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Image via AMP International The ever-present trend of the erotic horror/thriller sub-genre might feel overcharged and overused after all these years, but that certainly hasn’t stopped streaming services and production houses from wrapping around projects that practically bleed dollar signs. This is precisely the case for Suitable Flesh — a deliciously complex erotic horror starring Austin Powers icon Heather Graham and notably based on author H.P. Lovecraft’s The Thing On The Doorstep. As reported by Deadline,…

Screengrab via Disney Hiya Pals, and to all that come to this happy place, welcome! It’s a great day to be a Disney fan as significant changes linger on the horizon and strong emotions circle fans who are swimming into theaters to see The Little Mermaid this week. Halle Bailey’s Ariel is stealing hearts worldwide and bringing out strong feelings in all of us as she sings her heart out and swims through her world, dreaming of the magic taking place just outside of it. Magic is a big theme for all things Disney,…

The Little Mermaid live-action remake of Disney’s 1989 animated classic made a splash at the box office on Memorial Day weekend, bringing in almost $100m in North America, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.The film starring Halle Bailey, winning praise from critics as the titular mermaid Ariel, and Melissa McCarthy as her sea witch nemesis, Ursula, ranks as the fifth biggest Memorial Day weekend opening on record.It displaces Fast X in the top spot. The 10th installment in the Fast and Furious franchise…

Her classic films include The African Queen and The Philadelphia Story and she still holds an Oscar record for four wins and 12 nominations, but Katharine Hepburn was haunted by a fear of performing. Despite her success as one of the industry’s foremost actresses, she saw the audience as her “natural enemy” and would repeatedly seek reassurance of her talent from those closest to her.Her nephew, Mundy Hepburn, recalled that her anxiety was extreme when she came backstage after live performances: “Now and again she’d puke…

Tom Hanks chatted about the upcoming Wes Anderson film “Asteroid City” as well as dogs and the possibility that he will be an eternal star thanks to AI animating him long after he’s dead in a recently published podcast. “I could get together and pitch a series of seven movies that would star me in them in which I would be 32 years old from now until kingdom come,” Hanks told The Adam Buxton Podcast, stating a real possibility in the current filmmaking landscape. “I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that’s…

Photo by Jon Kopaloff/WireImage James Gunn is in the midst of a career high at the moment, as he exits the MCU to broad applause and preps to make his mark on the still-developing DCU. Gunn’s exit from Marvel’s corner of the cinematic superhero world is broadly considered the best entry in the franchise’s Phase Four. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a hit, according to nearly everyone who’s seen it, and it’s thanks to some very purposeful decisions on Gunn’s part. He delivered exactly the kind of film…

Nina Metz | Chicago Tribune What is Hollywood without screenwriters? No characters to play. No scripts to shoot. That’s as fundamental as it gets. TV and film writers are represented by the Writers Guild of America. With the exception of a few highly paid names, many have seen their careers become untenable in recent years as streaming radically upended the financial model. The people who dream up the shows and movies that we so compulsively watch are struggling to earn a living doing it. As a result, the WGA went on…

A moose calf runs through the snow at a farm in Duved, Sweden in March. Using dozens of cameras set up throughout Sweden's massive forests, weeks-long live broadcasts of elk and other wild animals, or just as often not much at all, have captured Swedish audiences' hearts. As three elks timidly approach a lake on screen, comments…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJimmy Kimmel appeared to call out the Academy and the audience’s response to the Will Smith slap during his Oscars 2023 opening monologue.The host addressed the controversial moment that saw Smith hit comedian Chris Rock on stage after he made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.After the ceremony, the incident ended up becoming the biggest talking point, and many were wondering…

via MGM The debate about method acting has been one that’s always bubbling just under the surface of the conversation when it comes to determining whether or not performers can often take things to unnecessary extremes when getting into character, but paying customers have unearthed a new twist on the formula after Creed III screenings led to method viewing. Watching Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors battling for in-ring supremacy has certainly appeared to have an adverse affect on audiences, with reports…