Vault Announces New Series Godfather Of Hell by Cavan Scott & Pius Bak: "Vault is thrilled to announce Godfather Of Hell, a dark and thrilling new supernatural crime series written by New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott and drawn by Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak. Blending neo-noir and hellfire, Godfather Of Hell is sure to be The comic of fall 2024.
In Godfather Of Hell, Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk. Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity.
The first issue of Godfather Of Hell will launch with an incredible line of crime movie poster...
In Godfather Of Hell, Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk. Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity.
The first issue of Godfather Of Hell will launch with an incredible line of crime movie poster...
- 7/22/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Thea Hvistendahl’s Norwegian horror picture Handling The Undead, won the best feature prize at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) in Switzerland. Known as the H.R. Giger ‘Narcisse’ award, the prize is worth 10,000 Swiss francs.
TrustNordisk is selling the film which will be handled in Switzerland by Filmcoopi Zurich.
The international competition jury also gave a special mention to German director Tilman Singer’s Neon-backed horror thriller, Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. The Swiss release is handled by Praesens Film.
Among other prizes, the Rts audience award went to Irish director Damian Mc Carthy ’s paranormal horror film Oddity,...
TrustNordisk is selling the film which will be handled in Switzerland by Filmcoopi Zurich.
The international competition jury also gave a special mention to German director Tilman Singer’s Neon-backed horror thriller, Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. The Swiss release is handled by Praesens Film.
Among other prizes, the Rts audience award went to Irish director Damian Mc Carthy ’s paranormal horror film Oddity,...
- 7/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Tomorrow, the 23rd Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival starts, bringing nine days of horror, fantasy and science fiction films from all over the world to a beautiful Swiss location. This year, the poster and trailer point to a general theme of a sudden switch, a plot twist which puts an audience on the wrong footing. The focus of its main retrospective programme, called "Eat the Rich" this year, is on the portrayal of elite classes in film. Titles shown here will be ranging from classics like Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell anime to cult films like Brian Yuzna's Society. A second retrospective, called "Forever Young", will focus on aging and will show films like Ron Howard's Cocoon. And adjacent...
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- 7/4/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Since taking over in 2022, Nifff director Pierre-Yves Walder has made the festival’s socially tinged retrospective program a hallmark of his tenure. Rounding out a so-called trilogy that started with queer representation then followed with a gender focus that put the femme fatale and scream queen under the spotlight, this year’s retrospective will tackle class conflict in cheeky terms, putting the screws to those swells with a 20 film program titled Eat the Rich.
“Genre cinema has always treated questions of predation, exploitation and everyday brutality with such complexity,” says Walder, “which makes it so interesting to how this theme evolves over the course of film history.”
The far-ranging program tackles nearly a century worth of upper-class perfidy, beginning with Yakov Protazanov’s early-Soviet sci-fi “Aelita” from 1924 and running through to Jenna Cato Bass’ South African servitude creeper “Good Madam” from 2021. In between are landmarks like Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope...
“Genre cinema has always treated questions of predation, exploitation and everyday brutality with such complexity,” says Walder, “which makes it so interesting to how this theme evolves over the course of film history.”
The far-ranging program tackles nearly a century worth of upper-class perfidy, beginning with Yakov Protazanov’s early-Soviet sci-fi “Aelita” from 1924 and running through to Jenna Cato Bass’ South African servitude creeper “Good Madam” from 2021. In between are landmarks like Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope...
- 6/27/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Celine Song, director of one of 2023’s breakout Past Lives, now has two projects in development, with A24 already backing Song’s next film.
Celine Song’s Past Lives was an astonishing achievement, an exquisitely-constructed film that continues to stand out amid a year of wonderful cinema. We’re hoping that some noteworthy awards recognition will crown the film’s achievements but even if that doesn’t happen, Song’s bewitching debut film (which she also wrote) marks her out as an incredible talent that should be nurtured and supported in her ambition to tell other stories, whatever they may be.
Happily, that seems to be the case. It’s already confirmed that A24 will be re-teaming with Song for her follow-up project. We don’t know a lot about that one, but thanks to a GQ interview back in December we do know that ‘soon, Song will begin production on her follow-up feature,...
Celine Song’s Past Lives was an astonishing achievement, an exquisitely-constructed film that continues to stand out amid a year of wonderful cinema. We’re hoping that some noteworthy awards recognition will crown the film’s achievements but even if that doesn’t happen, Song’s bewitching debut film (which she also wrote) marks her out as an incredible talent that should be nurtured and supported in her ambition to tell other stories, whatever they may be.
Happily, that seems to be the case. It’s already confirmed that A24 will be re-teaming with Song for her follow-up project. We don’t know a lot about that one, but thanks to a GQ interview back in December we do know that ‘soon, Song will begin production on her follow-up feature,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
2023 was a tumultuous year for television, but amid the turmoil was some standout horror programming that celebrates the genre’s versatility, from “The Fall of the House of Usher” to “Swarm.”
The television landscape grows increasingly proliferated as streaming services continue to spawn and transform like hordes of zombies. There have never been more places to consume content, which in itself can be both exciting and overwhelming for audiences. Horror has been warmly embraced by television and the prospect of a graphic genre program is no longer the gambit that it used to be. Programming from across the world collectively taps into the universal fears that get under the audience’s skin, many of which become even more intense through extended binge-watch sessions. There’s something for everyone when it comes to 2023’s eclectic horror series, whether it’s killer dolls in the White House, inspired reimaginings of Edgar Allan Poe,...
The television landscape grows increasingly proliferated as streaming services continue to spawn and transform like hordes of zombies. There have never been more places to consume content, which in itself can be both exciting and overwhelming for audiences. Horror has been warmly embraced by television and the prospect of a graphic genre program is no longer the gambit that it used to be. Programming from across the world collectively taps into the universal fears that get under the audience’s skin, many of which become even more intense through extended binge-watch sessions. There’s something for everyone when it comes to 2023’s eclectic horror series, whether it’s killer dolls in the White House, inspired reimaginings of Edgar Allan Poe,...
- 12/26/2023
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Abstract art plays a featured role in the first few episodes of Hulu’s new heist drama Culprits. A Rothko exhibit is the site of an early meeting between two aspiring criminals, and the artist’s canvases are a topic of conversation. A later episode walks through a full room of striking works, a Mondrian here, a Kandinsky there. Nobody discusses the paintings this time, but London is full of places to hold meetings, so this interest on series creator J Blakeson’s part feels more than incidental.
Like many things in Culprits, however, the eye for 20th-century masterworks ends up being more of a red herring than a fascination with substance, a burst of color or geometry to attract the eye more than a point of thematic resonance. Despite a fragmented narrative and a couple of interesting characters, very little in Culprits feels all that modern and nothing so much as flirts with abstraction.
Like many things in Culprits, however, the eye for 20th-century masterworks ends up being more of a red herring than a fascination with substance, a burst of color or geometry to attract the eye more than a point of thematic resonance. Despite a fragmented narrative and a couple of interesting characters, very little in Culprits feels all that modern and nothing so much as flirts with abstraction.
- 12/8/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"If he's in, I'm in." Sony has revealed the first trailer for a movie called Dumb Money, the big Hollywood fictional take on the infamous GameStop Wall Street story from a few years ago. There have already been tons of doc films made about this story but now we get Hollywood's take on it, from the same director of I Tonya, Cruella, "Pam & Tommy". "You can’t make this $hit up. Get invested in the insane true story that shocked the world." The film follows the Wall Street chaos after GameStop's stock skyrocketed due to Reddit. Paul Dano stars as the "regular guy" who stars it all, named Keith Gill. The main cast includes Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen. This looks like good fun, but it also looks kinda vacuous, like all the Wall Street bros in it.
- 6/22/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Aerosmith have unveiled the new Greatest Hits collection, due for release on August 18th ahead of the band’s farewell tour.
The career-spanning compilation will be available in a plethora of configurations: a Super Deluxe 4-lp colored-vinyl box set; a numbered 2-lp 180-gram black vinyl pressing with alternate cover; a limited CD with featuring Aerosmith’s 2000s image and logo; a deluxe 4-lp box set on 180-gram black vinyl; 2-lp black vinyl; single LP black vinyl; deluxe 3-cd box set with photo booklet; and CD with photo booklet.
The Super Deluxe edition sports a whopping 44-song tracklist that chronologically traverses the band’s 50-plus-year career. All of the songs on our recent Aerosmith Top 10 Songs list made the cut, including iconic rockers such as “Dream On,” “Walk This Way,” and “Sweet Emotion.”
For hardcore fans, the Super Deluxe edition is the most collectible piece here, retailing for $180 exclusively via Aerosmith’s website.
The career-spanning compilation will be available in a plethora of configurations: a Super Deluxe 4-lp colored-vinyl box set; a numbered 2-lp 180-gram black vinyl pressing with alternate cover; a limited CD with featuring Aerosmith’s 2000s image and logo; a deluxe 4-lp box set on 180-gram black vinyl; 2-lp black vinyl; single LP black vinyl; deluxe 3-cd box set with photo booklet; and CD with photo booklet.
The Super Deluxe edition sports a whopping 44-song tracklist that chronologically traverses the band’s 50-plus-year career. All of the songs on our recent Aerosmith Top 10 Songs list made the cut, including iconic rockers such as “Dream On,” “Walk This Way,” and “Sweet Emotion.”
For hardcore fans, the Super Deluxe edition is the most collectible piece here, retailing for $180 exclusively via Aerosmith’s website.
- 6/20/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Sony Pictures has slated “Dumb Money” for theatrical release on October 20, 2023. The film, directed by Craig Gillespie, tells the true story of a Wall Street short squeeze that momentarily turned GameStop stock into the hottest investment in town.
The squeeze had initially been triggered by users of the subreddit r/wallsteetbets, an online forum, although some hedge funds also participated. The momentary skyrocketing of the video game store’s per-share value, from $17.25 in early January of 2021 to $500 just weeks later, turned the saga into a skewed David vs. Goliath story. The narrative of amateur traders and “fans” of the company driving up its stock price as a form of fandom/social protest against the stereotypical investor class proved irresistible as a juicy media story.
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By late March, it was back down to $120.34 per share and now,...
The squeeze had initially been triggered by users of the subreddit r/wallsteetbets, an online forum, although some hedge funds also participated. The momentary skyrocketing of the video game store’s per-share value, from $17.25 in early January of 2021 to $500 just weeks later, turned the saga into a skewed David vs. Goliath story. The narrative of amateur traders and “fans” of the company driving up its stock price as a form of fandom/social protest against the stereotypical investor class proved irresistible as a juicy media story.
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By late March, it was back down to $120.34 per share and now,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Spoiler alert: The following article discusses major plot points from “You” Season 4 Part 2.
“He can’t keep getting away with it,” one might think (à la “Breaking Bad’s” Jesse) when watching each new season of Netflix’s “You.” The soapy thriller, which follows its ever-murderous, ever-weaseling antagonist Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) as he terrorizes and kills person after person, underwent a format change in Season 4 before pulling the rug out from viewers once again in Part 2. With a twist so delirious and ripped directly from Goldberg’s deranged psyche (moonlighting as Professor Jonathan Moore), showrunner Sera Gamble and star Badgley were well aware of the pressures to keep audiences on their toes as they look ahead to new dynamics in a potential fifth season.
“From the beginning, Penn’s burning question was, ‘Are you going to try to redeem this man?’ This season is about the difference between a...
“He can’t keep getting away with it,” one might think (à la “Breaking Bad’s” Jesse) when watching each new season of Netflix’s “You.” The soapy thriller, which follows its ever-murderous, ever-weaseling antagonist Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) as he terrorizes and kills person after person, underwent a format change in Season 4 before pulling the rug out from viewers once again in Part 2. With a twist so delirious and ripped directly from Goldberg’s deranged psyche (moonlighting as Professor Jonathan Moore), showrunner Sera Gamble and star Badgley were well aware of the pressures to keep audiences on their toes as they look ahead to new dynamics in a potential fifth season.
“From the beginning, Penn’s burning question was, ‘Are you going to try to redeem this man?’ This season is about the difference between a...
- 3/9/2023
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Greg Kinnear is Joe Goldberg’s latest adversary.
In a twist on top of twists, Kinnear’s casting was kept under wraps until Part 2 of Season 4, which premiered March 9 on Netflix. Kinnear plays Tom Lockwood, the insidious corporate-raiding father of Joe aka Jonathan’s (Penn Badgley) new love interest Kate (Charlotte Ritchie). And sure, while Jonathan is grappling with coming to terms with the true identity of the Eat the Rich killer, he’s keeping Kate safe from all outside forces of evil…including maybe even her own dad.
“Our casting director and our producers, chiefly Sarah Schecter, do a ton of work behind the scenes when it’s a piece of really high-level casting like that. As the person who’s in the writers’ room, they’re doing most of the hard work,” showrunner Sera Gamble exclusively told IndieWire. “I’ll get a phone call like, ‘What do you think of Greg Kinnear?...
In a twist on top of twists, Kinnear’s casting was kept under wraps until Part 2 of Season 4, which premiered March 9 on Netflix. Kinnear plays Tom Lockwood, the insidious corporate-raiding father of Joe aka Jonathan’s (Penn Badgley) new love interest Kate (Charlotte Ritchie). And sure, while Jonathan is grappling with coming to terms with the true identity of the Eat the Rich killer, he’s keeping Kate safe from all outside forces of evil…including maybe even her own dad.
“Our casting director and our producers, chiefly Sarah Schecter, do a ton of work behind the scenes when it’s a piece of really high-level casting like that. As the person who’s in the writers’ room, they’re doing most of the hard work,” showrunner Sera Gamble exclusively told IndieWire. “I’ll get a phone call like, ‘What do you think of Greg Kinnear?...
- 3/9/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
By this point, it’s pretty clear Joe Goldberg is the problem.
You, Netflix’s beloved murder-comedy staple, follows a simple pattern for viewers to latch on to. Joe (Penn Badgley) is an angst-ridden killer who just can’t stop meeting women and then stalking, trapping, and eventually murdering them. But he’s hot, so not only does he get away, but the end of each season has seen him successfully survive and remerge in another unsuspecting community ripe for the taking.
This same routine was once again present in...
You, Netflix’s beloved murder-comedy staple, follows a simple pattern for viewers to latch on to. Joe (Penn Badgley) is an angst-ridden killer who just can’t stop meeting women and then stalking, trapping, and eventually murdering them. But he’s hot, so not only does he get away, but the end of each season has seen him successfully survive and remerge in another unsuspecting community ripe for the taking.
This same routine was once again present in...
- 3/9/2023
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
Charlotte Ritchie is one of the many English actors taking over the screen in You Season 4. This season, Joe finds solace in a new life in London, teaching literature at a university. The series keeps Joe’s creepy behavior, but season 4 adapts his storyline into a British whodunit. Still, it’s hard to match the stomach-churning ick that comes from watching season 1 for the first time. Ritchie, in fact, couldn’t get through it.
Charlotte Ritchie as Kate in ‘You’ Season 4 | Netflix ‘You’ isn’t afraid to air on the campy side
In You Season 4, Charlotte Ritchie plays Kate, a wealthy art director who is smart and protective. Season 4 brought in a variety of English actors for the show’s London setting. Ritchie is known for appearing in sitcoms such as Fresh Meat and Ghosts, as well as her role in the BBC drama Call the Midwife.
However, it’s...
Charlotte Ritchie as Kate in ‘You’ Season 4 | Netflix ‘You’ isn’t afraid to air on the campy side
In You Season 4, Charlotte Ritchie plays Kate, a wealthy art director who is smart and protective. Season 4 brought in a variety of English actors for the show’s London setting. Ritchie is known for appearing in sitcoms such as Fresh Meat and Ghosts, as well as her role in the BBC drama Call the Midwife.
However, it’s...
- 2/22/2023
- by Erica Scassellati
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Joe Goldberg can never really change.
Despite four seasons of being presented with an opportunity to do so, You has made it clear where it lands on that theses relating to its starring serial killer, played by Penn Badgley.
And Badgley himself, along with the showrunner of the hit Netflix series Sera Gamble, each confirmed that in recent conversations with The Hollywood Reporter after the release of Part 1. “The reality of somebody who kills people is that it’s hard to change, because what you’re having is a response to this deep-grained belief that had to have started in early, early life,” said Badgley.
Gamble further explained, “There’s nothing he values over this feeling that he calls love, and it is incredibly difficult for him. He tears himself apart, trying to both be his version of a good man and then also get what he wants in terms...
Despite four seasons of being presented with an opportunity to do so, You has made it clear where it lands on that theses relating to its starring serial killer, played by Penn Badgley.
And Badgley himself, along with the showrunner of the hit Netflix series Sera Gamble, each confirmed that in recent conversations with The Hollywood Reporter after the release of Part 1. “The reality of somebody who kills people is that it’s hard to change, because what you’re having is a response to this deep-grained belief that had to have started in early, early life,” said Badgley.
Gamble further explained, “There’s nothing he values over this feeling that he calls love, and it is incredibly difficult for him. He tears himself apart, trying to both be his version of a good man and then also get what he wants in terms...
- 2/15/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meet the Eat the Rich Killer, the New Serial Killer Giving Joe a Run For His Money in "You" Season 4
There's no shortage of crime and murder in "You" season four. But the first part of this season has been a surprising turn of events compared to the first three seasons. Instead of the usual stalking and killing in pursuit of his latest obsession that fans have come to expect from Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), there's a new serial killer in town who has become obsessed with figuring out Joe's true identity and taking down members of London's most elite young professionals. So who is this anonymous Eat the Rich Killer? Why did he take such an interest in Joe?
Who Is the Eat the Rich Killer?
This season, Joe has retreated to London to reinvent himself and start over as Professor Jonathan Moore. His neighbor and colleague at the university, Malcolm Harding (Stephen Hagan), introduces Joe to his small but elite circle of friends. In the first episode, Joe...
Who Is the Eat the Rich Killer?
This season, Joe has retreated to London to reinvent himself and start over as Professor Jonathan Moore. His neighbor and colleague at the university, Malcolm Harding (Stephen Hagan), introduces Joe to his small but elite circle of friends. In the first episode, Joe...
- 2/13/2023
- by Adele Stewart
- Popsugar.com
Oh, “You.” Netflix‘s addictive thriller series is back and, in true Joe Goldberg tradition, we are again traveling to a new destination on the run from his murderous past. Season 4 finds Penn Badgley’s killer as an ex-pat in London, hiding behind a new identity as professor Jonathan Moore. And, once again, he’s rubbing elbows with the wealthy and elite — and elitist — all of whom are being targeted by the mysterious “Eat the Rich” killer.
That means there’s a whole new batch of friends, foes and potential deadly obsessions for Joe to navigate this season, as well as an almost entirely new cast for Season 4. So if you’re wondering who plays whom, or where you’ve seen them before, here’s a handy guide.
That means there’s a whole new batch of friends, foes and potential deadly obsessions for Joe to navigate this season, as well as an almost entirely new cast for Season 4. So if you’re wondering who plays whom, or where you’ve seen them before, here’s a handy guide.
- 2/9/2023
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
The year 2019 saw the release of three notable film entries in the "Eat the Rich" era of media. There was Rian Johnson's "Knives Out," a quirky murder-mystery that gave its working-class hero a happy ending while serving her late employer's entitled family their just desserts. Then there was Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite," a satirical thriller that forewent a feel-good conclusion in favor of making a damning statement about the harsh reality of global capitalism. Lastly, in-between those two ends of the spectrum, there was "Scream" (2022) duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's "Ready or Not," a horror-comedy where things didn't work out hunky-dory for...
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- 3/15/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Welcome Dan, aka Comic Concierge, back to Nerdly with his new YouTube channel dedicated to all things comics. From weekly new releases to graphic novels. Comics are for everyone but the key is finding the right one. Comic Concierge is here to help with that journey, with a range of videos discussing everything from weekly pick-ups, dollar-bin dives, comic book theory, analysis and more!
Starting Points: Comics out August 18th 2021
One of the hardest questions to answer with comics is where to begin. But Starting Points is here to help you out. Each week we take a look at Ongoing Series Starting New Arcs, Notable New Series, and Trades and Graphic Novels coming out. Then finish things up by looking at the Starting Point of the Week.
Time Stamps:
New Arcs
00:00 – Opening
00:32 – Radiant Black #7/Radiant Black Vol. 1 Tp
02:52 – X-o Manowar #5
04:26 – Star Wars Adventures #8
05:56 – Marauders #23
07:...
Starting Points: Comics out August 18th 2021
One of the hardest questions to answer with comics is where to begin. But Starting Points is here to help you out. Each week we take a look at Ongoing Series Starting New Arcs, Notable New Series, and Trades and Graphic Novels coming out. Then finish things up by looking at the Starting Point of the Week.
Time Stamps:
New Arcs
00:00 – Opening
00:32 – Radiant Black #7/Radiant Black Vol. 1 Tp
02:52 – X-o Manowar #5
04:26 – Star Wars Adventures #8
05:56 – Marauders #23
07:...
- 8/17/2021
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Davos, Switzerland — I ran into a global icon outside Davos yesterday. I recognized him by his trademark orange mop of hair and yellow jumpsuit. He stood not too far from blond men with skis slung on their shoulders heading toward a train station decorated with graffiti reading “Eat the Rich.” Other men and women surrounded him in varying degrees of greasepaint. Perhaps sensing a change in the political climate, he turned against his own people.
“My name is Ronald McDonald,” said the man. “I was working for McDonald’s, but because...
“My name is Ronald McDonald,” said the man. “I was working for McDonald’s, but because...
- 1/22/2020
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Rollingstone.com
Zombies, aliens, mysterious diseases, and natural disasters: these are the elements that most frequently drive the post-apocalyptic narratives dominating our movies, TV shows, and video games. It can seem monotonous, as their similarities begin to blend together, but Jovanka Vuckovic’s feature debut, Riot Girls, succeeds in separating itself from the mould, with a hard rock survival tale that feels like something The CW could produce at their full potential.
Riot Girls is introduced cleverly through a comic strip, walking the audience through the aftermath of a mysterious disease that decimated the fictional mid-’90s town of Potter’s Bluff, with all parents succumbing to the disease. What’s left of the town is split in two: a battleground between the town’s children.
Death to the patriarchy is something we often express a desire for, and when it finally comes, we imagine that an anarchic town would thrive under its freedom,...
Riot Girls is introduced cleverly through a comic strip, walking the audience through the aftermath of a mysterious disease that decimated the fictional mid-’90s town of Potter’s Bluff, with all parents succumbing to the disease. What’s left of the town is split in two: a battleground between the town’s children.
Death to the patriarchy is something we often express a desire for, and when it finally comes, we imagine that an anarchic town would thrive under its freedom,...
- 9/10/2019
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
It’s the Swinging Sixties baby, and Peter Cushing is right in the thick of it! Or rather I should say he’s up to his tweed in blood and severed heads in Corruption (1968), a strange and nasty little number that proves the Baron did know how to get his hands dirty.
Released in December by Columbia Pictures, Corruption curried no favor from critics at the time, with most labeling it as silly nonsense with a poor script. But time has been kind to the film (and softened its edges), as it’s a good showcase for Cushing and a solid snapshot of London’s loosening mores. And with a tagline that screams, “Corruption Is Not A Woman’S Picture!”, how can you refuse?
Sir John Rowan (Cushing) has it all: Lynn, his beautiful model fiancée (Sue Lloyd - Eat the Rich), a thriving career as one of London’s leading plastic surgeons,...
Released in December by Columbia Pictures, Corruption curried no favor from critics at the time, with most labeling it as silly nonsense with a poor script. But time has been kind to the film (and softened its edges), as it’s a good showcase for Cushing and a solid snapshot of London’s loosening mores. And with a tagline that screams, “Corruption Is Not A Woman’S Picture!”, how can you refuse?
Sir John Rowan (Cushing) has it all: Lynn, his beautiful model fiancée (Sue Lloyd - Eat the Rich), a thriving career as one of London’s leading plastic surgeons,...
- 7/27/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
In 2011, Rolling Stone asked readers to name their favorite punk bands of all time, with thousands of fans anointing the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, Green Day and others as the best the genre has to offer.
They were all wrong.
There is only one right answer: The greatest punk band of all time is the Queenhaters. Formed (and disbanded) on March 18th, 1983, the British punk group, comprised of Martin Short, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin, appeared on Mel’s Rock Pile, a show also...
They were all wrong.
There is only one right answer: The greatest punk band of all time is the Queenhaters. Formed (and disbanded) on March 18th, 1983, the British punk group, comprised of Martin Short, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin, appeared on Mel’s Rock Pile, a show also...
- 5/22/2019
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
Cher Dishes On Her 'Grubby' Sweatpants Style, Admits She Doesn't Like To Be 'Glamorous' All The Time
Since the '60s, Cher has cemented herself as a fashion icon by often wearing risqué outfits like revealing bodysuits and extravagant two-piece costumes. But, in a new interview with People, the 72-year-old singer revealed that her on-stage ensembles actually aren't a reflection of her preferred at-home personal style — and she loves to wear sweatpants when she's not working! "I go around just in my sweatpants. I don't go around in makeup, I have my hair in a ponytail — I like my off time," Cher confessed. "I like not being glamorous. I like just being grubby." (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Cher — who recently starred in the new Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again film — knows that dressing comfortably is far better than constantly wearing over-the-top outfits. "It's not a difference in exactly who I am, but it's a heightened reality. You know, you can’t go around being glamorous Cher all the time,...
- 9/28/2018
- by Joyann Jeffrey
- Closer Weekly
Elementary always sides with the lunatics, which is just how we like it. Here's our review of this week's fun, varied episode...
This review contains spoilers.
3.19 A Stitch In Time
This week’s case was a picnic. A hamper full of Elementary entertainment. The episode may not have pushed along any arcs or provided new insights into our leads - no addiction, grieving, or relationship stuff here - but it was chock-full of diverting twists.
A Stitch In Time bound together elements from multiple genres into one fun Katamari of intrigue. A murder investigation became a ghost mystery, then a cyber-thriller, ending finally on the sort of wealthy white-collar criminal that Elementary repeatedly takes as its target.
Anyone who pays attention to the show would have fingered Colin Eisley for the perp from our first glimpse of that original Picasso. Eat the rich, says Elementary, well, the ones only interested in getting richer,...
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3.19 A Stitch In Time
This week’s case was a picnic. A hamper full of Elementary entertainment. The episode may not have pushed along any arcs or provided new insights into our leads - no addiction, grieving, or relationship stuff here - but it was chock-full of diverting twists.
A Stitch In Time bound together elements from multiple genres into one fun Katamari of intrigue. A murder investigation became a ghost mystery, then a cyber-thriller, ending finally on the sort of wealthy white-collar criminal that Elementary repeatedly takes as its target.
Anyone who pays attention to the show would have fingered Colin Eisley for the perp from our first glimpse of that original Picasso. Eat the rich, says Elementary, well, the ones only interested in getting richer,...
- 4/17/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Rik Mayall as a neglected imaginary friend in Drop Dead Fred
Rik Mayall, the much loved star of Bottom and The Young Ones who also starred on the big screen in the likes of Drop Dead Fred, Eat The Rich, Shock Treatment and An American Werewolf In London, has died at the age of 56. The cause of death is not yet known.
Mayall, who spent five days in a coma following a quad bike accident in 1998, had sai that as his friends began to dread getting older he was really happy to be alive. After his accident he continued to work, appearing in the likes of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and Errors Of The Human Body. There had recently been talk of reviving the highly successful Comic Strip team.
He is survived by his wife Barbara and children Rosie, Sidney and Bonnie....
Rik Mayall, the much loved star of Bottom and The Young Ones who also starred on the big screen in the likes of Drop Dead Fred, Eat The Rich, Shock Treatment and An American Werewolf In London, has died at the age of 56. The cause of death is not yet known.
Mayall, who spent five days in a coma following a quad bike accident in 1998, had sai that as his friends began to dread getting older he was really happy to be alive. After his accident he continued to work, appearing in the likes of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and Errors Of The Human Body. There had recently been talk of reviving the highly successful Comic Strip team.
He is survived by his wife Barbara and children Rosie, Sidney and Bonnie....
- 6/9/2014
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Heavyweight boxer, James Bond stuntman and bodyguard to Hollywood stars
The abiding memory that millions around the world will have of Nosher Powell, who has died aged 84, is of him fighting in vain to save his aeroplane after it had been attacked by a seagull in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965). Gert Fröbe may have been the German officer in charge of the plane but it was Powell who, as the stuntman and double, ended up in the water.
Powell's first appearance as a stuntman was in Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944). He also had small roles in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948) and Cosh Boy (1953), with Joan Collins. In 1952 he was a boxer in Emergency Call, in which he fought the former world champion Freddie Mills. Powell had a decent if not outstanding boxing career himself, reaching No 3 in the British heavyweight rankings.
George Frederick Bernard Powell was born in Camberwell,...
The abiding memory that millions around the world will have of Nosher Powell, who has died aged 84, is of him fighting in vain to save his aeroplane after it had been attacked by a seagull in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965). Gert Fröbe may have been the German officer in charge of the plane but it was Powell who, as the stuntman and double, ended up in the water.
Powell's first appearance as a stuntman was in Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944). He also had small roles in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948) and Cosh Boy (1953), with Joan Collins. In 1952 he was a boxer in Emergency Call, in which he fought the former world champion Freddie Mills. Powell had a decent if not outstanding boxing career himself, reaching No 3 in the British heavyweight rankings.
George Frederick Bernard Powell was born in Camberwell,...
- 4/26/2013
- by James Morton
- The Guardian - Film News
There's a pernicious misapprehension afoot that the Brits are the polite ones while Yanks are inclined to brusqueness or brashness, but a comparison of the varied reactions to the deaths of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher would seem to give the lie to this. While "The Great Communicator" was hailed for ending the Cold War (something surely Mr. Gorbachev deserves some credit for), with little mention of his disastrous economic policies and illegal covert wars, Thatcher has received her due as a "divisive" figure, even on the BBC. And, as I write this, there is a genuine chance that "Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead," will reach number one in the UK charts.
Nor were the British uniformly polite about her when she was alive. The Tories gave no encouragement to the art of cinema, or most of the other arts. Invited to talk about her favorite works of art on television,...
Nor were the British uniformly polite about her when she was alive. The Tories gave no encouragement to the art of cinema, or most of the other arts. Invited to talk about her favorite works of art on television,...
- 4/18/2013
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
Low-budget horror flick Elfie Hopkins has little stomach for the terrifying potential of its flesh-eating subject matter
Brit horror flick Elfie Hopkins has found little favour but it does have one thing going for it. Cannibals. Anthropophagy in a present-day Welsh village may seem an impossibly unlikely premise. Not so. The practice is far from confined to primitive tribes in remote regions. It's alive and well in places at least as civilised as the principality. Last month, police in European Russia arrested a 24-year-old who admitted eating people. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, a 35-year-old stabbed a drinking companion, cooked and ate part of the body and sold some of the remainder at a local market as pork. Matej Curko was shot dead by Slovakian police after eating perhaps dozens of victims. In 2009, gangsters in Madrid ate someone they'd murdered.
Cannibals aren't just crazed outsiders. In 1981, Issei Sagawa,...
Brit horror flick Elfie Hopkins has found little favour but it does have one thing going for it. Cannibals. Anthropophagy in a present-day Welsh village may seem an impossibly unlikely premise. Not so. The practice is far from confined to primitive tribes in remote regions. It's alive and well in places at least as civilised as the principality. Last month, police in European Russia arrested a 24-year-old who admitted eating people. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, a 35-year-old stabbed a drinking companion, cooked and ate part of the body and sold some of the remainder at a local market as pork. Matej Curko was shot dead by Slovakian police after eating perhaps dozens of victims. In 2009, gangsters in Madrid ate someone they'd murdered.
Cannibals aren't just crazed outsiders. In 1981, Issei Sagawa,...
- 4/24/2012
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor known for her roles in The Ipcress File and Crossroads
The actor Sue Lloyd, who has died aged 72, exuded glamour and sophistication on screen in the 1960s, before finding renewed fame two decades later as Barbara Hunter in 714 episodes of the TV soap opera Crossroads. But it took two attempts by the serial's producers to persuade her to join a programme that was roundly abused by the critics.
"My initial reaction was to be a bit sniffy about it," Lloyd recalled in her 1998 autobiography, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. "The soap was renowned for its wobbly scenery, bizarre storylines and regular slaughtering by the critics. Why would I, just back from filming [Revenge of] The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers in the south of France and about to embark on the comedy The Upchat Line with John Alderton, want to get involved in a project like that?...
The actor Sue Lloyd, who has died aged 72, exuded glamour and sophistication on screen in the 1960s, before finding renewed fame two decades later as Barbara Hunter in 714 episodes of the TV soap opera Crossroads. But it took two attempts by the serial's producers to persuade her to join a programme that was roundly abused by the critics.
"My initial reaction was to be a bit sniffy about it," Lloyd recalled in her 1998 autobiography, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. "The soap was renowned for its wobbly scenery, bizarre storylines and regular slaughtering by the critics. Why would I, just back from filming [Revenge of] The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers in the south of France and about to embark on the comedy The Upchat Line with John Alderton, want to get involved in a project like that?...
- 10/23/2011
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
by Steve Dollar
What a piece of work is Lemmy. Keith Richards gets all the credit for being the rugged Jack Sparrow of rock'n'roll, but he's not the only pirate sailing under a black flag. And he doesn't even play for a band with an umlaut in its name.
And you might argue that Ian Fraser Kilmister, born on the first Christmas Eve after the end of World War II, makes a far sturdier badass icon. Better known as Lemmy to the gazillion fans of Motörhead, the bruisingly influential English metal band of which he is the only abiding member, the author of such live-fast-die-ugly anthems as "Eat the Rich," "Killed by Death" and the immortal "Ace of Spades," seems as indestructible as the Terminator. To paraphrase one of his enthusiastically besotted fans, interviewed outside a concert in the documentary Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of a Bitch: "If they ever...
What a piece of work is Lemmy. Keith Richards gets all the credit for being the rugged Jack Sparrow of rock'n'roll, but he's not the only pirate sailing under a black flag. And he doesn't even play for a band with an umlaut in its name.
And you might argue that Ian Fraser Kilmister, born on the first Christmas Eve after the end of World War II, makes a far sturdier badass icon. Better known as Lemmy to the gazillion fans of Motörhead, the bruisingly influential English metal band of which he is the only abiding member, the author of such live-fast-die-ugly anthems as "Eat the Rich," "Killed by Death" and the immortal "Ace of Spades," seems as indestructible as the Terminator. To paraphrase one of his enthusiastically besotted fans, interviewed outside a concert in the documentary Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of a Bitch: "If they ever...
- 1/17/2011
- GreenCine Daily
I've seen my fair share of classic rockers this summer in my attempt to check a few biggies off my bucket list. And when you've been around for more than three decades, chances are you're going to have at least two or three monsters to unload at night's end to send the crowd home in bleary eyed bliss.
But I have to say that Aerosmith might have one of the best one-two punches in all of rock. I mean, how can you beat the shot-to-the-solar-plexus from "Dream On" into "Walk This Way"? Two of the most indelible riffs in rock played back-to-back is a slam dunk, no matter how you slice it.
If fans at the nearly sold-out Riverbend Amphitheater came looking for drama between singer Steven Tyler and longtime foil/sometime rival guitarist Joe Perry, there weren't going to get in on Thursday night (September 2). Nobody fell off the stage,...
But I have to say that Aerosmith might have one of the best one-two punches in all of rock. I mean, how can you beat the shot-to-the-solar-plexus from "Dream On" into "Walk This Way"? Two of the most indelible riffs in rock played back-to-back is a slam dunk, no matter how you slice it.
If fans at the nearly sold-out Riverbend Amphitheater came looking for drama between singer Steven Tyler and longtime foil/sometime rival guitarist Joe Perry, there weren't going to get in on Thursday night (September 2). Nobody fell off the stage,...
- 9/3/2010
- by Gil Kaufman
- MTV Newsroom
At the gym I go to at work they have one of those standard stereo setups that pump out a catchy yet inoffensive radio station everyone seems to accept as the theme music to our workouts. Usually they're playing the Top 40 of the week, an arbitrary mish-mash of random tween songs and songs that are already a few months past date already.
Usually it's just drone music and it's terribly demotivating as far as my workout goes (Seriously, nothing kills a good run quicker than -another- Nickelback song). So typically I take an mp3 player to "keep me in the zone". But what can an goth/alt girl take to the gym to keep her blood running? What if your collection consists mostly of the dark and dreary hits meant more for listening to during the witching hour over clove cigarettes? Well, believe it or not, there's actually an answer.
Usually it's just drone music and it's terribly demotivating as far as my workout goes (Seriously, nothing kills a good run quicker than -another- Nickelback song). So typically I take an mp3 player to "keep me in the zone". But what can an goth/alt girl take to the gym to keep her blood running? What if your collection consists mostly of the dark and dreary hits meant more for listening to during the witching hour over clove cigarettes? Well, believe it or not, there's actually an answer.
- 8/8/2010
- by MinervaLi
- Planet Fury
Actor and dancer abandoned by her father, Diego Rivera
The actor and dancer Marika Rivera, who has died aged 90, shared with her father, the muralist Diego Rivera, an imposing physique and determined character. However, it was to her mother, Marie Vorobieff Stebelska – better known as Marevna and generally regarded as the world's first female cubist painter – to whom she displayed unfailing loyalty after Rivera abandoned them both to return to his native Mexico when his first daughter was less than two years old.
Born in Paris, near her mother's studio in Montparnasse, Marika grew up in the heart of La Ruche – the artists' residence known as "the beehive". The narrow streets nearby buzzed with talent and she remembered meeting Picasso – "He loved my mother, and I heard he teased my father, saying I was his daughter" – Modigliani and the shy artist Chaim Soutine. Much later, Soutine would move in with...
The actor and dancer Marika Rivera, who has died aged 90, shared with her father, the muralist Diego Rivera, an imposing physique and determined character. However, it was to her mother, Marie Vorobieff Stebelska – better known as Marevna and generally regarded as the world's first female cubist painter – to whom she displayed unfailing loyalty after Rivera abandoned them both to return to his native Mexico when his first daughter was less than two years old.
Born in Paris, near her mother's studio in Montparnasse, Marika grew up in the heart of La Ruche – the artists' residence known as "the beehive". The narrow streets nearby buzzed with talent and she remembered meeting Picasso – "He loved my mother, and I heard he teased my father, saying I was his daughter" – Modigliani and the shy artist Chaim Soutine. Much later, Soutine would move in with...
- 3/14/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
By Josef Adalian
Rich people love ABC!
That's the word from the Alphabet network, which Wednesday trumpeted the fact that among viewers 18-49 with incomes over $100,000, it crushed the competition during premiere week. And that's before ABC's new sitcom with RIch People Idol Kelsey Grammer premiered.
ABC says that it averaged a 3.74 rating in the Richie Rich demo, 17 percent better than CBS (3.21). NBC, which once owned upper class viewers, settled for third with a 3.1, while Fox -- despite being owned by the very rich Rupert Murdoch -- came in fourth (3.1).
Seven of the 15 most-watched...
Rich people love ABC!
That's the word from the Alphabet network, which Wednesday trumpeted the fact that among viewers 18-49 with incomes over $100,000, it crushed the competition during premiere week. And that's before ABC's new sitcom with RIch People Idol Kelsey Grammer premiered.
ABC says that it averaged a 3.74 rating in the Richie Rich demo, 17 percent better than CBS (3.21). NBC, which once owned upper class viewers, settled for third with a 3.1, while Fox -- despite being owned by the very rich Rupert Murdoch -- came in fourth (3.1).
Seven of the 15 most-watched...
- 9/30/2009
- by Adalian
- The Wrap
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