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Kevin Smith is back with a new film, The 4:30 Movie, which is heavily inspired by the writer and director’s mid ’80s upbringing and his movie-loving teenage years.

The 4:30 Movie takes place in New Jersey, where Smith grew up, and large parts were filmed at the Smodcastle Cinemas, which Smith now co-owns. Soundtracked by Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America,” the trailer for the lighthearted coming-of-age film follows a 16-year-old boy (played by Austin Zajur) who finally works up the courage to ask out his crush, Melody (Siena Agudong), to a 4:30 p.m. R-rated film, before “all hilarity breaks loose.”

The film’s official logline reads, “Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with this coming-of-age story — set in the summer of 1986 — that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites...

Kevin Smith's The 4:30 Movie trailer is released at Sdcc based on his teenage years at the movies in the 1980s. The film stars a cast including Justin Long, Jason Lee, Diedrich Bader, and Ken Jeong in a coming-of-age story. Set in a real-life theater co-owned by Smith, the R-rated movie promises to deliver a nostalgic and entertaining experience.

The first trailer for Kevin Smith's The 4:30 Movie has been released at San Diego Comic Con. The movie is loosely based on Smith's teenage years of going to the movies with his friends in the 1980s. The featured location is set at the real-life theater Smith attended in his youth and is now a co-owner of. The R-rated coming-of-age movie stars Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong, Jason Lee, Justin Long, Diedrich Bader, and Ken Jeong.

Originally debuting at Sdcc, Smith now releases the trailer for his upcoming movie.

“I was outside digging a grave,” quips Lil’ Punkin at the start of our call. He’s running a few minutes late, perhaps a little out of breath, but slides into the conversation. Lil’ Punkin joins Norman Crates, and DeepKutz as we talk all things spooky and macabre.

The trio – known together as Lvcrft (a reference to author H.P. Lovecraft) – have built their careers on making infectiously gooey, throwback Halloween pop music. Think “Monster Mash” but with a glistening modern pop edge. They slashed onto the scene with 2019’s This is Halloween Volume 1, which introduces the pivotal character of Skeleton Sam (as seen in press photos and around town) and includes such tracks as a cover of Kim Wilde’s debut single “Kids in America.” The work is deliciously dark, often seductively playful, and always guaranteed to get your cold, dead heart beating again. Three more albums followed, including 2020’s...

While That ‘90s Show season 1 finale’s comeback from the stars of That ‘70s Show was appropriately nostalgic, the scene accidentally proved that Fez’s story was secretly sad. Like so many earlier sitcom spinoffs, That ‘90s Show had a hard time justifying the presence of That ‘70s Show’s returning original stars. In That ‘90s Show’s pilot episode, Eric, Donna, Kelso, and Jackie all came back for brief cameos, but the characters then left for the rest of season 1. However, in That ‘90s Show’s season 1 finale, they returned en masse once more through some shaky plot mechanics that accidentally made one subplot surprisingly sad.

Throughout That ‘90s Show season 1, Fez dated Sherri. He claimed he never got over Jackie’s decision to leave him for Kelso, even though That ‘90s Show’s Jackie/Kelso reunion was always going to happen. Despite this, Fez seemingly found happiness with Sherri,...

Digimon, as a franchise, has always had the perception of being Pokémon‘s less successful younger brother. That’s bound to happen when two Japanese media franchises choose to name themselves after the pneumonic of “Adjective + Monster,” with Pokémon meaning “Pocket Monsters” and Digimon meaning “Digital Monsters.” That perception, however, isn’t entirely fair. Digimon never reached the cultural heights that Pokémon did because truthfully: very few franchises do. But that doesn’t mean that Digimon didn’t have plenty going for it back during the dawn of the 21st century.

First starting as a series of virtual pet toys before moving on to video games, card games, other merchandizing, manga, and ultimately a moderately successful anime, the Digimon franchise was genuinely successful in the late ’90s and early ’00s. So much so that the digital powers-that-be must have felt they had everything they needed to compete with Pokémon. There...

If you didn’t know Erik Bloomquist’s She Came from the Woods loves the 80s like Pac-Man loves Mrs. Pac-Man, the first few minutes should sell a tubular on-screen time warp. Hormonal camp counselors in short shorts prepare for summer’s end while Kim Wilde’s “Kids In America” blares over opening credits like any other Camp Crystal Lake or Camp Arawak copycat. Bloomquist imbues a love of 80s sleepaway horror titles into a contemporary take on Friday the 13th, The Burning, Madman — some titles are even name-dropped in dialogue. It’s hardly a modern satire like Cabin in the Woods but avoids feeling redundant through recreations of golden-age genre magic that’s gone out of style. There’s a passionate attempt to prove life can find new ways in a decade’s old slasher formula, and She Came from the Woods keeps the beat(ings) alive for now.

In his Frightfest review, James Doherty wrote that She Came from the Woods is a "fun and entertaining campfire tale," and as someone who saw the movie as part of last year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival lineup, I can concur that the latest film from director Erik Bloomquist (Ten Minutes to Midnight) definitely scratches that summer camp slasher itch. Ahead of the film's February 10th theatrical release from Mainframe Pictures, the official trailer has now been released, giving viewers a look at the horrors unleashed at Camp Briarbrook, set fittingly to the tune of Kim Wilde's ’80s anthem "Kids in America."

Theatrical Release Date: February 10, 2023

Directed by: Erik Bloomquist

Written by: Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist

Produced by: Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist, Cara Buono, William Sadler, Adam Weppler

Starring: Cara Buono, William Sadler, Clare Foley, Spencer LIst, Michael Park, Tyler Elliot Burke, Adam Weppler, Ehad Berisha, Giselle Torres, Dań Leahy,...

(from left) Maya Hawke and Ca Mendes star in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s Do Revenge. Photo: Netflix With its inclusion of sassy slanguage and its indictment of progressive culture, Do Revenge is a movie for the modern era—but it plays like a love letter to the savage and sweet teen-themed movies of the 1980s,...

Kathryn Merteuil may hate when things don’t go her way, but thanks to “Do Revenge” writer-director Jennifer Kaityn Robinson, Sarah Michelle Gellar’s iconic “Cruel Intentions” character has a whole new life, now revived as the ultimate queen bee: a prep school principal who trims a bonsai tree when she (rarely) feels out of control.

“She was my first dream choice,” Robinson told IndieWire about Gellar’s casting almost 25 years after the beloved 1999 film debuted. “And it was one of those things where you don’t think she’s going to do it. I was like, ‘Yeah, of course, let’s offer it to her and see what happens.’ You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. But when she said yes, I was flabbergasted and so excited.”

Robinson added, “I will say, her saying yes was kind of co-signing this movie, and made me feel like we were doing something right.

Stars: Cara Buono, Clare Foley, Spencer List, William Sadler, Michael Park, Tyler Elliot Burke, William Sadler, Adam Weppler | Written by Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist | Directed by Erik Bloomquist

A mysterious figure terrorises a camp full of teenagers in She Came From the Woods, a supernatural horror from director Erik Bloomquist, who also co-wrote the script with his brother, Carson Bloomquist. Creepy, suspenseful and suitably gory, it’s a genre-savvy throwback to the summer camp slasher genre.

Set in 1987 (so no pesky mobile phones), the film takes place during the last night of the summer holiday at Camp Briarbrook, run by kindly Gilbert McAlister (William Sadler) his adult daughter Heather (Cara Buono) and her two teenage sons, irresponsible Peter (Spencer List) and sensible Shawn (Tyler Elliot Burke).

When Peter persuades the other teen volunteers to perform a ghost story ritual (a ridiculously simple one – prick your finger and shout “Agatha!”), he...

Kim Shattuck, who made an impact on the Los Angeles music scene with her band The Muffs and several other projects, died today after a two-year battle with Als. She was 56 and her death was announced in an Instagram post by her husband, Kevin Sutherland.

“This morning the love of my life Kim passed peacefully in her sleep after a two year struggle with Als,” Sutherland said in the post. “I am the man I am today because of her. She will live with all of us through her music, our shared memories and in her fierce creative spirit. I love you always my Kimmy. Thank you for sharing your life with me.” The Muffs were planning to release their first album in five years, No Holiday, in two weeks. “We are very sorry to announce the passing of our bandmate and dear friend Kim Shattuck,” the Muffs’ Ronnie Barnett...

Kim Shattuck, the singer and guitarist who co-founded and led the SoCal punk band the Muffs alongside contributions to Pixies and Nofx, died Wednesday at the age of 56. A rep for Shattuck’s band the Coolies confirmed her death to Rolling Stone. The cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Als).

“We are very sorry to announce the passing of our bandmate and dear friend Kim Shattuck,” the Muffs’ Ronnie Barnett and Roy McDonald wrote on Facebook. “Besides being a brilliant songwriter, rocking guitarist and singer/screamer extraordinaire, Kim was a true force of nature.

Stars: Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy, Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin | Written by Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai | Directed by Johannes Roberts

Loosely inspired by the Manson Family murders (that’s what it means when it says “Based on a true story”), creepy slasher flick The Strangers became a hit back in 2008, with its tale of three masked, mostly silent figures terrorising Liv Tyler and husband Scott Speedman. That film made $82m from a $9m budget, so it’s somewhat surprising that it’s taken ten years to get the inevitable sequel off the ground. Still, here it is, and while it doesn’t exactly improve on its predecessor, it’s still a perfectly serviceable slasher movie that does exactly what you expect, with a modicum of style to boot.

Directed by Johannes Roberts (who made last year’s low budget shark thriller 47 Metres Down), The Strangers: Prey at Night...

Stars: Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy, Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin | Written by Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai | Directed by Johannes Roberts

Loosely inspired by the Manson Family murders (that’s what it means when it says “Based on a true story”), creepy slasher flick The Strangers became a hit back in 2008, with its tale of three masked, mostly silent figures terrorising Liv Tyler and husband Scott Speedman. That film made $82m from a $9m budget, so it’s somewhat surprising that it’s taken ten years to get the inevitable sequel off the ground. Still, here it is, and while it doesn’t exactly improve on its predecessor, it’s still a perfectly serviceable slasher movie that does exactly what you expect, with a modicum of style to boot.

Directed by Johannes Roberts (who made last year’s low budget shark thriller 47 Metres Down), The Strangers: Prey at Night...

If there’s one thing Johannes Roberts’ pre-screening introduction confirmed before The Strangers: Prey At Night, it’s that he *obsessively* respects the profoundness of John Carpenter’s genre contributions – to the point where the pic is a stalkerish mixtape of all the filmmaker’s favorite bits.

Subtle hints Hammer-to-the-head homages evoke Halloween’s “The Shape,” roll with The Fog and grind Christine’s gears in an atmospherically overt love-letter to Carpenter that Roberts signs in blood. Dash in a bit of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre for flavor and you wonder what individuality this Strangers “offshoot” presents – until Roberts’ execution pushes such thoughts out of your mind. He may be riffing off recognizable horrors staples, but the director’s devotion to royalty is vicious and respectfully realized. Right down to a score you’d believe Carpenter recorded himself.

Screenwriter Ben Ketai (who rewrote Bryan Bertino’s existing script) introduces...

"He wants you, too, Malachai!" It changed the way some people looked at crops, and it might have even changed the way you listened to Kim Wilde's "Kids in America," and this September, Children of the Corn (based on the Stephen King short story of the same name) will be coming out on a new Blu-ray from Arrow Video, including a 2K restoration from the original negative and a new audio commentary.

From Arrow Video: "New Us Title: Children of the Corn (Blu-ray)

Based on a short story by Stephen King, The Children of the Corn is a horror classic that has spawned multiple sequels and imitators, but none as harrowing as this masterpiece of horror.

Pre-order in the Us: http://bit.ly/2s4VZAf

Release Date: 19 September

He Who Walks Behind The Rows

A young couple travelling cross-country find themselves stranded in the small town of Gatlin,...

Come on, Riverdale fans. There's no celebration without an investigation. Crime doesn't take a weekend off.

As much as I hoped for Betty and friends to enjoy the Homecoming festivities on Riverdale Season 1 Episode 11, they had work to do. The clock is ticking on the Jason Blossom mystery, and we need to find the killer.

"Chapter Eleven: To Riverdale and Back Again" is steering us toward the mystery's climax. Riverdale's first season so far has been a dark and addictive thrill ride, with the Jason Blossom crime anchoring the story. I'm hooked!

With only two more episodes left, Riverdale Season 1 Episode 11 pulled us back into the main story by focusing on the murder.

Ultimately, this is something we needed after a few distractions lately. The mystery is what hooked us in the first place. We need to prepare for the reveal at the season's end.

Alice's heart is in...

Need to catch up? Check out our previous Riverdale recap here.

Hoo boy… a whole bunch of chickens came home to roost in Riverdale‘s homecoming episode. And when the dust settled, we got ourselves a new arrest in the Jason Blossom case.

Jughead returns home to F.P.’s trailer and is happy to see his dad has cleaned the place up. F.P. even took the time to read Jughead’s manuscript! But he starts asking a lot of questions about Jason Blossom’s death before recommending that Jughead “move on” from the case. Hmmm. Alice is suspicious of F.

The kids in Riverdale are singing “Kids in America.”

During next Thursday’s episode (The CW, 9/8c), Archie and Veronica duet on the new-wave hit at the Homecoming dance, and Betty looks none too pleased about the flirty chemistry between the duo in this sneak peek. (Someone else even storms off during the number.)

RelatedThe CW Sets Finale Dates for Riverdale, The Originals, The Flash and 7 Others

Press Play on the video above to watch the performance, then hit the comments with your thoughts.

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* USA Network’s Shooter has cast Jerry Ferrara...

Prepare for the ultimate blast from the past. It's time for another dance at Riverdale High School, River Vixens and Bulldogs, so you know what  that means: Archie (Kj Apa) is singing again on Riverdale. And he's not taking the stage alone. In the CW hit's April 27 episode, Archie and Veronica (Camila Mendes) will perform "Kids in America" at the Homecoming dance, and we've got your first look at their Fun Af performance. While we've already listened to the duo's cover several times, you can tell from the video that not everyone at the dance is a fan of Archie and Veronica's take. But something tell us it has nothing to do with the chemistry between them rather than the...

Us teenagers are kept underground for a doomed world-building project in this cheap British teen horror flick

Prolific Brit producer Jonathan Willis here attempts a teen-oriented tweak of the science-gone-wrong theme of his 2013 success The Machine. It’s about the doomed Posterity Project, a programme that sequesters the best and brightest youngsters in the Us underground. While their twentysomething handlers uncover the project’s deadlier glitches, director Martin Owen applies plentiful visual gloss. A first-person shooting style necessitates intricate, Peep Show-like eyeline-matching, and the effects work is unusually sophisticated. Yet there’s no dressing up some desperately ordinary stalk-and-slashing, and the budget undermines the world-building: ex-EastEnder Kara Tointon heads a roster of phony Us accents, and while Kids in America gets repeat plays, surely nobody here ventured much beyond Amersham.

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After the whole controversy with Konami’s new business plan which focuses on mobile devices, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain remains as the publisher’s sole major project. In fact, Konami’s presence at E3 consisted of nothing but a demo showcase for Mgsv.

Mgsv might have been the only game showcased at E3 for Konami but they still pulled out all the stops in its display. The whole area was a recreation of Mother Base with bolted orange doors, Outer Heaven propaganda posters as well as the obligatory fultoned sheep hanging from the ceiling.

Standing in the replicated helipad zone, the audience would be shown demos of the game and some of its unexplored features.

The mission in which the presenters showcased was a simple infiltration and retrieval operation. Upon first beginning the player can choose which partner to take into battle with them. Each partner has...

[Press Release] Los Angeles, CA – February 26, 2015 – “As if!!!!” Universal Music Enterprises marks the 20th anniversary of writer/director Amy Heckerling’s classic 1995 teen comedy Clueless with the release of the movie’s soundtrack on vinyl out at national retailers on April 7. Loosely based on Jane Austen’s 1815 novel Emma, a 19th century tale of manners about matchmaking and romantic misunderstandings updated to ‘90s Beverly Hills High School, the film starred Silverstone, Stacey Dash as her best friend Dionne, the late Brittany Murphy as Tai Frasier, the ugly duckling transformed into a beautiful swan and Paul Rudd as Cher’s disapproving ex-stepbrother. The soundtrack featured The Muffs’ cover of Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America,” along with Radiohead’s acoustic version of “Fake...

The X Factor duo Blonde Electra have revealed that they planned to kiss conjoined twins on the programme.

Sisters Jazzy and Ruby King - who sparked controversy when they kissed during the show's final on Sunday (December 14) - were voted out after their performance of 'Kids in America' during the first live show of the series.

They have now told Heat that their extravagant performance could have been even more surprising - if it wasn't for their mentor Louis Walsh.

"On week one, on the first live show when we performed 'Kids in America', we had a set up where we were going to make out with two conjoined twins during the breakdown part," Jazzy said.

"It was written in as part of the show and then three hours before our show, it was pulled. Louis saw the rehearsal and then they said no - they...

Boo! We didn't think we'd be saying goodbye to Blonde Electra so early, but the duo were booted from The X Factor on Sunday night (October 12) after their performance of 'Kids in America' failed to win over the public.

But the sisters weren't feeling too blue when we popped over to see them this morning - instead, they were just planning their album. Read on to find out about that, how they feel about being seen as a novelty act, and what amazing ideas we would have seen in '80s Week...

Blonde Electra on... leaving The X Factor

Ruby: "I mean, of course we're a bit sad to leave in week one, but I can honestly say we had so much fun on The X Factor. It's been such a life-changing experience. We love the judges and we love the fact that on our last performance we...

Blonde Electra chose the wrong song for the first X Factor Live Show, according to creative director Brian Friedman.

Speaking on The Xtra Factor, Friedman was asked which of the acts he thought had performed the wrong song.

"I didn't like [Kim Wilde's] 'Kids in America' for Blonde Electra," Friedman said.

"I feel like they're cooler than that. I feel like they're a little bit edgier than that and I know that they're an edgier act, so I don't think it was necessarily right for them."

Blonde Electra were sent home after coming last in the public vote.

They were joined by second-bottom Overload Generation, who were axed after the judges sent the vote to deadlock.

The X Factor: Ten minutes with the Groups

Groups mentor Louis Walsh said he felt "shell-shocked" at the departure of two of his four acts, but predicted he would still manage to have...

The first photo of Allison Williams as Peter Pan has arrived, Adam Levine develops a new comedy series based on his early life, Disney’s short film Frozen Fever will hit theater next spring and more of today’s First Dibs.

Today posts the first photo of Allison Williams as Peter Pan. [Today] Adam Levine is developing a new NBC series Kids in America, inspired by his childhood. [EW] Frozen Fever, a new Disney short film, will hit theaters Spring 2015. [E!] Apple denies a possible iCloud breach in the major leak of nude celebrity photos. [Us Weekly] Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt sell their wedding photos for $2 million. [Naughty but Nice Rob] French Montana and Khloe Kardashian take their romance to the next level in the Kourtney and Khloe Take The Hamptons trailer. [Hollywood Life]

[Photo Credit: E!]

Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was reportedly underage in the leaked nude photos. [Huffington Post] The Game of Thrones crew experiences some trouble shooting their latest sex scenes. [MovieFone] You...

The first photo of Allison Williams as Peter Pan has arrived, Adam Levine develops a new comedy series based on his early life, Disney’s short film Frozen Fever will hit theater next spring and more of today’s First Dibs.

Today posts the first photo of Allison Williams as Peter Pan. [Today] Adam Levine is developing a new NBC series Kids in America, inspired by his childhood. [EW] Frozen Fever, a new Disney short film, will hit theaters Spring 2015. [E!] Apple denies a possible iCloud breach in the major leak of nude celebrity photos. [Us Weekly] Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt sell their wedding photos for $2 million. [Naughty but Nice Rob] French Montana and Khloe Kardashian take their romance to the next level in the Kourtney and Khloe Take The Hamptons trailer. [Hollywood Life]

[Photo Credit: E!]

Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was reportedly underage in the leaked nude photos. [Huffington Post] The Game of Thrones crew experiences some trouble shooting their latest sex scenes. [MovieFone] You...

Adam Levine is stepping behind the camera. The Voice judge and Maroon 5 frontman is developing a comedy inspired by his childhood for NBC, EW has confirmed.

Kids in America, which was given a script commitment, will follow a teenager at the center of an unconventional family who has aspirations of becoming a rock star.

Family Guy’s Aaron Blitzstein will write and executive-produce with Levine, Jordan Feldstein and Josh Gummersall.

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Birthday shoutouts go to Dean Geyer (above), who is 28, Holly Hunter is 56, and one of my favorite actresses of the 80′s,Theresa Russell, is 57.

Oh for pete’s sake. Fox News Host: “It Took 2,000 Years To Find Noah’s Ark’ So Will We Ever Find Flight 370?”

Jim Halterman talks to Sean Maher about last night’s Arrow, and life since coming out.

A public note of thanks from Michael Sam.

This is awesome. Watch What Happens When A Lesbian Asks This Anti-Gay Church To Stone Her

Cat alarm clocks are the best alarm clocks.

So where should they place Bill Donohue in the parade?

Criterion has released the first image of Willam Dafoe in Pasolini, about the final days of the gay filmmaker’s life.

First look at Willem Dafoe as Pier Paolo Pasolini! http://t.co/PPiQIFYWVz

— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) March 18, 2014

Is Divergent Sci-Fi’s First Successful Bisexual Allegory?...

They say don't bite the hand that feeds you, but this is a whole new issue: Nicole Peate, a 25-year-old from England, dislocated her jaw after biting into a triple-layer burger. The burger, called the "Kids in America Burger," is three patties, pretzels and candied bacon and offered at the Almost Famous restaurant in Liverpool. "I didn't think I'd dislocated it," Peate confessed to BBC. "You don't expect it to happen eating a burger, but I tried to eat it with a knife and fork and couldn't. I couldn't open my mouth fully—it felt like I had cramp in my tongue, then I started to get an earache and a headache." She continues, "The next morning, I...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details and clips from Abandoned Mine, information on Judgment and Unit 44, a video from Joe Dante discussing his film Dark, a teaser trailer from All Hallows’ Eve, and much more:

Abandoned Mine Trailer and Clips: ”In Abandoned Mine, five small-town school friends celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary “haunted” Jarvis Mine. Local legend tells of the angry spirits that have occupied the mine since a family was murdered for still mysterious reasons exactly 100 years ago. But that doesn’t stop these young adrenaline junkies from exploring the unknown – and bringing mini-cameras to capture their every move.

Yet once deep into the mine their best-laid Halloween plans go awry, leaving the adventurers trapped without escape. Are their misfortunes purely accidental or is the legend true and...

When we chatted with La cyber-rocker Davey Suicide last year, he was already riding waves of positive buzz ahead of his self-named band's Ep Put Your Trust in Suicide, which was released in the fall (check out our review here) and helped catapult them from the industrial rock underground to reach a much wider audience. The band has recently caught the attention of major music media – including Alternative Press, who included them in their new “100 Bands You Need to Know” issue, marked by a special event at South By Southwest last weekend, with Davey in attendance. Not only is he dedicated to his music career (he chose to re-invent himself after a brief solo project and found his niche with the new material), Davey also brings mad fashion skills, which incarnate his obsession with monsters from both fiction and reality through his own custom clothing line, Killers Never Die. Somewhere...

Kim Wilde stunned passengers on a train this week by singing her hit single 'Kids In America' in an impromptu singalong. The moment was recorded and uploaded to YouTube by passenger Katherine Eames. "Kim Wilde and Ricky Wilde serenade passengers on the train home after the MagicFM Christmas Party," Eames wrote. "After a truly rubbish day, I got on the train home and couldn't get a seat, a man pulled out his guitar. 'Oh here we go!' I thought." She added: "Then a drunken woman starts singing. Hang on a minute, I know that voice?! It (more)...

Kim Wilde stunned passengers on the London Underground this week by singing her hit single 'Kids In America' in an impromptu singalong. The moment was recorded and uploaded to YouTube by passenger Katherine Eames. "Kim Wilde and Ricky Wilde serenade passengers on the train home after the MagicFM Christmas Party," Eames wrote. "After a truly rubbish day, I got on the train home and couldn't get a seat, a man pulled out his guitar 'Oh here we go! I thought." She added: "Then a drunken woman starts singing. Hang on a minute, I know that voice?! (more)...

Update: The Wanted's Ice Age 4: Continental Drift music video for "Chasing the Sun" is now live at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/thewantedVEVO

The British Boy-Band The Wanted called KidsPickFlicks to talk their new Chasing the Sun video for Ice Age 4. I had a blast talking with Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Whether you have never heard of them, or you are already part of The Wanted family, read on!

Q: How are you guys doing today?

The Wanted: Just chilling! [laughter] Chatting away on the phone.

Q: The Ice Age movies are really popular among American kids, were they a part of your childhood?

Nathan: Definitely, definitely. I think I'm fortunate enough to be in the stage where, uh, I have been lucky to grow up with these films and it's by far quite the best-animated franchise. So now I'm very...

Q: How are you guys doing today?

The Wanted: Just chilling! [laughter] Chatting away on the phone.

Q: The Ice Age movies are really popular among American kids, were they a part of your childhood?

Nathan: Definitely, definitely. I think I'm fortunate enough to be in the stage where, uh, I have been lucky to grow up with these films and it's by far quite the best-animated franchise. So now I'm very fortunate to be part of it. It's very easy for kids to relate to the characters. It really gets across the message of how important family is.

Q: Nathan, you say that on your Twitter, you're actually the real life Sid the Sloth. How do you identify with him?

Nathan: He usually says the wrong thing at the wrong time. And there's the same looks between us. I usually do mess things up in awkward situations and...

When life grants you a news item about Alicia Silverstone's love of chewing up sorghum and mouth-feeding it to her infant, you have two options: 1) Sit around and think about the gamey taste of Alicia Silverstone's kind saliva or 2) relish the resurgence (regurgitation?) of Alicia Silverstone in pop culture and totally re-watch Clueless. It has aged like a yellow-plaid version of the Hope Diamond, kids, stunning and streamlined even now. As we learned with Nine to Five last week, it's time we started awarding the mantle of "best movie ever" to films that actually matter to us. The movies we revisit, with ease. The movies that have nothing to do with bold auteurism or Charles Foster Kane, but important matters like bold humor, funny women, strong outfits, confidence, unpretentious smarts, and best of all, funny women again. Clueless may look and sound like a feature-length Luscious Jackson video set in Holmby Hills,...

Director: Josh Stolberg Writer: Josh Stolberg Starring: David Arquette, Connie Britton, Jennifer Finnigan, Sarah Hyland, Jennifer Jostyn, Jason Mantzoukas, Matt Prokop, Jonathan Silverman, Alan Tudyk "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things but their inward significance." Aristotle once said that and now Paul (David Arquette), an elementary school teacher, recites Aristotle's philosophy on art to his young class; but we sense that Paul is also providing the audience with writer-director Josh Stolberg's (Kids in America) cinematic philosophy as well. Conception is not about what we see on the outside, it is what is going on the inside of the characters (figuratively and literally). We might understand that later -- but, like Paul's class, the time has not come for us to be able to comprehend such things. Paul's class is so perplexed by the Aristotle quote, that it somehow incites in them the...

Photos from Vera Farmiga's directorial debut Higher Ground, a piece of purported alien concept art from J.J. Abrams' Super 8, prop and vehicle photos from Dredd and set photos from Breaking Dawn.

There's also new photos and character posters for Red State, along with posters for The Beaver, Arthur Christmas, Vanishing on 7th Street and The Mechanic.

"Several upcoming films have had their titles changed - "Dark Fields" has become "Limitless", "Kids in America" is now "Take Me Home Tonight", and the R-rated comedy anthology movie at Relativity has scored a working title of "Movie 43"…" (full details)

""District 9" director Neill Blomkamp and star Sharlto Copley are re-teaming for the sci-fi action thriller "Elysium" at Media Rights Capital. The story is set on a distant planet in the future and will deal with social and political themes. A distributor is currently being sought…" (full details)

"Chris Tucker's...

Miley Cyrus turns 18 today, and to celebrate, PopWatch looked back at the EW archives to chart her career — both the highs and the controversies (remember when they were just about the prices scalpers were charging for concert tickets?).

April 2006: EW reviewed the new Disney series Hannah Montana, giving it a C+. “Turns out Saved by the Bell was subtle! Father-daughter team Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus star as a dad and daughter, but stop those achy-breaky hearts midflutter – Hannah Montana is Miley’s show,” Gillian Flynn wrote.

November 2006: EW reviewed the first Hannah Montana album, giving it a...

X Factor contestants One Direction have insisted that they will stay together as a five piece band, even if they don’t win the ITV show.

The group was put together by Simon Cowell at bootcamp, after Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zain Malik and Niall Horan all impressed him as solo singers, but not enough to make judges houses alone.

Speaking in their official video diary about what they will do if they don’t finish first, Harry Styles said:

I think we definitely will stay as a band.

The rest of the boys cheered and shouted “yes” behind him.

The boys also admitted that their performance of ‘Kids In America’ on last Saturday’s show, was their favourite yet. Liam Payne said:

Last week’s performance for us was absolutely amazing. On behalf of all of us I would say that is the most fun we have ever had on the stage.

Niall Horan has admitted that he has a bit of a crush on swing singer Michael Buble.

The 16 year old X Factor finalist is competing as part of boyband One Direction. He met the Canadian Heart-throb last Sunday, when he performed his new single ‘Hollywood’ on the ITV results show.

Niall admitted that he was blown away by Buble and told The News Of The World:

“I have a man crush on Michael Buble, he’s the man! He’s all I have on my iPod.”

He added: “I’d love Justin Timberlake as a mentor. He’s my absolute idol!”

One Direction looked chuffed to be dancing with a troupe of hot cheerleaders on tonight’s show. They sang ‘Kids In America’ and afterwards Louis Walsh raved:

Boys that was a brilliant way to end the show. You remind me a little bit of Westlife, Take That and Boyzone,...

Check out the pictures from tonight’s American Anthem themed X Factor show.

Cher Lloyd took on ‘Empire State of Mind’ by Alicia Keys and Jay Z tonight. Afterwards Simon Cowell said:

Any other week I would call that an incredible performance but after last week I’m a little disappointed. Last week was 100% original this was a little bit copycat. I’m not blaming you but in the standard of the competition this year, to make the final you’ve got to be more original. I think your mentor got a little bit lazy.

Mary Byrne sang ‘There You’ll Be’ from the American war movie ‘Pearl Harbour.’ The performance was below par and afterwards the mum of one admitted:

I don’t know. I haven’t been in the zone at all this week. I’m quite low, and lonely for my daughter. I’m very nervous tonight...

One Direction embraced the American theme on tonight’s X Factor show.

The teen sensations sang the Kim Wilde classic ‘Kids In America,’ and were joined onstage by a team of no less than 28 lively cheerleaders.

Liam Payne started the song, with what was actually quite a strong and steady vocal. We Loved the boys high school sports jackets and cardigans and we can so see these guys becoming the newest High School Musical style phenomenon.

It wasn’t a complicated performance, there weren’t many harmonies and the song wasn’t too taxing but all in all it was enjoyable and One Direction fans will have loved it. The boys will sail through to next week after that!

Judges Comments:

Louis Walsh: Boys that was a brilliant way to end the show. You remind me a little bit of Westlife, Take That and Boyzone, you could be the next big boyband.

Simon Cowell is going all out for tonight’s American Anthem themed X Factor show and has booked a team of cheerleaders to dance with his one remaining act.

In an interview with Scott Mills yesterday, the music mogul confirmed that One Direction will be singing Kids In America by Kim Wilde this evening and in an interview with This Morning, vocal coach Savan Kotecha admitted that they will have a huge stage production for their song. He said:

They are going to have a lot of dancers onstage. They’re very focussed and excited about that. They’re going to have like 28 cheerleading girls.

Savan also admitted that he is expecting Brazilian singer Wagner to do better than usual tonight, because he actually remembers all his lyrics! He added:

He finds it very difficult to remember the words. But surprisingly this week, I don’t know if he took a pill or something,...

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly bulletin today, which included new ratings for The Adjustment Bureau and Monte Carlo along with an amended rating for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Sci-fi romance The Adjustment Bureau was rated PG-13 for "brief strong language, some sexuality and a violent image." Based off a short story by Philip K. Dick, the movie was originally scheduled to open this past July before being bumped to September and then to March 2011. Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Terence Stamp and John Slattery, The Adjustment Bureau opens Mar. 4 opposite Rango and Kids in America. Romantic comedy Monte Carlo earned a PG rating for "brief mild language." The movie stars Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester as a group of girls on vacation in Paris who, thanks to a case of mistaken identities, end up traveling to Monte Carlo.

Going the Distance

Warner Bros. Pictures has pushed back the opening of the Drew Barrymore/Justin Long comedy "Going the Distance" back one week to September 3rd.

The Warrior's Way

The visually splendent modern martial arts western will score a limited release on December 3rd.

Kids in America

Relativity has pushed back the long delayed ensemble teen drama from January to March 4th next year.

The Dark Fields

Neil Burger's smart drug thriller starring Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper has also seen a delay from January and will now open March 18th 2011.

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei-led crime drama based on the Michael Connelly novel has scheduled a March 18th 2011 release.

Bad Teacher

The Jake Kasdan-directed ensemble comedy about high school teacher romantic shenanigans starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel and Molly Shannon is targeting an April 1st 2011 release.

Prom

Disney's...

Universal Pictures has shifted several upcoming release dates for some of its forthcoming films, and sadly enough, one of them is George Nolfi's "The Adjustment Bureau" with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.

"Bureau" was supposed to open Sept. 17, 2010, but we'll have to wait until March 4, 2011 to see it. That's unfortunate, especially because it was one of the films I was really looking forward to this fall.

Anyway, Universal will also release "Skyline" Nov. 12, 2010, and "Kids in America" will open Dec. 3. "The Dark Fields" will open Jan. 21, 2011, with "Sanctum 3D" opening February 4. "Paul" opens March 18.

In another edition of our production notes moniker we have behind the scenes looks at films like Horrible Bosses and Machete while Universal Studios is changing names of films and release dates.

Movieline has released the first image of Colin Farrell in the upcoming film Horrible Bosses, which is currently filming and set for a July 29, 2011 release date. I find that Farrell’s character looks very Les Grossman like which is a good and bad thing because I see him cussing a lot, raising some hell and being a downright asshole.

On the Machete front it seems as if director Robert Rodriguez is once again utilizing the Grindhouse aesthetic to promote the upcoming zany thriller film. Here (via Movieweb), we have old fashion lobby card pics featuring Michelle Rodriguez and Robert De Niro.

Machete is based on the “fake” trailer in Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 Grindhouse, featuring Danny Trejo and Jeff Fahey reprising their original roles.