Global Screen, the Munich-based international sales outfit, has boarded worldwide sales on “The Trek,” the upcoming first feature from leading South African cinematographer and director Meekaaeel Adam. The film is a horror-Western, in which starvation, suspicion and madness plague a family as they cross the Kalahari Desert under the eyes of primeval spirits.
“The Trek” is set in 1846, when a Dutch-Afrikaans family and their British travel companion set off on a challenging journey through the Kalahari Desert. Along the way, they meet Atshumao, a stoic man of the Khoen people, one of Southern Africa’s original indigenous, nomadic population groups.
Despite Atshumao’s warning, the group attempts a shortcut through the unforgiving landscape, unaware that this will lead them to cross paths with two ancestral spirits – who will settle a centuries-old dispute by betting on the family’s lives. The group of travelers is soon plagued by misfortune, tragedy, thirst,...
“The Trek” is set in 1846, when a Dutch-Afrikaans family and their British travel companion set off on a challenging journey through the Kalahari Desert. Along the way, they meet Atshumao, a stoic man of the Khoen people, one of Southern Africa’s original indigenous, nomadic population groups.
Despite Atshumao’s warning, the group attempts a shortcut through the unforgiving landscape, unaware that this will lead them to cross paths with two ancestral spirits – who will settle a centuries-old dispute by betting on the family’s lives. The group of travelers is soon plagued by misfortune, tragedy, thirst,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Writer/director S. Craig Zahler made quite the splash with his gnarly genre films “Bone Tomahawk,” “Brawl In Cellblock 99,” cementing himself as an auteur with a very particular point of view. It’s been almost six years since 2018’s cops and robbers thriller “Dragged Across Concrete,” and if you’re curious about what Zahler is up to next, well, he’s delivered an overdue update in trying to clear up some misinformation.
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- 4/16/2024
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
After directing three films in four years with Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete, it’s now been six long years since the latest new feature from S. Craig Zahler. While he’s chimed in on his recent avorite films and beyond, it’s been fairly silent regarding his next potential project. We now finally have an update on what’s on his plate.
“A number of articles have announced The Big Stone Grid as my next picture, which is not quite correct,” Zahler noted on his blog. “I am sending that script around as a possible fifth movie, but I’ve made far more progress with another different original project to direct for my fourth one: I am negotiating deals to see if it will become a reality. I will give more information about this when things are more certain. Continue to look here for my next movie announcement.
“A number of articles have announced The Big Stone Grid as my next picture, which is not quite correct,” Zahler noted on his blog. “I am sending that script around as a possible fifth movie, but I’ve made far more progress with another different original project to direct for my fourth one: I am negotiating deals to see if it will become a reality. I will give more information about this when things are more certain. Continue to look here for my next movie announcement.
- 4/16/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Western is one of the many genres that have endured in the vast canon of American film. And with Horizon: An American Saga set for release soon, all eyes will be on Kevin Costner to prove that the Western is still as appealing as it ever was.
It would not be incorrect, of course, to suggest that Costner’s forthcoming passion project is pushing the boundaries of his line of work. The Western epic is a big risk for the California-born actor, given how much of his own money went into financing the flick, which will be released in two parts.
Starring Sam Worthington, Costner, and Sienna Miller, among others, the film is set during the American Civil War.
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga
Even though the backdrop and main idea of Horizon: An American Saga is fairly well-known, Costner might still score a career-high with this film.
It would not be incorrect, of course, to suggest that Costner’s forthcoming passion project is pushing the boundaries of his line of work. The Western epic is a big risk for the California-born actor, given how much of his own money went into financing the flick, which will be released in two parts.
Starring Sam Worthington, Costner, and Sienna Miller, among others, the film is set during the American Civil War.
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga
Even though the backdrop and main idea of Horizon: An American Saga is fairly well-known, Costner might still score a career-high with this film.
- 4/11/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Way back in 2011, Sony Pictures acquired a spec script titled The Big Stone Grid, which was written by S. Craig Zahler – who is best known these days for writing and directing the films Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete. As of early 2012, Michael Mann was in talks to work on script revisions with Zahler and to direct the film. The Mann take on the material didn’t come to fruition, and four years later the project moved over to Lotus Entertainment, with Pierre Morel on board to direct. Morel couldn’t get it into production, either. Eight more years down the line, World of Reel reports that Zahler is now set to direct the film himself.
Part of the reason why Zahler has gone six years without directing a new film is the fact that the project he was pursuing, Hug Chickenpenny (an adaptation of...
Part of the reason why Zahler has gone six years without directing a new film is the fact that the project he was pursuing, Hug Chickenpenny (an adaptation of...
- 4/5/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Mubi has unveiled next’s streaming lineup, featuring notable new releases, including Molly Manning Walker’s debut How to Have Sex, Kevin Macdonald’s High & Low: John Galliano, and Quentin Dupieux’s Yannick. Ahead of Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17, two of his earlier films will arrive on the platform, along with a pair of features from All of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh, as well as S. Craig Zahler’s Brawl in Cell Block 99, and more.
“The story can be translated into many different settings and I think it’s still relevant in terms of house parties, clubs, and even in relationships,” Molly Manning Walker recently told us about her debut How to Have Sex. “On the other hand: I wanted to make something that was very cinematic, but not set in a domestic environment. But the reason that this particular setting felt perfect was that––at that time,...
“The story can be translated into many different settings and I think it’s still relevant in terms of house parties, clubs, and even in relationships,” Molly Manning Walker recently told us about her debut How to Have Sex. “On the other hand: I wanted to make something that was very cinematic, but not set in a domestic environment. But the reason that this particular setting felt perfect was that––at that time,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Sunday wasn’t just St. Patrick’s Day, it was also Kurt Russell’s birthday — and the Halloweenies think that’s worth celebrating. After all, for over 45 years, Russell has kept us rooting for him in a smorgasbord of iconic roles: Rj MacReady, Snake Plissken, Jack Burton, Elvis Presley, Wyatt Earp, Santa Claus, Stuntman Mike, Curtis McCabe, Mr. Nobody, Jeff Taylor, Rudy Russo, Eldon Perry, and, of course, Captain Ron.
Don’t forget he also played the great Sheriff Franklin Hunt in 2006’s Bone Tomahawk, one of our favorite films of the 2010s, and yet also one of our first one-off Rentals in our Patreon, The Rewind. So, to celebrate the big guy’s birthday this past Sunday, the gang unlocked said episode on S. Craig Zahler’s 2015 slice of Western Horror, which includes special guests Randall Colburn and Dan Pfleegor of The Losers’ Club.
Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts,...
Don’t forget he also played the great Sheriff Franklin Hunt in 2006’s Bone Tomahawk, one of our favorite films of the 2010s, and yet also one of our first one-off Rentals in our Patreon, The Rewind. So, to celebrate the big guy’s birthday this past Sunday, the gang unlocked said episode on S. Craig Zahler’s 2015 slice of Western Horror, which includes special guests Randall Colburn and Dan Pfleegor of The Losers’ Club.
Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
March 17, 1951 was a great day in history, because that the day Kurt Russell entered the world. And while he would go on to become one of the biggest icons of the eighties and nineties, many folks don’t know that Russell started as a child star for Disney, even acting opposite his future life partner Goldie Hawn in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968). From the sixties into the seventies, he starred in Disney flicks like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), but as the studio’s movies started to flop and Russell got older, a change of pace was needed. Arguably, Russell’s career took off when he began working with director John Carpenter, with the first movie being 1979’s TV movie Elvis, but what are Kurt Russell’s best movies? To celebrate his 73rd birthday, let’s dig into them here.
Honorable Mention: Captain Ron (1992)
A few weeks ago,...
Honorable Mention: Captain Ron (1992)
A few weeks ago,...
- 3/17/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
European production powerhouse StudioCanal has announced the launch of its first-ever genre label and has appointed former Studiocanal UK exec Jed Benedict to run it.
Benedict held various positions at Studiocanal from 2012 through 2020 including as senior acquisitions manager in the U.K., picking up such titles as David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water, Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan, S. Craig Zahler’s Dragged Across Concrete, and Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar winner Another Round. In 2020, Benedict shifted to Danny Perkins’ CAA-backed U.K. distributor Elysian Film Group, becoming its head of acquisitions and development.
Benedict will be based in the U.K. and report to StudioCanal’s executive vp, global production Ron Halpern. The new, as-yet-unnamed genre label will encompass film and TV series development, production, and distribution, focusing on exploiting StudioCanal’s catalog of some 9,000 titles across a century of movie history. In a statement, Benedict said...
Benedict held various positions at Studiocanal from 2012 through 2020 including as senior acquisitions manager in the U.K., picking up such titles as David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water, Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan, S. Craig Zahler’s Dragged Across Concrete, and Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar winner Another Round. In 2020, Benedict shifted to Danny Perkins’ CAA-backed U.K. distributor Elysian Film Group, becoming its head of acquisitions and development.
Benedict will be based in the U.K. and report to StudioCanal’s executive vp, global production Ron Halpern. The new, as-yet-unnamed genre label will encompass film and TV series development, production, and distribution, focusing on exploiting StudioCanal’s catalog of some 9,000 titles across a century of movie history. In a statement, Benedict said...
- 3/6/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
The Beekeeper (David Ayer)
It’s the time of year for smooth-brained relaxation. Moviegoers can recover from the holidays with the comfort of knowing Gerard Butler, Liam Neeson, or Jason Statham will be here to satisfy their mid-budget, action-programmer needs. Is it really the new year if one of those cherished Kings of January doesn’t appear on the release slate? There’s no Gerry or Liam, but the ever-reliable Statham dons a trucker hat and blue jeans to grit his way through David Ayer’s The Beekeeper, an overall valiant, occasionally fun attempt to take us out of Q1 doldrums. – Conor O. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (S. Craig Zahler)
S. Craig Zahler is the...
The Beekeeper (David Ayer)
It’s the time of year for smooth-brained relaxation. Moviegoers can recover from the holidays with the comfort of knowing Gerard Butler, Liam Neeson, or Jason Statham will be here to satisfy their mid-budget, action-programmer needs. Is it really the new year if one of those cherished Kings of January doesn’t appear on the release slate? There’s no Gerry or Liam, but the ever-reliable Statham dons a trucker hat and blue jeans to grit his way through David Ayer’s The Beekeeper, an overall valiant, occasionally fun attempt to take us out of Q1 doldrums. – Conor O. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (S. Craig Zahler)
S. Craig Zahler is the...
- 2/2/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We recently learned that five years after Dragged Across Concrete, S. Craig Zahler will soon announce his next feature. In the meantime, the director has unveiled his favorite music, books, and––most pertinent to this site––films he watched in the past year.
The 21-movie list includes not only his ten favorites of the year but revival screenings as well, including Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s Werckmeister Harmonies, Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy, Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri, Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible, Nagisa Ôshima’s The Pleasures of the Flesh, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, and William Friedkin’s The Exorcist.
When it comes to new releases, amongst the favorites of the Bone Tomahawk director were Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw, Skinamarink, Godzilla Minus One, the Indian action-thriller Jawan, films by Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Glazer, and the latest in the Saw franchise.
Check out the list below.
Godzilla Minus One...
The 21-movie list includes not only his ten favorites of the year but revival screenings as well, including Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s Werckmeister Harmonies, Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy, Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri, Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible, Nagisa Ôshima’s The Pleasures of the Flesh, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, and William Friedkin’s The Exorcist.
When it comes to new releases, amongst the favorites of the Bone Tomahawk director were Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw, Skinamarink, Godzilla Minus One, the Indian action-thriller Jawan, films by Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Glazer, and the latest in the Saw franchise.
Check out the list below.
Godzilla Minus One...
- 1/15/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
On the heels of a certain Paper of Record’s basically inscrutable insistence that January is actually a good month, it is perhaps tempting to double-down on despair through such a gray (and increasingly soaked) period. Take some small hearth of solace at a slate of moving-image projects being worked into the world. Additional details are scarce but: Production Weekly confirms that Jordan Peele’s next film, recently delayed from its Christmas Day 2024 slot, will begin shooting this summer while Medien Brandenburg-Berlin lists Wes Anderson’s next film––The Phoenician Scheme––as “the story of a family and a family business.” Shooting for Anderson’s film, set to star Michael Cera, Benicio Del Toro, and the recently announced Bill Murray, is slated to begin this April, so expect a 2025 release.
More concrete confirmation comes straight from the filmmaker’s mouth, as Jonathan Glazer tells the Los Angeles Times that his...
More concrete confirmation comes straight from the filmmaker’s mouth, as Jonathan Glazer tells the Los Angeles Times that his...
- 1/11/2024
- by Frank Falisi
- The Film Stage
Although his name might not be muttered in the mouths of mainstream moviegoers, S. Craig Zahler has crafted an impressive career in cinema over the last decade. After selling multiple screenplays and self-releasing a handful of novels, Zahler self-funded his first movie, Bone Tomahawk in 2015. The bone-crunching Western horror blended brutal violence, extreme gore and slick dialogue, serving up a unique formula that resonated with the indie market. Two years later, Zahler released his second film, Brawl in Cell Block 99, an unflinching prison movie that took his notorious gratuitous violence to a whole new level. In 2018, Zahler’s...
- 12/23/2023
- by Matthew C. F
- TVovermind.com
Ridley Scott is reportedly attached to a smaller-scale thriller called Bomb, which he’s said to be taking on after Gladiator 2 and his ‘bucket list’ western.
Ridley Scott has had a busy year. He has Napoleon in cinemas at the moment and is currently hard at work on the set of Gladiator 2.
After that, reports last month claimed that he would be helming a ‘bucket list’ western – widely believed to be an adaptation of Wraiths Of A Broken Land, the S Craig Zahler novel that Scott optioned some years ago and has always been keen to make.
Scott’s ‘productions in development’ page on IMDb is always something to behold, with a boggling number of projects fighting for attention. But according to Deadline, the next project bubbling to the surface is Bomb, a dramatic thriller that is just a little more modest in scale than Scott’s last few productions.
Ridley Scott has had a busy year. He has Napoleon in cinemas at the moment and is currently hard at work on the set of Gladiator 2.
After that, reports last month claimed that he would be helming a ‘bucket list’ western – widely believed to be an adaptation of Wraiths Of A Broken Land, the S Craig Zahler novel that Scott optioned some years ago and has always been keen to make.
Scott’s ‘productions in development’ page on IMDb is always something to behold, with a boggling number of projects fighting for attention. But according to Deadline, the next project bubbling to the surface is Bomb, a dramatic thriller that is just a little more modest in scale than Scott’s last few productions.
- 12/18/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Bluestone Entertainment has preemptively acquired rights to “Support Group for the Formerly Possessed,” an original horror short story written for Assemble Media by J. Preston Witt, with plans to produce a feature adaptation alongside Assemble.
Scribes set to adapt the pic are Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, the duo behind Paramount’s found footage title Project Almanac, as well as Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.
In Support Group, a patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, finds themselves subjected to a 5150 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a chilling truth: the facility is dedicated to treating disorders that stem from supernatural causes.
The Assemble team came up with the original concept before developing it into a short story, featured in the third edition of its genre-focused quarterly short story magazine Assemble Artifacts, which is published through Blackstone Publishing. Producers of the adaptation will include Richard Saperstein for Bluestone,...
Scribes set to adapt the pic are Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, the duo behind Paramount’s found footage title Project Almanac, as well as Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.
In Support Group, a patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, finds themselves subjected to a 5150 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a chilling truth: the facility is dedicated to treating disorders that stem from supernatural causes.
The Assemble team came up with the original concept before developing it into a short story, featured in the third edition of its genre-focused quarterly short story magazine Assemble Artifacts, which is published through Blackstone Publishing. Producers of the adaptation will include Richard Saperstein for Bluestone,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
After he finishes up on Gladiator 2, a ‘bucket list’ project – a western – is next on the list for non-stop Ridley Scott. More here.
You have to hand it to Ridley Scott, a seemingly tireless filmmaker who shows no signs of slowing down, even as he hits his mid-80s. We’re constantly knackered, and we’re half his age.
Ridley Scott next has Napoleon hitting cinemas this month and has also been tooling a four hour cut of that particular film. He’s also midway through the production of Gladiator 2 which is all set to start back up now the strikes have ended.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Scott used the strikes for downtime though: from recent comments it sounds like he’s used the time away from production to edit the first half of the film… not to mention storyboarding his next project, a...
You have to hand it to Ridley Scott, a seemingly tireless filmmaker who shows no signs of slowing down, even as he hits his mid-80s. We’re constantly knackered, and we’re half his age.
Ridley Scott next has Napoleon hitting cinemas this month and has also been tooling a four hour cut of that particular film. He’s also midway through the production of Gladiator 2 which is all set to start back up now the strikes have ended.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Scott used the strikes for downtime though: from recent comments it sounds like he’s used the time away from production to edit the first half of the film… not to mention storyboarding his next project, a...
- 11/15/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
News of the death of Celluloid Dreams CEO Hengameh Panahi has sparked an outpouring of admiration and tributes from the independent film community.
Panahi, a pivotal figure in the global art house scene, died Nov. 5, aged 67. In her decades in the business — as a producer, co-financier and sales agent — Panahi introduced the world to international auteurs from Iran (Jafar Panahi, Marjane Satrapi), Europe (Jacques Audiard, François Ozon, Gaspar Noé, Marco Bellocchio, Aleksandr Sokurov, the Dardenne brothers) and across Asia (Takeshi Kitano, Naomi Kawase, Jia Zanghke, Hirokazu Kore-eda).
“She took films that were challenging, that were difficult to make, to sell, to promote, and she fought for them,” says Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) who knew and worked with Panahi for more than 30 years. “She was a unique part of the film ecosystem. She was really inspirational, with the films that she enabled to be made, and seen.”
Celluloid Dreams,...
Panahi, a pivotal figure in the global art house scene, died Nov. 5, aged 67. In her decades in the business — as a producer, co-financier and sales agent — Panahi introduced the world to international auteurs from Iran (Jafar Panahi, Marjane Satrapi), Europe (Jacques Audiard, François Ozon, Gaspar Noé, Marco Bellocchio, Aleksandr Sokurov, the Dardenne brothers) and across Asia (Takeshi Kitano, Naomi Kawase, Jia Zanghke, Hirokazu Kore-eda).
“She took films that were challenging, that were difficult to make, to sell, to promote, and she fought for them,” says Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) who knew and worked with Panahi for more than 30 years. “She was a unique part of the film ecosystem. She was really inspirational, with the films that she enabled to be made, and seen.”
Celluloid Dreams,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Napoleon” is ready to conquer again.
The upcoming Ridley Scott action epic, from Apple and Sony, will host its world premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and it will be the first film premiere since the strike ended to have a full roster of actors in attendance, aside from the few that received interim agreements from SAG-AFTRA like “Priscilla” and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
At this time Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby and Tahar Rahim are all scheduled to attend alongside Scott. It is, of course, possible for other performers to be confirmed prior to the premiere.
It marks the first of many happy returns to normal for Hollywood as the historic SAG-AFTRA strike has come to an end with agreement on a deal worth over $1 billion that includes “unprecedented” protections against AI. Full details of the deal will be released on Friday.
The upcoming Ridley Scott action epic, from Apple and Sony, will host its world premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and it will be the first film premiere since the strike ended to have a full roster of actors in attendance, aside from the few that received interim agreements from SAG-AFTRA like “Priscilla” and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
At this time Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby and Tahar Rahim are all scheduled to attend alongside Scott. It is, of course, possible for other performers to be confirmed prior to the premiere.
It marks the first of many happy returns to normal for Hollywood as the historic SAG-AFTRA strike has come to an end with agreement on a deal worth over $1 billion that includes “unprecedented” protections against AI. Full details of the deal will be released on Friday.
- 11/9/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
It’s that time year again—when one might, upon their daily neighborhood perambulation, casually stumble upon a man dressed in a blood-splattered full-body jumpsuit and think to themself, this is perfectly fine and normal. But that’s the Halloween season for you, when the ghosts and goblins and AMC-obsessed Nicole Kidmans are out in full force for their yearly Halloween rituals.
Aside from meticulously inserting razor blades into the apples we all intend to hand out to local children, everyone’s favorite part of the Halloween season is—of course—the excuse to binge-watch our favorite horror movies, from the silly-scary (Hocus Pocus), to the fun-scary (Trick R Treat), to the scary-scary (The Evil Dead) or the really scary-scary (any news channel). In fact, horror movies have long been an integral part of the indie film ecosystem—turning minuscule budgets into huge box office numbers and launching the...
Aside from meticulously inserting razor blades into the apples we all intend to hand out to local children, everyone’s favorite part of the Halloween season is—of course—the excuse to binge-watch our favorite horror movies, from the silly-scary (Hocus Pocus), to the fun-scary (Trick R Treat), to the scary-scary (The Evil Dead) or the really scary-scary (any news channel). In fact, horror movies have long been an integral part of the indie film ecosystem—turning minuscule budgets into huge box office numbers and launching the...
- 10/27/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Godzilla Steelbook 4K Uhd from Sony
The 1998 version of Godzilla is stomping onto Steelbook 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on October 24 from Sony. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the monster movie is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision/Hdr and Dolby Atmos Audio.
Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) directs and co-wrote the script with Dean Devlin (Independence Day). Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, and Harry Shearer star.
No new specials have been produced, but it includes an audio commentary by visual effects supervisors Volker Engel and Karen Goulekas, Behind the scenes of Godzilla with Charles Caiman, and more.
Halloween III & Universal Monsters Candy Pails from Trick or Treat Studios...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Godzilla Steelbook 4K Uhd from Sony
The 1998 version of Godzilla is stomping onto Steelbook 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on October 24 from Sony. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the monster movie is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision/Hdr and Dolby Atmos Audio.
Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) directs and co-wrote the script with Dean Devlin (Independence Day). Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, and Harry Shearer star.
No new specials have been produced, but it includes an audio commentary by visual effects supervisors Volker Engel and Karen Goulekas, Behind the scenes of Godzilla with Charles Caiman, and more.
Halloween III & Universal Monsters Candy Pails from Trick or Treat Studios...
- 9/15/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jamie Foxx in God Is A BulletPhoto: WayWard Entertainment
From the director of The Notebook, a sensitive, female-skewing all-timer of a love story, comes God Is A Bullet, in which every woman onscreen gets repeatedly punched, kicked, sometimes raped, or murdered by a shotgun blast. They’re not the only...
From the director of The Notebook, a sensitive, female-skewing all-timer of a love story, comes God Is A Bullet, in which every woman onscreen gets repeatedly punched, kicked, sometimes raped, or murdered by a shotgun blast. They’re not the only...
- 6/22/2023
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- avclub.com
One of the coolest streaming services out there is Tubi, because it happens to be free (it’s ad-supported) and packed with classic horror movies. This week, we here at Arrow in the Head decided to browse through Tubi’s horror section and compile a list of ten of the Best Horror Movies on Tubi Right Now. Check it out!
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Director S. Craig Zahler made his feature debut with this excellent blend of the horror and Western genres, which pits a group of men – played by Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, and Patrick Wilson – against a group of cave-dwelling cannibals who have taken the wife of Wilson’s character captive. With a running time of 132 minutes, Bone Tomahawk takes its time showing the men’s journey to the tribe’s cave… but when the violence breaks out, it’s worth the wait. If you can stomach the gore.
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Director S. Craig Zahler made his feature debut with this excellent blend of the horror and Western genres, which pits a group of men – played by Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, and Patrick Wilson – against a group of cave-dwelling cannibals who have taken the wife of Wilson’s character captive. With a running time of 132 minutes, Bone Tomahawk takes its time showing the men’s journey to the tribe’s cave… but when the violence breaks out, it’s worth the wait. If you can stomach the gore.
- 5/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Dragged Across Concrete is currently the number two streaming movie on Netflix, meaning that an entire potential new audience is discovering writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s rough, take-no-prisoners 2019 crime epic. The film’s two problematic leads, Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson, play longtime friends turned cops Anthony Lurasetti and Brett Ridgeman, who get involved in robbing a professional thief after being suspended from duty for viciously beating a drug dealer.
Desperate for money after their suspension, the two cops are soon in the midst of a disastrously escalating battle with the thief and his henchmen, with allegiances switching throughout. Through it all only Lurasetti and Ridgeman remain steadfastly loyal to each other, even as they descend into an extremely murky moral gray zone that leaves no one—not even the ostensible “good guys”—untouched.
We say “ostensible” because Lurasetti and Ridgeman are far from heroes. Reactionary cops who long for...
Desperate for money after their suspension, the two cops are soon in the midst of a disastrously escalating battle with the thief and his henchmen, with allegiances switching throughout. Through it all only Lurasetti and Ridgeman remain steadfastly loyal to each other, even as they descend into an extremely murky moral gray zone that leaves no one—not even the ostensible “good guys”—untouched.
We say “ostensible” because Lurasetti and Ridgeman are far from heroes. Reactionary cops who long for...
- 3/31/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Sony‘s Screen Gems is in very early development on a Paradise Court film based on the horror comic book series from Zenescope Entertainment, and has enlisted Assemble Media to produce it, Deadline has learned.
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Created by Zenescope’s CEO Joe Brusha, Paradise Court takes its name from a luxurious and exclusive gated community where beneath an idyllic facade lies a deadly secret — all the residents are serial killers with unique proclivities and manicured lawns cut as sharp as the knives in their kitchens.
The project was brought to Screen Gems by Jack Heller and Assemble Media. Assemble principal Heller will produce,...
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Created by Zenescope’s CEO Joe Brusha, Paradise Court takes its name from a luxurious and exclusive gated community where beneath an idyllic facade lies a deadly secret — all the residents are serial killers with unique proclivities and manicured lawns cut as sharp as the knives in their kitchens.
The project was brought to Screen Gems by Jack Heller and Assemble Media. Assemble principal Heller will produce,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Body Double (Brian De Palma)
When rewatching Body Double for the third time, its most striking element was, as on my first viewing, Craig Wasson’s performance. As central character Jake Scully, Wasson turns his conventionally attractive looks into an endlessly fascinating nebbishness and awkwardness. In an early scene, Jake simply walks to his car and jumps in the driver’s seat, yet Wasson manages to turn this casual action into one of the most amusing instances of purposefully bad acting. This unquestionably intended ridiculousness in fact informs an audience of the approach required by the entire film: just as it is difficult to take this ludicrous failed actor and naïve man seriously, Body Double itself is better enjoyed with a grain of salt.
Body Double (Brian De Palma)
When rewatching Body Double for the third time, its most striking element was, as on my first viewing, Craig Wasson’s performance. As central character Jake Scully, Wasson turns his conventionally attractive looks into an endlessly fascinating nebbishness and awkwardness. In an early scene, Jake simply walks to his car and jumps in the driver’s seat, yet Wasson manages to turn this casual action into one of the most amusing instances of purposefully bad acting. This unquestionably intended ridiculousness in fact informs an audience of the approach required by the entire film: just as it is difficult to take this ludicrous failed actor and naïve man seriously, Body Double itself is better enjoyed with a grain of salt.
- 3/17/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Don Johnson’s latest role comes in comedy-drama A Little White Lie, and in the true spirit of the films narrative, which is about a man (played by Michael Shannon) who pretends to be a famous author, blagging his way into a prestigious literary festival, we asked Johnson about whether he himself have ever told a little white lie to get him a role – and his answer/story is hilarious.
We also speak about collaborating with Shannon, whether he has ever harboured any ambition to one day write an autobiography, and we speak about his work with S. Craig Zahler, and why he’d love to work with the director again.
Watch the full interview with Don Johnson here:
Synopsis
Shriver, a down-on-his-luck handyman whose never read a book in his life, gets mistaken for a famous writer whose been in hiding for more than 20 years. With nothing to lose,...
We also speak about collaborating with Shannon, whether he has ever harboured any ambition to one day write an autobiography, and we speak about his work with S. Craig Zahler, and why he’d love to work with the director again.
Watch the full interview with Don Johnson here:
Synopsis
Shriver, a down-on-his-luck handyman whose never read a book in his life, gets mistaken for a famous writer whose been in hiding for more than 20 years. With nothing to lose,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Western and horror genres each scratch an itch for their longtime fans, coming with long histories of baggage. The Western genre ebbs and flows between family-friendly storytelling and adult grittiness, but who says that it can’t bend to meet horror? Bone Tomahawk demonstrated in 2015 how Western and horror is a winning combination that deserves further exploration.
‘Bone Tomahawk’ puts horror into the Western world L-r: Matthew Fox as Brooder and Kurt Russell as Sheriff Hunt | Rlj Entertainment
Bone Tomahawk takes place in the American West during the 1890s when an outlaw accidentally leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into a tranquil Western town called Bright Hope. There, they kidnap a group of settlers, including a rancher’s wife. Sheriff Hunt (Kurt Russell) sets out on a treacherous journey along with an unlikely group of characters on a rescue mission.
S. Craig Zahler’s direction and screenplay are strongly...
‘Bone Tomahawk’ puts horror into the Western world L-r: Matthew Fox as Brooder and Kurt Russell as Sheriff Hunt | Rlj Entertainment
Bone Tomahawk takes place in the American West during the 1890s when an outlaw accidentally leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into a tranquil Western town called Bright Hope. There, they kidnap a group of settlers, including a rancher’s wife. Sheriff Hunt (Kurt Russell) sets out on a treacherous journey along with an unlikely group of characters on a rescue mission.
S. Craig Zahler’s direction and screenplay are strongly...
- 3/2/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Doktor Death, the second spin-off in Full Moon’s Puppet Master series, aims low and hits high with its heightened addition to the small-scale horror franchise.
The killer doll genre has been around for decades, but it’s currently in the middle of a Renaissance and there’s never been a better time for the Puppet Master franchise to indulge in wild spin-off experiments. It’s been three years since the release of the last Puppet Master spin-off, Blade: The Iron Cross, and in that time there’s now two seasons of an exceptional Chucky TV series and movies like M3GAN that have pushed horror’s killer doll subgenre to exciting and challenging new places. In some respects these evolutions make something like Puppet Master: Doktor Death feel especially lackluster and irrelevant. That being said, no one who sees Doktor Death is expecting an Annabelle or M3GAN level spectacle.
Full...
The killer doll genre has been around for decades, but it’s currently in the middle of a Renaissance and there’s never been a better time for the Puppet Master franchise to indulge in wild spin-off experiments. It’s been three years since the release of the last Puppet Master spin-off, Blade: The Iron Cross, and in that time there’s now two seasons of an exceptional Chucky TV series and movies like M3GAN that have pushed horror’s killer doll subgenre to exciting and challenging new places. In some respects these evolutions make something like Puppet Master: Doktor Death feel especially lackluster and irrelevant. That being said, no one who sees Doktor Death is expecting an Annabelle or M3GAN level spectacle.
Full...
- 1/18/2023
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bullitt isn’t the only late 1960s film getting a reimagining for the modern era. Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, a landmark film that helped to usher in the New Hollywood movement that would define 1970s moviemaking, is the latest to be targeted for reboot potential.
Variety reports that a reimagining of the 1969 film, which starred Hopper, Peter Fonda, and a young Jack Nicholson, is being developed. As for what road this remake will travel down, the model being looked at is how Creed reinvigorated the Rocky franchise and a “bold” writer-director team is currently being sought after.
The rights to the original Columbia Pictures project are in the hands of a number of companies and individuals, including Maurice Fadida’s Kodiak Pictures, Defiant Studios’ Eric B. Fleischman, and the Jean Boulle Group, all of whom are backing this new take.
“Our goal is to build upon the counterculture and...
Variety reports that a reimagining of the 1969 film, which starred Hopper, Peter Fonda, and a young Jack Nicholson, is being developed. As for what road this remake will travel down, the model being looked at is how Creed reinvigorated the Rocky franchise and a “bold” writer-director team is currently being sought after.
The rights to the original Columbia Pictures project are in the hands of a number of companies and individuals, including Maurice Fadida’s Kodiak Pictures, Defiant Studios’ Eric B. Fleischman, and the Jean Boulle Group, all of whom are backing this new take.
“Our goal is to build upon the counterculture and...
- 11/30/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With "Terrifier 2" tearing up the box office as of late, many horror fans may want to go back and check out the outlandish makeup effects featured in Damien Leone's original "Terrifier" film. Before Art the Clown had become a popular Halloween tattoo and a neo-slasher icon, he was just a lowly hitchhiker on the side of a New Jersey highway waiting to pick out his first victims. One of those victims in "Terrifer" was Victoria Heyes (Samantha Scaffidi), the sister of Tara Heyes (Jenna Kanell) who winds up completely deformed by the end of the film. In retrospect, Victoria gets off light seeing as how another character named Dawn suffers a gruesome death at the hands of Art the Clown.
The fate that Victoria experiences is too graphic for even the most desensitized gorehounds, and Leone has expressed remorse in the past that her character is most remembered for that drawn out,...
The fate that Victoria experiences is too graphic for even the most desensitized gorehounds, and Leone has expressed remorse in the past that her character is most remembered for that drawn out,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
A new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series has just been released through the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel, and in this one we’re looking at a relatively recent film – writer/director S. Craig Zahler’s 2015 horror western Bone Tomahawk (watch it Here)! To find out all about Bone Tomahawk, check out the video embedded above.
Starring the great Kurt Russell, Bone Tomahawk tells the following story:
In the Old West, a sheriff, his deputy, a gunslinger, and a cowboy embark on a mission to rescue three people from a savage group of cave dwellers.
Russell is joined in the cast by Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, Evan Jonigkeit, David Arquette, Sid Haig, Kathryn Morris, Sean Young, Fred Melamed, Maestro Harrell, Jamison Newlander, James Tolkan, Jeremy Tardy, Michael Paré, Zahn McClarnon, Michael Emery, Raw Leiba, Geno Segers, Eddie Spears, Alex Meraz,...
Starring the great Kurt Russell, Bone Tomahawk tells the following story:
In the Old West, a sheriff, his deputy, a gunslinger, and a cowboy embark on a mission to rescue three people from a savage group of cave dwellers.
Russell is joined in the cast by Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, Evan Jonigkeit, David Arquette, Sid Haig, Kathryn Morris, Sean Young, Fred Melamed, Maestro Harrell, Jamison Newlander, James Tolkan, Jeremy Tardy, Michael Paré, Zahn McClarnon, Michael Emery, Raw Leiba, Geno Segers, Eddie Spears, Alex Meraz,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Western genre waned in popularity in the 1980s, but 21st-century cinema still has the occasional film that harks to its heyday. Most of these are genre hybrids, like Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” or S. Craig Zahler’s “Bone Tomahawk,” while others, like “Meek’s Cutoff” or “Slow West” attend to the genre’s classic nuances.
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Now, Amazon & BBC will bring their take on the Western to Prime Video this fall with an all-new limited series.
Continue reading ‘The English’ First Look: Emily Blunt & Chaske Spencer Star In New Western Limited Series On Amazon Prime Video at The Playlist.
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Now, Amazon & BBC will bring their take on the Western to Prime Video this fall with an all-new limited series.
Continue reading ‘The English’ First Look: Emily Blunt & Chaske Spencer Star In New Western Limited Series On Amazon Prime Video at The Playlist.
- 8/18/2022
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed award-winning screenwriter, director, novelist, cinematographer, and musician S. Craig Zahler, Deadline has learned.
“We are deeply honored to partner with UTA and work with Craig. There’s one Zahler on the planet. And that’s for good reason. He’s a true multi hyphenate. And a singular voice in writing directing and pure creation,” Michael Cooper of Range Media Partners tells Deadline.
Zahler is most widely known as the writer, director, and co-composer for the Independent Spirit Award nominated film Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins. The film was nominated in the categories of Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
Recently, Zahler wrote and directed Brawl in Cell Block 99, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, and Don Johnson. The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival and went on to critical acclaim.
“We are deeply honored to partner with UTA and work with Craig. There’s one Zahler on the planet. And that’s for good reason. He’s a true multi hyphenate. And a singular voice in writing directing and pure creation,” Michael Cooper of Range Media Partners tells Deadline.
Zahler is most widely known as the writer, director, and co-composer for the Independent Spirit Award nominated film Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins. The film was nominated in the categories of Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
Recently, Zahler wrote and directed Brawl in Cell Block 99, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, and Don Johnson. The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival and went on to critical acclaim.
- 12/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Gina Corano will star in a new horror thriller from Near Dark and Hitcher screenwriter Eric Red. The film is called White Knuckle and is based on the Red's own novel.
The film is being produced by Bonfire Legend who are behind some pretty stellar films like S. Craig Zahler's Bone Tomahawk, Brawl In Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete, along with Vfw.
Synopsis:
There's a killer on the road... He'...
The film is being produced by Bonfire Legend who are behind some pretty stellar films like S. Craig Zahler's Bone Tomahawk, Brawl In Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete, along with Vfw.
Synopsis:
There's a killer on the road... He'...
- 8/12/2021
- QuietEarth.us
Goes without saying there’s nobody like Udo Kier, who in recent years has been indelible for Alexander Payne, Guy Maddin, Gus Van Sant, Rick Alverson, S. Craig Zahler, and Kleber Mendonça Filho—a list of collaborators to which literally nobody else on Earth can lay claim, each of whom need his comic-malevolent presence. Rare is the starring role, though, making special Todd Stephens’ Swan Song, the recent SXSW selection wherein Kier plays a hairdresser who escapes his retirement home to style his deceased client for her funeral.
Reviews from SXSW were strong, and the trailer—released by Magnolia ahead of the film’s August 6 release—suggests something befitting Kier’s unique gifts. Our own John Fink was rather enthusiastic, saying it “is built on a wonderfully nuanced performance by Kier, who behind his sadness and longing can still lob a sassy witticism at rival Dee Dee Dale, and when...
Reviews from SXSW were strong, and the trailer—released by Magnolia ahead of the film’s August 6 release—suggests something befitting Kier’s unique gifts. Our own John Fink was rather enthusiastic, saying it “is built on a wonderfully nuanced performance by Kier, who behind his sadness and longing can still lob a sassy witticism at rival Dee Dee Dale, and when...
- 6/25/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Vince Vaughn has spent the last few years playing firmly against type, and his newfound desire to challenge himself as an actor has resulted in a mini-renaissance of sorts. After portraying a World War II sergeant in Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, Vaughn delivered a jaw-dropping dramatic performance in S. Craig Zahler’s Brawl in Cell Block 99, before co-starring with Gibson in Zahler’s Dragged Across Concrete.
Having recently turned 50, it appears that he’s making a conscious effort to reinvent himself as an accomplished character actor, as he’s also played a wrestling coach in Fighting with my Family, lent support in political thriller Seberg and featured in neo-noir crime thriller Arkansas. The Wedding Crashers star will soon be making a return to comedy, though, in Blumhouse’s Freaky, but there’s also a pretty big twist.
Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon’s slasher is a spin on...
Having recently turned 50, it appears that he’s making a conscious effort to reinvent himself as an accomplished character actor, as he’s also played a wrestling coach in Fighting with my Family, lent support in political thriller Seberg and featured in neo-noir crime thriller Arkansas. The Wedding Crashers star will soon be making a return to comedy, though, in Blumhouse’s Freaky, but there’s also a pretty big twist.
Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon’s slasher is a spin on...
- 10/27/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Russell Crowe is going to save cinema! So goes the marketing push for road-rage thriller “Unhinged,” the first new film to open in theaters since lockdown. Yet it’s worth acknowledging that Crowe hasn’t exactly saved cinema in the past decade, where “Les Misérables,” “The Water Diviner” and “The Nice Guys” are the only moderate highlights. To buy into the hype around “Unhinged,” one has to accept the cult of Crowe and pretend that he’s still a relevant movie star, to pretend it’s no later than 2003’s “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” and Crowe remains a gladiator of cinema.
But even that mind game can’t rescue the lazy B-movie routine of this cheap entertainment from director Derrick Borte, which could be generously described as an homage to Joel Schumacher’s “Falling Down” by way of Steven Spielberg’s “Duel.”
“Unhinged” is the...
But even that mind game can’t rescue the lazy B-movie routine of this cheap entertainment from director Derrick Borte, which could be generously described as an homage to Joel Schumacher’s “Falling Down” by way of Steven Spielberg’s “Duel.”
“Unhinged” is the...
- 7/30/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Indiewire
Putting end to months of rumours and speculations, it has been confirmed that Korean auteur Park Chan-wook’s next project will be a melodrama starring Park Hae-il and Chinese actress Tang Wei (“Lust/Caution”).
Park was earlier rumoured to have been developing a “The Brigands of Battlecreek” for Amazon Studios off a S. Craig Zahler script as well as a remake of the Costa-Gavras film “Ax”, it will be this venture into the unchartered territories of the melodrama genre that will end up being his first film since he critically and commercially lauded “The Handmaiden” back in 2016.
The Korean title for the film translates as “The Decision to Break Up”. Of course, with Park being at the helm, one can expect the film to be rather dark and different to the usual Korean melodramas we know and love.
Interestingly, Lee Byung-hun was earlier rumoured to be considering a role in...
Park was earlier rumoured to have been developing a “The Brigands of Battlecreek” for Amazon Studios off a S. Craig Zahler script as well as a remake of the Costa-Gavras film “Ax”, it will be this venture into the unchartered territories of the melodrama genre that will end up being his first film since he critically and commercially lauded “The Handmaiden” back in 2016.
The Korean title for the film translates as “The Decision to Break Up”. Of course, with Park being at the helm, one can expect the film to be rather dark and different to the usual Korean melodramas we know and love.
Interestingly, Lee Byung-hun was earlier rumoured to be considering a role in...
- 5/20/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
After the world of South Korean cinema got a major boost this past year thanks to Parasite, there are many more riches to discover from the country but one director who is already on an international platform is Park Chan-wook. Since The Handmaiden and The Little Drummer Girl, he’s been attempting to get a number of projects off the ground and it now looks like he’s settled on one.
Although it was reported last year the Oldboy director’s planned project The Brigands of Rattlecreek, scripted by S. Craig Zahler, was revived by Amazon Studios and he was also planning a remake of the Costa-Gavras movie The Ax, neither will be his next film. Rather, he’ll be directing a melodrama starring Park Hae-il and Tang Wei, Naver reports.
With a title translated from Korean as The Decision to Break Up, it’s said to be different from...
Although it was reported last year the Oldboy director’s planned project The Brigands of Rattlecreek, scripted by S. Craig Zahler, was revived by Amazon Studios and he was also planning a remake of the Costa-Gavras movie The Ax, neither will be his next film. Rather, he’ll be directing a melodrama starring Park Hae-il and Tang Wei, Naver reports.
With a title translated from Korean as The Decision to Break Up, it’s said to be different from...
- 5/19/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Bad Boys For Life (Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah)
Much has been made in retrospect how quaint the original ‘95 Bad Boys plays in comparison to its ‘03 follow-up. It rode on the rapport of its leads through only a handful of gunfights and fisticuffs, culminating in an airport climax Bay had to front his own money to finish. The second installment contains not one but two extended car chases with trucks emptying obstacles onto our heroes, and an entire slum being obliterated by a Hummer with little regard for human life–all across a gratuitous two and a half hours. In short, eight years apart, the...
Bad Boys For Life (Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah)
Much has been made in retrospect how quaint the original ‘95 Bad Boys plays in comparison to its ‘03 follow-up. It rode on the rapport of its leads through only a handful of gunfights and fisticuffs, culminating in an airport climax Bay had to front his own money to finish. The second installment contains not one but two extended car chases with trucks emptying obstacles onto our heroes, and an entire slum being obliterated by a Hummer with little regard for human life–all across a gratuitous two and a half hours. In short, eight years apart, the...
- 4/3/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Welcome to this week’s Friday Night SmackDown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have more build before the Royal Rumble. Will Will Byers be found? Will Mel Gibson let go of that lady’s throat? Will you still love me when I’m sixty-four? Will you enjoy this episode of SmackDown? No. Go do something else.
Match #1: John Morrison def. Big E The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
After John Morrison dropped Big E last week to assist The Miz in The A-Lister’s win over Kofi Kingston (sporting a new blonde hair color this week), Morrison squared off against Big E with Miz and Kingston in their respective corners. Competing in his first WWE match in over eight years, Morrison looked dynamic as ever, but he ran into trouble when Big E’s power began to shine. In the critical moments,...
Match #1: John Morrison def. Big E The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
After John Morrison dropped Big E last week to assist The Miz in The A-Lister’s win over Kofi Kingston (sporting a new blonde hair color this week), Morrison squared off against Big E with Miz and Kingston in their respective corners. Competing in his first WWE match in over eight years, Morrison looked dynamic as ever, but he ran into trouble when Big E’s power began to shine. In the critical moments,...
- 1/20/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
Following our top 50 films of 2019, we’re sharing personal top 10 lists from our contributors. Check out the latest below and see our complete year-end coverage here.
The end of the decade has spurred reflection on what defined the last ten years in cinema as streaming wars commenced and the future of the theatrical experience was further questioned. It’s still too early to deduce such matters with any long-lasting clarity, so for now, I’ll take a look back at my perspective on the previous year in cinema.
Before we get to new films, my favorite few days inside a cinema in 2019 was at The Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman Museum and one can see my 100 favorite new-to-me films throughout the year. After the staggering first viewings of the sprawling masterpieces Berlin Alexanderplatz, Sátántangó, War and Peace, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, Les Vampires, and Celine and Julie Go Boating,...
The end of the decade has spurred reflection on what defined the last ten years in cinema as streaming wars commenced and the future of the theatrical experience was further questioned. It’s still too early to deduce such matters with any long-lasting clarity, so for now, I’ll take a look back at my perspective on the previous year in cinema.
Before we get to new films, my favorite few days inside a cinema in 2019 was at The Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman Museum and one can see my 100 favorite new-to-me films throughout the year. After the staggering first viewings of the sprawling masterpieces Berlin Alexanderplatz, Sátántangó, War and Peace, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, Les Vampires, and Celine and Julie Go Boating,...
- 1/5/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Shock Waves, the popular Blumhouse horror podcast that has interviewed guests including Jordan Peele, Robert Eggers, Elijah Wood and Udo Kier, is being absorbed into horror brand Fangoria’s network of podcasts.
First launched back in 2016, Shock Waves is hosted by filmmaker Rebekah McKendry, Fangoria’s Rob Galluzzo, Elric Kane and Blumhouse’s VP of development Ryan Turek. Every week, listeners tune in to hear the hosts discuss the latest news from the horror world, and regularly welcome notable guests from the genre.
From episode 170, which launches at midnight on Friday, December 13, the show will join fellow podcasts including Post Mortem With Mick Garris, The Movie Crypt and Nightmare University as an official part of the Fangoria Podcast Network. The latest edition of Shock Waves will see the trio count down their top 10 horror movies of 2019, plus their 10 favorite genre pics of the decade.
“We all grew up with Fangoria Magazine,...
First launched back in 2016, Shock Waves is hosted by filmmaker Rebekah McKendry, Fangoria’s Rob Galluzzo, Elric Kane and Blumhouse’s VP of development Ryan Turek. Every week, listeners tune in to hear the hosts discuss the latest news from the horror world, and regularly welcome notable guests from the genre.
From episode 170, which launches at midnight on Friday, December 13, the show will join fellow podcasts including Post Mortem With Mick Garris, The Movie Crypt and Nightmare University as an official part of the Fangoria Podcast Network. The latest edition of Shock Waves will see the trio count down their top 10 horror movies of 2019, plus their 10 favorite genre pics of the decade.
“We all grew up with Fangoria Magazine,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Sonny Laguna is a Sweden-based director who began his career with a number of super low budget films (costing between $5 and $10K) with his co-director Tommy Wiklund. He eventually got on the radar of S. Craig Zahler as he was writing Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich. Zahler and the team at Fangoria were so […]
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- 9/30/2019
- by Nick Taylor
- DreadCentral.com
Actor Sid Haig died at the age of 80 on Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, the horror icon had been involved in an accident that put him in the ICU, overshadowing the premiere of his and Rob Zombie’s latest collaboration, 3 From Hell. And while he’d been thought to be recovering after a recent update from his wife, Susan Oberg, she returned to Instagram to confirm Haig’s passing earlier this morning.
Since then, the internet has been swarmed with messages of condolences for Susan and the collection of people that Sid’s life had touched. One such person was Zombie himself, who hosted a sweet, quick hoorah on Instagram in Haig’s honor:
“Horray for Captain Spaulding. Gone but not forgotten.”
While Haig had been a part of several other films in his career, including supporting roles in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and S. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk,...
Since then, the internet has been swarmed with messages of condolences for Susan and the collection of people that Sid’s life had touched. One such person was Zombie himself, who hosted a sweet, quick hoorah on Instagram in Haig’s honor:
“Horray for Captain Spaulding. Gone but not forgotten.”
While Haig had been a part of several other films in his career, including supporting roles in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and S. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk,...
- 9/23/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Over the weekend, Universal announced that it would be canceling the release of “The Hunt,” an upcoming thriller produced by Blumhouse, due to a storyline involving shooters that was deemed inappropriate following mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in which at least 31 people were killed. In a statement, the studio said, “Now is not the time to release this film.” In response to the decision, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn and David Ehrlich traded thoughts on the decision.
Eric Kohn: It’s 2019. Don’t the movies have enough to worry about? Declining box office and the looming shadow of the streaming wars have put the medium on edge; now, it’s being scapegoated by the so-called leader of the free world. Of course, Donald Trump’s moronic tweet-storm in which he singled out “The Hunt” as an example of “liberal Hollywood” attempting to “inflame and cause chaos...
Eric Kohn: It’s 2019. Don’t the movies have enough to worry about? Declining box office and the looming shadow of the streaming wars have put the medium on edge; now, it’s being scapegoated by the so-called leader of the free world. Of course, Donald Trump’s moronic tweet-storm in which he singled out “The Hunt” as an example of “liberal Hollywood” attempting to “inflame and cause chaos...
- 8/13/2019
- by Eric Kohn and David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Stars: Udo Kier, Thomas Lennon, Alex Beh, Barbara Crampton, Nelson Franklin, Skeeta Jenkins, Michael Paré, Jenny Pellicer, Charlyne Yi | Written by S. Craig Zahler | Directed by Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund
[Note: With the film finally getting a physical release in the UK, here's a reposting of my review of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich from last years festival run]
Recently divorced and reeling, Edgar returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds a nefarious looking puppet in his deceased brother’s room, he decides to sell the doll for some quick cash. Girl-next-door Ashley and and comic book pal Markowitz join Edgar for a doomed road trip to an auction at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose when a strange force animates the puppets at the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree that’s motivated by an evil as old as time.
I’m going to be honest, there’s absolutely no way this review is unbiased.
[Note: With the film finally getting a physical release in the UK, here's a reposting of my review of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich from last years festival run]
Recently divorced and reeling, Edgar returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds a nefarious looking puppet in his deceased brother’s room, he decides to sell the doll for some quick cash. Girl-next-door Ashley and and comic book pal Markowitz join Edgar for a doomed road trip to an auction at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose when a strange force animates the puppets at the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree that’s motivated by an evil as old as time.
I’m going to be honest, there’s absolutely no way this review is unbiased.
- 7/9/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Between acquiring Post Mortem with Mick Garris, and releasing a slate of fun and exciting horror podcasts such as Nightmare University with Rebekah McKendry, and the S. Craig Zahler written audiostate, The Narrow Caves, Fangoria is taking the podcast world by storm! Their latest entry, Class of 89, just dropped earlier this week, and features […] The post Fangoria’s New Podcast, Class Of 89, Celebrates Horror Films that Turn 30 This Year appeared first on Dread Central.
- 5/9/2019
- by Nick Taylor
- DreadCentral.com
New Indie
Filmmakers have made the case that, instead of going to film school, young would-be directors might be better off just listening to director commentaries. And if that’s the educational route you’ve chosen, two of today’s most interesting directors are telling all on new Blu-ray releases. Want to know more about how Barry Jenkins brought James Baldwin’s powerful novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) to the big screen, or how Karyn Kusama crafted the bleak neo-noir “Destroyer” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)? They tell all on these essential new releases.
Also available: S. Craig Zahler is at it again with “Dragged Across Concrete” (Lionsgate), a cops-gone-rogue heist saga starring Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson.
See Photo: See Nicole Kidman's Extreme Transformation for Karyn Kusama's Cop Thriller 'Destroyer'
New Foreign
Few directors in the history of cinema have...
Filmmakers have made the case that, instead of going to film school, young would-be directors might be better off just listening to director commentaries. And if that’s the educational route you’ve chosen, two of today’s most interesting directors are telling all on new Blu-ray releases. Want to know more about how Barry Jenkins brought James Baldwin’s powerful novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) to the big screen, or how Karyn Kusama crafted the bleak neo-noir “Destroyer” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)? They tell all on these essential new releases.
Also available: S. Craig Zahler is at it again with “Dragged Across Concrete” (Lionsgate), a cops-gone-rogue heist saga starring Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson.
See Photo: See Nicole Kidman's Extreme Transformation for Karyn Kusama's Cop Thriller 'Destroyer'
New Foreign
Few directors in the history of cinema have...
- 4/26/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Shazam! tops slow weekend; top new opener is Lionsgate’s Red Joan.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.30
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Apr 19-21)Total gross to date Week 1 Shazam! (Warner Bros) £976,000 £12m 3 2 Dumbo (Disney) £926,000 £21.6m 4 3 Captain Marvel (Disney) £641,000 £38.1m 7 4 Red Joan (Lionsgate) £430,060 £566,872 1 5 Wonder Park (Paramount) £298,000 £3.1m 2 Warner Bros
The vibrant weather in the UK over the Easter bank holiday weekend spelled bad news for cinemas, with no film taking more than £1m over the Friday-Sunday session and 50%+ drops registered by most of the key holdovers.
For Warner Bros, superhero feature Shazam! dropped 54% this weekend, taking £976,000 for a cume of £12m to date.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.30
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Apr 19-21)Total gross to date Week 1 Shazam! (Warner Bros) £976,000 £12m 3 2 Dumbo (Disney) £926,000 £21.6m 4 3 Captain Marvel (Disney) £641,000 £38.1m 7 4 Red Joan (Lionsgate) £430,060 £566,872 1 5 Wonder Park (Paramount) £298,000 £3.1m 2 Warner Bros
The vibrant weather in the UK over the Easter bank holiday weekend spelled bad news for cinemas, with no film taking more than £1m over the Friday-Sunday session and 50%+ drops registered by most of the key holdovers.
For Warner Bros, superhero feature Shazam! dropped 54% this weekend, taking £976,000 for a cume of £12m to date.
- 4/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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