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Hajime and his party forge ahead as Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest continues! As previously reported , the third season of the isekai anime adaptation sports a new opening and ending theme with episode 10 of the series. To follow suit, the Overlap label shared the creditless versions of the new songs. Check out the new opening, "Compass" by Void_Chords feat. MindaRyn: And here's the new ending theme, "Metamorphosis" by iScream: Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 Key Visual Based on the light novels by Ryo Shirakome and Takayaki, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest is directed by Akira Iwanaga at studio asread., with series composition by Shoichi Sato, character designs by Chika Kojima and music by Ryo Takahashi. Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes the story: Hajime Nagumo and his high school class are suddenly summoned to a fantastical land as heroes. But...

Petersen Vargas’ latest feature “Some Nights I Feel Like Walking” has released a trailer ahead of its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival this November.

The film follows a group of young street hustlers navigating Manila’s nocturnal underbelly as they embark on a journey to fulfill their friend’s dying wish. Vargas, known for his commercially successful Filipino features, shifts gears with this indie project that explores queer desires and found families.

Vargas’ previous credits include “2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten” (2016), “An Inconvenient Love” (2022), “A Very Good Girl” (2023), and “Un/Happy for You” (2024).

“Some Nights I Feel Like Walking” stars Jomari Angeles (“Ma’Rosa”), Tommy Alejandrino (“GomBurZa”), Gold Aceron (“Metamorphosis”), alongside newcomers Miguel Odron and Argel Saycon. The narrative traces the bonds formed between these characters against the backdrop of Manila’s nighttime streets and the open roads of the Philippines.

Vargas said: “What I want is to offer...

Janet Jackson has announced a new residency at Las Vegas’ Resorts World Theater, starting during New Year’s week and running through February 2025. The residency follows Jackson’s “Together Again Tour,” which launched in 2023 and runs through October, as well as Jackson’s 2019 Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, “Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis.”

The new dates at Resorts World begin on December 30th and conclude on February 15th, 2025. Get your tickets here, and read on for more details, including how to get access to sold-out concerts.

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What Is Janet Jackson’s 2024-2025 Las Vegas Residency?

Billed as “Janet Jackson: Las Vegas,” the pop icon will play 10 shows at Resorts World Theater spread across three months from late December 2024 to February 2025.

She’ll kick off the residency with a pair of New Year’s Eve concerts on December 30th and 31st. Following the holiday, she’ll return...

Meryl Streep is celebrating 10 years of The Writers Lab with the 2024 lineup of female and non-binary screenwriters to watch.

Academy Award winner Streep has funded The Writers Lab since 2014, and the program is still the only offering in the world dedicated exclusively to elevating the work of women and non-binary screenwriters over the age of 40. Nicole Kidman has also supported the Lab, which is the only program in the world for mid-career screenwriters.

This year, the program is working with 14 writers across 12 projects, with Labs now operational in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Europe. The 14 selected women screenwriters will gather in early November in Saugerties, New York to focus on tools and strategies to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of professional opportunities and build sustainable careers.

Each writer will be paired with an established mentor, including returning mentor Susan Cartsonis (“What Women Want”), Lisa Cortés (“Little Richard: I Am Everything...

Doug Ingle, the founding singer and organist of the late Sixties hard rock band Iron Butterfly and the co-writer of the group’s hit “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” has died at the age of 78.

The singer’s son Doug Ingle Jr. confirmed his father’s death on social media (via Blabbermouth), “It’s with a heavy heart & great sadness to announce the passing of my Father Doug Ingle. Dad passed away peacefully [Friday] evening [May 24] in the presence of family.” No cause of death was provided.

Ingle was the last surviving member of Iron Butterfly’s “classic,...

Philip Glass has announced his new album, simply titled Philip Glass Solo, out January 26th via Orange Mountain Music.

The retrospective project sees Glass revisiting some of his most acclaimed piano compositions, which he re-recorded at his home studio during the Covid-19 pandemic. It features “Opening,” which originally appeared on the 1982 album Glassworks; his “Metamorphosis” series; and a reworked version of “Truman Sleeps” from the soundtrack to The Truman Show.

“This record revisits my works for piano. From 2020-2021, I had time at home to practice the works I have played for many years,” Glass said in a statement about the album. “This record is both a time capsule of 2021, and a reflection on decades of composition and practice. In other words, a document on my current thinking about the music.”

He continued, “There is also the question of place. This is my piano, the instrument on which most of the music was written.

American supernatural horror flick, “It: Chapter 2” debuted on top of the South Korean box office after opening in cinemas on Wednesday. The Warner Bros. release earned $3.02 million from 415,000 admissions over its five first days, including $2.28 million between Friday and Sunday. “It,” the first instalment of the series earned a total of $6.15 million from 889,000 admissions in Korea in 2017.

Despite not taking first place, Korean films enjoyed a successful weekend. Another Wednesday opener, animated feature, Lotte Cultureworks’ “Hello Carbot the Movie: Save the Moon” landed in second. It earned $2.05 million over five days, including $1.75 million at the weekend. Melodrama, “Tune in for Love” dropped to third from the previous weekend’s top spot. The Cgv Arthouse release earned $1.69 million for a total of $7.68 million after two weekends.

Cj Entertainment’s long-running “Exit” slipped to fourth. The comedy earned $1.39 million over the weekend to extend its six-weekend total to $65.0 million. In fifth place,...

Rosamund Pike has a penchant for playing determined women navigating oppressive male-dominated environments, from the femme fatale of “Gone Girl” to war photographer Marie Colvin in last year’s “A Private War.” In the latest example, “Radioactive,” Pike delivers a powerful embodiment of another tragic hero named Marie. As pioneering physicist and chemist Marie Curie, Pike delivers a dazzling performance rich with the struggles of a life defined by perilous discoveries and great personal loss. As directed by Marjane Satrapi, — but Pike helps fuse it together.

“Radioactive” sets out to achieve many things at once. It begins as a stodgy period piece, tracking Polish immigrant Maria Sklodowska to Paris in the 1890s, where the medical student is evicted from her lab for using its instruments for eccentric experiments with uranium. However, once she finds an essential partner in crime with Pierre Curie (an understated Sam Riley), she begins to cultivate...

Opening on Wednesday, locally-made melodrama “Tune in for Love” landed on top of the South Korean box office over the weekend. The Cgv Arthouse release earned $4.54 million from 685,000 admissions over five days. Directed by Jung Ji-woo (“4th Place”), the drama depicts the story of a young couple who repeatedly crosses paths and parts ways over 10 years. It stars young stars Kim Go-eun (“Coin Locker Girl”) and Jung Hae-in (Heung-boo: The Revolutionist”).

Korean horror, “Metamorphosis” slipped to second from the previous weekend’s top spot. It earned $2.67 million between Friday and Sunday, for a total of $10.6 million after two weekends on release. Cj Entertainment’s “Exit” remained in third. The comedy earned $2.1 million to extend its five-weekend total to $61.9 million. The top three films accounted for some 60% of the country’s total weekend box office.

“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” slipped to fourth, with a week-on-week drop of 56%. The Upi...

There’s almost no such thing as a perfect horror anthology. By definition, the quality of the stories is going to vary so that even in those beloved anthologies where every segment might be considered good—your Trick ’r Treats and Creepshows, for example—we tend to rank our favorites and least favorites. There’s an old maxim that states that any anthology is only as good as its worst segment, but that’s an ideology to which I’ve never subscribed. My experience has always been that the good segments tend to stand out, while the weaker ones melt away in my memory. The beauty of even an uneven anthology is that each new segment offers a blank slate: a chance to course correct after a weak entry or to build on a strong one.

All of this is to say that Shevenge, the new female-directed horror anthology that recently hit streaming services,...

Locally-made horror thriller “Metamorphosis” debuted on top of the South Korean box office, as it opened in local cinemas on Wednesday. The Acemaker Movieworks release earned $5.63 million from 770,000 admissions between Wednesday and Sunday, including $4.25 million earned over the weekend.

Directed by “The Con Artists” director Kim Hong-sun, the horror flick revolves around a face-changing evil spirit that infiltrates a family. The newcomer accounted for 25% of Korea’s total weekend box office.

“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” slipped to second, as it earned $3.73 million from 494,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday. The Upi release has earned $21.8 million from 2.97 million admissions since its Aug. 14 release. Cj Entertainment’s “Exit” remained in third. The comedy disaster drama earned $3.27 million over the weekend for a four-weekend total of $57.9 million.

Another Wednesday opener, “Jesters: The Game Changers” landed in fourth. The Warner Bros. Korea release earned $3.02 million over five opening days. Directed by “The Grand Heist” director Kim Joo-ho,...

Janet Jackson will reissue several classic albums on vinyl for the first time July 26th via A&m/Virgin/Universal Music. The slate of records includes 1989’s Rhythm Nation 1814, 1993’s janet., 1997’s The Velvet Rope and 2001’s All for You. The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will also re-release the vinyl version of her 1986 smash Control, which first dropped in June, while its 1987 follow-up, Control: The Remixes, will receive its first vinyl release after arriving digitally for the first time in May. All records are available to pre-order.

Think that three-carat cushion-cut diamond engagement ring that Matthew Koma just gave Hilary Duff is impressive? That beauty is nothing compared to Hilary's net worth. Ever since she relocated to Hollywood at the tender age of 6 to begin her acting career, the former Disney Channel starlet has been raking in revenue from TV shows, movies, albums, novels, and fashion lines, even earning the 72nd spot on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2007 for making $12 million that year alone. But that was so yesterday - how much is the 31-year-old Younger star worth now? Let's break it down.

After playing several small roles in movies like Playing by Heart, Casper Meets Wendy, and The Soul Collector, Hilary got her big break in 2001 when she was cast as the titular character in Disney Channel's mega hit TV show Lizzie McGuire. The show ran for two seasons and 65 episodes, even inspiring a movie in 2003 that grossed over $55 million worldwide.

Janet Jackson is loved in Las Vegas .... and that couldn't be clearer from the opening night of her residency. Janet performed Friday night to a packed house at the Park Theater at the MGM. The show is part of her tour -- "Metamorphosis." Her set list is awesome -- "Nasty," "Escapade," "Miss You Much," "Free Xone." "Throb," "All Nite (Don't Stop) You," "Trust A Try," "Rock With U," "When We Ooo," "That's the Way Love Goes,...

Amazon Prime Video is out with its list of new titles coming in June, and it includes the new Jonas Brothers movie, “Chasing Happiness.” Featuring never-before-seen footage of the brothers’ younger years, the film offers long-time JoBros fans a personal look at Nick, Joe and Kevin’s journey to success, from a family struggling to make ends meet to their ascent to pop stardom. The Amazon Original is out June 4, just ahead of the band’s comeback album, “Happiness Begins,” out June 7.

Another June highlight is “Yardie,” which is directed by Idris Elba and set in ’70s Kingston, Jamaica and ’80s Hackney, London. “Yardie,” which will be released on June 17, centers on the life of a young Jamaican man named D who has never fully recovered from the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. Dispatched to London where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne and his daughter who...

Janet Jackson is heading to Sin City. The 52-year-old singer announced on Tuesday she's launching a three-month residency at Park MGM's Park Theater in Las Vegas. The show, Metamorphosis, promises to peel back the layers of the five-time Grammy winner's private life— from her childhood all the way through her acclaimed career. "Fans will follow her path to self-love, empowerment, motherhood and activism, amidst the challenges faced along her personal journey," a press release stated. "She encourages her audiences to find their own light within themselves through her Metamorphosis." Not only will the concert series provide "electrifying visuals"...

If you’re like me and love showcasing your love of the genre through the artwork you adorn your walls with, then today’s installment of Daily Dead’s Holiday Gift Guide should be right up your proverbial alley. We’re shining the spotlight on several familiar sites that have some excellent horror and sci-fi themed prints and original art that pay tribute to some of the greatest cinematic genre films of all time. Also, we’re featuring several new sites (and artists) that I’ve come across this year, as there just seems to be an endless array of talent out there that I’m hoping more folks will discover.

And while the holiday season might be all about the spirit of giving, I don’t think Santa will be too mad if you end up doing a little shopping from this handy guide for yourself, so be sure...

Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Vladimir Durán's So Long Enthusiasm (2017), which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing from July 5 - August 4, 2018 as a Special Discovery.It’s become almost commonplace to observe that Kafka’s novella Metamorphosis isn’t about an ugly-looking bug, but instead about the inner workings of a family in a time of crisis. When we can’t depend on the support of others, what personal inner resources might we reveal?A similar question drives the Colombian filmmaker Vladimir Durán’s feature debut, So Long Enthusiasm (2017), in which members of a tight-knit family—three sisters in their 20s and an eleven-year-old boy, Axel (Camilo Castiglione)—find themselves cooped up in their apartment in Buenos Aires, with guests and friends coming and going, as their mother, Margarita (Rosario Bléfari) convalesces, locked up in her bedroom.“Dysfunctional...

Chris Allcock Mar 27, 2019

We voyage back to the world of tomorrow in search of Futurama’s most obscure and intelligent moments…

You don’t have to be trapped in a cryostasis pod for time to pass unnervingly quickly. Instead, why not just remind yourself that it’s been close to twenty years since we hung out with the Planet Express crew!

Luckily, the dry spell of Matt Groenig characters ended in 2018 with Netflix's Disenchantment, an animated series that’s set to do for fantasy what Futurama did for science-fiction. Still there's no replacement for the original, pure, uncut Futurama. That was a show staffed by writers with degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, who gleefully plumbed the depths of their geekdom for obtuse references to delight a tiny fraction of the audience. Here are a few of the most esoteric examples…

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Feast your eyes this Valentine's Day on a livestream horror movie marathon featuring some of Scream Factory's cult classic films for free. Also in this round-up: a new teaser for A&E's Damien, The Girl in the Photographs release details, a gallery of images from 6:66 Pm, and release date / trailer for Nailed Down.

Love Is in the Scare Livestream: Press Release: "Have no fear, love is in the scare. This Valentine’s Day, ditch the roses and keep the box of chocolates for yourself while you watch Love Is in the Scare, a marathon of Scream Factory classics streaming free on Sunday, February 14th, from noon to midnight Pt at loveisinthescare.com.

Brace yourself for 12 hours of heart-stopping shocks from seven terrifying films including the Shout! Factory TV premiere screenings of Beyond Darkness, Ghosthouse, Metamorphosis, Nomads, Class of 1984, Witchery and The Editor. The marathon event serves as...

Scream Factory’s new Blu-ray release of two Italian films from 1990, the mad scientist creature feature Metamorphosis and the haunted house movie Beyond Darkness, may very well be the first time many horror fans have ever heard of either movie. The major common factor between the two is the presence of actor Gene Lebrock as the lead in both. In fact, these movies represent two of his seven credited acting roles, which means that by picking up Scream Factory’s double feature Blu-ray disc, you will effectively own more than 20% of Gene Lebrock’s filmography. It’s important to set goals.

In 1990’s Metamorphosis, he plays Dr. Peter Houseman, a brilliant scientist trying to perfect a serum that will stop the aging process. In order to test his experiment, Houseman administers the serum to himself and before you can say “Brundlefly,” begins undergoing a… what’s the word?… not “change”… not “transformation”… at any rate,...

Scream Factory's unleashing Italian-crafted scares on Blu-ray today with their double feature release of Metamorphosis / Beyond Darkness, and to give you an idea of what to expect, we have clips and trailers from the high-definition horror films.

"Metamorphosis (1989, Rated R)

First up is the science-fiction/horror of Metamorphosis! When his experiments in genetics are mocked by his colleagues, maverick scientist Dr. Peter Houseman takes extreme measures to prove that his untested anti-aging serum works. Injecting himself with his miracle "cure," he soon experiences a terrifying change within himself that threatens not only the lives of those around him, but also his own sanity. From cult cinema mainstay George Eastman, Metamorphosis proves that nightmares may change, but fear is forever!"

Beyond Darkness (1990, Not Rated)

Next, take a terrifying trip into a world beyond fear, beyond belief… Beyond Darkness. When a man of God and his loving family move into a new house,...

The last week of August features an eclectic array of titles that should be of interest to horror and sci-fi fans. In order to give viewers a chance to revisit last season before the next run of the series begins in October, Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing season five of The Walking Dead on Blu-ray and DVD this week. Scream Factory has put together another killer cult classic double feature with their Blu-ray presentation of Metamorphosis and Beyond Darkness, and for those of you Clive Barker enthusiasts out there, you’ll finally have a chance to own the Master of Horror’s visionary short films, Salome and The Forbidden, for the first time ever this Tuesday.

Other titles arriving on August 25th include Blu-ray releases for The Sender and Student Bodies from Olive Films, newer indie horror films like Beg, Morbid and Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer, and both Jacob...

A professor's gruesome transformation and a house haunted by sinister spirits are showcased in Scream Factory's Metamorphosis and Beyond Darkness double feature Blu-ray. With the double dose of Italian horror hitting shelves tomorrow, we've been provided with three copies to give away.

"Metamorphosis (1989, Rated R)

First up is the science-fiction/horror of Metamorphosis! When his experiments in genetics are mocked by his colleagues, maverick scientist Dr. Peter Houseman takes extreme measures to prove that his untested anti-aging serum works. Injecting himself with his miracle "cure," he soon experiences a terrifying change within himself that threatens not only the lives of those around him, but also his own sanity. From cult cinema mainstay George Eastman, Metamorphosis proves that nightmares may change, but fear is forever!

Beyond Darkness (1990, Not Rated)

Next, take a terrifying trip into a world beyond fear, beyond belief… Beyond Darkness. When a man of God and his loving...

Scream Factory's unleashing Italian-crafted scares on Blu-ray today with their Ghosthouse / Witchery double feature, and later this summer they'll release more Italian horror on Blu-ray with their Metamorphosis / Beyond Darkness double bill.

Press Release: "A double feature of insane Italian horror awaits you… On August 25, 2015, Scream Factory proudly presents Metamorphosis and Beyond Darkness, two tales of scary supernatural shenanigans both on Blu-ray for the first time!

First up is the science-fiction/horror of Metamorphosis! When his experiments in genetics are mocked by his colleagues, maverick scientist Dr. Peter Houseman takes extreme measures to prove that his untested anti-aging serum works. Injecting himself with his miracle cure, he soon experiences a terrifying change within himself that threatens not only the lives of those around him, but also his own sanity. From cult cinema mainstay George Eastman, Metamorphosis proves that nightmares may change, but fear is forever!

Next, take a terrifying trip into a world beyond fear,...