For his forthcoming one from the heart, Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola has once again violated the cardinal rule of the entertainment business: never invest your own money in the show. Reports are that to bankroll the $120 million epic he has literally mortgaged the farm, or vineyard. The investment is …
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In “Y2K,” director Kyle Mooney recreates December 31, 1999 with such a specific but deliberately broad brush that it recalls the vision of the 1950s in “Back to the Future.” A specific moment in time, simultaneously captured and reduced in such a manner to sell the younger folks on the …
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As the dawn of the new millennium approached, the world would start to see a trend of films that would become very mainstream. These types of movies are action horror video game adaptations. As stated in our previous video, there have been a number of different ones, but nothing stood …
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The story’s protagonist is a 42-year-old woman with an adventurous sister and nudist parents. She doesn’t have a husband or kids and certainly isn’t comfortable wasting her time on illegal substances or expensive cruises across the Atlantic Ocean so that she can brag to strangers about her life. Carol seemingly …
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I have a complicated relationship with the Resident Evil film and television adaptations. The animated ones are okay — and at least feature series regulars. But honestly, I’d rather play those stories than watch them. The live-action adaptations should be up my street, then, as they tend to stray from …
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Annihilation commencing. Whether through poorly conceived boot up instructions to a novel AI, a global war between desperate nation states, or the final rug pull of our fragile ozone layer – the end of the world hasn’t felt this tangible since school children ducked and covered under desks in the …
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EXCLUSIVE: In the opening scene of Netflix survival show Zombieverse, a dating couple in a bar in Seoul’s trendy Hongdae district lean in for a kiss. But tell-tale bloodshot eyes and popping veins on the girl’s face signal something might just be amiss. Instead of a smooch, the young guy …
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Hollywood and the theme park industry have been inextricably linked ever since Walt Disney opened Disneyland in 1955. The park’s early offerings included attractions synergistically inspired by Disney films, including a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea exhibit and rides based on Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. In the decades the followed, entire theme parks dedicated to movies opened, like …
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The 35th Galway Film Fleadh ended Sunday evening with the Competition jury handing the festival’s top prizes of Best Irish Film to Apocalypse Clown, directed by George Kane, and the Generation Jury Award to Scrapper by Charlotte Regan. Written by Demian Fox, George Kane, Shane O’Brien, and James Walmsley and …
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Of all the films screening at the Galway Film Fleadh on the West Coast of Ireland, one stands out as having the sort of wild premise that should instantly pique the interest of anyone with a penchant for comedy of the more ridiculous variety. Apocalypse Clown — getting its world premiere …
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Frederic Forrest, the resilient character actor best remembered for his performance as the high-strung Chef Hicks in Apocalypse Now and for his Academy Award-nominated turn as Huston Dyer, the AWOL army sergeant who captured Bette Midler’s heart in The Rose, has died. He was 86. Forrest died Friday at his home …
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“It would be a mistake to leave the Fed with a weak role of stablecoins.” – Jerome Powell, June 21, 2023 On the longest day of the year, Fed Chair Jerome Powell took to the podium to testify before congress and the House Financial Services Committee. Last week, the Powell-led …
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