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July of 2025 has seen plenty of anime releases, and with the return of Dandadan, newer series, like Gachiakuta, aren’t being given enough attention. Kei Urana’s story is one of the most unique to come out in recent times, but the competition is far too great.

Gachiakuta is a classic Shonen with a twist. Rudo Surebrec acts like a realistic teenager and was falsely accused of the murder of his adoptive father. He not only battles Trash Beasts, but stereotypes. It’s a gruesome but fun world, so why isn’t it getting as much attention as of late?

The heavy competition this month does not fare well for Gachiakuta. It’s refreshing, but it hasn’t offered anything that a series like Lord of Mysteries, The Summer Hikaru Died, or any other Shonen wouldn’t.

Gachiakuta’s Anime Adaptation Doesn’t Shine, Especially With 2025’s Roster

2025 has been an exciting year for anime,...

Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed new productions to take the stage in early 2026: Gems, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied (February 21–22), Trash by James Caverly and Andrew Morrill (March 7–28), and the returns of Motion/Matter: All Styles Dance Battle (March 21) and Family Day (May 30). Jennifer Nettles’ new musical Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo will premiere at Pac NYC in new dates to be announced soon. In late 2025, Pac NYC will present Icons Of Culture celebrating women leaders Diane Von Furstenberg, Es Devlin, Danai Gurira, and Christy Turlington Burns (October 29 – November 1) and the Old Vic’s acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol (November 23 – December 28). These theater, music, and dance...

Forty years ago, writer/director Dan O’Bannon delivered one of the most highly entertaining zombie movies of all time with The Return of the Living Dead (watch it Here). A company called Living Dead Media LLC claims to own the copyright to the original screenplay and the underlying script for that film, as well as other trademarks, which is how they’re able to move ahead with a new Return of the Living Dead film that’s aiming for a Christmas 2025 release. But last year, a new company called Rotld Originals LLC was formed, with Return of the Living Dead cast member Beverly Randolph, a.k.a. Beverly Dawn Hartley, signing the formation document. It has since been revealed that Rotld Originals LLC is teaming up with DRagonSTUDIOS, a company that owns the trademarks to The Return of the Living Dead and Rotld Universe, for a movie project called Trash’s Revenge,...

Rotld originals Thomas Matthews and Beverly Randolph returned over the weekend to the zombie franchise that changed everything, The Return of the Living Dead. Dragon Studio’s Trash’s Revenge shoot in Los Angeles, California was of epic proportions. The Second Unit Director, Mitch Parks and his team …

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Grindhouse Releasing debuts restored Scum Of The Earth in Boston: "Tickets are on sale now to see Grindhouse Releasing’s long-awaited restoration of Scum Of The Earth, the 1970s backwoods Southern Gothic slasher-movie from director S.F. Brownrigg (Don’T Look In The Basement).

Scum Of The Earth screens July 18 & 19 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre.

Tickets: https://coolidge.org/films/scum-earth-1974

A city gal’s romantic weekend at a rustic lakeside cabin in bayou country becomes a nightmare of squalor, depravity, and slaughter with a bloodthirsty maniac on the loose in this ’70s drive-in classic from the makers of Don’T Look In The Basement.

When her husband is brutally axe-murdered, Helen (Norma Moore) flees for her life into the swamps where she runs into Odie Pickett (Gene Ross), the mean, moonshine-swilling patriarch to a wretched brood: his pregnant child bride Emmy (Ann Stafford), rebellious daughter Sara (Camilla Carr), and slow-witted son...

Our Unwritten Seoul Breaks Its Own Record With Finale Episode (Photo Credit – Netflix)

tvN’s K-drama, Our Unwritten Seoul, concluded with a bang. Starring Park Bo-Young in dual roles, the series is like a warm cup of tea. The storyline revolves around the lives of twin sisters: Yu Mi-Rae and Yu Mi-Ji (played by Bo-Young), and how they navigate their obstacles by staying by each other’s side. The relatable plot will make you cry, laugh, and feel all the emotions that they felt.

While Mi-Rae has a calm personality who likes to study and become her family’s pride. On the other hand, Mi-Ji is bright like a light, bubbly, and is known for her athletic passion. However, both of their dreams came crashing down when Mi-Rae faced sexual assault and bullying at her corporate place, and Mi-Ji injured her leg while running during high school, leading her to quit running altogether.

Exclusive: The following program will contain graphic stupidity, as four friends compete to embarrass one another – only this time in Lithuania.

Impractical Jokers is being remade for Lithuania’s TV3 as a 24-episode, half-hour series – a deal we can reveal as Eastern European content event Nem kicks off today in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Production will begin later this year after TV3 closed a deal with format seller Warner Bros International Television Production. Reema Patel, Director of Formats at Wbitvp, brokered the agreement.

The hidden-camera prank shows sees four friends seek to embarrass one another through a series of outrageous dares, which could be anything from eating food from someone’s plate to deliberately making a bad impression at a speed-dating event. The least successful team members in each episode endures a final punishment.

The original TruTV series, created by comedy troupe The Tenderloins, has run to 11 seasons and more than 300 episodes,...

Spain’s Oscar-qualifying Animayo Gran Canaria animation festival has announced the winners of its 20th anniversary edition, marking two decades of championing animation, VFX and video game cinematics.

This year, an international jury composed of industry veterans from studios like Disney, Skydance and Rodeo FX evaluated 55 short films selected for competition across multiple official sections, which were whittled down by Animayo staff from an initial batch of over 2,000 entries from 84 countries.

The festival’s coveted Grand Jury Award went to “Playing God,” a grim stop-motion story by Italian director Matteo Burani. The film captivated the jury with its atmospheric intensity, masterful animation and sound design. As Spain’s only double Oscar-qualifying animation festival, Animayo’s top honors serve as a launchpad to the Academy Awards. In fact, 2025’s animated short Oscar winner, “In the Shadow of the Cyprus,” earned its initial Oscar qualification at last year’s Animayo.

Festival director...

On Wednesday May 28 2025, MTV broadcasts Ridiculousness!

Sterling and Lolo Wood Clvii Season 44 Episode 9 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Ridiculousness,” titled “Sterling and Lolo Wood Clvii,” promises to be another fun-filled adventure. Airing soon on MTV, this episode features Rob, Steelo, and Lolo Wood as they dive into a collection of hilarious clips. Fans of the show can expect plenty of laughs as the trio reacts to some of the wildest moments captured on video.

In this episode, viewers will see the team get “Trash Thrashed,” a segment sure to showcase some outrageous and messy moments. The clips are likely to highlight people getting into funny situations involving trash, bringing a mix of chaos and comedy that “Ridiculousness” is known for. Rob and his friends will offer their unique commentary, making each scene even more entertaining.

Another highlight of the episode is the segment called “Kid Whipped.” This part will...

1985 gave us one of the most important zombie movies of all time. It was a sequel to the movie that gave us zombies as we know them and probably signaled the end of the world on screen. Day of the Dead you say? As much as I love that slow-paced close-out to George Romero’s original trilogy, I’m talking about something a little different. I’m talking about running zombies that can’t be killed, rabid weasels, Burt and Ernie, partying when it’s party time, and a true return of the living dead. Dan O’Bannon horror comedy expertly walks the line between the two genres with genuine laughs and frightening thrills. It could have been a very different experience for audiences who now know it as a perfect summer horror film and celebrate July 3rd every year. It could have been more like the very obscure book it...

Linnea Quigley’s Trash’S Revenge from The Return of the Living Dead Universe is set to begin filming in Los Angeles on April 30th, 2025.

This is not a fan film, it’s a film for the fans! Trash’s Revenge is an official Return of the Living Dead production from Dragon Studios, the copyright owners.

Rotld original, Beverly Randolph will take the producer seat on April 30th as Miguel Núñez and John Philbin return to their on screen roles.

As the saga continues decades after the horrific events of the 1985 cult classic, Trash the notorious punk rocker, played by Linnea Quigley, finds herself trapped in a past where fame has faded. Once a rebellious icon, Trash now embraces the persona of a grotesque Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard, attending conventions to sign autographs while her co-stars rise to greater heights.

Trash’s Revenge currently has a live crowdfunding campaign on Cinebacker:

https://cinebacker.

UK based Dragon Studios is looking for the next Trash and the next Tarman for Linnea Quigley’s Trash’s Revenge from The Return of the Living Dead Universe.

You ever wanted to play Trash and meet Linnea Quigley? Now is your chance. Dragon Studios will dress and make you up as Trash as you play the part of an actress who wants to take on the role in a remake of Rotld.

Do you want to play the Tarman? Now is your chance. Dragon Studios will dress and make you up as the Tarman, as you play the part of an actor who wants to take on the role in a remake of Rotld.

Trash’s Revenge is a darkly comedic, gore-filled tale exploring the dangerous allure of vanity, obsession, and the desperate hunger for fame. As Trash’s twisted quest for recognition spirals out of control, the world is...

UK based Dragon Studios is looking for the next Trash and the next Tarman for Linnea Quigley’s Trash’s Revenge from The Return of the Living Dead Universe. You ever wanted to play Trash and meet Linnea Qugley? Now is your chance. Dragon Studios will dress and make you up as Trash as you play the [...]

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Goodbye to David Johansen, the last jet boy standing from the New York Dolls. It wasn’t just his madman energy that helped invent punk rock — it was his warmth and soul. He got a loving send-off in the final weeks of his life, after his daughter Leah Hennessy announced that he was dying of cancer. The news inspired a worldwide outpouring of grief and gratitude. This man was a lifelong personality crisis, preaching his rock & roll gospel that posing and strutting and peacocking through life is not merely fun,...

Next month, the story of Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar can be revisited by Peacock subscribers. On March 1, the 20-year-old movie Brokeback Mountain will start streaming on Peacock.

Directed by Hulk helmer Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain was a neo-Western drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger. Written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, the film is based on the original story by Annie Proulx. Because of the same-sex intimacy involving the main characters, the movie was met with controversy at the time of its release, but it nevertheless drew widespread praise, resulting in major Academy Award nominations.

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Brokeback Mountain particularly focused on the complex relationship between Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) and Ennis Del...

Forty years ago, writer/director Dan O’Bannon delivered one of the most highly entertaining zombie movies of all time with The Return of the Living Dead (watch it Here). A company called Living Dead Media LLC claims to own the copyright to the original screenplay and the underlying script for that film, as well as other trademarks, which is how they’re able to move ahead with a new Return of the Living Dead film that’s aiming for a Christmas 2025 release. But last year, a new company called Rotld Originals LLC was formed, with Return of the Living Dead cast member Beverly Randolph, a.k.a. Beverly Dawn Hartley, signing the formation document. It has since been revealed that Rotld Originals LLC is teaming up with DRagonSTUDIOS, a company that owns the trademarks to The Return of the Living Dead and Rotld Universe, for a movie project called Trash’s Revenge,...

Ryan Kruger has a filmmaking career built on pushing boundaries and exploring the darker corners of genre cinema. Known for his bold visual style and his unique voice, Kruger first made waves with the cult hit Fried Barry (2020), which earned numerous accolades and cemented his place as a visionary in the South African film industry. Now, with his latest project Street Trash(2024), Kruger takes on the challenge of revisiting a beloved cult classic—Street Trash (1987)—while simultaneously charting a new course with a fresh narrative, a unique 2050 setting, and a blend of intense gore and meaningful storytelling. The film is a loose sequel, offering fans a chance to return to the bizarre, melting mayhem of the original but with Kruger’s distinct directorial vision.

Street Trash 2024 follows the dark and twisted adventures of a new set of characters as they grapple with societal collapse and the malevolent forces surrounding them.

In terms of modern movies, Street Trash bravely reimagines the famous cult hit from 1987. The film Ryan Kruger directed moves the grotesque charm from New York City to a dystopian Cape Town, South Africa, amplifying its social critique in the face of pronounced class differences.

Street Trash embraces visceral body horror while elevating its narrative above simple shock value as both splatter cinema and social horror. Kruger uses horror to make a point about societal structures, reflecting current issues of inequality, much like modern filmmaker Greta Gerwig does.

The film’s framework isn’t linear, reflecting the characters’ crazy lives. It looks like a kaleidoscope of colors, and the surreal effects make the grotesque into interesting art. Kruger makes Street Trash a thought-provoking experience that sticks with you long after you’ve seen it by breaking the rules and delivering genre thrills.

Plot Overview: Street Trash in Dystopian Cape Town...

Stars: Robert Lasardo, Lorelei Linklater, Rich R. Rendon, Gigi Gustin, Costas Mandylor, Tom Sizemore, Elissa Dowling | Written by Robert Lasardo, Adrian Milnes | Directed by Robert Lasardo

Robert Lasardo’s American Trash marks both the directorial debut and a major change of pace for the prolific actor, whose first role was almost forty years ago in Abel Ferrara’s China Girl. Over the years he’s become known for roles in films like In Hell, Bridge of the Doomed and Amber Road, but he’s chosen to make a drama that trades physical brutality for an unflinchingly brutal look at pain, loss and the toll modern society can take on people.

Milles (Robert Lasardo) is a combat veteran who now works as a tattoo artist while trying to get a grip on his Ptsd issues. One of the few things that seems to bring him a sense of peace is listening...

Traveling through clandestine airwaves, Kurt Cobain touched down in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. A time of dire economic hardship for the island nation after the fall of the Soviet Union, the “Special Period” pushed thousands of Cubans to migrate, risking their lives at sea. Those who stayed suffered through great scarcity (the U.S. embargo played its part). The grunge star never visited in person, but via the radios of locals illegally tuning in to stations from the U.S. after Fidel Castro banned rock music. One of those listeners, 18-year-old Gustavo (Eros de la Puente), will later try to cover Nirvana’s iconic song in the vibrant Spanish-language drama “Los Frikis,” from Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, the filmmakers behind the moving buddy movie “The Peanut Butter Falcon.”

Produced by Phil Lord (who is Cuban American) and Chris Miller, “Los Frikis” is based on the real-life...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s “Polo” docuseries hasn’t exactly generated positive reviews. In fact, one royal expert and commentator, who calls herself “Brittany,” recently watched the show and had a lot to say, but none of it was favorable.

“Bloated, Boring, Unfocused, And Cruel”

While documentaries can be compelling, this one failed to educate and entertain.

According to Brittany, the docuseries is

“bloated, boring, unfocused, and cruel.”

Her main complaint was that the horses were treated cruelly.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s “Polo” Docuseries Slammed As Complete Trash By Royal Family Expert

Meghan, an advocate for animals and champion for UK animal charity Mayew, wants to make polo accessible. But in polo, the players bash the horses into each other. They are overworked and disrespected, which makes the sport inaccessible to most people. Meghan’s support of this endeavor is incredibly hypocritical.

Brittany even pointed out that centuries ago,...

We learned just last week that the long-dormant Return of the Living Dead franchise will return next Christmas with a brand new sequel from Living Dead Media and director Steve Wolsh (Muck, Kill Her Goats). The Christmas-themed horror sequel is set in 1985, 18 months after the events of the original film, and you can watch the first teaser here.

Oddly enough, that’s not even the only Return of the Living Dead movie on the horizon. Remember that legal battle over the rights that we reported on this past summer? Well, it looks like the other party that had been competing with Living Dead Media on the rights (Rotld Originals LLC) has come up with their own sequel project, titled Trash’s Revenge.

While Living Dead Media’s sequel will not feature any returning actors from the 1985 horror-comedy classic, Trash’s Revenge is set to star Rotld actress Linnea Quigley. The...

Screambox has revealed the new films joining the horror streaming service in December, including our brand new Street Trash, the brutal exorcism drama Deus Irae, and an Art the Clown Eulogy Log.

Drawing comparisons to The Witch, Screambox Exclusive folk-horror film Breathing In streams December 3. Set against the backdrop of war in South Africa, the chamber piece finds a wounded general seeking refuge with an herbalist and her mysterious daughter.

Practical effects-driven exorcism film Deus Irae possesses Screambox exclusively on December 10. The Argentinian effort follows a priest who must question how much of his own humanity he’s willing to sacrifice in order to defeat evil.

How will you survive The Battery on Screambox December 20? In a land ravaged by the undead, two friends must learn to survive each other in Jeremy Gardner’s indie zombie drama.

Get in the holiday spirit with Art the Clown’s Eulogy Log on...

On Wednesday November 27 2024, Nickelodeon broadcasts Rock Paper Scissors!

Trash Season 1 Episode 17 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Rock Paper Scissors” titled “Trash” promises to be an exciting adventure. In this episode, Scissors forgets to take out the trash, leading to unexpected chaos. The neglected garbage comes to life, transforming into a medieval kingdom filled with quirky characters and funny situations. This twist adds a unique spin to the usual apartment life the characters experience.

Paper, always the responsible one, decides to step in. He tries to motivate Scissors to finally complete his one chore. The dynamic between Paper and Scissors is sure to bring plenty of laughs, as Paper’s attempts to get Scissors to take action might not go as smoothly as planned. Their friendship will be tested as Paper navigates the challenges of dealing with a messy situation.

Meanwhile, Rock is on his own quest. He is searching...

Ryan Kruger's drip-nasty return to 1987's Street Trash lore isn't a remake, but an overseas sequel. South African class warfare brings a rebellious spirit and geopolitical weight to vile body meltdowns, like George A. Romero's unsubtle commentary meets Astron-6's unpredictable shenanigans. Kruger's splatterpunk vibes in Fried Barry translate into a neon-juicy homage to J. Michael Muro's top-tier 80s goop, but it's a tangled Hydra of story tangents, and each head isn't being fed properly. Shock-slop silliness expands horizons yet rambles incoherently, failing to deliver a character-driven Street Trash that'll give you more than a cheap buzz.

Greenpoint's junkyard denizens swap for Cape Town vagabonds, modern peasants abhorred by corrupt Mayor Mostert (​​Warrick Grier). Should the elected tyrant's wishes be granted, struggling displaced folks like upbeat Roland (Sean Cameron Michael) and his companion Chef (Joe Vaz) would be eradicated. They aren’t, not yet at least, so...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the horror film Street Trash, a brand new spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic, on Digital outlets tomorrow.

To get you juiced up, we’ve shared a new clip from the reimagining of the 1987 classic, directed this time by Ryan Kruger (“Warrior,” Fried Barry). Check it out below.

“In the year 2050, global economic turmoil has destroyed the middle class in Cape Town, South Africa, which is now divided between the ultra-rich and the displaced. Ronald and a group of fellow houseless friends uncover a plot by the local government to ‘wash away’ the houseless population with a sinister chemical agent called ‘V.’ Now, they must risk everything to expose the truth and resist a society that’s determined to erase them.”

Ryan Kruger co-wrote the film with James C. Williamson (Fried Barry), based on the original Street Trash movie by Roy Frumkes & Jim Muro.

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the horror film Street Trash, a brand new spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic, on Digital outlets beginning November 19.

While you wait, we’re debuting an exclusive clip that gives you a nasty taste of the body horror meltdowns on display in the new Street Trash movie. The original cult classic is known for its colorful gore, and this modern day reimagining is doubling down on the gross-out insanity!

Watch the clip below and find the previously released trailer underneath.

The original Street Trash (1987) will also melt its way onto Screambox on November 19.

A reimagining of the 1987 classic, Street Trash is directed by Ryan Kruger (“Warrior,” Fried Barry), who also co-wrote the film with James C. Williamson (Fried Barry), based on the original Street Trash movie by Roy Frumkes & Jim Muro.

Kruger also stars in the film alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Donna Cormack-Thomson,...

Linnea Quigley’s Trash’S Revenge from the Return of the Living Dead Universe crowdfunding pre-launch is Live on CineBacker. As “Return of the Living Dead.” approaches the 40th anniversary in 2025. The actress who played Trash in the original film Linnea Quigley as teamed up with DRagonSTUDIOS, to delve back into the world to bring you …

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Linnea Quigley’s Trash’S Revenge from the Return of the Living Dead Universe crowdfunding pre-launch is Live on CineBacker. As “Return of the Living Dead.” approaches the 40th anniversary in 2025. The actress who played Trash in the original film Linnea Quigley as teamed up with DRagonSTUDIOS, to delve back into the world to bring you [...]

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Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.News Office Space.Some Hollywood insiders are blaming post-pandemic work-from-home policies—rather than rampant financialization and an overinvestment in stale intellectual-property tentpoles—for the industry’s recent decline.A coalition of human-rights groups have penned an open letter to Netflix demanding the renewal of its “Palestinian Stories” collection, which expired earlier this month after three years on the platform.Workers in RadicalMedia’s nonfiction division have launched a union drive, having collected an “overwhelming majority” of signature cards from the 65-person bargaining group. They plan to join the Writers Guild of America East.China will not have an Oscar entry this year, after the Academy deemed the documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (2023) ineligible for the Best Foreign Picture award,...

Paul Morrissey, an influential director known for pushing boundaries with low-budget films of the 1960s and ’70s, died this week at age 86. Morrissey collaborated closely with Andy Warhol on several groundbreaking films made in New York City. He helped develop an experimental style of avant-garde cinema and gave platforms to LGBT and transgender performers at the Factory studio.

Morrissey directed movies like Flesh, Trash, and Heat during his collaboration with Warhol between 1965-1974. These movies, made for under $10,000 each, starred underground stars and explored taboo topics. They helped propel the career of actor Joe Dallesandro as well. Sadly, Morrissey’s partnership with Warhol ended over disputes about their shared creative work.

Beyond films, Morrissey also played a role in Warhol’s music projects. He assisted with the Velvet Underground as their early concerts fused music and multimedia art. Morrissey co-founded Interview Magazine too for a time. In later decades, he...

Paul Morrissey, the avant-garde filmmaker who worked on Andy Warhol movies including Chelsea Girls, Flesh, Trash and others who also managed The Velvet Underground in the mid-1960s, died Monday. He was 86.

His archivist Michael Chaiken told The New York Times that Morrissey died of pneumonia in a Manhattan hospital.

Morrissey collaborated with Warhol on several ultralow-budget features focused on the NYC subculture, starting with 1965’s My Hustler through 1974’s Blood for Dracula aka Andy Warhol’s Dracula. Their experimental movies — on which Morrissey often served in roles also including cinematographer and editor — often featured non-pro actors including Joe Dallesandro and Candy Darling and generally were ad-libbed rather than scripted.

Their biggest commercial success — a relative term — was with Trash, the 1970 pic starring Dallesandro as and junkie gigolo and Holly Woodlawn as his wife. Other Morrissey-Warhol films include 1968’s Lonesome Cowboys and 1972’s Heat and Women in Revolt. The duo...

Paul Morrissey, a fixture of New York’s cinema scene whose collaborations with Andy Warhol in the ’60s and ’70s reinvented the American underground and made local legends of amateur actors and transgender performers, died Monday at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 86.

Morrissey’s death was confirmed by archivist Michael Chaiken to the New York Times, which reported that the cause was pneumonia.

Warhol and Morrissey were first introduced in 1965, when the former had begun to tinker with experimental films in his infamous loft hub, dubbed The Factory. Working on budgets of under $10,000, the pair completed a series of features, reaching the most commercial success with a trilogy starring Warhol fixture and gay sex symbol Joe Dallesandro that consisted of “Flesh,” “Trash” and “Heat.” Warhol served as producer, while Morrissey’s cinéma vérité direction and largely ad-libbed scripts provided his leads, such as Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn and Viva,...

The wolves are no longer at the gate because they’re roaming The Serpent Queen’s corridors.

It has to be said that the storytelling of this series is genuinely astonishing.

From the wardrobe, hairstyles, and locations, The Serpent Queen is a force of entertainment ingenuity.

(Courtesy of Starz)

For most people, period pieces can be a hard sell because most audiences crave action and laughter.

But The Serpent Queen’s writers bring unprecedented expertise to their storytelling.

This series is rife with glitz and glamour with a shine that can be seen reflecting off any dagger.

However, in The Serpent Queen, the real danger lies not in the weapons but in the people who don’t need a blade to cut down their enemies.

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Amazon Prime Video has set the launch date and unveiled art for Mélanie Laurent’s upcoming heist romance “Freedom” (“Libre”) starring Lucas Bravo (“Emily in Paris”).

The movie, which will launch exclusively on Prime Video on Nov. 1 across more than 240 countries, reteams the streamer and the acclaimed actor-turned-filmmaker following “The Mad Women’s Ball” which world premiered at Toronto Film Festival in 2019.

Based on a true story of a renowned French gangster of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, “Freedom” stars Bravo as Bruno Sulak, a highly charming criminal à la Arsène Lupin who orchestrated daring heists without firing a single shot. The film also charts Sulak’s cat-and-mouse game with George Moréas (Yvan Attal), a tenacious police commissioner, as well as his numerous escapes from prison and relationship with lover Annie, who is played by newcomer Léa Luce Busato.

Thomas Dubois, head of French originals at Amazon Studios, said working...

Aiming to expand its footprint within the scripted space, Banijay Entertainment’s French label Screenline Productions has formed a creative partnership with the writers duo Matthieu Rumani and Nicolas Slomka.

Screenline just collaborated with Rumani and Slomka on the series “Trash,” an upcoming Prime Video

mini-series inspired by the real-life events of “Loft Story,” the French adaptation of “Big Brother” which marked the country’s first reality show of this kind in 2001.

The partnership gives Screenline access to any future projects and developments from Rumani and Slomka, who will also co-produce through their own company, Vodka & Caramel. The writers pair, meanwhile, will be able to leverage Screenline’s production expertise.

Banijay France CEO Alexia Laroche-Joubert, who produced “Loft Story” and even inspired one of the protagonist of “Trash,” said that “when (she) first came across the project, led by two young talented writers, (she) was immediately intrigued to delve into...

News of Steve Albini’s unexpected passing on Wednesday, May 8th, has been met with an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians, including those who had worked with him.

Cloud Nothings worked with Albini on their 2012 magnum opus, Attack on Memory. “steve touched countless lives and changed mine and many others for the better,” frontman Dylan Baldi wrote on Twitter. “a genuine, singular, principled person. spent the last 40 years helping people make art. there’s no reason for him to be gone and the world is less interesting without him. just a really sad day.”

Pj Harvey said working with Albini on 1992’s Dry “changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful.”

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker collaborated with Albini on his 2009 solo album, Further Complications. “Working with Steve Albini was...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is certainly one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, whose claim to fame was through his iconic role in the Terminator franchise. Action became his signature genre, defining several years of his illustrious career. With that said, he also declared war on a very toxic trend prevalent in the fitness industry that is killing it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger made a name for himself as a fitness legend at a very young age, and he is more or less responsible for bodybuilding becoming the massive industry that it is now. However, that doesn’t mean he is a fan of everything that goes on in the industry.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Hates Current Toxic Trend In The Fitness Industry Another scene from Terminator

In the age of social media, the line between genuine information and toxic wellness is often blurred. Arnold Schwarzenegger, known for addressing false notions in his...

From winning Mr. Olympia multiple times to becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger has done it all. While the Austrian Oak has made his presence felt in some of the biggest blockbusters, the Terminator series cemented his place as one of Hollywood’s leading superstars.

A scene from Terminator 2

While the bodybuilding champion was the bonafide talisman of the James Cameron films, he forged an excellent partnership with his co-star Linda Hamilton who played a pivotal role as Sarah Connor in the Terminator series. But Schwarzenegger was surprised to hear from his colleague that she was initially reluctant to pair up with him due to certain preconceived notions that she had about films and the actor.

Linda Hamilton Almost Rejected Working With Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton became one of the most popular on-screen pairs following their association in three films in the Terminator franchise.

Stars: Dean Sharp, Richard Harrington, Nia Roberts, Gwyneth Keyworth, Sule Rimi, Mike Butler, Bizz Raggett, Evan Heneghan, Jennifer Riddle, Luis Delgado, Everett Lauster, Kayla Orben, Carole-Anne Fooks, Hayden Hancock, Drew Marvick, J.J. McGrath, Joe Nurse, Heather Marshall | Directed by Ryan Andrews, Tony Mardon, James Edward Newton, Jeph Porter, Ryan Kruger, Matt Shaw, Christian Fescine, Mark Felix Stewart, Justin Wiggins, Drew Marvick, Jonathan Zaurin

Dean of the Dead Presents Holiday Horrors! is a seasonal horror-themed anthology that features stories from ten different directors, all wrapped up with an introduction from Dean of the Dead – a host akin to the likes of Tales From the Crypt‘s Cryptkeeper; and with visuals that look like they’ve jumped straight from the pages of the EC Comics of old… think Creepshow but on a much lower budget!

So what terrifying tales are in this one?

First up is Little Munchkin, directed by Ryan Andrews,...

of Montreal have announced their new album, Lady on the Cusp, due out May 17th via Polyvinyl. The indie veterans have also unveiled a string of 2024 tour dates and dropped a new single, “Yung Hearts Bleed Free,” with an accompanying music video. See all of Montreal’s upcoming shows and watch the new music video below.

Frontperson and primary creative force Kevin Barnes has billed Lady on the Cusp as both a summation of the band’s previous work and a personal goodbye to Athens, Georgia. The artist had lived in the city since the mid-1990s, famously working with the Athens-based Elephant 6 Recording Company before recently relocating to Vermont. The songs of Lady on the Cusp, written and recorded in the months before the move, serve as the last of Barnes’ work as an Athenian.

Pre-orders for the album are ongoing. Check out the artwork and full tracklist below.

Less than three months after being tapped CEO of Banijay France, Alexia Laroche-Joubert, a well-known industry figure, has enlisted Authentic Media, a leading French premium scripted banner that will join the “Peaky Blinders” production-distribution powerhouse.

The acquisition of Authentic Media, who produced hit French adaptations of series such as “Rita” and “This is Us,” took a couple of years to materialize and will further bolster Banijay France’s portfolio of scripted labels. These include the in-house outfits Banijay Studio France and Shine Fiction; as well as Fiction’Air (“Les Disparus de la Forêt Noire”); Terence Films (“Rivière-Perdue”); Montmartre; Screen Line (“Trash”); and Marathon, which has three series in development.

Founded in 2011 by Aline Panel, Authentic Media’s production output spans drama, film, and documentary. With 15 projects in development, the company has developed seven seasons of “Sam,” based on the Nordic series hit “Rita” which was created by Christian Torpe for...

I have seen the future of cinema, and it is “Aggro Dr1ft,” a neon-hued outlaw eyegasm from the director of ”Spring Breakers.” There will likely never be another film like it. Even so, it’s clear that Harmony Korine’s immersive iridescent plunge into the world and psyche of a serial killer points the way down fresh avenues for the medium to explore.

This is the first movie I’ve seen that doesn’t feel like it was meant to be watched; instead, it was designed to wash over you — or maybe just to unspool on one of the many screens illuminated in your field of vision, while your focus ricochets between it and whatever else is competing for your attention. As Brian De Palma’s “Scarface” became a touchstone cultural reference for the immigrant and hip-hop communities, so too could “Aggro Dr1ft” connect with audiences who see themselves (or...

In 1996, the British band Suede – or The London Suede as they’re known in the United States, thanks to a trademark lawsuit – released their third album, “Coming Up”, which opened with the song “Trash”. A catchy, breezy anthem for the downtrodden trying to find love and excitement in monotonous or outright dirty environments, “Trash” posits the potential for rebellion and individuality in stale English suburbia, where bonds of solidarity can form among people drawn to each other due to shared outsider status: “But we’re trash, you and me/ We’re the litter on the breeze/ We’re the lovers on the street.”

With its motif concerning garbage on the street, “Trash” could have been an all-too obvious needle drop in “Hoard”, a (mostly) mid-90s period piece set in the exact sort of humdrum British milieu evoked by Suede, with literal refuse playing a major part in the strange...

It’s reductive and not quite true to say that this book is what Julia Wertz wanted Drinking at the Movies to be – but it’s a good enough place to start.

Drinking was her first full-length graphic novel after two collections of Fart Party stories; at the time, I thought it was more of a collage that it didn’t quite turn into a single narrative, but was definitely bigger and more ambitious that her previous work. It was also – I shudder to realize – published in 2010, almost fifteen years ago.

Impossible People , Wertz’s big new 2023 book, is her first memoir since Museum of Mistakes in 2018, which mostly collected older work. It’s odd to realize that: I think of Wertz as such an immediate, confessional cartoonist, her work so direct and plain-spoken. But those stories were mostly about that late-Aughts period; she hadn’t made any books about her thirties yet.

It’s no longer just David Zaslav, CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels, and a room full of ruthless Warner Bros. Discovery accountants swinging their Excel sheets like guillotines. Stream your bucket-list series and movies (note: 2008’s “The Bucket List” is only available on PVOD) while you still can — content removal is the new power move.

Last month, Paramount+ scrubbed shows “Inside Amy Schumer,” “From Cradle to Stage,” “Tell Me a Story,” “Ghislaine: Partner in Crime,” movies “Fantasy Football” and “Snow Day,” and a crop of Nickelodeon series from its archives, a source confirmed to IndieWire. The library purge followed the cancellation of “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies,” “Star Trek: Prodigy,” “The Game” and “Queen of the Universe,” all of which were also removed from the service.

In the current phase of the streaming wars, outspending is so tacky. Now it’s all about out-saving each other. It’s a practice in less is more,...

Sunday’s season (series?) finale of the HBO drama “The Idol” was the show’s best episode yet — but only a few reputations will survive this summer disaster.

Episode 5 saw characters put on some clothes and get out of pop star Jocelyn’s (Lily-Rose Depp) house for once. Director Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”) showed some of the visual dazzle for which he is famous, with long shots that were practically Kubrickian. Dirtball Svengali Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye) received a measure of comeuppance, even as the show continued to affirm his alleged brilliance.

It was the best episode of “The Idol,” meaning it will be the worst episode of television this week. Shapeless, stupid and too performatively erotic and shocking, the five-episode collaboration among Levinson, music superstar Tesfaye and Reza Fahim is one of the worst shows ever made.

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While unveiling its slate of new French originals and acquisitions on Monday, Prime Video announced that it would skip a French theatrical release for “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s anticipated tennis drama. The film, which stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and “West Side Story” star Mike Faist, will still be released in theaters in all other territories.

During a posh press event hosted at the Pavillon Royal on the outskirts of Paris, Brigitte Ricou-Bellan, Prime Video’s country managing director for France, said the strategic move by the Amazon streamer resulted from France’s notoriously strict windowing rules, which demands streamers to wait 15 to 17 months after a theatrical roll out before making a new film available on their services. The rule has led other studios to opt to skip French cinemas for new releases before, such as Disney’s decision to debut “Strange World” on streaming.

“We’re a strong partner for French cinema and well-established talent.

‘Sulak’ is the first production from Alain Goldman’s Pitchipoï Productions.

Amazon Prime Video France is reteaming with director Melanie Laurent for the feature Sulak and has greenlit five new French feature films and three original series. Laurent directed Amazon’s first French-language original The Mad Women’s Ball in 2021.

Sulak will star newcomer Lucas Bravo as Bruno Sulak, a notorious real-life French criminal known for his non-violent heists on multiple jewelry stores in the 1980s. Sulak managed to escape from prison several times in order to reunite with his lover and accomplice, becoming public enemy number one in the process.