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What’s most shocking about the fact that it’s been 35 years since Mystery Science Theater 3000 began its run on Ktma in Minneapolis-St. Paul is the fact that it’s been only 35 years. Sporting a premise that’s gained added resonance since Covid redefined what it’s like to watch movies in isolation, the series has existed long enough—and in enough iterations—as to feel almost impervious to time, endlessly redefining itself as technology and media consumption mutate and grow, and, more frequently, as circumstances necessitate.

While the show’s hook—a human and their robots joke their way through bad movies—suggests a cynical outlook, its overriding imagination leaves room enough to enjoy both the films being watched and the jokes made at their expense. The classics that MST3K has yielded far exceed the limitations of this list’s format—to say nothing of the multitude of grace notes contained within,...

The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards are tonight, March 7, celebrating the best in country from the past year. So who will come out on top? Hundreds of Gold Derby users have made their predictions here in our predictions center. Scroll down for our official odds, which are based on those combined predictions. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.

We’re betting on the ACMs to spread the wealth pretty evenly. In fact, the only artist we’re expecting to win more than once is Walker Hayes, who is tipped to win four awards, all for his breakthrough, crossover hit “Fancy Like”: Single of the Year as both artist and producer on the song, and Song of the Year as both artist and songwriter. He was also up for New Male Artist of the Year, whose results were announced in the days leading up to the ACMs, but...

Claudia Weill’s 1978 comic tale of a photographer trying to make it in New York is a gem whose emotional force comes from the female friendships at its heart

Claudia Weill’s insouciant New York comedy from 1978 is now rereleased: a little indie gem and lo-fi miracle whose emotional force catches you glancingly. Girlfriends now looks like a pop-cultural ancestor to any number of romcoms, as well as to Single White Female, TV’s thirtysomething (in which Melanie Mayron also starred) and Sex and the City, and Emma Seligman’s recent movie Shiva Baby.

Mayron stars as aspiring young photographer Suzie Weinblatt, an unassuming mix of Annie Hall and Alvy Singer. Suzie has to deal with a restless singleton life after her best friend and roommate Anne (Anita Skinner) moves out to get married to a supercilious guy called Martin (Bob Balaban) that Suzie doesn’t like very much, perhaps...

In Apple TV+’s deliciously dark comedy “Physical,” central protagonist Sheila Rubin, played brilliantly and compassionately by Rose Byrne, transforms from a San Diego housewife trying to make ends meet to the head of an incredibly lucrative and influential video aerobics empire. In the process, viewers meet two versions of Sheila, the first is a gorgeous, spandex-clad instructor with a gleaming white smile and an affect so enthusiastic it seems almost impenetrable, and the second is a deeply traumatized and self-critical housewife who struggles with incredibly low self-esteem and a terrible body image.

Continue reading ‘Physical’: A Bold, Brilliant & Deeply Empathetic Reimagining Of The Female Antihero [Review] at The Playlist.

Caged: Female Hostages on Unrated DVD from Bayview Entertainment Over Three Hours Of Babes, Horror And Gore! Caged: Female Hostages is available now on DVD from Bayview Entertainment. For those seeking shocking escapades of Psychopaths, hell-bent on revenge for getting dumped by their girlfriends or being abandoned by their mothers, this two-disc collection will rattle …

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Perhaps the most clever idea in this prestigious throwback to potboilers of yore, The Woman in the Window, is how it upends the bourgeois escapism of most thrillers. While following child psychologist Anna Fox (Amy Adams), who suffers from agoraphobia and keeps herself locked inside her home, we get to luxuriate in a spacious New York brownstone, only to have all the fun taken out via Anna’s lonely nights falling asleep in front of the television and wandering around dead, empty rooms.

Things change when she finds herself quickly entangled in the lives of her across-the-street neighbors. Working their way into her home is Ethan (Fred Hechinger), a sensitive 16-year-old boy towards whom, due to her profession, she feels a natural empathy. Ethan draws into Anna’s orbit his abusive father Alistair and even a solo encounter with the family’s doting wife and mother Jane (Julianne Moore), who...

Outlander viewers and Scottish history buffs know that the Battle of Culloden left a bloody, indelible mark on the nation of Scotland. With the help of experts, Men in Kilts‘ season finale finds Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish going in-depth on exactly how the brutal fight played out.

To start, we get a quick overview of the battle. It took place in Spring of 1746, and was a fight between the Jacobites and the British Government Army at Culloden Field in the Scottish Highlands. It barely lasted an hour, “but its legacy has endured for centuries,” Graham tells us. The British...

Freeform has picked up the comedy series “Single Drunk Female” from writer Simone Finch, executive producer Jenni Konner and director Leslye Headland, the network announced Friday.

The series stars Sofia Black-d’elia as the “irreverent alcoholic” Samantha Fink, who, after a “spectacularly embarrassing public breakdown,” is forced to move back home with her “Smother” to sober up and avoid jail time, according to Freeform’s description of the series. “But when her childhood Bff reveals surprising news, Samantha starts to learn there is a fine line between party girl and walking disaster.”

In addition to Black-d’Elia, the series also stars Ally Sheedy as Samantha’s mother Carol; Rebecca Henderson as Olivia, one of the greeters a Samantha’s Alcoholics Anonymous meetings; Sasha Compere as Brit, her ex-bff; Lily Mae Harrington as Felicia; and Garrick Bernard as James.

Finch, a former staff writer on “The Conners,” is writer and creator of the series.

Asian Shadows has picked up international rights to Japanese drama Drifting Flowers, Flowing Days, a story about youth, life and love in Tokyo, and its first Filipino production, Joseph Mangat’s documentary Divine Factory.

Drifting Flowers, Flowing Days follows three young people – one working on a construction site, one in a flower shop and the other in a design studio – who gradually begin to change when they start questioning life. Produced by Japan’s Ippo, the film is the feature debut of Yutaka Tsunemachi, whose short films include Namigiwa (2018) and Female (2019).

Hiroki Sato (Sasaki In My Mind), Kaho Seto (Orange...

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced its 2020 AWFJ Eda winners, where the most-nominated film “Nomadland” walked away with six categories including best film, actress (Frances McDormand) and cinematography (Joshua James Richards). Filmmaker Chloé Zhao won three individual prizes for directing, adapted screenplay and editing.

The AWFJ recognizes the year’s best regardless of gender in the conventional “best of” categories and this year, women dominated on both sides. In a change from years prior, Jennifer Merin, founder and film critic, says, “we decided to exclude women who won Best Of Awards from competition in our Female Focus Award categories.”

Other winners included Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Leslie Odom Jr. (“One Night in Miami”) in lead and supporting actor while Yuh-Jung Youn (“Minari”) won best supporting actress, surpassing Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) in wins so far this awards season.

See the full winners list below.

Arrow's December lineup has been announced, revealing an eclectic mix of classics and cult films that will keep any genre fan busy during the Holidays:

"London, UK - Arrow Video is excited to announce the December lineup of their new subscription-based Arrow platform, available now in the US and Canada. Building on the success of the Arrow Video Channel and expanding its availability across multiple devices and countries, Arrow boasts a selection of cult classics, hidden gems and iconic horror films, all curated by the Arrow Video team. December will include a number of cult classics and new films to keep you warm by the fire this holiday season.

The lineup begins December 1st with the exclusive Arrow debut of The Bloodhound, a hauntingly atmospheric tale from first-time feature director Patrick Picard, starring Liam Aiken (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Joe Adler (The Maze Runner) and Annalise Basso (Ouija: Origin of Evil...

Despite a shuffling performer line-up due to multiple positive tests for Covid-19, the Country Music Association Awards were held on Wednesday at an in-person ceremony at Nashville’s Music City Center.

In the days leading up to the ceremony, four acts — Rascal Flatts, the recently renamed Lady A, Florida Georgia Line and “I Hope You’re Happy Now” singer Lee Brice — were forced to pull out from the show after either being exposed to or testing positive for Covid.

But as they say, the show must go on, and the Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker-hosted ceremony went ahead as planned, honoring some of the biggest names in country music.

Eric Church took home the night’s top prize for Entertainer of the Year, which came up for grabs this year after seven-time winner Garth Brooks took himself out of the running. “It’s time for somebody else to hold that award,...

The 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, November 11, during a live ceremony at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony was hosted by Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker, but who were the big winners? Scroll down to see the complete list of CMA champs in all categories, updated live throughout the night.

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Miranda Lambert came in with a leading seven nominations: Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Wildcard”), Single and Song of the Year (“Bluebird”), Music Video of the Year (“Bluebird”) and Musical Event of the Year (“Fooled Around and Fell in Love”). Those seven noms broke a record for Lambert, making her the most nominated woman of all time with a total of 55 CMA bids throughout her career. And she won one of...

NBCUniversal has selected the directed the 2020-2021 classes for the Female Forward and the Emerging Director Program. The scripted directing initiatives aim to increase representation of female and ethnically diverse male and non-binary directors, respectively, by creating a pipeline into scripted television. The announcement was made by Janine Jones-Clark as Executive Vice President, Inclusion – Talent & Content, NBCUniversal Film, Television and Streaming.

Both initiatives remain unique within the industry in that they are the only network programs to guarantee that participating directors will helm an episode of primetime television by the conclusion of the program. Program directors shadow on up to two episodes of their assigned NBC scripted series before receiving an in-season assignment to helm an episode of the same series.

Female Forward and the Emerging Director Program will become building blocks for a cross-functional directors initiative under the Global Talent Development & Inclusion team that will service the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group,...

In the The Boys comics, The Female is a nameless killing machine that acts as The Boys's muscle. When she's not working for The Boys, she take on jobs for the local mafia to satiate her need to kill. In the TV series, she's finally given a name, Kimiko, along with an entirely new backstory, with actress Karen Fukuhara portraying her as a misunderstood yet complicated individual. The amount of growth we see Kimiko go through during the first season is impressive: moving from practically feral with only a desire for revenge to being able to find a connection with Frenchie and The Boys. What's even more impressive is the emotion and heart that Fukuhara is able to get across without words since, due to Kimiko's trauma, she's mute.

Initially, Fukuhara was wary of the role because she felt Kimiko was too close to her role as Katana in Suicide Squad.

The mystery behind The Female has finally been solved. While fans have been enamored with The Female - real name Kimiko - since she made her debut in season one of The Boys, the origins of the sole superpowered member of the titular vigilante group have been a giant question mark. Through a series of supremely unfortunate events, the story behind how she came to be imprisoned in a Triad hideout underneath a grocery store in New York City is unraveled within the first three episodes of season two, released by Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 4.

Season two begins with the reveal that a new superpowered terrorist has been unveiled and a newly reunited Butcher and the Boys are tasked with the job to grab him and bring him to the government under Mallory's orders. When the ragtag group of vigilantes catch up to the super, they learn that he's Kimiko's estranged little brother,...

The nominations for the 54th CMA Awards are out this morning, and they don’t include country music legend Garth Brooks as a nominee for the Entertainer of the Year award.

That’s because Brooks voluntarily disqualified himself in late July, saying that he’s won too many times — seven, to be exact, including last year’s — and wants to give the opportunity to another artist.

It was a tweet from a fan that steered Brooks to the decision.

“It said, ‘Hey, man. This guy, why doesn’t he just step down (and leave) the entertainer for the next generation?’ 100% agree,” he told press according to The Tennessean. “It’s time for somebody else to hold that award.”

That leaves the possibilities open this year to Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Luke Combs and Eric Church. May the best country star win.

Tune in to see who takes home...

New York City has partially reopened during the past few weeks, but concerts and other mass gatherings are still banned and there’s no timetable for when that might change. That’s why many people were a little surprised earlier this week when Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the MTV Video Music Awards would take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on August 30th.

“Among the measures all parties involved have aligned to include extensive social distancing procedures, meaningful capacity limitations, the virtualization of components where possible, and limited capacity or no audience,...

Inaugural line-up includes first in-house production of controversial gender equality work The Female Gaze.

Paris-based company Totem Films has launched a new documentary label in a move that will see the company embark on its first in-house production with the adaptation of Franco-American writer and critic Iris Brey’s hard-hitting work The Female Gaze.

The new label bannered Totem Docs will follow the same founding editorial line as its parent company, which has achieved sales success with breakout Cannes Directors Fortnight title And Then We Danced, Luxor and Land Of Ashes since its creation in late 2018.

“We want to pursue...

After blowing away audiences around the world, Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson will be arriving on home video in the UK on June 1st.

Produced and directed by Severin co-founder David Gregory – and the follow-up to his award-winning Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau – the documentary explores the strange life and gruesome demise of exploitation maverick Al Adamson, revealing perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history. Told through over 40 first-person recollections from friends, family, colleagues and historians plus rare clips and archival interviews with Adamson himself, Blood & Flesh is a delightful, dirty and deadly saga of bikers, go-go dancers, aging Hollywood actors, porn stars, freak-out girls, Charles Manson, Colonel Sanders, alien conspiracies,bad contractors and “scenes so Sick the movies could never show them before!”

Special Features: Outtakes – The Cowboy Life Of Denver Dixon, Russ Tamblyn’s Melted TV,...

‘The Bowraville Murders’.

Sbs has selected to fund three productions as part of its Australia Uncovered partnership with the Documentary Australia Foundation (Daf), awarding a full commissioning budget to Mint Pictures and Jumping Dog Productions’ The Bowraville Murders and development funding for Northern Pictures’ A Strong Female Lead and Princess Pictures’ Why Do People Hate Jews?

The three projects were among six pitched live at the Australian International Documentary Festival (Aidc) on Wednesday.

Australia Uncovered is a new strand of one-off docs for the broadcaster, with a focus on uncovering unique stories of contemporary Australia, due to air in 2021.

Sbs head of documentaries Joseph Maxwell, Head of Documentaries said: “Single documentaries are an effective way of exploring the reality of Australia today, through often untold stories from a diversity of voices. They remain an important part of Sbs’s documentary offering and we’d like to thank all of the...

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BBC America's Killing Eve returns for Season 3 in April with a new showrunner steering the spy drama.

BBC America's critical and fan darling Killing Eve is returning for a third season! Of course, there wasn’t even time for doubt, since the Killing Eve Season 3 announcement was made in April at the AMC Networks Summit (BBC America is co-owned by AMC and BBC Studios), only one day after the second season premiere. Interestingly enough, the network continued its preemptive renewal strategy in January 2020, giving an early order for Season 4!

Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and Fiona Shaw star in the series that follows MI6 operative Eve (Oh) as she tracks psychopathic assassin Villanelle (Comer)—or is it the other way around? It is based on Luke Jennings' Codename Villanelle book series.

Killing Eve Season 3 is now in production, and here's everything we know!

Killing Eve...

Just in time for Valentine’s day, Amazon Prime Video is bringing in a haul of Prime Originals — seven to be exact. For those who air on the cynical side this V-day, check out the twisted love story that led to “Lorena,” which details the story of Lorena Bobbitt, the woman who cut off her husband’s penis after enduring years of abuse. And if after watching that you remain a fan of crime and murder stories, another Prime Original to watch is “Agatha Christie Presents: ABC Murders.”

True romantics can try a rom-com like “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Along Came Polly,” or “Barefoot.” For fans of old black-and-white movies, Prime has several in store. Silent film enthusiasts will rejoice at Cecil B. DeMille’s “A Romance of the Redwoods” from 1917, as well as 1919’s “A Romance of Happy Valley,” and 1937’s “23 1/2 Hours Leave.” There are a lot more...

In today’s film news roundup, a Fox veteran is hired by “Crazy Rich Asians” producer Sk Global, Garry Pastore will play Albert Anastasia, and Ed Wood’s “Take It Out in Trade” is getting a release.

Executive Hiring

“Crazy Rich Asians” producer Sk Global and its Ivanhoe Pictures has hired Fox International Productions executive Xian Li as senior vice president of production.

Li will work alongside the executive teams of Ivanhoe Pictures and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and will be charged with enhancing and expanding the company’s slate of Asian-focused global film and TV projects.

“After focusing on Asia in the past years, I’m truly inspired by the fascinating creative talents and materials available, and how they differ from the current domestic creative landscape,” Li said. “The success of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a strong manifesto that the audience deserves to see more diverse content from Hollywood, and...

Austin offers the usual eclectic mix of options for filmgoers this week. If the half-dozen new film openings don't interest you, check out the The Reconstruction of Asa Carter, which screens on Wednesday at the Violet Crown Cinema. This documentary tells the story of the notorious white supremacist Carter, who authored the critically acclaimed The Education of Little Tree, a "true story" (actually, a complete fabrication) about a Native American child. The event includes a reception and Q&A with filmmakers Douglas Newman and Laura Browder.

If you're looking for something lighter, try the Algerian comedy Masquerades. The story of an Algerian gardener who dreams of improving his family's fortune by marrying off his narcoleptic sister to a wealthy "real gentleman," Masquerades screens on Tuesday at the Alamo Drafthouse on Lamar as part of the Austin Film Society's Essential Cinema series "Children of Abraham/Ibrahim 6: Films of the Middle East and Beyond.

There was only one Ed Wood. To call the man different is a bit of an understatement. One thing is for sure though ... for better or worse, Ed has become a legend, and a new box set is on the way that celebrates the very best (and worst) from the world's most infamous filmmaker.

From the Press Release

Ed Wood was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of cheap genre films (and attempted a number of failed TV pilots), now enjoyed for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success.

Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest "name" star, Bela Lugosi, died. He was able...

On July 12, S’More Entertainment will issue Big Box of Wood, the most comprehensive group of movies by the renowned bad moviemaker Ed Wood Jr. (Plan 9 from Outer Space) ever released in a single DVD collection.

Vampira lives in Ed Wood's deliciously bad Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Clocking in at nearly 17 hours, the six-disc Big Box of Wood DVD includes 11 films and two TV specials spanning Wood’s 24-year filmmaking career. It will carry a list price of $49.98.

Included in the box are six of Wood’s later exploitation films from the Seventies, including two that have never before been released on DVD: 1972’s Snow Bunnies and 1976’s Beach Bunnies.

Here’s a list of everything that’s included in the collection:

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)

Jail Bait (1954)

Bride of the Monster (1955)

The Violent Years (1956)

The Sinister Urge (1960)

Orgy of the Dead (1965)

Drop Out Wife (1972)

Fugitive...