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As if Blink-182’s world tour and new record weren’t enough to keep him busy, Tom DeLonge is also on the verge of releasing his feature directorial debut with Monsters of California.

DeLonge’s edgier take on the Amblin-esque coming-of-age adventure opens Oct. 6 in select theaters and on digital. Co-written by DeLonge and Ian Miller, the film follows teenager Dallas Edwards (Jack Samson) and his wayward friends as they uncover government secrets that Dallas’ father left behind following his unexplained disappearance. From San Diego County and skateboarding to punk rock and the paranormal, the movie includes many of DeLonge’s passions, as well as the research that put him and his company, To The Stars, at the forefront of recent UFO/Uap revelations.

“There’s a lot of quality information in there during the serious moments, and I think people need to pay attention to it, for sure,...

With summer (unofficially) over and the Halloween Season now in full swing, these weekly roundups are about to get very packed with fresh new horrors both at home and in theaters!

Eight brand new horror movies are releasing in this first full week of September, and trust me when I say even that makes for a quiet week compared to what’s coming soon.

Here’s all the new horror arriving September 6 – September 11, 2022!

First up, Dread’s Tiny Cinema was just unleashed On Demand yesterday, a horror anthology of multiversal madness that’s also coming to Blu-ray on October 11 of this year.

Sit back, relax, and get uncomfortable…

From the makers of Butt Boy, Tiny Cinema is said to be “a twisted tale of seemingly unconnected strangers whose lives will change in incredible and bizarre ways forever. As reality unravels, each person must battle incredible challenges from a multiverse seeking...

If you have been paying attention to 2022's cinematic trends, you should know that multiverses are totally in vogue right now. Whether they are the cruxes of a major superhero franchise or a symbol for the complexities of relationships, multiverses offer an infinite amount of storytelling opportunities, as long as the core story allows for it.

"Tiny Cinema," the upcoming anthology film that recently had its world premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival, is one such story. Directors Tyler Cornack and Ryan Koch have been eager to take their weirdness, previously demonstrated in 2019's "Butt Boy," to the next level by using the ever-expanding multiverse concept. The stories in this anthology might not seem related at first, but as they get increasingly bloodier and awkward, things might turn out to be far more connected than anyone might realize.

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Tyler Cornack and Ryan Koch’s recent sci-fi comedy Butt Boy made waves on the festival run for its bizarre sense of humor and plot. Cornack played a protagonist with an affinity for putting objects and people up his, well, you know. So, it’s no surprise that the follow-up, Tiny Cinema, would continue that same thread of absurdity. This time, Cornack and Koch teamed up with Butt Boy cinematographer William Morean to pen an anthology that connects six stories of peculiar comedy, each increasingly weirder than the last.

A mysterious fourth wall-breaking stranger (Paul Ford) serves as the guide, introducing the six segments while promising a subversion of expectations. With a wry wink, the stranger acknowledges that he’s likely not the host you expected. It’s a tone-setting bit that indicates an increasingly unpredictable jaunt through manic stories that occasionally brush with horror but always hovers within the...

What if the only way to stop the end of the world was by making love to an older version of yourself who claimed to be from the future? What if you brought someone back to life, but they annoyed you so much that you were tempted to just kill them again? These are just two of the many bold and bizarre “what ifs?” featured in Tiny Cinema, Tyler Cornack’s new anthology that world premiered as the opening night movie at this year’s Popcorn Frights Film Festival. And no matter how “out there” or uncomfortable these questions may seem, Cornack (who also co-wrote the anthology along with Ryan Koch and Bill Morean) does not shy away from answering them in brazen, comical, and at times disturbing fashion, with many of the film’s segments feeling like they would be right at home airing in the late-night hours alongside...

Tom DeLonge’s space-rock project Angels & Airwaves played their first show in seven years Wednesday night, where they debuted new songs like “Rebel Girl,” and revived throwbacks like “The Adventure” and Box Car Racer’s “There Is.” It was the beginning of a big tour that will take them through October.

To mark the beginning of their comeback tour, the band has released “Kiss & Tell,” a new song featuring the driving New Wave sounds and atmospheric hooks that differentiated Angels & Airwaves from DeLonge’s other group, blink-182. “The beginning...

'I was tempted out of my cave by misinformation,' he says of his recent tweets.

By James Montgomery

Patrick Stump

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Patrick Stump has never really been the most tech-savvy dude — his social networking presence isn't exactly what you would call robust — so, when he took to his Twitter account late Friday (July 16), it was clearly because he had something important to say.

"This is the first tweet I'm typing myself," he wrote on the page, which, up until this point, had been maintained/updated by someone else. "Gonna clear up some misinformation."

At issue were stories about his upcoming solo album, several of which seemed to insinuate that he'd no longer be playing every instrument on the disc (something he's long maintained), but would be joined on the album by former Taking Back Sunday bassist Matt Rubano and drummer Mike Fasano.

"Matt Rubano is playing in my band,...

The founding members of cult rockers Taking Back Sunday are planning a reunion just weeks after two current members of the band quit. Bassist Matt Rubano and guitarist Matt Fazzi announced their departure from the band on March 29 and now frontman Adam Lazzara is working on "a crazy idea" to reunite the group's original recording line-up for the first time in seven years.

Lazzara tells Billboard.com he's considering reteaming with guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper after a phone chat with Nolan in January. He says, "It was almost like no time had passed between us... There's something to be said for that feeling. I generally missed his friendship."

The original five-piece regrouped in March for a session that resulted in seven new songs. Lazzara adds, "Every day, when we'd be done playing and just hanging out on the porch or something, we'd all kind of look at...

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Warner Bros Records artists Taking Back Sunday have begun work on their fifth studio album. The acclaimed New York rock band has reformed, returning to the original line-up from their 2002 debut Tell All Your Friends, which has sold over one million records worldwide, spawned breakthrough anthem “Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut from the Team)” and launched the band as one of the most influential of its generation.

Vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist Eddie Reyes and drummer Mark O’Connell have reunited with vocalist/guitarist John Nolan and bass player Shaun Cooper, who departed in 2003 after the release of Tell All Your Friends. “This crazy idea came up and once we started exploring it and talking on the phone it was almost like all that time hadn’t passed between us,” explains Lazzara. “Given the history and the years that had passed, I don’t think any of us really...

'There's this excitement and urgency embedded in the songs now,' the frontman says.

By James Montgomery

Adam Lazzara

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Taking Back Sunday's last album was titled New Again, a rather appropriate handle for several reasons, chiefly because they just had replaced singer/guitarist Fred Mascherino with new axeman Matt Fazzi (but also because, over the course of a decade, TBS had shed something like five different members).

So one has to wonder what their next album will be called, because — to the delight of many — they've mended fences with former members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper (and parted ways with Fazzi and bassist Matt Rubano), bringing the band back to their 2002 Tell All Your Friends heyday. Perhaps Old Again?

"Well, having John and Shaun back in the band has nothing to do with any of the old records — it has everything to do with being happy and...

When Taking Back Sunday stopped by the MTV News offices on Monday (to chat with us as well as to visit with Alexa Chung), they were fresh off their latest New York City gig: Live from Macy's in Herald Square. The group played the iconic department store to plug the new clothing line D*Coded, but it also became part of some wish fulfillment for the Long Island natives. "We're trying to play as many iconic New York venues as we can," explained bass player Matt Rubano, noting that they've already got Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall (site of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards) under their collective belt. But what famous New York spot did they jokingly say they're most looking forward to?

Of course, Matthew Fazzi's giant keyboard dominance comes care of a recent incident following a concert in Dublin, Ireland, and he'll remain hobbled for...

Panic at the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French and Asher Roth can't wait to hit the road with reunited trio.

By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Elias

Blink-182

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Blink-182's multi-band summer extravaganza — a.k.a. "the tour that may or may not be called One-Way Ticket to Bonerville" — doesn't kick off until July 24, but it's already a huge deal ... and not just for long-suffering Blink fans, but for the bands Blink are taking on the road too.

Last week, MTV News spoke to Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who called his band's slot on the bill "a dream come true." And as we've spoken to the other acts on the tour — a list that also includes Weezer, the All-American Rejects, Panic at the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French — we've been hearing much of the same.

"We got asked...