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Interview: ‘Crystal Lake’ Cast and Creator on the Reimagining of Pamela Voorhees
Horror fans are booking their fateful stays at Crystal Lake. The new Peacock series goes back to the 1970s to tell the backstory of people’s favorite hockey-masked slasher, Jason Voorhees (Callum Vinson). But instead of focusing on Jason, the series shifts to his mother, Pamela Voorhees, played to bloody perfection by Linda Cardellini. During this […] More
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Interview: ‘Wicker’ Stars Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård on Just How Much Fun That Shoot Was
One of the biggest surprises of Wicker is just how much fun it is. That fun isn’t just something viewers experience, as I learned when talking to the movie’s stars, Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård. They had a blast making this film, as did pretty much everyone involved. You can see it too in the […] More
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Why ‘You Can See Everything’ is a Legitimate Best Picture Contender
Last weekend, audiences finally got to see what pundits like yours truly have been raving about since the Telluride Film Festival. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim‘s You Can See Everything opened in theaters, taking in a phenomenal $15.6 million in only 855 theaters. This weekend, the film goes wide and may well challenge Clayface for […] More
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Interview: ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Filmmaker Noah Segan Chats About Making His Wonderful Movie
Noah Segan has truly outdone himself with The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. The actor, probably best known as Kid Blue in Rian Johnson‘s Looper, turned writer and director, has one of the films of 2026 in this wonderful character study. The movie, centered on a towering turn from John Turturro, has been impressing […] More
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Interview: Celebrating Ten Years of the ‘Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’ Theme
The mobile gaming market accounts for the most lucrative sector of the global video game industry, and with that success has come an entire cultural history of iconic games, characters, and musical themes. Fans of the popular Mobile Legends: Bang Bang game, which boasts over 1.5 billion registered players across more than 190 countries, know […] More
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Interview: Tyler Posey Talks Joining ‘Line of Fire’ and How His Character Fits into the Story
Episode 5 of Line of Fire, “Cul-de-Sac,” introduces NSA agent Brandon Hayes, portrayed by Tyler Posey, who developed a close friendship with Russell Hollingsworth (Taylor Bloom) while serving together in the Marines. “I just think that my character, Brandon, is a really important character for Russell because Micah has Mike, Clare has Jane, and Russell’s […] More
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Interview: Writer Ajon Singh Describes the Process of Penning ‘Primetime’
There are a lot of ways that someone could have made a film about Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator. For writer Ajon Singh, he chose to pen a movie unlike anyone else would have even attempted. That director Lance Oppenheim, as well as producer and star Robert Pattinson, shared that vision, speaks to […] More
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Interview: Composer Denise Santos Debuts Personal New Single ‘Full Circle’
Emmy-winning composer Denise Santos has lent her musical talents to everything from nature docs (Primates, Island of the Sea Wolves) to award-winning short films (Taga, KAYA), often pulling from her Filipino roots to develop a sound that also recalls elements of pop, rock, and orchestral music. Her latest single “Full Circle” marks the most personal […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of October 19th – The Complete Works of Stanley Kubrick Comes to Criterion Alongside ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, there’s a couple of great Criterion Collection releases to highlight. One is The Complete Kubrick, which collects everything that Stanley Kubrick ever made. The other is Jonathan Demme‘s Best Picture winner The Silence of the Lambs, getting a wonderful 4K treatment. Today also features I Want Your […] More
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Why Do They Keep Promoting This Slop That No One Wants?
Last week, Variety ran a totally-newsworthy-and-not-shameless-advertising-for-AI-slop article about the upcoming film Merry the Christmas Witch, with the article going out of its way to note the most unique aspect of its production: [Producer Tom] Walsh tells Variety he loved the idea of a Christmas witch and was eager to adapt the title. But when he […] More














