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Uh-oh, the new Da may be in some serious trouble in the Law & Order Season 23 finale. The NBC drama wraps its current season on May 16 with “In Harm’s Way,” in which a sports star is killed, but Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) and Riley (Reid Scott) suspect the shooter missed their intended target. In fact, in TV Insider’s exclusive sneak peek, Dixon tells Baxter (Tony Goldwyn)—the shooting happened in front of him and his family—that he was the intended victim. “We had a trajectory analyst review the video of the shooting, and it’s clear he was aiming for you. If you hadn’t moved when you did, that bullet would’ve struck you squarely in the back of the head,” Dixon explains. There’s a citywide manhunt to track the shooter down. Baxter’s wife (Tara Westwood) thinks that Baxter should suspend his campaign for District Attorney.

Law & Order fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 23 Episode 13 episode titled In Harm’s Way!

Find out everything you need to know about the In Harm’s Way episode of Law & Order, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Law & Order In Harm’s Way Season 23 Episode 13 Preview

Get ready for an intense new episode of “Law & Order” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on May 16, 2024. In “In Harm’s Way,” tensions run high as the team investigates a high-profile murder case with far-reaching implications.

When a beloved sports star is tragically killed, Detectives Shaw and Riley are thrust into a complex investigation. Suspicions arise that the shooter may have missed their intended target, leading to a web of secrets and betrayals that could shake the foundation of the case.

Adding to the drama, Detective Baxter...

Four new Dark Sky Films titles have been added to our massive Screambox library, which already includes Willow Creek, Minor Premise, and The Deeper You Dig (details); Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary, Landlocked, and Possum (details); Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1 & 2, and Emelie (details); Stake Land, Summer of Blood, & Bitter Feast (details); and Wake Wood, Eaten Alive and Sleep Tight (details). Holy shit, right?!

The final batch of films is now streaming on Screambox and begins with Pollyanna McIntosh‘s Darlin’ (review), which she wrote, directed and stars in(!).

“In this sequel to Bloody Disgusting’s The Woman, a feral teenage girl is taken into strict Catholic care and prepared for her First Holy Communion.”

“Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ (Lauryn Canny) is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns where she is to be tamed into a “good girl.

Several months after the Hollywood Critics Association rebranded itself as the Hollywood Creative Alliance, the org has also given its signature awards shows a new name. The Hca announced Friday that its various Hca awards will now be known as ‘The Astra Awards.’

That means the Hca Film Awards, Hca TV Awards and Hca Creative Arts Awards will become the Astra Film Awards, Astra TV Awards and the Astra Creative Arts Awards. The name change was approved by the org’s advisory committee on Nov. 17.

“As the Hollywood Creative Alliance expands to include creatives and other industry professionals, we wanted an award name that would be reflective of the newly relaunched organization,” said Hca CEO Scott Menzel in a statement. “The name ‘Astra’ is a perfect award show title evoking celestial brilliance and creative mastery. It encapsulates the collaborative spirit, symbolizing individual stars and elegantly embodies the industry’s aspiration,...

Prepare for an electrifying episode of “The Blacklist” as the popular NBC crime thriller returns.

Find out everything you need to know about the The Hat Trick episode of The Blacklist, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

The Blacklist The Hat Trick Season 10 Episode 15 Preview

In this upcoming episode titled “The Hat Trick,” the enigmatic Reddington takes center stage once again, presenting the task force with a trio of criminal cases that are more complex than they initially appear. With the team’s credibility on the line, Reddington is determined to prove their worth to Congressman Hudson. Join us as we delve into the intricate web of these cases, unravelling hidden layers and shocking revelations along the way.

As the task force delves deeper into the three interconnected criminal investigations, tensions rise, and loyalties are tested. Each case brings its own set of challenges and dangers,...

Plane Review — Plane (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Jean-François Richet, written by Charles Cumming and J.P. Davis and starring Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn, Daniella Pineda, Lilly Krug, Remi Adeleke, Paul Ben-Victor, Tara Westwood, Joey Slotnick, Kate Rachesky, Kelly Gale, Yoson An, Amber Rivera, Rose Eshay, Oliver Trevena, Evan Dane [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Plane (2023): Jean-François Richet’s Action Film Has Plot Holes but is Saved by a Solid Turn from Gerard Butler...

Plane star Gerard Butler shares the story of how he accidentally burned himself with dangerous acid while filming the upcoming action thriller. Best known for movies like 300, Law Abiding Citizen, Olympus Has Fallen, and Greenland, Butler continues to make a name for himself in the action genre. While not all of his films are critical darlings, the movies generally prove popular with audiences with the Has Fallen franchise alone now gearing up for its fourth installment. Butler's latest movie, Plane, sees the actor playing pilot Brodie Torrance who is forced to land his aircraft in a warzone during a storm.

In a recent interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Butler recalls one particularly unpleasant experience while filming Plane that involved burning his face and hands with phosphoric acid.

The actor reveals that he somehow got the acid on his hands while pretending to fix part of the plane...

“Encanto” star John Leguizamo has signed on to executive produce short film “Triggered” from Tara Westwood.

“Triggered,” which stars Westwood, Isiah Whitlock Jr. (“Da 5 Bloods”), Caitlin Mehner (“Dopesick”) and Robert John Burke (“Law & Order Special Victim’s Unit”), deals with themes of gun violence.

“’Triggered’ is exceptional in that it doesn’t preach and never hits you over the head with a message – but I don’t know how anyone can watch it and not agree that we need to do things differently,” said Leguizamo. “Most Americans, even NRA members, already support basic changes such as improved background checks and this is a conversation that we must have. I’m so excited to be a part of this powerful piece directed and starring Tara Westwood.”

The short tells the story of Ohio (played by Whitlock Jr.) and Virginia (Mehner), who have both lost family to gun violence and who believe a senator,...

Bryan Cranston, Blair Underwood and Jennifer Morrison will lead the jury for this year’s Hollyshorts Film Festival.

They will be joined by Stephanie Lang, Joanna Quinn, David Dastmalchian, Adaku Ononogbo and Jeremy Swift.

Set to open Aug. 11 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and virtually through the Bitpix platform, the festival will screen a number of short films including Steve McQueen’s prostate cancer documentary “Embarrassed,” starring Idris Elba, Ben Proudfoot’s “Mink!” about the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Rory Keenan’s “Bump,” starring Gemma Arterton.

Also screening on the opening night are Frank Chi’s “38 and the Garden,” Mike Kearby’s comedy “The Problem with Time Travel,” Tara Westwood’s “Triggered” starring Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Robert John Burke, “Coral Amiga’s"Crosshairs” and Evan Miller’s “Thoughts and Prayers,” which features Adrianne Palicki and Zachary Levi.

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Stars: Jim Schubin, Chloe Carroll, François Chau, Tara Westwood, Ione Butler, Mike Sutton | Written and Directed by Phillip G. Carroll Jr.

Phillip G. Carroll Jr. has written and directed a variety of short films in his career, and The Honeymoon Phase adds a notch to his resume as his first foray into feature films. The movie tells the story of a young couple named Tom (Jim Schubin) and Eve (Chloe Carroll) who, in order to make some easy cash, lie about their relationship in order to enter something named “The Millennium Project”. They must convince and keep up the lie that they’re married whilst undertaking this research project in the place of guinea pigs. Under a scientific behavioural microscope, things begin to change for this couple… and not in the best and calmest of ways either.

The Honeymoon Phase is a real cave-jump into relationships, into trust and that...

FrightFest, the UK horror festival that was forced to move online this year because of pandemic disruption, has unveiled a lineup for its 21st edition (August 27-31) including seven world premieres.

The event opens with the UK premiere of Sky Sharks, which features Nazi zombie-piloted airborne killer sharks.

World premieres include Logan Thomas’s There’s No Such Thing As Vampires, Patrick Rea’s I Am Lisa, Ruben Pla’s The Horror Crowd, G-Hey Kim’s Don’t Click, Toby Watts’ Playhouse, Airell Anthony Hayles and Sam Casserly’s They’re Outside, and Francesco Giannini’s Hall.

Industry-focused events will include a panel hosted by Den Of Geek’s UK editor Rosie Fletcher about how the horror genre has been affected by the pandemic.

All online film screenings will be geo-locked to UK audiences and available through FrightFest’s website.

“We will desperately miss seeing all of you in person...

"From your file, I didn't think you'd make it past the first week..." Dark Sky Films has released the official trailer for an indie sci-fi romantic thriller titled The Honeymoon Phase, marking the directorial debut of filmmaker Phillip G. Carroll Jr. This premiered at the FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia but hasn't shown up anywhere else. Despite looking pretty solid. A struggling couple enter a futuristic experiment to analyze their relationship – room, board, $50,000 and a month alone together – beginning a violent descent into madness with deadly consequences. Starring Mike Sutton and Chloe Carroll as the couple, Tom and Eve, along with François Chau, Tara Westwood, and Ione Butler. This looks intense! Yet another "Black Mirror" sci-fi film playing with relationships and testing the limits of young love. So who's crazy, who isn't? Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Phillip G. Carroll Jr.'s The Honeymoon Phase, on YouTube: Struggling young lovers,...

Tagline: "Who Are You Married To?" The Honeymoon Phase is a sci-fi thriller. From director Phillip G. Carroll Jr., the film takes part in a social experiment. Several couples are house in carefully controlled units as their perceptions of reality are challenged. The cast includes: Jim Schubin (Boardwalk Empire), Tara Westwood (The Grudge) and Chloe Carroll. A trailer has just been released and the U.S. release poster is here. The graphic shows a series of identification cards. Some have been crossed out, while the latest two experimentees are forefront. Blindingly white, there are also signs of blood on one character's hands. This film poster puts two character's lives on the line. Dark Sky Films will release The Honeymoon Phase this August. On August 21st, this title will show in theatres and on Digital platforms, where available. Fans of sci-fi can find more on the film below.  Release Date: August 21st,...

The venerable J-horror franchise, The Grudge, gets a second crack at the American market. Abandon all hope, ye who enter.

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It seems like so long ago when J-horror swept through the world, embodied by the likes of the zeitgeisty Ring franchise and the grubbier, smaller--and somewhat nastier--Ju-On/The Grudge cycle. Both brands have had shelf lives long past their due date, with the latter spawning a total of nine Japanese films and now four American ones. The fourth and hopefully last of these, simply titled The Grudge, slinks onto screens today and only serves as a reminder that the series was more or less played out even when Sarah Michelle Gellar’s name above the title of the 2004 The Grudge meant something.

As you can tell by the deployment of that name again, with no numbers or subtitles following it, The Grudge wants to be both a reboot and a sequel.

Twenty years ago, a new wave of Japanese supernatural gothic thrillers brought fresh tropes of dread to a genre that was sorely in need of them. The sinister intersection of technology and the afterlife; the presence of ghosts that looked like rotting versions of demons out of Japanese folklore; the assertion of a feminine rage that burst forth like a scream across time — all of this put J-horror, a genre named (at least in the States) to sound like a category of indie rock, on the cutting edge of 21st-century fright cinema. Yet the movies, for all their shivery viciousness, could be hit-or-miss. “Ju-On (The Grudge)” (2000), one of the most popular, was also one of the most middling — a haunted-house saga no less corny or obvious than “The Amityville Horror.” The American remake, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and released in 2004, was even worse.

Now, just in time for the dumping ground of early January,...

Producer Sam Raimi brings us a twisted new take of the horror classic. Directed by Nicolas Pesce, The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, The Grudge is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written & directed by Takashi Shimizu. The Grudge is produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise and is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss.

In Theaters Everywhere Tomorrow January 3, 2020.

Lin Shaye and Tara Westwood in Screen Gems’ The Grudge.

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"Are you alone in the house right now?" Sony has revealed a terrifying new red band trailer for the latest update of The Grudge, the horror series based on the Ju-on movies from Japan. This new take is directed by Nicolas Pesce, of The Eyes of My Mother and Piercing, and it's produced by horror master Sam Raimi. After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother & detective tries to investigate and solve the case. She discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Andrea Riseborough stars as the detective, with an impressive cast including Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Jacki Weaver, William Sadler, Frankie Faison, Tara Westwood, Nancy Sorel, and Stephanie Sy. There is some seriously disgusting stuff in this trailer, but that's the point - especially coming from Pesce.

"I went to the house... I think something followed me home." Sony has debuted the first official trailer for the new remake of The Grudge, the horror series based on the Ju-on movies from Japan. This new take is directed by Nicolas Pesce, of The Eyes of My Mother and Piercing, and is produced by Sam Raimi. After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and detective tries to investigate and solve the case. She discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Andrea Riseborough stars as the detective, with an impressive full cast including Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Jacki Weaver, William Sadler, Frankie Faison, Tara Westwood, Nancy Sorel, and Stephanie Sy. This is one intensely creepy first trailer, with a handful of serious scares packed into two minutes...

A reboot of the ghostly 2004 horror flick The Grudge—which itself was a remake of Japan's Ju-on: The Grudge—has been in the works since at least 2011, two years after the no good, very bad The Grudge 3 went straight to video. Finally, EW is here with a few concrete details and an interview with director Nicolas Pesce. The film is called Grudge, and the first images reveal a new horror played by Tara Westwood doing her terrifying thing right up in Lin Shaye's face. Why are ghosts always screaming at Lin Shaye? Lin Shaye …...

The curse of The Grudge returns in January when Screen Gems infects audiences with Sam Raimi‘s latest production that’s directed by Nicolas Pesce. EW shares the first images from the film featuring horror veteran Lin Shaye (Insidious) with Demian Bichir (The Nun) and an infected Tara Westwood. As the site explains, Andrea Riseborough (Mandy) plays a cop in […]...

Exclusive: Ashley Greene (Twilight saga), Greg Finley (The Flash), Brandon Thomas Lee (The Hills: New Beginnings), and David Arquette (Scream film series) have signed to star in Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story, a feature about the Brooklyn-native street basketball legend Jackie Ryan. Danny A. Abeckaser is directing the film for his production company 2B Films. Antonio Macia wrote the script in collaboration with Ryan.

Based on a true story, the pic will center on Jackie, a hot-tempered, flamboyant and self-centered streetballer whose dreams of playing professional basketball seem to have passed him by after years of hard partying and neglect. Jackie works construction alongside his overbearing father and his wise-cracking best friend Marty. After being spotted at the famous West 4th basketball court for his incredible talent, Jackie is invited to try out for the New Jersey Nets. He is forced to confront his inner demons, even his family, and turn his life around.

Sebastien Bazile and Michael Galvan’s alien invasion thriller By Dawn was picked up by sales agent High Octane Pictures at the recent Efm. Screen Anarchy has been asked to share the trailer and poster with you. Galen Christy’s High Octane Pictures have signed on as sales chief on Sebastien Bazile and Michael Galvan’s alien invasion thriller By Dawn. Starring One Life to Live’s Jason Kaufman in the lead role, the film fixes on a former marine suffering from severe Ptsd who prepares his family for war as the deadline for an alien invasion approaches. Dana Melanie (The Treehouse) and Tara Westwood (Shadowhunters : The Mortal Instruments) co-star in a film that mixes real life issues with that of a fictional, exciting alien invasion storyline....

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Stars: Alix Elizabeth Gitter, Erick Avari, Steve Bacic, James C. Burns, James Cavlo, Tadhg Kelly, James Ralph, Tara Westwood, Jade Ramsey, Nikita Ramsey | Written by Cam Cannon, Rachel Long, Brian Pittman | Directed by Brett Donowho

Recently orphaned teen Jordan is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the small town of Silver Falls. Clashing with her newfound guardians, Jordan develops a burgeoning friendship with a curious classmate that leads to a shocking discovery; according to local legend, two young twins who were killed by their father have cast a dark spell over Silver Falls. When Jordan finds a mysterious ring, the murdered girls’ restless spirits begin to shadow her every move. Meanwhile, Jordan’s concerned aunt and uncle refer her to a therapist who sees medication and hospitalization as the only solution to her problems. As the frightened teen fights to prove her sanity, a killer draws near.

Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 13 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Dark Money," and it turns out that we're going to see see some pretty interesting stuff go down as Diane and Cary take on a television show lawsuit for Colin Sweeney, and more. In the new, 13th episode press release: Diane and Cary will represent Colin Sweeney when he files suit against a television producer for basing an unflattering character on him. Press release number 2: When Colin Sweeney accuses a television producer of basing an unflattering character and show on his life, Diane and Cary are going to have to prove that they are capable of handling his case as Alicia focuses on the race for State's Attorney. Also, Alicia is going to compete against Frank Prady for a major campaign donation, Ed Asner guest stars as a...

Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada will release the Outside Pictures, Enderby Entertainment and Tony-Seven Films production of director Brett Donowho's mystery thriller, "A Haunting at Silver Falls" on DVD, May 28, 2013 :

"...after the loss of her parents, 'Jordan' (Alex Elizabeth Gitter) is sent tolive with her aunt (Tara Westwood) and uncle (Steve Bacic)in 'Silver Falls', a small town on the edge of the Pacific Northwest...where she finds herself haunted by two ghosts.

"Her family history, along with the sleep disturbances and chilling visions she experiences have those closest to her, questioning her mental health, while she wonders who she can really trust..."

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Time to kick off your Monday work week with a bit of spookiness from the UK in the form of a new trailer, still, and one-sheet for At Silver Falls. Dive in! The water is cold, slimy, and morbid!

From the Press Release

At Silver Falls, directed by up-and-coming Us filmmaker Brett Donowho, will have its international market screening at Cannes.

Inspired by the true story of the unsolved murders of two twin girls, At Silver Falls draws us into the shadowy, malevolent world of ‘Silver Falls’, a small town plagued by a series of unexplained deaths. When new arrival Jordan, an orphaned teenager (played by movie debutant Alix Elizabeth Gitter), becomes haunted by the ghost of a murdered young girl, she is compelled to uncover the shocking truth…

Director Brett Donowho says about the film: “At Silver Falls is as much a mystery thriller as it is a horror film.