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Movie Review: The Exorcist: Believer Grounds its Supernatural Elements in the Social and Religious Anxieties of the Modern Era

Reanimating life into a genre franchise that was launched in part by the most influential horror film ever made, but whose subsequent entries have failed to make a similar lasting positive impression, is no easy feat. The critically acclaimed and box office hit movie, 1973’s The Exorcist, instantly became a lasting success for various reasons….

The Exorcist: Believer | Official Trailer 2 : Starring

Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. online pharmacy tamiflu with best prices today in the USA Now, on Friday, October 6, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection…

Linda Blair Reportedly Returning The Exorcist Franchise in Blumhouse’s Reboot

@Eli Roth’s History of Horror Linda Blair, the star of the acclaimed supernatural horror film, The Exorcist, is reportedly reprising her role of Regan MacNeil, who was formerly possessed by the demon Pazuzu, in Blumhouse’s upcoming reboot.  The actress, who last played the iconic character in the series’ first sequel, T977’s The Exorcist II: The…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery : Press Conference with Actors and Director Rian Johnson

Synopsis : Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring Daniel Craig, Kathryn Hahn, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista

Netflix has officially dropped the second trailer for Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the first of two planned sequels to his celebrated 2019 update of the Agatha Christie murder mystery formula. Daniel Craig reprises his role as a detective Benoit Blanc and the film also star Kathryn Hahn, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Dave…

David Gordon Green to Update New Details of ‘Exorcist’ for Blumhouse

After 49 years in the crypt, The Exorcist is about to manifest itself in a revival that David Gordon Green will be conjuring up for Blumhouse productions. It’s just been revealed that he will be directing the new film from a screenplay he’s co-writing with Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Peter Sattler. And, the role…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ is the Best Kind of Sequel

Making a good sequel is not easy. That’s especially true when the original is a big hit, and if a good chunk of the supporting cast isn’t returning for the new film. Part two needs to deliver something that resembles what was popular the first time, and, ideally speaking, could also be accessible to a…

Hollywood Pays Tribute to Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion During SAG Awards

Several Hollywood stars in attendance at the 28th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards last night showed their support for Ukraine following the recent invasion of the country by Russian troops. Such performers as Brian Cox, Michael Keaton, Lady Gaga, Laverne Cox and Leslie Odom Jr. gave tributes and offered prayers for those impacted by the…

Film Review: Should you pray to “The Many Saint of Newark?”

Fifteen minutes into The Many Saint of Newark, Aldo “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti (Ray Liotta) kicks his new, off the boat, Italian wife down a flight of stairs. Later that morning, Aldo’s son, Richard “Dickie” Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola) sees his new mother in law outside, smoking a cigarette. “I thought I heard someone fall down this…

The Many Saints of Newark | Official Trailer | HBO Max

The Many Saints Of Newark is the feature film prequel to David Chase’s groundbreaking award-winning HBO drama series “The Sopranos.” Follow young Anthony “Tony” Soprano as he grows up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark’s history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo…

Leslie Odom Jr. Talks about How He Finds Sam Cooke’s Voice in “One Night in Miami.”

To get to play soul singing legend Sam Cooke would be an achievement enough but to do so in a film as prestigious as One Night In Miami adds the sweet topping to the prize cake. Such a triumph is not the only feather in the cap of 39-year old Leslie Odom Jr. —- he…