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Captain Spaulding Gone

from Entertainment Weekly Horror icon Sid Haig, actor from House of 1,000 Corpses, dies at 80 Haig also appeared in ‘Jackie Brown’ and blaxploitation films like ‘Coffy’ and ‘Foxy Brown’ By Nick Romano Sid Haig, a legend of the horror genre from films like House of 1,000 Corpsesand The Devil’s Rejects, died Saturday following an unspecified “accident” two weeks […]

Charlie Hunnam – ‘Jungleland’

from DEADLINE Charlie Hunnam & Jack O’Connell Evoke ’70s-Era Movies In Max Winkler’s 10-Year Passion Project ‘Jungleland’ – Toronto By Pete Hammond EXCLUSIVE: “When a reluctant bare-knuckle boxer and his older brother rack up a hefty debt, they are forced to chaperone an unexpected travel companion cross-country for one last fight in search of their fortune.” That is […]

Leo’s Lion

from AFP via Yahoo! News Leonardo da Vinci’s mechanical lion goes on display in Paris Paris (AFP) – Leonardo da Vinci’s famous mechanical lion on Wednesday went on display in Paris for a month, in a tribute to the Renaissance master 500 years after his death. The lion, which is two metres (six feet, seven […]

YSL Doc Finally Released

from Showbiz 411 After 20 Years, Documentary about Mysterious Late Designer Yves St. Laurent and Partner Pierre Berge Finally Set for Release by Roger Friedman Twenty one years ago, in 1998, French filmmaker Olivier Meyrou filmed Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge for a documentary that was never released. Now “Celebration” is coming to […]

A MILLION LITTLE PIECES – In UK Theatres Today

Dark Fate

from DEADLINE ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’: James Cameron On Rewired Franchise, Possible New Trilogy By Geoff Boucher EXCLUSIVE: James Cameron understands better than anyone that revisiting the past to alter the course of history is a dicey proposition at best, but that hasn’t stopped the Hollywood titan from taking on his latest cinematic mission: returning to The Terminator franchise that gave him the […]

The Person With a Phone on Their Face

from c|net The fantasy of being disconnected An overactive world is hard to break away from. by SCOTT STEIN It takes a boat ride, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, to get me to finally feel offline. Which makes me feel pretty sad. But it reminds me of the impossible goal I keep failing […]

QUEEN & SLIM To Open AFI

from The Hollywood Reporter Universal Drama ‘Queen & Slim’ to Open AFI Fest by Etan Vlessing Universal’s Queen & Slim is set to open AFI Fest 2019, it was announced Tuesday. The drama hails from Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe and director Melina Matsoukas, who helmed Beyoncé’s “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, and stars Daniel Kaluuya and newcomer Jodie Turner-Smith, […]

How Iggy’s Lived

from The New Yorker The Survival of Iggy Pop An inventor of punk rock on his long career, the future, and swimming in Miami. By Amanda Petrusich In late July, in a brief window between professional appointments, Iggy Pop drove to the mouth of Biscayne Bay, so that he could bob in its tropical waters. In […]

More ST-J on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES

from The Guardian Sam Taylor-Johnson: ‘I’ve lost people very dear to me through addiction’ The film-maker on adapting James Frey’s controversial rehab memoir A Million Little Pieces, whether she’s still making art and the joy of chickens. by Tim Lewis Since leaving the art world to become a film-maker, Sam Taylor-Johnson has shown impressive range. Her debut […]