Though it may not feel like it to us Florida folk, fall is here. And with fall comes some of our favorite things: Pumpkin Spice everything, new Law and Order SVU episodes, and the Nightmare on Franklin Street film series at the Tampa Theatre.
Canadian horror, and I don't mean Tim Horton's running out of Timbits just before your coffee break, but the kind of scary movies we make, tends to turn convention on its head. How many hack comics have joked about the beastly effects of PMS? "Ginger Snaps" takes those jokes one step further in a wickedly humorous feminist werewolf allegory.
What's the point of watching horror movies? An often argued reason is catharsis. Horror movies have a unique way of dredging up cultural anxieties and playing them to their worst ends on screen, so when the lights come up, we can say, “it's only a movie,” and dismiss those fears away.
For the past few years, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights has been another creative outlet for musicians, with Slash, Black Sabbath and Rob Zombie among those who've seen their music used as the soundtrack and inspiration for horror mazes. This year, Queen guitarist Brian May is the de facto artist in residence with the annual Halloween event featuring the U.S. debut of his short film One Night in Hell.
Marcia Gay Harden once described winning an Oscar as a double-edged sword: Although it is a wonderful honor, it does have pitfalls. "It's disastrous on a professional level," the actress said in 2003, two years after winning a best supporting actress Oscar for her portrayal of artist Lee Krasner, the wife of troubled painter Jackson Pollock, in Ed Harris' "Pollock."
Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain have joined British director Ridley Scott at the premiere of their new film The Martian in London. The screening in Leicester Square was also due to be attended by Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Kate Middleton's younger brother James is single after ending his long-term relationship with actress Donna Air. James, 28, reportedly broke up with Donna, 36, earlier this month after two and a half years together, according to The Sun.
While Danny Worsnop is currently on tour with his band We Are Harlot , he's also part of another sort of tour as well. Worsnop has a role in Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival , a horror-comedy musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman , who also directed Saw II , III and IV.
Director George A. Romero speaks to the audience during the 50th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, July 5, 2015. Horror director George A. Romero, who was scaring movie-goers with zombies decades before "The Walking Dead" was conceived, is the featured guest at Rock and Shock 2015 in Worcester next month.