Starz has announced the movies and TV shows that will be available on the service in May. The Starz May 2024 schedule includes the finales of the limited series Mary & George and season three of Bmf.
On the film front, Starz is the exclusive streaming home to the latest installment in The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which joins the Starz app this month along with several other notable titles, including Outlaw Johnny Black, Manodrome, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Silent Night, and Nope.
Starz continues to be the home for franchise favorites with Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge, as well as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers all joining the Starz app this month.
Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with an Aquaphobia movie marathon on Starz Encore, beginning Saturday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. with aquatic thrillers such as Jaws,...
On the film front, Starz is the exclusive streaming home to the latest installment in The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which joins the Starz app this month along with several other notable titles, including Outlaw Johnny Black, Manodrome, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Silent Night, and Nope.
Starz continues to be the home for franchise favorites with Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge, as well as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers all joining the Starz app this month.
Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with an Aquaphobia movie marathon on Starz Encore, beginning Saturday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. with aquatic thrillers such as Jaws,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. died of a lung condition, according to his death certificate obtained by TMZ. The actor died in Santa Monica on March 29 at the age of 87.
According to the report, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Copd), was the main cause of death, TMZ says, with heart failure and atrial fibrillation contributing factors.
A cause of death was not known at the time of Gossett’s passing last month.
His family announced the death in a statement on March 29: “It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning.” It continued, “We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.”
The first Black actor to win a Best Supporting Oscar, Gossett was born on May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn. He made his stage debut at 17 in a school production of You Can’t Take It with You...
According to the report, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Copd), was the main cause of death, TMZ says, with heart failure and atrial fibrillation contributing factors.
A cause of death was not known at the time of Gossett’s passing last month.
His family announced the death in a statement on March 29: “It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning.” It continued, “We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.”
The first Black actor to win a Best Supporting Oscar, Gossett was born on May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn. He made his stage debut at 17 in a school production of You Can’t Take It with You...
- 4/19/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Long Game released April 12, 2024.
Dennis Quaid is a man I grew up with. As a child I watched his films on repeat with a select few being near weekly viewings. In a way, he was my unconventional babysitter. Through Jaws 3D, Inner Space, Enemy Mine and Dragonheart I was whisked away to magical lands and instilled with a lifelong fear of sharks that haunts me to this day. So, when I was given the opportunity to speak with him about the positively charming The Long Game, I jumped at the chance.
Based on the novel Mustang Miracle, the film tells the true story of the San Filipe Mustangs. They were a group of Mexican-American teenagers in the 1950’s who stood up to racism through their love for the sport of Golf. Dennis Quaid plays the team’s coach, Frank Mitchell. You can check out my review of the film here.
Dennis Quaid is a man I grew up with. As a child I watched his films on repeat with a select few being near weekly viewings. In a way, he was my unconventional babysitter. Through Jaws 3D, Inner Space, Enemy Mine and Dragonheart I was whisked away to magical lands and instilled with a lifelong fear of sharks that haunts me to this day. So, when I was given the opportunity to speak with him about the positively charming The Long Game, I jumped at the chance.
Based on the novel Mustang Miracle, the film tells the true story of the San Filipe Mustangs. They were a group of Mexican-American teenagers in the 1950’s who stood up to racism through their love for the sport of Golf. Dennis Quaid plays the team’s coach, Frank Mitchell. You can check out my review of the film here.
- 4/12/2024
- by Joshua Ryan
- FandomWire
Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first black man to win a supporting actor Oscar for his memorable role as the drill sergeant in An Officer And A Gentleman, has died. He was 87.
“It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning,” the family shared in a statement after the actor passed away in Santa Monica. “We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.”
Gossett Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 27, 1936. He was a promising sportsman until...
“It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning,” the family shared in a statement after the actor passed away in Santa Monica. “We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.”
Gossett Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 27, 1936. He was a promising sportsman until...
- 3/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
Louis Gossett Jr., the celebrated An Officer and a Gentleman actor who became the first Black man to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87.
“It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning,” the actor’s family said in a statement Friday (via CNN). “We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.” No cause of death was provided.
Over an onscreen career that spanned seven decades,...
“It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning,” the actor’s family said in a statement Friday (via CNN). “We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.” No cause of death was provided.
Over an onscreen career that spanned seven decades,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Well, this is a bummer. The great Louis Gossett Jr., star of An Officer and a Gentleman, Roots, Diggstown, Jaws 3D, Iron Eagle, and so many more classics, has died at age 87. According to his obit in THR, no cause of death was immediately revealed, but the actor was treated for prostate cancer in 2010, and also battled Covid-19 back in 2020.
If you grew up in the eighties and nineties, Louis Gossett Jr was one of those faces you saw everywhere. He was in high demand as a character actor, winning an Oscar for playing Richard Gere’s tough but compassionate drill instructor in An Officer and a Gentleman. If you haven’t seen that movie in a while or remember it as a sappy romantic drama, I’d urge you to watch it again. It’s actually a pretty gritty, R-rated drama, and it climaxes with a nifty martial arts battle between Gossett and Gere,...
If you grew up in the eighties and nineties, Louis Gossett Jr was one of those faces you saw everywhere. He was in high demand as a character actor, winning an Oscar for playing Richard Gere’s tough but compassionate drill instructor in An Officer and a Gentleman. If you haven’t seen that movie in a while or remember it as a sappy romantic drama, I’d urge you to watch it again. It’s actually a pretty gritty, R-rated drama, and it climaxes with a nifty martial arts battle between Gossett and Gere,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Last month, it was announced that Melissa Moore’s autobiography Shattered Silence, which previously inspired the podcast Happy Face, is getting a Paramount+ streaming series adaptation that’s also titled Happy Face. Annaleigh Ashford – whose credits include B Positive, American Crime Story, and Masters of Sex – had already signed on to star in the series at that time, and now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Dennis Quaid, whose long lists of credits includes the likes of The Day After Tomorrow, Innerspace, Frequency, and Jaws 3D, will be playing a serial killer on the show.
Happy Face will see Ashford taking on the role of Melissa, who at age 15, discovered that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer known as “Happy Face.” As an adult, she has changed her name and guarded her secret while her father has been serving life in prison. Melissa is drawn back into her...
Happy Face will see Ashford taking on the role of Melissa, who at age 15, discovered that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer known as “Happy Face.” As an adult, she has changed her name and guarded her secret while her father has been serving life in prison. Melissa is drawn back into her...
- 2/16/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Whenever the future is depicted in movies, it is generally a dark, depressing dystopian future where something happens in our present that sets forth the collapse of our society. Even Disney is not immune to showing us a future where Earth is no longer inhabitable (the beloved Wall-e). But occasionally, a movie shows a future that doesn’t look so bad—one with self-lacing shoes, 19 Jaws movies and flying cars. Of course, if we are being technical, this movie is also in the past. It’s time for us to hop in our DeLorean, generate the necessary 1.21 Jigowatts and travel to the futuristic world of October 21, 2015, as we take a look at what Back to the Future Part II got right and wrong about the future of technology… from eight years ago!
Coming off the success of the original Back to The Future, writer/ director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale and Producer Steven Spielberg,...
Coming off the success of the original Back to The Future, writer/ director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale and Producer Steven Spielberg,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
Pictured: Hulk, The Mummy, The Karate Kid, Kung-Fu Panda
A New Year means lots of removals from Netflix and January 1st is looking busy, with over 100 movies set to leave the service already. Below, we’ll be keeping track of all the Netflix departures for the first month of 2024.
First, a few housekeeping notes as to how Netflix removals work before we dive in. Due to licensing agreements, shows and movies added to Netflix aren’t added forever. Instead, they’re essentially rented for a fixed period. All the shows below have their current window on Netflix ending and will likely be bound for a rival streaming service.
We list titles slightly differently from other outlets, with our listings being the actual day of removal. If you want to watch any titles scheduled to expire on January 1st, for example, you’ll need to watch by the end of December 31st.
A New Year means lots of removals from Netflix and January 1st is looking busy, with over 100 movies set to leave the service already. Below, we’ll be keeping track of all the Netflix departures for the first month of 2024.
First, a few housekeeping notes as to how Netflix removals work before we dive in. Due to licensing agreements, shows and movies added to Netflix aren’t added forever. Instead, they’re essentially rented for a fixed period. All the shows below have their current window on Netflix ending and will likely be bound for a rival streaming service.
We list titles slightly differently from other outlets, with our listings being the actual day of removal. If you want to watch any titles scheduled to expire on January 1st, for example, you’ll need to watch by the end of December 31st.
- 12/31/2023
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
"Jaws" is an immortal classic, but decades on from its 1975 release, several of the movie's principal players have left us. Peter Benchley, the source novel's author and the film's co-writer turned shark conservationist, passed in 2006. Robert Shaw, who played the shark-hating fisherman Quint, died in 1978, a mere three years after the premiere of "Jaws." Shaw still left his mark on film history thanks to his masterful monologue about Quint's experience during the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
Of course, the biggest winner of "Jaws" was director Steven Spielberg, who entered the production of "Jaws" as a scrappy young upstart and turned it into his first rung while climbing the Hollywood lader. Spielberg is the most influential American filmmaker of his generation and the ones that have followed. He's never lost his magic touch either, so we can only hope and pray he stays with us even longer.
In the years since then,...
Of course, the biggest winner of "Jaws" was director Steven Spielberg, who entered the production of "Jaws" as a scrappy young upstart and turned it into his first rung while climbing the Hollywood lader. Spielberg is the most influential American filmmaker of his generation and the ones that have followed. He's never lost his magic touch either, so we can only hope and pray he stays with us even longer.
In the years since then,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Cyber Monday is here with even more deals on horror 4K UHDs, Blu-rays, collectibles, and more. Some Black Friday sales are still active, other prices have come down even more, and a bunch of new items have been discounted. Here are this year’s Cyber Monday highlights.
Amazon 4K Uhd Deals:
Assassin’s Creed – $5.99 Maleficent – $7.43 Terminator 2 – $7.99 Suicide Squad – $7.99 Reservoir Dogs – $9.33 John Wick: Chapter 2 – $9.33 Evil Dead Rise – $9.49 The Lost Boys – $9.49 Poltergeist – $9.49 The Blackening – $9.49 Jurassic Park – $9.49 Nope – $9.49 Get Out – $9.99 The Batman – $9.99 Zack Snyder’s Justice League – $9.99 The Suicide Squad – $9.99 Dune – $9.99 The Shawshank Redemption – $9.99 Jaws 2 – $9.99 Everything Everywhere All At Once – $9.99 Edge of Tomorrow – $9.99 Highlander – $9.99 Battlestar Galactica – $9.99 Warcraft – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 King Kong (2005) – $10.44 Serenity – $10.49 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – $10.99 Ip Man – $10.99 Train to Busan – $11.21 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – $11.49 Parasite – $11.49 The Goonies – $11.49 Full Metal Jacket – $11.49 The Shining – $11.99 Dr. Strangelove – $11.99 Us – $11.99 Bram Stoker’s Dracula – $11.99 Nobody – $11.99 The Fifth Element – $11.99 The Dark Crystal – $11.99 Halloween Kills – $11.99 Halloween Ends...
Amazon 4K Uhd Deals:
Assassin’s Creed – $5.99 Maleficent – $7.43 Terminator 2 – $7.99 Suicide Squad – $7.99 Reservoir Dogs – $9.33 John Wick: Chapter 2 – $9.33 Evil Dead Rise – $9.49 The Lost Boys – $9.49 Poltergeist – $9.49 The Blackening – $9.49 Jurassic Park – $9.49 Nope – $9.49 Get Out – $9.99 The Batman – $9.99 Zack Snyder’s Justice League – $9.99 The Suicide Squad – $9.99 Dune – $9.99 The Shawshank Redemption – $9.99 Jaws 2 – $9.99 Everything Everywhere All At Once – $9.99 Edge of Tomorrow – $9.99 Highlander – $9.99 Battlestar Galactica – $9.99 Warcraft – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 King Kong (2005) – $10.44 Serenity – $10.49 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – $10.99 Ip Man – $10.99 Train to Busan – $11.21 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – $11.49 Parasite – $11.49 The Goonies – $11.49 Full Metal Jacket – $11.49 The Shining – $11.99 Dr. Strangelove – $11.99 Us – $11.99 Bram Stoker’s Dracula – $11.99 Nobody – $11.99 The Fifth Element – $11.99 The Dark Crystal – $11.99 Halloween Kills – $11.99 Halloween Ends...
- 11/27/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Get your holiday shopping done early with Black Friday sales on horror 4K UHDs, Blu-rays, apparel, and more. These discounts are live as of this posting, except where noted, so act now!
Amazon 4K Uhd Deals:
Assassin’s Creed – $5.99 Knives Out – $7.99 Terminator 2 – $7.99 Interstellar – $7.99 Maleficent – $8.07 Reservoir Dogs – $9.33 Get Out – $9.99 Nope – $9.99 The Blackening – $9.99 The Batman – $9.99 Zack Snyder’s Justice League – $9.99 The Suicide Squad – $9.99 Knock at the Cabin – $9.99 Dune – $9.99 Blade Runner – $9.99 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – $9.99 The Shawshank Redemption – $9.99 Jurassic Park – $9.99 Jaws 2 – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – $9.99 Everything Everywhere All At Once – $9.99 Edge of Tomorrow – $9.99 Highlander – $9.99 Battlestar Galactica – $9.99 John Wick – $9.99 John Wick: Chapter 2 – $9.33 Ip Man – $10.99 The Invisible Man – $10.99 Train to Busan – $11.21 Looper – $11.49 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – $11.49 Us – $11.99 Bram Stoker’s Dracula – $11.99 The Fifth Element – $11.99 Halloween Kills – $11.99 Halloween Ends – $11.99 Terrifier 2 – $13.99 The Green Knight – $13.49 65 – $15.99 M3GAN – $17.85 Carrie [Steelbook] – $19.96 Army of Darkness [Steelbook] – $19.96 Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection – $99.99
Amazon Blu-ray Deals:...
Amazon 4K Uhd Deals:
Assassin’s Creed – $5.99 Knives Out – $7.99 Terminator 2 – $7.99 Interstellar – $7.99 Maleficent – $8.07 Reservoir Dogs – $9.33 Get Out – $9.99 Nope – $9.99 The Blackening – $9.99 The Batman – $9.99 Zack Snyder’s Justice League – $9.99 The Suicide Squad – $9.99 Knock at the Cabin – $9.99 Dune – $9.99 Blade Runner – $9.99 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – $9.99 The Shawshank Redemption – $9.99 Jurassic Park – $9.99 Jaws 2 – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – $9.99 Everything Everywhere All At Once – $9.99 Edge of Tomorrow – $9.99 Highlander – $9.99 Battlestar Galactica – $9.99 John Wick – $9.99 John Wick: Chapter 2 – $9.33 Ip Man – $10.99 The Invisible Man – $10.99 Train to Busan – $11.21 Looper – $11.49 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – $11.49 Us – $11.99 Bram Stoker’s Dracula – $11.99 The Fifth Element – $11.99 Halloween Kills – $11.99 Halloween Ends – $11.99 Terrifier 2 – $13.99 The Green Knight – $13.49 65 – $15.99 M3GAN – $17.85 Carrie [Steelbook] – $19.96 Army of Darkness [Steelbook] – $19.96 Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection – $99.99
Amazon Blu-ray Deals:...
- 11/22/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Today is the second and final day in Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days. Get a jump-start on holiday shopping for the genre fan in your life (or treat yourself!) with slashed prices on horror 4K Ultra HDs and Blu-rays ranging from classics to recent releases.
Many of yesterday’s deals are still active, along with a slew of new ones.
Here are the top horror and genre-adjacent highlights from the Prime Big Deal Days event…
4K Ultra HD Collections:
Us / Get Out – $17.99 Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy – $23.74 Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection – $94.99
Individual 4K UHDs:
Color Out of Space – $9.96 Godzilla (2014) – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – $9.44 No Time to Die – $9.49 R.I.P.D. – $9.49 Glass – $9.99 The Mummy (2017) – $9.99 Bumblebee – $9.99 Ghost in the Shell (1995) – $10.19 Warcraft – $10.44 The Invisible Man (2020) – $10.99 A Clockwork Orange – $10.99 Jurassic Park – $10.99 Inglourious Basterds – $10.99 Knives Out – $11.89 Moonfall – $11.89 The Cabin in the Woods – $11.99 Highlander – $13.30 The Green Knight...
Many of yesterday’s deals are still active, along with a slew of new ones.
Here are the top horror and genre-adjacent highlights from the Prime Big Deal Days event…
4K Ultra HD Collections:
Us / Get Out – $17.99 Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy – $23.74 Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection – $94.99
Individual 4K UHDs:
Color Out of Space – $9.96 Godzilla (2014) – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – $9.44 No Time to Die – $9.49 R.I.P.D. – $9.49 Glass – $9.99 The Mummy (2017) – $9.99 Bumblebee – $9.99 Ghost in the Shell (1995) – $10.19 Warcraft – $10.44 The Invisible Man (2020) – $10.99 A Clockwork Orange – $10.99 Jurassic Park – $10.99 Inglourious Basterds – $10.99 Knives Out – $11.89 Moonfall – $11.89 The Cabin in the Woods – $11.99 Highlander – $13.30 The Green Knight...
- 10/11/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Check Out All Our Episodes Of ’80s Horror Memories Here!
JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. Now the series is has entered 1983, and after getting...
JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. Now the series is has entered 1983, and after getting...
- 9/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Check Out All Our Episodes Of ’80s Horror Memories Here!
JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. Now the series is has entered 1983, and after getting...
JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. Now the series is has entered 1983, and after getting...
- 9/4/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Unlike "Halloween," "The Exorcist," "Alien," or "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," "Jaws" is the rare iconic '70s horror franchise that has yet to see any sort of revival in the 21st century ... mostly because Steven Spielberg himself has gone all Quint with a baseball bat on Universal's attempts to reboot it. But more than that, Spielberg's original 1975 hit (itself based on Peter Benchley's pulpy 1974 best-selling novel) never really lent itself to being a franchise in the first place. There aren't any supernatural entities or unexplained other-worldly encounters in Spielberg's classic adventure, nor does it end with Bruce the shark flailing his fins and dancing a merry jig. It's not what one would call the most scientifically-accurate work of Sharksploitation to ever hit the big screen, but it is a grounded story with a clear-cut beginning and ending.
Nevertheless, "Jaws" was the recipient of three sequels back in the 20th century,...
Nevertheless, "Jaws" was the recipient of three sequels back in the 20th century,...
- 9/2/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
September and school have begun, so settle in for some new additions to Netflix this month that will provide comfort amid summertime blues. Those in the mood for love might enjoy the adaptation of Jennifer E. Smith’s book, “Love at First Sight” starring Ben Hardy and Haley Lu Richardson, or the arrival of Sony’s “Love Again” starring Priyanka Chopra and Sam Heughan. Those not aiming for straight rom-com, but a mix of humor and heart will look forward to the fourth and final season of “Sex Education” and the shenanigans of Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa), Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey) and more.
More serious cinema lovers can look forward to Viola Davis’ Oscar-winning performance in “Fences” (2016) arriving Sept. 1. Eminem’s biographic film “8 Mile” will also arrive that day. Reality lovers can watch Season 4 of “Love Is Blind: After the Altar” before the new Season...
More serious cinema lovers can look forward to Viola Davis’ Oscar-winning performance in “Fences” (2016) arriving Sept. 1. Eminem’s biographic film “8 Mile” will also arrive that day. Reality lovers can watch Season 4 of “Love Is Blind: After the Altar” before the new Season...
- 9/1/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
The summer is winding down and fall is on its way, which means chilling inside and streaming the newest TV shows and movies on Netflix is inevitable. Netflix’s fall schedule is full to the brim with originals, new seasons, and movies, and while it can be difficult to see all the new additions on Netflix this September, The Streamable has it covered with all the projects being added.
Along with TV shows, movies, and docuseries, Netflix also has new games that are available for Android and iOS devices. Curious about all that Netflix has this month? Don’t sleep on these new and omg additions.
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“Love is Blind: Season 4” saw three couples get married while the others called it quits before making it to the alter.
Along with TV shows, movies, and docuseries, Netflix also has new games that are available for Android and iOS devices. Curious about all that Netflix has this month? Don’t sleep on these new and omg additions.
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“Love is Blind: Season 4” saw three couples get married while the others called it quits before making it to the alter.
- 8/28/2023
- by Layne Gibbons
- The Streamable
Over the past couple of weeks, another captivating wave of horror cinema washed over South Florida and made a splash virtually throughout the country thanks to the amazing team behind the Popcorn Frights Film Festival. Showcasing an extensive and eclectic lineup of 51 features and 68 short films, the ninth edition of Popcorn Frights once again showcased sun-soaked scares and essential storytelling from across the globe, and we're thrilled and chilled to share this year's juried and audience award winners, including Brandon Christensen's The Puppetman (Jury Prize for Best Feature Film), Jason Miller's Ghosts of the Void (Scariest Feature Film Prize), and Erynn Dalton's Big Easy Queens (Audience Award for Feature Film).
Below, we have the official press release with full details on all of the winners, reactions, and highlights of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival. In case you missed it, catch up on our previous coverage of this year's festival,...
Below, we have the official press release with full details on all of the winners, reactions, and highlights of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival. In case you missed it, catch up on our previous coverage of this year's festival,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If the new documentary Sharksploitation over on Shudder left you itching to revisit some shark attack classics, Netflix has you covered this September with the entire Jaws franchise.
Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge are swimming back to Netflix on September 1.
It all began with Steven Spielberg’s horror classic in 1975, an adaptation of Peter Benchley’s same-titled novel that has been keeping people out of the water for almost 50 years now.
The late Roy Scheider’s heroic character Martin Brody survived the events of the original film and returned in 1978 for Jaws 2, once again saving Amity from another killer shark.
The franchise returned in 1983 with Jaws 3D, which brought the shark attack terror to SeaWorld in Florida. The film centered on Martin Brody’s sons, with Dennis Quaid starring as Michael Brody. Jenn Adams recently wrote an appreciation for Jaws 3D here on Bd, writing:
“Widely...
Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge are swimming back to Netflix on September 1.
It all began with Steven Spielberg’s horror classic in 1975, an adaptation of Peter Benchley’s same-titled novel that has been keeping people out of the water for almost 50 years now.
The late Roy Scheider’s heroic character Martin Brody survived the events of the original film and returned in 1978 for Jaws 2, once again saving Amity from another killer shark.
The franchise returned in 1983 with Jaws 3D, which brought the shark attack terror to SeaWorld in Florida. The film centered on Martin Brody’s sons, with Dennis Quaid starring as Michael Brody. Jenn Adams recently wrote an appreciation for Jaws 3D here on Bd, writing:
“Widely...
- 8/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Just when Jason Statham in Meg 2: The Trench made it safe to go back to the water, Awfully Good Movies is looking back at the fourth and final installment that ended it all for the shark franchise that started it all… Jaws: The Revenge!
With Universal Pictures desperately needing a hit after Howard The Duck flopped hard, they went with another Spielberg-free sequel to the 1975 blockbuster classic, with the events of Jaws 3-D ignored and Lorraine Gary coming out of retirement to reprise the role of the now-widowed Ellen Brody, now having to face a new shark that’s coming specifically for her family to avenge what her late husband did to those last two sharks. As the infamous tagline promises: “This Time, It’s Personal.”
And if that plot wasn’t enough to scare off audiences (and Roy Scheider) from this movie, most of the film...
With Universal Pictures desperately needing a hit after Howard The Duck flopped hard, they went with another Spielberg-free sequel to the 1975 blockbuster classic, with the events of Jaws 3-D ignored and Lorraine Gary coming out of retirement to reprise the role of the now-widowed Ellen Brody, now having to face a new shark that’s coming specifically for her family to avenge what her late husband did to those last two sharks. As the infamous tagline promises: “This Time, It’s Personal.”
And if that plot wasn’t enough to scare off audiences (and Roy Scheider) from this movie, most of the film...
- 8/23/2023
- by Jesse Shade
- JoBlo.com
Check Out All Our Episodes Of ’80s Horror Memories Here!
JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. We started our look at 1982 with Conan the Barbarian and continued with The Thing. With the thirteenth episode of the series, we’re digging into the ’80s 3-D boom, which included movies like Friday the 13th Part III, Jaws 3-D, and Amityville 3-D, among others. To hear all about it,...
JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, and the first five episodes of the series were all dedicated to films that were released in 1980: Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. We started our look at 1982 with Conan the Barbarian and continued with The Thing. With the thirteenth episode of the series, we’re digging into the ’80s 3-D boom, which included movies like Friday the 13th Part III, Jaws 3-D, and Amityville 3-D, among others. To hear all about it,...
- 8/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Have you ever wondered why in the 2023 version of "The Haunted Mansion," Owen Wilson is shown eating a big bag of Burger King and telling Lakeith Stanfield that the fast food chain's fried snacks are literal messages from heaven? Or why while Rambo is being told about his off-the-books, super-secret, clandestine mission to rescue POWs from Vietnam in "Rambo: First Blood Part II," the scene gets interrupted by his superior officer purchasing a Coca-Cola from the Coca-Cola vending machine that he inexplicably has in his office?
The answer is a little thing called product placement, in which various companies selling various products frequently exchange money with motion picture and/or television studios to display their products prominently on-screen. That's probably why in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," when Reed Richards presents the famous flying FantastiCar from the comic books that he built all by himself in his private lab,...
The answer is a little thing called product placement, in which various companies selling various products frequently exchange money with motion picture and/or television studios to display their products prominently on-screen. That's probably why in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," when Reed Richards presents the famous flying FantastiCar from the comic books that he built all by himself in his private lab,...
- 8/4/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is a tough act to follow. Not only has it come to define the entire shark horror subgenre, but this aquatic adventure movie also revolutionized the concept of the summer blockbuster as we know it today. It’s difficult to understate the film’s legacy. From archetypal characterization, iconic kills, ubiquitous catch phrases, and an incredible score, Jaws is a nearly flawless film that continues to terrify new audiences to this day. The same cannot be said for its sequels, however.
The underrated Jaws 2 feels a bit more like a slasher with its cadre of teens stranded in deadly water. The fourth installment, Jaws: The Revenge, is known for its implausible plot and Michael Caine’s hilarious yet dismissive comments. While the aforementioned sequels have their merits–and fair share of ardent supporters–when it comes time to defend Jaws 3D, few rise to the occasion.
The underrated Jaws 2 feels a bit more like a slasher with its cadre of teens stranded in deadly water. The fourth installment, Jaws: The Revenge, is known for its implausible plot and Michael Caine’s hilarious yet dismissive comments. While the aforementioned sequels have their merits–and fair share of ardent supporters–when it comes time to defend Jaws 3D, few rise to the occasion.
- 8/3/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
When Jaws emerged in the summer of 1975, it created the shark horror genre as we know it today, spawning countless rip-offs in its wake. Some good. Some bad. Some just plain ugly.
The new Shudder documentary Sharksploitation is a must watch for lovers of this particular trend, and it dives deeper into the phenomenon to explain why we love these types of films.
Endless movies now exist within this “shark exploitation” category – many being talked about this week in honor of Discovery Channel’s 35th annual Shark Week.
Even if most don’t match the magic of Steven Spielberg’s classic, many great shark films exist within the “sharksploitation” subgenre. And some of them even happen to be sequels.
In honor of Shark Week, and Meg 2: The Trench, here are five under-appreciated shark sequels.
Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 2 is the most famous and arguably best of all the shark...
The new Shudder documentary Sharksploitation is a must watch for lovers of this particular trend, and it dives deeper into the phenomenon to explain why we love these types of films.
Endless movies now exist within this “shark exploitation” category – many being talked about this week in honor of Discovery Channel’s 35th annual Shark Week.
Even if most don’t match the magic of Steven Spielberg’s classic, many great shark films exist within the “sharksploitation” subgenre. And some of them even happen to be sequels.
In honor of Shark Week, and Meg 2: The Trench, here are five under-appreciated shark sequels.
Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 2 is the most famous and arguably best of all the shark...
- 7/27/2023
- by Blake Turck
- bloody-disgusting.com
Steven Spielberg’s Jaws left an indelible mark on cinema upon release in 1975, ushering in the summer blockbuster as we know it. Like its many taglines, Jaws also made people afraid to go into the water thanks to a newfound fear of man-eating sharks. And the film’s massive box office success created a tsunami of copycats, launching the “sharksploitation” subgenre.
But emulating Jaws only goes so far, and the subgenre has been forced to constantly find inventive new ways to reimagine the shark horror movie. One surefire but cheeky way to stand out from an increasingly crowded subgenre is to add novelty to the concept, often by altering the setting. If people are too afraid to go into the water, the shark should go to the people.
Luckily, there’s no shortage of weird, wacky settings that dramatically alter the formula…
Here are eleven of the most outrageous settings in shark horror movies.
But emulating Jaws only goes so far, and the subgenre has been forced to constantly find inventive new ways to reimagine the shark horror movie. One surefire but cheeky way to stand out from an increasingly crowded subgenre is to add novelty to the concept, often by altering the setting. If people are too afraid to go into the water, the shark should go to the people.
Luckily, there’s no shortage of weird, wacky settings that dramatically alter the formula…
Here are eleven of the most outrageous settings in shark horror movies.
- 7/26/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Over the course of a film career that stretches back 50 years, Charles Band has produced nearly 400 projects and directed several dozen – and in his memoir Confessions of a Puppetmaster (pick up a copy Here), he says that one of the movies fans mention to him the most is the 1983 sci-fi film Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn… which happens to have fun connections to both Jaws 3-D and the sitcom Night Court.
Directed by Band from a screenplay by Alan J. Adler, Metalstorm has the following synopsis: On a desert planet, warlord Jared-Syn is trying to convince a tribe of mutants that he’s their messiah and gain unlimited power hidden in a crystal. Ranger Dogen and explorer Dhyana, who’s father was murdered by Syn, must stop him.
Band and Adler also produced the movie with Band’s father Albert Band.
The film stars Jeffrey Byron, Michael Preston, Tim Thomerson,...
Directed by Band from a screenplay by Alan J. Adler, Metalstorm has the following synopsis: On a desert planet, warlord Jared-Syn is trying to convince a tribe of mutants that he’s their messiah and gain unlimited power hidden in a crystal. Ranger Dogen and explorer Dhyana, who’s father was murdered by Syn, must stop him.
Band and Adler also produced the movie with Band’s father Albert Band.
The film stars Jeffrey Byron, Michael Preston, Tim Thomerson,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It’s often claimed that good things come in threes, but try telling that to anyone who sat through the Big Momma’s House trilogy. Film sequels, in essence, are nothing new in Hollywood—the very first sequel came back in 1916 with the silent film The Fall of a Nation, Thomas Dixon Jr.‘s follow-up to D. W. Griffith’s jaw-droppingly racist epic, Birth of a Nation.
However, the concept only became commonplace in the 1970s when a string of follow-ups to successful dramas made waves at the box office. The Godfather, Part II, Rocky II, and The French Connection II were among the first movies that helped usher in this new era of filmmaking. Today though, moviedom has expanded beyond even the sequel and into new territory where the word “franchise” is king. Buoyed in recent times by the dominance of comic book movies and an increasing appetite for nostalgia,...
However, the concept only became commonplace in the 1970s when a string of follow-ups to successful dramas made waves at the box office. The Godfather, Part II, Rocky II, and The French Connection II were among the first movies that helped usher in this new era of filmmaking. Today though, moviedom has expanded beyond even the sequel and into new territory where the word “franchise” is king. Buoyed in recent times by the dominance of comic book movies and an increasing appetite for nostalgia,...
- 7/8/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns for its ninth edition of sun-soaked, blood-splattered cinematic scares this August in South Florida, and Festival Directors Igor Shteyrenberg & Marc Ferman have once again curated a killer lineup of must-see screenings and virtual streamings for horror fans to enjoy.
Featuring 25 films, the festival's first wave of programming includes world premiere in-theater screenings of Crus Ennis and Lee Roy Kunz's Deliver Us, Erynn Dalton's Big Easy Queens, and Brandon Christensen's The Puppetman, as well as virtual showcases of Alice Maio Mackay's T Blockers and Saint Drogo, and Popcorn Frights is also bringing immersive frights to life with their retro lineup that includes 3-D screenings of Friday the 13th Part III, Jaws 3-D, and Parasite!
As previously announced, this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival will run August 10th–20th, with screenings taking place at Fort Lauderdale's historic Savor Cinema and “The Horror Collective...
Featuring 25 films, the festival's first wave of programming includes world premiere in-theater screenings of Crus Ennis and Lee Roy Kunz's Deliver Us, Erynn Dalton's Big Easy Queens, and Brandon Christensen's The Puppetman, as well as virtual showcases of Alice Maio Mackay's T Blockers and Saint Drogo, and Popcorn Frights is also bringing immersive frights to life with their retro lineup that includes 3-D screenings of Friday the 13th Part III, Jaws 3-D, and Parasite!
As previously announced, this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival will run August 10th–20th, with screenings taking place at Fort Lauderdale's historic Savor Cinema and “The Horror Collective...
- 6/29/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
One of the biggest events in the world is coming in July and the only way to stream it without a live TV streaming subscription will be on Peacock. The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be played in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to Aug. 20. The NBCUniversal service will stream every match of the event in Spanish for the entire month. The United States Women’s National Team is scheduled to play three games during the group stage, facing off against Vietnam on July 21 at 9 p.m. Et, Netherlands on July 26 at 9 p.m. Et, and Portugal on Aug. 1 at 3 a.m. Et.
Toward the end of the month, Peacock will drop all 10 episodes of the highly anticipated adaptation of the beloved video game “Twisted Metal.” In the series, which premieres on July 27, Anthony Mackie is a motor-mouthed amnesiac milkman who is offered a chance at a better life,...
Toward the end of the month, Peacock will drop all 10 episodes of the highly anticipated adaptation of the beloved video game “Twisted Metal.” In the series, which premieres on July 27, Anthony Mackie is a motor-mouthed amnesiac milkman who is offered a chance at a better life,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Clockwise from left: Creature From The Black Lagoon (Universal), Elemental (Pixar), Friday The 13th Part 3 (Paramount), Jaws 3D (Universal), PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier (Getty Images)Graphic: AVClub
Few moviegoing experiences are as discouraging as finding the perfect showtime for one of the year’s most-anticipated movies, only to discover it’s playing in 3D.
Few moviegoing experiences are as discouraging as finding the perfect showtime for one of the year’s most-anticipated movies, only to discover it’s playing in 3D.
- 6/12/2023
- by Richard Newby
- avclub.com
With so many horrible sequels available, picking the ten worst sequels of all time was challenging. Indeed, there have been numerous instances where sequels have fallen far short of their original counterparts, making them infamous examples of ‘how not to do a sequel.’
Thankfully, viewers on IMDb did most of the work for us, sharing their valuable insights and ratings, which we’ve used to compile this list.
What follows is a painstakingly curated breakdown of each terrible sequel. We delve into what specifically made these follow-ups lackluster and disappointing. Some of these sequels found their unfortunate place on this list despite being birthed from incredibly successful and well-received franchises.
They had every ingredient for success – a captive audience, proven characters, and established lore, yet they managed to fumble. Conversely, others continued on an already rocky path of subpar predecessor films, cementing their series as characterized by chronic cinematic failure.
Thankfully, viewers on IMDb did most of the work for us, sharing their valuable insights and ratings, which we’ve used to compile this list.
What follows is a painstakingly curated breakdown of each terrible sequel. We delve into what specifically made these follow-ups lackluster and disappointing. Some of these sequels found their unfortunate place on this list despite being birthed from incredibly successful and well-received franchises.
They had every ingredient for success – a captive audience, proven characters, and established lore, yet they managed to fumble. Conversely, others continued on an already rocky path of subpar predecessor films, cementing their series as characterized by chronic cinematic failure.
- 6/10/2023
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
Hey all, to go in tandem with JoBlo.com’s 25th Anniversary we are very proud to present to you 80’s Horror Memories, a new weekly doc-series (xxx episodes in all) which just premiered today on our YouTube Channel JoBlo Horror Originals. Feast your retinas on Episode 1 via the embed above and you can expect a new installment to go live every Monday on the channel.
Our first Episode chronicles:
“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. Time for free love and hope for peace was over. It was time for a revolution. But with filmmakers, their creative freedoms would lead to explore more areas which haven’t been touched on before. It was the year horror would forever be changed. We’re talking Dressed to Kill,...
Our first Episode chronicles:
“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. Time for free love and hope for peace was over. It was time for a revolution. But with filmmakers, their creative freedoms would lead to explore more areas which haven’t been touched on before. It was the year horror would forever be changed. We’re talking Dressed to Kill,...
- 5/19/2023
- by The Arrow
- JoBlo.com
When audiences consider 3D as a medium, the abiding image seems to be of items popping out from the screen — a limb here in “Jaws 3D,” a dildo there in “Jackass 3D” — and perhaps that is indeed how most filmmakers have used the medium. Not enough directors have capitalized on the ability of 3D to convey a sense of physical depth; fewer still have seized on the possibility of adding philosophical depth. Thank goodness, then, for Wim Wenders. The first of two new films by the German veteran in this year’s Cannes official selection, “Anselm” is a tour-de-force 3D 6K portrait of the artist Anselm Kiefer, both rich in ideas and breathtaking in technical execution.
Though undoubtedly a powerful confrontation with some of the biggest themes art can tackle — mortality, permanence, being, nothingness, all the hits — “Anselm” remains an accessible experience, partly because of its manageable 93-minute runtime and...
Though undoubtedly a powerful confrontation with some of the biggest themes art can tackle — mortality, permanence, being, nothingness, all the hits — “Anselm” remains an accessible experience, partly because of its manageable 93-minute runtime and...
- 5/17/2023
- by Catherine Bray
- Variety Film + TV
Film projects fall apart all the time in Hollywood, but it's rare for a movie to get within a month or so of production and abruptly get canned.
This, however, is what happened to "Dallas Sting," which was to be an uplifting account of the first U.S. soccer team, male or female, to win an international tournament. Matthew McConaughey and Kaitlyn Dever were set to star in the film, and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" director Kari Skogland was working from a screenplay by the "Glow" writing duo of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. On paper, this sounded like a terrifically entertaining sports flick. So why did it get shut down six weeks prior to the start of principal photography?
A Story That Has Yet To Be Fully Told
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Skydance and Berlanti Schechter Productions, which were partnering on the film, were made aware...
This, however, is what happened to "Dallas Sting," which was to be an uplifting account of the first U.S. soccer team, male or female, to win an international tournament. Matthew McConaughey and Kaitlyn Dever were set to star in the film, and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" director Kari Skogland was working from a screenplay by the "Glow" writing duo of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. On paper, this sounded like a terrifically entertaining sports flick. So why did it get shut down six weeks prior to the start of principal photography?
A Story That Has Yet To Be Fully Told
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Skydance and Berlanti Schechter Productions, which were partnering on the film, were made aware...
- 9/15/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Creature features have an unrivaled ability to straddle genres, often combining the best of thrills and frights, science fiction, and black comedy, sometimes inadvertently. Some succeed better than others. Weak scripts, shoddy effects, and monsters who don't deliver on scares are all components that separate the best monster movies from the other guys. Luckily, with the right combination of cheesy dialogue and wonky technical effects, you can accidentally stumble upon some of the best the genre offers. A shark hellbent on revenge? Check. Deadly slugs? Yeah, I guess. Murder turtles? Okay, sure. Often, the more ridiculous the logline, the bigger the payoff.
Films like "Jaws" and "Alien" introduced the standard for a monster movie: compelling characters, driving action, and some legitimately frightening foes. They inspired a gaggle of repeat offenders and exploiters. Bad shark movies are still being made, unable to understand how "Jaws" did it. Today, we're doing a...
Films like "Jaws" and "Alien" introduced the standard for a monster movie: compelling characters, driving action, and some legitimately frightening foes. They inspired a gaggle of repeat offenders and exploiters. Bad shark movies are still being made, unable to understand how "Jaws" did it. Today, we're doing a...
- 9/1/2022
- by Justin McDevitt
- Slash Film
In the early part of the 2010s, American studio The Asylum became both well-known and reviled for their ability to churn out a slew of incredibly cheesy, CGI-driven creature feature spectacles and ripoffs of mainstream properties, with titles ranging from “Sharknado,” “Transmorphers,” and “Zoombies” to name just a few of the company’s output. While the studio still exists in delivering cheesy ripoffs and mock-ups of blockbuster releases, very few are aware of the current output afforded by Chinese production studios filling the niche gap of cheesy creature features and genre output. Not the first of their releases but among the first to get exported to the West is Yue Ang Wang’s mash-up of “Deep Blue Sea” and “Jaws 3D” known by various titles but delivered in a dubbed version called “Blood Bite.”
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Several years after a diving accident, scientist Ming Shu Yung (Fong...
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Several years after a diving accident, scientist Ming Shu Yung (Fong...
- 7/28/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Directors James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte discuss the movies that inspired them while making The Big Conn.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Happiness (1998)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Windy City Heat (2003)
Ocean’s 11 (1960)
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Bad Boys (1995)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Munich (2005)
Fargo (1996)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Delicatessen (1991)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
The Hole (2009) – Joe Dante’s U.S. trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s Italian trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s British trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Dial M For Murder (1954) – Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary
Jaws 3D (1983)
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
U2 3D (2008)
The Pink Panther (1963) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Goodfellas (1990) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Children of Men (2006)
The Imposter (2012)
Other Notable Items
The Big Conn podcast (2022)
The Big Conn docuseries (2022)
Bronzeville...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Happiness (1998)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Windy City Heat (2003)
Ocean’s 11 (1960)
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Bad Boys (1995)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Munich (2005)
Fargo (1996)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Delicatessen (1991)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
The Hole (2009) – Joe Dante’s U.S. trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s Italian trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s British trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Dial M For Murder (1954) – Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary
Jaws 3D (1983)
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
U2 3D (2008)
The Pink Panther (1963) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Goodfellas (1990) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Children of Men (2006)
The Imposter (2012)
Other Notable Items
The Big Conn podcast (2022)
The Big Conn docuseries (2022)
Bronzeville...
- 5/17/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Freeform is wasting absolutely no time getting into the spooky holiday spirit. On Sept. 1, the network unveiled their 31 Nights of Halloween schedule. The marathon features classics like The Addams Family, Casper, and Hocus Pocus - which are all mandatory watching during the month of October - but the list also includes a few not-so-scary films like Shrek, Matilda, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so there's a little something for everyone. The official marathon kicks off on Oct. 1, so get your DVRs ready, grab a bag of popcorn, light your favorite fall scented candle, and get ready for a good time.
Related: 75 Thrillers on Netflix That Take Terrifying to a Whole New Level
Friday, Oct. 1
2:30 p.m. – Casper (1995)
5p p.m. – The Addams Family (1991)
7 p.m. – Addams Family Values
9 p.m. – Hocus Pocus
Saturday, Oct. 2
7 a.m. – The Goonies
9:35 a.m. – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
12:15 p.
Related: 75 Thrillers on Netflix That Take Terrifying to a Whole New Level
Friday, Oct. 1
2:30 p.m. – Casper (1995)
5p p.m. – The Addams Family (1991)
7 p.m. – Addams Family Values
9 p.m. – Hocus Pocus
Saturday, Oct. 2
7 a.m. – The Goonies
9:35 a.m. – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
12:15 p.
- 9/1/2021
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Class of 1981: Celebrating the Surprising and Ambitious Production of The Last Shark aka Great White
While Universal was working on the second sequel of Jaws (1975), the franchise famously created by Steven Spielberg then passed on to Jeannot Szwarc in 1978, poliziesco specialist Enzo G. Castellari shot L’ultimo squalo between the U.S. and Malta, creating quite a few headaches within white-collar Hollywood. The film did overwhelmingly and surprisingly well, grossing $18 million in the first month of programming, a fact that greatly annoyed Universal, which filed a lawsuit for plagiarism. To be precise, this was the studio’s second attempt at blocking the film. Universal attempted to stop distribution by Film Ventures before its U.S. premiere on March 5th, 1982, but the request was denied in the U.S. district courts. If, on the one hand, the filiation of Castellari's film from the original one is quite evident (with similar characters and narrative solutions), on the other it is also clear that Universal activated its legal team...
- 8/20/2021
- by Eugenio Ercolani
- DailyDead
The summer movie season may be winding down but Amazon Prime still has a hit or two up its sleeve in August 2021.
Amazon’s list new arrivals this month is highlighted by Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time. That may be a mouthful of a name but it’s a big deal in the anime world. The streamer nagged exclusive rights to the final film in the Neon Genesis Evangelion film franchise known as “Rebuild of Evangelion”. With the future of the franchise up in the air, this could be the last chance in awhile for anime fans worldwide to catch some mecha action.
Read more TV Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’s Success And Why Anime Will Never Be the Same By Ruel Butler Movies How Lord of the Rings Helm’s Deep Anime Film Could Expand Rohan’s History By Joseph Baxter
August 2021 brings some other original films of note to Amazon as well.
Amazon’s list new arrivals this month is highlighted by Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time. That may be a mouthful of a name but it’s a big deal in the anime world. The streamer nagged exclusive rights to the final film in the Neon Genesis Evangelion film franchise known as “Rebuild of Evangelion”. With the future of the franchise up in the air, this could be the last chance in awhile for anime fans worldwide to catch some mecha action.
Read more TV Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’s Success And Why Anime Will Never Be the Same By Ruel Butler Movies How Lord of the Rings Helm’s Deep Anime Film Could Expand Rohan’s History By Joseph Baxter
August 2021 brings some other original films of note to Amazon as well.
- 8/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Film aficionados will want to keep an eye on Amazon Prime Video in August, as the streaming giant is set to debut two Cannes Film Festival premieres: “Val,” a new documentary about Val Kilmer that uses archival footage shot by the actor himself, and “Annette,” Leos Carax award-winning musical (it won best director at Cannes) starring Adam Driver and Maron Cotillard and featuring music by Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks.
But beyond the Prime Video originals, the Amazon library content added to the service next month is vast and impressive. Among the major movies coming to Prime Video include “Aliens,” “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Jaws,” “Moneyball,” and “Predator.” Meanwhile, IMDb TV, the free service that users can access without a corresponding Amazon Prime subscription, will host “Apollo 13,” “La La Land,” and “Ghostbusters” among many other big titles.
Here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in August...
But beyond the Prime Video originals, the Amazon library content added to the service next month is vast and impressive. Among the major movies coming to Prime Video include “Aliens,” “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Jaws,” “Moneyball,” and “Predator.” Meanwhile, IMDb TV, the free service that users can access without a corresponding Amazon Prime subscription, will host “Apollo 13,” “La La Land,” and “Ghostbusters” among many other big titles.
Here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in August...
- 7/30/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
HBO Max is packed with new and classic genre titles this Halloween season. From the new Invisible Man and Doctor Sleep, to The Brood and The Blob, here's a look of what HBO Max is offering as part of their "Halloween is Here" lineup:
Hit horror movies you won’t want to stream alone like The Invisible Man, Us, It: Chapter 2, and Doctor Sleep, creepy cult classics Night of the Living Dead, Eraserhead and Scanners, and psychological thrillers like The Haunting, Glass, and Dolores Claiborne will be available to stream alongside TV series such as Lovecraft Country, True Blood, The Outsider, and Raised by Wolves, and scares for all ages such as Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, Gremlins 2, Spooky Buddies, and Adventure Time.
In addition, HBO Max is pulling together a collection of Halloween-themed episodes from fan-favorite series like Friends, Euphoria, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Big Bang Theory,...
Hit horror movies you won’t want to stream alone like The Invisible Man, Us, It: Chapter 2, and Doctor Sleep, creepy cult classics Night of the Living Dead, Eraserhead and Scanners, and psychological thrillers like The Haunting, Glass, and Dolores Claiborne will be available to stream alongside TV series such as Lovecraft Country, True Blood, The Outsider, and Raised by Wolves, and scares for all ages such as Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, Gremlins 2, Spooky Buddies, and Adventure Time.
In addition, HBO Max is pulling together a collection of Halloween-themed episodes from fan-favorite series like Friends, Euphoria, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Big Bang Theory,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Imagine if “Jurassic Park” or “Jaws” hadn’t unfolded on the big screen. If, instead of reveling in cinematic carnage, audiences might have experienced the bloodletting of these dinosaurs and giant sharks from the relative safety of their earbuds.
At least, that’s the latest idea from Cadence13, a podcast company that counts Goop and Crooked Media among its partners. As its latest foray into the white-hot podcasting space, the company is launching C13Features, which will back thrillers, dramas, comedies, and other stories that unspool between 90 minutes to two-hours, or roughly the length of a feature film. Each C13Feature will be a fictionalized story with a beginning, a middle and end, all wrapped into one podcast episode — similar to a movie arc. The company plans to hire movie stars and prominent actors to voice key roles and to partner with film directors and other creative talent.
“We want...
At least, that’s the latest idea from Cadence13, a podcast company that counts Goop and Crooked Media among its partners. As its latest foray into the white-hot podcasting space, the company is launching C13Features, which will back thrillers, dramas, comedies, and other stories that unspool between 90 minutes to two-hours, or roughly the length of a feature film. Each C13Feature will be a fictionalized story with a beginning, a middle and end, all wrapped into one podcast episode — similar to a movie arc. The company plans to hire movie stars and prominent actors to voice key roles and to partner with film directors and other creative talent.
“We want...
- 6/25/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
As we wade deeper into the uncertain waters of isolated living, the list of movies and TV shows you haven’t seen already may be starting to dwindle. But fear not, quarantine content consumers — HBO is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in May, and there are lots of fresh options to keep you entertained this month.
Popular movies like “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Jaws” and “School of Rock” are all arriving Friday, May 1. Plus, the director’s cut of “Little Shop of Horrors,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “The Art of Getting By,” to name a few.
TV shows arriving throughout the month include the premiere of limited series “I Know This Much Is True” starring Mark Ruffalo, out May 10, and the season finale of HBO’s dark comedy “Run” starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, out May 24.
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Popular movies like “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Jaws” and “School of Rock” are all arriving Friday, May 1. Plus, the director’s cut of “Little Shop of Horrors,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “The Art of Getting By,” to name a few.
TV shows arriving throughout the month include the premiere of limited series “I Know This Much Is True” starring Mark Ruffalo, out May 10, and the season finale of HBO’s dark comedy “Run” starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, out May 24.
Also Read: 17 Movie and...
- 5/1/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
May isn’t quite summer yet but it is usually time that the networks start wrapping up their newest shows and preparing for a relatively fallow summer period. Since HBO isn’t a network, it has no such business model. But May sees the winding down of some HBO blockbusters all the same.
While there are some notable new releases for HBO in May 2020, the bigger story might be the things that are ending. Westworld concludes its third season on May 3 while new series Run wraps up on May 24. Thankfully the film losses in May aren’t too bad for HBO, unless the Agent Cody Banks saga drives a lot of traffic.
The most notable TV premiere in May is I Know This Much is True, a book adaptation starring Mark Ruffalo. This is a very bleak story coming along at a bleak time in history but perhaps those two things will cancel out.
While there are some notable new releases for HBO in May 2020, the bigger story might be the things that are ending. Westworld concludes its third season on May 3 while new series Run wraps up on May 24. Thankfully the film losses in May aren’t too bad for HBO, unless the Agent Cody Banks saga drives a lot of traffic.
The most notable TV premiere in May is I Know This Much is True, a book adaptation starring Mark Ruffalo. This is a very bleak story coming along at a bleak time in history but perhaps those two things will cancel out.
- 4/30/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Today sees the DVD release of The Intruder, a new film in which Dennis Quaid plays the ex-owner of a house who doesn’t take too kindly to the new owners when he is forced to sell it. The psychological thriller was directed by Deon Taylor and written by David Loughery and gives Quaid the opportunity to terrify audiences with an intensity which marked out much of his best work. To that end Cai Ross looks back at some of his greatest roles.
For about 20 years, Dennis Quaid was Hollywood’s nearly-man. Following a break-out performance in Peter Yates’s wonderful cycling drama Breaking Away in 1979, it seemed that the world might just have found its new James Dean. Impressive performances in Walter Hill’s familial Western The Long Riders (alongside elder sibling Randy and a host of Keach and Carradine brothers) and Philip Kaufman’s epic space drama The Right Stuff,...
For about 20 years, Dennis Quaid was Hollywood’s nearly-man. Following a break-out performance in Peter Yates’s wonderful cycling drama Breaking Away in 1979, it seemed that the world might just have found its new James Dean. Impressive performances in Walter Hill’s familial Western The Long Riders (alongside elder sibling Randy and a host of Keach and Carradine brothers) and Philip Kaufman’s epic space drama The Right Stuff,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nope, this isn’t the new Bong Joon-ho movie, but a 3-D oldie from 1982. Although it’s by no means a great picture, fans equipped for Blu-ray 3-D will want to take a look — the depth effects fashioned with the over’n’under Sterevision system are some of the best yet. Stan Winston provides director Charles Band with the ‘Alien’ rip-off title critters, and added interest is provided via an early appearance by Demi Moore, who sleepwalks through her part but certainly looks good. A full complement of extras tell the making-of story; the feature is also encoded in 2-D, for really imaginative viewers.
Parasite
Blu-ray 3-D Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1982 / Color & 3d / 2:35 widescreen / 85 min. / Available from Kino Lorber / Street Date October 22, 2019 / 29.95
Starring: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, Al Fann, Tom Villard, Scott Thomson, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, James Cavan, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Freddy Moore, Natalie May,...
Parasite
Blu-ray 3-D Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1982 / Color & 3d / 2:35 widescreen / 85 min. / Available from Kino Lorber / Street Date October 22, 2019 / 29.95
Starring: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, Al Fann, Tom Villard, Scott Thomson, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, James Cavan, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Freddy Moore, Natalie May,...
- 10/19/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Oscar-nominated production designer Joe Alves, best known for his work on the Steven Spielberg classics Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jaws, will receive the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual Adg Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 1.
“The breadth and depth of Joe Alves’ contribution to the art of visual storytelling can hardly be overstated,” said Mark Worthington, Art Directors Council Chair. “He has been involved with helping to create many of the most iconic feature films and television shows of the last 65 years. It is difficult to imagine a more deserving recipient of this honor.”
Alves began his movie career as a visual-effects Disney animator assigned to the 1956 MGM sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet. Other credits in art and production design include TV’s Rod Serling’s Night Gallery and Alfred Hitchcock’s feature Torn Curtain. He designed three features for Spielberg, including...
“The breadth and depth of Joe Alves’ contribution to the art of visual storytelling can hardly be overstated,” said Mark Worthington, Art Directors Council Chair. “He has been involved with helping to create many of the most iconic feature films and television shows of the last 65 years. It is difficult to imagine a more deserving recipient of this honor.”
Alves began his movie career as a visual-effects Disney animator assigned to the 1956 MGM sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet. Other credits in art and production design include TV’s Rod Serling’s Night Gallery and Alfred Hitchcock’s feature Torn Curtain. He designed three features for Spielberg, including...
- 9/26/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“You wanted me back… I’m back!” Indeed we did, Mr Wick. By all accounts, Keanu Reeves’s third John Wick adventure is every bit as insanely entertaining as the first two. In this, he has achieved something truly rare and exotic – a Part III that isn’t a godawful disaster.
Number three is usually where the wheels fall off a movie franchise sending it veering over a cliff. Think of Superman III, Jaws 3-D, Smokey and The Bandit Part 3, Beverly Hills Cop III. Then there’s Blade Trinity, Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: The Last Stand, after which the series had to actually go back in time to recover itself. The most notoriously disappointing threequel is probably The Godfather Part III which put the mark of Cain on the words “Part III” for over 25 years.
And yet, every now and then, like John Wick Chapter 3, the stars realign and...
Number three is usually where the wheels fall off a movie franchise sending it veering over a cliff. Think of Superman III, Jaws 3-D, Smokey and The Bandit Part 3, Beverly Hills Cop III. Then there’s Blade Trinity, Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: The Last Stand, after which the series had to actually go back in time to recover itself. The most notoriously disappointing threequel is probably The Godfather Part III which put the mark of Cain on the words “Part III” for over 25 years.
And yet, every now and then, like John Wick Chapter 3, the stars realign and...
- 5/22/2019
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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