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An American actress known for her roles in films such as Pineapple Express, Aquaman, and Drive Angry, Amber Heard started acting in the early 2000s and eventually caught her break when she secured a major role in DC’s Aquaman as Mera, making her a notable figure in Hollywood.

But that’s not the only reason she has attracted attention. She has been in hot water for the past few years due to the defamation case between her and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. It all started in 2016 when Amber filed for divorce from Johnny Depp after accusing him of physical abuse and substance abuse. The divorce was settled with Depp paying her $7 million, which she claimed she would donate to charity.

However, it was later revealed that she never donated the full $7 million to charity. The first installment was paid by Depp’s team, and some came from Elon Musk.

The "Hellraiser" movies, which originate from Clive Barker's "The Hellbound Heart" novella, have inflicted legendary suffering on their victims for almost 40 years. In that time, the franchise has traveled everywhere from New York City to medieval France to even outer space. Regardless of the location, however, one thing remains constant: The Hell Priest, aka Pinhead, and the Cenobites have such great sights to show anyone bold (or merely careless) enough to summon them using the Lament Configuration (a puzzle box with hellish powers).

In the original 1987 "Hellraiser" film, Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) sets in motion the chain of events that befall his family at the hands of the Cenobites. However, all we learn about Frank is that he acquired the puzzle box, got punished, escaped from Hell, and rekindled an affair with his brother's wife while she delivered blood sacrifices to restore him. The time between him finding the...

‘Heart Eyes’ continues horror’s successful tradition of terrifying tales and extreme slashers that take advantage of the year’s most romantic holiday.

Holidays can be a wonderful time of unity where friends, family, and loved ones come together, whether they subscribe to the entrenched tropes of these seasonal customs or have created their own. Holiday horror films have become one of the genre’s most cathartic traditions. This subversive brand of horror started to find its footing during the ’70s through movies like Silent Night, Bloody Night, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, and of course — Black Christmas and Halloween.

The tongue-in-cheek nature of Christmas horror movies have helped make these the most popular holiday horror sub-genre. There are close to 100 Christmas horror movies, but this hasn’t stopped other holidays, like Thanksgiving, April Fool’s Day, and even Independence Day, from also leaving their mark on the horror genre.

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Netflix has very much been in the action business lately, with hits like Rebel Ridge and Carry-On cementing the streamer as one to watch when it comes to the popular genre. Now, the platform has gotten its hands on another explosive action flick...though it may not be quite the same critical slam-dunk as Aaron Pierre’s revenge thriller or Taron Egerton’s gripping Christmas adventure. Starring former Disney actor and Big Daddy star Dylan Sprouse, Aftermath finds the actor leading the charge as a war veteran suffering from Ptsd who finds himself being held hostage on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge by a group of ex-military revolutionists. It sounds like they made a classic action movie mistake.

Aftermath is all set to land on Netflix on February 10, 2025 (via What's on Netflix), this B-movie action delight comes courtesy of director Patrick Lussier, who is best known for helming the likes of...

Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows and live sports coming to the Paramount+ streaming service in January. The Paramount Plus January 2025 schedule includes CBS winter premieres, Henry Danger: The Movie, the NFL on CBS, Star Trek: Section 31, and more.

Get ready for an exciting lineup of CBS winter premieres this January. Paramount+ subscribers can stream the new series Hollywood Squares and Watson, plus the return of The Price Is Right at Night, Raid the Cage and NCIS: Sydney.

Star Trek: Section 31

The new year brings new adventures on Paramount+, including the premiere of the action-packed original movie Star Trek: Section 31, starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, and Henry Danger: The Movie, based on the hit Nickelodeon live-action series.

Football fans can also catch all the action on the field with the NFL on CBS‘s coverage of the NFL Playoffs, including Super Wild Card and AFC Divisional Round matchups,...

Plex is gearing up for an exciting lineup of films and series in November 2024. Viewers can look forward to a variety of new additions, including Blue Ridge, But I’m A Cheerleader, Call Jane, and Empire State. Cult classics like The Grudge, Hard Candy, House of 1000 Corpses, and The Midnight Meat Train are also hitting the platform, alongside more recent hits like Wind River and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? For fans of horror, thrillers, and emotional dramas, there’s no shortage of options. However, Plex is also bidding farewell to a number of films and shows in November. Among those leaving are 24 Hours to Live, Drive Angry, The Devil’s Rejects, Snowpiercer, and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. If you’ve been meaning to watch these titles, now is the time to catch them before they disappear. For those looking to binge their favorites, many notable titles are still available for streaming.

There’s the Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood’s most-liked unproduced screenplays that has been going on for nearly twenty years. For the last fifteen years, we’ve had the Blood List, a survey of unproduced thriller and horror scripts voted upon by industry professionals. In 2022, a website called the Stunt List was launched, “created as an artistic home to encourage writers to showcase their unique and original voices.” And last year, the Stunt List shared their first Dead List, a collection of “market-ready original horror screenplays.” The Dead List is back this year with 50 market-ready horror scripts, and you can check it out Here… and to spice things up, this year’s Dead List also features three “guest scripts.” The first of these guest scripts is The Overlook Hotel, a feature-length prequel to Stephen King’s The Shining that was written by former The Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara.

While the strike last year from the Writers Guild of America brought Hollywood to a standstill, there is one production company that is remaining to be a complication with the union. That company is Avi Lerner’s Millennium Films. Lerner is an alum of the notorious Cannon Films studio, which famously went bankrupt under mismanagement. Millennium continued the tradition of genre films with lower budgeted action fares like the Expendables franchise, Olympus Has Fallen, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard and Drive Angry.

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Writers Guild has recently sent out a warning members not to work with Millennium Pictures since the studio is not a signatory to its 2023 union agreement contract, whose term is three years. The top executive officers of the union stated in a Wednesday message to members,

We are writing to alert you that WGA members are prohibited under Working Rule 8 from performing writing services for,...

The Writers Guild of America West has ordered its members to cease working with The Expendables producer Millennium Pictures, citing that the company is not a signatory to its current union agreement.

“We are writing to alert you that WGA members are prohibited under Working Rule 8 from performing writing services for, or optioning or selling literary material to, Millennium Pictures, Inc. (Millennium), or any affiliate thereof,” the union’s top executive officers stated in a Wednesday message to members. According to the union, the company is not a signatory to its 2023 contract, whose term is three years.

Moreover, the union leaders alleged, “The Guild has had to bring a significant number of claims against Millennium over the years for the company’s failure to pay writers initial compensation and residuals, as well as failure to pay writers within the timeframe established in the Mba.” As a result, “The Guild has...

This episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? is covering Terminator Genisys. Written by Mike Holtz, Narrated by Tyler Nichols, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

It’s very apropos that a franchise about timelines and time travel would continuously go back and try to erase their mistakes to begin anew. This is exactly what the Terminator franchise has done repeatedly in an attempt to find a worthy successor to what many consider the greatest action film of all time, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Today’s film is more of a hodge podge of different ideas coming together to remake, reimagine, and give honor to, while getting rid of….you know what? It’s a mess. Here is Wtf Happened to Terminator Genisys.

For starters, who in the hell spells Genesis with a Y? Are you actively trying...

If you were waiting for The Crow film series reboot, then the wait is finally over. Directed by Rupert Sanders from a screenplay co-written by Zach Baylin and William Schneider, The Crow is based on a superhero comic book series created by James O’Barr, the gothic superhero film follows the story of Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster, and both are brutally murdered. Draven returns from the dead to seek revenge. The Crow stars Bill Skarsgård and FKA twigs in the lead roles with Danny Huston, Isabella Wei, Laura Birn, Jordan Bolger, Dukagjin Podrimaj, and Sami Bouajila starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the brutal action, intense characters, and gothic vibes of The Crow, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

The Crow Credit – Dimension Films

The Crow is a gothic action horror superhero film directed by Alex Proyas from a screenplay co-written by David J. Schow and John Shirley.

Patrick Lussier's 2011 film "Drive Angry" might belong to a genre hereby designated "neo-grindhouse." There was a wave of films in the late 2000s and early 2010s that sought to evoke the style or the content of a very specific type of exploitation movie that was popular in the 1970s. In addition to the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez 2007 twofer "Grindhouse" and its spinoffs, films like "Redline," "The Man with the Iron Fists," "Turbo Kid," "Kung Fury," "Hatchet," "Torque," "Deathgasm," "House of the Devil," and "The Love Witch" popped up on the regular. 

"Drive Angry" gleefully embraced its goofy, action/horror premise with aplomb. A dead race car driver named (sigh) John Milton (Nicolas Cage) escapes the clutches of Hell having stolen Satan's persona gun, a device called the Godkiller. On his tail is Satan's Accountant (William Fichtner), assigned with nabbing John and dragging him back to Hell. John,...

Amber Heard is known for portraying the iconic Mera role in the DC Extended Universe. While she got infamous attention due to her personal issues in a few years, her journey to stardom included several notable roles, one particular included her work with Nicolas Cage.

Amber Heard in Drive Angry | Summit Entertainment

The project in context is Drive Angry, a 2011 action project. One of the interesting facts about this movie involved Heard securing this role over an actress from the blockbuster Avengers: Endgame movie. The actress is none other than Brie Larson, who portrays the role of Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel in the MCU.

Amber Heard Secured the Drive Angry Role Over Avengers: Endgame Actress Brie Larson

Released in 2011, Drive Angry features acclaimed actor Nicolas Cage as Milton, a vengeful father who escapes from Hell to save his granddaughter from a cult. As for his co-star, Amber Heard, she plays Piper,...

What is it with Nicolas Cage and evil cults? From the trashy thrills of his Wicker Man remake to the stylized hyper-violence of Mandy, the veteran actor has taken out countless crazed believers throughout the course of his long and varied career, and I don’t think he’s about to stop anytime soon. That being said, there’s only one Nick Cage flick where he gets into a shoot-out with homicidal Satanists while continuing to have sex with a waitress – and that would 2011’s underrated neo-grindhouse thriller, Drive Angry – a near-perfect example of Horror Adjacent cinema.

Hot off the success of 2009’s surprisingly profitable My Bloody Valentine 3D (which I’d argue is one of the best horror remakes of the 2000s), director Patrick Lussier wanted to keep experimenting with new 3D technology in a more action-packed cinematic playground. Inspired by the sleazy exploitation flicks of the 70s (as...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in July. The Peacock July 2024 schedule includes Back to Black, The Dirty D Season 3, The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge, Love Island USA Season 6, the Paris 2024 Olympics, Those About to Die, and WWE Money in the Bank.

This month’s slade includes the streaming debut of Back to Black, starring Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse, the professional wrestling event WWE Money in the Bank, and Those About to Die, an epic drama from Roland Emmerich and starring Anthony Hopkins that explores the gladiatorial competitions of ancient Rome.

Are you craving even more action? You can tune into The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge, the natural world’s first reality competition series narrated by Rhys Darby (Our Flag Means Death). The three-episode series follows Alaska’s Katmai...

Blumhouse is reportedly rebooting My Bloody Valentine, following their trend of previous horror franchise revivals with Halloween and The Exorcist. No director, writer, or story details have been revealed yet for the reported reboot, which comes 15 years after the last remake. With the studio's recent reboot efforts proving underwhelming, a back-to-basics approach for My Bloody Valentine could correct this course.

Having already brought back Halloween and The Exorcist for modern audiences, Blumhouse may have found their next horror reboot in the form of My Bloody Valentine. The original 1981 Canadian slasher cult classic revolved around a small town being terrorized by a miner for revenge for the deaths of other miners around the February holiday. The movie would later get a 3D remake in 2009 from Drive Angry duo Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer, which garnered farely better reviews than the original and was a box office hit, grossing over $100 million against its $14 million production budget.

The Frozen Ground starring Nicolas Cage recently made it to Netflix's Global Top 10 with 3.4 million views. The film only received a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, struggling at the box office with a budget of $27.2 million. Despite a lukewarm reception, The Frozen Ground's resurgence on Netflix may be linked to increasing interest in Nicolas Cage.

The Frozen Ground has been given a new chance on Netflix as it reaches the Global Top 10. The Frozen Ground is a 2013 Nicolas Cage thriller wherein the actor plays an Alaska State Trooper who teams up with a young woman who escaped a serial killer in order to capture the murderer. In addition to Cage, the movie features a leading cast including Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack, Dean Norris, Gia Mantegna, Robert Forgit, Brad William Henke, Michael McGrady, Katherine Lanasa, and Ryan ONan.

Now, The Frozen Ground managed to make it onto the Netflix Global...

As far as investigators go, Jim Rockford (James Garner) is a bit of a departure from the mostly-polished (Columbo excepted) detectives of television's first decade. A slouchily dressed detective who lived in a trailer and served time in San Quentin, Rockford was cool — if not always collected. "The Rockford Files" ran for six seasons on NBC beginning in 1974 and was later resurrected for a series of '90s TV movies. In that time, audiences were introduced not only to Rockford, but to a cast of supporting characters including his truck driver dad Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), LAPD pal Becker (Joe Santos), and the con artist Angel (Stuart Margolin).

Garner passed away in 2014, and only a few "Rockford Files" castmates are still with us today. Those who are still around include notable recurring guest stars like famously mustachioed "Blue Bloods" star Tom Selleck, Egot-winning multi-hyphenate Rita Moreno, and "Happy Gilmore" director...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of May titles. The May 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals as well as numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, Tubi engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library, which includes over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.

You can watch the Tubi May 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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In terms of new original content coming to Hulu, March is a slight month, with the streamer’s highlight being the limited series premiere of We Were the Lucky Ones at the end of the month. The show, which is based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, is inspired by the true story of a Jewish family who are separated at the start of WWII, and who then have to survive in order to eventually reunite. We Were the Lucky Ones stars Joey King from The Kissing Booth films alongside Percy Jackson‘s Logan Lerman, and debuts on March 28.

Here’s everything coming to Hulu (and leaving) in March…

Hulu New Releases – March 2024

March 1

Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Dubbed) Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 2 Dark Side of the 2000s: Complete Season 1 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | 2007 Ali | 2001 Bad Teacher | 2011 Batman Begins | 2005 Beasts of the Southern Wild...

This March, Hulu will ring in spring with dozens of great titles, from Hulu Originals to programs from brands including National Geographic, Fox, FX, ABC, Crunchyroll, and others.

Just announced, Yorgos Lanthimos’ awards darling “Poor Things” will make its streaming premiere on the platform this month after a 90-day theatrical window and three days before this year’s Academy Awards where the absurdist comedy is nominated for 11 statuettes, including Best Picture. Other film favorites getting added to the library in March include “Scarface,” “The Wrestler,” and “My Cousin Vinny.”

The streamer will also host the season premieres of many of ABC’s most popular competition series, including “MasterChef Junior,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” and “The Masked Singer,” plus the landmark 20th season premiere of “Grey's Anatomy.”

Get your watch list together: find out The Streamable’s top picks for March 2024 at Hulu and continue below to see everything...

JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and...

JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and...

The Dracula 2000 episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Adam Walton, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Horror in the year 2000 was something. Yeah, that’s it, it was something. A lot of it happened, some of it was great, some of it was good, and some of it, not so much. Actually, if the internet crowd is to be believed, the early 2000s, especially the year 2000 were abysmal for horror. We did get a few memorable films released in 2000 like the first Final Destination film, Cherry Falls, Ginger Snaps, The Cell, and American Psycho. However, the scales had some serious bad on the other side to balance it all out. Films like Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Hellraiser: Inferno, Christina’s House, and Dracula 2000 (watch it Here) came and...

Check Out All Our Episodes Of ’80s Horror Memories Here!

JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. With the eleventh episode, we’ve reached 1982 – and we’re kicking off our look back at this year by covering Conan the Barbarian (watch it Here)! You can hear all about in the video embedded above.

New episodes of 80s Horror Memories will be released through the YouTube...

Director Robert Rodriguez‘s action thriller Hypnotic, which stars Ben Affleck (Air), has taken a bumpy road on its way out into the world. It was delayed by the pandemic, shut down on three separate occasions, mixed up in an insurance lawsuit, and its main financier and distributor crumbled while it was filming. The movie spent two years in post-production, without a domestic distributor in place. It finally reached theatres earlier this month, courtesy of Ketchup Entertainment – and now it has received a digital release on all major platforms! For example, Hypnotic can be viewed on Amazon at This Link.

Scripted by Rodriguez (Machete) and Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island), Hypnotic sees Affleck taking on the role of a detective who finds himself spiralling down a rabbit hole while investigating a series of reality-bending crimes mysteriously connected to his missing daughter. Aided by a gifted psychic, he is pursued by...

Nicolas Cage is carrying the unbearable weight of an in utero memory.

The Oscar winner and “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” star shared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that his earliest memory is as an unborn child and seeing “faces in the dark” of his mother’s womb.

“Listen, I know this sounds really far out and I don’t know if it’s real or not,” Cage said during the “Colbert Questionert” rapid-fire Q&a, “but sometimes I think I can go all the way back to in-utero and feeling like I could see faces in the dark or something.”

He continued, “I know that sounds powerfully abstract, but that somehow seems like maybe it happened. Now that I am no longer in utero, I would have to imagine it was perhaps vocal vibrations resonating through to me at that stage. That’s going way back. I don’t know.

Nicolas Cage is standing by even his “crummy” movies that helped combat his staggering debts.

The Oscar-winner revealed on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that he was $6 million in debt after the real estate market crashed.

“I was over-invested in real estate. The real estate market crashed, and I couldn’t get out in time,” Cage said. “I paid them all back, but it was about $6 million. I never filed for bankruptcy.”

Cage continued, “It was dark, sure,” but he admitted that continuously working took his mind off things.

“Work was always my guardian angel,” the “Renfield” star said. “It may not have been blue chip, but it was still work. Even if the movie ultimately is crummy, they know I’m not phoning it in, that I care every time.”

Cage previously reflected on his multiple direct-to-video movies during that era, telling GQ in 2022, “When I was doing four movies a year,...

Director Robert Rodriguez‘s action thriller Hypnotic, which stars Ben Affleck (Air), has taken a bumpy road on its way out into the world. It was delayed by the pandemic, shut down on three separate occasions, mixed up in an insurance lawsuit, and its main financier and distributor crumbled while it was filming. The movie spent two years in post-production, without a domestic distributor in place. But now it’s set to reach theatres on May 12th, courtesy of Ketchup Entertainment, and the folks at Screen Rant have gotten the exclusive first look at the final poster for the film. You can check it out at the bottom of this article. They also have a teaser poster you can see at This Link.

Scripted by Rodriguez (Machete) and Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island), Hypnotic sees Affleck taking on the role of a detective who finds himself spiralling down a rabbit...

Amber Heard is an American actress, model and activist. She is well-known for her roles in films such as The Rum Diary, Magic Mike Xxl, Aquaman and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. She has also appeared in television series such as Drive Angry and All My Children.

Her rise to fame began in 2008 when she appeared in Pineapple Express alongside Seth Rogen. She has since gone on to become one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood – and beyond.

Amber Heard is an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights, which has made her an inspirational role model for many people around the world. She’s also a stylish icon – regularly appearing on fashion runways and magazine covers.

In this blog post we are going to take a closer look at all you need to know about Amber Heard: her career, her activism and her style.

Introduction to Amber Heard’s Career...

The jokes will extend well past April 1st on HBO and HBO Max.

“Barry” returns for its fourth and final season. After the shocking Season 3 finale which saw Barry (Billy Hader) getting arrested and Cousineau (Henry Winkler) being hailed as a hero, there will be plenty of consequences for both. The dark comedy premieres on April 16 with two episodes.

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” will also bring plenty of laughs when it returns for its fourth season. The sketch comedy series premieres April 14.

On the drama side, the limited series “Love and Death” premieres on April 27. It’s based on the true story of Candy (Elizabeth Olsen) and Pat Montgomery (Patrick Fugit) and Betty (Lily Rabe) and Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons) – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small-town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.

For comic fans, the midseason premiere of the final season...

With its list of new releases for April 2023, HBO Max is premiering the final episodes of two major shows.

First up is the continuation of Titans season 4 on April 13. Returning after a four month hiatus, these next six episodes will be the last go around for HBO Max’s gritty live-action DC series. Arriving three days later on HBO proper is the fourth and final season of Barry. Bill Hader and the rest of the Barry team wrote themselves into a fascinating corner with the conclusion of season 3. And judging by the first teasers for season 4, this final batch of episodes will indeed catch up with our favorite actor/hitman in prison.

Other TV shows of note this month include the Pete Davidson-starring animated series Fired on Mars on April 20 (light ’em up) the the Elizabeth Olsen-starring true crime story Love & Death on April 27.

HBO Max’s...

Bill Hader stars in ‘Barry’ season 4 (Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO)

Bill Hader returns for one final season of Barry and the popular sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show kicks off its fourth season on HBO Max in April 2023. Additional highlights of the streaming service’s April lineup include the debut of Love & Death, a limited series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Patrick Fugit; season two of Somebody Somewhere with Bridget Everett; and the return of 100 Foot Wave for a second season.

In addition, the Titans mid-season premiere arrives on April 13. HBO Max offers this description of the fourth and final season’s remaining episodes: “The Titans – with the exception of Gar – are returned to the Temple of Trigon and rush to find Sebastian and Mother Mayhem before Sebastian summons Trigon. Along the way, they come across a prophecy that may require Kory to make a huge sacrifice to save the world.

In the final season of HBO Max’s “Barry,” premiering on April 16, Barry’s arrest for the murder of Cousineau’s girlfriend leads to a shocking conclusion. Barry (Bill Hader), a hitman who stumbles into acting, explores the dark, often comedic underbelly of both LA gangsters and Hollywood. Henry Winkler stars as Cousineau, Barry’s acting teacher and the man forced to confront the reality of his former student.

Watch the “Barry” season 4 trailer:

Another crime story will come to HBO Max in April, although this one is based on a true story. “Love & Death” revolves around the murder of Betty Gore (played by Lily Rabe) in a small Texas town in 1980. Her husband Alan (Jesse Plemons) has an affair with Candy (Elizabeth Olsen), who attends their church. Suddenly, the thrills turn deadly. Candy picks up an ax, whacks her rival over 40 times, and then claims self-defense. The new...

The new titles coming to HBO Max in April 2023 include streaming debuts of 2022 movies and highly anticipated premieres of the final chapters of beloved TV shows. March 2023 was a big month for HBO Max, as it featured The Last Of Us’ season 1 finale, Succession’s season 4 premiere, and Perry Mason’s season 2 debut. The streaming service also added the Oscar-winning documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed to its library, with more 2023 Oscar nominees like Elvis and The Banshees of Inisherin still available to watch on HBO Max in April.

Joining HBO Max’s catalog in April 2023 is the long-awaited premiere of the Elizabeth Olsen-starring limited series Love & Death on April 27. Before then, the mid-season premiere of the fourth and final season of HBO Max's Titans hits the streaming service on April 13. HBO Max’s April 2023 additions also include the TV show premieres of A Black Lady Sketch Show...

Dylan Sprouse, of “After We Collided” and “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” will team with Mason Gooding from “Scream VI” and “Booksmart” for a new action film from Patrick Lussier. The director of “Drive Angry” and “My Bloody Valentine 3-D” will helm “Aftermath,” which Voltage Pictures will handle on the global sales market beginning at the upcoming European Film Market.

“With Patrick’s (Lussier) expert direction, Dylan, Mason, Dichen [Lachman], and Megan [Scott] deliver knock-out performances in ‘Aftermath.’ I’m sure our content partners and audiences the world over will respond incredibly well to this high voltage, fresh, This generation Action film,” said Voltage President and COO Jonathan Deckter.

The picture concerns an Army Ranger (Sprouse) trapped with hundreds of other commuters and a high-profile prisoner (Dichen Lachman) after ex-military contractors shut down Boston’s Tobin Bridge. Gooding will play the bad guy in what is essentially “’Die Hard’ in a traffic jam,...

Another new project is on the way from Patrick Lussier, with Deadline reporting that Lussier will next be directing an action-thriller titled Aftermath.

Mason Gooding (Scream VI) and Dylan Sprouse (After We Collided) will star.

In the film, “On what should have been a peaceful afternoon drive, former Army Ranger Eric Daniels (Sprouse) finds himself trapped with hundreds of other commuters and a high-profile prisoner (Dichen Lachman) after a group of heavily armed ex-military contractors shut down Boston’s Tobin Bridge.

“As their leader (Gooding) starts killing hostages, Sprouse must rely on his military training, killer instincts, and some unexpected help to get his little sister – and everyone else – home safely.”

The cast also includes Megan Scott, Kevin Chapman and Will Lyman.

Nathan Graham Davis wrote the script.

“With Patrick’s expert direction, Dylan, Mason, Dichen, and Megan deliver knock out performances in Aftermath. I’m sure our content partners...

We still don’t know when Play Dead, the morgue-set thriller from Patrick Lussier, director of My Bloody Valentine 3D (watch it Here) and Drive Angry (watch that one Here), is going to be released in the US… but we do know when it’s going to be released in the UK. Screen Daily reports that Icon Film Distribution has acquired the UK distribution rights to the film and will be making it available to watch exclusively on the Icon Film Channel as of February 13th. A theatrical release will follow on March 17th. Voltage Pictures has also unveiled a trailer for Play Dead, and you can check that out in the embed above.

Play Dead stars Bailee Madison (The Strangers: Prey at Night), Jerry O’Connell (Piranha 3D), Anthony Turpel, Chris Butler (Designated Survivor), Chris Lee (Legacies), and Jorge-Luis Pallo (Cry Macho).

Written by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes, the...

Patrick Lussier, editor of Scream 1-3, New Nightmare, & Halloween H20, and director of My Bloody Valentine 3D, Drive Angry 3D, is back with new horror movie Play Dead.

Bailee Madison (The Strangers: Prey at Night) stars alongside Jerry O’Connell (Piranha 3D), and we’ve learned via Screen Daily that the film will first debut on the UK’s Icon Film Channel on February 13, followed by a UK theatrical release on March 17.

While we wait for a release date here in the United States, the trailer has already made its way onto YouTube. You can check it out below while we dig for more information. Stay tuned!

Play Dead centers on “criminology student Chloe (Madison), who fakes her own death to break into a local morgue to steal a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime. Once inside she discovers the coroner is using the business as...

We’re patiently waiting to hear of a release date for Play Dead, the morgue-set thriller from Patrick Lussier, director of My Bloody Valentine 3D (watch it Here) and Drive Angry (watch that one Here). And while we continue to wait to hear when we’re going to have the chance to see the movie, star Bailee Madison (The Strangers: Prey at Night) has taken the chance to build the hype for the film, describing it as “really horrifying”.

Speaking with Collider, Madison said Play Dead is “very different” and “so messed up. It’s basically just Jerry O’Connell and I the whole movie, and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever done. It’s really… it’s really horrifying. Play Dead takes place in a morgue… it’s really all I can say. It’s really… yeah, my sister can’t watch it. I showed it to her a couple of weeks ago,...

Amber Laura Heard is an American actress who first started her acting career in the 2006 horror film “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”. She has since starred in films such as The Ward (John carpenter’s the ward)and Drive Angry.

In addition to her work in films, Heard has also had supporting roles in TV series and films such as Pineapple Express and Machete Kills.

She has also had roles in films that support the main character including Pineapple Express (2008), Never Back Down (2008), The Joneses (2009), Machete Kills (2013), Magic Mike Xxl (2015), and The Danish Girl (2015)

Actress Amber Heard got mainstream recognition for her well-known role as Princess Mera in the DC extended universe’s Aquaman. She will reprise this role in an upcoming sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, with a planned release date of March 2023.

In this blog post, we will take a look at the complete Amber Heard...

The timeline of the "Halloween" movies is as clear as mud. At last count, David Gordon Green's 2022 film "Halloween Ends" will be the fourth film in its particular continuity, stemming from the 1978 original, but then skipping straight to the 2018 film. The "Halloween" series also did this in 1998 with the release of "Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later," which stemmed from the 1981 film "Halloween II". "Halloween III," incidentally, took place outside of the Michael Myers timeline, and "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" ignored "Halloween III." Apart from John Carpenter's 1978 film, it seems, pretty much all the other "Halloween" sequels have been discarded at some point. 

Also existing in its own pocket dimension is a pair of "Halloween" movies written and directed by Rob Zombie. In Zombie's rendition of the Michael Myers story, Michael (Tyler Mane) grew up in an abusive household, and a very particular set of...

Disney+ will be releasing an upcoming series based on the 2007 Nicolas Cage film, National Treasure and its sequel. This was much to the chagrin of movie franchise fans who pined for a trilogy. Worry no more, Cage fans! A script for National Treasure 3 has been written and is simply waiting for Cage’s approval.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who is involved with both the movies and Disney+ series, recently spoke about the franchise’s future in an interview while promoting the summer blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick with Comicbook.com. Bruckheimer has confirmed that a script for a third National Treasure film is complete. As they refine a final draft, he eagerly awaits Cage’s reaction as the producer thinks they have a winner on their hands.

In the interview, Bruckheimer is quoted, “Let’s hope, we’re working on the script right now. Hopefully, [Cage] likes it, but it’s really good.

Patrick Lussier, editor of Scream 1-3, New Nightmare, & Halloween H20, and director of My Bloody Valentine 3D, Drive Angry 3D, and the more recent Trick, is back with Play Dead. Screen Daily reports this afternoon that Bailee Madison (The Strangers: Prey at Night) will star in the upcoming horror movie, which Voltage Pictures is launching at Cannes. Play […]

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Patrick Lussier, whose credits include Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine and Dracula 2000, directs.

Voltage Pictures will commence sales in Cannes on the morgue-set thriller Play Dead co-written by genre aces Adam Mason and Simon Boyes and starring Bailee Madison, the fast-rising talent whose credits include Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and The Strangers: Prey At Night.

Patrick Lussier, whose credits include Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine and Dracula 2000, directs from the screenplay by Mason and Boye, the writers behind Blood River, Song Bird and Hangman.

Play Dead is currently in post-production and centres on criminology student Chloe (Madison), who...

Tom Holland is having quite a moment on the VOD charts right now. “Uncharted” (19.99) leads at Vudu and iTunes, while the actor’s other blockbuster, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is #1 at Google Play. Sony’s dominance of this week’s PVOD charts, with newly released “Uncharted” and long running “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (5.99) splitting the #1 spots on the three charts we follow, reinforces two narratives.

First, not having an in-house streaming service need not deprive a studio from reaping strong at-home revenues. Second, and critical for theaters as they recover, is that a long window is no hindrance to reaping the benefits of initial high return PVOD prices.

Contrast that with “The Batman” (Warner Bros./24.99). After two full weeks out on PVOD and on HBO Max (free there for subscribers), along with an HBO cable showing, the biggest 2022 grossing film fell to #3 at Vudu, and #6 at both iTunes and Google Play.

When The Irishman innovated de-aging effects in 2019, few could have foreseen its use to resurrect the batshit, snake skinned Nicolas Cage of 1990’s Wild at Heart. Fewer still would have expected this iteration of Nicolas Cage to appear on screen next to… Nicolas Cage.Seeing the Nick Cage of 2022 argue, fight and even make out with his 26-year-old self are the most outrageous meta moments of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Tom Gormican’s smartly realised buddy film.

Now, Cage has long been one of Hollywood’s leading idiosyncrasies, building a lengthy filmography that ranges from the bargain bin to the Academy Awards. Yet this filmwould not have worked 10 years ago, even though it draws on his ‘90s blockbusters such as The Rock and Face/Off.

This is because the previous decade or so saw a new kind of appreciation for Nicolas Cage. Around 2010/11, the actor began to indulge his...

Hollywood star has denied ever hitting Heard or any woman.

In the second week of the defamation trial between Hollywood stars and former married couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attorneys for Heard produced old text messages from Depp about her that used violent language.

Attorney Ben Rottenborn called the attention of the seven-person jury in Fairfax County, Virginia, to messages Depp sent to friend and WandaVision star Paul Bettany in which Depp wrote about drowning and burning Heard and having sex with her corpse.

The texts, sent in 2013 and 2014, were first made public during Depp’s unsuccessful UK libel...

Hollywood star has denied ever hitting Heard or any woman.

In the second week of the defamation trial between Hollywood stars and former married couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attorneys for Heard produced text messages from Depp in which he talked to friends about killing her.

Attorney Ben Rottenborn called the attention of the seven-person jury in Fairfax County, Virginia, to messages Depp sent to friend and WandaVision star Paul Bettany in which Depp wrote about drowning and burning Heard and having sex with her corpse.

The texts, sent in 2013 and 2014, were first made public during Depp’s unsuccessful...

Hollywood star testifies about abusive mother, early days with Amber Heard, and how Pirates Of The Caribbean changed his life.

Johnny Depp has taken to the stand on Tuesday (April 19) in the double defamation trial involving former wife Amber Heard and denied ever hitting her or “anyone in my life”.

The household name, whose roles have included the Pirates Of The Caribbean and Fantastic Beasts franchises, Edward Scissorhands and Donnie Brasco among others said Heard’s accusations of domestic abuse were “heinous and disturbing” and he had chosen the right path in pursuing legal action.

Under questioning by his attorneys...