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For cinephiles, Curtis Mayfield created a legacy in marble and stone. The sheer power of Super Fly as a score cannot be ignored. It’s a seminal soundtrack, regardless of culture, and helps center The Makings of Curtis Mayfield as the documentary brings in dozens of musicians to speak on Mayfield’s prodigious talent. Directed by musical phenom and Oscar-winner H.E.R. (Gabriella Wilson), we explore the musical brilliance of an icon. However, while watching musicians jam and talk shop about Mayfield’s influence is incredible, the number of talking head interviews causes the picture to lose focus.

The Makings of Curtis Mayfield – The Plot

As he rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of The Impressionists, Mayfield soon showed his ambition and talent far exceeded his place in the industry. Over the next decade, he would break out as one of music’s most exciting voices, and his...

With the horror genre, sometimes less is more. Tension and emotion can carry a film through a lot of weaknesses. Julia Max’s The Surrender coasts on strong performances and direction to overcome the shortcomings of an occasionally shallow and generic script, making it a great entry in the canon of recent indie horror.

The Surrender Review

The movie follows a woman and her mother grieving after the death of the family’s patriarch as they consult a mysterious stranger who makes a unique promise: to bring their recently departed loved one back from the dead. Séancé horror films like this are easy to mess up because they can often border on goofy, but for the most part, Julia Max’s directorial debut manages to achieve a tone that feels genuinely sinister and also very effectively sad.

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Stars: Emily Rose Holt, Daniel De Bourg, Emma Pallant, Darcey Brown, Dean Michael Gregory, Michaela Short, Luke Lindemann, Lyndsey Craine | Written and Directed by Rob Worsey

Taking a night out from motherhood, Grace (Emily Rose Holt) attends a lavish party at a nearby mansion. However the next morning she finds herself trapped inside the house in an endless time loop. To have any hope of escaping the mansion and returning to her normal life and young child, Grace must unlock the secrets of the house, the enigmatic owner Elias (Daniel De Bourg), and the previous night’s party.

Right from the off, All This Time nails the gothic atmosphere, leaning into the tropes of gothic horror, with an eerie atmosphere and a mise-en-scene that brilliantly reflects the dark nature of the story, the mansion and the characters within. So much so that the mansion itself, with its dark wooden wooden...

“SNL” host Dave Chappelle opened his monologue on Saturday night by recounting how hard he tried to get out of hosting the show, then launched into a nearly 17-minute set that touched on everything from the LA wildfires and Trump to Palestine and Jimmy Carter.

Chappelle said that in October, Lorne Michaels called and asked him to host the first “Saturday Night Live” show after the presidential election “and I said nah I’m cool, I got all this money and stuff,” the comedian recounted. Chappelle said he finally agreed and “the moment I said yes, LA burst into flames.”

Thus began a segment of the monologue that elicited some uncomfortable laughter.

“This is the most expensive natural disaster that’s ever happened in United States history. And you want to know why I think that is? Because people in LA have nice stuff. I could burn 40,000 acres in Mississippi for like $600 or $700,” he joked.

When you think of great film trilogies, you probably think of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" adaptation or the original "Star Wars" movies — but if Richard Linklater's "Before" trilogy doesn't immediately come to mind as well, you should definitely take some time to check out this stunning, deeply emotional, and brilliantly filmed movies centering on two lovers at various points throughout their lives.

Based on a real experience in Linklater's life (specifically, a night where he and a woman he'd just met wandered through the city of Philadelphia and talked until the sun rose), the first "Before" movie, 1995's appropriately titled "Before Sunrise," opens on a European train and introduces us to Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy). Both are leaving Budapest and, after striking up a conversation, they impulsively both leave the train in Vienna, walking through the gorgeous Austrian capital and talking about life,...

Peacock’s comedy Laid, starring Stephanie Hsu, Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano, Tommy Martinez, Andre Hyland, Ryan Pinkston and more, explores what would happen if a mysterious curse fell upon one’s ex romantic partners. Ruby (Hsu), with the help of her best friend Aj (Mamet), realizes that all of past sexual partners are somehow dying in gruesome ways.

This brings her and Aj to try and track down those who are still alive, and played by guest stars such as Finneas, John Early, Simu Liu & Philippe Francesca Reale, Kate Berlant, Brandon Perea, Alexandra Shipp and more, to warn them of what is happening. Aj also hopes to get to the bottom of why this is happening.

Several needle drops accompany both humorous and and more serious moments, starting with some Paul Simon and Chappell Roan in Episode 1 and ending with Billie Eilish and Sade in the finale. Find the full...

The Great Indian Kapil Show Ott Verdict (Week 6): Kajol & Singham Again’s Mishmash Doesn’t Help! ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

The Great Indian Kapil Show, season 2 has been struggling for viewership ever since the show started for the second time, with Alia Bhatt opening this season with her Jigra team. However, nothing has been in place for Kapil Sharma and his team, despite delivering some good episodes.

Blame it on the change of the platform that is not getting the audiences this show targets or blame it on the monotonous tone of the show, but things have not been on the brighter end for the chat show.

The sixth episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show welcomed Kajol, Kriti Sanon and Shaheer Sheikh along with Do Patti writer Kanika Dhillon. While it was another snoozefest with everyone trying superhard to tickle some bone, nothing has been tackled propely it seems.

Panchayat Season 4: Jitendra Kumar & Mandali Reunite!(Photo Credit – Instagram)

The chunaavi season is Phulera is in full swing as Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Khan, Chandan Sanyal, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak and others reunite for Panchayat season 4. The last season ended on a high note, with everyone wondering who shot Pradhan Ji.

Season 4 is all set to unveil some of the mysteries that were left on cliffhangers in season 3. However, it was announced in a heroic way that Phulera is getting ready for the elections in the village, and the viewers will witness the village politics on a root level.

A few pictures from the set have been shared with a clapboard of the fourth season. The audiences are already excited for the fourth season, and the excitement has been building since this time. The team has returned sooner than expected!

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The weekend is usually everyone’s favorite time of the week — unless you’re a soap opera fan. Here’s where to catch your favorite stars from Days of our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, and more on TV the weekend of October 25 – October 27, 2024.

Where To Watch

It’s mostly a weekend of merry movies on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mystery, including a brand new Christmas film starring a beloved Days vet. Plus, catch a soon returning Gh star in a horror classic on AMC as we approach Halloween.

Friday, October 25, 2024

A Magical Christmas Village, starring Alison Sweeney – Hallmark Channel

This 2022 film follows a Christmas village that magically comes to life and stars Alison Sweeney.

Beat The Bridge, starring Cameron Mathison – Game Show Network

Catch Cameron Mathison hosting Game Show Network’s latest hit Beat The Bridge.

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Alison Sweeney has been busy promoting her new Hallmark movie This Time Each Year. However, this year she admits that the holidays will be “so hard.” What is she dealing with that many other parents have to face this holiday season?

Hallmark Niall Matter, Alison Sweeney Image Credit: Lighthouse Productions Alison Sweeney Stars With Niall Matter In Hallmark’s This Time Each Year

Hallmark’s Miracles Of Christmas kicks off with This Time Each Year. This stars Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter. This is more than the kickoff. This is Alison’s 30th movie with the network.

Speaking to People Magazine, Ali revealed how surprised she was over this milestone. The 48-year-old star shared, “When they told me, I was shocked. I did not think it was 30 movies, so that’s amazing and exciting. I’m so proud of, especially that it’s This Time Each Year, because it shows...

The What We Do in the Shadows cast features a whos-who of seasoned comedy veterans, exciting up-and-coming talent, and scene-stealing supporting players as its vampiric characters. Based on the movie of the same name, What We Do in the Shadows is a mockumentary series about the mundane everyday lives of a group of vampires living in New York. The premise of a vampire-infested mockumentary might not have sustained a sketch in the hands of lesser creators, but Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, and co. have managed to make an acclaimed feature film and an equally acclaimed TV show out of that concept.

By introducing different kinds of vampires and entirely new supernatural species, the TV version of What We Do in the Shadows has expanded the world of the movie. The limited cast of the film has been replaced with a sprawling ensemble, played by both promising up-and-comers and prolific comedians.

The annual Hallmark Mystery Miracles Of Christmas is kicking off with This Time Each Year. This movie stars Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter. Directing this movie is Signed, Sealed, Delivered star Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe.

“Despite a trial separation, Lauren pretends to still be with her husband Kevin to placate her overbearing mother. The ruse may be just what the couple needs to finally work on their marriage.”

Here is more about this new holiday movie.

Photo: Alison Sweeney, Niall Matter Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Lighthouse Productions What Is Hallmark Mystery’s This Time Each Year About?

Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter star in This Time Each Year. What is this movie about? According to TV Insider, “Lauren and Kevin were once happily married and thriving as a family, but the couple has spent the past year in a trial separation and are working hard to co-parent their young son Charlie (Ezra Wilson.

Peacock’s The Office Universe expansion from creators and executive producers Gregg Daniels and Michael Koman has added four to its cast.

They include Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key and Eric Rahill. Ikumelo, Edelman and Rahill also serve as writers on the as-yet-untitled mockumentary set in the same universe as Daniels’ NBC hit The Office. Details regarding the characters are under wraps.

They join the previously announced Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young.

In the new comedy series, the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is searching for a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.

Deadline exclusively revealed the secret project was in its early stages...

The staff of Peacock’s mockumentary follow-up to The Office is growing.

The show from Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman has added Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key and Eric Rahill to its ensemble. They join the previously cast Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore, along with Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young.

In keeping with Office tradition, three of the newly cast actors — Ikumelo, Edelman and Rahill — are also writers on the series. The beloved NBC comedy also featured several castmembers, among them B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling and Paul Lieberstein — who worked as writers as well.

The untitled series will feature the same documentary crew that made Dunder Mifflin famous searching for a new subject when they discover a dying, historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.

Ikumelo won a BAFTA TV Award for best female performance in a comedy for the BBC’s Black Ops.

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Eric Church surprise drops a twinkling track to raise funds for North Carolina flood relief, Coldplay invites us into their world of love, and Lisa hypnotically refreshes a Nineties classic. Plus, new music from Victoria Monét, Bartees Strange, Leon Bridges, and more.

Eric Church, “Darkest Hour” (YouTube)

Coldplay, “All My Love” (YouTube)

Lisa, “Moonlit Floor” (YouTube)

Victoria Monét, “1900’s” (YouTube)

Bartees Strange, “Sober” (YouTube)

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Sleater-Kinney have dropped a new song, “This Time,” one of three fresh additions to the upcoming deluxe edition of their latest album, Little Rope.

“This Time” is a pensive, steady tune driven by warbling keys and keening guitar, though it does briefly kick into double-time rock and roll over drive. In a statement, Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker said “This Time” was the last song they wrote for Little Rope and also “the last to get cut once we decided we preferred the evenness and succinctness of ten songs.

Haul out the holly, grab your cocoa, and wrap yourself in the warm embrace of holiday programming.

TV Fanatic is creating a dedicated holiday page for you, and you can get your first glimpse of everything Hallmark offers for the upcoming season.

For 15 years, fans of heartwarming holiday fare have heated up the cocoa and cozied up on their couches as they flocked to Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas for their holiday movie fix.

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The jingle bell juggernaut kicks off its 24/7 programming event on Friday, October 18, and gifts viewers yearning for yuletide tales with 40 new, original movies across Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mystery.

Hallmark+, the recently launched, reimagined streaming service and membership rewards program, is throwing its own holiday party.

It is offering seven original merry movies and — for the first time ever — four seasonal series that are sure to make spirits bright.

Here are...

Jon Hamm’s tech billionaire Paul Marks sharing the screen with Jennifer Aniston’s anchor Alex Levy has been one of the most in-demand scenes of The Morning Show by viewers, especially after coming across their swoon-worthy chemistry. However, things took a tumultuous turn when a risky scene between this pair in the fan-favorite series’ latest season broke the internet.

Jon Hamm and Jennifer Aniston in The Morning Show. | Credits: Apple TV+

Inevitably enough, this unpredictable turn of events caught a lot of fans off-guard as the audience saw the promising romance between Hamm and Aniston’s respective characters seemingly dissolve. But it sounds like their story has anything but ended so soon as the 53-year-old actor himself promised in a recent interview that this romance has a lot more to discover.

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Sleater-Kinney have revealed “Here Today,” an outtake from their recent album Little Rope.

The track is a meditative rocker that contemplates the brevity of life. It’s paired with a black-and-white video of Los Angeles guerrilla projections — made by activist art collective In Decline — as the lyrics flash across the screen: “You are on the dirty streets/While I sit on heated seats/Pretend we’re not both occupants/Of a world that’s gone insane.”

“We’re excited to share ‘Here Today’ with you,” Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker said in a statement.

Wednesday Season 2 is the largest production in Ireland's history. Season 2 leans more into horror elements, with new cast members like Steve Buscemi and Billie Piper. Expected to debut in 2025, Season 2 continues the story of Wednesday Addams navigating Nevermore Academy.

Its been two months since season 2 of the Netflix hit Wednesday began production overseas, and it's been confirmed by Screen Ireland that the series is now the largest production to ever film in the country. Released on November 23, 2022, the first season of Wednesday was a massive hit for Netflix, garnering more than 250 million views and four Emmy Awards. Season 2 of the series was greenlit in January 2023, but production was stalled thanks to the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2023, leading to scheduling conflicts that caused star Jenna Ortega to depart the Scream franchise.

As per Variety, Wednesdays sophomore season is now filming in County Wicklow in Ireland, and is the biggest project to...

From the early days at the Edinburgh Fringe to recognition as a gifted character actor with comedy chops, Lolly Adefope has always cherished the camaraderie of the cast

Switch on any of your favourite comedies from the last five years and there’s Lolly Adefope, glamorous and wry, not just stealing the show, but holding it aloft as she marches out of the shop to the sound of rapturous alarms. She was Fran, the droll, sexy best friend in Shrill, a comedy about, among other things, the politics of being fat. She was Ruth Duggan, the reporter who treated Steve Coogan’s character with venomous contempt in This Time with Alan Partridge. She was Lady Daphne in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, exquisitely disgusted by her husband and the aristocratic world in which she has landed and, in fact, by everything. It’s tempting to carry on, actually, listing Adefope’s supporting roles,...

Record Store Day has revealed the extensive list of limited edition vinyl, box sets, and other speciality releases that will be available as part of its 2024 edition taking place on Saturday, April 20th, 2024.

This year promises exclusive wax from Talking Heads, David Bowie, At the Drive-In, South Park, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Daft Punk, 100 gecs, Blur, The Replacements, Screaming Trees, Sonic Youth, Gene Clark, Fleet Foxes, and more.

You can find specifics on some of the most notable releases below, and find many more detailed at the Record Store Day website.

A live recording of Talking Heads’ November 1977 performance at Wcoz will be available as a 2xLP collection, featuring seven previously unheard songs from the original two-track tapes.

An early version of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, dubbed Waiting in the Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth), will be released on vinyl.

Steve Coogan is reprising his iconic role of Alan Partridge for new spoof documentary And Did Those Feet… Here are the details.

The BBC has announced a new Alan Partridge series, which will take the form of a spoof documentary called And Did Those Feet… With Alan Partridge. It’s once again written by Steve Coogan and brothers Neil and Rob Gibbons, with the latter also directing. The official description of the series reads as follows:

In his new documentary series – And Did Those Feet… With Alan Partridge – we follow the beloved and, to be fair, revered broadcaster as he reintegrates into life in Britain after a year working in Saudi Arabia. But what begins as a documentary about homecoming soon morphs into something more personal as Alan realises that the happiness he thought he’d feel at being back in Norwich just hasn’t materialised. Something’s missing.

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The last time BBC audiences saw Alan Partridge, he was being refused entry to Broadcasting House. The suits up in their ivory offices didn’t want a truth-talking troublemaker like him around, a man of the people, for the people, near some people.

Also, he’d forgotten his security pass.

Now, it’s a new chapter for Partridge on the Beeb. Following his 2020 – 2021 stint as co-presenter on weeknight light chat magazine programme ‘This Time’, he’s back with a fresh format. And Did Those Feet… with Alan Partridge is a new BBC documentary series following the presenter’s reintegration into life in Britain after spending a year working in Saudi Arabia. Will Norwich greet its prodigal son with a fatted calf or a cold shoulder?

As a reminder, Partridge’s time at ‘This Time’ ended in June 2021 when he enacted an on-air rebellion in the style of Network’s Howard Beale.

Exclusive: Steve Coogan is bringing a long-gestating Alan Partridge comedy doc series to the BBC.

Deadline can reveal that the beloved comedy icon’s latest show, And Did Those Feet.. With Alan Partridge, will see him travel around meeting locals, with the character having come in to some money after a trip to Saudi Arabia, as the ever-developing Partridge moves with the times.

BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie revealed the news to Deadline alongside a string of recommissions including for Diane Morgan’s Cunk with Netflix, Dreaming Whilst Black with Showtime, Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner and Man Like Mobeen, along with a new show, Only Child, from the producer of Guilt.

Penned by long-time collaborators Neil and Rob Gibbons and produced by Coogan and Sarah Monteith’s Baby Cow, And Did Those Feet… starts as a homecoming documentary but morphs into something more personal as the character realizes that...

Darren Criss is going to Hollywood. The Glee alum revealed today on Instagram that he will star in and executive produce Hollywood, Ryan Murphy’s new drama that received a straight-to-series order at Netflix.

Few details are known about the series, which Murphy calls “a love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown.” He co-created the series with frequent collaborator Ian Brennan. Principal photography got underway this summer.

“Honored to say that I’m heading back to the House of Murphy where I’ll be starring in but also executive producing Hollywood with Time’s King of Television,” he wrote. Read his entire post below.

Criss also is starring in, executive producing and writing songs for Royalties, a musical comedy series for Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform video platform Quibi. Criss won Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and Critics’ Choice awards for his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan in Murphy...