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"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is, among other things, one of the greatest collections of pulp adventure tropes in a single movie. Director Steven Spielberg and producer/co-writer George Lucas, deliberately making an homage to the adventure films and movie serials of their youth, stuffed as many exciting ideas and elements into the movie as they could: bullwhip fu, gritty fisticuffs, Nazi's getting owned, boulder chases, car chases, a literal Deus ex Machina, and of course, snakes — lots of snakes.

With all of that action awesomeness jam-packed into a movie that's just five minutes shy of two hours, it stands to reason that some elements had...

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When I think of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, gentrification, social media and capitalism are not the words that come to mind. However, director David Blue Garcia and screenplay scribe Chris Thomas Delvin decided to bring all of these elements together to create the first entry on my worst-of-the year-list.

This logic-free film stars Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher and Mark Burnham as the Leatherface slasher. The actors try their best to navigate an unfortunate script, but nothing can save this Netflix movie from caving under the weight of its irrationality.

Three self-righteous Austin entrepreneurs, Dante (Jacob Latimore), Ruth (Nell Hudson) and Melody (Yarkin), and her kid sister Lila (Fisher) travel to Harlow, Texas, in hopes of fulfilling their dream of creating a workspace environment. These people are well aware of the town’s history, but since it’s a relative ghost town, and Leatherface (Burnham) hasn’t killed in years, they...

Featured on Daily Dead's Favorites of 2021 lists, The Matrix Resurrections is coming to 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD on March 8th (following a Premium Digital Ownership release on January 25th), and we have a look at the cover art and full list of special features:

From the Press Release: Burbank, CA, January 24 – Experience the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre when “The Matrix Resurrections” arrives for Premium Digital Ownership at home on January 25. The film is directed by Lana Wachowski from a screenplay by Wachowski, David Mitchell and Aleksander Hemon, based on characters created by The Wachowskis, and stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film will also be available on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD beginning on March 8.

The film also stars Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris (“Gone Girl”), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (TV’s “Quantico”) and Jada Pinkett Smith.

It seems that “Blair Witch Project” is still having an impact on filmmakers, with Prathamesh Patil implementing the approach of the American classic through the prism of vlogging and social media.

“The Longest Ride” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative

An over-enthusiastic YouTube vlogger who uploads videos of his rides with his bicycle, decides to take a longer trip, this time towards the bushes of Gorai. However, this rather urban boy finds himself having to face nature and realizes how ill-equipped he is, both mentally and practically. Danger becomes imminent, but a “Deus Ex Machina” appearance helps the protagonist avoid the worse. Was the whole thing worth it though?

Patil directs a short that seems to comment on the impact of social media and online fame, particularly on young people, with the protagonist essentially falling victim to it, in his effort to do something extreme, that will increase his audience.

What do you do when the plug is pulled permanently on your TV show, with just a handful of episodes to go? How do you wrap up over a decade of storylines and characters in twenty-five minutes? How do you mark the end of an era? That was the dilemma facing the makers of Byker Grove, the occasionally-gritty teen drama about a Tyneside youth club when it was finally axed in 2006. The show had been a tea-time institution, running on BBC One every autumn since 1989 The last episode of the eighteenth and final series went out on December 10th, fifteen years ago this week.

The show’s final story has gone down in history as one of the all-time bonkers meta TV endings. In the episode, titled ‘Deus Ex Machina’, the teenage Grovers learn that they’re characters in a TV show, manipulated for the entertainment of an omnipotent writer,...

The stories of the gaijin in Japan are always quite interesting, particularly because the Land of the Rising Sun is a very homogenous country, not to mention historically unwelcome to strangers. Elizabeth Wilkerson lived in Tokyo where she practiced securities law, studied Butoh dance, and founded a company to present African-American culture to Japanese audience, and thus, experienced firsthand the concept of a foreigner living and working in Japan. Her experiences are concentrated in this thriller, which could easily be described as hi-tech, if it was not taking place in the 90s.

Alison has moved to Japan with her investment banker boyfriend, Charles, quitting her law practice back in the USA, in an effort to grow closer to him and eventually get married, despite the fact that he was somewhat negative to the idea, insisting that his new job at Morgan Sachs would not leave him much time for their relationship.

This The Watch review contains spoilers.

The Watch Episode 5

After a funny, enjoyable episode 4, in which The Watch finally got the upper hand, episode 5 shows Captain Sam Vimes taking the decision of whether or not anyone should be able to control the dragon plaguing the city into his own hands. After lying to the other members of the Watch, he takes Wayne the talking sword off to a lake where Unseen University disposes of dangerous magical artifacts, fully intent on destroying the sword himself and keeping the rest of his team from sharing the blame. Acting Captain Angua sends Cheery and Lady Sybil Ramkin following after while she and Carrot debate the morality of destroying a sentient sword—and investigate a Thieves Guild robbery that didn’t happen on schedule.

Meanwhile, Carcer has enlisted the Thieves Guild—which, he reveals, is responsible for the death of his father—to steal...

This Supernatural review contains spoilers.

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 18

Only two episodes left. The clock marking time until the end ticks louder each week. Now, there’s a bit of an echo to the sound.

Last week’s episode saw the Winchesters struggling against each other as it became clear that Billie’s plan to defeat Chuck was merely a power grab on her part. But naturally, things are never straightforward on Supernatural. Allies are not always allies, villains are not necessarily always villains. Billie’s attempt at grabbing Chuck’s position succeeded only in turning Dean’s sights on her instead of Chuck. Dean needs that outlet, he needs a bad guy he can punish. It’s the hunter’s way, and as we’ve seen in the past, the hunter is not always right.

This close to the series finale, the writing team, especially Bob Berens who penned this episode,...

According to sources close to Wgtc – the same ones who told us a Witcher prequel and an Extraction sequel were in the works well before Netflix officially announced them – the streaming giant’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender will reportedly make some big changes to the original story. These include, but will not be limited to, the introduction of new characters and subplots.

Before Avatar diehards begin freaking out, it’s important to remember that most likely, these changes have not been ordered by Netflix or any other money-hungry executives. Rather, we imagine they’re being made by the creators of the original Nickelodeon animated series – Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko – whom the streamer has hired to reboot their own magnum opus.

In the past, Dimartino and Konietzko have already mentioned that they’d make some changes to the live-action adaptation such as the introduction of original supporting characters.

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Rick and Morty” Season 4, Episode 6, “Never Ricking Morty.”]

For a few fleeting moments on a Sunday night in May 2020, the world held the promise of a Birdperson musical. After a four-month hiatus in between halves of its Season 4, “Rick and Morty” returns with “Never Ricking Morty,” an episode chock-full of those kinds of tiny offshoots from a river of winking nods with even more volume than is normal for this show.

Peel away the nested array of self-aware story references and this episode’s plot is fairly simple: Rick and Morty are trapped on a literal story train, winding through various cabins as the vehicle surrounding them barrels through the fourth wall and a few more after for good measure.

Starting in what looks at first like an episode that might jettison Rick and Morty entirely and focus on the various humans and creatures they’ve wronged in their travels,...

This article contains major Devs spoilers.

Tech company CEOs always think they’re messiahs. At least that’s what poor Jamie (Jin Ha) suspected on Alex Garland’s Devs, and it’s what Garland believes too. After all, Devs is a companion piece for its creator and his cinematic directorial debut, Ex Machina, and in both fictions, a tech CEO attempts to rebuild the world in his own image. Now after the Devs series finale, that link has become explicit.

The duality was spelled out when protagonist Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) and tech CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) have their heart-to-heart. Confident and assured in his knowledge of the universe running on predetermined rails, Forest is smugly magnanimous underneath his beard and Jesus Christ styled hair. He lays out for Lily that the world turns on a deterministic model of cause and effect, and no matter what she thinks about the illusion of free will,...

The following contains major spoilers for Devs episode 8.

Hello, TV partisans and Alex Garland neophytes. Welcome to your first “ending explained” of a Garland-penned story. Scared? You should be. The prolific sci-fi writer-turned mind-bending sci-fi director is known for the complex conclusions to his films like in Ex Machina and Annihilation. Now it’s television’s turn to feel a ping of confusion with the ending of Devs on FX on Hulu.

Like Ex Machina and Annihilation before it, the ending of Devs is somehow paradoxically simple and complicated. An ending definitively occurs but it’s not always clear what it all means or why all paths were determined to lead here. So let’s break it down together and figure out exactly what happens in Devs’ final episode.

What Have Forest and Katie Been Watching All This Time?

Devs presents a unique case right off the bat because no...

This Homeland review contains spoilers.

Homeland Season 8 Episode 8

There is one scene that elevates tonight’s Homeland above its otherwise labored and overwrought plot machinations. You already know what I’m talking about. For the first time in the whole series, Carrie appears to give Max Piotrowski more than a passing minute’s consideration. Okay, to be fair she’s been obsessed with getting him back for the last two or three episodes, but that only came as a result of her asking him to stay longer by a crash site than he should to retrieve the black box.

Tonight however, she has time to wait for an ever late helicopter and body bag, and time to think about an absolution that will not come. It wasn’t just that she put Max in harm’s way for the proverbial good of the American public; it’s that she didn...

It’s hard to believe Pokemon is nearly 25 years old. It’s even harder to believe I’m older than this series. It’s stating the obvious but Pokemon has taken the world by storm. It’s been a staple part of many childhoods and the kids who grew up with that original generation may have kids of their own now. When the first movie came out over twenty years ago, it was a real event. It was in cinemas, there was an official soundtrack with some of the biggest singers of the time on it (although the songs had nothing to do with the movie itself) and they tied in the movie with the original series. To celebrate Pokemon Day, we now have a CG remake so how does Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution hold up with more modern animation?

The story in this version is essentially the same. Using the DNA of legendary Pokemon,...

Golf biopic “Tommy’s Honour,” which premiered at the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival, is ready for its theatrical release this Friday, April 14. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.

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Based on Kevin Cook’s 2007 novel of the same name, “Tommy’s Honour” tells the real-life tale of “Old” Tom Morris (Peter Mullan) and “Young” Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden), the father-son team regarded as “the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.” As their fame rose during the 1860s-70s, their relationship deteriorated. Tommy’s talent and fame grew to outshine his father’s accomplishments in the sport.

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Actor-turned-director Jason Connery (“The Devil’s Tomb,” “Philly Kid”) helms the film from a screenplay by newcomers Pamela Marin and Kevin Cook.

What if you could access and download the extraordinary abilities of others as if they were part of a database? That's the intriguing question explored in the new sci-fi thriller MindGamers, co-starring Tom Payne (who plays Jesus on The Walking Dead) and Sam Neill (In the Mouth of Madness, Jurassic Park). With the film coming out in theaters on March 28th, we caught up with co-writer / director Andrew Goth to discuss working with Payne and Neill, the real-life relevance of his latest film, and much more.

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Andrew. What attracted you to MindGamers and how did you collaborate with Joanne Reay to come up with this story?

Andrew Goth: Joanne was already into the field of quantum theory and consciousness. I love science, but I’m not that bright. We had to find an entertaining premise that did not...

What if you could hack the human brain? What if it were possible for all human minds to sync together? What if we could create a new type of wireless network? That’s the premise of the new film “MindGamers,” which follows a group of brilliant young students that create a wireless neural network, connected via a quantum computer and capable of linking human minds. Watch the trailer for the film below.

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In the film, the scientists engender the first human shareware by transferring motor skills from one brain to another. The gang sees it as a step towards a new equality and intellectual freedom, but they soon discover that they themselves are part of a much greater and more sinister experiment when dark forces threaten to subvert this technology into a means of mass-control.

Grimmfest | Doc’n’Roll Festival | The Jarman Award 2015 | Head Trips: Films For The Inner Eye

Can’t wait till Halloween? You can get your fix of disturbing content early here: 34 horror films in four days, ranging from prestige new titles to premium-grade schlock. The former category includes the world premiere of Dxm, a sci-fi brainmelter involving subatomic physics, mind control and Sam Neill, and The Hallow, an Irish “you’re not from round here” tale, introduced by director Corin Hardy. At the lower-brow end of the spectrum are 80s-styled Turbo Kid (Mad Max meets BMX Bandits) and comedy He Never Died, starring Henry Rollins.

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Grimmfest, the North Of England’s premier horror, cult and fantastic film festival opens its pre-Halloween doors for the 7th time on Thursday 1st October with a gala screening of The Hallow, starring Oxford born Joseph Mawle (Game Of Thrones). It promises to be a packed four days with more than 20 feature length presentations to choose from. The annual Grimmfest event was born out of the Grimm Up North monthly film screenings and events that scare, astound and entertain Manchester audiences all year round. So, here’s what the Grimmfest team, told us you can specifically look forward to in 2015:

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“Landmine Goes Click is a real surprise to me. I thought I knew what I was getting from the title and the trailer but this turned out to be a complex and very dark study of the effects of retribution and revenge on the human psyche. The third act blew me away!

Exclusive: The Manchester-based horror festival has revealed its 2015 programme.

Grimmfest (Oct 1-4), Manchester’s horror and cult film festival, has revealed its line-up for 2015.

The festival will feature the world premiere of DxM, which stars Sam Neill alongside two former Screen Stars of Tomorrow, Tom Payne and Antonia Campbell-Hughes.

Andrew Goth (Gallowwalkers) directed the film, which had a market screening at Cannes this year.

This year’s opening night gala will be The Hallow, with director Corin Hardy and star Joseph Mawle in attendance. Playing on the same evening will be The Box, the directorial debut of Shaune Harrison (SFX on World War Z and Avengers: Age Of Ultron) and Bloodsucking Bastards, which stars Fran Kranz (Cabin In The Woods) and Pedro Pascal (The Adjustment Bureau).

The festival will also host the European premiere of Antisocial 2, Cody Calahan’s sequel to his 2013 debut, which was a hit at Grimmfest that year.

There will also...

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  #gotgpicoftheday Posting this one as I land in Singapore. It's @meliakreiling as Bereet and @prattprattpratt as I think you know by now. Thanks for all your kind messages about the 17 minute preview. Glad you all enjoyed it! #guardiansofthegalaxy #gotg Melia Kreiling is known for starring in The Borgias and the upcoming Deus Ex Machina. How exactly Bereet will be portrayed in the movie remains to be seen, but as she's always been an ally of the Hulk in the comic books, if the Green Goliath does indeed head into outer space, a meeting between the two would be very interesting! What do you guys think?...

The Wife

Oscar nominee Glenn Close has committed to play the title role in Bjorn Runge's "The Wife" based on Meg Wolitzer's bestseller.

The story deals with the unravelling of a marriage during a couple's journey to the Nobel Award ceremony in Stockholm. Filming begins early 2015 and a male lead is currently being sought. [Source: Screen]

Pay the Ghost

Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in Uli Edel's upcoming supernatural thriller "Pay the Ghost" at Voltage Pictures. Daniel Kay penned the script and shooting aims to begin this summer.

The story centers on a Nyu English professor seeking tenure, whose world is turned upside down when his eight-year-old son mysteriously disappears from a Halloween parade. [Source: Variety]

DxM

Sam Neill, Tom Payne and Melia Kreiling will star in Andrew Goth's $15 million-budget quantum theory-based thriller "DxM". Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Dominique Tipper, Oliver Stark and world champion free runner Ryan Doyle also star.

A host of young talent is set to star in a new "quantum theory" thriller DxM announced at Cannes today.

The story follows a group of young bio-engineers who realize that quantum theory can be used to transfer motor skills from one brain to another. Believing this will lead to intellectual equality among humans, the group soon faces dark forces threatening to subvert the technology as an instrument for mass control.

Tom Payne (represented by Curtis Brown) leads the group as Jaxon, described as extremely intelligent and motivated, and the driving force behind the new technology. Tom also recently filmed the leads in The Physician and British indie feature Winter (aka Barking at Trees).

Melia Kreiling (represented in the UK by Piers Nimmo) plays Stella, a mystery to the rest of the group, a highly skilled bio engineer who specialises in everything. Part Greek and part American, Melia trained in...

Sam Neill and Melia Kreiling [pictured] will star in the thriller, directed by Andrew Goth.

Here in Cannes, Red Bull Media’s film production label CineMater has confirmed casting on its $15m quantum theory-based thriller DxM, directed by Andrew Goth.

Sam Neill will star in the thriller alongside a cast of emerging talents, among them Tom Payne (The Physician), Melia Kreiling (Guardians Of The Galaxy), Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Dominique Tipper and Oliver Stark. The film will also mark the first film for world champion free runner, Ryan Doyle.

DxM is now in pre-production with principal photography to start in June. CineMater is selling the production at the Cannes Market.

Here in Cannes, CineMater is also continuing sales on its natural history themed $10m drama The Way Of The Eagle starring Jean Reno.

CineMater has three “brands”: Terra Magna (feature docs for the big screen), Wild Drama (movies where nature take a role) and Real Fear (dramatic films based on...

First projects under CineMater label include thriller Dxm from Gallowwalkers director Andrew Goth and previously announced The Way of the Eagle, starring Jean Reno.

Terra Mater Factual Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Bull Media House that produces high-end TV documentaries, has announced the creation of a dedicated film production label, CineMater.

A statement from the company said that the Austria-based outfit will create content for international cinema audiences across a diverse range of genres - “but all of its storytelling will be rooted in fact”.

Its first projects will be thriller Dxm and the previously announced The Way of the Eagle, starring Jean Reno.

CineMater’s product will be divided under three brands: Terra Magna, Wild Drama and Real Fear.

Terra Magna will produce documentaries for the big screen; Wild Drama focuses on movies where nature takes a key role; and Real Fear will concentrate on films inspired by real events.

Walter Koehler, CEO CineMater...