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Kevin Spacey has not taken on a single role since 2017 due to his s*xual assault allegations, but this was not the case back in the day. The New Jersey-born actor was killing it in the 90s with action-packed roles like John Doe in David Fincher’s movie Se7en (1995), Kevin “Verbal” Kint in The Usual Suspects (1995) a movie by Bryan Singer, and Lester Burnham in American Beauty a film by Sam Mendes, to name just a few.

The actor has an amazing filmography and has bagged two Oscars as well. He is someone whose name in the cast would fill up theaters. However, even a great actor like Spacey can mess up in selecting his next role and miss out on movies that go on to become hits. This often happens in Hollywood—actors rejecting scripts or, at times, being rejected by casting crews or directors.

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Nearly a decade after helming Friday the 13th, director Sean S. Cunningham plunged into aquatic horror with DeepStar Six.

The 1989 film is coming to 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on June 17 from Kino Lorber. It’s been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative by StudioCanal DolbyVision/Hdr Presentation of the Film Audio Commentary by Horror Fix’s James G. Chandler and Ash Hamilton (new) Audio Commentary with Director Sean S. Cunningham and Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac Audio Commentary with Screenwriters Lewis Abernathy and Geof Miller Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview with Composer Harry Manfredini 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio

Disc 2 – Blu-ray:

4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative by StudioCanal Audio Commentary by Horror Fix’s James G. Chandler and Ash Hamilton (new) Audio Commentary with Director Sean S. Cunningham and Visual Effects...

Martin Starr is building excitement for 20th Century Studios' upcoming remake of The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. The actor, who joined the film's cast in early December, recently shared that we're inching closer to seeing the Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead-led remake. During a recent interview, while promoting his short film Out for Delivery, Starr told Collider that filming for the new iteration of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle had wrapped, noting that shooting had occurred in December and January.

"It's a remake by a Mexican director named Michelle Garza [Cervera], who is incredibly talented. I don't know that I'm allowed to talk much about it, but I'm very excited about it. The process was incredible, the experience was incredible. She's amazing."

This adaptation of Curtis Hanson's 1992 film, which starred Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, and Julianne Moore, is directed by...

It's been over 30 years, but audiences are finally about to get a remake of the 1992 thriller classic The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Starring Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, and Julianne Moore, the Hollywood Pictures production became a surprising hit with a $140 million box office haul as viewers came out in droves to see the chilling tale of a mother slowly infiltrating the family of her husband's accuser. As of last year, Longlegs star Maika Monroe is now set to take on the lead role at 20th Century Studios to recreate the magic and, according to her co-star Martin Starr, viewers are in for a real treat. In an interview for his short film Out for Delivery, he teased the upcoming thriller to Collider's Steve Weintraub at our SXSW Media Studio at the Cinema Center, revealing that filming had recently wrapped.

For many horror fans, no decade did it better than the 1980s. Sure, that was the slasher heyday, but there was so much more going on as well, from monster movies to wild body horror films. Two decades later, in 2006, three '80s horror legends reunited for writer and director Ryan Schifrin's Abominable. Among the cast are Dee Wallace (The Howling),Lance Henriksen (Pumpkinhead), and Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), but it's Matt McCoy who is the true star in this fright fest that's part Rear Window and part monster movie, because the title is in reference to a killer sasquatch. Yep, Abominable is a Bigfoot movie, but don't roll your eyes just yet. Although Abominable is campy, it's also terrifying, with a fun story, and a creepy-looking beast you won't soon forget.

As each new year begins, folks celebrate, sometimes with great relief, the passage of time and the cultural highs that held us aloft. Looking back means not quite being ready to look forward, which helps explain the phenomenon of bad movies that plague theaters every January, a notorious dumping ground...

Does any sitcom understand the universal human urge to be a slacker as well as "Seinfeld"? The classic NBC show played around with the careers of its four main characters often throughout its super-popular run, revealing them to be a bunch of half-assers, quiet quitters, and lazy opportunists, all while making their avoidance of work look admirable. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's show understood a universal truth that felt pretty daring coming out of the Reagan-era '80s: Work is super annoying and we shouldn't have to do it.

No character embodied the show's eye-rolling approach to careerism as well as Jason Alexander's George. George started the show with a fairly stable job in the real estate business (though he was originally going to be a comedian), and later scored a plum gig organizing travel for the New York Yankees. Between those two jobs, though, writers seemed to...

Raúl Castillo, star of Smile 2, is the latest talent to join the cast of 20th Century Studios' eagerly awaited remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. With his exciting addition, Castillo will be bringing his unique flair and depth to the project, and we can't wait to see him in action. He will reportedly have a supporting role in the movie. We shared more about who he will be portraying down below.

This new cast announcement comes just a little over a month later after the announcement that Mary Elizabeth Winstead was in discussions to join the cast. It appears that Winstead is now officially a part of the project. She and Castillo join Longlegs' Maika Monroe, who was the first to be cast in this remake.

Michelle Garza Cervera will direct from a screenplay written by Micah Bloomberg. Additionally, Ted Field will produce through his Radar Pictures,...

Since the early 2000s, the Syfy channel has made a name for itself within the monster-movie sub-genre of horror. The network has produced countless creature features that are memorable, not for their high quality, but for their inexplicably entertaining low-budget films that are so bad they morph into hilarious romps audiences can't get enough of. Despite greenlighting famously cheesy franchises like Sharknado and mediocre must-see flicks like Frankenfish, one of Syfy's original films ditches the corniness for creating a worthwhile watch.

Written and directed by Ryan Schifrin, Abominable first premiered in theaters on April 10, 2006, and was released on DVD in October of that year. Following a tragic climbing accident of the now paraplegic widower Preston Rogers (Matt McCoy), the film expertly confronts grief through the fear of the unknown. Throughout its runtime, Schifrin's work includes convincing characters, realistic special effects, and a terrifying creature reveal that leaves audiences never...

The cast of the upcoming remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is coming together. Following the news that Longlegs star Maika Monroe would be featured, her first co-star has been revealed.

Per Deadline, it's been reported that Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined the cast of the Hand That Rocks the Cradle reboot. Winstead will be playing a major character in the movie, set to take on the role originally played in the 1992 film by Annabella Sciorra. In the original movie, Sciorra starred as a woman whose family is infiltrated by a disturbed individual with ulterior motives posing as a nanny. Monroe will be playing the latter character in the remake, taking over the role from Rebecca De Mornay.

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Michelle Garza Cervera is on board to direct the remake...

The 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is getting a fresh reboot from 20th Century Studios with Star Wars actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead in negotiations to star opposite horror queen Maika Monroe. Michelle Garza Cervera is attached to direct the project from a script by Micah Bloomberg, creator of the psychological drama series Homecoming on Amazon Prime Video, and the Rom-com Sanctuary starring Margaret Qualley.

Curtis Hanson directed the original film, starring Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, and Julianne Moore. It follows the pregnant wife (De Mornay) of a physician who is accused of sexual misconduct and kills himself. As per the movie's synopsis, the shock leads the wife to miscarry, after which she poses as a nanny for one of her husband's accusers (Sciorra), and slowly begins to infiltrate the family. The suspenseful story about a sinister, manipulative caregiver seeking revenge on an unsuspecting,...

Following the success of her horror movie Longlegs, Maika Monroe has picked up her next starring role. She'll be taking the lead in a remake of a film that made waves when it was released in 1992.

Per THR, Monroe has been cast for a major role in 20th Century Studios' upcoming remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. The remake will be helmed by Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesara), while the film will be produced by Ted Field of Radar Pictures alongside Michael Schaefer and Mike Larocca of Department M. Micah Bloomberg penned the script for the remake.

Related 'Unlike Anything He's Made': Elijah Wood Teases New Stephen King Adaptation From Longlegs Director

Star of The Monkey, Elijah Wood, shares new details regarding the film and addresses Osgood Perkins' recent success.

Reportedly, Monroe, who was the first casting choice for the part, will be playing a nanny who becomes dead...

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, a 1992 thriller about a nanny who operates way outside of her job description, is set to be Maika Monroe’s next leading role in the wake of Longlegs’ success.

The 1990s was a vintage era for thrillers, especially of the domestic variety. Whether it was neighbours, tenants, or the friendly neighbourhood cop suddenly revealing a dark side, the decade made it clear to audiences that suburbia wasn’t as cosy as they thought.

Films like Arlington Road, Pacific Heights and Unlawful Entry are all successful examples of the 90s thriller, but one film that really caught the imagination of audiences was 1992’s The Hand That Rocked The Cradle, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Rebecca De Mornay as a nanny who gets a bit too close to the family she’s caring for.

Also starring Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy and Ernie Hudson, the domestic...

1992's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is getting a remake featuring one of the stars of Longlegs. The original 1990s psychological thriller followed a young mother named Claire Bartel (Annabella Sciorra) who finds herself targeted by Mrs. Mott (Rebecca De Mornay), the widow of her abusive doctor, who poses as a nanny in an attempt to kill her and take over her family. The movie, which also starred Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, and Julianne Moore, earned $140 million against its roughly $12 million budget, becoming the ninth highest-grossing title at the domestic box office for the year.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Maika Monroe has signed on to play the twisted nanny in a 20th Century Studios remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, which is now in development. This is the star's first major casting since playing the lead role of Lee Harker in the 2024 horror hit Longlegs. The movie,...

Maika Monroe has earned genre icon status with her roles in thrillers and horror movies like Longlegs, God Is a Bullet, Watcher, Flashback, Villains, Tau, Bad Blood, Flying Monkeys, It Follows, and The Guest. When she ventures into dark territory, she often plays the heroine – but she’ll be shifting into villain mode for the remake of the 1992 psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (watch it Here). The remake is coming our way from director Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman) and screenwriter Micah Bloomberg, whose credits include Sanctuary and Homecoming.

Directed by Curtis Hanson from a screenplay written by Amanda Silver, the original The Hand That Rocks the Cradle has the following synopsis: When she was assaulted by her doctor, Claire Bartel reported him to the police, and rather than go to prison for his crime, he killed himself. The shock of the accusations and suicide...

Star Trek: Tng's "The Price" introduced a wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant, which is one of the concepts key to Deep Space Nine. The wormhole turns out to be an unstable passage to the Delta Quadrant. which is a plot device in Star Trek: Voyager's premiere. "False Profits" in Star Trek: Voyager served as a sequel to "The Price," connecting the Ferengi officers' storylines across series.

One episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation predicted main plot points of both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-d, Tng ushered in a golden era for the Star Trek franchise. Captain Picard and his crew soon became almost as popular as the characters of Star Trek: The Original Series, and Tng laid the groundwork for much of what came after. Many elements (and characters) introduced...

Exclusive: Micro Budget is a comedy feature about an aspiring director who recklessly moves himself and his nine-months-pregnant actress wife from Iowa to LA to shoot a low-budget indie movie and sell it to a streamer for a “fuck-ton of money”. Sound familiar?

Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan and Chris Parnell and Lady Dynamite’s Maria Bamford star in the film, which is the debut feature from Morgan Evans, who wrote animated feature Merry Little Batman for Amazon/MGM.

Newcomers Emilea Wilson (Alternatino With Arturo Castro) and Patrick Noth (The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show) also star.

The film centers on Terry Terrison (Noth), who plays the director, Documented by his cousin Devin’s (Evans) behind-the-scenes camera crew, Terry finds that the only thing standing between himself and his dream is, well, himself. The mockumentary skewers the world of show-business and the depths some maniacal auteurs will sink to in pursuit of their vision.

Thirty-two years ago, the psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (watch it Here) reached theatres – and this one will always have a special place in my heart, because I remember catching a screening during its theatrical run. Little kid me sitting in a theatre, watching the story play out with my mom beside me. I even remember my mom gasping at the sight of something that happens in the film. Someone else who has an appreciation for the movie is my fellow JoBlo writer Lance Vlcek, and he felt it was time for this movie to get the Revisited treatment. So you can hear all about it by checking out the video embedded above!

Directed by Curtis Hanson from a screenplay written by Amanda Silver, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle has the following synopsis: When she was assaulted by her doctor, Claire Bartel reported him to the police,...

The promo for ABC’s The Good Doctor season seven episode five proclaims this will be a “must-see episode with a heart-stopping moment that will leave you shocked.” Episode five, “Who At Peace,” will air on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The final season stars Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, Richard Schiff as Dr. Aaron Glassman, Fiona Gubelmann as Dr. Morgan Reznick, Will Yun Lee as Dr. Alex Park, Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim, and Paige Spara as Lea Dilallo. Bria Samoné Henderson plays Dr. Jordan Allen, Noah Galvin is Dr. Asher Wolke, and Chuku Modu stars as Dr. Jared Kalu.

“Who At Peace” Plot: Asher’s views on the construct of marriage complicate his future with Jerome. Meanwhile, Asher also briefly revisits his religious past to aid a patient’s conversion to Judaism for his fiancée.

Freddie Highmore, Fiona Gubelmann, and Madison Cooper-Higley in ‘The Good Doctor...

The episode of The Black Sheep covering DeepStar Six was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Sean S. Cunningham will always be primarily remembered for directing the original Friday the 13th, but he has taken the helm of some other movies that are worth checking out, like 1985’s The New Kids and the subject of the latest entry in our Black Sheep video series, DeepStar Six (get it Here).

Released in 1989 and often compared to its fellow ’89 release Leviathan (which has also gotten the Black Sheep treatment), DeepStar Six was scripted Geoff Miller and Lewis Abernathy – which is interesting because movies like Leviathan and DeepStar Six exist because James Cameron’s The Abyss was coming out the same year, and Abernathy and Cameron are pals. Abernathy even had an acting role in Titanic.

Starring Greg Evigan,...

Deanna Troi had multiple romantic partners throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation, but her best love story was with Commander Riker. Troi's ability to sense emotions helped her excel as the ship's counselor and also aided Captain Picard in his interactions with new alien species. Troi and Riker's on-again-off-again romance lasted all seven seasons of Tng and continued through the films, culminating in their marriage and continued presence in Star Trek: Picard.

Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) may always have been Imzadi to Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), but she had her fair share of other romances on Star Trek: The Next Generation. One of Tng's most underrated characters, Troi became the heart of the show over the course of its seven seasons. Half-Betazoid and half-human, Deanna could sense the emotions of those around her. This not only helped her perform her duties as the ship's counselor on the USS Enterprise-d,...

Liam Neeson takes his unique skill of operating a big rig like a champ to hit the open road again for a sequel to 2021’s The Ice Road. The follow-up, titled Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky, finds Neeson trading the harsh roads of Northern Canada for the mountains of Nepal. That’s right, thrill-seekers, Ice Road 2 takes us to the Himalayas!

Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky features Neeson’s rugged character, Mike McCann, returning to honor his late brother’s last wish by traveling to Nepal to scatter his ashes at Mt. Everest. While traveling by bus along the inhospitable 12,000 ft. landscape known as the Road to the Sky, Mike and his mountain guide clash with Nepalese mercenaries and must fight to survive. Adding to the tension, Mike must protect a busload of bystanders and the local villagers’ homeland. Does anyone remember when Neeson was going to quit making action movies?...

The best Bigfoot movies are about as elusive as the creature himself. Despite Hollywood's love for making films about ghosts, man-eating animals, ogres, and dragons, the industry has seemingly snubbed the mythical giant ape some call Sasquatch. But despite Tinsel Town's lack of love for the big guy, there have been some pretty interesting, unique, and downright scary Bigfoot movies, that, while not appealing to mainstream audiences, have been hits with genre fans. While there were movies about all the other horror monsters through the years, the first Bigfoot movie didn't even arrive until 1970.

This is despite the creature getting its first mention all the way back in the 1700s when stories of hairy creatures in the forests would scream loudly and steal livestock. This led to stories of shape-shifting creatures, adding a supernatural tint to the idea of the Bigfoot monsters. By the 1800s, there were stories in different parts of the world,...

Exclusive: Few actors will have put their bodies through as much for a role as Tim Realbuto who lost a record 154 lbs for movie Bobcat Moretti.

In the recently wrapped U.S. indie feature, Realbuto plays an obese Ms patient who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and help find inner peace. Vivica A.Fox (Kill Bill), Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Matt Peters (Orange Is The New Black), Matt McCoy (Jack Ryan), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), rapper Coolio and Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) also star in the feature, whose first trailer is above. When filming began in late 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Realbuto weighed close to 400 lbs. After finishing part one of the film, the production took almost a year off to give the actor time to lose the weight needed for part two. When cast and crew reconvened...

Arriving Just in Time for Father’s Day, The Western Action/Adventure Hostile Territory Debuts on Blu-ray & DVD June 14 – Available on Digital Now. Here’s the trailer:

Written, directed by, and starring Brian Presley (The Great Alaskan Race), the action-packed western adventure Hostile Territory gallops onto Digital, Blu-ray and DVD June 14 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove (Presley) is willing to move heaven and earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack finds out his wife has died and that his children, presumed orphans, are heading deep into the West aboard a train crossing contested territory in the midst of clashes between American settlers and Native American tribes. Calgrove and another former soldier are joined by a troop of Native American sharpshooters and a freed slave as they race to intercept the orphan train before all hope is lost.

"I hope you made peace with God..." Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for a new indie western titled Hostile Territory, joining the ranks of a growing set of westerns being made recently. Most of them are indies and most of them are forgettable, but they're making more and more these days. Set in post-civil war America, when a Union soldier is presumed dead, his children are mistakenly sent away on "the orphan train." This is a classic wild-west story of people uniting for the greater good, and children forced to grow up quickly. A former Pow teams up with a troop of Native American sharpshooters and a freed slave as they try to stop the train. Brian Presley writes & directs & stars in this film. He's joined by Matt McCoy, Brea Bee, Brad Leland, Lew Temple, Cooper North, and Craig Tate. This actually looks like it might be somewhat entertaining,...

Exclusive: Saban Films has picked up North American rights to writer/director Brian Presley’s action-western Hostile Territory (previously titled The Orphan Train) and is planning a theatrical release for 2022.

The pic stars Matt McCoy (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), Brea Bee (Silver Linings Playbook), Brad Leland (Deepwater Horizon), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), Craig Tate (King Richard) and Presley.

Set in post-civil war America, Hostile Territory tells the story of a Union soldier who is presumed dead as a Pow. When his children are mistakenly sent away on an orphan train to be placed in a new home, unlikely individuals unite for the greater good and children are forced to grow up quickly in this wild-west fight for equality.

Producers are Brian Presley, Christian Sosa, Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh, and Taliah Agdeppa at P12 Films, with Sean Leigh Hart, Devyn Reggio, and Will Wallace executive producing.

The deal was...

Seinfeld’s classic anti-holiday episode “The Strike” has been re-gifted so many times it is almost as annoying as the holiday itself. We’re taking a strike from Festivus, because that non-holiday was only one of the many moments Jerry and the gang destroyed festivities in ways black and white cookies could never fix.

Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander), and Kramer (Michael Richards), have soiled baptisms, weddings, anniversaries, Thanksgiving dinners, Puerto Rican Day marches, and even Super Bowl parties, which gave birth to the very phrase “re-gifting.” They’ve mugged old ladies for chocolate babkas, punctured the Woody Woodpecker balloon in the Macy’s Day Parade, and even convinced a tenant association to pass on upgrading an apartment to a survivor of the Andrea Doria shipwreck during the holiday season. Without an airing of grievances, the rest of us are pretty much covered, and it doesn...

Long haul truckers race to the rescue in an action-packed, blue-collar thriller. The Ice Road follows the frantic response to a mine collapse deep in the Canadian tundra. Liam Neeson comes to Netflix as a recently fired trucker who's enlisted for the dangerous drive. The Ice Road has its fair share of clichés, but also surprises with several unexpected twists. The tension remains taut throughout as the perspective switches back and forth from the trapped miners to the frozen road.

The story begins at a diamond mine near the arctic circle in Canada. René Lampard (Holt McCallany) goes underground to check methane readings in tunnel six. As he berates the miners for lax safety procedures, a methane pocket explodes and traps twenty-six men under tons of rubble. Mining Executive George Sickle (Matt McCoy) sees the explosion from his office. The company launches rescue operations, but cannot get to the miners.

The idea of marrying the reality-tv staple “Ice Road Truckers” with the suspense classic “The Wages of Fear” — about long-haul drivers trying to get through treacherous mountain roads with a payload of nitroglycerin — isn’t a bad one in theory. In practice, however, “The Ice Road” is so often inept and heavy-handed that not even the reliable presence of Liam Neeson can rescue it.

Neeson has become a genre unto himself in recent years, starring in one movie after another about a regular guy (with a special set of skills) who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. (This latest is his second in 2021 alone.) But while the Irish actor reliably hits both his marks and the bad guys, he’s doing so in a film that’s leadenly predictable when it’s not unintentionally laugh-out-loud funny.

Some of those laughs come from the screenplay by director Jonathan Hensleigh (“Kill the Irishman”), which trots out chestnuts like,...

"The Ice Road" is the new action thriller written, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh ("The Punisher"), starring Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas, Holt McCallany, Martin Sensmeier, Matt McCoy and Matt Salinger, streaming June 25, 2021 on Netflix:

"...after a remote Canadian diamond mine collapses, an ice driver leads an impossible rescue mission to save the lives of trapped miners despite thawing waters..."

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"The Ice Road" is the new action thriller feature written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, starring Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas, Holt McCallany, Martin Sensmeier, Matt McCoy and Matt Salinger, streaming June 25, 2021 on Netflix:

"...after a remote Canadian diamond mine collapses, an ice driver leads an impossible rescue mission to save the lives of trapped miners despite thawing waters..."

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The Ice Road Trailer — Jonathan Hensleigh‘s The Ice Road (2021) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The Ice Road trailer stars Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas, Holt McCallany, Martin Sensmeier, Matt McCoy, Matt Salinger, Lauren Cochrane, Gabriel Daniels, Josh Strait, Bj Verot, Chad [...]

Continue reading: The Ice Road Trailer: Liam Neeson is a Ice Road Trucker on a Mission to Rescue Trapped Miners in Jonathan Hensleigh’s 2021 Movie...

This big, expensive and well-produced action-suspense Sci-fi epic mostly delivers on its promise to be Aliens at the bottom of the sea. At heart it’s a 1950s pulse-pounder with a bigger monster, a zillion times the budget and a script that does everything but make us care. We appreciate the likable characters but it’s too easy to predict who will ‘get it’ next. The realism factor is not bad at all, although the undersea explorer video training sessions should have given ‘how not to crack up under stress’ more emphasis. And can’t anybody properly mind those pesky nuclear bombs?

DeepStar Six

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1989 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date October 13, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Greg Evigan, Nancy Everhard, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples, Cindy Pickett, Matt McCoy, Taurean Blacque, Marius Weyers, Elya Baskin, Thom Bray, Ronn Carroll.

Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg

Film Editor: David Handman

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While it may not be Friday, there is still plenty to celebrate this Tuesday the 13th, as we prepare to head back to Camp Crystal Lake with Scream Factory’s impressive Friday the 13th Collection, which brings together all the films from the original franchise, as well as the remake and Freddy vs. Jason as well. Scream Factory also put together a Blu-ray release of one of the most seminal films from my childhood this week—Terror in the Aisles—and they even are giving Motel Hell the Steelbook treatment on Tuesday as well.

Kino Lorber is also keeping busy this week with their special edition Blu for DeepStar Six as well as a SteelBook for Rawhead Rex, and for those of you who dig on The Exorcist sequels, both Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning come home on Blu-ray this Tuesday, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Exclusive: Vivica A.Fox (Kill Bill) , Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Matt McCoy (Jack Ryan) and Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) have joined the cast of psychological drama Bobcat Moretti.

The Different Duck Films pic tells of an obese Ms patient (Tim Realbuto) who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and find inner peace.

Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (She Wants Me) will direct, and produce alongside Lindsay Mushett (Immortal), Kristen Vaganos (I Am Lisa), and Nick Young (All You Can Eat).

Realbuto (Yes) penned the script with Margolies. Filming is set to begin this fall in LA and the production will span one year in order to give Realbuto time to lose the 100 pounds needed to portray the role.

Fox and Manning will also executive-produce alongside Sheila Legette (Choices). Louis Mustillo (Mike & Molly) and Sheria Irving (Twenties) are also among cast.

If you listened to our Class of 1989 aquatic horror movie episode of Corpse Club, then you know we're big fans of Sean S. Cunningham's DeepStar Six, so we're especially thrilled that the film's submerged scares are coming to Blu-ray on October 13th from Kino Lorber.

As reported on Bloody Disgusting, you can check out the DeepStar Six Blu-ray cover art and full list of special features below (via Facebook):

"Coming October 13th!

Deepstar Six (1989)

• Audio Commentary by Producer/Director Sean S. Cunningham & Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac

• Featurette with Creature Supervisor Greg Nicotero & Creature Designer Robert Kurtzman

• Featurette with Composer Harry Manfredini

• Original Epk

• Extended Vintage Interview Clips

• Behind-the-Scenes Footage

• Theatrical Trailer

• TV Spot

• Image Gallery

• Limited Edition O-Card

• Reversible Art

• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc

• Optional English Subtitles

Color 99 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated R

Not All Aliens Come From Space! From producer/director Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of...

While the plan remains, for theaters to open their doors again by the end of the month, as we've seen this year, things can change. At the very least, movie lovers have a couple of weeks before they can truly think about heading to a theater. But fear not, as there are plenty of new releases making their way to streaming this week to soak in.

This week sees several radically different war movies to choose from, as well as a new thriller from Netflix. We also have a new installment of Hulu's Into the Dark, a horror flick from Shudder and a bizarre martial arts remake starring Donnie Yen, among others. Here are this week's streaming selections.

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South African actor/producer Stelio Savante, currently starring opposite Matt Dillon as Portuguese coffee plantation foreman Mayor Alvares in David L. Cunningham’s Running For Grace, has signed with SMS Talent in Los Angeles.

Savante, who also voiced the popular character ‘Ajax’ in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4, will next be seen in two features releasing later this year. He will be starring opposite Frank Langella & Bobby Cannavale in the comedy Lapham Rising, based on the best-selling novel with the same title. He also will be starring opposite Jim Caviezel & Claudia Karvan in the Middle Eastern political thriller Infidel, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and filmed on location in Jordan.

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Leading women’s rights organization Equality Now honored author Margaret Atwood as a longtime icon and champion of women’s rights, as well as philanthropist and behavioral geneticist Sue Smalley, Ph.D. for her invaluable part in making gender equality a reality through her role on Equality Now’s Board of Directors, at their annual Make Equality Reality Gala in Los Angeles on Monday, December 3, at the Beverly Hilton.

Margaret Atwood at Equality Now's Make Equality Reality Gala

They also honored Amandla Stenberg with the inaugural Changemaker Award. The Changemaker Award, presented by Gucci and Chime For Change, celebrates the next generation of activists who are championing gender equality and inspiring positive change through self-expression and active citizenship. Comedian and actress Whitney Cummings served as the evening’s host. The evening also featured special performances by Demetri Martin, Milck, and Linda Perry.

Presenters included Goldie Hawn, Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield,...

It’s that time again, dear reader! We have a new batch of home media releases coming our way that horror and sci-fi fans are going to want to check out. This Tuesday, Johannes Roberts’ The Strangers: Prey at Night hacks its way onto multiple formats courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and the new Tomb Raider film starring Alicia Vikander arrives in 4K Ultra HD as well as on standard Blu-ray and DVD releases.

Cult film fans are going to want to pick up the Collector’s Editions of Ninja III: The Domination and Ryan Schifrin’s Abominable, and for those of you who watched it regularly last year, Channel Zero: Butcher Block is being released on DVD, too.

Other notable releases for June 12th include The Mimic, The Jurassic Dead, all three Purge films in 4K, a Stephen King collection of TV and theatrical movies, and the re-releases...

A plethora of stars will attend this year’s Equality Now New York Gala.

This year’s “Make Equality Reality” gala celebrates Equality Now’s 25th Anniversary. Founded in 1992, Equality Now is an international human rights organization dedicated to ensuring that women and girls around the world can live their lives free from violence and discrimination. Combining grassroots activism with international, regional and national legal advocacy, the organization envisions a world in which women and men have equal rights under the law and full enjoyment of those rights. Its issue areas encompass Legal Equality, Justice for Girls, and ending Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Harmful Practices, including female genital mutilation (Fgm) and “child marriage.” The organization has partners and supporters in almost every country in the world.

Expected to attend are honorees Susan Chokachi (President and CEO, Gucci America) and Brisa De Angulo (Founder, A Breeze of Hope Foundation); Gala...

Simon Brew Published Date Monday, September 12, 2016 - 05:40

Sometimes, character wins. Whilst the basic framework of Bridget Jones’s Baby will be familiar to anyone who watched the excellent first film and the piss-poor second, what screenwriters Helen Fielding, Emma Thompson and Dan Mazer have appreciated here is that the core central character of Bridget Jones is their greatest asset. They are not shy about playing to that.

As such, Bridget Jones’s Baby wastes no time reintroducing us to Bridget, and Renee Zellweger wastes no time effortlessly slipping back into her most popular role. We encounter Bridget this time alone, single, and being woken up on her 43rd birthday. She’s working on a television news show that’s being overtaken by clickbait culture. She’s back to square one, still scribbling in her diary, just a decade on. And once more, she’s stuck. Déjà vu? Yep, and that’s the point.

Sure, we have all seen our share of an “Unstable Mabel” in cinema throughout the years. Some, more than others, do stand out in craziness, chaos and curiosity. These furious females in film–at least the ones that we will spotlight in this particular movie column–have something to their off-kilter filter that dares to dig deep on so many psychological levels of frivolity and fury.

In Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned: Top 10 Damaged Divas in the Movies we will examine some of the warped women on the big screen that have a sense of demented diva-like dimensions to their cockeyed characterizations. These mistresses of misbehaving all demonstrate various kinds of detachment and dysfunction that capture our puzzling imaginations. Are there perhaps even stronger and more memorable bombastic she-beasts that have a certain score to settle against their detractors or society as a whole? Of course. However, the...

A review of tonight's "True Detective" coming up just as soon as I take a micronap... In trying to convince Ray to join the new, covert incarnation of the Caspere task force, Ani tells him that it's never too late to start over again. It may not be too late for Ray Velcoro and doing the right thing, but I fear it may be for me and "True Detective." "Other Lives" is as close to a clean slate as you can get midway through an eight-episode season. The time jump isn't anywhere near as drastic as the two from Rust and Marty's case last year, but those 66 days since the shootout has upended the status quo for all four main characters — Paul now a hero and a detective, Ray now working security for Frank, Frank now living in a much smaller house in Glendale, and Ani getting the Lt. Daniels...

And we’re back. After the mediocre-at-best “White Hat/Black Hat” found Pied Piper losing the porn business that could have saved them, Silicon Valley's “Binding Arbitration” plumbs far more morally complex material as a simple twist of fate suddenly gives Richard and Pied Piper the upper hand in their court case with Hooli. After being confronted at a restaurant by two resentful Nucleus employees, who understand that he does next to nothing, Big Head notices one of them has left their Hooli phone under their plate, which has the beta version of Nucleus on it. The phone is proof of Gavin Belson’s egotistical emptiness, that he’s been spending millions on a piece of tech that not only doesn’t work but seems to actually damage other parts of the smart phone. This results in a rather hysterical phone meeting between Richard and Gavin, in which both...

They said it couldn’t be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies worth highlighting? But Rejects always say die and never back away from a challenge, so we’ve rounded up the horror fans among us and put together another month’s worth of genre fun. Enjoy! Synopsis Months after a tragic climbing accident took away Preston Rogers’ (Matt McCoy) wife and his ability to walk he returns to the cabin near the scene of the incident. When a bevy of bouncy beauties take up residence in the cabin next door Preston understandably takes up a pair of binoculars, but when he witnesses a monstrous assault will anyone believe him? Or will they just think he’s a perverted Alfred Hitchcock fan with a Bigfoot fetish… Killer Scene Bigfoot has chased Rogers and one of the girls onto a high deck forcing them to rappel over the side...

Claire Bartel (Annabelle Sciorra) is a happily married mother with another child on the way, but her life is changed when she is sexually assaulted during a routine pregnancy check-up with a new doctor. When she publicly accuses the doctor of sexual assault, he kills himself leaving behind a pregnant widow (Rebecca De Mornay). Traumatized by his death, she suffers a miscarriage, and to make matters worse, her husband's assets have been frozen. Vowing revenge, she takes on a new name Peyton Flanders, and when the Bartels post an ad in the paper for a nanny, she applies for the job. Claire, her husband Michael (Matt McCoy), and her daughter Emma (Madeline Zima) warm up to Peyton immediately, but Claire's best friend Marlene (Julianne Moore) and their handyman Solomon (Ernie Hudson) are less convinced by Peyton's act. When her story starts to unravel, Peyton's plan to steal Claire's husband and children is revealed,...

The Arizona Underground Film Festival has unleashed its official 2012 poster, which boldly shows off that the fest has made it an impressive five years. Quite frankly, the festival seems to get bigger and bolder every year, so congrats to them! And congrats to Azuff Creative Director Matt McCoy who designed an eye catching poster. Click the image or here to embiggen.

The 5th annual Azuff will run this year on Sept. 21-29. If you’re interested in submitting your film, there’s still time. The Late Deadline is coming up soon on June 29 and the Final Deadline is on July 25. Click here for more info.

A girl hears gunshots from a neighbouring apartment. A boy is dead and the lock is broken. The place has been trashed and so has the Vic, comments Mac (Gary Sinise). The blood trail and the position of the debris reveals the Vic was shot and dragged near the door and the killer was using the Db to send a message. The Vic was Will Novick (Devin Cromwell) from Hoboken, a business major at Chelsea Uni. Jordan, (Lindsay Parker) the roommate was a freshman who ditched classes. Mac: "Killer could've come for one thing, left with another." There are no usable prints at the Cs. Blood spatter from the gun is revealed after the place was trashed. Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) finds theatre tickets with blood. There are razor scratches on the glass and traces of heroin. Jordan is missing. Hawkes (Hill Harper) finds a fatal Gsw to the head and other various evidence of beatings.