Twenty-four minutes into the long-awaited documentary “The Phenomenon,” director James Fox foreshadows its final act with a look back at what happened outside Australia’s Westall School in 1966. That’s when several hundred students came swarming out of their classrooms upon hearing about a disc-shaped UFO stunting in broad daylight over the power lines near the
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One of the most exciting projects premiering at the brand new Nightstream Film Festival this month (October 8-11) is Frank & Zed, a DIY passion project from Portland-based filmmaker and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard. The all-puppet horror movie was made over a period of seven years, “filled to the bloody brim with long-forgotten ancient secrets, a towering cursed
There’s a cathartic moment on LUNA AURA’s new EP, THREE CHEERS FOR THE AMERICAN BEAUTY: about halfway into the project’s riotously fun array of campy, guitar-fuelled rock songs, the singer-songwriter pauses for a split second on ‘TALKING TO ME’, then lets out a piercing scream. It’s a very familiar type of scream, one that AURA seems
First of all, I’ve got to hand it to Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 Episode 9. They managed to play the Star Trek movie tropes in an all-in, no-holds-barred, hilarious manner while still paying homage to those films which, for their time, were the pinnacle of epicness. Secondly, regarding Mariner’s epiphany about herself, CALLED IT.
Exclusive Shia LaBeouf allegedly transformed into a bully and thief over the summer … and now he’s being charged over it. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the “Honey Boy” star and a man got into some kind of verbal altercation that turned physical back in June in L.A. Our sources say after the dust-up
Singer-songwriter Tori Martin summons the spirit of a country queen in her performance for The Boot’s Guest Room Sessions. “What would Dolly do?” she asks in this song; press play above to watch. Faced with heartache and hardship in both her career and her personal life, Martin finds herself thinking about the one and only Dolly
EXCLUSIVE: Gerard Butler’s latest action thriller Greenland will not be playing at U.S. movie theaters as the pic’s studio ErosSTX pivots the feature for a Premium Video On-Demand release sometime in the fourth quarter. STX will control the PVOD window on the Ric Roman Waugh-directed movie. Additionally, we can tell you first, that HBO has shelled
Spooky season officially starts today, and while many people wait to decorate their homes until a little closer to Halloween, Kylie Jenner has already completely decked out her mansion. She gave a tour last night on her Instagram Story of all her lights and decor. It’s very impressive, with many little and giant festive touches:
Universal Pictures has enlisted the help of Idris Elba to tame a wild Beast, with Deadline reporting that Elba will star in the survival thriller that pits man against hungry lion. Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Adrift) will direct the film. Deadline notes, “Plot details are vague other then it being in the vein of The Shallows
The area of online education has taken leaps and bounds in the last year, mainly thanks to COVID-19 rearing its head. The idea of online education has been around for over twenty years, although the earliest models of virtual classes were incredibly limited at the time. In recent years they’ve changed considerably, but it’s only
When was the last time a book made you laugh out loud? For me it was last week, when I was reading Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. I am admittedly very late to the David Sedaris game, but I’m playing catch up at a rapid pace. I read the book in a
In Blumhouse’s continuation of the cult hit The Craft, an eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers. Written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, the film stars Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine, with Michelle Monaghan and David Duchovny. Blumhouse and
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Congressman Dwight Evans says President Trump was out of line with his jab at Philadelphia, and thinks that lashing out is gonna backfire on him come Election Day. The U.S. Representative went to bat for his home district — which includes West Philly — when we got him in D.C.
“Ain’t no big deal, it’s just Armageddon,” Travis Tritt flippantly sings in his bluesy, Southern rock-flavored new single, “Ghost Town Nation.” It’s a fun-loving retelling of Hank Williams Jr.‘s “A Country Boy Can Survive,” focusing on all the ways that country folks can thrive during uncertain times. The song invites listeners to leave a troubled society
Lil Rel Howery and I are nervously laughing over the fact that no one in Atlanta seems to be taking COVID-19 seriously. “It’s almost shocking when you first get here,” he says during a recent phone call. “You’re like, ‘did I miss something?’ People look at you crazy when you got a mask on, like
Mac Davis had a number of his songs recorded by Elvis Presley, most famously the 1969 tale of inner-city poverty “In the Ghetto.” The vivid depiction of social inequality was a Top 3 hit for Elvis and became as synonymous with the latter part of his career as “Suspicious Minds.” But for all its importance
Most fans of Japanese monster cinema will, at some point, find out about G-Fest; the annual Godzilla convention held in Chicago, Illinois. For many U.S. fans, it’s a regular pilgrimage and cherished event. For international fans, it’s sometimes felt just out of reach. With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, G-Fest was cancelled for 2020, and fans
We had been hearing rumblings about a “Nightbreed” television series for the last several years, and Clive Barker himself has revealed tonight in a chat with Coming Soon that Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is on board to direct! “It’s exciting, after 30 years, to go back to these characters