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The action cinema of John Wick, Havoc and John Woo’s The Killer has constantly evolved as it’s travelled between filmmakers and eras.

Now on Netflix, writer-director Gareth Evans’ Havoc is an ultra-violent stew of influences. It’s set in a benighted US city, but was shot in Wales; its bullet-strewn action is directly inspired by Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo.

Then again, action cinema has always been a particularly international genre, taking in disparate bits of American westerns, low-key French thrillers and more besides. When John Woo directed A Better Tomorrow, released in 1986, its contemporary gangland setting and ferocious shoot-outs changed the look and feel of action cinema forever. Widely credited with inventing what was later dubbed the ‘heroic bloodshed’ genre, it made a star out of its lead, Chow Yun-fat.

Woo continued to hone his signature style – slow-motion photography, close-quarters action, and his characters’ habit of holding...

L2: Empuraan Overseas Box Office Day 4 (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Mohanlal and Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer L2: Empuraan is achieving new milestones with each passing day at the box office. The only factor that could go against it is the massive budget of 200 crores. The action thriller has created history overseas, with the first century for Malayalam cinema. It has also achieved the breakeven stage. Scroll below for the day 4 exciting updates!

L2: Empuraan Overseas collection

Prithviraj Sukumaran’s directorial surpassed all expectations with an earth-shattering opening, garnering around $5 million (Inr 42.77 crores) on day 1. But the best is yet to come because L2: Empuraan has raked in a whopping $12 million (Inr 102.67 crores) in its debut weekend.

L2: Empuraan has created history by becoming the first Malayalam film to gross 100 crores overseas. It attained this massive feat in only four days, which is a very challenging record for any upcoming Mollywood movie.

The Walking Dead was a unique show that balances the drama with the survival thriller setting of a zombie apocalypse. While still at the height of the zombie-obsession in Hollywood, the show offered a more poignant exploration of how humans function in a fallen society and how they seek to rebuild a sense of meaning through various ways.

A post-apocalyptic setting would have a lot of artifacts that were remnants of the past, and music composer Bear McCreary reportedly hoped to invoke the same emptiness and a foreboding sense of doom with the theme song. His creative direction was also guided by his previous work on the series Human Target.

The Walking Dead’s theme used fewer instruments because of Human Target A still from Human Target | Credits: Fox

While AMC’s The Walking Dead is set during a zombie apocalypse, the episodes are not always action-based and have long scenes of talking and drama.

Fans of classic mecha games can now enjoy Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute, which has finally been released outside of Japan. While the game was previously available on the Nintendo Switch, it was only in Japan. Now, Western players can experience this exciting title with new updates and improvements.

Assault Suit Leynos 2 was originally a Japan-exclusive game from the 90s. It follows the success of Assault Suit Leynos and Assault Suit Valken. This latest release includes modern features and upgrades that improve the overall gameplay. Players will once again take control of powerful mechs and engage in intense battles.

The game is set in the year 2123 Ad, where the Xenes Federation is at war with the Republic of Sanlar. One year into the conflict, Sanlar’s forces are struggling against the powerful Xenesian army.

In a desperate move, the President of Sanlar calls upon the 12th Special Armoured Corps, a...

Was Kim Kardashian rerrified amidst robbery in Paris?(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Kim Kardashian’s darkest night in Paris has been ripped open nearly a decade later, exposing a crime so chilling that it reads like a Hollywood thriller. But unfortunately, this was no movie. It was real and brutal. And most importantly, it left the reality queen stripped of more than just her lavish jewels.

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The Target: A Social Media Goldmine

Picture this: A $15.5K-a-night penthouse turned crime scene with a bound and gagged Kardashian, and a gang of seasoned criminals who treated her glittering Instagram feed as their personal shopping catalog.

The so-called “Kardashian’s Twelve,” a ruthless band of Parisian underworld figures, had spent months eyeing her $4 million diamond ring, her audacious display of wealth, and her every move. The leader? Aomar Aït Khedache, better known as “Old Omar,...

On Wednesday March 12 2025, Discovery broadcasts Expedition Bigfoot!

Target Identified Season 6 Episode 8 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Expedition Bigfoot,” titled “Target Identified,” promises an exciting adventure for fans of the series. In this episode, Bryce, Mireya, Russell, and Biko come together at a location known as “The Fork,” which is famous for its high activity related to Bigfoot sightings. This area is equipped with advanced technology, giving the team a better chance to uncover the truth about these mysterious creatures.

As the episode unfolds, viewers will see the team utilize cutting-edge tools like an interceptor drone and a seismic tripwire. These devices are designed to capture any unusual movements or sounds in the area. The anticipation builds as the technology activates, leading the team to a discovery that could change everything they thought they knew about Bigfoot.

With each moment, the tension rises as the team investigates the findings. The...

We’ve seen just about everything the 2024-25 TV season has to offer, so it’s time to take note.

What’s your favorite new drama of the season? You tell us.

Vote in our poll after you read a brief synopsis of the shows running for the title. Let’s see which drama made the biggest TV Fanatic splash!

(Warrick Page/Max) American Primeval

A brutal and gritty exploration of the early American frontier, this limited series delves into the violent clashes between settlers, Indigenous tribes, and those seeking power in a lawless land.

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Inspired by the life of renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks,...

Pawan Kalyan’s Film Update! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Pawan Kalyan’s upcoming film, Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit, in which he plays the titular outlaw, seems to be back on track. According to 123 Telugu, Pawan Kalyan is set to resume shooting soon and has allocated dates after March 15 to complete his portions.

The makers are aiming to wrap up the film as quickly as possible and are reportedly targeting a release on or around May 9. Interestingly, another film rumored to be eyeing the same date is Chiranjeevi’s Vishwambhara. However, there is no official confirmation regarding the release dates of either film. If Hari Hara Veera Mallu sticks to its May 9 release, it is speculated that Vishwambhara might be postponed.

The promotional activities for Hari Hara Veera Mallu are moving full steam ahead. To mark Women’s Day, the makers released a character introduction video featuring...

Spoiler Alert: This story includes details from the finale of Prime Target on Apple.

One of the highlights of Apple’s Prime Target has been the welcome addition of Martha Plimpton as Jane Torres, an Nsa queen who heads of a group of spies who surveil mathematicians all over the globe. Her portrayal of the villainous figure who ends up double-crossing her young charge so she can get her hooks into Leo Woodall’s Edward Brooks has made the twisty series a little less preposterous and a lot more fun.

Here, the veteran actress last seen in The Regime and forever missed as Patty Nyholm on The Good Wife talks about the drama’s finale, what viewers should expect will happen to Jane, and why she thinks the show has resonated so much with viewers.

Deadline: Martha, were you the token American in this British production from New Regency and Scott Free Productions?...

Karla Sofía Gascón thanked the Film Academy for inviting her to Sunday night’s 2025 Oscars, despite her racist tweet controversy taking up so much attention this awards season.

“Thanks to the members of The Academy for the nomination for Best Actress, for the invitation to the gala; I really enjoyed it, very amiable and funny, especially your fabulous host Jimmy Kimmel, he is fantastic, every day he looks more like the great Conan O’Brien,” the “Emilia Pérez” star joked on Instagram on Monday, translated from Spanish via Meta.

“Loved hugging so many friends and colleagues on this homecoming. Congratulations to all the winners, especially to Clément Ducol, Camille, Zoe Saldaña,” she added. “Thank you Jacques Audiard, Netflix, Why Not Productions. Thank you ‘Emilia Pérez’ for teaching me so many things.”

Speculation on whether Gascón would show up at the show was high after her awards campaign was derailed by years-old...

Children’s shows usually fall into one of two categories. Some are quickly axed and forgotten. Others, like Cartoon Network’s inimitably strange Ed, Edd, n Eddy, enjoy lengthy runs and animated immortality. More precisely, the show’s ten-year run makes it the fifteenth longest-running animated cartoon in American history.

Of course, being a Cartoon Network show, it trends towards the edgier side of animated content. Detractors often called out the show for its plentiful toilet humor and unique visuals. While the former accusation is true, the latter was and still is a matter of personal taste. For example, Terrence Briggs criticized the show’s artistic style for resembling an “acid trip caricature” in the February 1999 issue of Animation World Magazine. Oddly enough, that animation is one of the show’s many claims to fame. See, Ed, Edd, n Eddy was made at the tail end of classic animation. By the time of its premiere,...

New year, new you — unless the current you is accustomed to staying up-to-date on the best new TV around, in which case: never change. January 2025 is a fresh month of fresh shows coming to every network and streamer, and IndieWire will continue to curate those in this monthly guide. Our picks are limited to English-language series, mostly scripted with the occasional dash of documentary and reality. And these are for new TV only — don’t worry, we’re still excited for “Severance.”

Kick off the new year with a binge of Netflix’s new Harlan Coben show “Missing You,” which premieres in full on January 1. The streamer will also drop the gritty Wild West limited series “American Primeval” in the first half of the month, reuniting the team behind “Painkiller.” Fox will debut a military misfit comedy with “Going Dutch,” while Max is entering the medical drama game to the tune of “The Pitt,...

We are sad to hear the news about the passing of Angus MacInnes, the Star Wars actor known for his portrayal of Gold Leader in Episode IV: A New Hope and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The Canadian actor passed away on December 23 at the age of 77, via BBC News.

MacInnes had a storied career in film and television and starred in two other films with Harrison Ford. He was featured in the military drama Force 10 from Navarone, released in 1978, which also featured another Star Wars alumni, the late Carl Weathers.

In 1985, he had a starring role in the Ford film, Witness as a corrupt cop. The movie produced Ford's only Oscar nomination. His other screen credits include Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks and Strange Brew starring fellow Canadian Rick Moranis.

Star Wars' Gold Leader was Angus MacInnes most iconic role

MacInnes' life changed with Star Wars. It...

The Young and the Restless (Y&r) spoilers for the week of December 30, 2024, are here! Next week, fans can expect Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) to issue a threat to Ian Ward (Ray Wise).

Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) feels haunted by her past. Plus, Jordan (Colleen Zenk) sets her sights on a new target. Keep reading and let’s talk about what is coming up next week in the CBS soap opera.

The Young And the Restless Spoilers – Monday, December 30 – Jordan’s Risky Move

Y&r spoilers for Monday, December 30 reveal that Ian and Jordan make a risky move. According to the weekly preview clip, Ian and Jordan target Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks).

After Tessa is drugged by Ian, she stumbles out of Society. Ian just happens to be right there waiting for Tessa to collapse into his arms.

Monday’s episode will also include Victor and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) expressing...

Now that 2024 has reached its end and all the dust is starting to settle on the television season, it's time to look ahead at the new streaming shows coming in 2025. Once the new year arrives, so will the rush of brand-new series looking to secure a spot on our watch lists.

Inevitably, not all of these shows will manage to find success in all the ways they need to become popular hits. That being said, no one looks at a new show and prays on its downfall. Well, at least no one should actively wish for a show to fail, and that's not the intention here at all.

Just as we can predict that some shows will probably be canceled in 2025, we can use our best judgment to reflect on some of the newbies entering the ring in the new year and estimate whether they have what it takes to...

In a year where Taylor Swift seems to be everywhere, the pop icon has added another impressive achievement to her collection. Already crowned as Spotify’s most streamed artist in 2024, breaking multiple Billboard records, and becoming Time’s Person of the Year in 2023, Swift has now conquered the publishing world with her Eras Tour photo book.

Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour | Credits: Paolo V, Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Eras Tour itself has been a global phenomenon, spanning continents and breaking records as the first tour to gross over $1 billion. The tour’s success has extended beyond stadiums, with its concert film becoming the highest-grossing concert movie in North American history. Now, proving once again that everything she touches turns to gold – or should we say platinum? – Swift’s latest venture into publishing has created yet another milestone in her already illustrious career.

A Record-Shattering Debut Taylor Swift...

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Get ready to add a lot to your cart today, because Target is dropping prices on hundreds of items for Black Friday (and over the weekend). Whether you’re shopping for noise-canceling earbuds, a new espresso machine, or even a big-screen TV, there’s never been a better time to score holiday deals than right now. Target has launched its best Black Friday deals now to give you...

Housefull 5 Box Office Potential! (Picture Credits: Instagram)

Housefull 5 is in the last leg of its production stage. Featuring Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, and Jacqueline Fernandez, among others, the upcoming comedy flick is slated for June 6, 2024 release. It has the potential to break several box office records. Scroll below as we unveil the 3 major targets!

Housefull 5 Cast

The multi-starrer has gotten bigger and better with the inclusion of many prominent names! Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, Chitrangada Singh, Dino Morea are a few names.

It is directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala’s Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment.

Trending I Want To Talk Box Office Collection Day 4: Abhishek Bachchan Starrer Might Wrap Up Below 2 Crores!

The Sabarmati Report Box Office Collection Day 11: Vikrant Massey Starrer Crosses 20 Crore Despite A Dip

Major box office milestones!

If you’re unaware, Mma fighter Conor McGregor joined the world of Hitman: World of Assassination as a brand-new Elusive Target back in June. It was arguably one of the most hyped crossovers in the gaming industry.

The Mma fighter had a special Dlc in the game. (Image via Io Interactive)

However, it’s all coming crashing down. Io Interactive has announced that the Mma fighter will be removed entirely from the Hitman: World of Assassination after his recent court ruling that might destroy his $200 million empire.

Hitman Removes Conor McGregor Dlc After Sexual Assault Court Ruling Mma fighter Conor McGregor | image: Instagram/@thenotoriousmma

Hitman’s developer Io Interactive has announced that it’s going to stop selling Dlc featuring Conor McGregor after a civil court found him guilty of sexual assault.

Related “It was a bug! It wasn’t supposed to be that way”: Ex-io Interactive Boss Hasn...

Bowie Jane's nomination choices for eviction, Felicia Cannon and Cirie Fields, were made to minimize conflict among the other houseguests. Jag Bains won the Power of Veto competition and used it on Felicia, resulting in Cameron Hardin being nominated for eviction. Cameron Hardin is the target for eviction this week and is likely to be evicted due to his competitive threat and controlling presence in the house. #BB25

Big Brother 25's Head Of Household may face a massive choice on Thursday's live episode and her decision could shock some of the casual viewers of the show. Bowie Jane, who won Head Of Household on the last live episode of Bb 25, chose to nominate Felicia Cannon and Survivor legend Cirie Fields for eviction. While her choice was made in order to ruffle the feathers of the other houseguests as minimally as possible, some of the other houseguests were hoping Bowie...

Gayle Hunnicutt, the Texas-born actor known for 1969’s “Marlowe” and her role as Vanessa Beaumont in “Dallas,” died on Aug. 31 in London, according to The Times of London. She was 80.

Hunnicutt played Vanessa Beaumont, an English aristocrat who shares an illegitimate son with Larry Hagman’s J.R. Ewing, in the final three seasons of “Dallas” from 1989 to 1991.

Born on Feb. 6, 1943, in Fort Worth, Texas, Hunnicutt made her television debut in 1966 on the NBC sitcom “Mister Roberts.” She guested on several series in the ’60s, including “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Hey Landlord,” “Love on a Rooftop” and “Get Smart.”

On the film side, Hunnicutt starred opposite James Garner in the 1969 neo-noir crime film “Marlowe,” in which she played television star Mavis Wald. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career, including “The Wild Angels,” “P.J.,” “Freelance,” “Running Scared,” “Target” and “The Legend of Hell House” opposite Roddy McDowell.

Hunnicutt married...

Our first look at director David Fincher’s new film “The Killer,” which debuts on Netflix in November after a limited theatrical run, has arrived in the form of a gorgeously illustrated poster that puts star Michael Fassbender front and center.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alexis Nolent, the film follows an assassin who’s battling his employers (and himself) on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. Fincher’s frequent collaborator Andrew Kevin Walker (“Seven”) wrote the screenplay, and the film reunites the filmmaker with his “Mank” cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt as well as other longtime companions – composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross handle the score and Donald Graham Burt is the production designer.

Illustrated by Luc Jacamon and first debuted by The Fincher Analyst, the poster – which is timed to the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 3 – evokes...

Cliff Twemlow is an obscure figure even by British B-movie standards, a handsome, no-nonsense former Manchester nightclub doorman who attempted to create a Hollywood of the north in the early ’80s and ’90s. Born in 1937, a fact he tried to cloud for many years, he was something of a renaissance man: He acted in soaps, he composed lucrative library music, he wrote a novel about a killer pike, and, after a wounding experience with a botched adaptation of his autobiographical novel Tuxedo Warrior, he decided to become a filmmaker himself.

His first production, G.B.H. (1982), was shot on video — the grainy, ugly, analog kind — and it rode on the coattails of the recent hit The Long Good Friday. Twemlow starred as a handsome, no-nonsense Manchester nightclub doorman, hired to protect a local nightclub from a protection racket after returning from a stretch in prison.

Think back to your very worst day, the one that makes you cringe with shame or shudder into sobs when you think about it. Did it happen in middle school? In high school? At a party? At the Dmv? On a plane? Do you think about it every second of the day? Does it define you? Did it become the sum total of your entire life’s work, to the degree that it is the only thing potential partners or employers or teachers or admissions boards ever knew about you?...

Warning: Spoilers for The Human Target #12The DC Universe is full of numerous Green Lanterns, each possessing their own skills and flaws, but after a recent string of bad luck, one Lantern is making a case for him being the weakest of the bunch.

Tom King and Greg Smallwood's The Human Target #12 shows the aftermath of an assassination attempt on Lex Luthor that caught professional bullet-taker Christopher Chance, also known as the Human Target, in its crossfire. With the mystery solved and Chance out of the picture, Ice, a member of the Justice League International and a new romantic partner of the late Human Target's, endeavors to spread Christopher's ashes in the ocean. Ice is then met by Green Lantern Guy Gardner, another member of the Jli and a former flame of hers who has followed her out into the ocean. When Guy Gardner begins hitting on Ice,...

Jimin of the hugely popular group BTS dropped his debut solo album, Face, on Friday, March 24, 2023 at 12am Et to eagerly awaiting fans. Along with the release of Face, the main track – “Like Crazy” – was accompanied by a new music video.

The album is available now on all streaming platforms. The physical album is available in retail stores, including a Target Exclusive album.

Jimin described this album during his promotional tour as illustrating the honest feelings he experienced during the pandemic. Big Hit Music adds: “It represents Jimin’s breakthrough and growth achieved through vanquishing loneliness and struggles beneath the glare of stardom. Jimin finally stands at a new starting point after facing himself entirely, as suggested in the title of the album.”

The album includes “Set Me Free Pt.2,” released in advance on March 17. “Set Me Free Pt. 2” went to number one on iTunes in over 100 countries within days of release,...

Bad Bunny’s major year continues: The Puerto Rican artist received the most nominations for the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, which the Latin Recording Academy announced on Tuesday morning.

Bad Bunny secured nods in several major categories: His song with Bomba Estereo, “Ojitos Lindos,” is nominated for Record of the Year, and his latest album, Un Verano Sin Ti, is nominated for Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album. He competes with himself in a few categories: “Titi Me Pregunto” and the Aventura collaboration “Volvi” are up for Best Urban Fusion Performance,...

Attention all Swifties: If you haven’t already blown up your bank account pre-ordering all four editions of Taylor Swift’s upcoming album Midnights, there’s another version of the singer-songwriter’s newest record to add to your collection.

In keeping with Swift’s ongoing collaborations with the retail chain, Target announced Tuesday that it will carry an exclusive lavender pressing of Midnights on both vinyl and CD formats. Unlike the previously announced physical formats, which were made available to purchase through Swift’s online store, Target’s CD version...

On August 28, TikToker @vincemanuele posted a video with the text “Girl at the front of Target in Phoenix keeps saying ‘Marco’ every time a little girl or boy passes her.” In the video, you can faintly hear someone in the background saying what appears to sound like “Marco.” “Human trafficking is real,” the caption reads, adding that the user’s father “reported” the girl to someone.

The video racked up more than 11 million views, with many of the comments focusing on how terrifying it was, even though the little girl...

With over 50+ films, Camera Japan Festival is proud to announce their full and diverse programme, combining films ranging from de newest and best Japanese arthouse, animation, documentaries, short films and classic cinema.

The 17th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 22nd with the international premiere of Koumei’s Spotlight,

with the director and leading actor Morimoto Nobuhiro present. From 29 Sept. – 2 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam’s LAB111.

With four international and twelve European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as Spotlight, Nagi’s Island, Prior Convictions and Thanc You, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at Camera Japan Festival. Among the many Dutch premieres titles from directors such as Miike Takashi (The Great Yokai War: Guardians) and Odagiri Joe (They Say Nothing Stays the Same) will be shown.

As usual, animation films will be present at Camera Japan Festival.

Some of the top TikTok stars in Central Asia are coming together for a drama series, and the show’s creators are planning to engage with their viewers in a unique way. Kazakhstan’s Jks Entertainment and 1Os Studios are producing Target, an eight-episode program that will unite beloved influencers — and pair them up as the audience sees fit.

Target will combine elements of mystery, romance, drama, and sci-fi to tell the story of an elite private high school. The show is similar to other projects that have spotlighted top TikTokers, in that the app’s culture will become part of the plot. In Target‘s case, the central mystery will be set off by strange DMs that arrive on the protagonist’s phone.

It is Target‘s cast, rather than its premise, that will command attention. The cast includes influencers who are huge in Kazakhstan and live in shared creator houses.

When You, based on the Caroline Kepnes novel of the same name, premiered on Lifetime back in 2018, the drama about romantic obsession turned sinister, barely made an impression before the network unceremoniously canceled it. But then it got dropped on Netflix, where it became an overnight sensation. Now Penn Badgley returns as Joe Goldberg in season 2 of You, […]

The post ‘You’ Season 2 Trailer: Where There’s a Will, There’s Joe Creeping on a New Target appeared first on /Film.

Model and Euphoria star Barbie Ferriera is making her movie debut in HBO Max's 2020 film UNpregnant, alongside Five Feet Apart's Haley Lu Richardson, and I might just have to upgrade my subscription. The film, based on the Ya novel of the same title, will follow the story of a Missouri teen who hits the road with a friend to get a legal abortion, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

UNpregnant will be one of the streaming platform's first feature productions following its 2020 release, and will be produced by Riverdale's Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. Rachel Goldenberg will direct, while the novel's authors, Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan, will be in charge of writing the film's script.

Prior to signing on for UNpregnant, 24-year-old Richardson has starred in films like The Chaperone, Split, and The Edge of Seventeen. Ferreira played Ella in two episodes of the HBO series Divorce, but...

The Vestron cult classic horror series continues with Dagon (2001), coming to Blu-ray on July 24th with all new special features!

H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic tale comes to life when the Vestron Video Collector’s Series releases the modern retelling of the horror classic Dagon on limited edition Blu-ray on July 24 from Lionsgate. Directed by horror mastermind Stuart Gordon (Dolls,Re-Animator) and starring Ezra Godden, evil rises and a legend unleashes the rage of Hell after a yacht crashes on the Spanish coast and the survivors are forced to face their nightmares. Packed with all-new, never-before-seen special features, including interviews with Stuart Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna, as well as a conceptual art gallery from artist Richard Raaphorst, and featuring custom illustrated art, the restored and remastered Dagon limited edition Blu-ray will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.97.

Residents of a fishing village tempted by greed evolve into...

After bringing H.P. Lovecraft's stories to life in Re-Animator and From Beyond, Stuart Gordon returned to Lovecraft's realm of cosmic horror with his 2001 film Dagon, which will be a new Blu-ray entry in the Vestron Video Collector's Series this summer:

Press Release: The Vestron cult classic horror series continues with Dagon, coming to Blu-ray on July 24th with all new special features!

Street Date: 7/24/18

Blu-ray Srp: $39.97

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H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic tale comes to life when the Vestron Video Collector’s Series releases the modern retelling of the horror classic Dagon on limited edition Blu-ray on July 24 from Lionsgate. Directed by horror mastermind Stuart Gordon (Dolls, Re-Animator) and starring Ezra Godden, evil rises and a legend unleashes the rage of Hell after a yacht crashes on the Spanish coast and the survivors are forced to face their nightmares. Packed with all-new, never-before-seen special features, including interviews with...

Every so often, when you hear that a painting by Picasso just sold at auction for a record $179 million, or that a Pollock or a Basquiat or a Jeff Koons now routinely fetch prices worthy of a Silicon Valley start-up, it’s easy to wonder what, exactly, is going on. Is this a true expression of the art’s value? Or is it the symptom of some skyrocketing hothouse bubble that has decadently transformed art into gold?

“The Price of Everything,” Nathaniel Kahn’s brilliant and captivating documentary about how the art world got converted into a money market, is shrewd enough to know that the answer is both. The movie gazes, with a good amount of woe (but also with the pleasurable voyeuristic charge that tends to accompany displays of great wealth), at what the art world has become: the staggering auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, where masterpieces,...

We have a light day of horror and sci-fi home entertainment titles on August 15th, with most of the fanfare this week going to Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, which comes in a variety of formats and special releases (for those looking for Collector’s Editions, be sure to check out the likes of Target, Walmart and Best Buy). Prometheus is also now getting a 4K Ultra HD disc (in honor of Covenant’s home bow), and there’s also a new Alien 6-Film Collection that 20th Century Fox has assembled.

Other notable releases for August 15th include Well Go USA's Bluebeard, One Dark Night (from Jason Lives director Tom McLoughlin), Night Moves, The Scarehouse, and Riverdale: The First Complete Season, and Pet Sematary is headed to Blu-ray this week as well.

Alien: Covenant (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 4K Ultra HD/ Blu/ Digital HD, Blu/DVD/Digital HD...

Following are some supplemental sections featuring notable director & actor teams that did not meet the criteria for the main body of the article. Some will argue that a number of these should have been included in the primary section but keep in mind that film writing on any level, from the casual to the academic, is a game of knowledge and perception filtered through personal taste.

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Other Notable Director & Actor Teams

This section is devoted to pairings where the duo worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in 1 must-see film.

Terence Young & Sean Connery

Must-See Collaboration: From Russia with Love (1962).

Other Collaborations: Action of the Tiger (1957), Dr. No (1962), Thunderball (1965).

Director Young and actor Connery teamed up to create one of the very best Connery-era James Bond films with From Russia with Love which features a great villainous performance by Robert Shaw...

Kristen Wiig makes her much-anticipated first return to Saturday Night Live tonight after leaving at the end of last season. After a week of weird last time with Zach Galifianakis, Wiig’s fans are likely hoping the show goes two-for-two on the zany front, allowing Wiig to bring back some of her favorites such as Penelope or Target Lady. (Sorry, but in my opinion the Gilly drink with Justin Timberlake was more than enough of that character this season.)

Much like Timberlake earlier this year, it’ll be interesting to see if the show plays like a DVD repeat of...

Imogene begins with a childhood flashback of a young girl, which is then followed by an extended point-of-view shot of the same woman many years later. While these are two distinctly different forms of cinematic storytelling, they each try to establish that this will be a film that explores womanhood and its challenges and inherent humor. The woman at the center of this is, of course, to be portrayed by Kristen Wiig.

What brought Ms. Wiig to fame was without a doubt her seven-season tenure on Saturday Night Live. She became the star of the show because of her range of characters, from the easily excitable Midwestern Target Lady to the devilish middle-school student Gilly. While each of these personas were distinct, they showed that Wiig was somewhat of an “auteur” actress. Her vocal and facial ticks; often inward speaking and subtle-to-the-point-of-exaggeration movements with her mouth were definitely “of a piece.

John Singleton got off to a remarkable start with his directorial debut, Boyz N the Hood, one of the freshest movies about African-American ghetto life and social responsibility. I'll never forget seeing him sitting in the row behind me at its world premiere, an afternoon press screening at Cannes in 1991, where, flanked by Quincy Jones on his right and Spike Lee on his left, he rose shyly to his feet and took off his baseball cap to acknowledge the standing ovation. He's never made anything of comparable quality, and his latest, an espionage thriller, is an efficient, anonymous movie. Abduction takes a subject made familiar by Arthur Penn's Target, Renny Harlin's The Long Kiss Goodnight and Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids: the discovery by children that apparently conventional suburban parents are in fact deadly Us government agents who have been keeping a low profile.

The boy in...

Leonard B. Stern, the man behind classic U.S. TV shows Get Smart and The Honeymooners, has passed away. He was 87.

The writer and producer suffered heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

A three-time Emmy Award winner, Stern started out writing on the The Jackie Gleason Show, where he came up with Honeymooners sketches, which spawned the popular series.

He went on to write 17 episodes of Get Smart and served as executive producer on the spy spoof, which starred Don Adams.

Stern also had a string of film screenplays under his belt, including Just You and Me, Kid and Target.

He is survived by his actress wife of 55 years, Gloria Stroock, a son and a daughter.

The Visual Effects Society (Ves) has announced the nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television,

commercials and video games.

Christopher Nolan's "Inception" dominated the nominations receiving four nods. Nolan will also be honored at the event with the inaugural Ves Visionary Award. Ray Harryhausen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Ves Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 1 and will air exclusively on Reelzchannel Saturday, February 19 at 10p Et/Pt with encore presentations throughout February.

Here's the complete list of nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion

Picture

Inception

Paul Franklin Visual Effects Supervisor

Chris Corbould Special Effects Supervisor

Mike Chambers Visual Effects Producer

Matthew Plummer Visual Effects Producer

Iron Man 2

Ben Snow VFX Supervisor

Ged Wright VFX Supervisor

Janek Sirrs VFX Supervisor

Susan Pickett VFX...

Yesterday Arthur Penn, the director of Bonnie and Clyde, died aged 88. We look back over his career in clips

Arthur Penn cut his teeth as a director on the American television drama circuit of the 1950s, contributing to a range of the playhouse and showcase series that were a staple of the industry. Western stories were among the episodes he delivered and his feature debut was a genre piece, a version of the Billy the Kid story called The Left Handed Gun (1958), starring Paul Newman, also at the start of his cinema career after a small-screen apprenticeship. The film had hints of the broadly sympathetic – or at least empathetic – view of outlaw psychology that would mark Penn's most famous film.

For his next film, Penn drew on his stage directing experience, transferring to the screen the Broadway production of The Miracle Worker in which he directed Anne Sullivan and Patty Duke...

American director best known for Bonnie and Clyde, he focused on disillusioned outsiders

Arthur Penn, who has died aged 88, was one of the major figures of Us television, stage and film in the 1960s and 70s when the three disciplines actively encouraged experimentation, innovation and challenging subject matter. "I think the 1960s generation was a state of mind," he said, "and it's really the one I've been in since I was born." He will be best remembered for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a complex and lyrical study of violent outsiders whose lives became the stuff of myth.

The film, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, and based on the exploits of the bank-robbing Barrow Gang in the 1930s, became a cause celebre. It was praised and attacked for its distortion, bad taste and glorification of violence in equal measure. Newsweek's critic, Joseph Morgenstern, retracted his initial view of the film's violence,...

Arthur Penn, the director of the polarizing "Bonnie and Clyde" whose films often flew in the face of American mythology, died Tuesday, one day after his 88th birthday.

Daughter Molly Penn said her father died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home. Longtime friend and business manager Evan Bell said Wednesday that Penn had been ill for about a year.

A product of the golden era of live television and an accomplished theater director, Penn's work on "The Miracle Worker" earned him an Emmy nomination in 1957, a Tony in 1959 and an Oscar nom in 1962. At one time, Penn had five hits running simultaneously on Broadway.

Penn was one of a group of directors -- including John Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet and Norman Jewison -- whose films were intelligent glimpses into politics, morals and social institutions. Often, they were met with controversy.

His movies debunked the allure of the gunman, the...

Shaun O'Rourke discusses his latest movie and more

By Michael Aaron Gallagher of StayFamous.Net

Known for his role as Brody in the new horror movie "Butchered" (2009) and as former "Full House" star Jodie Sweetin's love interest in the charming independent film "Port City" (2009) by Director Andy Brown, Shaun O'Rourke is balancing an active career as a writer, director and actor living in Wilmington, North Carolina.

His leading role in the Web series "Port City P.D.," helped propel the show's overseas success, premiering in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales on the television network BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting) in May of 2009. Later this year, the program will be broadcast to more than 40 countries on the America Unleashed Network.

As one of the founders of Eleven Bravo Productions, O'Rourke is continually challenging himself to take on roles he is passionate about. I had the chance to ask him about his new...

NEW YORK -- Veteran screen, stage and television director Arthur Penn was given an Academy Salute on Thursday night by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where he was acclaimed as the consummate actor's director. The event, held in Lighthouse International's Academy Theater and presented by AMPAS' New York Events Committee and the Academy Foundation, featured a montage of clips from such films as The Missouri Breaks, Mickey One, and Target as well as the three that earned Penn Oscar nominations: The Miracle Worker, Alice's Restaurant and the seminal countercultural gangster film Bonnie and Clyde.