CSI: Vegas fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 3 Episode 9 episode titled Heavy Metal!
Find out everything you need to know about the Heavy Metal episode of CSI: Vegas, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
CSI: Vegas Heavy Metal Season 3 Episode 9 Preview
Get ready for an electrifying new episode of “CSI: Vegas” titled “Heavy Metal,” airing on CBS at 10:00 Pm on May 12, 2024.
In this thrilling installment, the CSI team delves into the mysterious death of a local antique shop owner who was found with a gunshot wound. As they piece together clues and evidence, they uncover a web of secrets and deception surrounding the victim’s life, leading them closer to the truth behind the tragic incident.
Meanwhile, Max, portrayed by Max Thieriot, makes a significant breakthrough in the ongoing case involving Ocho from the robotics factory.
Find out everything you need to know about the Heavy Metal episode of CSI: Vegas, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
CSI: Vegas Heavy Metal Season 3 Episode 9 Preview
Get ready for an electrifying new episode of “CSI: Vegas” titled “Heavy Metal,” airing on CBS at 10:00 Pm on May 12, 2024.
In this thrilling installment, the CSI team delves into the mysterious death of a local antique shop owner who was found with a gunshot wound. As they piece together clues and evidence, they uncover a web of secrets and deception surrounding the victim’s life, leading them closer to the truth behind the tragic incident.
Meanwhile, Max, portrayed by Max Thieriot, makes a significant breakthrough in the ongoing case involving Ocho from the robotics factory.
- 5/5/2024
- by News
- TV Regular
Get ready for a thrilling episode of “CSI: Vegas” with Season 3 Episode 9 titled “Heavy Metal,” airing at 10:00 Pm on Sunday, May 12, 2024, on CBS. In this riveting installment, the CSI team is on the case to unravel the mysterious death of a local antique shop owner who was found with a fatal gunshot wound.
As the investigation unfolds, viewers will be drawn into a web of intrigue and deception as the team delves deep into the victim’s past and uncovers shocking secrets hidden within the antique shop’s walls. With each clue and revelation, the race to uncover the truth intensifies, leading to unexpected twists and turns that keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
Meanwhile, Max makes a crucial breakthrough in the ongoing case involving Ocho from the robotics factory, bringing the team one step closer to solving the complex puzzle that has gripped the city.
Don...
As the investigation unfolds, viewers will be drawn into a web of intrigue and deception as the team delves deep into the victim’s past and uncovers shocking secrets hidden within the antique shop’s walls. With each clue and revelation, the race to uncover the truth intensifies, leading to unexpected twists and turns that keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
Meanwhile, Max makes a crucial breakthrough in the ongoing case involving Ocho from the robotics factory, bringing the team one step closer to solving the complex puzzle that has gripped the city.
Don...
- 5/5/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Clockwise from top left: The Big Lebowski (Universal), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Warner Bros.), Half Baked (Universal/Screenshot/YouTube), Heavy Metal (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)Graphic: AVClub
Congratulations, you’re high (in a state where it’s legal)! Depending on your mood and level of baked, you may find yourself...
Congratulations, you’re high (in a state where it’s legal)! Depending on your mood and level of baked, you may find yourself...
- 4/20/2024
- by Stacie Hougland
- avclub.com
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Staz Nair, and Elise Duffy
Director: Zack Snyder
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Movie Review Out. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
What’s Good: The entirety of the last sequence aboard the Dreadnaught is genuinely unique in its spectacle.
What’s Bad: Many characters and concepts feel unfulfilled as if the movie is holding the good stuff & waiting for a third installment.
Loo Break: The first 45 minutes of the movie can be skipped until reaching the anticipated final battle.
Watch or Not?: Watch only if you liked the first part, as very little here is different from the first.
Language: English (with subtitles).
Available On: Netflix
Runtime: 122 Minutes
User Rating:
Rebel Moon was definitely born out of the concept of creating a version of Seven Samurai in “space,” and...
Star Cast: Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Staz Nair, and Elise Duffy
Director: Zack Snyder
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Movie Review Out. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
What’s Good: The entirety of the last sequence aboard the Dreadnaught is genuinely unique in its spectacle.
What’s Bad: Many characters and concepts feel unfulfilled as if the movie is holding the good stuff & waiting for a third installment.
Loo Break: The first 45 minutes of the movie can be skipped until reaching the anticipated final battle.
Watch or Not?: Watch only if you liked the first part, as very little here is different from the first.
Language: English (with subtitles).
Available On: Netflix
Runtime: 122 Minutes
User Rating:
Rebel Moon was definitely born out of the concept of creating a version of Seven Samurai in “space,” and...
- 4/19/2024
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
John Candy was a popular actor who left behind a legacy that is still going strong as ever, even though it has been 30 years since he died. The Canadian actor had a remarkable screen presence, and in addition to being a hard worker, he was also one of the funniest actors around. He managed to elicit laughs with his impeccable comedic timing. During his career, Candy delivered a number of memorable performances, and as Hollywood still remembers him fondly, we take a look at his net worth.
John Franklin Candy battled several health issues that arose due to his obesity. Regardless, he stood out as an astonishing actor who could seamlessly slip into character. Moreover, the Home Alone star was unequivocally loved by all his co-stars.
Candy starred in Home Alone (Source: Home Alone)
Candy embodied all the qualities of a good actor, and he was rewarded for it. Even...
John Franklin Candy battled several health issues that arose due to his obesity. Regardless, he stood out as an astonishing actor who could seamlessly slip into character. Moreover, the Home Alone star was unequivocally loved by all his co-stars.
Candy starred in Home Alone (Source: Home Alone)
Candy embodied all the qualities of a good actor, and he was rewarded for it. Even...
- 3/5/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
Sammy Hagar has opened up about the his upcoming North American “Best of All Worlds” tour, revealing more details about what fans can expect from the Red Rocker and his all-star backing band.
The Summer 2024 outing will hit 28 cities across the US and Canada, kicking off July 13th in West Palm Beach, Florida (pick up tickets here). Hagar will be backed by bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, and drummer Jason Bonham, and the setlist will mostly pull from Van Halen, including the early David Lee Roth material.
“We’re gonna kind of just really go heavy on Van Halen,” Hagar told Arizona Republic in a new interview. “Play four or five of Sammy’s greatest hits. You know, ‘One Way to Rock,’ ‘Heavy Metal,’ ‘I Can’t Drive 55,’ ‘Mas Tequila,’ songs you’ve gotta play. One Montrose, a Chickenfoot, and a whole lot of Van Halen, the whole catalog.
The Summer 2024 outing will hit 28 cities across the US and Canada, kicking off July 13th in West Palm Beach, Florida (pick up tickets here). Hagar will be backed by bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, and drummer Jason Bonham, and the setlist will mostly pull from Van Halen, including the early David Lee Roth material.
“We’re gonna kind of just really go heavy on Van Halen,” Hagar told Arizona Republic in a new interview. “Play four or five of Sammy’s greatest hits. You know, ‘One Way to Rock,’ ‘Heavy Metal,’ ‘I Can’t Drive 55,’ ‘Mas Tequila,’ songs you’ve gotta play. One Montrose, a Chickenfoot, and a whole lot of Van Halen, the whole catalog.
- 2/1/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Sony’s Columbia Pictures is celebrating its milestone 100-year anniversary here in 2024, and the good news is that part of their epic celebration this week directly benefits You.
For One-week-only, you can celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures with a limited 100-movie bundle, featuring fan-favorite films, iconic performances and unforgettable moments.
The price to own those 100 movies on Digital? $100!
The following Horror Movies are part of the 100 movies for $100 collection…
Anaconda (1997) Fright Night (1985) Christine (1983) Wolf (1994)
Other notable movies in the collection include Easy Rider, Air Force One, Can’t Hardly Wait, Heavy Metal, Krull, Last Action Hero, Stripes, The Deep, and Anatomy of a Murder.
Browse the full collection and take advantage while you can.
Revisit 100 years worth of Columbia Pictures movie moments in the video below.
The post For 1-Week-Only, You Can Buy 100 Columbia Pictures Movies for $100 – ‘Fright Night’, ‘Christine’ & More! appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
For One-week-only, you can celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures with a limited 100-movie bundle, featuring fan-favorite films, iconic performances and unforgettable moments.
The price to own those 100 movies on Digital? $100!
The following Horror Movies are part of the 100 movies for $100 collection…
Anaconda (1997) Fright Night (1985) Christine (1983) Wolf (1994)
Other notable movies in the collection include Easy Rider, Air Force One, Can’t Hardly Wait, Heavy Metal, Krull, Last Action Hero, Stripes, The Deep, and Anatomy of a Murder.
Browse the full collection and take advantage while you can.
Revisit 100 years worth of Columbia Pictures movie moments in the video below.
The post For 1-Week-Only, You Can Buy 100 Columbia Pictures Movies for $100 – ‘Fright Night’, ‘Christine’ & More! appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 1/17/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Richard Romanus, the tough-guy character actor best known for his turn as Michael Longo, the Little Italy loan shark who gets into it with Robert De Niro’s Johnny Civello in Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets, has died. He was 80.
Romanus died Dec. 23 in a private hospital in Volos, Greece, his son, Robert Romanus, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Romanus handled prominent voice roles for Ralph Bakshi in 1977’s Wizards (as the elf warrior Weehawk) and 1982’s Hey Good Lookin’ (as the leader of a 1950s greaser gang), and in between, he played the cab driver Harry Canyon in another animated film, Heavy Metal (1981).
He also appeared on four episodes of The Sopranos as Richard Lapenna, the on-again, off-again husband of Lorraine Bracco’s Jennifer Melfi, from 1999-2002.
In Mean Streets (1973), Romanus’ character is famously disrespected by Johnny when he leans on him for his money.
“You know, Michael, you make me laugh,...
Romanus died Dec. 23 in a private hospital in Volos, Greece, his son, Robert Romanus, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Romanus handled prominent voice roles for Ralph Bakshi in 1977’s Wizards (as the elf warrior Weehawk) and 1982’s Hey Good Lookin’ (as the leader of a 1950s greaser gang), and in between, he played the cab driver Harry Canyon in another animated film, Heavy Metal (1981).
He also appeared on four episodes of The Sopranos as Richard Lapenna, the on-again, off-again husband of Lorraine Bracco’s Jennifer Melfi, from 1999-2002.
In Mean Streets (1973), Romanus’ character is famously disrespected by Johnny when he leans on him for his money.
“You know, Michael, you make me laugh,...
- 12/30/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This Rebel Moon article contains spoilers.
After rolling credits on Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire, you won’t be surprised to learn the Netflix movie began life as a pitch for a new Star Wars film. Director Zack Snyder brought his idea for a “more mature” Star Wars movie to Lucasfilm just before Disney’s takeover of the studio. While that version of what would become Rebel Moon never got off the ground, it freed Snyder to create his homage to George Lucas and Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai completely in his own way, without having to stick to the established rules of the galaxy far, far away. The result is a movie that plays with all of Lucas’ toys but in a much darker universe full of “violence, sex, and swearing.”
Yet, while Snyder goes his own way with some of the material, there’s no...
After rolling credits on Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire, you won’t be surprised to learn the Netflix movie began life as a pitch for a new Star Wars film. Director Zack Snyder brought his idea for a “more mature” Star Wars movie to Lucasfilm just before Disney’s takeover of the studio. While that version of what would become Rebel Moon never got off the ground, it freed Snyder to create his homage to George Lucas and Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai completely in his own way, without having to stick to the established rules of the galaxy far, far away. The result is a movie that plays with all of Lucas’ toys but in a much darker universe full of “violence, sex, and swearing.”
Yet, while Snyder goes his own way with some of the material, there’s no...
- 12/22/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The Academy’s Visual Effects long list of 20 finalists were notified Thursday and the results shook up the Oscar race: Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” — considered by many to be the frontrunner — did not make the cut despite a dazzling display of practical, in-camera effects and digital compositing for the Trinity explosion, and particle simulations for the subatomic world shot in cloud tanks.
IndieWire reached out to Universal, Academy VFX branch members, and visual effect studio Dneg for comment, but no explanation was offered for the exclusion of “Oppenheimer.” However, sources speculated that the determining factor was the entire film included only 150 invisible VFX shots. Two other potential contributors: Nolan’s early comments about there being no CGI in “Oppenheimer,” and the pushback when very few Dneg artists were listed in the end credits.
Speaking of CGI, Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was the surprise entry, given how hard it...
IndieWire reached out to Universal, Academy VFX branch members, and visual effect studio Dneg for comment, but no explanation was offered for the exclusion of “Oppenheimer.” However, sources speculated that the determining factor was the entire film included only 150 invisible VFX shots. Two other potential contributors: Nolan’s early comments about there being no CGI in “Oppenheimer,” and the pushback when very few Dneg artists were listed in the end credits.
Speaking of CGI, Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was the surprise entry, given how hard it...
- 12/8/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Zack Snyder may have his hands full launching Rebel Moon, his sci-fi fantasy film that Netflix unveils Dec. 22, but that doesn’t mean the energetic filmmaker isn’t busy developing other projects.
Enter Blood and Ashes. The film began life as a sequel to 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire, and was one of the last projects Snyder worked on before officially leaving Warner Bros. after the debacle that was Justice League. But what he turned in was quite different from a 300 sequel.
Blood and Ashes, which he partially wrote while shooting Army of the Dead for Netflix in 2019, ended up focusing on the relationship between Alexander the Great and his second in command, Haphaestion. It was a gay love story that was also an ancient Greek war epic, one he said then-Warners executive Courtenay Valenti liked and championed.
The studio, perhaps unsurprisingly, given its subject matter and the...
Enter Blood and Ashes. The film began life as a sequel to 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire, and was one of the last projects Snyder worked on before officially leaving Warner Bros. after the debacle that was Justice League. But what he turned in was quite different from a 300 sequel.
Blood and Ashes, which he partially wrote while shooting Army of the Dead for Netflix in 2019, ended up focusing on the relationship between Alexander the Great and his second in command, Haphaestion. It was a gay love story that was also an ancient Greek war epic, one he said then-Warners executive Courtenay Valenti liked and championed.
The studio, perhaps unsurprisingly, given its subject matter and the...
- 12/1/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ozzy Osbourne is opening up about his health, whether he has a fear of dying or not, and the one thing he still holds out hope for.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone UK, the “Godfather of Heavy Metal” revealed that a tumor was found in one of his vertebrae while undergoing a fourth spinal surgery. The procedure was to fix damage caused by a fall in 2019, which dislodged metal rods he had put into his body after a previous quad bike crash in 2003.
“It’s really knocked me about,” Osbourne said. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled. I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a fucking rod in my spine. They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s pretty rough,...
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone UK, the “Godfather of Heavy Metal” revealed that a tumor was found in one of his vertebrae while undergoing a fourth spinal surgery. The procedure was to fix damage caused by a fall in 2019, which dislodged metal rods he had put into his body after a previous quad bike crash in 2003.
“It’s really knocked me about,” Osbourne said. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled. I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a fucking rod in my spine. They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s pretty rough,...
- 11/26/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The last two VFX Oscar winners — “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Dune” — were late-season juggernauts. The same was anticipated for “Dune: Part Two” (originally scheduled for a November 3 release). But since Warner Bros. pushed back Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic to March 15, 2024, because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, that opens up a void.
Now, the spotlight is on other Oscar hopefuls that would’ve been overshadowed: “Wonka”, “The Marvels”, “Napoleon”, “Poor Things” (December 8, Searchlight), and “Rebel Moon —Part One: A Child of Fire”.
Director Paul King (“Paddington”) transforms “Wonka” into the origin story of Roald Dahl’s famed chocolatier (with “Dune” star Timothée Chalamet in the title role), which now becomes the most prestigious late-season VFX contender. It’s a musical companion piece to the 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” with Wonka struggling to start his own chocolate shop with his magic touch and secret weapon: Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa.
Now, the spotlight is on other Oscar hopefuls that would’ve been overshadowed: “Wonka”, “The Marvels”, “Napoleon”, “Poor Things” (December 8, Searchlight), and “Rebel Moon —Part One: A Child of Fire”.
Director Paul King (“Paddington”) transforms “Wonka” into the origin story of Roald Dahl’s famed chocolatier (with “Dune” star Timothée Chalamet in the title role), which now becomes the most prestigious late-season VFX contender. It’s a musical companion piece to the 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” with Wonka struggling to start his own chocolate shop with his magic touch and secret weapon: Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa.
- 10/25/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Virus episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written and Edited by Ric Solomon, Narrated by Adam Walton, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
The ’90s are chock full of some great sci-fi horror films. Who can forget Event Horizon, The Lawnmower Man, Mimic or Deep Blue Sea…. ya know, the one where Samuel L. Jackson gets eaten by a shark? Anyways, let’s fast forward to the end of the decade, 1999 in particular. It was, and still is, considered to be the best year movies were released. In January, director John Bruno would bring us the film, Virus (watch it Here). A movie that makes us ask the question “Wtf Happened To This Horror Movie?”
Back in 1992, writer Chuck Pfarrer and Canadian artist Howard Cobb brought to life the comic series Virus. The story revolves around a group of...
The ’90s are chock full of some great sci-fi horror films. Who can forget Event Horizon, The Lawnmower Man, Mimic or Deep Blue Sea…. ya know, the one where Samuel L. Jackson gets eaten by a shark? Anyways, let’s fast forward to the end of the decade, 1999 in particular. It was, and still is, considered to be the best year movies were released. In January, director John Bruno would bring us the film, Virus (watch it Here). A movie that makes us ask the question “Wtf Happened To This Horror Movie?”
Back in 1992, writer Chuck Pfarrer and Canadian artist Howard Cobb brought to life the comic series Virus. The story revolves around a group of...
- 9/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Daniel Goldberg, the frequent Ivan Reitman and Todd Phillips collaborator who co-wrote and produced the Bill Murray starrers Stripes and Meatballs and shepherded other films including Space Jam, Old School, Road Trip and the Hangover trilogy, has died. He was 74.
Goldberg died Wednesday in Los Angeles, his brother, Deuce Bigalow screenwriter Harris Goldberg, told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was a gentle, lovely guy, he was my hero,” Harris said. “He was everything I measured myself against.”
No cause of death was immediately available.
Survivors also include his wife, British Columbia native Ilona Herzberg, a producer on films including The River Wild, Evan Almighty, Waterworld, Rachel Getting Married and Feds, the 1988 comedy that starred Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross and was the only feature her husband directed in Hollywood.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Goldberg was the older son of Irwin, an aeronautical engineer, and Audrey, an artist.
He met Reitman...
Goldberg died Wednesday in Los Angeles, his brother, Deuce Bigalow screenwriter Harris Goldberg, told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was a gentle, lovely guy, he was my hero,” Harris said. “He was everything I measured myself against.”
No cause of death was immediately available.
Survivors also include his wife, British Columbia native Ilona Herzberg, a producer on films including The River Wild, Evan Almighty, Waterworld, Rachel Getting Married and Feds, the 1988 comedy that starred Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross and was the only feature her husband directed in Hollywood.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Goldberg was the older son of Irwin, an aeronautical engineer, and Audrey, an artist.
He met Reitman...
- 7/13/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Daniel Goldberg, who produced all three The Hangover films, Space Jam, Old School and many others and co-wrote movies including the Bill Murray comedies Stripes and Meatballs, died today in Los Angeles. He was 74.
Filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose late father Ivan Reitman directed Stripes and Meatballs and had known Goldberg since their college days in the 1960s, confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide other details.
Goldberg and Ivan Reitman collaborated for more than 30 years, working together on features including the animated Heavy Metal (1981); toon/live-action hybrid Space Jam (1996), starring Michael Jordan alongside Looney Toons characters; 1994’s Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the world’s first pregnant man, along with Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson; the 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy Fathers’ Day; the 1998 Harrison Ford-Anne Heche adventure pic Six Days Seven Nights; Howard Stern’s Private Parts, which the shock jock infamously promoted at...
Filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose late father Ivan Reitman directed Stripes and Meatballs and had known Goldberg since their college days in the 1960s, confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide other details.
Goldberg and Ivan Reitman collaborated for more than 30 years, working together on features including the animated Heavy Metal (1981); toon/live-action hybrid Space Jam (1996), starring Michael Jordan alongside Looney Toons characters; 1994’s Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the world’s first pregnant man, along with Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson; the 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy Fathers’ Day; the 1998 Harrison Ford-Anne Heche adventure pic Six Days Seven Nights; Howard Stern’s Private Parts, which the shock jock infamously promoted at...
- 7/13/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Sales to Astonish, a new column in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us news on comic sales and the general moves in the comic market over the past month or so!
I’d written and re-written this edition of Sales To Astonish a number of times before settling on this final version. I was going to say that June was a month of big highs and huge lows, but instead felt it was far more important to focus on the highs and positives from what was the best month of 2023 so far, than whine about the negatives. Glass half full instead of half empty and all that.
Sales in June were 50% more than those in May, revenue was also 50% more than May and on 15th June I had my single best-ever day of trading so far when the stars aligned...
I’d written and re-written this edition of Sales To Astonish a number of times before settling on this final version. I was going to say that June was a month of big highs and huge lows, but instead felt it was far more important to focus on the highs and positives from what was the best month of 2023 so far, than whine about the negatives. Glass half full instead of half empty and all that.
Sales in June were 50% more than those in May, revenue was also 50% more than May and on 15th June I had my single best-ever day of trading so far when the stars aligned...
- 7/12/2023
- by Guest
- Nerdly
For the longest time, animation has been hindered by a misguided notion that animated movies are meant for kids. Sure, there have always been popular outliers like the infamous Fritz the Cat and 1981’s Heavy Metal, but it was only recently that animation began to be legitimized by the industry at large (even if that’s mostly due to a handful of auteurs like Guillermo del Toro publicly defending animation as a medium instead of a genre).
Unfortunately, this means that plenty of edgier animated projects ended up slipping through the cracks over the years, with general audiences usually favoring family-oriented entertainment over experimental stories dealing with more mature themes. One such project is Shane Acker’s underrated 2009 thriller 9, a post-apocalyptic adventure that deserved more attention and pushed its PG-13 rating to the absolute limit.
Originally an Oscar-nominated short film that Acker developed while studying at UCLA, the first...
Unfortunately, this means that plenty of edgier animated projects ended up slipping through the cracks over the years, with general audiences usually favoring family-oriented entertainment over experimental stories dealing with more mature themes. One such project is Shane Acker’s underrated 2009 thriller 9, a post-apocalyptic adventure that deserved more attention and pushed its PG-13 rating to the absolute limit.
Originally an Oscar-nominated short film that Acker developed while studying at UCLA, the first...
- 6/12/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Playing in competition in Annecy after premiering in Cannes, Jérémie Périn’s sci-fi thriller “Mars Express” offers an uncommon spin on modern anxieties — particularly when it comes to AI.
“We so often imagine that if robots became sentient, they’ll kill us,” Périn tells Variety. “Or we see many sci-fi films where robots want to become human. In short, humans are always the point of reference – so mysterious and strange and interesting, such an amazing species. We’re a bit pretentious, and I didn’t want to play on that.”
Written by Périn and Laurent Sarfati, “Mars Express” serves a heady pop-culture cocktail, mixing hard-boiled fiction with science-fantasy comix, riffing on Philip Marlow and Philip K. Dick (with winks to “Watchmen” and “Robocop” and oh so many more) with a mystery yarn that places humans and cyborgs on equal footing.
“The film says robots and human are different, so we have to accept those differences.
“We so often imagine that if robots became sentient, they’ll kill us,” Périn tells Variety. “Or we see many sci-fi films where robots want to become human. In short, humans are always the point of reference – so mysterious and strange and interesting, such an amazing species. We’re a bit pretentious, and I didn’t want to play on that.”
Written by Périn and Laurent Sarfati, “Mars Express” serves a heady pop-culture cocktail, mixing hard-boiled fiction with science-fantasy comix, riffing on Philip Marlow and Philip K. Dick (with winks to “Watchmen” and “Robocop” and oh so many more) with a mystery yarn that places humans and cyborgs on equal footing.
“The film says robots and human are different, so we have to accept those differences.
- 6/12/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up and coming, or well established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…
John Gallagher...
John Gallagher...
- 6/3/2023
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
Hey all, to go in tandem with JoBlo.com’s 25th Anniversary we are very proud to present to you 80’s Horror Memories, a new weekly doc-series (xxx episodes in all) which just premiered today on our YouTube Channel JoBlo Horror Originals. Feast your retinas on Episode 1 via the embed above and you can expect a new installment to go live every Monday on the channel.
Our first Episode chronicles:
“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. Time for free love and hope for peace was over. It was time for a revolution. But with filmmakers, their creative freedoms would lead to explore more areas which haven’t been touched on before. It was the year horror would forever be changed. We’re talking Dressed to Kill,...
Our first Episode chronicles:
“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. Time for free love and hope for peace was over. It was time for a revolution. But with filmmakers, their creative freedoms would lead to explore more areas which haven’t been touched on before. It was the year horror would forever be changed. We’re talking Dressed to Kill,...
- 5/19/2023
- by The Arrow
- JoBlo.com
Ben Affleck in HypnoticPhoto: Hypnotic Film Holdings LLC
Hypnotic may be Robert Rodriguez’s most conventional movie since 1998's The Faculty, and that’s not at all a bad thing. While his ambition can lead him to delirious highs like Sin City and Alita: Battle Angel, the writer-director-excess-multitasker is also extremely prone to over-rushed,...
Hypnotic may be Robert Rodriguez’s most conventional movie since 1998's The Faculty, and that’s not at all a bad thing. While his ambition can lead him to delirious highs like Sin City and Alita: Battle Angel, the writer-director-excess-multitasker is also extremely prone to over-rushed,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- avclub.com
Exclusive: American Ninja Warrior will be back on NBC for a while.
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The competition format, which is produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, returns this June for season 15 and has already been picked up for season 16.
Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, along with co-host Zuri Hall, are back to call the action as the ninjas make their way through the qualifying and semifinal rounds in Los Angeles before moving to the national finals in Las Vegas.
There are a number of new additions to the seasons including a Mega Wall with ninjas also racing side-by-side and head-to-head for the first time, marking...
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The competition format, which is produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, returns this June for season 15 and has already been picked up for season 16.
Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, along with co-host Zuri Hall, are back to call the action as the ninjas make their way through the qualifying and semifinal rounds in Los Angeles before moving to the national finals in Las Vegas.
There are a number of new additions to the seasons including a Mega Wall with ninjas also racing side-by-side and head-to-head for the first time, marking...
- 3/29/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Launched in 1977, the counterculture art magazine Heavy Metal took the underworld by storm. Not just about music, Heavy Metal was a venue for bizarre, ultra-violent, unabashedly sexual comic stories for college kids with a healthy interest in wild artistic extremes. In 1981, producers Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel elected to adapt Heavy Metal into a feature film, presenting audiences with a series of bizarre, animated, nudity-heavy, blood-soaked fantasy vignettes for the grindhouse crowd.
The bookend material for the "Heavy Metal" feature film was a young girl's discovery of a mysterious intelligent orb calling itself the Loc-Nar (Percy Rodriguez). The Loc-Nar explains that it is a solid ball of concentrated evil, and has caused wars and galaxy-wide corruption throughout its history. Each of the shorts in "Heavy Metal," were worked on by a different team of animators, and told another chapter in the history of the orb, although sometimes tangentially. The soundtrack...
The bookend material for the "Heavy Metal" feature film was a young girl's discovery of a mysterious intelligent orb calling itself the Loc-Nar (Percy Rodriguez). The Loc-Nar explains that it is a solid ball of concentrated evil, and has caused wars and galaxy-wide corruption throughout its history. Each of the shorts in "Heavy Metal," were worked on by a different team of animators, and told another chapter in the history of the orb, although sometimes tangentially. The soundtrack...
- 3/4/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Welcome To Our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, J-Hope teams up with J. Cole, Boygenius release another great song from their upcoming album, Kali Uchis unfurls a sweet slow jam, and De La Soul finally hit the streams.
J-Hope feat. J. Cole “On the Street” (YouTube)
Boygenius, “Not Strong Enough” (YouTube)
Kali Uchis, “Love Between …” (YouTube)
SG5, “Firetruck” (YouTube)
Nicki Minaj, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” (YouTube)
Young Nudy feat. Key Glock, “Pot Roast” (YouTube)
Young Scooter feat.
J-Hope feat. J. Cole “On the Street” (YouTube)
Boygenius, “Not Strong Enough” (YouTube)
Kali Uchis, “Love Between …” (YouTube)
SG5, “Firetruck” (YouTube)
Nicki Minaj, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” (YouTube)
Young Nudy feat. Key Glock, “Pot Roast” (YouTube)
Young Scooter feat.
- 3/3/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Heavy Metal Magazine debuted on newsstand racks in 1977, instantly becoming the go-to magazine for fans of hardcore music and underground comix. Despite its title, it wasn't devoted strictly to heavy metal music, but to an entire underground lifestyle, and many notable fantasy artists built their names on its art. No hip kid in the late '70s and early '80s was without several issues of Heavy Metal in their apartment. Because Heavy Metal sold itself as a magazine and not as a comic book, it was free of the content strictures of the Comics Code Authority, allowing it to print more violent and sexual content. Mad Magazine enacted a similar ploy, but merely to get away with ribald jokes that skewered Madison Ave.
By 1981, Heavy Metal had built enough of an underground imprimatur to warrant the production of a feature film. Producer Ivan Reitman teamed up with a Canadian...
By 1981, Heavy Metal had built enough of an underground imprimatur to warrant the production of a feature film. Producer Ivan Reitman teamed up with a Canadian...
- 2/19/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco, but Ant-Man’s raised the ante by leaving behind his first two movies there. Aside from a brief opening sequence in the Bay Area, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania takes place wholly in the Quantum Realm, the mysterious subatomic universe that lies beneath our reality—and a whole lot of others, as it turns out.
As a result, Quantumania looks and feels nothing like 2015’s Ant-Man or 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, which take place almost entirely in and around the streets of San Francisco (old-school TV fans will see what we did there). Instead this time around director Peyton Reed hurtles Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), Hope Van Dyne/Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) headlong into the depths of the Quantum Realm and smack in the...
As a result, Quantumania looks and feels nothing like 2015’s Ant-Man or 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, which take place almost entirely in and around the streets of San Francisco (old-school TV fans will see what we did there). Instead this time around director Peyton Reed hurtles Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), Hope Van Dyne/Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) headlong into the depths of the Quantum Realm and smack in the...
- 2/17/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Writer Alex Tse discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Watchmen (2009)
Superfly (2018)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Independence Day (1996)
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Goonies (1985)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Altered States (1980) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
Rocky (1976)
Slap Shot (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Eight Men Out (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Fritz The Cat (1972) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Killer Snakes (1974)
Zodiac (2007)
Se7en (1995)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Watchmen (2009)
Superfly (2018)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Independence Day (1996)
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Goonies (1985)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Altered States (1980) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
Rocky (1976)
Slap Shot (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Eight Men Out (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Fritz The Cat (1972) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Killer Snakes (1974)
Zodiac (2007)
Se7en (1995)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Matthew Medney, CEO of Heavy Metal magazine, has stepped down, Variety can exclusively confirm. He is set to be replaced by Myth founder Marshall Lees. Jamie Penrose will stay on as chief operating officer.
The company, best known for its self-titled 1981 adult animated sci-fi film, which was produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, has in recent years looked to move back into film and television content and exploit its vast library of IP. Last year the company signed a significant deal with Range Media Partners.
In recent months there have been concerns regarding the company’s financial state. In December, Publishers Weekly reported Heavy Metal had “temporarily suspended payments to vendors” and was undergoing an internal restructure.
In a company-wide memo sent at the end of last year, seen by Variety, Medney wrote: “We all know cash is a concern right now, that is not something any of the...
The company, best known for its self-titled 1981 adult animated sci-fi film, which was produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, has in recent years looked to move back into film and television content and exploit its vast library of IP. Last year the company signed a significant deal with Range Media Partners.
In recent months there have been concerns regarding the company’s financial state. In December, Publishers Weekly reported Heavy Metal had “temporarily suspended payments to vendors” and was undergoing an internal restructure.
In a company-wide memo sent at the end of last year, seen by Variety, Medney wrote: “We all know cash is a concern right now, that is not something any of the...
- 1/17/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to Sales to Astonish, a new column in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us news on comic sales and the general moves in the comic market over the past month or so!
Before we embark on our December activity and recap on what’s happened in the past year it seems wholly appropriate to say thank you for all your support in 2022 whether that’s by buying something from us, following us and commenting and liking posts on social media, right down to visiting the website for a browse. We couldn’t have made it through our third year without you.
Now on to the good stuff…!
December 2022
As the days grow shorter and in some cases, colder, what better time of year to stay in and read a great graphic novel or a stack of comics.
This was our third...
Before we embark on our December activity and recap on what’s happened in the past year it seems wholly appropriate to say thank you for all your support in 2022 whether that’s by buying something from us, following us and commenting and liking posts on social media, right down to visiting the website for a browse. We couldn’t have made it through our third year without you.
Now on to the good stuff…!
December 2022
As the days grow shorter and in some cases, colder, what better time of year to stay in and read a great graphic novel or a stack of comics.
This was our third...
- 1/10/2023
- by Guest
- Nerdly
"Heavy Metal", the illustrated sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine commemorates the start of its 46th year with a brand new "Volume 2", #1 issue, available February 22, 2023, featuring original stories by Joe Trohman, Brian Posehn, Matthew Medney, Didier Tarquin, Lyse Tarquin, Chris Anderson and Joe Harris, with art by Scott Koblish, German Ponce, Federico Pietrobon, the Tarquins, Santa Fung, Chris Anderson, and covers by Peach Momoko, Tehani Farr:
"...Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between live streaming sales platform Whatnot, Inc. and Starburns Industries Press, who earlier this year bought 'Heavy Metal Magazine' and related titles.
"And now the previously planned 'Heavy Metal Magazine' #321 is now 'Heavy Metal Volume 2 #1..."
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"...Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between live streaming sales platform Whatnot, Inc. and Starburns Industries Press, who earlier this year bought 'Heavy Metal Magazine' and related titles.
"And now the previously planned 'Heavy Metal Magazine' #321 is now 'Heavy Metal Volume 2 #1..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 12/11/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" is a fun, fluffy tribute to the joys of the holiday season that follows Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and Drax (Dave Bautista) as they try to give Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) the best Christmas possible. Poor Peter hasn't been able to have a real Christmas since he was a child, and his first Christmas with his (sort of) adoptive father Yondu (Michael Rooker) wasn't exactly the kind of holiday happiness he needed. In order to show Kraglin's (Sean Gunn) story about Peter's first Christmas with the Ravagers as well as Peter's own flashbacks, director James Gunn used a classic Hollywood staple: rotoscope!
Rotoscoping is an animation technique where artists trace over photographs, creating a fluid kind of realism that's a bit uncanny to watch. The technique was popular in the 1980s, the time Peter would have nostalgia for because that's when he was a kid.
Rotoscoping is an animation technique where artists trace over photographs, creating a fluid kind of realism that's a bit uncanny to watch. The technique was popular in the 1980s, the time Peter would have nostalgia for because that's when he was a kid.
- 11/26/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Throw up your horns and prepare to travel to distant worlds where interstellar wars are underway, lifelines of societies hang by a frayed and delicate thread, and fantasies of the flesh are made real. In this episode of Animation Movies Revisited, we’re looking back at 1981’s Canadian animated science-fiction anthology Heavy Metal.
Back when band logos for Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Slayer were scrawled on the Marble notebooks of teens across America, a boundary-pushing animated anthology of epic proportions took adult entertainment to another level. Heavy Metal gives family-friendly animation the finger and offers something bold and untamed for the late-night stoner crowd. Join us as we explore Gerald Potterton, Ivan Reitman, and Leonard Mogel’s odyssey into the unknown and uncover the sorcery used to create an animated film you’ll want to hide from your kids. We’ll dive into the making of the film, go behind the scenes,...
Back when band logos for Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Slayer were scrawled on the Marble notebooks of teens across America, a boundary-pushing animated anthology of epic proportions took adult entertainment to another level. Heavy Metal gives family-friendly animation the finger and offers something bold and untamed for the late-night stoner crowd. Join us as we explore Gerald Potterton, Ivan Reitman, and Leonard Mogel’s odyssey into the unknown and uncover the sorcery used to create an animated film you’ll want to hide from your kids. We’ll dive into the making of the film, go behind the scenes,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Although they’ve both embraced the medium tenfold, “Entergalactic” creators Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Kenya Barris did not originally envision their TV event being animated. “We got convinced by some Netflix execs, Mike Moon, Elizabeth Porter, maybe this is something for animation,” Barris told IndieWire over Zoom. “And we started talking about how we both loved ‘Heavy Metal,’ we loved ‘Bambi’ and ‘Moana,’ and those things live forever. And so when you sometimes bring those together, it could be something amazing.”
What started as an idea for anthology series where, according to Mescudi, “the throughline, the theme through every episode, was love, and every episode would be a different cast, different story,” morphed into one 93-minute animated television special where he and Jessica Williams voice the characters Jabari and Meadow, two NYC-based artists living in the same apartment complex, trying to determine if their in too messy a situation...
What started as an idea for anthology series where, according to Mescudi, “the throughline, the theme through every episode, was love, and every episode would be a different cast, different story,” morphed into one 93-minute animated television special where he and Jessica Williams voice the characters Jabari and Meadow, two NYC-based artists living in the same apartment complex, trying to determine if their in too messy a situation...
- 10/5/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
It’s difficult to overstate just how hard the Sega Dreamcast flopped in the grand scheme of things. Despite allegedly being the most powerful console on the market at the time of its release, the Sega Dreamcast sold poorly and ended up killing Sega’s console hardware business.
However, just because the Dreamcast was a sales failure doesn’t mean it was a bad console. Actually, the Dreamcast is widely considered to be one of the most underrated and “ahead of its time” consoles ever made. Besides, if it was an objectively horrible console, developers and fans wouldn’t have continued supporting the Dreamcast long after Sega stopped manufacturing it
In January of 2001, Sega announced it was getting out of the console business, barely two years after the Dreamcast launched worldwide. This meant the Dreamcast was effectively discontinued, yet despite that drastic restructuring and refocusing of vision, Sega still supported...
However, just because the Dreamcast was a sales failure doesn’t mean it was a bad console. Actually, the Dreamcast is widely considered to be one of the most underrated and “ahead of its time” consoles ever made. Besides, if it was an objectively horrible console, developers and fans wouldn’t have continued supporting the Dreamcast long after Sega stopped manufacturing it
In January of 2001, Sega announced it was getting out of the console business, barely two years after the Dreamcast launched worldwide. This meant the Dreamcast was effectively discontinued, yet despite that drastic restructuring and refocusing of vision, Sega still supported...
- 9/12/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Gerald Potterton, an animator and filmmaker whose most notable works include “Heavy Metal” and the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” film, died on Aug. 23, the National Film Board of Canada announced on Wednesday. He was 91.
He died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec, where he lived for most of his life. His most prominent work was directing the 1981 animated cult classic “Heavy Metal,” an anthology film of different science fiction and fantasy stories surrounding a force that is described as “the sum of all evils.”
He also worked as an animator on the Beatles’ 1968 musical comedy “Yellow Submarine,” which became lauded as a work that broadened the general population’s interest in animation.
Potterton was born on March 8, 1931 in London, England and moved to Canada in 1955. He lived in Cowansville and started working on live and animated motion pictures to begin his career in film.
Potterton also directed live-action films in the 1960s,...
He died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec, where he lived for most of his life. His most prominent work was directing the 1981 animated cult classic “Heavy Metal,” an anthology film of different science fiction and fantasy stories surrounding a force that is described as “the sum of all evils.”
He also worked as an animator on the Beatles’ 1968 musical comedy “Yellow Submarine,” which became lauded as a work that broadened the general population’s interest in animation.
Potterton was born on March 8, 1931 in London, England and moved to Canada in 1955. He lived in Cowansville and started working on live and animated motion pictures to begin his career in film.
Potterton also directed live-action films in the 1960s,...
- 8/24/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Gerald Potterton, who directed the 1981 cult classic animated science-fantasy film “Heavy Metal,” has died, according to the National Film Board of Canada. He was 91.
Potterton died Monday in a Quebec hospital, the film board said.
“Heavy Metal” was a Columbia Pictures project produced by Ivan Reitman and based on the magazine of the same name. John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis and several more up-and-coming stars of the ’80s lent their voices to the movie that modern genre filmmakers still cite as an influence.
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Though it was far from the first adult-themed animated feature — mixed-media ‘toons like “Lord of the Rings,” “Watership Down” and “Castle Castigliore,” the first effort from a fledgling filmmaker named Hayao Miyazaki — had broken that ground. But “Heavy Metal” was unique for its blend of sex, nudity, gnarly violence, advanced sci-fi themes, horror and edgy rock music that...
Potterton died Monday in a Quebec hospital, the film board said.
“Heavy Metal” was a Columbia Pictures project produced by Ivan Reitman and based on the magazine of the same name. John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis and several more up-and-coming stars of the ’80s lent their voices to the movie that modern genre filmmakers still cite as an influence.
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Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2022 (Photos)
Though it was far from the first adult-themed animated feature — mixed-media ‘toons like “Lord of the Rings,” “Watership Down” and “Castle Castigliore,” the first effort from a fledgling filmmaker named Hayao Miyazaki — had broken that ground. But “Heavy Metal” was unique for its blend of sex, nudity, gnarly violence, advanced sci-fi themes, horror and edgy rock music that...
- 8/24/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
The creative relationship between directors Tim Miller (“Deadpool”) and David Fincher goes back over a decade. The two first partnered to revive the 1980s anthology genre film “Heavy Metal,” with that project eventually evolving into the acclaimed “Love, Death + Robots.” The duo even attempted a comic book adaptation with “The Goon.” An animated film based on the Eric Powell comic book that was published by Dark Horse Comics that has been sitting in development hell for ages, despite word back in 2019 that 20th Century Studios was picking it up.
Continue reading ‘The Goon’: Tim Miller Reveals Animated Comic Book Film He’s Producing With David Fincher Heading To Netflix [Comic-Con] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Goon’: Tim Miller Reveals Animated Comic Book Film He’s Producing With David Fincher Heading To Netflix [Comic-Con] at The Playlist.
- 7/24/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Is Heavy Metal the greatest animated cult movie of all time? It would be hard to argue with that on multiple fronts. In the 41 years since its release, this 90-minute, adult-oriented animated anthology film has received strong praise for its innovative rotoscoping, 2-D animation, its mature and graphic tone, and one of the best movie soundtracks ever. But what is it about the movie that continues to enthrall and delight audiences all these decades later? You would have to see it to believe it. For many years, Heavy Metal was one of those rare movies that eluded audiences who
Cult Movie Review: Heavy Metal (1981)...
Cult Movie Review: Heavy Metal (1981)...
- 6/11/2022
- by Charles Switzer
- TVovermind.com
Unsuspecting comic book readers raised on the EC-inspired black and white horror magazines from Warren Publishing had no idea what to make of Heavy Metal when it debuted on American newsstands in 1977. We came to understand it was a domestic version of France’s wildly successful Metal Hurlant, and introduced us to European talents and storytelling. It was mind-blowing.
The magazine’s success led to an animated feature, released in the summer of 1981, heralded by the beautiful Chris Achilléos promotional poster image generic levitra , introducing us to Taarna, who has become the magazine’s unofficial mascot and most recognizable figure.
The film, like the magazine, was a series of animated shorts, an anthology of science fiction, and fantasy, with heavy dollops of violence, nudity, and heavy metal music. And like the magazine, it was beautiful to look at and occasionally made sense.
It opened to mixed reviews and modest success,...
The magazine’s success led to an animated feature, released in the summer of 1981, heralded by the beautiful Chris Achilléos promotional poster image generic levitra , introducing us to Taarna, who has become the magazine’s unofficial mascot and most recognizable figure.
The film, like the magazine, was a series of animated shorts, an anthology of science fiction, and fantasy, with heavy dollops of violence, nudity, and heavy metal music. And like the magazine, it was beautiful to look at and occasionally made sense.
It opened to mixed reviews and modest success,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
‘Turbo Kid’s’ Canadian Filmmaking Trio to Direct ‘We Are Zombies;’ Kinology Boards Sales (Exclusive)
The up-and-coming Canadian filmmaking trio behind the Sundance movies “Turbo Kid” and “Summer of 84,” are directing “We Are Zombies,” a comedy based on Jerry Frissen and Guy Davis’ cult comic book series “The Zombies That Ate the World.”
Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell and François Simard started shooting the movie on March 29 across various locations around Montreal, Canada, with a young cast led by Alexander Nachi (“Clash”), Megan Peta Hill (“Riverdale”) and Derek Johns (“Moonfall”). Kinology, the Paris-based banner whose credits include Leos Carax’s film “Annette,” has secured international sales to the movie and will unveil a promo teaser at Cannes.
Published by Humanoids, “The Zombies That Ate the World” ran in the legendary magazine Métal Hurlant in 2003 and earned praises from horror legends such as George A. Romero, Joe Dante and Tobe Hooper.
The high-concept movie is set in a city breeding non-cannibal zombies who are considered “living-impaired.
Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell and François Simard started shooting the movie on March 29 across various locations around Montreal, Canada, with a young cast led by Alexander Nachi (“Clash”), Megan Peta Hill (“Riverdale”) and Derek Johns (“Moonfall”). Kinology, the Paris-based banner whose credits include Leos Carax’s film “Annette,” has secured international sales to the movie and will unveil a promo teaser at Cannes.
Published by Humanoids, “The Zombies That Ate the World” ran in the legendary magazine Métal Hurlant in 2003 and earned praises from horror legends such as George A. Romero, Joe Dante and Tobe Hooper.
The high-concept movie is set in a city breeding non-cannibal zombies who are considered “living-impaired.
- 4/25/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has released a New red band promotional trailer for its 4K Blu-ray release of Heavy Metal (1981), featuring the voices of John Candy, Richard Romanus, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, and Harold Ramis.
The release is available for purchase now.
Studio description:
Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood's animation masters to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy.
Only when encountered by its one true enemy, to whom it is inexplicably drawn, will goodness prevail throughout the universe.
Richly and lavishly drawn, the vignettes of the orb's dark vi...
The release is available for purchase now.
Studio description:
Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood's animation masters to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy.
Only when encountered by its one true enemy, to whom it is inexplicably drawn, will goodness prevail throughout the universe.
Richly and lavishly drawn, the vignettes of the orb's dark vi...
- 4/20/2022
- QuietEarth.us
You should know the gist of “Love, Death & Robots” an adult animated anthology horror streaming television series on Netflix. The story goes something like this: for years, David Fincher wanted to remake the adult animated anthology movie “Heavy Metal,” based on the adult-oriented sci-fi fantasy magazine, and he wanted Tim Miller, a VFX artist who went on to direct his own films like “Deadpool” and “Terminator: Dark Fate” to work on it (Miller and Fincher go way back and he designed the title sequences of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”).
Continue reading ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 3 Teaser Trailer: Netflix’s Gnarly, Very Extreme Anime Series Returns May 20 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 3 Teaser Trailer: Netflix’s Gnarly, Very Extreme Anime Series Returns May 20 at The Playlist.
- 4/19/2022
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
The irreverent world of Amazon’s smash-hit superhero series The Boys is getting bigger, as new animated anthology show Diabolical highlights tales of various unsuspecting people affected by Vought’s Compound V serum, including everyone’s favorite maniacal Supe, Homelander. Invincible showrunner Simon Racioppa spearheaded the ambitious eight-episode series, where every installment boasts its own animation style and eye-popping talent.
“We had a cast of incredibly talented people, who we just let do their thing,” Racioppa says. “We trusted them, and they gave that trust back with incredible work. Everybody gave 110%. I can’t speak highly enough about the crew, our directors and designers, our cast, animators, and everyone on our post-production team. Everybody just came together to get this done.”
Awkwafina, Kumail Nanjiani, Justin Roiland, Andy Samberg, Michael Cera, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, Giancarlo Esposito, Ben Schwartz, Kevin Smith, Simon Pegg, Christian Slater, and Aisha Tyler are just some...
“We had a cast of incredibly talented people, who we just let do their thing,” Racioppa says. “We trusted them, and they gave that trust back with incredible work. Everybody gave 110%. I can’t speak highly enough about the crew, our directors and designers, our cast, animators, and everyone on our post-production team. Everybody just came together to get this done.”
Awkwafina, Kumail Nanjiani, Justin Roiland, Andy Samberg, Michael Cera, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, Giancarlo Esposito, Ben Schwartz, Kevin Smith, Simon Pegg, Christian Slater, and Aisha Tyler are just some...
- 3/4/2022
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Writer, director, and producer Ivan Reitman left an incredible stamp on cinema, delivering classics like "Ghostbusters" and "Stripes" along with beloved cult classics like "Kindergarten Cop," "Evolution," and even "Heavy Metal." The legendary director died suddenly on February 14, 2022, leaving an incredible legacy of cinematic comedy behind him. To celebrate this phenomenal creator, I've put together the top 10 best scenes from the films he helped create, either as a writer, director, or producer. While someone could make a list entirely out of "Ghostbusters" scenes alone, I stuck to one film per entry in the name of fairness. While there are a couple of genuine stinkers...
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- 2/18/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
The Animated Sci-fi Classic Like You’Ve Never Seen Or Heard It Before Available For The First Time On 4K Ultra HD™ April 19th Heavy Metal Synopsis Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood’s animation masters to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green …
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- 2/16/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Heavy Metal Synopsis
Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood’s animation masters to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when encountered by its one true enemy, to whom it is inexplicably drawn, will goodness prevail throughout the universe. Richly and lavishly drawn, the vignettes of the orb’s dark victories include the character voices of John Candy, Harold Ramis and a pounding soundtrack by Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo, Donald Fagen, Don Felder, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Nazareth, Stevie Nicks, Riggs, and Trust. Highly imaginative and full of surprising special effects, Heavy Metal set the standard for alternative contemporary animation. An intoxicating experience not to be missed!
Disc Details & Bonus Materials
Presented within a limited edition SteelBook, including Heavy Metal...
Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood’s animation masters to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when encountered by its one true enemy, to whom it is inexplicably drawn, will goodness prevail throughout the universe. Richly and lavishly drawn, the vignettes of the orb’s dark victories include the character voices of John Candy, Harold Ramis and a pounding soundtrack by Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo, Donald Fagen, Don Felder, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Nazareth, Stevie Nicks, Riggs, and Trust. Highly imaginative and full of surprising special effects, Heavy Metal set the standard for alternative contemporary animation. An intoxicating experience not to be missed!
Disc Details & Bonus Materials
Presented within a limited edition SteelBook, including Heavy Metal...
- 2/15/2022
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
In 1984, a film about blue-collar entrepreneurs fighting a war against government bureaucracy — and an omnipotent eldritch god — solidified Ivan Reitman’s cinematic legacy.
If there’s one film that Reitman, who died Saturday at the age of 75, will probably be remembered for, it’s “Ghostbusters” — the blockbuster adventures of four misfits that blurred the lines between broad comedy, monstrous horror and working-class heroism.
But while “Ghostbusters” may have been Reitman’s biggest financial success, it’s that particular blurring of the lines that was the filmmaker’s lifelong calling card. Reitman repeatedly told stories that precariously but impeccably elevated the humor and heart in practically every genre.
The son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants (his mother an Auschwitz survivor and his father a World War II freedom fighter), Reitman grew up in Canada and studied music in college, gradually working his way into producing low-budget independent films. Reitman directed the comedies...
If there’s one film that Reitman, who died Saturday at the age of 75, will probably be remembered for, it’s “Ghostbusters” — the blockbuster adventures of four misfits that blurred the lines between broad comedy, monstrous horror and working-class heroism.
But while “Ghostbusters” may have been Reitman’s biggest financial success, it’s that particular blurring of the lines that was the filmmaker’s lifelong calling card. Reitman repeatedly told stories that precariously but impeccably elevated the humor and heart in practically every genre.
The son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants (his mother an Auschwitz survivor and his father a World War II freedom fighter), Reitman grew up in Canada and studied music in college, gradually working his way into producing low-budget independent films. Reitman directed the comedies...
- 2/14/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
With the death of iconic director Ivan Reitman, the film community has collectively experienced an incalculable loss. Not only did Reitman make his name directing some of the most beloved studio comedies of all time, but he produced a handful of underground gems, from David Cronenberg's 1975 directorial breakthrough "Shivers" to the 1981 animated sci-fi anthology "Heavy Metal." While Reitman's contribution across genres proves his unyielding commitment to cinema in all of its forms, this might be the time to revisit some of his most beloved comedic works — and maybe manage to crack a smile or a chuckle despite the depressing news.
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- 2/14/2022
- by Natalia Keogan
- Slash Film
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray Steelbook of Heavy Metal (1981), featuring the voices of John Candy, Richard Romanus, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, and Harold Ramis.
The release is available to preorder now.
Studio description: Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood's animation masters to create the otherworld...
The release is available to preorder now.
Studio description: Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the help of some of Hollywood's animation masters to create the otherworld...
- 2/14/2022
- QuietEarth.us
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