Month: May 2023

Our friends over at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago are reviving the spirit of late gimmick-master William Castle with a special screening of the horror classic The House on Haunted Hill next month, and they’re pulling out all the stops to recreate the wild theatrical experience that Castle employed at select movie theaters way
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If anyone needs a course in anger management it’s Frankie Morgan, the main character in Canadian author Hannah Mary McKinnon’s latest standalone thriller. Frankie’s trigger temper has been causing her problems both personally and professionally, and anger is one of the main themes of The Revenge List. The novel may be set in Portland, Maine
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The arthouse box office hasn’t recovered quickly post-Covid, but one of the oases for the sector, even by pre-pandemic benchmarks, has always been a Wes Anderson movie. This summer we have his latest all-star absurdist comedy, Asteroid City, which just premiered at Cannes, which begins its limited run on June 16. How big has Anderson
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For My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings (7 hours), actor Zosia Mamet (“Girls,” “The Flight Attendant”) has gathered a who’s-who of creative folks, including fellow actors like Busy Philipps, musicians like Patti Smith, writers like David Sedaris and chefs like Kwame Onwuachi. Each contributed an essay about food or a food-related memory,
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Timeout—is this Hollywood’s newest celeb couple? Well, we’re going to need to review these photos because Hailee Steinfeld and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen just stepped out together in New York City. For the apparent date night at restaurant ABC Kitchen, the 26-year-old actress wore a stylish blazer paired with jeans, while the 27-year-old athlete sported a
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May is coming to a close and with it came a handful of new films that have joined our SCREAMBOX horror streaming service, including the must-see ultra-gory Project Wolf Hunting, the Halloween-themed slasher sequel The Barn 2, and two SCREAMBOX Originals, The Ancestral and Creepypasta! Even better, Halloween comes early with Night of the Demons, the ’80s cult classic about a
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Arrow Video announced their August 2023 releases this morning, and included in the mix is a brand new limited edition Blu-ray release of 2009’s The Last House on the Left. The film, a modern day remake of Wes Craven’s grimy exploitation classic, was directed by Dennis Iliadis. Many, including Stephen King, consider it better than
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Taylor Swift has not spoken publicly about her breakup with actor Joe Alwyn in April … but she’s now singing about it, or so it seems. The pop star digitally released “You’re Losing Me” on her website Friday and her fans went wild, diving into her lyrics, looking for clues about the couple’s split. In
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One of the brands who created some of Target’s Pride collection says their items have been yanked from brick-and-mortar stores … and they’re blaming “threats from domestic terrorists.” The brand, Ash+Chess, says the majority of their products have been removed from Target stores following backlash. The New York-based brand, which says it is “queer +
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It’s pure madness that people are still moving to picturesque country villages in search of rest and relaxation when they or someone they know is far more likely to be murdered and/or accused of murder. At least, that’s what cosy crime fiction will lead you to believe. For her part, Tess Feather is clearly no
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Cineverse announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to the mind-bending Australian horror film Subject. Gritty and cerebral, the film premiered at the Monster Film Festival and has been featured at festivals around the world including the upcoming Chattanooga Film Festival and was even selected for Cannes’ Frontières showcase. Subject will premiere
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Alt.Pop artist Little Hurt (Colin Dieden, former lead singer of The Mowglis) has released his new album Lovely Hours, out now on Century Family. Today, he is sharing the high energy, bursting with color video for “I Can Do Better Than You”. The zesty & spirited clip features Dieden and his band cutting loose, jumping around, having fun, and letting themselves be
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There’s wit, honesty and insight in Madly, Deeply (19.5 hours), a collection of Alan Rickman’s succinct yet keenly observant diary entries spanning 1993 to 2015. The late actor’s journals reveal a palpable lack of pretentiousness and a go-with-the-flow attitude (even after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer), as well as a compelling contrast between his two
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