Music icon Janet Jackson has confirmed a UK tour celebrating her 50th anniversary in entertainment. American superstar Janet will bring her Together Again tour to the UK, which also celebrates 35 years since her seminal album Rhythm Nation.
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Dennis Harvey Film Critic At their least, the myriad serial-killer movies that followed in the imitative wake of “Se7en” three decades ago have gotten the grisly part down, but find compelling suspense, atmospherics and original narrative ideas harder to come by. Such is certainly the case with “Damaged,” which serves up a considerable number of victims’ severed limbs, yet is likely to leave scant impression — scarring or otherwise — on the viewer. Though Samuel L.
Jackson and Vincent Cassel are top-billed, Gianni Capaldi (who also co-wrote and produced) is essentially the lead here as an Edinburgh detective on the trail of a murderer whose crimes appear to extend those of a Chicago perp six years prior. There’s a similar lopsidedness to the character dynamics, as the convoluted story sometimes seems to dole out emphasis more for reasons of marquee value than narrative logic. Directed with polished competence by TV episodic veteran Terry McDonough, this watchable but forgettable thriller runs a brisk gamut from the uninspired to the implausible.
Lionsgate is releasing it to U.S. theaters as well as digital and on-demand platforms April 12. At the start, a young Scottish woman opening her door to an alleged delivery person is mortally attacked.
The gruesome condition in which her remains are discovered — extremities arranged in an “inverted cross,” other Satanic symbols, entire torso missing — distinctly echoes that of five people previously slain in Chicago, their killer never found. When a second woman meets the same fate, local investigators Boyd (Capaldi) and Kessler (Kate Dickie) get joined by Yank cop Lawson (Jackson), who had worked on those now-cold cases. He also calls in former colleague Bravo (Vincent Cassel),
.Music icon Janet Jackson has confirmed a UK tour celebrating her 50th anniversary in entertainment. American superstar Janet will bring her Together Again tour to the UK, which also celebrates 35 years since her seminal album Rhythm Nation.
Throughout his lifetime, Simon Newton has had quite the career. From serving in the British Army to being a bodyguard for celebrities including Michael Jackson and Kendall Jenner, his career has gone from strength to strength. Now an actor, Simon has opened up about his time working as a professional bodyguard and how a chance opportunity in 2003 saw his career take a very different turn.
Michele Amabile Angermiller Moments after being honored at the American Music Honors of the Bruce Springsteen Archives, John Mellencamp took a moment to talk about its namesake at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater in West Long Branch on Wednesday night (April 24). “I know you all love him,” he said of Springsteen. “He put down a big footprint — him and [Bob] Dylan, for me.
Angelique Jackson The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) has set its lineup of narrative and documentary features for its 28th edition, including Jussie Smollett’s return to acting in “The Lost Holliday,” filmmaker Christine Swanson’s latest drama “Albany Road” and the acclaimed Luther Vandross doc “Never Too Much.” This year’s festival takes place June 12-16 in Miami Beach, Fla., followed by a virtual segment June 17-24 on ABFF PLAY. Winners of film festival competition will be announced on June 15, during the “Best of ABFF Awards” hosted by Emmy-nominee Dondré Whitfield.
EXCLUSIVE: Pocket.watch, and Sunlight Entertainment, the Kaji family owned production studio, are partnering with theatrical distributor, Falling Forward Films, to extend the domestic theatrical release of Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure. Directed by Albie Hecht and produced by Shion Kaji and Loann Kaji, with executive production by Chris M. Williams, the film is slated to premiere on over 2,100 screens on Friday, August 16th, 2024.
The cast of Pulp Fiction is back together to celebrate its 30th anniversary!
Todd Gilchrist editor John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and Harvey Keitel reunited at the TCM Classic Film festival on Thursday for a 30th anniversary screening of Quentin Tarantino‘s “Pulp Fiction” to reflect on the film’s impact on their careers — and upon the medium itself. “It changed cinema, so it’s almost hard to have it sink in,” observed Uma Thurman, who joined Samuel L.
He was one of Oasis' founding members. But bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan has rarely been seen in public since he quit the iconic Manchester band at the height of their fame back in 1999.
Brits are set to bask in a '72 hour' heatwave, according to some forecasters, but not everyone will be feeling the heat as two parts of England are expected to miss out on the sizzling temperatures.
Michael, the forthcoming biopic based on the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson has received positive reviews.The film will be directed by Antoine Fuqua, who is known for films including Training Day, The Equalizer and Brooklyn’s Finest and is set to star Michael Jackson’s own nephew, Jaafar Jackson in the lead role.Per The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s trailer began with a peek at the Jackson 5 performing their hit song ‘ABC’ on TV followed by a cut to a 90s-era concert of Jackson performing ‘Man in the Mirror’. Images of a masked Jackson being hounded by both fans and paparazzi are also shown.The trailer also shows Jaafar as Michael, capturing his striking features and his dancing and stage presence.
Michael,” an upcoming biopic about pop legend Michael Jackson that seems guaranteed to spark conversation, debuted a dazzling first look at CinemaCon during Lionsgate’s presentation to theater owners. The sweeping footage starts as hysterical fans scream along to Jackson as he owns the stage, flashing between performances of hits like “Man in the Mirror, “Thriller” and Jackson 5’s classic rendition of “ABC” on “American Bandstand.” The movie, which will feature over 30 songs and recreate many of his iconic concerts, promises to be a sweeping look at the musician’s life, including the emotional toll that being a superstar took on the shy and private man behind the moonwalk.
A pub in a Scottish town has been "immortalised" after being used as a filming location for a Hollywood blockbuster. The Tower Bar in Livingston was asked to close up for a day by the team behind Damaged, a film set for release this month, Edinburgh Live reports.
A probe into the death of Scots serial killer Peter Tobin is set to be held after he died in hospital.
The Naked And Famous‘ Thomas Powers has announced his debut album as a solo artist.Titled ‘A Tyrant Crying In Private’, the LP will drop on May 17 and features collaborations with Julien Baker, Now Now and Rob Moose.To coincide with the announcement, Powers has released his collaboration with Now Now, ‘Permanent Holiday’. Discussing the song in a press release, he said: “’Permanent Holiday’ is a reflection on a decade of my life, seen through the lens of a cherished friendship..
Charna Flam Mia Goth returns to Ti West’s “X” trilogy in the official trailer for A24’s “MaXXXine.” After both “X” and “Pearl” premiered in 2022, “MaXXXine” will conclude the horror series on July 5. Goth is joined in “MaXXXine” by Kevin Bacon, Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Lily Collins, Halsey and Giancarlo Esposito.
Helen Flanagan has bravely broken her silence on her ‘terrible’ battle with anxiety and psychosis after splitting from ex-husband Scott Sinclair. And while the mother-of-three has been through some dark times, a source tells that she is finally bouncing back and is feeling strong again. “It’s been a really tough time for Helen ever since she split from Scott and her recent post took a lot of bravery,” they said.
William Earl administrator Minutes into the medieval intro of “The Faceless Lady,” a fair maiden rips off her face. You immediately feel a bit nauseated. But did the violence trigger that reaction — or is it the fact that the action seems to be happening somewhere deep in your visual cortex? “The Faceless Lady,” a collaboration between Meta and producer Eli Roth, is billed as “the first known scripted original VR live action, stereoscopic (3D) series ever produced of its size.” Although it’s designed for the Meta’s Quest headset, the story and scope seem wide enough to exist out of the headset.
Ellise Shafer “Sasquatch Sunset,” the Sundance-premiering film in which Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg star as Bigfoot-like creatures, is getting a U.K. and Ireland release from Icon Film Distribution. The long-standing distributor, which is known for releasing iconic films like “Drive” and “Malcolm X,” is setting a release date for next quarter following the movie’s premiere at a major U.K.
EXCLUSIVE: MPI Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights for Saïd Belktibia’s French thriller Hood Witch starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will kick off with Quentin Dupieux‘s “The Second Act,” a star-studded surreal French comedy headlined by Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard, Variety has learned. The anticipated movie is produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, a Mediawan company, and is represented in international markets by Kinology.