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The horror genre's renaissance is showing no signs of slowing down, with many of the best horror movies returning to theaters via sequels and reboots. Fans were psyched when two new Scream movies were produced in quick succession, which was evident in their box office performances. Unfortunately what we know about Scream 7 is limited after a number of major setbacks. And actor Mason Gooding offered both cynicism and optimism about the movie's future.Shortly after Scream 7 was announced, it was revealed that Happy Death…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAwards season will come to a close with the Oscars 2024, which will take place this weekend.The latest round of movies, actors and directors in contention for trophies will compete for prizes at the Los Angeles ceremony, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon leading the tally.As ever, the usual snubs and surprised led to outrage among film fans, but it’s mostly…

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is not going to be a typical entry from the sci-fi/action franchise. While the previous four films are narratives designed akin to stories told around a campfire in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, the upcoming 2024 movie is the first to specifically build on in-continuity elements – shifting the focus to Charlize Theron's character from Mad Max: Fury Road and play out her origin. Because of this, fans are already well-braced for the feature to be a different kind of cinematic experience than its…

As Overwatch 2 kicks off its crossover with ’90s sci-fi anime Cowboy Bebop today (March 7), we caught up with Overwatch art director Dion Rogers to learn more about the combination. Though this is Blizzard’s first Cowboy Bebop crossover, Rogers told NME that the team behind Overwatch are “huge fans” of the anime, and it inspired some of the game’s visuals during development. “Cowboy Bebop has an amazing art style blending various artistic influences film noir, westerns and science fiction,” shared Rogers. “The anime’s…

As part of its long-running Shot on iPhone series, Apple recently handed acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition, 13 Assassins, The Happiness of the Katakuris) an iPhone 15 Pro to shoot a short film. The 19-minute movie (top), called Midnight, brings to life a manga by legendary artist Osamu Tezuka in which a mysterious taxi driver helps out a young woman being pursued by assassins. As intended, the action-packed flick showcases many of the iPhone 15 Pro’s capabilities when it comes to capturing an array…

After wrapping production on Phantom Thread in 2017, Daniel Day-Lewis put out a statement announcing his retirement from acting. This came as a shock to many, as fans were hoping for more films starring the Oscar winner. And hasn’t done another movie since though, as of late, rumors have suggested that Day-Lewis ould potentially sign on to another film. However, according to director Jim Sheridan, these rumors are unfounded, and the actor remains firm on his retirement. Apparently, streaming and the "seven thousand…

The Oppenheimer juggernaut has ensured that some of the Oscar races are pretty much sewn up, and Director is one of those. Nolan’s masterpiece has steamrolled through all of the precursor awards and Sunday night is now just a formality. The movies nominated this year all speak to the very nature of being human, exploring the different ways in which innocence and cruelty can manifest in every human interaction. (Also Read: Oscars 2024: Barbie and Oppenheimer to Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon, a guide to Best…

Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt has dismissed comparisons between Helldivers 2 and Halo. Both titles are military-driven sci-fi games that involve missions to liberate planets with as much fire-power as possible. Over the weekend, PlayStation fan account OmoiteS posted a series of posts comparing the two franchises. “Almost a month later, Helldivers 2 still has over 400k concurrent users on Steam. Meanwhile free-to-play Halo Infinite turned out an utter FLOP,” they wrote alongside an image that showed just…

“Scary movies don’t create fear,” the American writer-director Wes Craven told me on more than one occasion. “They release fear.” This was a mantra for the horror maven, along with his equally forthright declaration that scary movies were a “bootcamp for the soul”, teaching psychological survival skills within the safety of the cinema.Over the course of his career, Craven, who died in 2015 aged 76, made some of the most memorably influential scary movies of the 20th century, from gruelling grindhouse classic The Last…

It was recently revealed that Return to Silent Hill – a new movie based on Silent Hill 2 – has finished filming. Yeah, even though it has flown a bit under the radar, a new Silent Hill movie based on the events of Silent Hill 2 has been in the works for a while, and I’m cautiously optimistic about it. I know that getting two re-tellings of Silent Hill 2 in such a short timespan will probably strike many as weird, but the good news here is that they’ve brought back Christophe Gans, the French director responsible for the…