated by her domestic life as a mother and wife above all else. Mother finds new freedom in the evenings however, especially as she steadily seems to begin transforming into a dog.

Although the overall film received mixed reviews from critics, Amy Adams' Nightbitch has become a streaming success on Hulu. While the film is anchored by Amy Adams' impressive central performance, the movie also features a strong supporting cast who bring out different shades of the lead character. The stars of Nightbitch range from veterans of the silver screen to modern character actors, all in service of...

When you're trying to make your name in Hollywood, everyone has to start somewhere. It's a fact of life for just about every major actor or actress: You have to start small with your roles, like Amy Adams appearing in the beauty-pageant satire "Drop Dead Gorgeous" or Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can" years before she became an A-lister. Perhaps one of the most famous examples people love to trot out is that Michael Shannon plays a Wrestlemania-loving young man very briefly near the end of the 1993 comedy classic "Groundhog Day," 15 years before his Oscar-nominated turn in the Sam Mendes film "Revolutionary Road." But not every actor's humble beginning is the kind of thing they may want to brag about. 

Consider the most recent man to star as 007, Daniel Craig. Craig was a well-known British actor before he was called upon to play James Bond, but most people...

Amy Adams loved working with director Denis Villeneuve, and she now recalls a key moment in their partnership that stood out to her. Adams is an actor who has been celebrated for her work since early on in her career. She had her debut on-screen role in 1999 with Drop Dead Gorgeous and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress just seven years later, for the 2005 movie Junebug. The actor has gone on to be nominated for five more Oscars. This year, she took on the comedy horror film Nightbitch, and she has been receiving good reviews for her role.

Villeneuve, on the other hand, has been considered somewhat underappreciated throughout his career. Though he has directed several key sci-fi features of the 21st century, including Blade Runner: 2049 and two Dune movies, he has only been nominated for Best Director one time. Many feel the director was slighted for...

Ken Marino's career as an actor, writer, and director has been largely defined by two things: comedy and collaboration. After establishing himself via the MTV sketch comedy series "The State" with the comedy troupe of the same name (comprised of his closest friends and creative confidants), he went on to work on some of the funniest, most brilliant, and underrated TV and film projects to come out of Hollywood in the last two decades.

Much of his work is the result either of his own creative will or that of his former troupe-mates, the group having spread through the industry to wreak hilarious havoc. They often explore absurd angles on popular genres such as medical dramas and reality dating shows. At the same time, he's a familiar face on a smorgasbord of network sitcoms, as well as a few audacious dramedies you'll certainly want to add to your watch list.

Amy Adams has revealed one of her regrets while filming Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated movie Catch Me If You Can. One of her scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio ended up proving to be quite difficult for the young actress to film.

Adams recently spoke about filming the Steven Spielberg flick while being interviewed by Vanity Fair. During the segment, she re-watched clips from her movies, and she spoke about her role in the film as Brenda Strong, the hospital nurse who falls in love with Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio). While filming a scene where Frank and Brenda share a touching moment together, Adams felt like she was holding up filming by laughing at an on-set snafu.

Related Tom Felton Treats Harry Potter Fans to Magical Selfie With His Co-Stars as the Reboot Casting Continues

His followers will hear about this.

"There's this beautiful moment. He's climbed out the window...we're making plans.

Amy Adams held up filming Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated movie because of one Leonardo DiCaprio moment that kept making her laugh, saying, "That was my one regret." Adams is a six-time Oscar-nominated actress for her performances in Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, American Hustle, and Vice. During much of this time, she was also playing Lois Lane in the Dceu. Today, Adams is one of the most accomplished actresses, having earned numerous accolades, which also include two Golden Globes and two Emmy nominations.

The actress made her film debut with a supporting role in the 1999 dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous and afterward, she began taking on multiple "mean girl" roles in low-budget movies. Amy Adams' first major role came in a Steven Spielberg movie from 2002 alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, though she faced a year of unemployment afterward. Her big breakthrough didn't come until a few years later in the 2005 indie dramedy Junebug,...

Of all the films in Kirsten Dunst's teen movie oeuvre, Drop Dead Gorgeous is probably the most beloved, so why is it almost impossible to find in the streaming world? Released in 1999, the star-studded Drop Dead Gorgeous is a pitch-black mockumentary satire film set in the world of teen beauty pageants, and looks at the lethal lengths the young contestants will go to to win the crown. At the center of it all is fresh-faced scholarship hopeful Amber Atkins (Dunst) whose trailer park upbringing couldn't be more different than her biggest competitor, the wealthy Becky Leeman (Denise Richards).

Like many '90s teen comedies, Drop Dead Gorgeous was dismissed by critics as derivative of classics like Heathers, and overly silly. It earned a paltry 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, and moviegoing audiences weren't much kinder. Drop Dead Gorgeous didn't even earn back its $15 million budget, netting a worldwide box office gross of only $10.5 million.

The new NCIS episode tonight featured some interesting cast members.

NCIS guest stars Sara Paxton and Sam McMurray had many viewers wondering about their characters.

The December 2 episode was called Hardboiled. It served as NCIS Season 22, Episode 7.

“Torres receives intel from a confidential informant regarding top secret naval information that’s at risk of being sold,” reads the brief synopsis for Hardboiled.

Only one new episode remains before the NCIS fall finale arrives later in December.

After the fall finale, the show begins its long winter break before returning in 2025.

Sara Paxton and Sam McMurray guest star on NCIS Season 22, Episode 7

A dead naval researcher leads to an intriguing case during the new NCIS episode. That researcher is Roger Carnahan, the new head of Weapons and Warfare at the Office of Naval Research.

It is later discovered that his wife Amber (Sara Paxton) is holed up in a hotel with...

Hollywood has been borderline obsessed with Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal for over half a century. Plenty of presidents or watershed legislative decisions have gotten adaptations, but given the recency of his crimes, Nixon is on another level. There have been 24 feature films centered on Nixon and/or Watergate, and that's not including the recent influx of prestige miniseries like 2023's "The White House Plumbers" about Nixon's political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy or 2022's "Gaslit," the Julia Roberts-starring series about Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's at-the-time United States Attorney General.

I was born in 1990, which means my understanding of Nixon until, say, my junior year of high school, was what I had absorbed from pop culture. My introduction to Nixon's resignation speech was when it played over the radio in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and I learned about all of his specific...

Just months after “Young Sheldon” aired its series finale, favorites Georgie and Mandy are back for yet another spinoff.

Titled “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” the new CBS sitcom will see Montana Jordan and Emily Osment reprise their “Young Sheldon” roles as Georgie and Mandy, respectively, as the young couple navigates marriage and parenting.

This time, Georgie and Mandy have packed their bags and headed to live with Mandy’s parents, played by Will Sasso and Rachel Bay Jones, who have both appeared in “Young Sheldon.” They will also be joined by some newcomers to the “Big Bang Theory” universe.

For the full breakdown on which “Young Sheldon” characters will be returning — and where you’ve seen them before — keep on reading.

Montana Jordan as Georgie in “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage” (Troy Harvey / 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Montana Jordan as Georgie

Montana Jordan stars as Georgie Cooper, reprising his...

Earlier this month, a new satirical comedy launched in theaters, and despite its box office success and high audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it has not been receiving many critical reviews. The film, directed by Justin Folk, and starring the right-wing political commentator, Matt Walsh, has been described by many, including Walsh himself, as a documentary. However, some aspects of the film, as well as recent revelations from those involved, suggest otherwise.

Am I Racist? was created by the conservative media company, The Daily Wire, notorious for producing The Ben Shapiro Show, and Mr. Birchum. To some, it was a piece of political media put out to highlight perceived criticisms of Dei, and others simply saw it as a funny film. This is where some of the confusion arises since its comedic elements seem to represent Am I Racist? as a mockumentary, similar to films such as Borat or Drop Dead Gorgeous.

By the end of 2024, Amy Adams is going to star in a new horror comedy movie that will hopefully bring her what she is long overdue for an Oscar. Since the late 1990s, Amy Adams has been impressing audiences with her versatile acting range and heartfelt performances. The actress made her film debut in 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous, then had her breakout playing a young pregnant woman in 2005's Junebug. From there, Amy Adams' movie roles have been diverse, from drama and comedy to horror and musicals. Despite this, Adams has yet to reach that important Hollywood milestone.

In the last ten years, Amy Adams has maintained a fairly busy career. She finished out her stint as Lois Lane in the DC Universe, revived a beloved childhood franchise via Disenchanted, and starred in several other outstanding movies. Now, Adams is set to continue this streak with her newest film, 2024's Nightbitch.

Released in 1999, The Blair Witch Project successfully used the found-footage filming technique to create an incredible horror story. However, producer Mike Monello recently revealed that the version of the film fans are familiar with isn't the one that the filmmakers wanted to release.

In an extensive post on X, Monello explained that this was due to technological restrictions which existed at the time. "In 1999, theatrical films didn't originate on video, so there was no codified process for putting them out on video," he said. "So they did it like all films back then. They transferred the 35mm negative to video. Unfortunately, the 35mm negative is not the actual camera negative. As a result, the version released for all forms of home video is incorrect. The colors, the motion, the strange rounded corners, it didn't look like a home video, and it didn't look like film."

Related The 30 Best Horror Movies of All Time,...

The 1990s was an amazing decade for movies. There were a ton of indie films making waves in Hollywood. Some of these were immediate hits when they were released, but others bombed at the box office. Either way, the '90s was a good decade for some of the best cult classics ever made.

It's hard to hone in on a definitive list of the best '90s cult classics. After all, there are so many fantastic films from this decade to choose from, including underrated gems like 12 Monkeys, Cry-Baby, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Trainspotting, Bottle Rocket, and Reality Bites. However, there are certain movies from the 1990s that have penetrated the zeitgeist more than others. These 90s cult classics are bound to continue appearing on college dorm room posters and remain well-loved by fans into the future.

Stylized Vigilante Film The Boondock Saints Is an Underrated Cult Classic Director:...

When audiences think of teen movies, they usually picture either comedies, family-friendly Disney movies, or romcoms. However, there's also a surprisingly dark underbelly to teen movies as well; for example, hard-hitting dramas like the 2005 movie Brick, or the adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak. As a genre, teen movies run the gamut of which topics they explore and the tone they use to tell the story.

For those who want comedy and darkness, there are plenty of great teen movies that are surprisingly grim, yet still light and entertaining. Dark teen movies, like Heathers or Drop Dead Gorgeous, are laced with macabre humor, cynical characters, and sinister crimes. These films are meant to be fun, and they fuse the best of what comedic teen movies and dramatic teen movies have to offer. Viewers can add these films to their fall watch lists when it's back-to-school and spooky season.

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.

Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.

The Pitch: Cheerleaders Gone… Bank Robbing?

The year 2000 was the New Hollywood of cheerleaders in film. After years of movies in which teen girls with pom poms were reduced to one-note bitches and bimbos, Y2K saw the easy-to-stereotype athletes receive a sudden rush of cinematic respect with Peyton Reed’s instant classic “Bring It On.”

Starring Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union, the story of a rivalry between two cheer squads combined an authentic love for the (extremely grueling) work of cheer captains with fun flirty comedy and a surprisingly intelligent depiction of cultural appropriation.

Actress Patti Yasutake, best known to Trekkies as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa, died on August 5, 2024, of a rare type of T-cell lymphoma. She was 70 years old. 

Nurse Ogawa first appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in the episode "Future Imperfect" more or less as a background character. She was one of Dr. Crusher's retinue of medical staff, there to give viewers the impression that the ship's sickbay was constantly bustling. She went on to star in 14 additional episodes of the show, and was usually merely standing next to Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden), passing her tools or saying "Yes, Doctor." She had a good bedside manner, and her repeated appearances had viewers wondering who she was and what her story might be. As the series progressed, Nurse Ogawa's role expanded incrementally, eventually leading to her becoming a legitimate supporting player. 

Indeed, by the show's seventh season, Nurse Ogawa began to...

Patti Yasutake, known to fans for appearing in Star Trek: The Next Generation and two of its connected feature films, has passed away. She was 70 years old.

Per Variety, Yasutake, who was living with cancer, died on Aug. 5 in Santa Monica. Her manager, Kyle Fritz, confirmed her passing with a statement that noted, Patti was my first client when I began over 30 years ago. We enjoyed every day we got to work together, and I will miss her spirit talent and tenacity but most of all her friendship.

Yasutake played the role of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa, originally one of the head nurses in sickbay, in Star Trek: The Next Generation. She would appear in 16 episodes of the series, which includes the character memorably getting promoted by Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) in the Season 7 episode "Lower Decks." Yasutake would also get the chance to play Ogawa on the big screen,...

Patti Yasutake, who portrayed Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation and a pair of franchise movies and Fumi Nakai, the widowed mother of Joseph Lee’s sculptor, on Beef, has died. She was 70.

Yasutake died Monday at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center after a long battle with a rare form of T-cell lymphoma, her longtime manager, Kyle Fritz, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“Patti was my first client when I began over 30 years ago,” he said in a statement. “We enjoyed every day we got to work together, and I will miss her spirit talent and tenacity but most of all her friendship.”

The Los Angeles native also played a relocated Japanese wife earnestly trying to Americanize in the Ron Howard-directed Gung Ho (1986) and on its ABC series adaptation that lasted just nine episodes in 1986-87.

She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her turn in...

Patti Yasutake, who was a regular on “Beef” and played Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” died Aug. 5 in Santa Monica of cancer. She was 70.

Her manager Kyle Fritz said that “Patti was my first client when I began over 30 years ago. We enjoyed every day we got to work together, and I will miss her spirit talent and tenacity but most of all her friendship.”

On Netflix’s “Beef,” Yasutake played George’s mother Fumi Nakai. She reprised her “Star Trek” role as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa in the films “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek Generations.”

She started her career working with Mako at East West Players theater company. She also worked with the other companies including Los Angeles Theatre Center, South Coast Repertory, the Westwood Playhouse.

Her work in 1988’s “The Wash” brought her an Independent Spirit Awards nomination for best supporting actress.

Patti Yasutake, best known for her roles in Beef and Star Trek: The Next Generation, passed away peacefully on August 5 surrounded by friends and family after a long battle with cancer, her manager and friend Kyle Fritz told Deadline. She was 70.

Los Angeles native Yasutake, born and raised in Gardena and Inglewood, graduated from UCLA with honors in theater. She started her career at East West Players, where she worked with the company’s co-founder, Japanese-American acting icon Mako, for six years onstage, on staff and on the board, performing in over a dozen shows.

Yasutake made her major feature debut in Ron Howard’s 1986 comedy Gung Ho as Umeki, a relocated Japanese wife earnestly trying to Americanize. She reprised her character in the follow-up ABC comedy series spawned by the movie.

For her next movie, the 1988 The Wash, Yasutake received an Independent Spirit Award Supporting Actress nomination. Her resume...

“It’s gonna be different now. They’ll never lie to us again.”

It seems odd to start at the ending of “Dick,” the 1999 Watergate satire starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams and now celebrating its 25th anniversary. But those final lines, spoken by Dunst’s Betsy to Williams’ Arlene, the teen girl duo whom the movie posits as the real political masterminds behind the Deep Throat informant that helped bring down Richard “Dick” Nixon, hit different when rewatching “Dick” in the current political climate.

“It always got a knowing laugh,” said director Andrew Fleming, speaking to IndieWire during the same week of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life and President Joe Biden announcing he was not seeking reelection, instead endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

“We knew at the time that that was meant to be a joke,” said screenwriter Sheryl Longin, who co-wrote the script with Fleming.

Without hyperbole, Michael Patrick Jann ("The State") and Lona Williams' ("Sugar & Spice") mockumentary comedy film about a small-town Minnesota beauty pageant is my favorite comedy film, ever. As a former teenage Midwest beauty queen myself, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" speaks to me on a religious level. My blood is not red, it is Mount Rose, and I am an American Teen Princess Pageant girl for life. "Drop Dead Gorgeous" turns 25 this year — one of the many teen girl masterpieces released in 1999 — but is still criminally underseen due to the film's poor box office performance at the time of release and subsequent years of physical releases being out of print. It's a shame because the cast includes Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Kirstie Alley, Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy, Amy Adams (her debut role!), Alexandra Holden, Nora Dunn, Mo Gaffney, Will Sasso, Matt Malloy, Mike McShane, Mindy Sterling, Sam McMurray, and...

Brittany Murphy's final film, Something Wicked, was released five years after her death, disappointing fans with its delayed and lackluster production. Despite a haunting plot and Murphy as the lead, the film received poor audience reviews and a limited theatrical release, likely leading to a box office bomb. Unfortunately, Murphy's career ended before the release of Something Wicked.

Brittany Murphy was one of Hollywood's biggest rising stars in the late '90s and 2000s. That career was cut tragically short when she passed away in 2009 from an accidental overdose at just 32 years old. Some of her best-known roles included Clueless, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Girl, Interrupted, 8 Mile, and a voice role in King of the Hill. While personal issues led to her career stalling shortly before her passing, she could likely have enjoyed even more success in the coming years. But in a way, her career did live on after she was gone.

Actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and star of the new feature “Civil War”, poses for the latest issue of the “Violet Book”, photographed by Emma Summerton:

At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.

After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On" (2000), "Get Over It" and "Crazy/Beautiful" (2001).

Following her work in Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–07), her films have included the romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), the...

Mia Goth channeled her Stanley Kubrick fandom to prepare for “MaXXXine.”

Goth told Ireland’s Entertainment.ie journalist Brian Lloyd in the below video that she shadowed a sex worker before starring in Ti West’s conclusion to his trilogy love letter to classic Hollywood.

“I was living in New York at that time and I was introduced to a stripper and I spent quite a lot of time with that stripper and I would get to know her and I would ask questions and that was really helpful,” Goth said. “She would then take me to these events. One in particular, it was a crazy party in New York. It felt very much like ‘Eyes Wide Shut.’ I don’t know how I got in but I was like kind of in the corner witnessing everything. Once I felt like I got enough information, I went away because it was quite intense.

Illustration by Stephanie Monohan.Kirsten Dunst has played a pageant contestant not once, but twice: famously, in the cult classic Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), then, in a self-reflexive turn in Showtime’s short-lived satire of predatory capitalism, On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019). In the latter, Dunst plays Krystal Stubbs, a pageant queen turned widow turned cunning representative of the Founders American Merchandise corporation. In one scene, she instructs a goth teen on a stratagem of competition: “Dazzle by any means necessary. If you want better lightin’ than the other girls, give yourself better lightin’ than the other girls.”Dunst has built a career around this principle. Having started as a child star, she has supported superhero franchises, starred in teen movies and art films alike, and worked in both film and television. In each project, she follows Krystal’s advice, juggling each character’s interiority with bigger-picture concerns. She...

Quick Links Drop Dead Gorgeous Is a Beauty Pageant Satire Fan and Critical Response to Drop Dead Gorgeous Drop Dead Gorgeous Is Finally Available to Stream The cult classic Drop Dead Gorgeous is now available to stream for free after it was difficult to find for years. The film is a dark beauty pageant satire featuring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, and Kirstie Alley in unforgettable roles. Despite initial critical backlash and box office failure, the quirky mockumentary comedy has gained a devoted cult following over the years.

A darling of the '90s and '00s, Kirsten Dunst has remained a resilient talent thanks to her versatility and relatable and grounded persona. Her most recent role in Civil War continues to show that she is a skilled actor, with her role as Lee, a seasoned photojournalist, receiving praise from critics and co-stars alike. Still, one of Dunst's fan-favorite roles has remained hard to find,...

Since its premiere in 2020, Ted Lasso has seemingly taken the television world by storm with its unique blend of feel-good comedy and talented cast. It is helmed by Jason Sudeikis (who plays the titular character).

Ted Lasso cast members Kola Bokinni, Jeremy Swift, Sam Richardson, Hannah Waddingham, James Lance, Cristo Fernández, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Toheeb Jimoh, Sarah Niles, and Phil Dunster attend the Los Angeles FYC Special Screening of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on July 18, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California (Credit: Faye’s Vision / Cover Images)

Ted Lasso Cast Heights Navigation Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) – The Peak Performer Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) – Standing Strong Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton) – Majestically Tall Juno Temple (Keeley Jones) – Petite Powerhouse Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) – Almost 6ft of Grit Nick Mohammed (Nathan Shelley) – The Compact Contender Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins) – Humor at a Height Toheeb Jimoh (Sam Obisanya) – Rising High...

Take a look at actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and the star of the new feature “Civil War”, posing for the Spring 2024 edition of “S” magazine, photographed by Danielle Levitt:

"I live in pieces that make me feel good," said the former child actress (“Interview With The Vampire”).

At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.

After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On...

[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in September 2019. It has been updated with new entries to coincide with the release of “Civil War.”]

Kirsten Dunst has many talents as an actor, but one of her best virtues is quite possibly just how cool she is. From her days as a teen star in “Bring It On” and “The Virgin Suicides” to her current era as an adult who takes on adventurous, ambitious roles in movies like “The Power of the Dog” and “Civil War,” Dunst has always had a charm and ease to her that has made her feel both relatable and glamorous. Part of it is her wry, catlike smile which gives her movie star looks some individuality. Part of it is her interviews, in which she projects a down-to-earth nature that feels authentic rather than put-on. And most of it comes from her choice of projects, which shows a great sense of taste and a desire to do truly great, ambitious, and weird work.

Dunst has dabbled in plenty...

Exclusive: Ethan Embry (Blindspotting) and Li Jun Li (Babylon) have signed on to star in Alma and the Wolf, a new feature from director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) and writer Abigail Miller.

In the psychological horror-mystery, set on the wild Oregon coast, Embry plays Ren Accord, a troubled police officer who must pull himself together when, while investigating a mysterious wolf attack, his estranged son goes missing.

Others set to star in the pic include Jeremie Harris (Legion), Lukas Jann (Organ Trail), Kevin Allison (The State), Mather Zickel (Organ Trail), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Alexandra Doke (City on Fire), and Dana Millican (Soft & Quiet).

Jann and David Codron are producing following their collaboration on the cult favorite Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards and Ellen Barkin, and the horror Western Organ Trail. Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron, and Viviana Zarragoitia are exec producing through Tpc (formerly...

Actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and the star of the new feature “Civil War”, poses for the latest issue of “Marie Claire” magazine, photographed by Jonny Marlow:

"I live in pieces that make me feel good," said the former child actress (“Interview With The Vampire”).

At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.

After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On" (2000), "Get Over It...

One of the most interesting types of movies is a mockumentary, or fiction films that imitate documentaries. Depending on the genre, there can be different reasons for using this format. The film language of documentaries gives horror and science fiction movie audiences a terrifying feeling that the story might be real or one day become real, while the same narrative device makes the drama even sadder and comedy even funnier.

The first big example of this art form in pop culture is the 1938 radio transmission of Orson Welles reading an adaption of the Hg Wells book War of the Worlds, which many listeners believed to be an actual news broadcast at the time because it used the same style. A trend in movies and television since the late 1980s, a few subtypes of mockumentaries have been explored since its popularization. From pretending to be a montage of found footage to emulating contemporary documentary editing,...

There are few archetypes more American than the high school cheerleader. Typically portrayed as a teenage girl with a megawatt smile, perfect hair, unmeasurable confidence, and an expertly crafted balance between squeaky-clean innocence and sexual deviancy, our society is still equal parts fascinated and offended by the mere existence of the cheerleader. Sure, films like "Bring It On" and the accessibility of competitive cheerleading on ESPN has brought some legitimacy to the sport and artistry, but by and large, cheerleaders are still used as shorthand to mean things like "bimbo, stupid, b*tchy, shallow, prissy," or to make another girl sound more interesting. As a cultural demigod once sang, "She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers."

With this seemingly "untouchable" social status and implied power of influence, it also makes cheerleader characters very easy to hate. Few have ever reached the level of disdain as Megan Fox's Jennifer Check in "Jennifer's Body,...

In January of 1999, two teen movies opened back to back and kicked off what would be one of the most extraordinary years for youth-oriented movies in the history of Hollywood. Both were No. 1 at the box office their first weekend. Both boasted remarkable casts of rising stars — they even shared a star in Paul Walker. And both whipped ancient genre conventions into new combinations that made them fresh and new. Yet for all their similarities, “Varsity Blues” and “She’s All That” couldn’t have been more different: one an R-rated sports drama that tempered its inspirational coming-of-age drama with surprisingly harsh depictions of misogyny and physical and mental abuse, the other a sweet, good-natured romantic comedy nearly as innocent as a Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland vehicle from the 1940s. In their similarities and differences lies the key to why 1999 was such a great year for movies of their type — the 1939 of teen movies.

One of the great things about the old broadcast TV model, in which seasons stretched to 20+ episodes, mere months separated one season from the next, and production schedules were thus unforgivingly demanding, was that producers always had an insatiable need for new talent. Filming 22 consecutive 42-minute episodes over the course of a few months? Your principals aren't going to be enough to cover all the ground your story will invariably traverse, and besides, they wouldn't have the time or energy even if you asked.

The solution to this problem? Guest stars!

Series from this golden age of television, from sitcoms like "Friends" and "Frasier" to dramas like "Charmed" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," were powered by guest stars in the same way the larger Hollywood machine is powered by the legions of extras, bit players, and uncredited walk-ons who fill each frame with glorious humanity. Those last two series in...

It's been 41 years since "Cheers" premiered, and 30 years since it's ended. Although other popular sitcoms like "The Bill Cosby Show" and "Newhart" gave it a run for its money, it's clear by now that "Cheers" has most effectively withstood the test of the time. When the average person thinks of '90s sitcoms, they think of "Friends" or "Seinfeld," but when you ask them to name a sitcom from the '80s, "Cheers" is almost always the first to come to mind. 

It helps that so much of the "Cheers" cast has continued to have a major presence in pop culture long after the finale, even if they haven't all returned to the sheer height of popularity they had back in the '80s and early '90s. Even many of the actors who have passed away in the years since, like Kirstie Alley who died of stage four colon...

Thousands of SAG-AFTRA and WGA members lined the sidewalks surrounding the Warner Bros. Discovery office Thursday, raising signs of union solidarity and dancing to tambourines and drum beats as leaders chanted for a just contract. Actors like Oscar Isaac, F. Murray Abraham, and John Leguizamo were joined by union representation from backstage entertainment crews, freight workers, local unions, and numerous other groups.

When Leguizamo took the stage, he called the turnout “a block party but for workers’ rights.” With streaming on the rise, the comedian and actor highlighted the actors...

Big-name Hollywood actors like Emma Stone, Don Cheadle, and Harrison Ford have appeared in excellent TV shows, but they often go unnoticed in the crowded streaming market. Shows featuring these actors, such as Miracle Workers with Daniel Radcliffe and On Becoming A God In Central Florida with Kirsten Dunst, are highly underrated and worth seeking out for their stellar performances. Despite the star power of actors like Julia Roberts in Gaslit and Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Man Who Fell to Earth, these shows have remained under the radar but offer gripping stories and excellent performances in their respective genres.

An increase in prestige TV means that more big-name Hollywood actors are taking television roles, but it also means it's easier for great shows to slip through the cracks. Movie stars including Emma Stone, Don Cheadle, and Harrison Ford have all featured in excellent television series in recent years, but in such a crowded market,...

Where has time gone? August is officially here, bringing with it a slew of new titles arriving on streaming. This month also edges us even closer to the Halloween season, which means you can expect the horror programming to start ramping up in earnest.

August offers brand new streaming exclusives and recent releases that’ll give you a chance to catch up on 2022 and 2023 horror.

Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in August 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.

Ghastly Brothers – Screambox

It’s Ghostbusters meets Beetlejuice in this gateway horror comedy. In the Screambox exclusive, “Lilith is sent to boarding school where she meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters. Together, they need to rid the school of the demons who have made it their home!”

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead...

The Flash star Kiersey Clemons will take her the lead in Susie Searches, the story of unpopular college student Susie, who attempts to solve a local mystery in order to get more people to listen to her true crime podcast. However, as you may expect in this kind of story, things are never as simple as they seem, and soon Susie gets more than she bargained for as she looks for her moment in the spotlight. Check out a new clip below as your introduction to the world of Susie.

Susie Searches is a movie that asks the question that many young people find themselves asking themselves in this day and age of YouTube and TIkTok fame; if you could achieve your goals overnight through nothing but a small victimless crime, how far would you go to do it? According to the synopsis:

“Susie Searches is a darkly comedic psychological...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for The Out-LawsAdam DeVine leads the brand-new Netflix comedy The Out-Laws, working alongside Pierce Brosnan, Nina Dobrev, and a handful of other iconic actors. The film follows Owen Browning, who is about to marry the love of his life Parker McDermott, but he has never met her parents. At the last minute, Parker's parents decide to come to the wedding, leaving Owen elated to connect with his future in-laws. However, when his bank is robbed, Owen's number-one suspect ends up being Parker's parents, the McDermotts.

This film is a classic comedy directed by Tyler Spindel, who equated the movie to an action-oriented Meet The Parents. Spindel has also directed comedic films like, The Wrong Missy and Father of the Year. The Out-Laws contains a star-studded cast to bring these characters to life. DeVine leads The Out-Laws cast, while supported by a brilliant ensemble of actors who deliver laughter with every scene.

Since the '90s Denise Richards has been an icon of pop culture. From starring in comedy classics like Drop Dead Gorgeous and Starship Troopers to dominating the small screen on The Bold and The Beautiful and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Richards has been at the center of some of our favorite movies and TV shows for decades. Now, she's returning to our television screens for Paper Empire, a new drama series about one of the biggest Ponzi schemes of all time. The series follows Laurence Fintch (Robert Davi) after he's caught scamming his clients out of millions of dollars using cryptocurrency blockchain technology.

This week’s release schedule is very light on the horror front, with just a small handful of new horror movies being offered up in the coming days. Among them? Evil Dead Rise comes home!

Here’s all the new horror releasing May 9 – May 14, 2023.

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

In the wake of scaring up over $100 million at the worldwide box office, Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise is now available Digitally at home. It’s coming to 4K and Blu-ray on June 27.

Evil Dead Rise is now available for early Premium Digital Ownership at home for $24.99 and for 48-hour rental via PVOD for $19.99 Srp on participating digital platforms where you purchase movies, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu.

Evil Dead Rise is directed by Lee Cronin, starring Lily Sullivan (“I Met a Girl,” TV’s “Barkskins”) and Alyssa Sutherland (TV’s “New Gold Mountain,...

With a resurgence of Westerns over the last decade, the horror genre has been one of the biggest benefactors, as genre-blending films like Prey (2022), Bone Tomahawk (2015), and The Pale Door (2020) were released to pretty significant audience and critical success. Joining the sub-genre is Organ Trail, a 2023 revenge-themed Western film directed by Michael Patrick Jann, and written by Meg Turner (Gnaw).

Organ Trail stars Olivia Grace Applegate (Love & Death), Zoé De Grand Maison, Clé Bennett (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Sam Trammell, and Nicholas Logan (I Care a Lot).

The story follows Abigail Archer (Maison), a young woman who, after witnessing her entire family getting slaughtered by a group of rowdy bandits, pulls off a death-defying escape, and with the help of a local rancher (Clé Bennett), decides to take the group head-on in hopes of recovering the one surviving member of her family, her horse.

Beautiful Environmental Cinematography...

As far as 1990s and 2000s-era screen goddesses go, Denise Richards was probably the biggest of them all. From her role in Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers to her iconic turn in Wild Things, Denise Richards was a formative crush for many of us who came of age in that era, and the image of Richards emerging from a swimming pool in Wild Things was enough to make many teenage pulses flutter. In this episode of What Happened to this Celebrity, we take a look at Richards’ rise to fame, from early roles in low-budget fare such as Tammy & the T-Rex to her eventual breakthrough to her controversial casting as nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones in the James Bond epic The World is Not Enough and beyond.

Arguably, the late nineties and early 2000s were her peak, with her memorably turning up on Friends in a guest spot as Ross’s hot cousin,...