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Many fan favorite shows have been recently canceled by The CW amid content strategy changes at the network, and it's been confirmed that another popular series was quietly axed as well. Back in 2019, The CW premiered the first season of Two Sentence Horror Stories, an anthology series with each episode featuring a self-contained plot and cast of characters. Season 2 would follow in early 2021 with the third season airing in early 2022.

Halfway through 2023, there's been no word on when Two Sentence Horror Stories may potentially return for a fourth season, leading to speculation that the show was finished. TVLine reports that any such speculation would be accurate. The horror anthology series was reportedly axed, which was "to the surprise of perhaps no one," with no fourth season on the way.

The CW's massacre of content has claimed many other victims in recent months. Most recently, the network put an end to the Walker prequel Walker Independence,...

Recently, Fox served up the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Following" episode 7 of season 3. The episode is entitled, "The Hunt," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting and intense stuff take place as Max shows back up on the force and runs into a deadly menace. Ryan and Mike try to track down a new, dangerous threat, and more! In the new, 7th episode press release: New Dangers Lie In Wait For Ryan. Press release number 2: With only a few days before Joe Carroll's execution, Ryan and Mike will shift their focus to a new threat. In the meantime, after being approved to start work again, Max is going to rejoin the task force and come dangerously close to a deadly menace. Guest stars feature: John Lafayette as Scott Turner; Tim Guinee as Duncan; Gbenga Akinnagbe as Tom; Monique Gabriela Curnen...

By Dollie Banner

When I came of age in the eighties and nineties, cinema art houses were filled with American independent films, most of them gems. It seemed that then movie lovers could see nearly every film released. In the years since the number of independent films have grown exponentially, and I often worry that I’m bypassing, or even worse completely ignorant, of some worthwhile films that get lost in cinematic obscurity.

The Exhibitionists (2012), the second feature from director Michael Melamedoff is such a film, a compelling chamber piece about seven characters revealing their true desires over the course of two nights. At the heart of the film is fragile Regina (Pepper Binkley), who we meet nervously awaiting the arrival of her husband Walter (Richard Short), an agent provocateur filmmaker just returned from a cross-country film shoot. In tow he brings fellow crewmember Gordo (Daniel London), whose dutiful wife...

We've added the new synopsis for Universal Pictures' Mercy supernatural horror adapted from Stephen King's short story, which stars Dylan McDermott, Chandler Riggs, Mark Duplass, Frances O'Connor, Joel Courtney, Amanda Walsh, Shitley Knight, Chris Browning, Joe Egender, Harley Graham, Jack Carter and Pepper Binkley. The Haunting in Connecticut's Peter Cornwell directs from the script by Matt Greenberg. Mercy's produced by Jason Blum, McG and Mary Viola while Jeanette Volturno-Brill serves as executive producer. The Blumhouse Productions and Wonderland Sound and Vision film comes out some time in 2014. Official synopsis for Stephen King's Mercy: Once George (Riggs) and Buddy McCoy (Courtney) arrive at their Gramma Mercy’s (Shirley Knight), what they find inside her 150-year-old home is nothing short of terrifying. As the brothers experience deeply disturbing phenomena they believe to be the work of an ancient witch, they must fight for their lives and...

We've added the new synopsis for Universal Pictures' Mercy supernatural horror adapted from Stephen King's short story, which stars Dylan McDermott, Chandler Riggs, Mark Duplass, Frances O'Connor, Joel Courtney, Amanda Walsh, Shitley Knight, Chris Browning, Joe Egender, Harley Graham, Jack Carter and Pepper Binkley. The Haunting in Connecticut's Peter Cornwell directs from the script by Matt Greenberg. Mercy's produced by Jason Blum, McG and Mary Viola while Jeanette Volturno-Brill serves as executive producer. The Blumhouse Productions and Wonderland Sound and Vision film comes out some time in 2014. Official synopsis for Stephen King's Mercy: Once George (Riggs) and Buddy McCoy (Courtney) arrive at their Gramma Mercy’s (Shirley Knight), what they find inside her 150-year-old home is nothing short of terrifying. As the brothers experience deeply disturbing phenomena they believe to be the work of an ancient witch, they must fight for their lives and...

Non-stop cable reruns of That ‘70s Show continued to increase the profile of comic actress Laura Prepon higher than ever. (Yes, that’s a ‘70s Show pun). Boosted by a new generation of fans, Prepon joined the indie comedy The Kitchen as one of its leads opposite Bryan Greenberg. Ishai Setton signed on to direct Jim Beggarly’s script about Prepon’s character celebrating her 30th birthday with a disastrous party. Matt Bush, Dreama Walker, Tate Elligton, Amber Stevens, Pepper Binkley and Catherine Reitman also joined the film, which takes place in the kitchen of Prepon’s character.

Non-stop cable reruns of That ‘70s Show continued to increase the profile of comic actress Laura Prepon higher than ever. (Yes, that’s a ‘70s Show pun). Boosted by a new generation of fans, Prepon joined the indie comedy The Kitchen as one of its leads opposite Bryan Greenberg. Ishai Setton signed on to direct Jim Beggarly’s script about Prepon’s character celebrating her 30th birthday with a disastrous party. Matt Bush, Dreama Walker, Tate Elligton, Amber Stevens, Pepper Binkley and Catherine Reitman also joined the film, which takes place in the kitchen of Prepon’s character.

Non-stop cable reruns of That ‘70s Show continued to increase the profile of comic actress Laura Prepon higher than ever. (Yes, that’s a ‘70s Show pun). Boosted by a new generation of fans, Prepon joined the indie comedy The Kitchen as one of its leads opposite Bryan Greenberg. Ishai Setton signed on to direct Jim Beggarly’s script about Prepon’s character celebrating her 30th birthday with a disastrous party. Matt Bush, Dreama Walker, Tate Elligton, Amber Stevens, Pepper Binkley and Catherine Reitman also joined the film, which takes place in the kitchen of Prepon’s character.

*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures.

Director: Rania Ajami.

Writers: Rania Ajami and Jake Pilikian.

The Asylum Seekers is a surreal comedy from director Rania Ajami. This is her first feature and this title is an offbeat look at the possibilities of insanity. Breaking Glass Pictures will release this title on DVD August 30th and Asylum Seekers is a high recommend, based on the interesting atmosphere created by Ajami and cinematographer Lyn Moncrief. Almost every scene is highly saturated, but it is the characters and the message which stand out the most.

There are six supposed lunatics moving into the local asylum. However, there is only one bed available. So the "evangelical nihilist," the "trophy mouse wife," the "gender bender refuge," and many more characters must battle it out to prove that they are more insane than the next. If this sounds strange,...

Breaking Glass Pictures is closing part of the the mental hospital on DVD August 30th with Asylum Seekers. This is the day when several of the mentally ill must prove their insanity in front of a mental health review board, because their is only one bed available. The backstabbing and manipulation begins in only a few weeks and fans of Miss Ajami can expect something psychological and thrilling in the Asylum Seekers. Cast and crew details are below.

The plot details for Asylum Seekers:

"Work, deadlines, family, terrorism, information overload ... As modern life pushes the world to the brink of madness, six strangers decide there’s only one sane response; head through the door marked Exit. It leads to a deluxe, exclusive, luxuriously-appointed mental asylum where a staff will wait on them hand and foot for the rest of their carefree lives. The problem? The asylum has only one vacancy.

Sofia Coppola (left) showed up to support Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Liz Garbus (right), at the NY premiere screening of Garbus' HBO documentary, "Bobby Fischer Against the World," earlier this week. The event, hosted by HBO Documentary Films and the World Chess Hall of Fame, attracted a crop of guests including: photographer Harry Benson, producer Stanley Buchthal, Malcom Gladwell, Henry Kissinger, Sandra Bernhard, Pepper Binkley, Sasha Cohen, Clive Davis, ...

Stone screenwriter Angus MacLachlan discusses working with this talented cast, shooting in Michigan, new projects and more.

Screenwriter Angus MacLachlan was put on the map in 2005 with his indie sensation Junebug, which also launched Amy Adams into the acting stratosphere with her Oscar-nominated performance. In 2005, Angus MacLachlan also started turning his one of his plays into a screenplay, and five years later, Stone was released. Stone will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 18 and I recently had the chance to speak with this talented screenwriter over the phone about this drama. Here's what he had to say below:

I read that this started as a play before you turned it into a screenplay. Can you talk about where that original idea came from and how it evolved into the script?

Angus MacLachlan: Sure. I usually can always tell where something comes from, but this one happened very strangely.

Stone director John Curran talks about his talented trio of stars, shooting in Michigan, the religious aspects of the movie and more.

Director John Curran's career is the epitome of going against the grain in Hollywood. He takes in distinctly different material from one project to the next, with indie gems such as Praise, We Don't Live Here Anymore and The Painted Veil to his credit. And what's more different than a romantic period piece like The Painted Veil? A gritty prison drama such as John Curran's latest movie Stone, which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 18. I had the chance to speak with John Curran about his new movie, which stars Robert De Niro as a retiring parole officer, Edward Norton as a supposedly-reformed felon and Milla Jovovich as the convict's tempting wife. Here's what the director had to say:

Can you take me...

Stone has been set for release on Blu-ray and DVD January 18. We're celebrating this original prison drama starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich with a new contest where we're giving away copies of the DVD to our readers. These discs will surely go fast, so be sure to enter this contest today:

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In Stone, Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro), a parole officer days away from retirement, is asked to review the case of Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Edward Norton), who's in prison for arson. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts...

The two-time Oscar nominated actor discusses playing a prison convict opposite Robert De Niro in his latest film

Actor Edward Norton first gained attention over a decade ago for his Oscar nominated performance as an alter boy accused of murder in Primal Fear. He followed that up with a second Academy Award nomination for his powerful and commanding role as a reformed neo-Nazi in American History X. Since then, the actor has gone onto become one of the premiere actors of his generation and appear in some of the most interesting and acclaimed films of the past decade and a half including The People vs. Larry Flynt, Rounders, Fight Club, Frida, Red Dragon, The 25th Hour, The Italian Job, Kingdom Of Heaven, The Illusionist and The Incredible Hulk.

Now Norton returns with a new film called Stone, which opened on October 8th and not only reunites him with acting icon...

Chicago – Many filmmakers speak of going against the grain. By virtue of desiring to take a road less traveled, though, often you’re actually going with the same grain as everyone else who wants to be different. While the somber pacing for “Stone” was selected for the reasons director John Curran tells us below, the style might have also been chosen because that’s what he knows best and can do.

With a similar feel to his acclaimed film “The Painted Veil,” Curran doesn’t have a history of filming action films in the vein of “The Bourne Identity”. In “Stone,” Curran does what he does best: takes a dramatic script and translates it into compelling tension. He doesn’t rely on special effects or explosions (well, just once) to keep our eyes glued.

Edward Norton greets the HollywoodChicago.com camera on the red carpet for the film

“Stone” on Oct.

Chicago – Edward Norton was the hottest ticket in town (along with President Barack Obama’s visit to Chicago) on Thursday night for the opening-day screening of his new film “Stone” at the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival. The HollywoodChicago.com lens was on location. We bring you Norton’s exclusive portrait for “Stone,” which also stars Robert De Niro and Milla Jovovich.

“Stone” from director John Curran and writer Angus MacLachlan also features Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Pepper Binkley, Sandra Love Aldridge, Greg Trzaskoma and Rachel Loiselle. Norton has also starred in “Fight Club,” “American History X,” “Primal Fear,” “The Illusionist,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Rounders,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “Death to Smoochy,” “Frida,” “The Score,” “25th Hour,” “The Italian Job,” “Kingdom of Heaven” and “The Painted Veil”.

Edward Norton greets the HollywoodChicago.com camera on the red carpet for the film

“Stone” on Oct. 7, 2010 on the opening night of the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival.

Director John Curran discusses his latest film starring Edward Norton and Robert De Niro

Director John Curran first gained attention for his work on the 2004 drama We Don't Live Here Anymore starring Mark Ruffalo and Naomi Watts. He followed that up with the critically acclaimed 2006 drama The Painted Veil, also starring Naomi Watts along with PEnXNtqpsrKurq||Edward Norton} and Liev Schreiber. Earlier this year he wrote The Killer Inside Me, which is based on Jim Thompson's popular novel and stars Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba.

Now Curran returns to the director's chair and once again teams up with Edward Norton for the new film Stone, which opens in theaters on October 8th and also stars Oscar winner Robert De Niro and Milla Jovovich. The movie reunites De Niro and Norton for the first time since they starred opposite each other in the 2001 film The Score. In the picture,...

Chicago – In this edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 2 admit-two balcony tickets up for grabs for the opening night of the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival to see the new Edward Norton and Robert De Niro film “Stone”!

“Stone” also stars Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Pepper Binkley, Sandra Love Aldridge, Greg Trzaskoma, Rachel Loiselle, Kylie Tarnopol, Bailey Tarnopol, Madison Tarnopol, Peter Lewis, Sarab Kamoo and Richard Murphy from director John Curran and writer Angus MacLachlan.

This event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the image below.

Robert De Niro (left) and Edward Norton in “Stone”.

Image credit: Overture Films

Here is the synopsis for “Stone”:

As parole officer Jack Mabry (Oscar winner Robert De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the...

We have an exclusive clip from John Curran's upcoming drama Stone, which will be released in theaters nationwide on October 8. Click on the video player below to watch this scene from the movie, which features Robert De Niro and Frances Conroy discussing religion and philosophy:

Stone: Do You Believe In All This?

The movie is based on a play by Junebug screenwriter Angus MacLachlan. Robert De Niro will play a parole officer who develops a friendship with a teaching assistant.

Stone is about a convicted arsonist (Edward Norton) who looks to manipulate a parole officer (Robert De Niro) into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife (Milla Jovovich) in the lawman's path

Stone comes to theaters October 8th, 2010 and stars Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Liam Ferguson, Pepper Binkley, Sarab Kamoo. The film is directed by John Curran.

The official trailer for Overture Films’ Stone has just debuted online.

Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and Oscar nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone, a thought-provoking drama directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil, We Don’t Live Here Anymore) and written by Angus McLachlan (Junebug).

As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald “Stone” Creeson (Norton), in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man’s decision have profound and unexpected effects on them both.

Stone skillfully weaves together the parallel journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line...

The first trailer for John Curran's new thriller, Stone has gone online. Get your first glimpse at the film below which stars Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich.

Stone Trailer

Stone comes to theaters October 8th, 2010 and stars Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Liam Ferguson, Pepper Binkley, Sarab Kamoo. The film is directed by John Curran.

We have added the first trailer for the John Curran directed drama 'Stone'. The film stars Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Liam Ferguson, Pepper Binkley and Sarab Kamoo.Watch the trailer below;'Stone' is released across the Us from October 8th.Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Oscar® nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone, a thought-provoking drama directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil, We Don.t Live Here Anymore) and written by Angus McLachlan (Junebug). As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald .Stone. Creeson...

Stone Concept PosterOverture Films has produced one of the latest films from director John Curran entitled Stone. The film stars Robert De Niro (Goodfellas), Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk), and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil). This is Curran's second film with Norton, with The Painted Veil the pair's first collaboration. Stone was completed last year in Michigan and the film will have a release later this year (October 8th). The first trailer is below for this thriller, which shows Jovovich's character, Lucetta, seducing a parole officer in order to have her husband released early. Have a watch inside.

The synopsis for Stone here:

"A seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone. As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Norton), in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire.

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of interviews with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival. “Asylum Seekers” (USA, 2008) Director: Rania Ajami Cast: Pepper Binkley, Bill Dawes, Judith Hawking, Daniel Irizarry, Stella Maeve, Camille O’Sullivan, Lee Wilkof Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one. What initially …...

Horror director Rania Ajami (Katalog, And The Earth Fell Silent Again) is premiering her latest horror/fantasy/comedy movie, Asylum Seekers, at CineVegas Film festival.

Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one. Starring Pepper Binkley, Bill Dawes, Judith Hawking, Daniel Irizarry, Stella Maeve, Camille O’Sullivan, and Lee Wilkof...

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