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The last major Cannes sidebar lineup has now arrived with Directors’ Fortnight, and featured in the slate is perhaps our most-anticipated film across the entire festival: the world premiere of Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3. Also featured is Robin Campillo’s opening-night selection Enzo, Sean Byrne’s shark thriller Dangerous Animals, and Eva Victor’s Sundance stand-out Sorry, Baby, which will close the festival.

The organizers said of this year’s lineup, “In a turbulent world beset on all fronts by reactionary attitudes, where republican and universalist values are under attack, art’s subversive role is threatened and major works are cancelled, filmmakers on all continents stand fiercely opposed to these trends. The richness and dynamism of the young generation’s cinema are intact. The films – some of which come from countries at war or regions where obscurantism and populism prevail – avoid lofty speeches, preferring to show us another reality.

Eighteen features and 10 short films will be in the lineup of the independent Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced at a press conference on Tuesday morning.

The section will open with Robin Campillo’s “Enzo” and will also include German director Christian Petzold’s “Mirrors No. 3,” starring Paula Beer; the Ukrainian documentary “Militantropos,” from directors Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi; “Dangerous Animals,” a horror film set at sea from Australian director Sean Byrne (“The Devil’s Candy”); the comedy “Peak Everything” from Canadian director Anne Émond; and the closing-night film, first-time director Eva Victor’s Sundance hit “Sorry, Baby,” which will be released by A24 in June.

The section does not convene a jury to choose the best of its films, but for the second consecutive year it will give out an audience award. Last year’s audience award, the first ever given out by any section at Cannes,...

The Directors’ Fortnight, the Cannes film festival independent sidebar focused on cutting-edge, auteur cinema, has unveiled its 2025 lineup.

Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo’s French drama Enzo will open the section on May 14, with Eva Victor’s Sundance hit Sorry, Baby as the closing film on May 24.

Acclaimed German director Christian Petzold (Yella, Barbara, Afire) will make his Cannes debut in the Directors’ Fortnight this year, with Miroirs No. 3. Petzold regular Paula Beer plays an aspiring pianist whose life is upended when she miraculously survives a car crash and is taken in by a family of strangers who offer to take care of her. Metrograph Pictures pre-bought the film for North America last year.

Other Fortnight highlights include Peak Everything from Canadian director Anne Émond, a bilingual rom-com about a kennel owner who falls in love with a customer service rep over the phone and sets off to find her; Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho,...

Stephen King superfans, especially those who have read the books in the "Dark Tower" series (currently being adapted by Mike Flanagan), will be able to tell you that many of the author's stories interconnect in unexpected ways. For instance: in the original novel of King's "It," Dick Halloran from "The Shining" appears and interacts with one of the story's child protagonists. There is a scene in "Wizard and Glass," the fourth "Dark Tower" novel, where the characters visit the plague-ridden reality of King's "The Stand." The character of Father Callahan from "Salem's Lot" becomes one of the main characters of the "Dark Tower" series. There are also several King stories that take place in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. There are many other connections that a deep-cut King reader could add to this list.

In 2018, television honchos Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason decided to take advantage of their...

Part of what made "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" such a beloved cult hit was that fans could truly get lost in the world of Sunnydale. The slayer's hometown felt like a real place, and when mixed with the allure of late-'90s California — a state which had largely defined the culture of the decade with its valley slang and surfer/skateboard culture — made for one of the most immersive TV experiences of its time. Of course, it helped that everybody wanted to be friends with the Scooby Gang, but there was an undeniable charm to the supernatural epicenter that was Sunnydale.

Sadly, loving "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has become complicated in recent years. After creator Joss Whedon was accused of, among other things, running a toxic set that made life very difficult for the "Buffy" cast, Sarah Michelle Gellar included, the show that had meant so much to '90s...

Stephen King's novel 'Cujo' is to be remade by Netflix.The horror was first adapted for the screen in 1983 and starred Dee Wallace as a frustrated suburban housewife whose life is in turmoil and now Deadline has confirmed that the streaming giant has secured the rights for a remake.According to the outlet, Roy Lee will serve as producer and the company is looking for writers "immediately" to adapt the novel.No potential release date or any casting suggestions have been announced as yet. The first adaptation of the novel was a was a moest box office success, and in 2015, Sunn Classic Pictures announced that it would develop another adaptation titled 'C.U.J.O' but this never came to fruition.The celebrated author, however, once revealed that he had "no recollection" of writing the original novel though because he was struggling with addiction at the time.He...

Decades after the series ended, Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains one of the greatest supernatural dramas of all time. Featuring a remarkable cast, exceptional writing, and a brilliant premise, the show is still a classic and earns regular re-watches from fans. Capable of alternating between light and funny, romantic and sweet, and emotionally devastating, Buffy delivered more than its share of memorable episodes over the course of seven seasons. For many, the saddest of the series, and one that showed the actors at the top of their game, was the Season 5 episode "The Body." It was the next episode, however, that gave Michelle Trachtenberg a chance to demonstrate her incredible talent.

"The Body" is still difficult for many to watch today. Beginning with Buffy finding her mother dead, it follows the fallout of this tragic event and how each member of the Scooby Gang responds. Almost completely devoid of supernatural elements,...

In 1982, Stephen King published Different Seasons, an anthology of brooding dramas that explored humanity's darker impulses — and the most disturbing of the four is Apt Pupil. This late-1970s story of an American teenager's involvement with a Nazi war criminal hit the big screen in 1998, but both versions strangely forecast the dark cultural changes inaugurated by the Columbine shooting in 1999.

The protagonist of Apt Pupil is a seemingly wholesome teen whose fascist fantasies turn him into a killer. The written story concludes with a crime that has become sadly common in recent years; the film's ending is less violent, but in some ways much darker. Both versions are strangely prescient about far-right trends in modern youth culture, and even fans familiar with Stephen King's novella may find that the story has a very different impact today.

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Three iconic film adaptations of Stephen King's works are now available to stream on Max.

Today is a fantastic day for fans of King, with three film adaptations of the King of Horror's work having made it onto Max for streaming as of March 1st. Those films include the original 1976 Carrie, the 2013 remake of Carrie, and the 1986 coming-of-age drama Stand by Me. The 1976 version of Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta, is considered to be the best of the adaptations of King's 1974 horror novel. However, the 2013 version still has its merits despite its flaws.

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Nothing says successful adaptation than a positive review from the author.

The Rob Reiner-directed Stand by Me was based on King's 1986 autobiographical novella The Body. The Body itself was an interesting shift in King's genre, straying away from the...

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This March, Max is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the brilliant comedy series The Righteous Gemstones to the streaming release of Hugh Grant‘s terrifying horror film Heretic. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Max next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films coming to Max in September 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Men in Black (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Credit – Sony Pictures

Men in Black is a sci-fi action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld from a screenplay by Ed Solomon. Based on the comic book The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham, the 1997 film follows Agent K and Agent J, two people from a top-secret agency that monitors the extraterrestrials on Earth.

Contains major spoilers for Buffy The Vampire Slayer

“Mom!” With a single word, the arrival of Dawn changed everything about Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Michelle Trachtenberg’s younger teen sister to Sarah Michelle Gellar’s college-aged Slayer arrived five seasons into the fantastical coming-of-age saga, to true double-take effect. Because Buffy didn’t have a sister, at least not in Buffy’s first four seasons. Suddenly, in the closing moments of the Season 5 premiere, Buffy’s mum Joyce tells her daughter to “take your sister” when she goes out. Cue a reaction shot of Gellar and Trachtenberg whining in unison, causing audiences to leap off their chairs. It remains one of the all-time-great TV character introductions for its brilliant abruptness.

From that moment on, Dawn’s presence changed the trajectory of the show. And Trachtenberg played her perfectly, elevating Dawn above what she, in essence, was: a plot device. Her...

When Dawn Summers (Michelle Trachtenberg) first popped up at the end of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Season 5, Episode 1, it was a shock to everyone watching. There had never been any mention of Buffy having a younger sister, and yet, as soon as she shows up, the whole cast acts like it's the most natural thing in the world. It was clear at the time that something strange was afoot, but it took a while for fans to figure it out. The secret of Dawn, her status as the "Key," and her relationship to season villain and Hell goddess Glory (Clare Kramer) unfold over the course of Season 5, contributing to what many (myself included) see as the show's greatest chapter.

With the recent, tragic news of Trachtenberg's death, it seems appropriate to look back at some of her best episodes of "Buffy." Always a unique piece of the show's ensemble, Dawn...

Drum roll, please! The distinguished title of Neon's new best-selling director goes to the one, the only, Osgood "Oz" Perkins. That's right, folks, Perkins has done it again. His latest Neon horror film, The Monkey,premiered for early previews on Feb. 20 and solidified his reign as the production company's best-selling filmmaker. The Monkey earned a whopping $1.9 million in preview ticket sales, making it the second highest-selling early showings of a Neon film, right behind the $3 million made in previews by Perkins' 2024 hit for the horror production company, Longlegs.

According to Deadline, Perkins' Stephen King adaptation is on its way to becoming the best opening for a horror movie of this year so far, with a projected $12-$14 million in ticket sales this weekend, including advance screenings. The horror writer and director has proven he can sell the hell out of tickets, but he's also got the substance to back up the sales.

Presented by Neon’s The Monkey, Bloody Disgusting is celebrating this Friday’s release of Osgood Perkins’ highly anticipated horror with Stephen King Week. Yesterday, Rachel Reeves dusted off adaptations from King’s Skeleton Crew, and today, Jenn Adams bandages up the most bizarre deaths in King’s Dominion.

The only thing certain in this unpredictable world is that every one of us will eventually die. No matter who we are, where we live, or what circumstances we’re born into, we will all one day reach our inevitable end. What we’re not guaranteed is the way we’ll go out. Perhaps in a quiet deathbed at a ripe old age or a grisly accident shortly after our birth, there’s no way to know how our precious lives will eventually wink out.

Oz Perkins explores this nihilistic idea in his horror comedy The Monkey. Inspired by Stephen King’s iconic short story,...

While Netflix is constantly adding things to its vast library, the streamer also has to get rid of things too. One can assume that Netflix has many large servers to house all the movies and series that we get to see. But maybe those servers begin to lack room, so some things have to go.

This week is not too bad for having to say goodbye to some items. The 21st is by far the saddest day. Southpaw is a fantastic film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a boxer who must turn his life around after a tragedy occurs. It is a bit too by note at times, but the acting makes up for any lag in the story.

Book Club also leaves on that day. There is also little doubt as to the acting ability of the cast. The film features Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen.

As recently revealed, Hulu is working on a reboot of the timeless classic that is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A pilot is currently being developed by director Chloé Zhao, and writers Nora and Lila Zuckerman, and Sarah Michelle Gellar is slated to reprise her role as Buffy Summers. The pilot will serve as a direct continuation of the seven-season series and will primarily follow a brand-new Slayer.

Fans can't wait for the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, but it will need more than Sarah Michelle Gellar's involvement to be a success. The Buffy fandom is famously enduring and passionate, and expectations for the new series are incredibly high. While the reboot should strive to stand on its own, it will never be able to escape the original series' shadow, and the best way for it to please fans will be to learn from its predecessor's example.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer is set to return to screens in the near future, but are some things better off left in the past?

Warning! This article contains spoilers for all seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Buffy Summers was – and is – a role model for millions of people who came of age in the late 90s and early 2000s. She was a normal high school student who battled demons, vampires and sometimes bugs as she navigated more mundane teen problems like boys, parents and school. Buffy was the one girl in her generation chosen to fight the forces of evil, whether she wanted to or not.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon – who is a bit of a persona non grata in Hollywood these days – came to an end in 2003. But as we reported on 3rd February, a new sequel series is in the works at Hulu.

Stephen Kingis widely regarded as the “King of Horror,” and with 5 decades of writing within the genre, it’s no surprise why. Most of his novels take place in Maine and are set in fictional towns such as Derry and Castle Rock. It’s the latter of which that is arguably his most recognizable, as it has served as the setting for many of his novels, such as “Cujo,” and “The Body”. It has also been referenced in many of King’s works, such as “It” and “The Shawshank Redemption”. The fictional town is sort of a character in and of itself, something that was eventually expanded upon in 2018 with the premiere of the Castle Rock TV series.

When it comes to heartbreaking episodes, the BBC series Call The Midwifecertainly has its fair share, but one still stands out as the saddest of them all. In Series 7, beloved character Nurse Barbara Herewood (Charlotte Ritchie) comes down with what she believes is a cold. However, her health takes a turn for the worse, and in Episode 7, she's admitted to the hospital with a severe case of meningococcal septicemia, a life-threatening blood infection. And she ultimately succumbs to the illness in Call the Midwife's most heartbreaking moment. Much like the character deaths in shows like Downton Abbeyor even the Buffy the Vampire Slayerepisode, "The Body," the tragic loss of Barbara marks a major shift in the series, devastating the audience and forever changing the lives of the characters in the show.

If you're a fan of the macabre, then Stephen King movies are probably right up your alley. However, this time we won't provide news about his scary films. In fact, there's nothing quite scary about Stand by Me, except that it offers a surprisingly honest look at childhood and the good and bad things that come with it. For fans of this departure from King's usual hokum, then you have to hurry and see Stand by Me before it leaves Netflix on February 1.

The coming-of-age movie will depart the catalog and will disappear for a while from the streaming-verse. Note that other titles leaving the streamer on February 1 include Snowpiercer, Zero Dark Thirty and 2021's Dune. If you haven't heard about the 1986 movie, just know that it's worth paying for a Netflix subscription even if prices are ridiculously high. Yes, it is that good.

Stand by Me is based on King's novella The Body,...

Directed by Rob Reiner and released in 1986, Stand by Me is a classic coming-of-age drama based on the Stephen King novella The Body. Autobiographical in nature, The Body unfolded during King's childhood in 1960. The author used the pages of his story to recollect memories of nostalgia, mixed in with the childhood emergence of a reckoning with death in the banality of a postwar suburban landscape.

As an adaptation of The Body, Stand by Me found a way to include everything that already worked in King's narrative and elevated it to greater heights. Rob Reiner approached the project with loving attention to detail and charm, never losing any of the original story's resonance. While the film is incredibly faithful to the story that came before, there are some notable details at the movie's end that Reiner adjusted to make for a more significant emotional impact.

Updated on January 29, 2024, by Ajay Aravind:...

Over the years, "Family Guy" has made jokes at the expense of some revered names in popular culture. George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino, and Agatha Christie have all been put under the knife and cut into comedic pieces. One big name that Seth MacFarlane's show went after was Stephen King, who, in the 15th episode of season 7 (one of the best seasons of the series), paid homage to the author with a brief anthology in "Three Kings."

The episode saw Peter Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) sitting by the fire going through three of Stephen King's beloved stories as they each get the "Family Guy" treatment: "Stand By Me," "Misery," and "The Shawshank Redemption." The problem is that each segment starring some of Quahog's finest is taken from the films based on the books and not the books themselves. Peter might say he's made a trip to the library, but it seems...

Stephen King has written about 65 books at this point, and by the time you finish reading this article, it'll probably be 66. Not all of them are winners, but he's batting at such a high average that it's hard to complain. The only problem is that it's a little intimidating for first-time readers to decide where to start with him. Do you go in chronological order, or should you go by whichever book's premise catches your eye the most? And what if your goal is to get as good an idea of King's whole schtick in as little time as possible? If you could only read five books to try to get the widest understanding of Stephen King, what should you pick?

That's a tough question, given King's stories hold a wide range of lengths, tones, and genres, but I'll be answering it anyway. Here's my curated list of five introductory Stephen King books,...

In a 1992 comedy flick, a carefree cheerleader learns about her destiny to hunt down and kill vampires. Although this teenage girl is initially flippant about her burgeoning abilities, a series of events forces her to take vampire-hunting seriously. Amid a botched prom and an antagonistic showdown in the school basement, the girl and her allies emerge victorious, having put an end to the tyranny of vampires hounding Hemery High School. Mostly unserious and wholly slapstick, this Fran Rubel Kuzui-helmed film received a negative to lukewarm reception on release. This comedy was none other than "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

But this isn't the version of Buffy that entered the global pop culture DNA. After all, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the television series we know and love, is remembered through its enduring imagery: Black leather jackets, occult/religious iconography, passionate romance, and gothic architecture, to name just a few. At its...

It goes without saying that Stephen King has had an indelible impact on popular culture. His distinctive stories about ordinary citizens confronting the extraordinary — which sometimes lurks within themselves — have influenced generations of creators, some of whom have brought his work to the screen. This list of ten powerful films explores what makes a great adaptation of Stephen King's unique writing.

With 65 novels and countless short works under his belt, Stephen King is one of the most adapted authors of all time, coming in third behind Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. It is hard to keep count of all the screen versions of his stories, but his writing has given rise to many major cinematic achievements. The following films showcase exactly why King's horrific ideas are a perfect match for Hollywood.

King's Most Autobiographical Story Became a Classic Film

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Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body is a scant 72 pages,...

Not all Stephen King fans might be aware of the backstory to Stand by Me, the adaptation of his novella The Body, which was part of his 1982 collection Different Seasons. Perhaps some casual movie fans might not even know this film was based on his story. Many of Stephen King’s books have been adapted for the screen, and while he liked most of them, Stand by Me stood out as one of the author’s favorites alongside Shawshank Redemption. King has repeatedly spoken about the emotional impact in several interviews, stating that it was very much a personal story. In fact, it was so deeply personal that when he saw the finished film, he was overwhelmed with emotion and needed a few minutes to gather his thoughts.

Stand by Me was released in 1986, received enthusiastic reviews from critics and audiences alike, and became a commercial success. It's considered to...

Mike Flanagan made a name for himself in Hollywood as a horror filmmaker, and while he has a range of filmographies exploring this genre, he’s proven that he isn’t confined to it. His latest work, The Life of Chuck, was adapted from Stephen King’s 2020 novella, and he reiterated that this is not a horror story.

Mike Flanagan via Netflix / Credits: YouTube

It’s easy to see why people usually assume that everything Flanagan creates is a horror film. He has a fondness for adapting King’s works to the screen, and the author is revered in the line of horror fiction. Titles such as Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game were Flanagan’s projects based on King’s best-selling books.

Mike Flanagan asserts The Life of Chuck isn’t a horror movie

Over the years, Mike Flanagan basked in the glory of his widely acclaimed television series, such...

Un thriller multiversal, una de samuráis en el Japón feudal o una carta de amor al cine negro, entre el top del 2024.

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Como hemos hecho con las películas, ahora les toca el turno a las series: las mejores nuevas series de 2024. Nada de segundas, terceras, cuartas y un largo etcétera de temporadas de series que ya conocéis. Y es que, el 2024 ha sido, sin duda, un gran año seriéfilo –especialmente para las producciones televisivas españolas–, que nos ha tenido pegados al sofá, devorando episodios uno detrás de otro.

Pero no queríamos quedarnos en un simple ranking. Nuestra intención es que, además de descubrir qué nuevas series nos han marcado, encontréis motivos suficientes para darles una oportunidad. En este artículo, Marta Medina y Mario Hernández, miembros del equipo de mundoCine, han seleccionado las que para ellos han sido las mejores nuevas series del año...

Stephen King is not only a celebrated author with millions of copies sold worldwide, but one of the writers with the most book-to-movie adaptations made of his work, along with literary giants like William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. Although mostly associated with the horror and fantasy genres, King's work ranges within a vast spectrum from crime and mystery to drama and adventure and, sometimes, a mix of all of the above. One of the most celebrated films based on King's books, the 1986 film Stand By Me is an epic coming-of-age adventure at heart with a touch of mystery.

Stand By Me became an instant hit and went down in history as a 1980s cinema hallmark, renowned for its four amazing performances, with late child prodigy River Phoenix standing out as Chris. Based on King's novella titled The Body, the story resonates deeply with readers and viewers alike for many reasons.

For fans of sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural TV, the question looms: where did all the great genre programming go?

From the syndicated adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess to the small-town charm of Eureka, from the gripping mysteries of The X-Files to the sprawling vampire tales of The Vampire Diaries, genre TV once ruled the airwaves.

Fans loved to escape reality with thrilling tales and cherished characters that reached cultural icon status. Yet, as we wade through the 2020s, finding similar shows has become like searching for a needle in a haystack. What happened?

(The CW/Screenshot) A Golden Age of Escapism

The ’90s were a heyday for genre programming, with Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys leading the charge. I never missed Beastmaster, as Daniel Goddard’s smile could light up a room.

These shows thrived in syndication, bringing sword-and-sandal epics to audiences every week. Sure, they were campy and featured over-the-top action,...

Stephen King is happy to describe his stories like they're a burger-and-fries combo meal. It's a fair self-assessment; King's writing is cozy and approachable in how it tells us about horror and mystery, saving the rare moments of his more lyrical art for the pages where it punches the most. His characters are often familiar to the middle class of the past decades, everyday folk put at odds with something beyond their experience. Many of them do what they must, then fade. King is best at ideas and structure, but his endings -- and even the characters that carry them -- are sometimes weighed down with flaws.

That never stops one of his books from being great fun to devour, and sometimes, some of King's characters get a shine to them that makes them stand out. We're going to have a palaver with 15 of his best, a ka-tet of men...

Trying to recapture the movie magic made by a beloved big-screen entry is always a risky game to play, but perhaps even more so when the new direction is television. Can a handful of episodes really deliver the same standard or even surpass what came before without staining the reputation of the property it's based on? Annoyingly, that is often the case, but there are a handful of television shows inspired by films that've actually surprised us in the best way by being not just good, but great even.

After they've gotten over the hurdles of winking at the audience with the world they've knowingly venturing into, some of the best films turned TV shows have been ones that have gone off and done their own thing. They don't go beat for beat with what's already been done before, but expand upon it by way of new characters, wild plot threads,...

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Netflix has the biggest content library of any streaming service, and for that reason, many movies from the past are available on it. So, we thought about all the fans of old brilliant movies that are now characterized as classics and decided to compile a list of the best classic movies on Netflix that you should check out right now.

Scarface Credit – Universal Pictures

Scarface is a crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Oliver Stone. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail and its 1932 film adaptation, the 1983 film follows Tony Montana and his close friend Manny, who build a ruthless and successful drug empire in Miami. However as Tony’s power grows so do his enemies, but the biggest threat to his empire is his own paranoia. Scarface stars Al Pacino,...

“It’s so nice to talk to The Hollywood Reporter,” Olivia Williams says, as we start our interview, “because I really had that Hollywood experience. I went from living in a damp basement flat in Camden Town to, in a matter of days, flying in a private jet to go on set of a huge Hollywood movie.”

Over the course of a single year, from 1997 to 1998, Williams (before then a jobbing British theater actress, doing commercials for Dove shower cream — “they asked me to audition in a bikini…I felt like giving up”) starred in three studio films: Kevin Costner’s The Postman, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore and M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense. The Postman was a legendary flop. Rushmore an indie breakout. The Sixth Sense a gargantuan, global hit. Williams, it appeared, had arrived.

“I went from galloping horses with Kevin Costner — doing my own stunts, thank...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer included plenty of character deaths over seven seasons. Even the title character herself died twice -- but both times, she got better. One death had a far more profound effect on the show, and it wasn't any of the series' heroes or villains. Buffy Summers fought vampires and demons every week while witnessing the carnage that these forces of darkness could cause first-hand. But when she lost her mother Joyce to natural causes, Buffy was caught completely unprepared.

Neither she nor the audience were ever the same again. While many of the casualties in Buffy the Vampire Slayer happened as a result of supernatural threats and fear-inspiring villains, witnessing Joyce's sudden death came as a major blow and an upfront reminder that every person's ultimate fate will come unannounced. Joyce's death in Buffy the Vampire Slayer aggravated the show's tone and forced Buffy and her group...

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Stephen King is one of the most legendary writers in the world, and in the horror genre he is basically a god and his work has been adapted endlessly in movies and TV shows. With Netflix having such a huge content library we though of picking out the best of the best Stephen King adaptations you should check out right now.

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Stand by Me is a coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay co-written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. Based on the 1982 novella The Body by Stephen King, the 1986 film follows four friends who decide to go hiking to find the dead body of a local teenager who was hit by a train. Stand by Me stars Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland.

Is Nataša Stanković leaving Mumbai? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Nataša Stanković and her ex-husband and cricketer Hardik Pandya have been a consistent topic of discussion ever since they announced their separation in July, and speculations have been rife about the future of the once sought-after couple and their son Agastya’s future. Recently, there were reports of Nataša and her son moving to Serbia after she spent some time in her native country. Still, Nataša has quashed those rumors in a recent interview with ETimes and confirmed that she will continue to live in India.

Nataša opens up about Agastya’s schooling and relationship with Hardik Pandya.

Nataša dismissed any possibility of leaving India and mentioned the fact that her son Agastya goes to school in India as a huge reason why she will never go back to Serbia permanently; she said, “There’s a talk in the city that I am going back.

Each week, Consequence rings in New Music Friday by highlighting new albums to stream.

Among the highlights today is a massive box set reissue of Talking Heads’ debut album, and Primal Scream’s first album in eight years, along with fresh music from Girl Scout and Xg. Plus, Ab-Soul is back with a features-heavy record, and The Body have put out an exciting ninth album.

Here are six new albums to stream today.

Ab-Soul – Soul Burger

Ab-Soul is back with Soul Burger, and he’s brought some friends along with him: Vince Staples, Doechii, Jid, Ty Dolla $ign, and Lupe Fiasco are all guests on the album, as well as Tde label boss Punch. But Ab-Soul is front and center, and the Los Angeles rapper works well in the spotlight.

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The Body – The Crying Out of Things

Experimental extreme metal duo The Body...

Stephen King is known for his works of horror, but every now and then, he strays outside of his established genre. His anthology book "Different Seasons" forgoes the supernatural for more grounded stories like "The Body" (adapted to the screen as "Stand By Me") and "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption". One of King's more recent non-horror books was "Billy Summers," a drama-thriller published in 2021. At times, "Billy Summers" reads as if King binged a bunch of episodes of the great HBO series "Barry" and said, "Let me try that, but without the jokes."

The story follows a Marine sniper-turned-hitman, the titular Billy Summers, who is ready to get out of the "killing people" business. He agrees to take one last job, and this job requires some prep work, including creating a cover story. The cover story Billy concocts has him posing as a writer penning a book, and to help sell the illusion,...

The Last Night at Tremore Beach has dropped on Netflix, and the show has everything it takes to become the next sensation for the streaming service. It is directed by none other than Oriol Paulo, who gained quite a reputation thanks to the 2016 blockbuster The Invisible Guest, along with The Body, (2012) Mirage, (2017) God’s Crooked Lines, (2022) and the Netflix miniseries The Innocent (2021). The man’s work speaks volumes, and it can safely be said that The Last Night at Tremore Beach pretty much justifies the hype. The series focuses on Alex, a composer who moves to a coastal town after a fatal accident to get his mojo back. Obviously, it is much more than that. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at the cast and the characters they play in the show.

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Javier Ray as Alex

Actor Javier Ray – whose most notable work so...

Cinephiles are definitely familiar with the name of Oriol Paulo, because he has made some of the best movies (and a show) set in the thriller genre. Paulo also happens to have a weird connection to India because almost everything that he makes eventually gets remade in Hindi. The first feature film written by Paulo was Julia’s Eyes, and it was remade as Blurr. His debut directorial was The Body, which was not only remade in Hindi but also in Korean and Tamil-Kannada. Paulo then went on to make The Invisible Guest, which gained such worldwide popularity that it got an Italian, a Hindi, a Telugu, a Korean, a Kannada, and a Chinese remake. Paulo’s Mirage got a Hindi adaptation in the form of Dobaaraa. Paulo received critical acclaim and several awards for God’s Crooked Lines, and his first Netflix miniseries, The Innocent, was a massive hit. So, it...

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff) has selected 10 world premieres for its Critics’ Picks section, including titles from Italy, Bhutan and Kazakhstan.

Three of the features hail from Italy, including Vincenzo Alfieri’s crime thriller The Body, in which an inspector begins to question whether the businesswoman whose death he is investigating is really dead.

Scroll down for the full list of Tallinn Critics’ Picks titles

Starring Claudia Gerini and Giuseppe Battiston, it is produced by Roberto Proia with Columbia Pictures Industries handling world sales.

The section will open with Paolo Marinou-Blanco’s Dreaming Of Lions, which was previously presented...

Director Oriol Paulo has made a name for himself by creating some of the most intricate puzzles out of seemingly ordinary mysteries and the Spanish thriller, The Body, is no exception. Some of his standout movies include The Invisible Guest and Gods Crooked Lines, and each brings to the forefront his ability to turn run-of-the-mill crime scenarios into mind-bending experiences. With The Body, Paulo builds on the eerie and disturbing premise of a missing corpse and creates an intriguing tale of revenge complete with unexpected twists and turns.

Hollywood usually measures success solely by box office figures. Despite decades of alternative platforms such as VCRs, cable, and streaming services, a movie's theatrical success still underlines its ultimate fate. Movies that find their audience later are hardly noticed, at least until they quietly enter the ranks of classics. Numerous movies from the golden age of video became beloved classics only after dismal theatrical runs, as viewers caught them at home months or years after the fact.

To this day, show business clings to the talisman of box office returns, despite the fact that tens of millions of people will simply wait for a film to show up on their favorite streaming service rather than pay the extra expenses of a movie theater. There's no better example than The Shawshank Redemption, an indisputable cinematic classic and arguably one of the best movies ever made. In 2015, it was inducted into the National Film Registry,...

The following reveals major spoilers for Salem's Lot, now streaming on Max.

Stephen King envisioned 'Salem's Lot as a modern retelling of Dracula, complete with a band of fearless vampire killers who, sadly, don't end up nearly as well as Bram Stoker's version. King adds a wrinkle to the equation by including a twelve-year-old boy in their number Mark Petrie who not only survives the events of the book, but in many ways proves the toughest and most ethical character in the entire piece. At times, he feels like he belongs in an entirely different Stephen King book: It, another story about precocious children battling a monster.

Mark doesn't have peers like The Losers Club in Salem's Lot, though he does ally himself with the handful of adults who accept that there is vampirism afoot and resolve to do something about it. In the process, he served as...

As of this writing, there are about 85 films and TV shows to have been based on the written output of Stephen King, with many more in active development. King isn't just a prolific horror author and one of the most successful novelists of all time, but an entire cottage industry, serving as the driving force behind a sizable arm of the entertainment marketplace. He has been a ubiquitous part of Hollywood since 1976, when Brian De Palma adapted his novel "Carrie" to the big screen. "Carrie" was nominated for two Oscars. King's star only continued to rise when directors like Stanley Kubrick, John Carpenter, and David Cronenberg tackled the author's dark sensibilities.

For a decade, King was described as a master of horror, as his stories like "The Shining," "Christine," "The Dead Zone," "Creepshow," "Cujo," "Firestarter," and several others drew people in with their unique devotion to death and blood. King was a genre.

Of the dozens of Stephen King works that have been adapted to film (both big and small screen), one stands out as not only the best among his, but one of the best films ever made. “The Shawshank Redemption” had its nationwide release on September 23, 1994 and, while audiences at the time didn’t know what to think of this seemingly “dreary” film, it has endured for three decades as a beloved favorite for its messages of hope and friendship. Read on for more about “The Shawshank Redemption’s” 30th anniversary.

“The Shawshank Redemption” follows the 20-year ordeal of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a banker who is wrongly convicted of killing his wife and her lover, and subsequently encounters all manners of abuse within the prison walls, from corrupt warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton) and brutal prison guard captain Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown) to the “Sisters” gang of rapists led by...

WWE fans have a lot to celebrate these days. Monday Night Raw is moving to Netflix in January, Smackdown just premiered on the USA Network, and Saturday Nights Main Event is returning in December as part of the companys overall deal with NBCUniversal. Per Variety, the first special will be simulcast on both NBC and Peacock on December 18 beginning at 8e/5p, with the event broadcast from where it all began nearly 40 years ago, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y.

This is only the beginning, too. The deal between WWE and NBCUniversal will bring a total of four quarterly Saturday Nights Main Event specials to the network. Presale tickets for the first event go on sale starting Thursday, September 19, and fans can register now on WWEs website to get a special presale bonus offer. Tickets will officially go on sale beginning Friday, September 20, with general seating...

For nearly a hundred years, fans have been trying to find the answer to one of life's most puzzling Disney questions: What kind of animal is Goofy? It should be pretty cut and dry, especially when considering his friends. Mickey is clearly a mouse, just as obviously as Donald is a duck, and their surnames confirm that. Goofy's surname, however, offers no insight into his species; it's simply Goof, suggesting he's little more than a silly being created solely to make others laugh. Interestingly, Goofy Goof wasn't always the fun-loving character's name. He was originally called Dippy Dawg, so perhaps there is a clue about his species or maybe not.

The debate about Goofy has been so popular over the years that it even featured in Rob Reiner's 1986 film Stand By Me, an adaptation of Stephen King's novella, The Body. While camping out overnight on their way to see the body,...

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Widely regarded as one of the finest films to come out of the '80s and an influential silver screen triumph, the 1986 coming-of-age drama Stand by Me was directed by Rob Reiner and famously followed four young boys as they set out on a daring adventure in the woods to find the body of a fellow classmate in 1959 Oregon. The Stephen King adaptation notably featured a talented ensemble cast, including River Phoenix, who would go on to dominate Hollywood and skyrocket to stardom before tragically passing away at just 23 years old.

Stand by Me is a beloved drama adored by both fans and King himself, with the bestselling author having a profound reaction to seeing Reiner's exceptional finished product.