The IFC Films documentary MLK/FBI from filmmaker Sam Pollard (Two Trains Runnin’, Eyes on the Prize) makes its debut in select theaters today as well as on demand. The release aligns with Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18 and it is super relevant to America’s wild inequity and racist treatment of the Black community —
On Wednesday morning, Willie Nelson, 87, fired up his car at his Spicewood, Texas, ranch and headed to a drive-up clinic in nearby Cedar Park to receive his Covid-19 vaccination shot. “We’re lucky,” Nelson’s wife Annie tells Rolling Stone. “We made sure that [he] wasn’t cutting anybody — in fact, the healthcare workers were kind
Kingsley Ben-Adir had less than two weeks to prepare for the role of Malcolm X in One Night In Miami before filming began in New Orleans. He spent most of that time waking up before sunrise and drilling the script into his memory, studying Malcolm’s dialect and consuming audiobooks and films on the revolutionary leader.
RELATED STORIES In the 13 years since Iron Man first hit theaters, Marvel Studios has established quite well its ability to nail a big-budget popcorn movie. The proof, outside of gargantuan box office numbers, is right there in those Avengers: Endgame audience reaction videos that circulated last spring; Marvel’s got the best action scenes in
In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on January 15, 2020: shame, Drunk Tank Pink UK post-punk outfit shame have released their sophomore album, Drunk Tank Pink, via Dead Oceans. Produced by James Ford, the follow-up to their 2018 debut Songs of Praise was partially informed by the
Some sad news tonight, as we’ve learned that veteran actor Peter Mark Richman has passed away at the age of 93. Variety reports that he passed in Woodland Hills, California today. Horror fans will recognize Peter Mark Richman for his role as Charles McCulloch in 1989’s Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, the
Twenty-nine years ago today (Jan. 15, 1992) was an unforgettable day for Johnny Cash: It was on that date that Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, proving that his music defies genre limits. Lyle Lovett inducted Cash during 1992’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, explaining that the
Macaulay Culkin has just one word for the petition calling for the removal of Donald Trump‘s scene in ‘Home Alone 2’ … SOLD!!! Macaulay, best known as Kevin McAllister in the insanely popular 1992 Christmas comedy, says he’s most definitely on board with leaving POTUS on the cutting room floor … after last week’s deadly
Take a walk down Memory Lane with us… There have been so many exciting, revolutionary and innovative beauty product launches and trends emerging over the past 20 years, it’s positively dizzying. From the rise of highlighting and contouring techniques, to the global popularity of multi-step skincare inspired by K-beauty, to the launch of Rihanna’s industry-disrupting
As Ben Franklin said, the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Of course, if you’re a superhero, you really only have to worry about taxes. Comic book deaths are more like a long vacation in a remote mountain cabin: it may be rough, and you may not be able to contact your loved
Exclusive Mossimo Giannulli wants to finish off his prison sentence from the comfort of his own crib … and he says it’s all due to how the pandemic is impacting his time behind bars. Lori Loughlin‘s husband says he’s already spent 56 days in solitary at California’s FCI Lompoc as a result of the prison’s
Herman Cohen’s Target Earth is an underrated ‘50s invader film. While far from the heights of Earth vs. The Flying Saucers or Invasion of the Body Snatchers (both 1956), Target Earth nonetheless deserves a renewed consideration. Its character studies are striking; and the ideas it plays with are often poignant. Nora King (Kathleen Crowley) wakes up to an empty Chicago. Wandering the streets,
505 Games are kicking off 2021 right with free DLC for their hit spiritual successor to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night. Available today on PC and consoles, the DLC adds two new game modes, including a crossover with Raw Fury’s Kingdom: Two Crowns. “Classic Mode” was announced during Bloodstained’s
Not every celebrity chooses to keep politics and their public life separate. While many will only privately support presidential or local political candidates, others will loudly bang the drum, so to speak, for or against someone in particular. In fact, at least one country superstar seemingly turned tweeting messages against a specific politician into a full-time job. Flip through the
For Kevin Feige, though, that moment (and the footage) means something else. To him, it’s a reminder of the communal experience of enjoying a movie together, like so many of us did for Avengers: Endgame, but haven’t in a long while thanks to the theaters being shutdown. Feige told CinemaBlend:
HBO Max has basically become the center for blockbuster films this year and a new Anne Hathaway film sets to be the next to join the line. The ‘Locked Down’ movie trailer for the upcoming HBO Max original teases a movie that is not at all what it appears to be. Starring Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Run Hide Fight is a Die Hard-esque film about a school shooting in America. This is always going to be a touchy subject, and was recently screened at the Venice Film Festival. Run Hide Fight follows a high school sieged by a quartet of live-streaming school shooters when one young girl, 17-year-old Zoe Hull, uses her wits and
Netflix unveiled their 2021 slate of movies today, comprised of 70 original movies, and one that stood out to me was the all-star cast suiting up for the film ‘Don’t Look Up’. The streaming service unveiled a sneak peek at their film slate with footage from several of their new projects, which ends with the
Writer/Director Sam Levinson teams up with Zendaya and John David Washington for an achingly romantic drama in which a filmmaker (Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya) return home following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what’s sure to be imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships
Directed by Michael Fimognari Screenplay by Katie Lovejoy Based on the novel by Jenny Han Produced by Matt Kaplan Starring Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart, Ross Butler, Madeleine Arthur with Sarayu Blue and John Corbett ‘To All The Boys: Always And Forever’ is the next installment in the film adaption series. Senior year of high school takes
Back in September 2020 before election results were announced (and baselessly questioned), Believe in Better merchandise was launched in support of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, urging everyone to vote. Designers from Thom Browne to Carly Cushnie backed the campaign in support of the candidates. Now that the inauguration is on the
WandaVision is the first live-action episodic Marvel series to debut on Disney+, and it’s a bold swing from the studio that brought you Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther, and so many more. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany return as their MCU characters, Wanda/Scarlet Witch and Vision, in a bizarre new world that pays homage to sitcoms
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In 2008, the United States Defense Intelligence Agency gave $22 million to the exotic science division of Las Vegas billionaire Robert Bigelow’s space startup — Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, or BAASS — to study “breakthrough technologies” and UFOs. A Debrief investigation, including new unredacted internal documents, illuminates some of the odd history of this
Perfume Genius has announced Immediately Remixes, a new album featuring reimagined versions of each track from last year’s Set My Heart on Fire Immediately by different artists. The collection arrives February 19 via Matador and includes remixes by A. G. Cook, Jenny Hval, Boy Harsher, Nídia, Danny L Harle, Actress, Katie Dey, and more. Today, Perfume Genius
Looking a bit like Ti West’s Trigger Man, Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth and Ryûhei Kitamura’s Downrange, the Swedish survival thriller Red Dot is coming to Netflix just in time for Valentine’s Day. How does this relate to a romantic holiday, you ask? In the film, “David and Nadja attempt to rekindle their relationship on a romantic hiking trip to the
Maren Morris and Canadian singer-songwriter JP Saxe sing a songwriter’s love song in “Line By Line,” their new duet, released on Wednesday (Jan. 13). The two co-wrote the song with Jimmy Robbins. In “Line By Line,” Morris and Saxe admit, “There are things that I sing that I’ll never have the confidence to say” — for example,
Warner Bros is moving The Many Saints of Newark from March 12 to Sept. 24. New Line is releasing. Remember, WarnerMedia announced that its entire 2021 slate is going theatrical and HBO Max at the same time, but big chains like AMC are negotiating terms on a film by film basis. So that means not everything Warners
Hiss Golden Messenger seek “shelter in the storm” on their new song “Sanctuary,” which the North Carolina band released Wednesday. “Feeling bad, feeling blue/Can’t get out of my own mind,” frontman M.C. Taylor sings on the track. “But I know how to sing about it.” “This song is, as far as I can tell right
Exclusive Post Malone is making sure hospital workers working on the pandemic frontlines are comfortable while spending hours on their feet by gifting thousands of pairs of his custom Crocs. The Post Malone x Crocs Duet Max Clog II are still sold out after hitting the market last month, but Posty is pulling strings to