More than five decades into their career, Judas Priest have always been one of metal’s most reliably great bands, likely because the responsibility they feel to the genre weighs just as heavily as the music they make. They never want to let down their fans, the “heavy metal maniacs,” as lead shrieker Rob Halford dubbed them long ago, even as they’ve pressed forward in the face of adversity in recent years. Guitarist Glenn Tipton, a bona fide metal icon known for his electrifying solos, revealed he’d been...
- 3/11/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Passion and Perseverance, the two watchwords at this year’s TV Drama Vision in Göteborg will resonate across this year’s program where a record 700 delegates will take the pulse of what’s hot and upcoming from the Nordics and Europe.
Unfolding parallel to the Göteborg Film Festival, the Nordics’ biggest TV drama showcase and networking event will run Jan 30-31.
“This is what we need!” said TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström about the passion infused in the 60-plus series to be showcased – and about perseverance in the industry, to be debated by the 100 guest speakers – including U.S. streaming giants Netflix, Disney+– first time on-stage – Amazon and all key Nordic commissioners.
“Times are tough-not only in the Nordics but internationally. Our industry is going through profound changes,” she said, citing the microeconomic headwinds impacting drama investors’ coin, artificial intelligence, the halt in production-triggered among others by Hollywood strikes,...
Unfolding parallel to the Göteborg Film Festival, the Nordics’ biggest TV drama showcase and networking event will run Jan 30-31.
“This is what we need!” said TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström about the passion infused in the 60-plus series to be showcased – and about perseverance in the industry, to be debated by the 100 guest speakers – including U.S. streaming giants Netflix, Disney+– first time on-stage – Amazon and all key Nordic commissioners.
“Times are tough-not only in the Nordics but internationally. Our industry is going through profound changes,” she said, citing the microeconomic headwinds impacting drama investors’ coin, artificial intelligence, the halt in production-triggered among others by Hollywood strikes,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Taylor Swift is putting her fans in a lavender haze! In the early hours of Friday morning, the 33-year-old singer delighted fans with the release of her music video for “Lavender Haze”, one day after she announced its impending arrival.
The video fits perfectly with the meaning of the song, which Swift confirmed is inspired by her and Joe Alwyn‘s romance, and the lengths they go to quiet the outside noise.
“I happened on the phrase ‘lavender haze’ when I was watching ‘Mad Men’, and I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool, and it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love,” she said. “If you were in the lavender haze that meant you were in that all-encompassing love glow. I thought that was really beautiful.”
“I guess, theoretically, when you’re in the...
The video fits perfectly with the meaning of the song, which Swift confirmed is inspired by her and Joe Alwyn‘s romance, and the lengths they go to quiet the outside noise.
“I happened on the phrase ‘lavender haze’ when I was watching ‘Mad Men’, and I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool, and it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love,” she said. “If you were in the lavender haze that meant you were in that all-encompassing love glow. I thought that was really beautiful.”
“I guess, theoretically, when you’re in the...
- 1/27/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Exclusive: Eme Ikwuakor and Scott Haze are set to appear opposite Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Wagner Moura, Dhanush, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfre Woodard, Regé-Jean Page, and Julia Butters in The Gray Man, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
The Netflix and Agbo action-thriller is based on the first installment of the 10-book Gray Man series by Mark Greaney. In the film adaptation, Gosling stars as a freelance assassin and former CIA operative Court Gentry (a.k.a. the Gray Man) who is hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA.
Joe Russo penned the screenplay, with a polish by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. The Russo Brothers and Mike Larocca will produce the pic via Agbo alongside Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Chris Castaldi on behalf of Roth Kirschenbaum. Executive Producers are Patrick Newall, Jake Aust, Todd Makurath.
The Netflix and Agbo action-thriller is based on the first installment of the 10-book Gray Man series by Mark Greaney. In the film adaptation, Gosling stars as a freelance assassin and former CIA operative Court Gentry (a.k.a. the Gray Man) who is hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA.
Joe Russo penned the screenplay, with a polish by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. The Russo Brothers and Mike Larocca will produce the pic via Agbo alongside Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Chris Castaldi on behalf of Roth Kirschenbaum. Executive Producers are Patrick Newall, Jake Aust, Todd Makurath.
- 3/24/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Sara Ali Khan spreads winter vibes on social media on Friday, with a new set of images that she has posted.
Sara shared the pictures on Instagram. The images capture the actress wearing an oversized white hoodie dress paired with thigh-high matching socks.
She completes the mood with trademark rhyming flair, to set winter moods.
"Sweater Days and Winter Haze... Sarso Ka Saag and Golden Rays," Sara wrote with the pictures, in which she she soaks the winter sun.
The actress recently returned from a holiday in Maldives. She had gone vacationing with brother Ibrahim Ali Khan and mother Amrita Singh.
On the work front, Sara was recently seen in the Ott-released film "Coolie No. 1" along with actor Varun Dhawan, and she has started shooting for her next, "Atrangi Re". The film co-stars Akshay Kumar, Dhanush and Nimrat Kaur, and is directed by Aanand L. Rai.
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Sara shared the pictures on Instagram. The images capture the actress wearing an oversized white hoodie dress paired with thigh-high matching socks.
She completes the mood with trademark rhyming flair, to set winter moods.
"Sweater Days and Winter Haze... Sarso Ka Saag and Golden Rays," Sara wrote with the pictures, in which she she soaks the winter sun.
The actress recently returned from a holiday in Maldives. She had gone vacationing with brother Ibrahim Ali Khan and mother Amrita Singh.
On the work front, Sara was recently seen in the Ott-released film "Coolie No. 1" along with actor Varun Dhawan, and she has started shooting for her next, "Atrangi Re". The film co-stars Akshay Kumar, Dhanush and Nimrat Kaur, and is directed by Aanand L. Rai.
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- 1/29/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
After many of his films dealt with the relationship of the individual to the city as well as the consequences of violence for ourselves, it was quite understandable Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto wanted a slight change in topic. Especially his previous project, “A Snake of June” (2002) has already hinted at the link of body and nature, how the urban landscape and technology have led to some kind of estrangement of mind and body. Perhaps considering he felt the topic worthwhile to explore further, Tsukamoto started to venture more into what he thought was the greatest taboo topic of modernity, the death of the body. In an interview about “Vital”, which was the result of that research, the director states that within the modern landscape defined by urbanity and technology, we have learned to ignore or avoid the reality of death, resulting in the body losing its worth to many of us.
- 11/11/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After many of his films dealt with the relationship of the individual to the city as well as the consequences of violence for ourselves, it was quite understandable Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto wanted a slight change in topic. Especially his previous project, “A Snake of June” (2002) has already hinted at the link of body and nature, how the urban landscape and technology have led to some kind of estrangement of mind and body. Perhaps considering he felt the topic worthwhile to explore further, Tsukamoto started to venture further into what he thought was the greatest taboo topic of modernity, the death of the body. In an interview about “Vital”, the film, which was the result of that research, the director states that within the modern landscape defined by urbanity and technology, we have learned to ignore or avoid the reality of death, resulting in the body losing its worth to many of us.
- 12/7/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“You cannot beat concrete.”
Considering the link between spirit and body has been one of the main themes in his work, perhaps it was only a matter of time before the Japanese director would explore the world of sports. While “Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer” already dealt with the body being altered through outside forces, in this case post-industrial culture and modernity’s obsession with physical optimization, Tsukamoto’s next project would go in a different direction. However, keen observers will quickly notice many similarities between this film and “Tokyo Fist” which may not only serve as an extension of these issues, but also as a visual allegory for the fragility of our bodies, and their connection to our spirit.
“Tokyo Fist” is screening at Nippon Connection
Another interesting parallel, which, for example, author Tom Mes points out, is how the story of “Tokyo Fist” mirrors its director’s biography too.
Considering the link between spirit and body has been one of the main themes in his work, perhaps it was only a matter of time before the Japanese director would explore the world of sports. While “Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer” already dealt with the body being altered through outside forces, in this case post-industrial culture and modernity’s obsession with physical optimization, Tsukamoto’s next project would go in a different direction. However, keen observers will quickly notice many similarities between this film and “Tokyo Fist” which may not only serve as an extension of these issues, but also as a visual allegory for the fragility of our bodies, and their connection to our spirit.
“Tokyo Fist” is screening at Nippon Connection
Another interesting parallel, which, for example, author Tom Mes points out, is how the story of “Tokyo Fist” mirrors its director’s biography too.
- 5/29/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“I will soon wake up and the pain will be gone.”
For many years Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto had experimented with variations of of the same theme: the link between a highly technologized and urbanized world and the body. What has begun in “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” eventually found its way into his other films, showing a world defined by cold, anonymous structures in which technology and industry would form the new man, a being more accustomed to a world ever changing. Tetsuo, Tsukamoto’s most famous creation, is the perfect amalgam of modern work culture, the omnipresent need to optimize the body and the resulting feeling of being inferior towards technology. In many ways, Tsukamoto’s characters are the reflections or descendants of the people shown in the works by Michelangelo Antonioni and David Cronenberg.
However, even as he was working on the first “Tetsuo”-film, Tsukamoto was contemplating...
For many years Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto had experimented with variations of of the same theme: the link between a highly technologized and urbanized world and the body. What has begun in “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” eventually found its way into his other films, showing a world defined by cold, anonymous structures in which technology and industry would form the new man, a being more accustomed to a world ever changing. Tetsuo, Tsukamoto’s most famous creation, is the perfect amalgam of modern work culture, the omnipresent need to optimize the body and the resulting feeling of being inferior towards technology. In many ways, Tsukamoto’s characters are the reflections or descendants of the people shown in the works by Michelangelo Antonioni and David Cronenberg.
However, even as he was working on the first “Tetsuo”-film, Tsukamoto was contemplating...
- 5/20/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
If you replaced Tom Hardy for Steve Martin in “All of Me,” and switched out Lily Tomlin for a wad of chewed-up black licorice, you’d have “Venom.” The difference being that “All of Me” is a charming screwball comedy, and “Venom” is the kind of comic-book movie that people who hate comic-book movies think that all comic-book movies are like.
Leaping from plot point to plot point without the hindrance of logic or characters, this big-screen return of the legendary Spider-Man nemesis — last seen in the franchise-hobbling “Spider-Man 3” — is aggressively loud and stupid without being much fun at all. It exists as a waste of time for some very talented actors, and it’s proof that even Marvel (whether it’s the studio or other films based on its imprint) doesn’t always get it right.
Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a motorcycle-riding investigative reporter who tools...
Leaping from plot point to plot point without the hindrance of logic or characters, this big-screen return of the legendary Spider-Man nemesis — last seen in the franchise-hobbling “Spider-Man 3” — is aggressively loud and stupid without being much fun at all. It exists as a waste of time for some very talented actors, and it’s proof that even Marvel (whether it’s the studio or other films based on its imprint) doesn’t always get it right.
Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a motorcycle-riding investigative reporter who tools...
- 10/3/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Who doesn’t enjoy a little Euripides with their breakfast cereal or, in this case, with their unrelenting celluloid exploration of sadistic, on-campus initiations? Of course, hazing has been ceaselessly explored in the news each time there’s a new frat and in previous efforts such as Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland’s documentary Frat House (1998) and John Landis’ comedy Animal House (1978). Even the Lifetime channel (The Haunting of Sorority Row (2007)) and one of this year’s best movies (Prof. Marston and the Wonder Women) have taken out their paddles, exploring the female side of these rituals. However, seldom has Dionysus and the Bacchae been incorporated into the subject matter.
(Please note that Tennessee Williams was inspired by the same source material for Suddenly Last Summer, a tale of lobotomies, cannibalism, and repressed homosexuality. Sounds very much like a fraternity initiation in the end, doesn’t it?) Indeed, few films,...
(Please note that Tennessee Williams was inspired by the same source material for Suddenly Last Summer, a tale of lobotomies, cannibalism, and repressed homosexuality. Sounds very much like a fraternity initiation in the end, doesn’t it?) Indeed, few films,...
- 11/6/2017
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
Fraternities and sororities remain steadfast at colleges in the U.S. The basic appeal of the Greek system has always escaped me; you've moved away from home, probably for the first time, so why not enjoy your freedom and independence? Certainly, though, we can all empathize with those who seek friendship through an organized society. But in this day and age, can any young person simply choose to ignore the destructive potential inherent in the hazing rituals endorsed by some fraternities and sororities? Based on his own experiences with the Greek system, David Burkman wrote and directed Haze, which follows a college freshman who wants to join a fraternity. Things go haywire when his older brother launches an anti-hazing crusade. We have an exclusive clip (Not...
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- 10/12/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson will go up against a sadistic serial killer known as The Snowman in the Universal Pictures' movie of the same name later this month, and to celebrate the release of the new thriller, we've been provided with one The Snowman prize pack (which has some awesome tie-ins to the film) to give away to one lucky Daily Dead reader in today's second Horror Highlights, which also includes a look at the immersive The Snowman blog app, an exclusive clip from the college-set drama Haze, and a trailer for the new horror film Apocalypse Cult.
The Snowman Contest: "The Snowman, a terrifying thriller based on the novel by Jo Nesbø is being released on Oct 19th. A sociopath who calls himself “The Snowman Killer” has targeted the one person for whom he wants to showoff his methodical, unthinkable skills: the lead investigator of an elite crime squad.
The Snowman Contest: "The Snowman, a terrifying thriller based on the novel by Jo Nesbø is being released on Oct 19th. A sociopath who calls himself “The Snowman Killer” has targeted the one person for whom he wants to showoff his methodical, unthinkable skills: the lead investigator of an elite crime squad.
- 10/11/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Haze Gravitas Ventures Director: David Burkman Written by: David Burkman Cast: Kirk Curran, Mike Blejer, Jeremy O’Shea, Kristin Rogers, Sophia Medley, Callie Screened at:Critics’ link, NYC, 10/4/17 Opens: October 13, 2017 Attending an out-of-town college is a privilege enjoyed by people with the luck to have parents with money, or the desire of young people […]
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- 10/9/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The bonus features for the long-awaited Blu-ray release of The Poughkeepsie Tapes are included in today's Horror Highlights, which also features a deleted scene included on The Mummy Blu-ray, clips from Die Laughing and The Lodgers, the trailer and poster for Haze, and images from Restricted Area.
The Poughkeepsie Tapes Blu-ray: Press Release: "From the filmmakers that brought you Quarantine and As Above, So Below comes a descent into the twisted crimes of a serial killer! Long sought-after by horror enthusiasts after its original 2007 theatrical release was infinitely delayed, this highly anticipated documentary-style thriller has never before been officially released on home entertainment formats. Making its Blu-ray and DVD debut October 10th, 2017 from Scream Factory, The Poughkeepsie Tapes also includes new interviews with writer/director John Erick Dowdle, writer/producer Drew Dowdle and actress Stacy Chbosky, as well as the original theatrical trailer as bonus features. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.
The Poughkeepsie Tapes Blu-ray: Press Release: "From the filmmakers that brought you Quarantine and As Above, So Below comes a descent into the twisted crimes of a serial killer! Long sought-after by horror enthusiasts after its original 2007 theatrical release was infinitely delayed, this highly anticipated documentary-style thriller has never before been officially released on home entertainment formats. Making its Blu-ray and DVD debut October 10th, 2017 from Scream Factory, The Poughkeepsie Tapes also includes new interviews with writer/director John Erick Dowdle, writer/producer Drew Dowdle and actress Stacy Chbosky, as well as the original theatrical trailer as bonus features. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.
- 9/14/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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