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The Bristol Press – Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut hosting Comedy Night Fundraiser in Bristol featuring two nationally acclaimed comic strips
BRISTOL — Connecticut’s 15th annual Comedy Night Fundraiser will bring a surprise performance from two nationally acclaimed comics to DoubleTree by Hilton. Comedy Night will be held March 26, beginning at 6 p.m. at the hotel at 42 Century Drive. The event will include a cash bar, social hour, buffet dinner and “occasional raffle”. Scott …
THE EXORSIS (2021) Filipino Comedy Horror Movie Review and Preview
The Exorsis is a 2021 Filipino horror film about a young woman who fights for the possessed soul of her younger sister. Written and Directed by Fifth Solomon (Doulo; Nakalimutan ko nang kalimutan ka). The TinCan-Viva Films production stars Toni Gonzaga, Alex Gonzaga, Melai Cantiveros, Kat Galang, Joel Saracho, Tess Antonio, Kedebon Colim, Angie Castrence …
Passes on sale for the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival
ANN ARBOR – This year, fans of the Ann Arbor Film Festival will have the chance to attend the annual event online and in person. Founded in 1963, the Tree Town-based festival is the oldest experimental film festival in North America. Now in its 60th year, the festival will run from March 22-27. Due to …
Is Ja Morant the NBA’s highest box office star? The Memphis Grizzlies superstar’s 46-point display against the Chicago Bulls was pure entertainment | NBA News
Ja Morant is undeniably one of the top 10 players in the NBA and his talent could well be in the top five. On top of that, his style of play might be the most watchable in a league of ridiculously talented players. His ability as a point guard to cannonball to the edge is …
This horror film written by the creator of Supernatural deserves a second look
Children are often afraid of monsters under the bed or in the closet, and for many children the Boogeyman is a scary creature that just might be hiding in the dark. There are Boogeyman Myths from several places, from a black spirit in Italy to a demon hiding in chimneys in Scotland. While Eric Kripke …
“American Underdog” Blu-ray Review – Cinelinx
SETTING UP NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner’s journey from grocery store stockboy to Super Bowl MVP is chronicled. With Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Ser’Darius Blain and Dennis Quaid. Based on the book “All Things Possible” by Kurt Warner with Michael Silver. Screenplay by Jon Erwin & David Aaron Cohen and Jon Gunn. Directed …
EY Expert – The Hollywood Reporter
From the streaming revolution and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on theater and distribution windows to Hollywood mega-deals, the entertainment industry has seen major changes. John Harrison, head of media and entertainment for the Americas at accounting and consulting firm EY, is keeping a close eye on all the challenges and opportunities that convergence …
Analyzing the Rise, Fall and Resurgence of Slapstick Comedy – The Bradley Scout
Graphic of Kyle St. John Physical comedy has been around for hundreds of years, with vaudeville acts and jesters using it as part of their act. However, cartoons of recent times have taken this comedy to new levels, pushing the limits of what it is capable of. There have been examples of over-the-top physical comedy …
‘Daily Show’, ‘Red Table Talk’ – The Hollywood Reporter
The 2022 NAACP Image Awards are announcing winners in several non-television categories via streaming presentations this week. On Wednesday night 3, honors were handed out in several TV and film categories. Additionally, members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House Democratic Caucus, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus were honored as recipients of the Roy …
Weekend box office predictions: Uncharted and Dog look to continue their success with debuts from Cyrano and Studio 666
Photo credits: Sony and Columbia (“Uncharted”); UAR (“Dog” and “Cyrano”); Open Road Films (“Studio 666”) After a pleasant surprise Unexplored last week, the domestic box office entered a “calm before the storm” corridor with a post-holiday setting ahead of the highly anticipated launch of The Batman next week. Before we get to the Caped Crusader’s …
When stand-up meets virtual reality, things get weird
I am a comedian. But since covid hit, I’ve been sitting down a lot. In an instant, my schedule went from dozens of gigs in a year to almost none. Although some venues have reopened, many of my gigs have been moved to Zoom. Then, last month, my brother-in-law came to visit, bringing his VR …
Entertainment news roundup: Tom Holland’s ‘Uncharted’ tops box office charts with $44 million debut; British music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards dies after sudden illness and more
Below is a summary of the entertainment news briefs. British music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards dies of sudden illness Jamal Edwards, the founder of British online music platform SBTV which helped launch the careers of stars including Ed Sheeran, died on Sunday following a sudden illness, his mother announced. Edwards, 31, founded SBTV …
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl Saw a ‘River of Blood’ Filming Horror Comedy ‘Studio 666’
Something’s wrong with Dave Grohl. With a bad case of writer’s block, the The leader of the Foo Fighters begins to lose his mind as he and the rest of the group — guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflet, bassist Nate Mendel, drummer Taylor Hawkins and key player Rami Jaffee – move into an Encino …
Molly-Mae Hague’s Wiper Floors actor at a drive-in horror movie night
Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury had a unique evening as they went to an abandoned theme park to watch a horror movie while surrounded by creepy actors trying to scare them away. Molly-Mae Hague experienced a horror movie night on Sunday and hilariously captured her windshield wiper posing as one of the cast from the …
Dragon Ball Super: the superhero movie will be released in North America in the summer of 2022
the Dragon Ball Super: Super heroes the film received an official post window for North America. The film will be released in Japan on April 22, 2022. A North American release will follow in the summer of 2022. Additionally, Toei Animation has revealed new footage from the film, as well as a new key visual …
Chapter 2, Jersey, Beast – Which movie will win the box office race? The public’s verdict is out [View Poll Results]
Yash star KGF: Chapter 2, Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey and Thalapathy star Vijay Beast are all set to hit the big screens on April 14, 2022. KGF: Chapter 2 is a Kannada movie, but it will be dubbed and released in different languages like Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam. Jersey is a Bollywood movie and Beast …
Zooey Deschanel never plans to star in a horror movie
Now when you think of Zooey Deschanel, you instantly think of the adorable actress who dresses fabulously for every occasion. We fell in love with her when she starred in the Christmas movie Elf and continued to fall in love with her when she starred as Jessica Day in new girl for seven seasons. But …
The First Avenger? Try the Great Escape
Despite our best efforts, the worlds of Marvel and “real” cinema continue to be at war. MCU fans still haven’t recovered from that one time Scorsese said their films were “more akin to theme park rides” than mainstream cinema, even though he’s right. Theme park rides are great, which is why they bring in billions …
Ravi Teja’s Khiladi Bombs At The Box Office With A Poor First Week
Ravi Teja’s star Khiladi performed poorly at the box office with first week collections of just over Rs. 18 million. Coming off the biggest gross of his career, Krack, Ravi Teja’s star had very high costs, more than his usual films. To have a chance of succeeding, you had to open hard but that was …
Auditions Set for Stage Comedy | Community
Hamilton-Gibson Productions is holding auditions to play three female and two male roles in “The May Queen”, a comedy by Molly Smith Metzler. Auditions are Wednesday, February 23 at 6:30 p.m., Friday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, February 27 at 1 p.m. or by appointment by calling Hamilton-Gibson at 570-724-2079 or emailing hamgib@ …
Horror film actors Stephanie Beatriz, Paul Wesley
The film will be available on AMC’s genre streaming service, Shudder. Picture via NBC Stephanie Beatrice and Paul Wesley will star in a horror movie together. According to the deadlineboth were cast in the upcoming movie history of evil. The film is described as taking place in the near future. It will follow a family …
DuSable Museum of African American History Celebrates New Equiano.Stories Film, Olaudah Equiano Exhibit During Black History Month
CHICAGO (WLS) — What would the story be if the experience of slavery could be told by someone with a cell phone? It would look a lot like Equiano Stories, a collaboration between the DuSable Museum of African American History and Stelo Stories Film Studio. Told from the perspective of Olaudah Equiano, the origin story …
Oscar nominations give movies a bump on streaming and box office
After the Oscar nominations were announced, some of the nominated films received a boost at the box office. Not a HUGE amount but enough to be noticeable. Meanwhile, Netflix’s The Power of the Dog returned to Netflix’s Top 10 Global Movies list with 5.46 million hours watched for the week. On Netflix, that’s how they …
What to do on Cape Cod February 18-24 Dance, Black History, Music, Comedy
Black History Month art celebrations continue this week, including a talk on the importance of black art in Cotuit Arts Centerand a virtual Open Mic Classical program featuring black artists showcasing Ohio-related music. Other choices include taking you out to dance as well as giving you permission to dance in a different way; three concerts …
Overhyped Horror Movies That Never Came Out
In 2009, the website still functional ThisMan.org popped up, asking viewers if they’ve ever had a dream featuring the face of a bald man with black eyes, bushy eyebrows, and a broad smile. The website claims a patient seeking psychiatric assistance drew the face of the man she kept seeing in her dreams, despite swearing …
Actor who defrauded movie investors out of $650 million gets 20 years
Low-budget movie actor Zachary Joseph Horwitz was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors of an estimated $650 million. U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi handed down the sentence in Los Angeles and added that Horwitz is obligated to pay $230,361,884 he withheld from the scheme, the U.S. …
Oscar-nominated ‘Drive My Car’ breaks US box office milestone, acquired by WarnerMedia OneFifty | News
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Multiple Oscar Nominee drive my car crossed $1 million at the US box office and will debut on HBO Max on March 2 following an acquisition by WarnerMedia OneFifty. Janus Films, the American distributor of the three-hour drama, has launched drive my car exclusively in theaters on November 24 and increased the number …
Adam Pally and Jon Gabrus will travel together in unscripted travel comedy ‘101 Places to Party Before You Die’ this summer
through Alex Reif | February 14, 2022 10:06 a.m. PT Adam Pally and Jon Gabrus will star in a new truTV unscripted series called 101 places to party before you diecoming this summer. (truTV) What is happening: Based on the best-selling book 101 places to get high before you dietruTV has just announced an unscripted …
RIP Ivan Reitman – The director of “Ghostbusters” died at 75
PA just put a damper on the Super Bowl on Sunday with the devastating news that the beloved filmmaker Ivan Reitman died at the age of 75. Reitman died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family said. The Associated Press. Reitman is best known among the horror crowd …
The highest-grossing American film of 2021 – 24/7 Wall St.
Media February 13, 2022 10:22 a.m. It didn’t matter which were the highest-grossing movies at the box office in 2020 and 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has nearly ruined the movie industry, even threatening the existence of industry giant AMC. After annual domestic box office totals that exceeded $11 billion from 2015 to 2019, the number …
Defeat Ranveer Singh’s 83 continuing historic hysteria!
Allu Arjun’s Pushpa: The Rise (Hindi) breaks Ranveer Singh’s box office score of 83 (photo credit – movie poster) Many box office rivalries have taken place since the covid pandemic subsided and the entertainment industry resumed its booming business. While various movies come to entertain the fans, only a few get the top spot in …
5 Blumhouse Horror Movies That Fell Flat
Blumhouse Productions has definitely become the benchmark for horror movie production, known for films ranging from Ouija at dark skies at happy day of the dead and the new Halloween trilogy. When Jason Blum is attached to a project, horror fans know it’s usually going to be fun, entertaining, and terrifying. It’s exciting to see …
Nathan Crumpton has become an Olympic sensation, without a jersey and without competition
Follow our latest coverage of 2022 Winter Olympics. YANQING, China — Nathan Ikon Crumpton, a Winter Olympics skeleton athlete, woke up in Beijing last weekend as China’s newest sporting hero — and he hadn’t even competed yet. Last Friday night, the flag bearer of American Samoa entered the opening ceremony dressed in little more than …
Indies Get Box Office Bump Thanks to ‘Best’ Oscar Nods – Specialty Preview – Deadline
Movies of Belfast at drive my car, from The worst person in the world at alley of nightmares saw ticket sales surge after Oscar nominations and as distributors kick into high gear for this weekend and beyond, juggling theater counts and ramping up media campaigns that now have a shiny new imprimatur. For neon lights …
The world of romantic comedy
Dora Guo Danny is a charming plastic surgeon who is successful with one goal: to seduce girls. But, once he meets the beautiful 23-year-old Palmer, everything changes. Determined to be with her, Danny fabricates a web of complex lies, all centered around a fictional ex-wife. When Palmer insists on meeting his ex, Danny has no …
Netflix’s new horror movie climbs into the top 10
The start of any given month usually sees newly added licensed movies dominate the Top 10 on Netflix, and this is especially the case in February. Most of the titles in Thursday’s edition of the rotating Top 10 Movies on the Streamer list are popular films from the past decade or two that have just …
The Berlin film festival opens, uncluttered but with an audience
The Berlin International Film Festival opens Thursday with a new film from French director Francois Ozon and a clean format designed to bring audiences back but reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection. The first of Europe’s major film festivals of the year last took place in its usual format in 2020, just before the pandemic …
Weekend Box Office Predictions: Death on the Nile, Marry Me and Trending Blacklight for Varied Results on Super Bowl Frame
Photo credits: 20th Century Studios (“Death on the Nile”); Universal Pictures/Florian Ballhaus (“Marry Me”); Briarcliff Entertainment (“Blacklight”) Super Bowl weekend has always meant a drastic downturn in box office sales for domestic theaters, a trend that won’t reverse but could still be mitigated by a handful of new releases this year. Two of them will …
A 10-year-old comedy filmed by critics is suddenly in the top 10 streaming hits
Studio comedies are everywhere you look these days, and have been for almost as long as cinema has been the dominant medium for delivering entertainment straight into the eyeballs of fans around the world, but it’s extremely obvious to say that being funny is the bare minimum audience should expect. 2013 Baggage claim fails to …
5 Underrated Horror Movies About Pregnancy
Pregnancy is often a sweet and exciting time. But since these 9 months are full of thinking about the future and worrying about sleep training and diaper changes and how life will be altered, it’s no wonder this topic has become the a favorite in the horror genre. There are plenty of horror movies that …
Australia Box Office 2021: Recovering local hits
Australia’s cinema box office rebounded 50% in 2021, compared to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. But theater activity was still less than half the 2019 level. The boss’ office gross was A$605 million ($432 million) according to data from the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and tracking service Numero. This compares …
Family Squares Trailer Reveals Judy Greer and Ann Dowd Star’s New Comedy
The introduction of Zoom calls had a lot of upsides and a lot of downsides. An upcoming film will explore exactly that. Today a trailer and a poster were released for the new family comedy-drama, Family squaresof the writer and director Stephanie Laing (made for love), about a dysfunctional family talking on zoom. Family squares …
‘No’ and the Other Super Bowl Horror Movies We Might See
This Sunday, February 13, 2022is Super Bowl LVI, and as always, we can expect several movie spots to air during the big game. It’s rare that a year goes by without at least one horror property appearing among those preview spots that studios are shelling out millions for, with recent genre flicks vying for Super …
Marin events planned to mark Black History Month
Etienne Douglas, Library Technology Program Coordinator, chats with Oshalla Diana Marcus, Director of MC Arts and Culture, as they review the bound volumes of Ebony magazine at the Marin City Library Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. They plan to d use Ebony and Jet magazines as part of a Black History Month presentation. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent …
Pinter has never created a comedy as dark as Brexit Party | William Kegan
“I had a unique touch. Absolutely unique. They came to me. They came to me and told me they were grateful. Champagne that we had that evening. The lot. No, it wasn’t Prime Minister Johnson talking about the now notorious birthday party that broke his own lockdown rules that we in the rest of the …
Best Jamie Lee Curtis Movies and How to Watch Them
Jamie Lee Curtis’ reputation as one of cinema’s greatest queens would be enough to earn the prolific actress a spot on the list of hardest-working faces in Hollywood, but her track record outside of the movie world Horror is just as impressive, if not more than his work in the genre. Over the years, Curtis …
Movie Review: American Night – Review Hub
Screenwriter and Director: Alessio Della Valle Running on adrenaline, Alessio Della Valle’s American night is an art-heist thriller that promises a lot. The film is written and directed by Della Vale, with a star-studded cast including Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch and Jeremy Piven. American night explores the underside of the New York art world, …
Highest-grossing ‘Super 8’ film shot in West Virginia
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — According to a recent list compiled by a team at USDISH, the highest-grossing movie ever shot in West Virginia was 2011’s JJ Abrams Super 8. The film managed to gross a total of $127 million in box office revenue over its lifetime, but such an attraction only managed to place West Virginia …
‘Moonfall’ review: The disaster movie becomes a comedy – even though it wasn’t planned that way
Film critic The Earth is doomed. The moon slipped out of orbit in “Moonfall” and is heading straight for us. Thanks to this, gravity has gone haywire here on the old blue marble with erupting volcanoes, shaking earthquakes, toppled buildings, flooding tsunamis and large objects such as ships flying through the air like confetti. “There’s …
A common bond is tested in ArtsWest’s “Monsters of the American Cinema”
theater review In Christian St. Croix’s “Monsters of the American Cinema,” Remy and Pup share a love of classic monster movies, and they frequently play a game of theme-based titles until one person is empty. It starts to get tricky once you grab the fourth or fifth sequel in a series, like “The Mummy’s Curse.” …
Director of Alley’s coming-of-age comedy ‘High School Play’ explains why he’s connecting with the masses
“THEY WERE QUITE goofy and goofy in a lot of ways,” director and Houston native Tiffany Nichole Greene says of her high school drama teachers. “But at that time, it’s the people who inject energy into you and give you that space to express yourself.” Greene no doubt draws on her formative experiences as a …
The Disney animated film that made the least money at the cinema will surprise you
If you want to know which Disney movie had the lowest box office, in actual numbers, not counting re-releases, “package” movies, or the unusual roadshow pattern of “Fantasia,” it would be “Dumbo.” According to the book “Hollywood cartoons: American animation in its golden age” by Michael Barrier, the 1941 film made an estimated $1.3 million …
A24’s Best Horror Movies | SYFY WIRE
2022 marks a decade since the founding of A24, the producer and distributor responsible for some of the most memorable independent horror films of the 2010s and, now, the 2020s. A24’s reputation for releasing bold and often shocking films has given it a self-contained fandom, and nowhere is this more evident than in the realm …
Local productions top Czech annual box office for third consecutive year
02/01/2022 – While the share of Czech productions among all films seen in theaters decreased compared to 2020, domestic films continued to hold a strong position at the local box office in 2021 Prvok, Šampón, Tečka and Karel by Patrick Hartl In 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 restrictions, there was a slight improvement …
Apple sues Ukrainian director over ‘Apple-Man’ comedy
We’re used to seeing Apple embroiled in multiple disputes over its products and services, but this one is a little different. The Cupertino-based company has filed a lawsuit against Ukrainian independent filmmaker Vasyl Moskalenko, who wrote the comedy film titled “Apple-Man.” The first thing you might assume is that the movie has something about Apple …