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21/05/2024

As it continues driving pulse-pounding excitement at the global box office, the adrenaline-fueled, action-packed film, THE FALL GUY, arrives exclusively in homes on digital platforms where you can buy or rent movies with a never-before-seen Extended Cut today, May 21, 2024, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. From real-life stunt man and director David Leitch, the blockbuster director of Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, comes his most personal film yet, full of over-the-top action and jaw-dropping, practical stunts....

As it continues driving pulse-pounding excitement at the global box office, the adrenaline-fueled, action-packed film, THE FALL GUY, arrives exclusively in homes on digital platforms where you can buy or rent movies with a never-before-seen Extended Cut today, May 21, 2024, from Universal Pictures H...

21/05/2024

There was a time when John Krasinski was predominantly known for comedy, but audiences today will also know him as a more versatile and well-rounded performer thanks to more recent roles such as his turn as the eponymous character in the action thriller series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, not to mention his exceptional work both in front of and behind the camera with horror…...

There was a time when John Krasinski was predominantly known for comedy, but audiences today will also know him as a more versatile and well-rounded performer thanks to more recent roles such as his turn as the eponymous character in the action thriller series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, not to mentio...

14/05/2024

It’s been called “stylish and gruesome” (Washington Post), “grotesque and touching” (AV Club) and “the best Italian horror film of the ‘90s” (Fangoria). Also known as DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE, this “absolute masterpiece” (Bloody Disgusting) by iconic Italian director Michele Soavi (THE SECT, THE CHURCH) is now restored on UHD and Blu-ray for the first time and available now exclusively at…...

It’s been called “stylish and gruesome” (Washington Post), “grotesque and touching” (AV Club) and “the best Italian horror film of the ‘90s” (Fangoria). Also known as DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE, this “absolute masterpiece” (Bloody Disgusting) by iconic Italian director Michele Soavi (T...

14/05/2024

This spring, Insight Editions will publish an in-depth look at the making of acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Nichols’ new film The Bikeriders: VANDALS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE BIKERIDERS (Insight Editions; publishing May 7, 2024). At over 160 pages, on-set still photographers Bryan Schutmaat and Bono Kaplan capture the grit and bravura of the anticipated film, which chronicles the rise, fall, and undeniable intrigue of an American biker gang in the 1960s....

This spring, Insight Editions will publish an in-depth look at the making of acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Nichols’ new film The Bikeriders: VANDALS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE BIKERIDERS (Insight Editions; publishing May 7, 2024). At over 160 pages, on-set still photographers Bryan Schutmaat and Bono Kapl...

14/05/2024

From director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) comes this bone-chilling adaptation of the classic 1959 novel and 1962 film of the same name. Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington, Man on Fire) finds himself haunted by terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber, …...

From director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) comes this bone-chilling adaptation of the classic 1959 novel and 1962 film of the same name. Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington, Man on Fire) finds himself haunted by terrible nightmares....

13/05/2024

Disney Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a new streaming bundle that includes Disney+, Hulu and Max. Beginning this Summer in the U.S, the streaming services will be offered together, providing subscribers with the best value in entertainment and an unprecedented selection of content from the biggest and most beloved brands in entertainment including ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros., and many more....

Disney Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a new streaming bundle that includes Disney+, Hulu and Max. Beginning this Summer in the U.S, the streaming services will be offered together, providing subscribers with the best value in entertainment and an unprecedented selection of conten...

13/05/2024

72 percent of customers say social media influences their purchasing decisions. With such a huge potential impact, social media marketing is no longer an optional extra– it’s a must. Yet many businesses fail to see results from their social efforts. Why? Simply having accounts is not enough. To truly capitalize on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn for growth, companies need strategies that are tailored to their unique goals and audience and for each social platform....

72 percent of customers say social media influences their purchasing decisions. With such a huge potential impact, social media marketing is no longer an optional extra– it’s a must. Yet many businesses fail to see results from their social efforts. Why? Simply having accounts is not enough. To ...

13/05/2024

De Niro Con​, a celebration of 80 years of Robert De Niro, unveiled its programming lineup. Coinciding with the 2024 Tribeca Festival, this three-day tribute takes place at Spring Studios in New York City from June 14-16. De Niro Con is powered by Webex Events, allowing fans to download an exclusive app to make the most of their Con experience....

De Niro Con​, a celebration of 80 years of Robert De Niro, unveiled its programming lineup. Coinciding with the 2024 Tribeca Festival, this three-day tribute takes place at Spring Studios in New York City from June 14-16. De Niro Con is powered by Webex Events, allowing fans to download an e...

08/05/2024

Crisis… what crisis? Infinite Crisis, Identity Crisis, Zero Hour, Flashpoint, the (not-so) Final Crisis and many, many more are crossover events that change continuity, create, recreate or kill off beloved comics characters and shake the DC Universe to its core… on a pretty regular basis. The original and arguably greatest of these events was 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths…...

  Crisis… what crisis? Infinite Crisis, Identity Crisis, Zero Hour, Flashpoint, the (not-so) Final Crisis and many, many more are crossover events that change continuity, create, recreate or kill off beloved comics characters and shake the DC Universe to its core… on a pretty regular basis. The...

08/05/2024

When I was first offered 2006’s The Departed for review, I was surprised that it was a Martin Scorsese movie with which I was totally unfamiliar. A lesser work, no doubt, or so I assumed. Turns out it won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and was nominated for several others. It has been ranked amongst the greatest gangster films of all time and, in at least two polls, the greatest films of all time in general....

When I was first offered 2006’s The Departed for review, I was surprised that it was a Martin Scorsese movie with which I was totally unfamiliar. A lesser work, no doubt, or so I assumed. Turns out it won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and was nominated for several others. It has been ...

08/05/2024

An innocent woman lies dead in the street, felled by a stray bullet. Now it’s up to the woman who killed her to investigate the dead woman’s life and pick up its cut-short threads, carrying out a mission of vengeance on her behalf against the man she loved and lost – and the nightclub-singing femme fatale responsible for splitting them apart....

An innocent woman lies dead in the street, felled by a stray bullet. Now it’s up to the woman who killed her to investigate the dead woman’s life and pick up its cut-short threads, carrying out a mission of vengeance on her behalf against the man she loved and lost – and the nightclub-singing ...

08/05/2024

There’s a major twist two-thirds of the way into Eileen. It’s not something that many people will see coming—not a lot of foreshadowing—and yet the movie doesn’t make sense without it. Unfortunately, the movie also won’t hit right if you’re waiting for it to happen, so this will be spoiler-free. The farthest I’ll go is to compare Eileen—both the movie and its title character—to what Hannah Arendt wrote about the banality of evil. ...

There’s a major twist two-thirds of the way into Eileen. It’s not something that many people will see coming—not a lot of foreshadowing—and yet the movie doesn’t make sense without it. Unfortunately, the movie also won’t hit right if you’re waiting for it to happen, so this will be spo...

08/05/2024

I've never been more proud to publish something on Forces of Geek which so succinctly captures my very complicated feelings on the state of the world and my people which became very apparent on October 7th. The great Howard Victor Chaykin articulates this better than I ever could.

…AND, OF COURSE, TRIGGER WARNINGS I spend considerable time in hotel rooms, eighty days a year on average. This past month, I spent ten days back east, in three different hotels. The first, a chain franchise, the second and third five-star hotels. Three hotel experiences, with one shared element.....

08/05/2024

...AND, OF COURSE, TRIGGER WARNINGS I spend considerable time in hotel rooms, eighty days a year on average. This past month, I spent ten days back east, in three different hotels. The first, a chain franchise, the second and third five-star hotels. Three hotel experiences, with one shared element—the toilet paper dispenser. Gone is the traditional spindle, with the internal spring mechanism on a hollow dowel, whose projections at either end fit into holes in the wall mounted dispenser....

…AND, OF COURSE, TRIGGER WARNINGS I spend considerable time in hotel rooms, eighty days a year on average. This past month, I spent ten days back east, in three different hotels. The first, a chain franchise, the second and third five-star hotels. Three hotel experiences, with one shared element.....

08/05/2024

Written by Various Art by Mark Stafford Published by Soaring Penguin Press Where has Mark Stafford been all my life? This British illustrator, with an indie cartooning style that mixes whimsical, grotesque, macabre and bizarre, feels like it’s been with me always. There’s just no way I haven’t seen his work before. Rockabilly, devil imagery, sexy vamps, hideous eldritch creatures – it’s all here....

Written by Various Art by Mark Stafford Published by Soaring Penguin Press   Where has Mark Stafford been all my life? This British illustrator, with an indie cartooning style that mixes whimsical, grotesque, macabre and bizarre, feels like it’s been with me always. There’s just no way I haven....

08/05/2024

“Man is the cruellest animal.” – Friedrich Nietzche “Tiddly pom.” – Winnie the Pooh If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise as Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey sees A.A, Milne’s beloved children’s character reimagined as a brutal machete-wielding killer in this low-budget slasher flick. Although he remains a “bear of little brain”, (more about that later), this incarnation is also a bear of plenty of gore....

  “Man is the cruellest animal.” – Friedrich Nietzche “Tiddly pom.” – Winnie the Pooh   If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise as Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey sees A.A, Milne’s beloved children’s character reimagined as a brutal machete-wielding kill...

08/05/2024

Stuntman-turned-director David Leitch once again steps behind the camera to helm another action flick, and this time he takes his inspiration from the 80s Lee Majors-led TV show The Fall Guy, giving us a new action comedy that boasts big names and big stunts in equal measure. Far from being the first contemporary big budget adaptation of an 80s TV show, the new…...

Stuntman-turned-director David Leitch once again steps behind the camera to helm another action flick, and this time he takes his inspiration from the 80s Lee Majors-led TV show The Fall Guy, giving us a new action comedy that boasts big names and big stunts in equal measure. Far from being the firs...

30/04/2024

“He’s not really into jock stuff- he’s cerebral.” “He’s in a wheelchair?!” In Lisa Frankenstein, the new horror comedy from the pen of Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams’ directorial debut, romance isn’t dead, but it has been re-animated. It’s 1989, (depending on your sensibilities, the fashion alone should be horrific enough!), and troubled goth teen Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) struggles to cope with a new town, an unforgiving high school and a new family following her mother’s death at the hands of a mad axe-man....

  “He’s not really into jock stuff- he’s cerebral.” “He’s in a wheelchair?!” In Lisa Frankenstein, the new horror comedy from the pen of Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams’ directorial debut, romance isn’t dead, but it has been re-animated. It’s 1989, (depending on your sensibilitie...

30/04/2024

Like any decade, movies from the 1990s were, in hindsight, distinctly connected to their time, and something that had a substantial impact on how a lot of films were made was the MTV aesthetic. Loud, fast and in-your-face was the style utilized back when the channel was still overwhelmingly focused on music, and Joe’s Apartment showcases exactly how MTV aesthetic transfers to film in this first MTV Films production....

  Like any decade, movies from the 1990s were, in hindsight, distinctly connected to their time, and something that had a substantial impact on how a lot of films were made was the MTV aesthetic. Loud, fast and in-your-face was the style utilized back when the channel was still overwhelmingly focus...

29/04/2024

Written and Illustrated by Jimmie Robinson Published by Image Comics Jimmie Robinson’s Junk Rabbit transports readers to a dystopian future destroyed by unchecked capitalism. During these new dark ages, a novel hero rises from mountains of consumer waste, mass homelessness, and devastating climate change. Some call the hero a myth, an urban legend, but others know that it’s the Junk Rabbit come to life!...

Written and Illustrated by Jimmie Robinson Published by Image Comics   Jimmie Robinson’s Junk Rabbit transports readers to a dystopian future destroyed by unchecked capitalism. During these new dark ages, a novel hero rises from mountains of consumer waste, mass homelessness, and devastating clim...

29/04/2024

Celebrate Return of the Jedi with this deluxe volume that presents incredible photography and concept art, complemented by anecdotes about the film’s production. Drawing connections from the film to contemporary Star Wars storytelling, this book also offers a fresh perspective on its indelible influence. Featuring a wealth of inserts such as booklets and foldout pages, this book is a fascinating tribute to the epic conclusion of the original…...

Celebrate Return of the Jedi with this deluxe volume that presents incredible photography and concept art, complemented by anecdotes about the film’s production. Drawing connections from the film to contemporary Star Wars storytelling, this book also offers a fresh perspective on its indelible inf...

29/04/2024

I’ve always liked films set on trains. They provide instant high concept and perceived production value, while never compromising on intimate character study. In many cases the protagonist has the run of the entire train, including the roof (more on this later), but are still very much confined to the dangerous physics of leaving a train in motion. As you can imagine this provides many thrilling obstacles for filmmakers to play with....

I’ve always liked films set on trains. They provide instant high concept and perceived production value, while never compromising on intimate character study. In many cases the protagonist has the run of the entire train, including the roof (more on this later), but are still very much confined to...

29/04/2024

There's something for everyone in the coming months from the various comic book publishers, whether a Wednesday Warrior, a casual fan, or a new reader. For a comic book store near you visit comicshoplocator.com. DC COMICS DC PRIDE 2024 SNEAK PEEK DC’s comics are as vast, varied, and fantastic as the incredible and weird locations found across DC’s cosmos, and DC’s Eisner and Ringo award-winning Pride comic book anthology returns on May 28 as a universe-spanning travelogue like you’ve never seen!...

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There’s something for everyone in the coming months from the various comic book publishers, whether a Wednesday Warrior, a casual fan, or a new reader. For a comic book store near you visit comicshoplocator.com. DC COMICS DC PRIDE 2024 SNEAK PEEK DC’s comics are as vast, varied, and fantastic as...

29/04/2024

There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by the audience that lives for such fare. Some of these deserve another look, because sometimes not every film should remain obscure. Sometimes, word of mouth can be very effective, if you find the right ear… Schlock…...

There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by the audience that lives for such fare. Some of these deserve another look, because sometimes not every film should remain obscure. Sometimes, word of mouth can be very e...

29/04/2024

In Luca Gaudagnino’s latest opus Challengers, we are introduced to three tennis players with differing degrees of talent, challenges and motivations, and we follow them as both players and people over the course of 13 years. What follows is an intricate tale of competition, passion and the, at times, fickle nature of human relationships, as the story of their intertwining lives both on and off the court plays out over the course of 133 minutes....

In Luca Gaudagnino’s latest opus Challengers, we are introduced to three tennis players with differing degrees of talent, challenges and motivations, and we follow them as both players and people over the course of 13 years. What follows is an intricate tale of competition, passion and the, at tim...

29/04/2024

Let me start off by acknowledging that this is my first viewing of The Raid 2. I watched it right after I watched The Raid: Redemption. I know that this is almost universally loved. I know that. I also went into this film not knowing a thing about it. No, I did not see it when it was initially released in 2014, nor had I seen the original film…...

Let me start off by acknowledging that this is my first viewing of The Raid 2. I watched it right after I watched The Raid: Redemption. I know that this is almost universally loved. I know that. I also went into this film not knowing a thing about it. No, I did not see it […]

29/04/2024

Wandering Planet Toys has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the second wave of officially licensed action figures based on The Prisoner, the cult classic television show starring and created by Patrick McGoohan. The campaign is now live and will run until Thursday, 5/16 at 8:59 PM PT “LEO MCKERN as Number 2 was by far the figure our backers most requested that we make next, and we’ve got him,” said Wandering Planet Toys Co-Founder Chris “Doc” Wyatt. ...

Wandering Planet Toys has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the second wave of officially licensed action figures based on The Prisoner, the cult classic television show starring and created by Patrick McGoohan. The campaign is now live and will run until Thursday, 5/16 at 8:59 PM PT “LEO MC...

29/04/2024

Is the world ready for another Tom Ripley? Writer-director Steven Zaillian (Searching for Bobby Fischer) seems to think so, and in this third adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s most celebrated novel, we finally get to see the true face behind Ripley’s mask of devious charm. Like Ripley, Highsmith was adept at turning our sympathies upside-down. In her 1955 novel she managed to get readers to root for a guy who cons his way into the trust of a young shipping heir named Dickie Greenleaf, kills Dickie on a rowboat, steals his identity, takes his stuff, gets away with it, and feels pretty good about it all....

Is the world ready for another Tom Ripley? Writer-director Steven Zaillian (Searching for Bobby Fischer) seems to think so, and in this third adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s most celebrated novel, we finally get to see the true face behind Ripley’s mask of devious charm. Like Ripley, Highsmit...

29/04/2024

From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes Rebel Moon, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival....

From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes Rebel Moon, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisariu...