‘Omni Loop’ Review: A Poignant Sci-fi Statement About Life And Mortality – SXSW

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter is not involved in the upcoming reboot, which is being shepherded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler. In a new interview with Inverse, Carter said he has no reservations about letting someone else put their stamp on his beloved franchise. “It’s interesting, people say, ‘Aren’t you possessive of it?’ And I say, ‘No, I’m looking forward to seeing what somebody else does with it,’” Carter said, adding that he had a “really nice conversation” with Coogler when the latter first pitched his idea for an “X-Files” reboot to Fox.

ITV's Saturday Night Takeaway viewers all had the same reaction just minutes into the episode. Fans were tuning in to watch the latest antics of Ant and Dec, who not only brought back the popular segment, Ring My Bell, but also introduced this week's guest announcers, Emma and Matt Willis. Fans quickly took to social media to express their joy at seeing the couple on the show.

An update has emerged amid rumours that Barcelona are interested in signing Manchester City striker Erling Haaland.

Joe Swash paid a sweet tribute to his wife Stacey Solomon as she won an award at the Royal Television Society Awards.The loved-up couple, who tied the knot in 2022, attended the award ceremony at London's Grosvenor Hotel last night (26 March). Stacey, 34, took home the gong for Best Popular Factual Show for her well-loved home transformation show Sort Your Life Out. Following this, Joe, 42, took to social media to praise his talented wife.

Diogo Dalot has said it's good to hear praise from Manchester United legends like Gary Neville, who has suggested that he's been the club's best player this season.

Noel and Sue Radford, parents to 22 children, have spoken out against "cowardly trolls with empty lives" who criticise their large family online. The couple, who have been in the public eye since 2012, regularly share their family's adventures - including luxury holidays, birthday parties, and new toy hauls - on social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

While filming “The Blues Brothers” in 1979, John Belushi was partying so hard that he was often unable to function.One night, after yet another Belushi delay, director John Landis knocked on the door of his trailer, fed up.“Inside, John sat disheveled, eyes vacant. Atop a desk sat a mound of cocaine,” writes Daniel de Visé in his new book, “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic,” (Atlantic Monthly Press, March 19).“ ‘John, you’re killing yourself,’ Landis cried. ‘Do not do this to my movie.

have issued a statement after Kate Middleton on Friday, March 22.“We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace,” the Sussexes said in their statement to .In a to the public, revealed that her medical team found cancer following her “successful” abdominal surgery in January. At the insistence of her doctors, the princess has begun a course of preventive chemotherapy treatment.

Channel 4‘s boss has apologised to a former employee for not properly investigating a “serious” allegation made against Russell Brand in 2009.However, the broadcaster found “no evidence” that Channel 4 staff knew about the allegations against Brand in a Dispatches programme before it aired.The 48-year-old comedian was accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse as part of the joint investigation with the Times and Sunday Times. Brand has strongly denied all accusations, which relate to a period between 2006 and 2013.Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, said in a statement (via The Guardian): “While the investigation did not find any evidence to suggest that any Channel 4 employees were aware of Russell Brand’s alleged behaviour contained in the programme, it did find that one former Channel 4 employee made a serious and concerning allegation about Russell Brand in 2009.“This was not escalated to Channel 4’s then senior management team, nor investigated as it should have been.

Channel 4 has said “two new worrying allegations” were received about Russell Brand after a Dispatches investigation aired in September last year, while two people have reported that “serious concerns” about his behavior had been in “circulation” when he joined Celebrity Bake Off in 2018.

William Earl administrator Screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner has defended Jonathan Glazer‘s Oscar speech against critics. While accepting the Academy Award for best international feature for his Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” Glazer spoke about the ongoing violence in the Middle East, saying the Auschwitz-set film “shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.

This Morning's Alison Hammond has hinted that things might not be going well in her love life. The popular ITV star shared a humorous meme about falling for the 'wrong person' on her Instagram stories.

Music, by and large, can be seen as autobiographical; it’s far from uncommon for songwriters not to draw from any number of personal experiences encompassing, say, the lows of heartbreak and loss to life’s triumphs, all of which and more could easily reside within the average person as distant memories but attain a sort of immortality once this narrative is set to music.

Stephen Saito As an actress, writer and director, Alice Lowe has never much cared if you like the characters she’s penned for herself. From the tourist who develops a taste for murder on her road trip with her boyfriend in Ben Wheatley’s “Sightseers” to a mother-to-be whose baby inspires far more violence than just kicking around in her belly in her own directorial debut, “Prevenge,” Lowe has sacrificed audience approval for the license to explore darker corners of the female experience.

Cardinals, Chalk, Enola Gay, Gurriers and NewDad, gathered at downtown Austin’s Velveeta Room to show solidarity with Palestine amid the ongoing war in Gaza. This came after it was revealed last week that the US Army was a “super sponsor” of the music, film, culture and tech festival as well as defence contractor RTX (Raytheon), which has supplied weapons to Israel.The venue was previously set to host the Music For Ireland showcase, while as per a report from Nialler9, Belfast’s Enola Gay were booked to play a separate, UK-led event via PRS funding.

Selome Hailu In Alex Garland‘s “Civil War,” the Western forces of Texas and California hardly remember what they’re fighting for. At least, Garland doesn’t say outright what they’re fighting for. The film, which had its world premiere at SXSW on Thursday, depicts a near-future U.S.

The real story begins long before you know it in Desert Road, a very smart, trippy chiller that plays with the conventions of survival horror and takes them in a wholly unexpected and, ultimately, really quite moving direction. Making her directorial debut, Shannon Triplett shows a sophisticated grasp of genre dynamics, with a bold use of space — a stretch of the Mojave Desert doubling for Death Valley — that proves more and more gripping as the film’s mysteries unfold. At which point, its boundaries begin to blur, slipping between horror and sci-fi in a way that recalls a hypnotic blend of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s The Endless and Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls.

In the realm of religious horror, one filled with tales of divine terror, Immaculate emerges as the latest contender. Yet despite its promising setup within the shadowy confines of an Italian nunnery and a cast led by Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli and Simona Tabasco, the film struggles to carve out a niche for itself. Directed by Michael Mohan and written by Andrew Lobel, the movie treads familiar ground, recycling familiar elements without delivering the novel twists, deeper insights or genuine horror in a genre that thrives on the exploration of faith’s darker dimensions.

Andy Cohen is sharing his thoughts on Mauricio Umansky discussing his split and family feud on his Netflix series Buying Beverly Hills instead of on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

SXSW has issued a statement about artists and bands pulling out of the festival in support of Palestine.Artists such as NewDad, Cardinals, Enola Gay and others have recently dropped out of the festival due to the event’s association with the US army and weapons companies amid the Israel-Gaza conflict.Yesterday, Texas governor Greg Abbott took to X (formerly Twitter) to write: “Bands pull out of SXSW over U.S. Army Sponsorship. Bye.