Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
There’s an uneasy tension in Amityville in the Hood (2021) between intentional parody and uncomfortable racism. How much of the film’s stereotypical depiction of Compton, which includes gangs, gun violence, drugs, and sex work, is making fun of the conventions of Hollywood films? Or is this just lazy screenwriting and uninspired scenarios?
Let’s give writer/director Dustin Ferguson the benefit of a doubt and go with the former. Of the three titles he’s made in the Amityville “franchise,” In the Hood is by far the most self-aware. There are even a few moments that play like genuine (read: intentional) comedy!
To be clear, there are still plenty of hiccups here. Like his other films in the “franchise,” Ferguson is...
There’s an uneasy tension in Amityville in the Hood (2021) between intentional parody and uncomfortable racism. How much of the film’s stereotypical depiction of Compton, which includes gangs, gun violence, drugs, and sex work, is making fun of the conventions of Hollywood films? Or is this just lazy screenwriting and uninspired scenarios?
Let’s give writer/director Dustin Ferguson the benefit of a doubt and go with the former. Of the three titles he’s made in the Amityville “franchise,” In the Hood is by far the most self-aware. There are even a few moments that play like genuine (read: intentional) comedy!
To be clear, there are still plenty of hiccups here. Like his other films in the “franchise,” Ferguson is...
- 3/19/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Former U.S. Army military police major Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) will be coming back for another edge-of-your-seat season of Reacher.
After shoving the head of security and all-things-evil, Shane Langston (Robert Patrick), out of a moving aircraft for killing members of his unit in Season 2, Reacher is all set for more vigilante justice.
News of the muscular hero's return came almost immediately following the finale of Season 2 when Ritchson took to Twitter/X with the announcement. One can only imagine who will be on the receiving end of Reacher's fist.
The Amazon Prime Video action crime streaming TV series was a big hit after it debuted on February 4, 2022, where Reacher finds himself in the town of Margrave, Georgia.
With the help of two police officers, Roscoe Conklin and Oscar Finlay, Reacher sets out to investigate local corruption.
After wowing audiences with an action-packed first season, it seemed only logical for...
After shoving the head of security and all-things-evil, Shane Langston (Robert Patrick), out of a moving aircraft for killing members of his unit in Season 2, Reacher is all set for more vigilante justice.
News of the muscular hero's return came almost immediately following the finale of Season 2 when Ritchson took to Twitter/X with the announcement. One can only imagine who will be on the receiving end of Reacher's fist.
The Amazon Prime Video action crime streaming TV series was a big hit after it debuted on February 4, 2022, where Reacher finds himself in the town of Margrave, Georgia.
With the help of two police officers, Roscoe Conklin and Oscar Finlay, Reacher sets out to investigate local corruption.
After wowing audiences with an action-packed first season, it seemed only logical for...
- 2/9/2024
- by Sharon Oliver
- TVfanatic
Take a trip with Bloody Disgusting and Fandor’s freaky festival favorite All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, the hallucinogenic horror-comedy that is now streaming exclusively on Screambox and also available on all VOD platforms.
Fans in the New York area can enjoy this transgressive splatter comedy in theaters one night only at the Museum of the Moving Image on February 3 @ 6 Pm.
Writer-director Alex Phillips, who makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout, will be appearing in person. Get tickets now.
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.”
The transgressive splatter comedy also stars Trevor Dawkins...
Fans in the New York area can enjoy this transgressive splatter comedy in theaters one night only at the Museum of the Moving Image on February 3 @ 6 Pm.
Writer-director Alex Phillips, who makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout, will be appearing in person. Get tickets now.
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.”
The transgressive splatter comedy also stars Trevor Dawkins...
- 1/23/2024
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
This post contains spoilers for "Reacher" season 2
Season 1 of Prime Video's "Reacher" was a big hit for the streamer, topping the Nielsen streaming charts back in 2022. Now, with the arrival of season 2, Jack Reacher has triumphed once again. Not only has he overcome Robert Patrick's insidious Shane Langston in an explosive season finale, but he's once again garnered enough ratings to hit the number 2 spot on the Nielsen charts for the show's first week of release (Nielsen releases their stats a lot later than you'd think).
This all suggests that Prime Video has a reliable hit on its hands with "Reacher." Prior to the show's debut, two Tom Cruise-starring films came and went, upsetting fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels in the process who felt that Cruise's diminutive stature wasn't quite the embodiment of Child's hulking ex-Military Police officer. But "Reacher" introduced the 6-ft 3-inch,...
Season 1 of Prime Video's "Reacher" was a big hit for the streamer, topping the Nielsen streaming charts back in 2022. Now, with the arrival of season 2, Jack Reacher has triumphed once again. Not only has he overcome Robert Patrick's insidious Shane Langston in an explosive season finale, but he's once again garnered enough ratings to hit the number 2 spot on the Nielsen charts for the show's first week of release (Nielsen releases their stats a lot later than you'd think).
This all suggests that Prime Video has a reliable hit on its hands with "Reacher." Prior to the show's debut, two Tom Cruise-starring films came and went, upsetting fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels in the process who felt that Cruise's diminutive stature wasn't quite the embodiment of Child's hulking ex-Military Police officer. But "Reacher" introduced the 6-ft 3-inch,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Reacher" season 2.
One of the biggest questions (at least among those who haven't read the original Jack Reacher novels) many viewers had going into the "Reacher" season 2 finale regarded the mysterious A.M. (Ferdinand Kingsley). The show has constantly cut to this enigmatic man, who's gone by many names with those initials, throughout its second season. He's been on a dangerous mission across the country to transport some illegally contained missiles, and he's casually murdered multiple people in his quest to pull it off.
But beyond that, A.M.'s been irrelevant. For seven episodes straight, he hasn't shared a single scene with any of the other main characters, nor has he actually done much to affect their goals. Many viewers probably assumed this meant the series was saving the best with him for last. Maybe the season 2 finale would reveal some extra bit of game-changing information about A.
One of the biggest questions (at least among those who haven't read the original Jack Reacher novels) many viewers had going into the "Reacher" season 2 finale regarded the mysterious A.M. (Ferdinand Kingsley). The show has constantly cut to this enigmatic man, who's gone by many names with those initials, throughout its second season. He's been on a dangerous mission across the country to transport some illegally contained missiles, and he's casually murdered multiple people in his quest to pull it off.
But beyond that, A.M.'s been irrelevant. For seven episodes straight, he hasn't shared a single scene with any of the other main characters, nor has he actually done much to affect their goals. Many viewers probably assumed this meant the series was saving the best with him for last. Maybe the season 2 finale would reveal some extra bit of game-changing information about A.
- 1/19/2024
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for Season 2 of "Reacher."
The penultimate episode of "Reacher" season 2 ends on a cliffhanger, where Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) makes an impossible choice: he walks straight into the lion's den to save his dear friends. Things haven't been rosy for Reacher and his pals since the new season's inception, as the catalyst for the group banding together was the death of their mutual friend, Calvin Franz (Luke Bilyk), who served alongside them in the 110th Special Investigations Unit.
At the end of season 1, we see Reacher leaving Margrave to continue his wandering lifestyle, but the nature of this new case forces him to contend with his self-inflicted loneliness and tendency to keep people at bay. With his friends' lives on the line, Reacher must completely embrace his maverick spirit and throw a comically evil dude out of a helicopter to avenge his dead friends. And in typical Reacher fashion,...
The penultimate episode of "Reacher" season 2 ends on a cliffhanger, where Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) makes an impossible choice: he walks straight into the lion's den to save his dear friends. Things haven't been rosy for Reacher and his pals since the new season's inception, as the catalyst for the group banding together was the death of their mutual friend, Calvin Franz (Luke Bilyk), who served alongside them in the 110th Special Investigations Unit.
At the end of season 1, we see Reacher leaving Margrave to continue his wandering lifestyle, but the nature of this new case forces him to contend with his self-inflicted loneliness and tendency to keep people at bay. With his friends' lives on the line, Reacher must completely embrace his maverick spirit and throw a comically evil dude out of a helicopter to avenge his dead friends. And in typical Reacher fashion,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Reacher"
At this point, it's fair to say "Reacher" season 2 is a dramatic improvement on the first. Not only does the new season feel so much bigger than its predecessor (which was hampered somewhat by pandemic-imposed restrictions), the story is much more engaging than the small-town conspiracy Alan Ritchson's hero thwarted last time around. Part of that is down to the legend that is Robert Patrick, who brings a specific kind of seedy menace to the role of antagonist Shane Langston, paying homage to his classic James Cameron villain, the T-1000, in the process. But the camaraderie between Reacher and his former Army unit, the Special Investigators, makes for a more compelling watch, too.
That said, there's no doubt fans of the show will be missing the rag-tag group from season 1. When Jack Reacher first hit Prime Video in 2022, he arrived in the small town of Margrave,...
At this point, it's fair to say "Reacher" season 2 is a dramatic improvement on the first. Not only does the new season feel so much bigger than its predecessor (which was hampered somewhat by pandemic-imposed restrictions), the story is much more engaging than the small-town conspiracy Alan Ritchson's hero thwarted last time around. Part of that is down to the legend that is Robert Patrick, who brings a specific kind of seedy menace to the role of antagonist Shane Langston, paying homage to his classic James Cameron villain, the T-1000, in the process. But the camaraderie between Reacher and his former Army unit, the Special Investigators, makes for a more compelling watch, too.
That said, there's no doubt fans of the show will be missing the rag-tag group from season 1. When Jack Reacher first hit Prime Video in 2022, he arrived in the small town of Margrave,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Reacher" season 2, episode 4.
When Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) first arrives in Margrave in the pilot of "Reacher," he meets Oscar Finlay (Malcolm Goodwin), the Chief Detective of the Margrave Police Department, who is investigating the same murder case Reacher wants to solve. Sporting wildly contrasting philosophies, Reacher and Finlay do not get along too well initially but decide to become allies throughout the series, with Finlay coming in clutch and saving Reacher heroically towards the end. As Finlay is one of the few characters who maintain a deep bond with Reacher, fans anticipated his return in the newest season, despite the narrative's massive time jump and the decision to adapt "Bad Luck and Trouble", the 11th book in the "Jack Reacher" series.
"Reacher" season 2, episode 4 deepens the shadow of doubt surrounding Tony Swan (Shannon Kook), one of Reacher's colleagues who served in the 110th Special Investigations Unit several years ago.
When Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) first arrives in Margrave in the pilot of "Reacher," he meets Oscar Finlay (Malcolm Goodwin), the Chief Detective of the Margrave Police Department, who is investigating the same murder case Reacher wants to solve. Sporting wildly contrasting philosophies, Reacher and Finlay do not get along too well initially but decide to become allies throughout the series, with Finlay coming in clutch and saving Reacher heroically towards the end. As Finlay is one of the few characters who maintain a deep bond with Reacher, fans anticipated his return in the newest season, despite the narrative's massive time jump and the decision to adapt "Bad Luck and Trouble", the 11th book in the "Jack Reacher" series.
"Reacher" season 2, episode 4 deepens the shadow of doubt surrounding Tony Swan (Shannon Kook), one of Reacher's colleagues who served in the 110th Special Investigations Unit several years ago.
- 12/22/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
"Reacher" is one of the best action shows streaming or airing anywhere, and Alan Ritchson was born to lead it.
Ritchson perfectly embodies the hulking, often sardonic, always stoic boots of Jack Reacher, the former military police officer who now wanders the United States as a vagabond who only stops to enact bloody violence on the unjust and the corrupt. Author Lee Child created a character of mythological proportions -- a vengeful, righteous piece of modern American folklore come to life -- and it's increasingly impossible to imagine another actor in the role. Ritchson's physicality is key, but so is the innate intelligence that powers that physicality (he always finds the correct evidence to lead to the proper heads to stomp). It's one of hell of a performance in one hell of show.
With season 2 of "Reacher" set to premiere its first three episodes on the evening of December 14, 2023, I...
Ritchson perfectly embodies the hulking, often sardonic, always stoic boots of Jack Reacher, the former military police officer who now wanders the United States as a vagabond who only stops to enact bloody violence on the unjust and the corrupt. Author Lee Child created a character of mythological proportions -- a vengeful, righteous piece of modern American folklore come to life -- and it's increasingly impossible to imagine another actor in the role. Ritchson's physicality is key, but so is the innate intelligence that powers that physicality (he always finds the correct evidence to lead to the proper heads to stomp). It's one of hell of a performance in one hell of show.
With season 2 of "Reacher" set to premiere its first three episodes on the evening of December 14, 2023, I...
- 12/14/2023
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
In a pleasant surprise for "Reacher" fans, this year's "The Fall of the House of Usher" served as a reunion for season 1 stars Willa Fitzgerald and Malcolm Goodwin. The Mike Flanagan-created, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired Grand Guignol saw the two actors once again sharing the screen, this time as future enemies C. Auguste Dupin and Madeline Usher during the show's 1979-set flashbacks. The only downside? It was also a bittersweet reminder the duo wouldn't be returning for "Reacher" season 2.
Indeed, much of the pleasure of "Reacher" season 1 comes from watching the hunky super-sleuth vagabond Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) unravel a criminal conspiracy in the small town of Margrave, Georgia, with the help of Margrave's by-the-book Chief Detective Oscar Finlay (Goodwin) and spunky police officer Roscoe Conklin (Fitzgerald). Between Reacher and Finlay's oil-and-water dynamic and the mutual respect -- and attraction -- Reacher and Roscoe share for one another,...
Indeed, much of the pleasure of "Reacher" season 1 comes from watching the hunky super-sleuth vagabond Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) unravel a criminal conspiracy in the small town of Margrave, Georgia, with the help of Margrave's by-the-book Chief Detective Oscar Finlay (Goodwin) and spunky police officer Roscoe Conklin (Fitzgerald). Between Reacher and Finlay's oil-and-water dynamic and the mutual respect -- and attraction -- Reacher and Roscoe share for one another,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Gear up for a new season of Amazon’s breakout action hit Reacher, which is based on the popular novels by Lee Child that served as the basis for Tom Cruise’s attempted franchise, Jack Reacher. Although Cruise’s film adaptation was able to capitalize with the sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Prime Video’s Reacher series aimed to stick closer to the novels and presents a new case for each season. For example, major characters from season one, like Roscoe and Oscar Finlay, will not play prominent roles in this season. Prime Video has just released the teaser for tomorrow’s premiere for the trailer to season 2 of the Alan Ritchson-starring drama.
According to ScreenRant, “Reacher season 2 will be based on Child’s book Bad Luck and Trouble, the 11th book in the ongoing series. In the book, Reacher is contacted by someone from his former military unit,...
According to ScreenRant, “Reacher season 2 will be based on Child’s book Bad Luck and Trouble, the 11th book in the ongoing series. In the book, Reacher is contacted by someone from his former military unit,...
- 11/6/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Investigators believe a man who fist-bumped PnB Rock as he entered a Roscoe’s Chicken ‘N Waffles last year was the one who tipped off killers to the “Middle Child” rapper’s location – and possibly supplied the gun used in his murder, sources and court documents allege.
Tremont Navon Jones, 45, appeared in custody at a Compton courthouse Monday for a hearing alongside Freddie Trone, the alleged getaway driver and father of the juvenile charged with gunning down PnB Rock inside the Roscoe’s on September 12, 2022. Jones is one of two...
Tremont Navon Jones, 45, appeared in custody at a Compton courthouse Monday for a hearing alongside Freddie Trone, the alleged getaway driver and father of the juvenile charged with gunning down PnB Rock inside the Roscoe’s on September 12, 2022. Jones is one of two...
- 10/30/2023
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Take a trip with Screambox and Fandor’s freaky festival favorite All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, the hallucinogenic horror-comedy is finally getting a Blu-ray release thanks to Terror Vision!
The slip cover variant is limited to only 2,000 units. The Blu-ray ships in late Sept/early Oct.
Director Alex Phillips delivers an absurd adventure that delighted Fantasia audiences and will take home viewers on a wild ride in this premiere Blu-ray release courtesy of Terror Vision. Complete with new special features including a commentary, interview, and short films, this is the ultimate trip with one of 2022’s most controversial films.
Pre-order All Jacked Up and Full of Worms now and add this to our killer Terror Vision line that also includes the Japanese remake of Cube, the heavy metal horror Welcome to Hell, and the hilarious horror comedy When the Screaming Starts, all streaming right now on Screambox.
In the film,...
The slip cover variant is limited to only 2,000 units. The Blu-ray ships in late Sept/early Oct.
Director Alex Phillips delivers an absurd adventure that delighted Fantasia audiences and will take home viewers on a wild ride in this premiere Blu-ray release courtesy of Terror Vision. Complete with new special features including a commentary, interview, and short films, this is the ultimate trip with one of 2022’s most controversial films.
Pre-order All Jacked Up and Full of Worms now and add this to our killer Terror Vision line that also includes the Japanese remake of Cube, the heavy metal horror Welcome to Hell, and the hilarious horror comedy When the Screaming Starts, all streaming right now on Screambox.
In the film,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Both All Jacked Up and Full of Worms and The Outwaters, two of this year’s Screambox Originals, are coming to fully functional VHS, we’re thrilled to announce today!
A partnership between Lunchmeat, Screambox, Cineverse, Bloody Disgusting, 5100 Films, and Fathom Film Company, both titles drop for pre-order tomorrow at 12pm Et exclusively over on Lunchmeatvhs.com!
Note: The tapes are expected to ship on or around the first week of September 2023.
Read on for everything you need to know…
The Outwaters
Let chaos take you to a place beyond the hills, where thunder echoes off the canyons and choirs of coyotes pierce the midnight sky.
Deep in the heart of the Mojave Desert, under a scorching blood-red sun, four travelers prepare their campsite. They’ve come to create art and commune with nature. They’ve come to laugh and sing and love. They’ve come….to vanish!
One fateful night,...
A partnership between Lunchmeat, Screambox, Cineverse, Bloody Disgusting, 5100 Films, and Fathom Film Company, both titles drop for pre-order tomorrow at 12pm Et exclusively over on Lunchmeatvhs.com!
Note: The tapes are expected to ship on or around the first week of September 2023.
Read on for everything you need to know…
The Outwaters
Let chaos take you to a place beyond the hills, where thunder echoes off the canyons and choirs of coyotes pierce the midnight sky.
Deep in the heart of the Mojave Desert, under a scorching blood-red sun, four travelers prepare their campsite. They’ve come to create art and commune with nature. They’ve come to laugh and sing and love. They’ve come….to vanish!
One fateful night,...
- 8/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Power publicist Alla Plotkin is teaming up with Jillian Roscoe, becoming a partner in Birch Public Relations.
Roscoe launched the firm in March 2023 after leaving ID PR. Plotkin also departed ID at about the same time but didn’t announce her next move until her new partnership with Roscoe.
Plotkin’s clients, including Sarah Paulson, Nicholas Braun, Bette Midler, Holland Taylor, Harvey Guillen, Amber Tamblyn, Chris Colfer, Titus Burgess and Rayna Greenberg and Ashley Hesseltine of Girls Gotta Eat, will join Birch’s roster, which includes Donald Glover, Jeremy Allen White, Sharon Horgan, John Cho, James Marsden, Kemp Powers, Gerard Butler, Judy Greer, Jesse Garcia, Mandy Moore, David Duchovny, Lake Bell, Jim Parsons, Fred Armisen, Jake Johnson, Ben Schwartz, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Melissa Rauch, Hannah Fidell, Ken Marino, Sarah Chalke, London Hughes, Lewis Howes, Zach Woods, Ty Burrell, Clay Tarver, Kevin Tancharoen, Julian Dennison, Jake Szymanski, Nicolette Robinson, Anna Drezen,...
Roscoe launched the firm in March 2023 after leaving ID PR. Plotkin also departed ID at about the same time but didn’t announce her next move until her new partnership with Roscoe.
Plotkin’s clients, including Sarah Paulson, Nicholas Braun, Bette Midler, Holland Taylor, Harvey Guillen, Amber Tamblyn, Chris Colfer, Titus Burgess and Rayna Greenberg and Ashley Hesseltine of Girls Gotta Eat, will join Birch’s roster, which includes Donald Glover, Jeremy Allen White, Sharon Horgan, John Cho, James Marsden, Kemp Powers, Gerard Butler, Judy Greer, Jesse Garcia, Mandy Moore, David Duchovny, Lake Bell, Jim Parsons, Fred Armisen, Jake Johnson, Ben Schwartz, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Melissa Rauch, Hannah Fidell, Ken Marino, Sarah Chalke, London Hughes, Lewis Howes, Zach Woods, Ty Burrell, Clay Tarver, Kevin Tancharoen, Julian Dennison, Jake Szymanski, Nicolette Robinson, Anna Drezen,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Season 1 of "Reacher" was a huge hit for Amazon, which is just as well considering the amount of work that went into making the show. When the series based on Lee Child's popular Jack Reacher books hit Prime Video, it instantly smashed Amazon streaming records. All of which suggested that leaving behind Tom Cruise, who'd starred in two movies based on the novels, and starting anew was a shrewd move on Child's part.
"Reacher" treated the two Cruise films as if they never happened, casting new lead Alan Ritchson and taking Child's tales of a traveling ex-military policeman who can't help but find trouble into the streaming age. Adapting the very first Jack Reacher novel, "Killing Floor," the first season followed the titular former Army officer as he visited the fictional small town of Margrave, Georgia, where he very quickly uncovers some sinister corruption at the heart of...
"Reacher" treated the two Cruise films as if they never happened, casting new lead Alan Ritchson and taking Child's tales of a traveling ex-military policeman who can't help but find trouble into the streaming age. Adapting the very first Jack Reacher novel, "Killing Floor," the first season followed the titular former Army officer as he visited the fictional small town of Margrave, Georgia, where he very quickly uncovers some sinister corruption at the heart of...
- 5/27/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
"Reacher" was a massive hit for Prime Video when it debuted in 2022, and that wasn't just because it's a non-stop action-fest. After years of fans clamoring for an accurate on-screen depiction, Amazon's streaming series finally gave author Lee Child's Jack Reacher the adaptation he deserved. Alan Ritchson may have been snubbed by Amazon initially, but after a second audition he was cast and came to embody the hulking ex-military investigator from Child's books. Of course, it helped that he was 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighed in at 235 pounds by the time filming started.
But it wasn't just Ritchson that helped "Reacher" top Nielsen streaming charts and break Prime Video audience records. Alongside the former "Titans" and "Smallville" actor was a capable supporting cast, which included Malcolm Goodwin as Oscar Finlay, the police captain in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia. Then, there was Willa Fitzgerald, who portrayed police...
But it wasn't just Ritchson that helped "Reacher" top Nielsen streaming charts and break Prime Video audience records. Alongside the former "Titans" and "Smallville" actor was a capable supporting cast, which included Malcolm Goodwin as Oscar Finlay, the police captain in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia. Then, there was Willa Fitzgerald, who portrayed police...
- 5/12/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Growing up in the 80s it was a special time for kids who loved cars. Series like Magnum Pi, Knight Rider, and The A-Team all had an iconic vehicle that was a centerpiece of the series and epitomized the spirit of the show. But perhaps none was as iconic and memorable as the car at the heart of this episode, The General Lee.
The orange painted muscle car was the chariot of Bo and Luke, the two modern day Robin Hoods Aka The Duke Boys. In this episode of Gone But Not Forgotten we’re going climb through the window and get behind the wheel of The General as we revisit The Dukes of Hazzard.
The late 70s and early 80s were a massive time in the land of country music. It had become part of the main stream in a major way thanks to films like Urban Cowboy and outlaw musicians like Willie Nelson,...
The orange painted muscle car was the chariot of Bo and Luke, the two modern day Robin Hoods Aka The Duke Boys. In this episode of Gone But Not Forgotten we’re going climb through the window and get behind the wheel of The General as we revisit The Dukes of Hazzard.
The late 70s and early 80s were a massive time in the land of country music. It had become part of the main stream in a major way thanks to films like Urban Cowboy and outlaw musicians like Willie Nelson,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Jessica Dwyer
- JoBlo.com
When "Reacher" ended its first season on Prime Video last year, it left the door open for future adventures featuring scrappy Georgia police officer — and Jack Reacher's sometimes-lover— Roscoe Conklin (Willa Fitzgerald). The last time we saw Roscoe, she was handing Jack (Alan Ritchson) a candy bar wrapper with her phone number on it and asking him to hit her up sometime. The show's return date has yet to be announced, but the cast and crew have still been breaking down what made season 1 a success in the off-season, starting with the relationship between its two super-capable heroes.
In an interview with CinemaBlend (via Yahoo) Fitzgerald explained what exactly made Roscoe and Jack's partnership work, and it all comes down to chemistry. "I think that even from our chemistry test, which was over Zoom, so not ideal circumstances to really have chemistry with anyone, we kind of managed to find chemistry there,...
In an interview with CinemaBlend (via Yahoo) Fitzgerald explained what exactly made Roscoe and Jack's partnership work, and it all comes down to chemistry. "I think that even from our chemistry test, which was over Zoom, so not ideal circumstances to really have chemistry with anyone, we kind of managed to find chemistry there,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Jack Reacher is the hero we deserve, a massive hulk of a man whose incredible physicality matches his sharp wit and intellect. He's the perfect dude, capable of taking down armies with nothing but his bare hands while outwitting the most cunning of villains.
I've read almost all of Lee Child's sprawling book series featuring Reacher. Each comes jam-packed with intricate plots, violent criminals, and beautiful women. Think James Bond with more violence and fewer jokes.
Reacher's journey to the screen kicked off with the brilliant Tom Cruise vehicle "Jack Reacher," but has since found new life in the form of Amazon's "Reacher," starring Alan Ritchson in the title role. The series, adapted from Child's first novel, "The Killing Floor," is a dream come true and perfectly captures the character's nature without compromise. That includes a flurry of fight sequences that pit our muscle-packing hero against swarms of enemies,...
I've read almost all of Lee Child's sprawling book series featuring Reacher. Each comes jam-packed with intricate plots, violent criminals, and beautiful women. Think James Bond with more violence and fewer jokes.
Reacher's journey to the screen kicked off with the brilliant Tom Cruise vehicle "Jack Reacher," but has since found new life in the form of Amazon's "Reacher," starring Alan Ritchson in the title role. The series, adapted from Child's first novel, "The Killing Floor," is a dream come true and perfectly captures the character's nature without compromise. That includes a flurry of fight sequences that pit our muscle-packing hero against swarms of enemies,...
- 4/29/2023
- by Jeff Ames
- Slash Film
There's a reason Jack Reacher author Lee Child is devastated about Roscoe Conklin not returning for season 2 of Amazon's "Reacher." Throughout season 1 of the hit streaming series, Willa Fitzgerald's Roscoe becomes more than she ever was in the pages of "Killing Floor" — the book on which the first run of "Reacher" episodes is based. While the Margrave, Ga police officer is a great addition to the novel, her streaming counterpart is more fleshed out, with her own sub-plots and layered characterization.
But with "Reacher" following the books, in the sense that each new season will see the titular ex-Army police officer in a new setting, embroiled in a fresh conspiracy of some sort, there's very little room for returning characters. Which means, as showrunner Nick Santora has confirmed, Roscoe won't be coming back when Jack Reacher returns for a second season. That said, with fans playing a big role...
But with "Reacher" following the books, in the sense that each new season will see the titular ex-Army police officer in a new setting, embroiled in a fresh conspiracy of some sort, there's very little room for returning characters. Which means, as showrunner Nick Santora has confirmed, Roscoe won't be coming back when Jack Reacher returns for a second season. That said, with fans playing a big role...
- 4/23/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Season 1 of "Reacher" ended in much the same way as most of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels: with the eponymous ex-military police officer hitch-hiking out of town. As Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues" plays out over the closing shots and the bluesman croons the refrain, "All my life I've been a travelin' man," Prime Video's hugely popular series hammers home the point that Jack Reacher doesn't stay in one place too long.
Before leaving the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia, Alan Ritchson's Reacher makes sure to visit Willa Fitzgerald's Roscoe Conklin to reveal, in particularly grandiose fashion, that "A hundred thousand years ago there were people who stayed by the campfire and people who wandered. I'm pretty sure I'm a direct descendent of the wandering type." But Reacher is, of course, descended solely from the pen of Lee Child, who envisioned the character as a sort...
Before leaving the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia, Alan Ritchson's Reacher makes sure to visit Willa Fitzgerald's Roscoe Conklin to reveal, in particularly grandiose fashion, that "A hundred thousand years ago there were people who stayed by the campfire and people who wandered. I'm pretty sure I'm a direct descendent of the wandering type." But Reacher is, of course, descended solely from the pen of Lee Child, who envisioned the character as a sort...
- 4/17/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
"Reacher" season 1 was a big hit for Prime Video, topping the Nielson streaming chart and breaking records for the streamer. As such, it'll be interesting to see whether the show can maintain its momentum going into season 2, especially since it's set to follow the same formula as the books by essentially becoming an anthology series. That means each season will see Alan Ritchson's ex-military police officer visiting somewhere new and interacting with a fresh cast of characters. Unfortunately, as confirmed by showrunner Nick Santora, that means we're unlikely to see the return of season 1 favorites Oscar Finlay (Malcolm Goodwin) and Roscoe Conklin (Willa Fitzgerald).
That's going to make things tricky for the team behind "Reacher" as much of what made the first season so popular was the interactions between Ritchson and his two co-stars. That's particularly true for Roscoe, who struck up a romantic relationship with Reacher throughout the...
That's going to make things tricky for the team behind "Reacher" as much of what made the first season so popular was the interactions between Ritchson and his two co-stars. That's particularly true for Roscoe, who struck up a romantic relationship with Reacher throughout the...
- 4/13/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Amazon's "Reacher" series proved a bigger hit than even the streamer was expecting, breaking Prime video records and topping the Nielson streaming chart for the week of its release. After two movies based on Lee Child's novels had proven successful enough but failed to wow fans of the books, Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher proved to be a much more book-accurate representation of the former military policeman.
Amazon quickly greenlit "Reacher" season 2, which should debut fairly soon considering filming wrapped back in February. But when the series does return, we can expect things to be a whole lot different. Showrunner Nick Santora has spoken about his intention to keep the series as close to Child's original novels as possible, and if the first season is anything to go by, that's a winning formula. But it also means the show will be much more of an anthology series than anything else.
Amazon quickly greenlit "Reacher" season 2, which should debut fairly soon considering filming wrapped back in February. But when the series does return, we can expect things to be a whole lot different. Showrunner Nick Santora has spoken about his intention to keep the series as close to Child's original novels as possible, and if the first season is anything to go by, that's a winning formula. But it also means the show will be much more of an anthology series than anything else.
- 4/2/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
When author Lee Child created Jack Reacher, he didn't make things too complicated for himself. The ex-military policeman is known for not talking much, traveling from town to town, and being really big. Oh, and he's really good at fighting. And it turns out that's all you really need to create a massively popular character. The Jack Reacher novels are big enough to have spawned two Tom Cruise-led movies and a record-setting Amazon Prime Video series.
In the streaming sphere, "Reacher" has thus far proven as popular as the books, with fans finally getting a version of their beloved bruiser that looks like the guy from the novels. That was important to Child, who made clear early on that the 5-foot 7-inch Tom Cruise would not be returning as Jack Reacher, mainly because he's too small. And after a protracted audition process, the 6-foot 2-inch Alan Ritchson was brought...
In the streaming sphere, "Reacher" has thus far proven as popular as the books, with fans finally getting a version of their beloved bruiser that looks like the guy from the novels. That was important to Child, who made clear early on that the 5-foot 7-inch Tom Cruise would not be returning as Jack Reacher, mainly because he's too small. And after a protracted audition process, the 6-foot 2-inch Alan Ritchson was brought...
- 3/31/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
ID PR vice president Alla Plotkin has left the company.
Plotkin, whose clients have included Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson, Holland Taylor, Jake Gyllenhaal, Nicholas Braun, Michelle Williams, Titus Burgess and Jessica Williams, has not announced her next move. She had been with ID for almost 16 years.
At the same time, ID PR announced that 20-year company veteran Rebecca Sides Capellan has been promoted to senior vice president. Her client list includes Lupita Nyong’o, Rachel Weisz, Natasha Lyonne, Lena Dunham, Cynthia Nixon and Broadway producer and theater owner Jordan Roth.
Plotkin’s departure follows recent resignations of ID PR senior vice president Jillian Roscoe, vice presidents Lindsay Krug and Rachel Karten and director Amanda Horton.
Kelly Bush Novak launched ID in 1993. She serves as CEO while Mara Buxbaum is president. The company of 100 employees is headquartered in Los Angeles. It also has an office in New York City.
Krug and Karten...
Plotkin, whose clients have included Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson, Holland Taylor, Jake Gyllenhaal, Nicholas Braun, Michelle Williams, Titus Burgess and Jessica Williams, has not announced her next move. She had been with ID for almost 16 years.
At the same time, ID PR announced that 20-year company veteran Rebecca Sides Capellan has been promoted to senior vice president. Her client list includes Lupita Nyong’o, Rachel Weisz, Natasha Lyonne, Lena Dunham, Cynthia Nixon and Broadway producer and theater owner Jordan Roth.
Plotkin’s departure follows recent resignations of ID PR senior vice president Jillian Roscoe, vice presidents Lindsay Krug and Rachel Karten and director Amanda Horton.
Kelly Bush Novak launched ID in 1993. She serves as CEO while Mara Buxbaum is president. The company of 100 employees is headquartered in Los Angeles. It also has an office in New York City.
Krug and Karten...
- 3/2/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood publicity giant ID PR has lost three of its top executives.
Variety has learned that senior vice president Jillian Roscoe and vice presidents Lindsay Krug and Rachel Karten have left the company.
Roscoe, who started her career two decades ago at ID in New York City, is launching a solo unnamed venture. She has not announced which of her ID clients — Jim Parsons, Jeremy Allen White, David Duchovny, Judy Greer and James Marsden are among the notables – will continue with her.
Krug and Karten, both of whom had been at ID for 16 years, are partnering on a new firm. They are known for repping Hannah Einbinder, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martha Plimpton, Tracee Ellis Ross, Uzo Aduba, John Cho, Emily Hampshire, D’Arcy Carden and Niecy Nash-Betts, but have yet to announce who will join them at their new outfit.
Kelly Bush Novak launched ID in 1993. She serves as CEO while Mara Buxbaum is president.
Variety has learned that senior vice president Jillian Roscoe and vice presidents Lindsay Krug and Rachel Karten have left the company.
Roscoe, who started her career two decades ago at ID in New York City, is launching a solo unnamed venture. She has not announced which of her ID clients — Jim Parsons, Jeremy Allen White, David Duchovny, Judy Greer and James Marsden are among the notables – will continue with her.
Krug and Karten, both of whom had been at ID for 16 years, are partnering on a new firm. They are known for repping Hannah Einbinder, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martha Plimpton, Tracee Ellis Ross, Uzo Aduba, John Cho, Emily Hampshire, D’Arcy Carden and Niecy Nash-Betts, but have yet to announce who will join them at their new outfit.
Kelly Bush Novak launched ID in 1993. She serves as CEO while Mara Buxbaum is president.
- 2/4/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
The pantheon of films about imagined illicit substances is varied and wide. First time feature director Alex Phillips throws his hat into the ring with his avant horror buddy trip, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms. This story of a pair of nobodies caught in their own independent downward spirals colliding and bonding over a newly found addiction to hallucinogenic worms is disturbing, disgusting, demented, and occasionally delightful in its complete abandon of taste and logic. Roscoe (Phillip Andrew Botello) works maintenance at a local no-tell motel, while his home life isn’t going so great. His hippie-dippy girlfriend keeps putting him through all sorts of uncomfortable “rituals” to help him transcend his mundane reality, all while bringing home another guy to spread the love....
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- 11/8/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Take a trip with Bloody Disgusting and Fandor’s freaky festival favorite All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, the hallucinogenic horror-comedy that is now streaming exclusively on Screambox and also available on all VOD platforms.
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.”
The transgressive splatter comedy also stars Trevor Dawkins (“Easy”) and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First), with Mike Lopez, Noah Lepawsky and Eva Fellows. The film was produced by Georgia Bernstein and Ben Gojer.
Writer-director Alex Phillips makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout.
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival,...
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.”
The transgressive splatter comedy also stars Trevor Dawkins (“Easy”) and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First), with Mike Lopez, Noah Lepawsky and Eva Fellows. The film was produced by Georgia Bernstein and Ben Gojer.
Writer-director Alex Phillips makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout.
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The final two months of every year are a great time to catch up on horror movies that were released throughout the year, as there typically aren’t all that many new releases coming along at this point in time. Halloween is now behind us and things are slowing down a bit on the horror front for the holidays, but each new week still brings new releases along with it.
This week, 5 brand new horror movies will be available at home…
Here’s all the new horror releasing November 8, 2022 – November 13, 2022!
First up, the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service is serving up another slice of gross-out indie horror this week with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.
Alex Phillips’s psychedelic freak-out is now streaming on Screambox!
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he...
This week, 5 brand new horror movies will be available at home…
Here’s all the new horror releasing November 8, 2022 – November 13, 2022!
First up, the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service is serving up another slice of gross-out indie horror this week with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.
Alex Phillips’s psychedelic freak-out is now streaming on Screambox!
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he...
- 11/8/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Take a trip with freaky festival favorite All Jacked Up and Full of Worms! The hallucinogenic horror-comedy streams exclusively on Screambox on November 8, 2022.
It will also be available on VOD platforms the same day via Cinedigm.
Roscoe, a janitor for a scuzzy love motel, drifts through life until he discovers a hidden stash of powerful hallucinogenic worms. Guided by visions of a giant floating worm, he encounters Benny, a moped enthusiast trying to manifest a baby from an inanimate sex doll. They fall in love with doing worms together on a downward spiral into the primordial ooze.
Writer-director Alex Phillips makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout. Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (Easy), and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First) star.
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, where festival programmer Celia Pouzet described it as “Trainspotting meets...
It will also be available on VOD platforms the same day via Cinedigm.
Roscoe, a janitor for a scuzzy love motel, drifts through life until he discovers a hidden stash of powerful hallucinogenic worms. Guided by visions of a giant floating worm, he encounters Benny, a moped enthusiast trying to manifest a baby from an inanimate sex doll. They fall in love with doing worms together on a downward spiral into the primordial ooze.
Writer-director Alex Phillips makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout. Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (Easy), and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First) star.
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, where festival programmer Celia Pouzet described it as “Trainspotting meets...
- 11/4/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
I'm no stranger to weird movie drugs, from the homemade hallucinogens created by the cult in "Mandy" to the seriously surreal Soy Sauce of "John Dies at the End," but doing worms is certainly a new one. In the upcoming horror film "All Jacked Up and Full of Worms," the movie's protagonists find their high by ingesting hallucinogenic worms. Check out the exclusive clip below to see exactly what kind of cinematic madness writer and director Alex Phillips has cooked up for fans of freaky films. It's only a tiny taste, but the full film will be coming to the Bloody Disgusting streaming app Screambox and VOD streaming services on November 8, 2022, just in time for everyone to start craving something spooky again after the horrors of Halloween.
Watch An Exclusive Clip From All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms
"All Jacked Up and Full of Worms" is a bizarre, psychedelic...
Watch An Exclusive Clip From All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms
"All Jacked Up and Full of Worms" is a bizarre, psychedelic...
- 11/4/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Film is arguably the most challenging art form of them all. Seeing something disturbing in, say, a painting is vastly different than seeing something disturbing in motion on film. The way that movies are able to get underneath the skins of viewers is what makes the art form so special, and director Alex Phillips seems to fully understand this if his genre festival darling "All Jacked Up and Full of Worms" is any indication.
Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) finds himself stalled in life. His relationship with his girlfriend Samantha (Betsey Brown) has ended because she's taking exotic drugs with a strange guy named Jared (Noah Lepawsky). At the same time, perverted former bigot Benny (Trevor Dawkins) has his plans for fatherhood set back when he realizes the fake baby he ordered online is a sex doll. Their lives intertwine when they meet each other at the love hotel Roscoe works at,...
Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) finds himself stalled in life. His relationship with his girlfriend Samantha (Betsey Brown) has ended because she's taking exotic drugs with a strange guy named Jared (Noah Lepawsky). At the same time, perverted former bigot Benny (Trevor Dawkins) has his plans for fatherhood set back when he realizes the fake baby he ordered online is a sex doll. Their lives intertwine when they meet each other at the love hotel Roscoe works at,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Halloween may be in the rearview, but the holiday spirit remains alive and well, judging by the continued onslaught of horror releases. It’s another horror feast this month!
November brings a plethora of new releases, gory cult gems, family-friendly offerings, and brand-new titles on streaming.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in November 2022 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
Deep Fear – Screambox (November 1)
The claustrophobic element of subterranean horror always compounds the frantic terror, so expect things to get intense. A post-graduation celebration turns into a fight for survival in the catacombs of Paris in Deep Fear. Three students celebrate their graduation by visiting the Paris catacombs. When they discover a bunker formerly occupied by the Nazis, little do they know it’s not the only thing left behind. Something, someone, is now hunting them. Grégory Beghin...
November brings a plethora of new releases, gory cult gems, family-friendly offerings, and brand-new titles on streaming.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in November 2022 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
Deep Fear – Screambox (November 1)
The claustrophobic element of subterranean horror always compounds the frantic terror, so expect things to get intense. A post-graduation celebration turns into a fight for survival in the catacombs of Paris in Deep Fear. Three students celebrate their graduation by visiting the Paris catacombs. When they discover a bunker formerly occupied by the Nazis, little do they know it’s not the only thing left behind. Something, someone, is now hunting them. Grégory Beghin...
- 11/1/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Worms… it’ll get you fucked up!
After having its World Premiere at Fantasia, Alex Phillips’s avant-gutter psychedelic freakout All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is heading to this month’s Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas.
It was announced ahead of the premiere that Cinedigm acquired the indie, which will join the Bloody Disgusting-powered horror streaming service Screambox this fall, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s indie discovery platform Fandor.
While a tripped-out, gross-out trailer has already been shared, we’re excited to reveal what we think is one of the coolest posters of the year for the film described as “a flamboyant, darkly outrageous new vision that mashes together retro grindhouse thrills with the squirmy depths of underground cinema.”
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm,...
After having its World Premiere at Fantasia, Alex Phillips’s avant-gutter psychedelic freakout All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is heading to this month’s Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas.
It was announced ahead of the premiere that Cinedigm acquired the indie, which will join the Bloody Disgusting-powered horror streaming service Screambox this fall, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s indie discovery platform Fandor.
While a tripped-out, gross-out trailer has already been shared, we’re excited to reveal what we think is one of the coolest posters of the year for the film described as “a flamboyant, darkly outrageous new vision that mashes together retro grindhouse thrills with the squirmy depths of underground cinema.”
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The pantheon of films about imagined illicit substances is varied and wide. First time feature director Alex Phillips throws his hat into the ring with his avant horror buddy trip, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms. This story of a pair of nobodies caught in their own independent downward spirals colliding and bonding over a newly found addiction to hallucinogenic worms is disturbing, disgusting, demented, and occasionally delightful in its complete abandon of taste and logic. Roscoe (Phillip Andrew Botello) works maintenance at a local no-tell motel whose home life isn’t going so great. His hippie-dippy girlfriend keeps putting him through all sorts of uncomfortable “rituals” to help him transcend his mundane reality, all while bringing home another guy to spread the love....
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- 7/18/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Is debut writer-director Alex Phillips trying to say something with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms? Or is he just trying to make viewers wish they were as high on hallucinogenic worms as his characters? Ask his target audience and they’ll probably laugh in your face for daring to presume they care. All they want is that out-there insanity writhing around in the slimy discharge left by a journey between nightmare and reality. Ask everyone else and they’ll tell you straight away they left the theater two minutes in—a choice I will not begrudge them, beyond the fact that doing so means they missed an unforgettable finale that almost makes sticking with this tour through Chicago’s seedy back alleys worth it.
That you must wade through a repetitive, nowhere-near-as-shocking-as-you-might-assume 50 minutes to finally reach that fever dream of intestine-strewn, quasi-sexual release isn’t an easy thing to overcome,...
That you must wade through a repetitive, nowhere-near-as-shocking-as-you-might-assume 50 minutes to finally reach that fever dream of intestine-strewn, quasi-sexual release isn’t an easy thing to overcome,...
- 7/17/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Charmed, Legends of Tomorrow, Shadowhunters and Grey’s Anatomy!
1 | Were you sad during the hot second that Hawaii Five-0‘s Mary appeared to be wrong about her deduction that the neighbor was running a meth lab? Also, should TVLine count Tani and Junior’s slow-dance “Eskimo kiss” on our May Sweeps Scorecard?
More from TVLineAnother Law & Order: Organized Crime Fatality?! This Job Should Come With a Surgeon General's WarningIs Taylor Swift More Prolific Than Tyler Perry?...
1 | Were you sad during the hot second that Hawaii Five-0‘s Mary appeared to be wrong about her deduction that the neighbor was running a meth lab? Also, should TVLine count Tani and Junior’s slow-dance “Eskimo kiss” on our May Sweeps Scorecard?
More from TVLineAnother Law & Order: Organized Crime Fatality?! This Job Should Come With a Surgeon General's WarningIs Taylor Swift More Prolific Than Tyler Perry?...
- 5/10/2019
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Michael Ausiello, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
Following a recent Emmy win for the series' writing, FX has announced that their popular comedy/drama series "Louie" will be taking a break until 2014 at the request of writer/director/star Louis C.K. C.K., who has performed as a standup comedian since 1984, has written and directed every episode of the show since it launched in 2010. In addition to his stage comedy, C.K. is known for a recurring role on "Parks and Recreation" and for feature film roles in projects like The Invention of Lying and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins . He directed the 2001 comedy Pootie Tang and will soon star in Woody Allen's still-untitled 2013 release. "Louie" concluded its third season late last month and is expected to resume production in September 2013 with...
- 10/9/2012
- Comingsoon.net
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