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Pulitzer Prize-winning filmmaker David Mamet comes out of a 10-year hibernation today with a trailer for his upcoming thriller Henry Johnson. The prison drama finds Shia Labeouf and Evan Jonigkeit turning up the heat inside a hostage situation.

Here’s the official synopsis for Henry Johnson courtesy of the project’s production company 1993:

Written and Directed by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, Henry Johnson follows the title character (Jonigkeit) as he navigates his search for a moral center, after an act of compassion upends his life. Looking to authority figures he encounters along the way — including his eventual cellmate, Gene (Labeouf) — Henry’s journey leads him down a road of manipulation and ethical uncertainty. The film is an exploration of power, justice and the consequences of letting others choose your path for you.

In David Mamet’s Henry Johnson trailer, Henry (Evan Jonigkeit) forms a unique friendship with Gene...

Gemma Arterton, the captivating British actress with iconic roles in films like St Trinian’s, Quantum of Solace, and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, stands tall at 5ft 7 (170.2 cm) and is believed to wear a shoe size 8 (US).

Following the birth of her first child, Gemma Arterton made a dazzling return to the red carpet at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival in a classic ensemble from Stella McCartney’s Resort 2024 collection featuring a white semi-sheer button-down shirt paired with black tuxedo pants (Credit: Abaca Press / INSTARimages)

Commanding the Screen: How Gemma Arterton’s Height Made an On-Set Impact

Notably taller than the average British woman, her presence is felt through her incredible performances and elegant stature.

Gemma’s height even played a role during the filming of Quantum of Solace. While sharing screen space with the suave Daniel Craig, her heels gave her a slight edge over him in terms of height.

On Thursday March 13 2025, ABC broadcasts 9-1-1!

Voices Season 8 Episode 10 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “9-1-1,” titled “Voices,” promises to be another thrilling installment in the lives of emergency response providers. This show has always focused on the intense and often dangerous situations these heroes face as they work to save lives. In this episode, viewers can expect a mix of heart-stopping moments and emotional challenges that come with the job.

“Voices” will delve into the personal and professional struggles of the characters as they respond to emergencies that test their skills and resolve. The episode is likely to highlight the importance of communication in high-stress situations, showcasing how voices—both spoken and unspoken—can make a difference in saving lives. The tension will build as the team encounters a series of unexpected calls that push them to their limits.

As always, the show will blend action with deep character development.

Paranormal Activity etched its name in horror lore as one of those rare marketing moments that altered the very fabric of the genre as we knew it. An undisputable monster in a genre of monsters. A cultural phenomenon that stood for everything we loved about the genre. A movie that made you feel something in a way only horror can provide. Some went home and turned on all the lights in the house. Some scoffed, proudly unbothered by its attempts to creep them out. But everyone saw it. Everyone talked about it. Most of them thirsty for more home video shenanigans. How the hell do you follow that up? This… is what happened to Paranormal Activity 2.

In 2007, Paranormal Activity made close to $200 million dollars on a $15,000 budget. Meaning the Corleone’s themselves could have put a severed horse head in the bed of every executive at Paramount Pictures to stop...

The best Anna Kendrick movies feature a strong mix of romantic dramas and comedies and some fantasy and thriller films along the way. Kendrick first rose to prominence with a supporting part in The Twilight Saga and, since then, has grown into one of the most prominent actors in Hollywood. She has led a franchise, been nominated for an Academy Award, and lent her voice to some beloved animated characters.

Kendrick has such a versatile filmography that her movies vary pretty heavily in quality, with some being honored during the awards season and others mostly remaining in comfort food guilty pleasure cinema. However, one of the key things about her film releases is that she is often one of the best things in them, delivering great performances every time she appears on the big or small screen, elevating anything she appears in.

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Ryan Reynolds' career started young; many were first introduced to him in the brief yet popular TV sitcom Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place. Yet, those tuning into that late '90s comedy about 20-somethings running a pizzeria would have been unaware that Reynolds would go on to become one of the biggest names in Hollywood. It was a bit of a long road to get there, with some early highlights (or lowlights) coming via juvenile comedies like Van Wilder and Waiting before he became one of the most bankable superheroes in the MCU with his performance as Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool.

Reynolds has starred in more than 80 films and TV shows, and looking back at his career retrospectively, many hidden gems hinted at him becoming a pop-culture staple before the success of Deadpool. One movie that stands tall above the rest is 2014's The Voices, a dark...

For many years, Hollywood didn't really know what to do with Ryan Reynolds. He was tried as a romantic lead, but few of his romance films were enormous hits. He also stumbled as an intense horror icon; the remake of "The Amityville Horror" didn't do him any favors. Reynolds was celebrated as a comedic lead in films like "Waiting..." and "Van Wilder," but he could only play an immature buffoon for so long. Many know of his missteps as an action star, as films like "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Green Lantern" have been wildly lambasted by fans and even Reynolds himself. It wouldn't be until performances in films like "The Voices," "Pokémon Detective Pikachu," and of course, "Deadpool" that the destined-for-stardom star would finally become a force to be reckoned with. His 2024 film "Deadpool & Wolverine" (which he also produced and co-wrote) made over $1.3 billion. 

In 2013, three years before "Deadpool,...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine As Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, along with Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Venice selection Harvest are among the international competition selections at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival running October 16-27.

A packed line-up also brings Joshua Oppenheimer’s Telluride entry The End to the International Feature Competition, along with the North American premiere of The Quiet Son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, which debuted on the Lido.

There are world premieres for Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges’s Suçuarana...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine Is Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, along with Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Venice selection Harvest are among the international competition selections at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival running October 16-27.

A packed line-up also brings Joshua Oppenheimer’s Telluride entry The End to the International Feature Competition, along with the North American premiere of The Quiet Son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, which debuted on the Lido.

There are world premieres for Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges’s Suçuarana...

With the latest billion-dollar hit Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds has established himself as a brand in Hollywood. A decade ago, the actor had a very different career graph. He was starring in flops back-to-back and interestingly he noticed a pattern in these types of films. After starring in a 2013 supernatural action film that bombed at the box office, he decided to take a step back.

Ryan Reynolds in The Adam Project | Credits: Netflix

Reynolds decided to reevaluate his movie selection process and started appearing in projects that he felt more comfortable in. He wanted more creative control in his films, a dream that came true when he entered the Deadpool franchise in 2016.

Ryan Reynolds Changed His Ways After Starring In A Box Office Flop With Jeff Bridges Ryan Reynolds in a still from R.I.P.D. | Credits: Universal Pictures

Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges were the leads in...

"Even my death doesn't interest them!" Is any of this funny? Studiocanal has revealed an official trailer for a film titled Dear Paris, also called Paradis Paris (Paradise Paris), another Paris anthology film creation featuring an interconnected set of stories. Not related to 2006's Paris, I Love You anthology, but it reminds me of it anyway. A new film from the award-winning director Marjane Satrapi, witness a darkly hilarious love letter to the city of light - with a stunning ensemble cast including Monica Bellucci, Rossy de Palma, Alex Lutz, Martina García, Eduardo Noriega , and Ben Aldridge. A comedy with a dark sense of humor, where a flurry of charming characters confront death only to embrace life once again. This opens in France soon this month, but no international dates are set yet – expected later this year. This looks charming & amusing, with plenty of awkward humor. // Continue Reading ›...

Imagine if The Voices coach Blake Shelton was in a sitcom. The queen of country and the sitcom star Reba McEntire answers speculation of Shelton making a cameo in her new sitcom Happys Place. McEntire spoke to Entertainment Tonight on Sheltons possible cameo on the red carpet at The Voice finale, where she appeared as a coach, alongside Dan + Shay, Chance The Rapper, and John Legend.

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.

Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.

The Pitch: Is This What I Told Myself It Would Be?

Directed by Marjane Satrapi and written by Michael R. Perry, “The Voices” has a phenomenal trailer — snappy, stunning, and with a hunky Chinese Elvis impersonator! I would know; I’ve seen it dozens of times in the decade since Lionsgate made the movie: a feature that, up until now, I haven’t watched and will be using this week’s IndieWire After Dark to recommend to myself. Let me (us?) explain.

This buzzy Sundance breakout from 2014 — starring a sweetie pie Ryan Reynolds...

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Commemorate the 35th anniversary of Glory: the heart-stopping story of the first Black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman. Broderick and Elwes are the idealistic young Bostonians who lead the regiment; Freeman is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops; and Denzel Washington, in an Academy Award®-winning performance, is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.

Disc Details & Bonus Materials

4K Ultra HD Disc

Restored from the original camera negative, presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision

English Dolby Atmos + 5.1 + 2-channel surround

Special Features:

Visual Feature-Length Commentary

Theatrical Trailer

Blu-ray Disc™

Feature presented in high definition

English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio

Special Features:

Director’s Commentary

Deleted Scenes with Commentary

Virtual Civil War Battlefield Interactive Map

“The True Story Continues” Documentary

“The Voices of Glory” Featurette

“The Making...

It seems impossible to think of movies from the '00s without Ryan Reynolds and the immense pop-cultural influence many of his films had on the period. The Canadian actor has been a stalwart on screens for a long time, though, with his earliest roles dating all the way back to 1991. While he cemented his fame and truly became a global superstar in the 00's, Reynolds' older fans will also remember him fondly from his roles like Two Guys and a Girl.

Long before he was known for his comic book character roles, Reynolds had a more wholesome image as the funny guy. He's since gone on to prove he has much more depth, starring in everything from comedies to romances, dramas, horrors, and science-fiction films.

He's become known for his many blockbuster parts in films like Deadpool, which have become defining roles for him. However, there's also been another...

Slotherhouse is a horror comedy film directed by Matthew Goodhue from a screenplay by Bradley Fowler and Cadey Lanigan. The film follows the story of Emily Young (Lisa Ambalavanar), a high school who wants to be the sorority’s president in order to get votes she adopts a cute sloth as a mascot for her campaign but things go totally batshit when the sloth is implicated in multiple fatalities. So, if you loved Slotherhouse here are some similar movies you could check out next.

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Synopsis: A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic, Child’s Play follows Karen (Aubrey Plaza), a single mother who gifts her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature.

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Synopsis: It’s all fun and games until someone gets stabbed with a tire iron. When...

Some movies are automatic hits for A-list actors, but not every star-studded release is guaranteed success. For every blockbuster that takes the box office by storm, even the biggest names in Hollywood can occasionally misfire – even if the actual movies themselves are actually underappreciated gems. In many cases, these underrated movies are simply forgotten.

Appearing in an underrated, underperforming movie can afflict any performer. Actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Halle Berry have all had their box-office hits and their box-office misses. After all, not every film can see the success of Titanic. Here are 10 underrated movies starring A-list actors that deserved better upon release.

The Voices – Ryan Reynolds

Before his emergence as an entrepreneur and investor, Ryan Reynolds was known for his romcoms like The Proposal and for playing the Marvel anti-hero, Deadpool. However, a lesser-known film of his, which also stars Anna Kendrick, is 2015's The Voices. The comic-thriller...

Stars: Andrea Londo, Shawn Ashmore, Jane Badler, Michael Berry Jr., Elizabeth Cappuccino, Dominic Hoffman, Lorenzo Antonucci, Marc Senter, Madeleine Coghlan, Jackie Dallas, Samuel Davis | Written by Kent Harper | Directed by Adam Stilwell

For his freshman film director Adam Stilwell (The Triangle) teams up with writer Kent Harper, who co-wrote the brilliant Surveillance with director Jenifer Lynch back in 2008, for The Voices. A film that feels like something we’ve seen a million times before but one that, ultimately, is something completely unexpected.

A psychological horror, The Voices tells the story of Sara who wakes up to find herself in bed, with vague recollections of her situation and her life. She’s told by her husband Nick that he found her in the bathtub having tried to commit suicide following her problems dealing with the death of her parents. Nick insists that Sara rest up and heal, both mentally and physically,...

Watch the Short Film The Potluck: "A comedic slasher about an office manager who gets pushed a little too far while planning the office potluck".

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Salem Horror Fest (2019), Salem, Ma

Aloha From Hell III (2019), Los Angeles, CA

Ax Wound Film Festival (2019), Brattleboro, Vt

Tabloid Witch Awards (2019), Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Science Fiction Convention (2019), Los Angeles, CA

The Horror Movie Awards (2020)

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Jonathan Stoddard The Voices Q&a:

What drew you to this script and made The Voices stand out from other horror movies you've seen?

When I first read The Voices, I was sitting on the edge of my seat.

History was made on Tuesday’s live results episode of “The Voice” when Girl Named Tom from Team Kelly Clarkson and Jim & Sasha Allen from Team Ariana Grande both advanced to the Top 11. This marks the first time in 21 seasons that two groups have made it this far in the same cycle. Both emerged from a record-breaking five duos or trios advancing from the Blind Auditions.

See ‘The Voice’: How to vote for your favorite on Season 21

According to our recent odds, Girl Named Tom and Jim & Sasha Allen both have potential to reach the finale. This feat hasn’t happened since The Swon Brothers sang their way to third place for Team Blake Shelton on Season 4. Could this be the first season where multiple singers hold up “The Voice” trophy together? Girl Named Tom was ranked in second place behind Team Blake’s Wendy Moten heading into the...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Movie: "The Voices"

Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max

The Pitch: Acclaimed director Marjane Satrapi followed up her Oscar-nominated "Persepolis," a black and white animated feature about a rebellious young Iranian girl navigating life during the Islamic Revolution, with a pitch-black comedy about a happy-go-lucky guy named Jerry romancing a co-worker. The only problem is he's a schizophrenic serial murderer.

"The Voices" is a criminally underseen...

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ABC Signature, the production arm of the Disney-owned network, has re-upped its first-look deal with P3 Media, the brainchild of Emmy-winning journalist, producer and attorney Adam Ciralsky.

P3 Media is an intellectual property generator and incubator that is driven by the model of bringing IP engines in-house and churning out premium IP-driven content. Some of P3 Media’s projects in development with ABC Signature include an adaptation of Ciralsky’s Vanity Fair article “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes,” which Hulu bought the rights to after a competitive bidding war. It also has a limited series with Marshawn Lynch’s BeastMode Productions about finding justice for Black teen Terry Harrington, who was framed for the murder of a white police veteran. P3 Media was designed around Ciralsky’s catalog; Alex Foster (“The Voices”) helms development for P3.

“Adam’s unique brand of storytelling is driven by his...

Monotony isn’t a problem for the generic citizens of Free City, an open-world video game in the vein of “Grand Theft Auto,” where robberies, shootouts, and explosion are commonplace.

Within this virtual realm of bloodless violence, director Shawn Levy builds the action-packed rom-com “Free Guy,” his most thematically ambitious project yet thanks to writers Matt Lieberman (“The Christmas Chronicles”) and Zak Penn (“Ready Player One”).

Fortunately for this team, their big-budget creation evokes a bit of “The Truman Show” more than it does the dreadful “Pixels,” another picture that bet on the mass appeal of video-game culture but with an angle of nostalgia. Levy, a Hollywood regular behind the bankable “Night at the Museum” franchise, operates in eye-popping VFX set pieces and above-average comic timing, consistently landing dialogue-driven, self-aware gags.

Unaware of his status as a Npc (Non Player Character) or that his entire reality is fabricated, Guy (Ryan Reynolds...

Stars: Ashley Bell, Jordan Ladd, Leslie Easterbrook, Valerie Jane Parker, Jenna Harvey, Chloe Romanski, Chris DeBlasio, Rezeta Veliu, Romy Reiner, Jonathan Stoddard, Lauri Hendler, Tracy Lawrence | Written by Nathaniel Nuon, Daniel Hathcock | Directed by Nathaniel Nuon

A little boy once said “I see dead people”. In The Voices we have a little girl who can hear dead people. For better or for worse, this film is very much in the M. Night vein.

The Voices kicks off with two ladies restrained in a Saw-esque torture-basement before moving back in time to a little girl, seemingly receiving therapy from a young lady wearing sunglasses (while indoors). I am not a therapist, but I would imagine hiding your eyes from your patient is probably the last thing you would want to do. Having said all that, it turns out our therapist is blind, so that told me. We then have a rather confusing flashback after a flashback.

Somewhere under the mountain of bad ideas that combine to make up The Voices, there was probably what seemed like a good one. If blind people's hearing becomes more acute, could that mean that they are sometimes able to hear voices from the spirit world, inaudible to others? If we ignore the fact that the enhanced hearing thing is a myth and allow for the possibility of a spirit world because this is, after all, genre fiction, that seems to have something, but it is extrapolated into a story with spectacular clumsiness.

If one believes in souls, one might reasonably ask, as our heroine does, when they first enter the body. Traditionally Catholics and Evangelical Christians believe they do so at conception, Jews and many other types of Christian believe they do so at the first breath, and Muslims believe they do so after 120 days of gestation. There is an.

Hello, everyone! Tomorrow is the start of a brand new month, and you know what that means - a brand new batch of horror and sci-fi movies heading to VOD and Digital platforms over the next few weeks! And with Indie Horror Month set to kick off tomorrow as well, there are a ton of brand new indie horror movies making their digital debuts in April, so consider this another resource for supporting and celebrating all the independent filmmakers out there who are keeping the genre spirit alive as well.

Check out all the killer content heading to a variety of platforms in the coming weeks below and happy streaming!

Creepshow: Season 2 (Shudder) - Exclusively on Shudder April 1st (New episodes air every Thursday)

Based on the 1982 horror comedy classic, the anthology Creepshow returns for a second season and is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared!

In Select Theaters And On Demand April 2, 2021 Ashley Bell, Jordan Ladd, and Leslie Easterbrook star in this spring’s most unnerving new horror film. From Vertical Entertainment, and award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, hear The Voices this April. After visiting her father’s grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving …

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"You have the power to choose the spirit..." Vertical Entertainment has released an official trailer for The Voices, described as "this spring’s most unnerving new horror film." From filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, The Voices already opened in Brazil last year but hasn't played at any festivals. Not to be confused with the other horror comedy The Voices from 2014 with Ryan Reynolds (which is worth a watch sometime). A young girl who grows up blind after losing her mother in an accident hears strange voices throughout her life. When she gets pregnant as an adult, she soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. Don't believe everything you hear. The horror film stars Valerie Jane Parker, Jenna Harvey, Jonathan Stoddard, Rezeta Veliu, Ashley Bell, Jordan Ladd, and Leslie Easterbrook. It looks rather campy and derivative, but gets super intense...

It’s happening. It’s finally happening. What was once a particularly pervasive and aggressive Internet meme is now a reality. HBO Max’s list of new releases for March 2021 is highlighted by none other than the mythical Snyder cut.

The entity now known as Zach Snyder’s Justice League will premiere on March 18. While it was originally planned to be a four-part miniseries, this recut version of 2017’s ill-fated Justice League will in fact be a four-hour movie. But perhaps even four hours won’t be enough for fans who have been waiting years for just such an event.

Read more Movies Zack Snyder’s Original Vision for Justice League Faded Long Before His Exit By Joseph Baxter Movies Justice League: How Christopher Nolan Helped Prevent Zack Snyder from Seeing the Whedon Cut By David Crow

If the Snyder Cut is not to your speed, there are plenty...

Looking for a film of gigantic proportions? Debuting in theaters and on HBO Max March 31, Godzilla vs. Kong shows legends colliding as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. The film will be available on HBO Max for 31 days from its theatrical release in the U.S. included at no additional cost to subscribers.

March also brings a spectacular line-up of original programming, kicking-off with the long awaited release of Zack Snyder's Justice League on March 18. Dramedy series Generation joins the platform on March 11, following a diverse group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community. Also new this month are the documentary debuts of Tina, CV Diaries NYC and Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests.

Festival will introduce Covid-19 safety measures to the physical event while moving some elements online.

Radioactive director Marjane Satrapi and Spanish actress Angela Molina are to be feted at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (Emiff), which is pressing ahead as a physical and digital event next month.

Both are expected to travel to the Spanish island for the ninth edition of the festival, which runs October 23-29, with Molina set to receive Emiff’s honorary award while Satrapi will be given the vision award. Previous recipients include Ana de Armas, Mads Mikkelsen, Asif Kapadia and Lena Headey.

Molina first...

Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi returns to filmmaking after a five-year hiatus with “Radioactive,” a biopic of Marie Curie starring Rosamund Pike in a powerhouse performance as the famed chemist and physicist. Amazon Studios has dropped a first trailer for the film, which premieres on Prime Video on July 24.

“Radioactive,” which first bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, tells the story of the pioneering scientist, beginning in the 1870s through her resonance in the 21st century, including her romantic and professional partnerships and breakthroughs in medical study that changed science forever. In late 19th-century Paris, the Polish-born Marie Sklodowska met fellow scientist Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). Together, they revolutionized the meaning of radioactivity, winning a Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work, which made Curie the first woman to earn that prize. Pierre died tragically in 1906, sending Curie deeper into her field of study, winning a second Nobel Prize,...

For this week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases, we have an eclectic group of titles making their way home on Tuesday. If you missed Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island in theaters, you can finally catch up with it on either Blu or DVD, and for those of you Idle Hands fans out there, you’re definitely going to want to grab a copy of Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition release this week, too.

Mondo Macabro is celebrating Satanico Pandemonium with a brand new 4K transfer of the film, and the Warner Archives Collection strikes gold yet again with their Blu for The Mystery of the Wax Museum.

Other home media releases for May 12th include You Die, A Nun’s Curse, Evil Little Things, The Voices (2020), and Weird Fiction.

Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island

In Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island, the enigmatic Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true...

In today's horror highlights: The teaser trailer for Cannibal Comedian, release details for The Voices, Itsy Bitsy is now on Amazon Prime, and a tease of Pixel Elixir's upcoming Terror Kitties 2 release:

Teaser Trailer for Cannibal Comedian: "A psychopathic cannibal, fed up with his lack of ambition, tries his hand at stand-up comedy in an attempt to satisfy his appetite for normalcy."

Cast & Crew:

Charlie Cannibal Comedian - Aaron Prager Austin Judd - Chrystal Robert Dunne - Carrey Keith Kollinicos - Eleanor David Vega - Sheriff Weaver D’Shae Beasley - Vic Eric Alegria - Juan Sean Haitz – writer, director, producer Yoko Haitz - Producer Jacob Geimer - Director of Photography Gregory Lastra - 1st Assistant Director Siena Eyrich - 2nd Assistant Director Andrea Davoren – SFX / Hair/ Makeup/ Props/set dressing Skibz Lucero - SFX assistant Chris Young - Assistant Camera/grip Dan Frederick Pitts - Sound Mixer

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I don’t think it’s much of a secret that right now, there is a lot of uncertainty in the world, and I’m not sure how you’re feeling, but this writer could use a little levity in her life right about now. So, with that in mind, I decided to scour a bunch of the various streaming services out there—Vudu, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime, Shudder, Hulu, Netflix, Crackle and YouTube—to put together the ultimate list of “not so serious” horror and sci-fi movies (and one animated series!) that are currently available to watch from the comfort of your own home, as we hunker down and navigate these uncertain times.

Some of these services are free (usually with ads) and some are platforms that you need a subscription for, but with more than 70 different titles here that range from horror comedy to social satire to pitch-black...

The Iranian-French filmmaker of Persepolis and Radioactive was speaking at the Glasgow Film Festival.

Iranian-French filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, the first woman to be nominated for an animation Oscar with her film Persepolis, has called for more female role models on screen.

“Women are half the population of the world so half the stories should be about us, but that’s not the case,” she said to an audience of rising writers and directors at the Glasgow Film Festival on Friday. “And the stories that are made about women have us as the cheated-on girlfriend or old and looking for love.

If I’m being totally honest, the only reasons that I was excited about having a new Grudge film was because of the involvement of director Nicolas Pesce and the stellar group of actors involved with his latest cinematic endeavor. The Grudge films, both the Japanese originals and their Us counterparts, are movies that I do have a great deal of respect for, but ultimately, they’re not really films I have strong feelings about one way or another. So, I have to admit that I was rather surprised by not only how much I enjoyed The Grudge (2020), but how much it affected me on a personal level. That was something I was not expecting, and I give Pesce and his wonderful cast all the credit for coming together to create a film that provides fans with a stellar start to a new year of horror.

Chances are, if you’re reading this,...

Olivia Wilde’s next directorial project “Don’t Worry, Darling,” written by Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke, and the Eli Roth-produced “10/31” are among those unproduced scripts selected for the 2019 BloodList.

Also on the list is bodybuilding thriller “Apex” and time-traveling sci-fi film “The Traveler” by Austin Everett.

The BloodList is an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays and pilots of the year. It was created in 2009 by Kailey Marsh, who is a manager and producer at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Also Read: Joe Russo, Bryce McGuire Scripts Selected for 2018 BloodList

According to Studio System, 25% of the scripts that have been featured on the BloodList have gone on to be produced. Previous scripts that were featured on the BloodList include “Arrival,” “Birdbox,” “The Shallows,” “The Voices” and most recently, Sundance film “The Other Lamb” and Fantastic Fest’s “We Summon the Darkness.”

This year’s list also includes...

Ah yes, the end of October. A time for tricks, a time for treats, and a time for the BloodList, which highlights the most-liked unproduced screenplays and pilots in the horror, thriller, sci-fi and dark comedy genres. Created in 2009 by manager-producer Kailey Marsh, the BloodList celebrates its 11th edition this year -- and just in time for Halloween! Roughly a quarter of the scripts that have appeared on the BloodList have gone on to be produced, including Arrival, Birdbox, The Shallows, The Voices and The Blackcoat's Daughter. Recent BloodList projects The Other Lamb and We Summon …...

In 1895 Paris, Polish immigrant Maria Salomea Skłodowska (Rosamund Pike) was already headed toward a scientific breakthrough when she met fellow researcher Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). When the two physicists first collide, she’s a coiled mass of awkward tics. “Radioactive,” directed by Marjane Satrapi, is the saga of how this blunt, fast-walking workaholic proved the existence of three things: radium, polonium (which she named for her home country) and love. Under her married name, Marie Curie, she became the first woman to win the Nobel prize, and less than a decade later, the first anyone to win two.

Once Marie and Pierre’s meet-cute is checked-off and the triumphant couple has thumbed their noses at the establishment, Satrapi and screenwriter Jack Thorne (who penned the 19th-century meteorological adventure-romance “The Aeronauts”) are free to experiment with more daring narrative risks. After sparking audience interest with a closing-night slot at the Toronto Film Festival,...

The first person we meet in “Ray & Liz” is elderly Ray (Patrick Romer). Alone in a tiny room, abandoned by his wife Liz (Deirdre Kelly), he has taken to his bed seemingly permanently, waking only long enough to drink as much as it takes to keep himself drunk. He keeps a photo of himself as a young man with his bride stuck to a mirror next to a religious pamphlet that delivers the only foreshadowing this film feels like giving: a Bible verse instructing children to “obey [their] parents in everything.”

“Ray & Liz,” Richard Billingham’s debut feature, punctuates its main action with visits to this room, with the rest of the quietly downcast story taking place during the 1980s, as Ray and Liz descend into poverty, despair, and alcoholism in a council flat outside of Birmingham, England. Their children — Richard and his younger brother Jason — are along for the ride,...

While aquatic horror can be fun any time of the year, there’s just something about a genre movie that pits human characters versus nature’s greatest water-bound predators during these warmer months that really puts me into the summertime mood. And with that in mind, you could say that I was already primed to enjoy Crawl even before the first bloodthirsty alligator snapped into action. Director Alexandre Aja, who already has some experience in this realm with his gore-tastic horror comedy Piranha 3D, proves here yet again that he’s a master manipulator of heightened tension and thrills, but he also delivers up a no-nonsense disaster/killer animal mash-up that doesn’t waste a single minute of its efficient 87-minute running time, and even gives us compelling characters (plus Sugar the dog!) that we give a damn about to boot.

Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, Crawl transports us...

There may not be any more eggnog to drink or mistletoe to stand under, but don’t despair — Hulu is coming in clutch with over 200 new titles arriving to the streaming service next month.

Ease into the new year by rewatching classics like “Beetlejuice,” “Heathers” and “Rain Man,” or snuggle up with a bowl of popcorn for family movies like “Shrek,” “Surf’s Up,” and “The Twilight Saga.” If reality TV is more your style, then you’re in luck, as a slew of favorites are set to make their Hulu debut this month including Season 7 of “Dance Moms,” Season 2 of “90 Day Fiancé,” and Season 10 of “American Pickers.” Starting out this year’s slate of Hulu originals, Season 2 of “Future Man” drops Jan. 11.

Find the complete list of this month’s new arrivals below and stream now on Hulu.com. Right now, the streaming service is knocking its monthly price...

Hulu’s slate of new titles arriving on the platform in January is here.

The second season of Hulu original “Future Man” will arrive on the service Jan. 11, while the Natalie Portman-Tessa Thompson science fiction film “Annihilation” will be available to stream on Jan. 4. The film is Alex Garland’s follow-up to “Ex Machina” and starred Portman, Thompson and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a group of scientists investigating a strange environmental phenomenon known as “the shimmer.”

Here’s the full list of what’s coming and going in January.

Also Read: Here's What You Can Stream With Your Amazon Prime Membership in January

Available Jan. 1

Atlanta: Complete Season 2 (FX)

The Detectorists: Complete Season 3 (Drg)

Dot.: Complete Season 2B (Universal Kids)

Saints & Sinners: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Bounce TV)

X Company: Complete Seasons 2&3 (Sony)

54 (1998)

10 Years (2011)

2 Days in the Valley (1996)

9 to 5 (1980)

A Charlie Brown Valentine (2002)

A Simple Plan (1998)

A...

Brillstein Entertainment Partners is getting into the spooky business, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The management/production company has hired genre veteran Kailey Marsh, and also acquired her BloodList brand. Like a genre-focused version of the Black List, BloodList was created by Marsh in 2009 and is an annual rundown of the most-liked horror and dark genre screenplays and pilots. Twenty-three percent of its scripts have been produced, including the Oscar-nominated Arrival as well as The Shallows, The Black Coat's Daughter, The Voices and Before I Wake. In 2016, Marsh launched the Fresh Blood Initiative, which allows unrepresented screenwriters to submit their work without cost to ...

Brillstein Entertainment Partners is getting into the spooky business, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The management/production company has hired genre veteran Kailey Marsh, and also acquired her BloodList brand. Like a genre-focused version of the Black List, BloodList was created by Marsh in 2009 and is an annual rundown of the most-liked horror and dark genre screenplays and pilots. Twenty-three percent of its scripts have been produced, including the Oscar-nominated Arrival as well as The Shallows, The Black Coat's Daughter, The Voices and Before I Wake. In 2016, Marsh launched the Fresh Blood Initiative, which allows unrepresented screenwriters to submit their work without cost to ...

Ryan Reynolds might have just made an enemy out of the very popular children’s character, Paddington Bear.

The Deadpool 2 actor, 41, tweeted his thanks for his film’s four nominations for the 2018 People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday and in the process called out the bear whose film, Paddington 2 also received a nomination.

While neither film was nominated in the same category, Reynolds still tweeted at fans to “write us in for best Family Film,” the very category Paddington 2 was nominated for.

“So honored by all the @peopleschoice noms. Hope you vote for Deadpool 2 and feel...

On September 7, the unholy evil in holy guise is back in the horror thriller “The Nun,” the latest chapter stemming from James Wan’s “Conjuring” universe, with an entire film dedicated to the origin of her horrifying visage.

Audiences got their first frightful glimpse of the demonic Nun Valak, who plagued Lorraine Warren’s visions and filled her with dread in the horror hit “The Conjuring 2.” In “The Nun,” the epic battle of good vs. evil pits a priest with a dark history and a novitiate whose own past isn’t the only thing that haunts her against the blasphemy that is the Demon Nun.

The new fright-fest is directed by Corin Hardy (“The Hallow”) and produced by James Wan, and Peter Safran, the latter of whom has produced all the films in “The Conjuring” franchise.

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life,...

In cinemas on September 7th is The Nun. New Line Cinema’s horror thriller explores another dark corner of the “Conjuring” universe, whose record-setting films have terrified audiences around the globe.

Read Wamg’s review for The Conjuring here, Conjuring 2 here and Annabelle: Creation here.

If you’re a fan of the series, journey into the dark hallways of the abbey now: http://www.thenunmovie.com/360

The new fright-fest, directed by Corin Hardy (“The Hallow”) and produced by James Wan, and Peter Safran, the latter of whom has produced all the films in “The Conjuring” franchise, delves into the shocking origin of the demonic Nun Valak, who first made her evil presence known in “The Conjuring 2.”

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate.

If you have any fears of being buried alive, then the new teaser video for The Nun might give you nightmares.

Featuring a new 30-second glimpse at the horrors of The Nun, the new teaser video can be viewed below, and in case you missed it, check out Heather Wixson's thoughts on The Nun footage featured at ScareDiego 2018, as well as her interview with director Corin Hardy.

"Filmmaker James Wan, director of the record-setting horror hits “The Conjuring” and “The Conjuring 2,” explores another dark corner of that universe with “The Nun.” Directed by Corin Hardy (“The Hallow”), the new fright-fest is produced by Wan and by Peter Safran, who has produced all the films in “The Conjuring” franchise.

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows...