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The Vatican is a place that’s known to be shrouded in secrecy, and the sudden death of a pope leads to an intense and hardly known process to re-elect another spiritual leader. Edward Berger’s political thriller, Conclave, takes us behind the doors of this procedure, in a world of alliances and betrayals.

John Lithgow in Conclave | Credits: House Productions

With a stellar cast like Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow, Berger brought Robert Harris’ 2016 novel to life. But the twist in the end has sparked a conversation, and even experts have weighed in their opinion.

Understanding Conclave’s shocking climax and Megyn Kelly’s disapproval A still from Conclave | Credits: House Productions

In Conclave, the College of Cardinals has to elect a new pope, and Cardinal Thomas Lawrence is the dean who is tasked with overseeing this process. The candidates put forth a spectrum of ideologies, like being liberal,...

Disney+ is moving forward with its upcoming series Vision Quest, and some surprising names are attached. The show will bring back the Marvel android, but that’s not the only thing getting attention. The people behind the camera are just as interesting as what’s happening on screen.

Three directors will take charge of the series, each bringing their own touch. Terry Matalas, known for his work on Star Trek: Picard, will not only serve as showrunner but also direct. Alongside him, Christopher J. Byrne and Vincenzo Natali are set to helm episodes.

These two have been involved in major projects before, with Byrne having worked extensively in the Star Trek universe and Natali known for directing the sci-fi horror film Cube.

With this lineup, it’s clear that Marvel and Disney are pulling from both science fiction and horror influences. That could mean Vision Quest will have a unique look and feel,...

Chris Evans hung up his shield, but should he really stay retired? With Avengers: Doomsday, rumors have been swirling about a potential return. But let’s be real: if Evans steps back into the Marvel sandbox, there’s only one role that makes sense. And no, it’s not Captain America.

Chris Evans in Avengers: Endgame | Credit: Marvel Studios

Marvel’s multiverse madness has already brought back familiar faces in unexpected ways, so why not take things up a notch? If Evans is coming back, it’s time to embrace the chaos.

Chris Evans’ return? Only one role makes sense – Captain Hydra Chris Evans as Captain America in Civil War | Credits: Marvel Studios

Reports say Chris Evans is set to don the Captain America suit again in Avengers: Doomsday, though Marvel hasn’t confirmed it. After Endgame, Steve Rogers was older, retired, and done with hero life. But if he’s coming back,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Dexter: Original Sin episode 5.

Dexter: Original Sin episode 5, "F Is For F**k-Up" reveals a massive and unexpected twist about Harry and Dexter Morgan. After a strong Dexter: Original Sin premiere and a vintage double-episode release with episodes 2 & 3, the Dexter: Original episodes 4 and 5 continue to make impressive and entertaining strides for the series. Dexter: Original Sin episode 5 narrows its focus on Harry's backstory through multiple timelines.

The cast of Dexter: Original Sin is led by Patrick Gibson as the new titular protagonist alongside newcomers Molly Brown, Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Dexter: Original Sin episode 4 extends the great momentum of episode 3 after Dexter takes out his second killer, Tony Ferrer, and Nurse Mary in the premiere episode. New episodes of Dexter: Original Sin release every Friday exclusively on Paramount+.

Dexter: Original Sin Season 1 Episode 5 Reveals That...

While we use movies as an escape from reality, 3D films take this escapism into a whole new dimension, quite literally. Thanks to 3D technology, filmmakers have the freedom to give their audience an immersive experience and bring them into their fictional world. While directors like Martin Scorsese praise this advancement, Christopher Nolan challenges the view and admits that 3D filmmaking is simply not up his alley.

Christopher Nolan | Credits: Raph_PH, Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Known for making films that are larger than life, Christopher Nolan has made it clear that he is not interested in making films for the 3D world, at least not anytime soon. Maybe when things change for the better in the future regarding 3D filmmaking, Christopher Nolan might give it a go.

Christopher Nolan says no to 3D filmmaking Christopher Nolan’s Inception (2010) | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

As someone who thrives on grandeur,...

It’s the holiday season which means tons of free time by the fire. If you’re looking to fill your time with horror, Vizio has left you a Pandora’s Box under the tree filled with all the most terrifying Free titles sure to keep your heart racing this December!

WatchFree+ will fill your season with shrieks of delight as you enjoy the chills of 13 horror classics, including Screambox’s #Amfad: All My Friends Are Dead and Santastein!

Also streaming for free are The Lake, Open Water, The Golem, The Crazies, Cube, Lake Placid, Stir of Echoes, An American Werewolf in London, Silent Hill: Revelation, and cult classic Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

WatchFree+ has thousands of free premium movies and shows that can be streamed on demand on Vizio TVs, or Anyone can enjoy titles like these and more using the Vizio mobile app! All you need is a free...

Jujutsu Kaisen's third season has one big problem lying ahead, but Jojo's Bizarre Adventure has shown how it can be overcome. Jujutsu Kaisen's manga and anime have already been lavished with praise. It almost feels redundant to say that the anime will make the manga more accessible and digestible, because that's typically the case. To that end, I wrote the book on why it's a great idea to read Jujutsu Kaisen's manga instead of awaiting adaptation. Jujutsu Kaisen is phenomenal as it is, in every form.

But it could be better. There's one key problem that many battle shōnen have in common—and I can't help but worry that it's hurt the anticipation for Jujutsu Kaisen's upcoming third season. Things in Jujutsu Kaisen's anime are at a vital juncture: Jujutsu Kaisen 0 centerpiece Yuta Okkotsu just got tasked with executing Yuji, all the Jujutsu High buddies...

James Wan’s Saw turns 20 this year and is back in cinemas. A look at one of the most influential horror films of all time:

There’s a comparitively small group of horror films that have, one way or another, changed the genre. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Night Of The Living Dead, The Blair Witch Project and Psycho have all left their mark, but more recent films aren’t always considered to be as impactful as the genre’s older offerings.

Yet, today’s horror landscape would look very different without James Wan’s Saw, which debuted in cinemas in October 2004 and recently returned to UK cinemas to mark its 20th anniversary. Saw kickstarted the so-called torture porn subgenre of horror along with Eli Roth’s Hostel, but it also brought in a whole new approach to the genre. What if the killer wasn’t just sadistic, but also...

It’s time to scream with Screambox.

If you’re a horror fanatic looking for a streaming service that speaks your language, come on down into the dark where no one can hear you scream(box). Sorry, I had to do it. But seriously, with Screambox, horror reigns supreme—no romantic comedies to interrupt your nightmares, no feel-good comedies to spoil the fun. From cult classics and eerie indie treasures to exclusive content like “Crackcoon,” “Bloody Bites” and much more, Screambox is a virtual haunted house packed with enough chills to keep you up at night. Whether you’re looking for an offbeat slasher or a dark, twisted supernatural thriller, Screambox is a must-have streaming service for fear junkies looking for their next scare. Here’s everything you need to know about Screambox.

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As The Platform 2 climbs the Netflix charts, it’s reigniting conversations about its intense exploration of class disparity and survival. This gripping sequel builds upon the themes that made the original film a phenomenon, pushing viewers to confront the uncomfortable realities of society’s hierarchies. If you’re intrigued by the psychological tension and moral dilemmas presented in The Platform 2, then you won’t want to miss the eight compelling films below. Each one complements the sequel’s themes, offering a unique lens on human behavior under extreme circumstances, and guaranteeing an enthralling movie night that will keep you thinking long after the credits roll. So without a further delay, let’s have a look at the movies like Netflix’s The Platform 2. 1. Snowpiercer (2013)

Directed by Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer plunges viewers into a frozen dystopian future where the remnants of humanity live aboard a train that endlessly circles the globe.

The themes of entrapment and the fight for survival in a manufactured environment have become recurrent narrative tropes in 21st-century cinema. While Vincenzo Natali’s “Cube” (1997) put a sci-fi spin on the survival quest of a group of strangers, the Japanese action thriller “Battle Royale” and similar iterations (including the hit Netflix series “Squid Game”) found grim sociopolitical parallels to our contemporary dog-eat-dog world. The winsome young adult stories like “Hunger Games” and “Maze Runner” put a dystopian cloak to the survival game tales. Then there were also richly allegorical dystopian visions in movies like “The Snowpiercer” and “The Platform.” The latter of the two – from Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia – felt like an assortment of familiar sociopolitical elements ensconced within this familiar narrative, but it offered unique twisty visual delights and an ever-deepening metaphor for social inequality.

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“The Platform 2” is a movie directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia starring Milena Smit, Hovik Keuchkerian, Natalia Tena y Óscar Jaenada.

Dive into the harrowing depths of “The Platform 2,” a nightmarish odyssey exploring themes of struggle, social justice, and religion across 333 torturous levels. This brutal allegory masterfully portrays life, social stratification, indoctrination, societal norms, and humanity’s ceaseless quest to quell an insatiable hunger. As the much-anticipated sequel to the 2019 Netflix hit, “The Platform 2” loses some of the original’s shock value but compensates with superior technical prowess and a well-crafted script, making it a worthy successor in a genre-defying cinematic landscape.

The film stands out at a technical level, showcasing the director’s adept use of cinematic tools to immerse the audience in a surreal, harrowing nightmare reflective of the human condition.

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The story plunges us into an unsettling experiment where prisoners inhabit various levels of a vertical prison.

Marvel's newest superhero officially emerges, as Phil Coulson, the consummate S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, returns from the dead bearing a new Infinity Stone just in time for Thanos to lead the Avengers into an Infinity Watch crossover. This shocking turn instantly transformed the iconic MCU character into a Marvel powerhouse. Now, he has finally unleashed his powers, showing fans precisely what he's capable of.

Incredible Hulk 2024 Annual #1 contained the back-up story, "The Death Stone Saga, Chapter Six" written by Derek Landy, with art by Sara Pichelli where Phil Coulson decides to finally put his new Marvel powers to use. When Nighthawk threatens the life of Nick Fury, the wielder of the most powerful Infinity Stone decides to use his powers to threaten Nighthawk's in return.

Readers and Coulson, for that matter still don't exactly know what Coulson can or can't do with his newfound power, but as...

B-movies are cult classics, typically low budget films in genres like horror, sci-fi, and action, with campy charm and creative premises. Directors like Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson excel at making small budgets stretch, turning B-movies into pop culture phenomena with creative talent. Films like "Cube," "Hardware," and "Tremors" showcase the unique and diverse offerings of B-movies in the 90s, ranging from horror to sci-fi.

The humble B-movie is something of a lost art form in the modern era, with the 1990s possibly being the last great decade for the genre. "B-movies" refer to any film with a miniscule budget that wrings entertainment out of cheap thrills, action, stupendous gore, and sex appeal. Usually living in the realm of science fiction, horror, action, or martial arts movies, these types of films fulfill a cult niche with their unmistakable campy charm. While the 80s had their own best B-movies, the 90s...

Isn’t it astonishing how an iconic role can catapult an actress into the limelight, only for her to seemingly vanish like a needle in a haystack afterward? Such is the case with Natalie Dormer, who rose to prominence playing Margaery Tyrell, a shrewd noblewoman on Game of Thrones.

However, in the explosive finale of Season 6—a highlight that left fans reeling—Dormer’s charismatic queen meets a fiery end, ejecting the actress from the Game of Thrones roster.

Natalie Dormer in Game of Thrones (2011) | HBO

But Dormer did face her share of qualms, such as the particularly awkward sequence where she had to seduce the boy-king Tommen Baratheon. Isn’t it ironic that the actress had previously seduced Brad Pitt’s character in The Counselor without any regrets?

The Game of Thrones Plot Twist That Frustrated Natalie Dormer

Natalie Dormer, the queen of complexity of HBO’s Game of Thrones,...

Robert Griffin III seems to be confirming the rumors that he was fired from ESPN today.

News broke on Thursday (August 15) that the 34-year-old commentator and former NFL quarterback had been let go. He covered football for the network and had two years remaining on his contract. Fellow commentator Sam Ponder was also fired in what’s being called “budget moves,” according to insider Andrew Marchand.

Rgiii, a former Heisman Trophy winner, has now reacted to the news.

Keep reading to find out more…

He posted a clip from the 1995 Ice Cube movie Friday on his X account where the character Mr. Jones asks, “How the hell you gonna get fired on your day off?” Ice Cube‘s character Craig responds, “I don’t know.” Stay tuned as we learn more.

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Canadian director Vincenzo Natali's Cube has become a cult phenomenon, now restored in 4K by the Canadian Film Centre. A precursor to the Saw franchise of deadly games, Natali's sci-fi horror pitched the premise of strangers waking up in a giant cube structure, made up of over 17,000 cube-shaped rooms. To escape, they must navigate the labyrinthine structure and avoid triggering the deadly traps contained inside each cell. At this year's Fantasia International Film Festival, Natali was bestowed with the Canadian Trailblazer Award.

The filmmaker's work has not always been met with popular appeal, but he has never sought to repeat himself. After Cube, he directed two feature films in quick succession, beginning with the sci-fi espionage film Cypher (2002), before merging sci-fi and surrealist comedy in Nothing (2003). Then, he shifted back towards Cube's darker tones, coupling sci-fi with horror in Splice (2009), and...

Stephen King movies have been with us almost as long as Stephen King books — King's first novel "Carrie" became a film two years after it hit bookshelves. And while the adaptations have been coming steadily since the '70s, King movies and TV shows experienced something of a boom in the 2010s. This was primarily due to 2017's film adaptation of "It," which became a horor blockbuster, hauling in $701.8 million at the box office. Suddenly, everyone wanted to be in the Stephen King business again, and the aftermath of "It" saw a wealth of adaptations get the green light. This trend hasn't died out, either — new King adaptations continue to come our way. A long-delayed take on "Salem's Lot" is due out on Max later this year, and film adaptations of the King short stories "The Life of Chuck" and "The Monkey" are both on the horizon.

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I wonder what exactly went behind conceiving a movie like The Abandon and then actually making it! If we only go by the idea of it, the sci-fi thriller, directed by Jason Sutterlund, can’t be termed bad, per se—even if it borrows from tons of other things, mainly from Cube (1997) and Buried (2010), both much superior films. But the issue here is that this one, despite having an interesting story, feels like a slog. Ninety-seven minutes feels like an eternity. There are only two things that can be blamed here: the writing is bland as hell, and lead actor Jonathan Rosenthal is no Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hardy, or even Ryan Reynolds; no offense. What’s even worse is that the payoff in the end is unsatisfying. I’m all for an ambiguous ending, but this one feels like nothing but a gimmick. However, I’m still going to make...

Warning: contains spoilers for…well, loads of stuff.

Before we start this article, we need to deliver possibly one of the most comprehensive spoiler warnings in the history of the site, as this article will contain spoilers for Doctor Who series 14, The Twilight Zone episodes “Five Characters in Search of an Exit”, “To Serve Man”, “Nothing in the Dark”, “Death Ship”, “Judgement Night”, “The Hitch Hiker”, “Eye of the Beholder”, the Black Mirror episodes “Playtest” and “Hang the DJ”, and the movies, Existenz, Vanilla Sky, The Thirteenth Floor, The Usual Suspects, Planet of the Apes, The Village, Citizen Kane, Memento, The Others, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club and the books La Planète des singes, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Cinderella, and the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan.

Twist endings have always been a bit of a double-edged sword. When they land right, they’re brilliant and clever and beloved,...

Vincenzo Natali's 1997 film "Cube" takes place entirely inside a strange, unexplained high-tech ... prison ... of some sort. It is constructed of cube-shaped cells with hatches on all four walls, the floor, and the ceiling. Each hatch leads into an identical cell, only distinguished by its colored lights and a series of cryptic numbers etched into the doorways. Random cells throughout the structure are armed with deadly booby-traps. There are no bathrooms, no food, and no water. Six strangers find each other in this prison wearing identical jumpsuits, unsure how they arrived there or why they have been imprisoned. They slowly begin to decipher the numbers to determine which rooms have traps and which ones do not. Naturally, they all slowly begin to go mentally deteriorate.

"Cube" was produced for a modest $350,000 (Canadian), but its intriguing "Twilight Zone" premise and taut direction allowed it to catch on as a cult hit.

The 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 18th through August 4th at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screens and events at Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. Last month, the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening this year, and now the second wave has been unveiled!

With this second wave announcement, we learn that Cube director Vincenzo Natali has been chosen to be the recipient of the Candadian Trailblazer Awards this year, while the line-up of films includes the Elijah Wood comedy Bookworm, the Kit Harington werewolf movie The Beast Within, a movie called Scared Shitless, the 1815-set blockbuster epic The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Soul Eater.

Here’s the information on the second wave of titles (and the Canadian Trailblazer...

Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its second wave of titles, which includes the world premiere of Ant Timpson’s “Bookworm” as the opening night film. This year’s edition, the 28th for the festival, will run from July 18 to August 4. More titles will be announced July 3.

Other world premieres included in the line-up are “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), which follows a young girl as she starts to question her atypical life in her family’s compound in England, and makes a shocking discovering about her dad; and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain,” with director Kenji Nakamura reviving the thrills of the original anime.

“Bookworm” stars Elijah Wood (“Yellowjackets”) and Nell Fisher (“Evil Dead Rise”). The official logline reads, “Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a...

Vincenzo Natali nearly died while making his first movie, “Cube.”

Made on a shoestring budget, his 1997 psychological horror only had one practical set — a huge, boobie-trap-filled cuboid prison to house the film’s action and drama — and at one point, it nearly fell on him.

Thankfully, it didn’t. But the bad luck didn’t stop there. By the time he’d finished making his genetically modified body-horror “Splice,” the process had proven so difficult, drawn-out, and stressful that it had turned the then-40-year-old director’s hair gray.

“It was like having a child,” Natali, laughing, told IndieWire as his cult-hit creation turns 15. “If I didn’t care about the movie as much as I care about my own children, my hair wouldn’t have turned gray. It’s because I wanted this thing to exist so badly. Making [‘Splice’] was so stressful, it made me sick. I had something no doctor could identify,...

Everyone loves the Muppets. That is simply a truism in life, for anyone with a working pulse and a healthy joy gland. And so therefore everyone loves Jim Henson, the godlike creator/inventor/father figure of the whole Muppet project, whose creations — the colourful ensemble of goofy, absurdist, felt-based marionette-puppets — have become a beloved staple of film and television for seven decades.

This is a lovely feature-length documentary portrait of the Muppet man, as gentle and warm-hearted as the legend himself, if not exactly challenging or overly probing. It comes from director Ron Howard, these days as much a documentarian as anything else (in the last decade he has made roughly as many nonfictional films as he has fiction). Howard gives the piece some sparky, peppy visuals, via animated flourishes — Henson’s personal sketch book comes to life at one point — and a visual backdrop for its talking heads nodding to The Cube,...

Anant-Radhika’s Lavish Cruise Wedding, Tillu Cube Delays, Kalki 2898 Ad Director’s Invite To Elon Musk – Today’s Top Trending News. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

In the midst of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s luxurious cruise pre-wedding bash, Shah Rukh Khan might have accidentally revealed his next film title. Bhanushali Studios is celebrating a big win with a 3-film deal, while Randeep Hooda is honouring Veer Savarkar on his birthday. Jackie Shroff just secured a legal victory protecting his personality rights. Fans will unfortunately have to wait until 2025 for Tillu Cube’s release, but Pushpa 2 promises a chart-topping song with “Sooseki”. Finally, the director of Kalki 2898 Ad is extending an invitation to Elon Musk for a futuristic ride in his film.

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Bollywood Sets Sail for Anant-Radhika’s Lavish Cruise Pre-Wedding Bash!

The pre-wedding festivities for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant continue!

Hiro Mashima’s Edens Zero manga is set to conclude in just five more chapters. This significant announcement indicates that the final chapter, i.e., chapter 292 will be published in issue 29 of Weekly Shonen Magazine.

As of now, the manga has 287 chapters.

The conclusion of Edens Zero follows the revelation made earlier this year that the manga had entered its final arc in the combined issue #4/5 of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine.

The manga has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine since June 2018, with its chapters collected into thirty-one tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.

The manga is published digitally in six other languages as they are released in Japan, with Kodansha USA licensing the series for English publication in North America on Crunchyroll, Comixology, and Amazon Kindle.

An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from April to October 2021. A second season aired from April...

Sunday Connections are here and today's groupings shouldn't cause too much trouble for seasoned players of the game. There is always a chance though that you could get caught up on an incorrect selection and lose your attempts. Luckily, if you need a little helping hand, we've got some hints and full-blown spoiler answers for you.

If you find yourself getting stuck too often on incorrect groupings, there is an easy way to reset your brain while playing Connections. Simply using the Shuffle button can help out when you get stuck. Mixing around the words will often help you see other combinations you may not have noticed before.

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These 1980s Peanuts comics are iconic, with relatable themes like sports mishaps, friendship, and school struggles. Peanuts has always had a timeless appeal, as seen in these strips celebrating their 40th anniversary. From Snoopy's basketball skills to Peppermint Patty's overwhelmed mind, these comics capture universal experiences using beloved characters.

The 1980s are the decade of the Rubik's Cube, MTV, and some of the funniest Peanuts comics that were ever published. Peanuts had been going strong for thirty years in the 1980s, showing no signs of slowing down. Now celebrating their 40th year, the comics published in 1984 remain iconic and notable strips of the classic Charles Schulz property. For instance, a fan favorite moment from Snoopy's Beagle Scouts was captured in April 1984, continuing to be enjoyed 40 years later.

It is no easy task to make entertainment whether in the form of comic strips, music, film, or any other medium that stands the test of time.

UK production company Randan, Scottish slang for ’raucous partying’, is launching in Cannes with a slate of productions and backing from the UK Global Screen Fund.

It has been formed by Scotland-based producers Reece Cargan, founder of Bombito, and James Heath, managing director of commrcials outfit Mtp, where he will remain as exec producer for commercials work.

Three projects are in post-production: Rada Leonora’s In The Morning Light, about the life of surrealist artist Leonard Carrington. Mtp had been co-producing the film alongside Lena Vurma’s Dragonfly Films, Meli Melo Cultura & Piano (Mx), Digital Cube (Ro), and Skye Film; Polly Findlay’s Midwinter Break,...

We learned earlier this week that “Hannibal” creator Bryan Fuller is no longer the showrunner of A24 and Peacock’s Friday the 13th TV series “Crystal Lake,” with A24 choosing to “go a different way with the material.” What does that mean? It means A24 is still planning on bringing a Friday the 13th series to life, but the overall vision will likely change.

Kevin Williamson (Scream, Sick) had been on board to write an episode of the “Crystal Lake” series, and Williamson took to Twitter today to tease some of those original plans.

Williamson writes, “Bummin’ hard, so sorry I won’t be a part of what would have been an epic Bryan Fuller show. Your pilot was so beautifully realized. A gorgeous portrait of a mother unraveling in her grief. Not to mention bloody horrific!”

He adds, “I was so looking forward to our hour long chase episode!

ABC’s Not Dead Yet is no longer living up to its title.

The network has canceled the comedy, which stars Gina Rodriguez, after two seasons. Not Dead Yet drew the smallest audience of ABC’s three half-hour comedies this season, averaging about 3.2 million viewers in Nielsen’s seven-day ratings (which don’t include streaming).

The cancellation leaves ABC with just two comedies on its 2024-25 schedule for the moment — Abbott Elementary, which is going into its fourth season, and The Conners, which is ending with its seventh. The network also has a pair of comedy pilots starring Tim Allen (Shifting Gears) and Ty Burrell (Forgive & Forget) but likely won’t make decisions on either one until after next week’s upfronts.

Created by David Windsor and Casey Johnson, Not Dead Yet stars Rodriguez as Nell Serrano, who takes a job as an obituary writer after her life falls apart.

Reba McEntire, the undisputed Queen of Country, officially joined “The Voice” as a coach during its 24th installment in Fall 2023. She is a three-time Grammy winner who had a history on the singing show, as she previously served as the mega mentor for every coach in Seasons 8 and 23, and helped out Blake Shelton during Season 1. Now that the Season 25 blind auditions, battles and knockouts have wrapped up, can Reba prevail for the first time on NBC’s reality TV show?

Tour our gallery above (or click here for direct access) for a closer look at Team Reba McEntire on “The Voice” Season 25, including photos, bios and artist rankings. Also see our features for Team Chance the Rapper, Team Dan + Shay and Team John Legend.

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1. Asher HaVon (3-chair Turn)

Age: 31

Hometown: Selma, Al

Resident: Houston, TX

Growing up in Selma, Ala., Asher was surrounded by gospel singers.

Sanguis bibimus! Corpus edimus! In a partnership between Mutant, Hollywood Records, and 20th Century Films, the haunting soundtrack to "The First Omen" can soon be yours on vinyl. The prequel to Richard Donner's 1976 masterpiece, director Arkashsa Stevenson's most excellent "The First Omen" is the rare example of a legacy film done right, and what /Film's Witney Seibold described in his review, as "a film of dank, bloody, spittle-flecked dread, made no less powerful by the foregone conclusion." Donner's original film shocked audiences upon release and is believed to this day to be a cursed film, but Stevenson's prequel film had to fight with the MPA to avoid an Nc-17 rating, so the franchise tradition of scaring the squares is alive and well.

"The Omen" was scored by Jerry Goldsmith, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Score, but took home the "Best Original Song" statue for the movie's theme "Ave Satani,...

Vincenzo Natali mapped his brilliant, uncompromising vision in the 1997 sci-fi horror "Cube," a film that has retained its cult status over the years. Natali's work has always been rather unconventional within the ambit of the horror/thriller genre, where entries like "Cypher" and "Splice" embrace these eccentric sensibilities, focusing purely on the nuances of storytelling. "Cube" also follows a rather high-concept premise, where six individuals are thrown into a deadly and bizarre game of life and death, leaving little to no space for standard moral considerations. It is a film that challenges our understanding of how humans function within spaces that defy societal constructs, such as a death maze that demands the opening of doors to areas that defy logic with alarming mathematical precision.

"Cube" could have been yet another run-of-the-mill horror offering that relied on brutal shock effects for scares, but Natali evades such trappings by focusing minutely...

Marina Sirtis enjoyed reuniting with her fellow Star Trek actors in Picard season 3, despite not considering it her best work. Deanna Troi played a crucial role in unlocking secrets and piloting the USS Enterprise-d in the second half of Picard season 3. Sirtis compared her performance as Troi to Jonathan Frakes' role as Riker, finding the experience fun but not her best work.

Marina Sirtis doesn't consider her performance as Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: Picard season 3 to be her best work, but she enjoyed her reunion with her fellow actors from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Deanna was crucial to Picard season 3's second half as her Betazoid empathy literally unlocked the door in Jack Crusher's (Ed Speleers) mind that revealed the Borg were season 3's true villains. Troi also heroically piloted the USS Enterprise-d to rescue Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Captain Worf (Michael Dorn), and her husband,...

Director Vincenzo Natali's "Cube" is a movie that has earned its place in horror history. Released in 1997 (and more recently remade in Japan), the film was ahead of the curve in several ways, particularly when it came to its ridiculously brutal kill scenes. Anyone who has seen the movie will probably tell you that no kill scene is quite as memorable as that of Alderson's. Played by Julian Richings, he ends up being cut into, well, cubes. Turns out, this impressively gross kill was accomplished with practical visual effects.

The most recent edition of SFX Magazine did a retrospective on "Cube" and Natali provided some insight for the piece. For those who may need a refresher, the film centers on a group of strangers who wake up and find themselves in a giant cube. Each of them has a special skill and they must work together to escape the massive maze of deadly traps.

Most Trekkies will be able to tell you that Robert Wise's 1979 film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" wasn't as big a success as Paramount had hoped. The film is famously slow-moving, aiming for cosmic grandeur and hefty evolutionary themes over the then-popular whizzbang action of "Star Wars." "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry oversaw the production of "Motion Picture," and the overall tepid response left him in Paramount's bad graces. This was in addition to multiple delays in filming, the production going over budget, and those common studio spats so often classified as "creative differences." According to William Shatner (as he wrote in his autobiography "Star Trek Movie Memories"), Roddenberry was essentially fired from the production of any potential sequel for "Motion Picture" as a result of all the drama, and the Great Bird of the Galaxy was given the faraway and somewhat demeaning title of "executive consultant" on any future productions.

When Jack Frost is nipping not just at your nose but seems to be clawing straight for your soul, it’s time to turn up the heat with some horror movies that promise more than just chills from the weather. Tubi is here to rescue those long, dark winter nights with a collection of horror flicks that are as free as they are frightful.

From the depths of psychological terror to the heights of supernatural suspense, here are the top 10 bone-chilling tales available on Tubi this winter!

Epic Pictures 10. Benny Loves You (2019)

Starting at the lighter end of our horror spectrum is Benny Loves You. Imagine if your Teddy Ruxpin turned into Chucky. This film proves that adulthood can be terrifying, and getting rid of childhood toys could literally be the death of you. It’s dark comedy gold with a plushy, murderous twist.

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The combination of sci-fi and horror opens up new realms of terror, from killer robots to alternate realities. Lesser-known sci-fi horror films like Cube and High Life offer unique and thought-provoking storylines. Sci-fi horror films like Under the Skin and Event Horizon deliver creepy atmospheres and masterful performances.

With numerous sci-fi-horror films on streaming platforms, it's easy to overlook some hidden gems in the genre that are a must-watch. The combination of sci-fi and horror often works seamlessly, as science-fiction elements open up new realms of terror to be explored. These films can include killer robots, menacing aliens, futuristic technologies with dire consequences, and even alternate realities that are devastating to humanity.

The combination of these two genres can lead to stories on a grand scale, like space exploration or even smaller narratives that take place in a single room. The sub-gernre's boundless possibilities have given rise to iconic films like Alien,...

I’m thirty-plus entries into Revenge of the Remakes and have finally reached an original/remake pair where neither is American. Vincenzo Natali’s Cube (1997) is a maple-scented product of Canada’s independent filmmaking scene, while Yasuhiko Shimizu’s 2021 remake hails from Japan. You’re free of rants about stale Americanizations and Hollywood’s sometimes shortsighted approach to horror remakes. Welcome to a wholly international edition of my column that’s, in comparison, outside the box. I’m honestly surprised Japan beat us to a Cube remake in a post-Platinum Dunes world — although Bloody Disgusting’s Brad Miska reported Lionsgate was taking new Cube pitches as of May 2022. Don’t be surprised if a domestic project surfaces soon.

It’s a tale of two geometrical prisons influenced by cultural horror norms. Natali aligns with genre-bending Canadian minds like David Cronenberg, whereas Shimizu leans toward more operatic and soapy Japanese storytelling.

The horror TV genre has become increasingly popular and successful, paving the way for adaptations of horror movies for the small screen. The Innocents, Midsommar, The Shining, The Ring, It Follows, A Quiet Place, Cabin in the Woods, The Blair Witch Project, and Cube are all horror movies that have the potential to be adapted into compelling TV shows. TV adaptations of these movies could explore darker themes, offer more character development, and provide a deeper exploration of the storylines and lore of the original films.

With the increasing popularity of horror TV shows, many movies in the genre should be considered for a small-screen adaptation. Though it started out less abundant than its movie counterpart, the horror TV genre has been a mainstay since the 1940s. Iconic shows like The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery paved the way for modern shows like American Horror Story and Slasher. Nowadays, horror...

The official Bloody Disgusting merchandise store is now live on Blurr Machine, and we just launched a brand new Bloody Disgusting Logo Hoodie (Unisex) for the winter season.

Additionally, we’re excited to launch our holiday sale this week, which will give you 25% Off your Blurr Machine order sitewide. All you need to do is use the code HOLIDAY23.

You can apply that code to anything in the shop, whether you want to grab the brand new Bloody Disgusting hoodie, our logo t-shirt, or even our limited Halloween 2023 t-shirt.

We’re also currently selling Bloody Disgusting enamel pins and sticker packs through Blurr Machine, along with physical media releases of our most popular Screambox titles.

The Terrifier 2 Special Edition Pack, for starters, features Damien Leone’s slasher sequel on 4K Ultra HD, along with a Signed Poster plus lobby cards and a Terrifier 3 pin.

And yes, you can use the...

Exclusive: Emmy winner Brad Garrett is set as a new series regular opposite Gina Rodriguez in the upcoming second season of ABC’s comedy series Not Dead Yet.

From creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson, Not Dead Yet is based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. It follows Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a broke and newly single self-described disaster who writes obituaries at her local newspaper alongside her best friend and her nemesis boss. The twist…she can see the dead people she’s writing about, and they offer her life advice – whether she wants it or not.

Garrett will play Duncan Rhodes, the owner/publisher of the SoCal Independent newspaper, among many other successful businesses. He is also the father of Nell’s boss Lexi (Lauren Ash). Duncan is a total master of the universe. He has exuberant confidence and charisma and at the...

Some movies with limited budgets may fall short due to inadequate production value, preventing them from achieving greatness. Low-budget films sometimes fail to fully realize their ambitious visions due to financial constraints, leaving them as adequate but not exceptional. Additional funding could have transformed good movies into masterpieces, enhancing elements like casting, special effects, missing scenes, or the overall aesthetic, resulting in a more immersive and memorable cinematic experience.

Some movies are just good enough to be enjoyable but lack the production value required to make them truly great — a problem usually stemming from an insufficient budget. These movies may have a moment with terrible special effects that take the viewer out of the immersive cinematic experience, or perhaps the limited budget caused something essential to be missing. If only the studios had spent a little more, they could have wound up with brilliant masterpieces instead of merely adequate films.

Art the Clown will return to theaters with a blood-soaked vengeance when Damien Leone's Terrifer 3 haunts theaters on October 25th, 2024, and as an early holiday gift for horror fans, the first teaser video and poster for the anticipated sequel have been unveiled, featuring Art the Clown delivering Christmas Eve carnage in Miles County!

Below, you can unwrap the teaser video and poster (by Uncle Frank Productions), and we also have the official press release with additional details on Terrifier 3:

Art the Clown decks the halls with human entrails in the Terrifier 3 teaser from Cineverse, Bloody Disgusting, and Screambox. The preview debuted exclusively in theaters with the re-release of Terrifier 2 on November 1, which came in at #5 in gross box office.

From writer-director Damien Leone, Terrifier 3 hits theaters nationwide on October 25, 2024. Art the Clown will unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they...

The official teaser for Terrifier 3 debuted exclusively in movie theaters on November 1, and Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have now brought the controversial footage online!

From Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting, Damien Leone’s hotly anticipated Christmas slasher sequel Terrifier 3 slices into theaters across North America on October 25, 2024.

Watch the official teaser below, which finds a little girl discovering Santa Claus in her living room on Christmas morning. Of course, it’s not actually Santa… it’s Art the Clown.

And he’s about to deck the halls with chunks of bodies…

In the third installment of Leone’s franchise, Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.

Terrifier 3 arrives in theaters just over two years after Terrifier 2, which was released theatrically on October 6, 2022. The ultra-gory, 138-minute unrated film ravaged theaters...

It’s Friday the 13th so today is the perfect day to check out Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive), currently streaming on Screambox!

The film calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.

Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.

Gory and glorious, We Might Hurt Each Other is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema. Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers take what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore.

The bloody Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).

Check out the trailer below.

The fourth and final episode in the must-see four-part Screambox Original series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is now streaming on Screambox. The fourth episode is a blast, celebrating the timeless cult classic’s staying power. Watch it now!

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, director Paul Verhoeven & more.

In Episode 1, “Destination Delta City,” take a deep dive into the making of the sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop. Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them, have signed up for a turbulent and career-defining ride.

In Episode 2, “Verhoeven’s Mantra,” with the production in full swing,...

Starfield gives you tons of options to build your ship to resemble iconic sci-fi vessels, including the ominous space station of the parasitic robots from Star Trek: The Next Generation known as The Borg Cube. The infamous location where countless members of the United Federation of Planets were assimilated, this machine can be tricky to recreate. Even the simple design of the Cube requires plenty of effort.

To get started customizing your own ship, buy parts from a Ship Technician, an Npc you can find at pretty much any landing zone on civilized planets. New Atlantis, Neon, and Akila City are a few of many spots where you are able to spend your Credits on various pieces to a vessel's design. Finding more ship parts in Starfield is essential to putting together your own craft that looks exactly the way you want it to.

How to Make The Borg Cube...