Archive for December, 2014
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December 22, 2014
New Zealand TV-obsessed website The Spinoff curates Weekend Watch, their selection of the best places to rest your weary eyes on your days off, selected by Spinoff editor Duncan Greive or staff writer Alex Casey . Enjoy! Downton Abbey If you want to get traditional this Christmas, go beyond the Coca Cola image of Santa to the days when, as we were informed on Twitter , Santa was known to wear a hood instead of a friendly hat.
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December 22, 2014
After two decades of waiting for it, fans rejoiced when word came not long ago that Bruce Campbell would return to the role of Ash from the "Evil Dead" films for a new premium cable "Evil Dead" TV series on Starz. Ten half-hour episodes are being produced ahead of an airing in late 2015 with Campbell to return as the character, and director Sam Raimi set to helm the pilot and executive produce the series which will continue on from events of the original trilogy.
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December 22, 2014
A few days ago we brought you some tasty portions of Entertainment Weekly's recent interview with Bruce Campbell regarding the upcoming Evil Dead -based TV show, "Ash vs. Evil Dead." Today EW released the full interview, which is brimming with new details.
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December 22, 2014
In preparation for the January 2, 2015 release of director Tom Harper's The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death , Relativity Media has debuted at CraveOnline a motion comic narrated by star Jeremy Irvine. Check it out in the player below! When a group of orphaned children are forced to move from their home in London, caretakers Eve and Jean bring everyone to the desolate and eerie British countryside.
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December 22, 2014
Since I didn't do a column last Sunday, I've included some releases from the past week. The best of the lot is Season 2 of “The Americans,” which made my list of top shows of 2014.
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December 22, 2014
By the time 1984 rolled around, the sanctity of Jesus' birth had already been more than tarnished in horror cinema, movies like 1972's Tales from the Crypt and 1980's Christmas Evil bringing killers dressed as Santa Claus to the big screen, and 1974's Black Christmas showcasing the brutal Christmastime murders of a sorority house full of sexy ladies. Nevertheless, it was a series of TV commercials depicting a killer Santa wielding an axe that outraged parents in 1984, a promotional campaign for a new holiday slasher flick that would quickly become one of the most controversial horror films of all time.
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December 22, 2014
Typically one of the smallest release dates of the year, there are a few new titles out this week, just in case you're looking for something to watch over the holiday weekend that doesn't involve elves, Santa Claus, or snowmen. Here's the breakdown: Pride - It's never too late for one of my favorite movies of the year to come along, and Pride has managed to squeak into my top 10 with just a week left in the year.
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December 22, 2014
Some sad news to report has come our way as Billie Whitelaw, who horror fans will always be remembered as Damien's guardian and nanny the nefarious Mrs Baylock from the original The Omen , has passed on in her London home at age 82. Her son is the one who confirmed the news. Whitelaw also starred as Hetty Porter in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 thriller Frenzy , and 1968's TV film "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
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December 21, 2014
Need a last-minute gift for the classic movie lover on your list? You can't go wrong with a book about the greatest film directors of the '40s and '50s, or memoirs from actresses Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren and Anjelica Huston . You can also indulge in deluxe DVD or Blu-ray editions of " Gone With the Wind " or please horror aficionados with The Vincent Price Collection.
