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This post contains spoilers for season 1, episode 16 of "Miami Vice."

In 1991's "Barton Fink," the titular playwright (John Turturro) undergoes hellish horrors while experiencing the worst writer's block known to man. Stuck in a hotel room that is anything but a comforting nook for an artist, Barton finds little solace in those around him, and things get progressively worse when someone ends up getting murdered. The film defies genre categorization, playing out like a riveting, unconventional symphony with Barton's escalating anxieties at dead center. Turturro's character is the very picture of complexity, evoking both sympathy and disdain; it's no surprise that this multifaceted performance led to Turturro winning Best Actor at the 44th Cannes Film Festival.

That's just a sliver of Turturro's long and illustrious career, which had bloomed long, long before the actor played the measured, compassionate Irving B. in Apple TV+'s hit show "Severance." His breakthrough film,...

We’ve all been there, haven’t we?

You know how it is: you’re on your way out of the house, maybe you’re getting dressed, and then, suddenly, a show you’ve seen a dozen times before catches your eye.

Next thing you know, eight hours have passed, you’re still half-dressed, and somehow, you’ve gotten sucked into a marathon of a familiar series, and there’s no slowing down.

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It’s something about these series that have such a strong rewatchability quality to them that you can lose time when they suck you into an unexpected binge.

We’ve compiled a list of some series most guilty of perpetuating this phenomenon in no particular order.

Check it out below!

Law & Order: Svu (Virginia Sherwood/NBC)

Shout out to USA Network for keeping this iconic series on heavy rotation with so many marathons.

Rachel, Sam, Sue and Teeny. Four castaways are left at the top of Survivor’s Season 47 finale. But who won the grand prize and the highly coveted bragging rights? Let’s get into it!

The episode jumps right into the very last immunity challenge, which looks like a doozy. Being the final challenge, the stakes couldn’t be higher. As we all know, the winner here will handpick who will join him or her in the Final 3, and which two players will face off in the often griped about fire-making challenge. (It’s me. I gripe.) There’s a muddy net crawl,...

Nearly 35 years have passed since writer/director Richard Stanley sent his sci-fi horror cult classic Hardware out into the world. Now, the folks at the Australian company Umbrella Entertainment have revealed that they’re getting an early start on celebrating the film’s anniversary by giving it a 4K collector’s edition release – and this release includes a copy of the script for the unmade sequel! Copies of the 4K collector’s edition set can be purchased at This Link.

Starring Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis, with a cameo by Lemmy and a vocal performance by Iggy Pop, Hardware has the following synopsis: In the barren, radioactive wastelands of the future lies the discarded remains of a Mark 13 cyborg, an advanced military killing machine. When purchased as scrap by Space Trooper Mo as a gift for his sculptress girlfriend, the dismembered remains begin to reconstruct themselves. The fully restored...

Warning: the following story contains mentions of sexual assault.

Stephen King knows horror. For 50 years now, King has been terrifying readers with his best-selling tales of terror — books that have stood the test of time to become classics of the genre. So, whenever King weighs in on a horror title that he didn't write, people take notice. A recommendation from Stephen King is a recommendation from a master, and while some of King's tastes may be questionable (remember when he praised "The Flash" on Twitter before the movie was released? That was weird!), they're still worth some attention.

In 1981, King published "Danse Macabre," a non-fiction book in which he examined the horror genre in all its various forms. In 2010, the book was re-published with a new essay from King. In that essay, he not only wrote more about the horror genre, but he also ran through a list of recent horror movies that he recommends.

A certain type of cinephile weeb (hello) holds maybe no post-New Wave Japanese director more highly than Shinji Somai, but it’s the nature of such fandom that his brilliance––expertly plotted, emotionally precise films shot in some of the most incredible long takes (Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion should be the benchmark)––has never quite escaped westward. Having seen all of Somai’s films on, with few exceptions, ruddy DVD rips, it’s amazing to watch the trailer for “Rites of Passage,” an inaugural North American retrospective starting April 28 at New York’s Japan Society––it simply never seemed they’d be in this state.

Obviously this is uncharted waters for even the more adventurous reader, so: Criterion Daily does a nice job summarizing Somai’s importance for Japanese filmmakers, noting the affection he’s received from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the latter of whom has...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the second season of “Saved by the Bell,” streaming now on Peacock.

In conceptualizing her continuation series of “Saved by the Bell,” Tracey Wigfield knew there were certain things fans of the original series would be waiting to see. On the top of that list was the romantic reunion of Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley Lauren) and A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez). After realizing they still had feelings for each other, they finally kissed again, 30 years in the making, in the second season finale.

“What are we doing here if Slater and Jessie aren’t going to hook up?” the showrunner says with a laugh. “When I watched the ‘90210’ reboot, I had very little personal connection to that show, but I was like, ‘When are the people who kissed 30 years ago going to kiss again?’ There’s just a part...

For this year’s annual Women Shaping the Future issue, we asked 12 of today’s top musical acts to talk about the women who have inspired them most in their lives and careers. Here, Brandi Carlile talks about what the Indigo Girls meant to her as a young fan, how they helped her early in her career, and how they’ve become close friends.

The Indigo Girls were so deeply influential in my life — not just musically, but also as an activist and as an out queer person. The representation...

Travis Van Winkle, who played “Lt. Danny Green” on all five seasons of TNT’s The Last Ship, has signed with Apa.

Van Winkle also recently wrapped his series regular role of “Det. Ryan Stock” on the CBS drama, Instinct. His other television roles include recurring on Hart of Dixie for the CW, recurring on Happy Endings for ABC, as well as guest starring roles on Scorpion, 2 Broke Girls, CSI: Miami, 90210, Two and a Half Men, Veronica Mars, The Oc, Malcolm in the Middle, and 7th Heaven.

His feature film credits include lead roles in the indie thriller Rites of Passage, opposite Wes Bentley and Stephen Dorff; Michael Bay’s Friday the 13th and the Fox/Regency comedy Meet The Spartans. He also has film credits in MGM’s Asylum, Paramount’s Transformers, and Universal’s Accepted.

Van Winkle is repped by Velocity Entertainment Partners and Jackoway Austen...

The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony at London’s Festival Hall on Sunday, May 12. The Craft Awards winners will be announced on Sunday, April 28. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)

Best Drama Series

Bodyguard (BBC One)

Killing Eve (BBC Three)

Save Me (Sky Atlantic)

Informer (BBC One)

Best Mini Series

A Very English Scandal (BBC One)

Kiri (Channel 4)

Mrs Wilson (BBC One)

Patrick Melrose (Showtime/Sky Atlantic)

Best Single Drama

Bandersnatch – Black Mirror (Netflix)

Care (BBC One)

Killed By My Debt (BBC Three)

Through the Gates – On the Edge (Channel 4)

See 2019 BAFTA TV Awards nominations: ‘Killing Eve’ slays with 14 bids, ‘A Very English Scandal’ has 12, ‘Bodyguard’ kept to just 5

Best Drama Actor

Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal (BBC One)

Chance Perdomo – Killed By My Debt (BBC Three)

Lucian Msamati – Kiri...

Country Music Television is aiming to get the blues. Deadline reports Cmt and Paramount Television are developing a Varsity Blues TV show, based on the 1999 film of the same name. The feature starred Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek as second string Quarterback, Jonathan Moxon or "Mox."Cmt has ordered a script from original film scribe, W. Peter Iliff. The writer's other work includes Rites of Passage, Under Suspicion, Patriot Games, and Point Break. The movie cast also included Jon Voight, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback, Tiffany C. Love, Amy Smart, and Thomas F. Duffy, as well as the late Paul Walker and Ron Lester.Read More…...

Spring Break. The two words together connote those heady days when academia stops for a week and unbridled hedonism reigns. Spring Break means fun, sun and sex. But in Los Ranchos, CA it also means…abject terror! From Anchor Bay Entertainment comes the March 25th DVD release of Machine Head.

With a hot young cast including Sharon Hinnendael (Embrace of the Vampire, Rites of Passage), Nicole Zeoli (The Telling, Zoey to the Max), Cristina Corigliano (Last … Continue reading →

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Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe in... Now just try getting that song outta your head for the rest of the day! More spring break terrors are on the way with Machine Head, but this time not featuring James Franco. Read on for details.

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Spring Break. The two words together connote those heady days when academia stops for a week and unbridled hedonism reigns. Spring Break means fun, sun, and sex. But in Los Ranchos, CA, it also means… abject terror! From Anchor Bay Entertainment comes the March 25th DVD release of Machine Head.

With a hot young cast including Sharon Hinnendael (Embrace of the Vampire, Rites of Passage), Nicole Zeoli (The Telling, Zoey to the Max), Cristina Corigliano (Last Day on Earth, Sand Sharks), Morissa O’Mara (Hanna’s Gold, Devolved), and Alana O’Mara (The Cottage, Hanna’s Gold...

A new clip from the remake of the 1995 film Embrace of the Vampire has arrived, and it will probably give your inner fourteen-year-old a boner. Check it out, and don't forget the original flick is coming to Blu-ray on the same day as this one!

The remake of Embrace of the Vampire, starring Sharon Hinnendael (Rites of Passage, “Look”), Tiio Horn ("Defiance," "Hemlock Grove"), C.C. Sheffield (“True Blood”), Chelsey Marie Reist (12 Rounds: Reloaded), and Victor Webster ("Continuum"), will hit Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and standalone DVD this October 15th.

Also separately available on Blu-ray for the first time and DVD on the Anchor Bay Entertainment label is the groundbreaking 1995 infamous erotic version starring former “Who’s The Boss?” child star and “Charmed” vixen Alyssa Milano. In it Milano stars as Charlotte, a shy, sexually inexperienced college freshman stalked by a handsome British vampire (Martin Kemp of The Krays) who believes...

Three new stills from the remake of the 1995 film Embrace of the Vampire have arrived, and they don't have anything on the goodies we got yesterday. Check them out, and don't forget the original flick is coming to Blu-ray on the same day as this one!

The remake of Embrace of the Vampire, starring Sharon Hinnendael (Rites of Passage, “Look”), Tiio Horn ("Defiance," "Hemlock Grove"), C.C. Sheffield (“True Blood”), Chelsey Marie Reist (12 Rounds: Reloaded), and Victor Webster ("Continuum"), will hit Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and standalone DVD this October 15th.

Also separately available on Blu-ray for the first time and DVD on the Anchor Bay Entertainment label is the groundbreaking 1995 infamous erotic version starring former “Who’s The Boss?” child star and “Charmed” vixen Alyssa Milano. In it Milano stars as Charlotte, a shy, sexually inexperienced college freshman stalked by a handsome British vampire (Martin Kemp of The Krays) who...

Anchor Bay has announced that their remake of Embrace of the Vampire will be released to Blu-ray and DVD this October. They’ll also be releasing the original movie on Blu-ray for the first time:

“Anchor Bay Films is proud to announce the home entertainment debut of the erotic horror film, Embrace Of The Vampire, starring Sharon Hinnendael (Rites of Passage, “Look”), Tiio Horn (Defiance, Hemlock Grove), C.C. Sheffield (“True Blood”), Chelsey Marie Reist (12 Rounds: Reloaded) and Victor Webster (Continuum) available on Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and DVD October 15th. The film is a reimagining of the 1995 cult classic version starring Alyssa Milano, which will also be made available on Blu-ray™ for the very first time on October 15th.

Embrace Of The Vampire (2013) stars Sharon Hinnendael (Rites of Passage, “Look”) as Charlotte, a timid and sheltered teen who has just left an all-girls Catholic school for a new life at a co-ed university.

According to actor/producer Christa Campbell ('Drive Angry', 'Spiders') her latest project 'Embrace of a Vampire' is set to hit VOD, DVD and Blu-ray on 15 October. The new remake of the 1995 sexually charged horror from Anne Goursaud, which starred ex-'Eastender' Martin Kemp and the gorgeous Alyssa Milano, will be released by Anchor Bay this October across said platforms. The sexy Sharon Hinnendael -below ('Rites of Passage') takes on Milano's role as Charlotte this time but there's little known about the supporting cast at this stage. Hopefully Anchor Bay will reveal a little more about the Vancouver shot project including some proper artwork in due time....

Bad movies are a very common thing these days. Particularly, movies released direct to DVD fall into this sad category. One such cinematic disaster, Rites of Passage is the subject of this review and the flaws contained in this flop are almost too many to count. The film is a thriller with a relatively good cast but has an unfortunate combination of a laughably bad script and weak direction. These two negative factors basically destroy the movie and make Rites of Passage one of the year’s worst films.

Nathan (Ryan Donowho) is an anthropology student who is learning about his own people, the Native American Chumash. He then comes up with the brilliant idea of inviting his classmates and professor (Stephen Dorff) to his house which is the site of an ancient Chumash burial ground. There, they encounter Nathan’s psychotic brother Benny (Wes Bentley) and his meth-head buddy Delgado (Christian Slater). Drug abuse,...

*full disclosure: a Blu-ray copy of this film was provided by Magnet Releasing for review. Director: W. Peter Iliff. Writers: Rick Halsey and W. Peter Iliff. Cast: Wes Bentley, Kate Maberly, Ryan Donowho, Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, Briana Evigan, Travis Van Winkle, Carly Schroeder, Ashley Hinshaw and Guy Burnet. A rite of passage is often a transition from adolescence into adulthood. The Jewish people celebrate this transition of a boy into puberty with a Bat Mitzvah. Mozoltov! In W. Peter Iliff's (Point Break) Rites of Passage, there is very little ceremony or celebration. Instead, there is fractured storyline, weak acting and a film that seems to spin its tires, rather than moving forward. This title released October 16th through home video formats and this review is your friendly warning to stay away from this title. To elaborate more on rites of passage, these rituals usually brought initiates into groups more fully.

Sex, drugs, and an ancient ritual... anthropology 101 can be a killer! And you'll be seeing confirmation of that once the new flick Rites of Passage hits DVD October 16th from Magnet Releasing.

Directed by:W. Peter Iliff, the film stars Wes Bentley, Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff , Kate Maberly, and Ryan Donowho

Synopsis:

Nathan (Ryan Donowho), an anthropology student, invites a few of his classmates and their professor (Stephen Dorff) to his family’s abandoned ranch—once a sacred Chumash burial ground—to recreate an ancient ceremony. There they meet Nathan’s psychotic older brother Benny (Wes Bentley) and drug fueled Delgado (Christian Slater). The students then embark on a rite of passage that no one will ever forget.

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She is certainly becoming a modern-day scream queen. The sexy Briana Evigan doesn't seem content unless she's being chased by serial killers or hunted by tigers. With a slew of genre and genre-related credits under her belt including the sub-par slasher remake 'Sorority Row', the freaky sci-fi follow-up 'S. Darko', the tiger hungry tale 'Burning Bright' and the home invasion thriller 'Mother's Day' the girl has already completed work on 'Rites of Passage', the new thriller from 'Point Break' scribe W. Peter Iliff. Wes Bentley, Kate Maberly, Ryan Donowho, Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff all star along with Brian Evigan (below) who plays hot party girl Penelope....

English Actress Kate Maberly Also In Cast Stephen Dorff, who might be experiencing a career renaissance after his turn in Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere,” is joining Christian Slater in the indie thriller “Rites of Passage.” Dorff and Slater, as well as another comeback kid Wes Bentley (who kicked a heroin habit in the last few years) and Kate Maberly ("Finding Neverland"), will be under the direction of screenwriter Peter Iliff (“Patriot Games," “Varsity Blues”). Also penned by Iliff, 'Passage' will serve as his directorial debut. Based on a story conceived by the writer/director and Rick Halsey, the plot “centers on an…...

Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, Wes Bentley, Kate Maberly, Ryan Donowho, Travis Van Winkle, Angelic Zambrana and Ashley Hinshaw have all joined the cast of the new thriller "Rites of Passage" reports Variety.

The story follows a young anthropology student seeking a traditional ceremony to mark his entry into manhood. He and his partying classmates to a ranch owned by his older brother (Slater) where he indulges in a drug-fuelled life that indulges in some ancient Indian rituals.

"Point Break" and "Patriot Games" scribe W. Peter Iliff makes his directorial debut on the project.

Shooting kicks off this week while Mark Canton, Jonathan Sachar, David Hopwood and W.D. Johnson will produce.

Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, Wes Bentley and Kate Maberly will star in independent thriller Rites of Passage , which will mark the directorial debut of screenwriter Peter Iliff ( Point Break , Patriot Games ). Written by Iliff, the film "centers on an anthropology bookworm who laments his place in a society that lacks a ceremony to mark his transition into manhood and leads his hard-partying, stressed-out classmates to his family's abandoned ranch -- where his brother (Slater) lives in a psychotic world of drugs, guilt and Chumash Indian rituals." Production starts this week on the film.

Christian Slater has signed onto "Rites of Passage," and indie thriller with Stephen Dorff, Wes Bentley and Kate Maberly. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Peter Iliff ("Point Break," "Patriot Games"). Mark Canton produces with Jonathan Sachar, David Hopwood and W.D. Johnson. Financing for the project will come from Johnson's new company, Demarest Films. According to Variety, the screenplay by Illiff tells of an anthropology bookworm who laments his place in a society that lacks a ceremony to mark his transition into manhood and leads his hard-partying, stressed-out classmates to his family's abandoned ranch -- where his brother lives in a psychotic world of drugs, guilt and Chumash Indian rituals.