To paraphrase an old saying, "anything worth doing, is worth doing as a flamboyant, gory musical." The latest follower of this philosophy is "The Evil Dead" series, director Sam Raimi's cult classic trilogy of horror-comedies following the bloody misadventures of Ash Williams, a houseware salesman-turned-chainsaw-wielding demon hunter.
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The creator of the iconic music from "Superman," "Star Wars," and "Jaws" was honored Thursday by the American Film Institute. John Williams is the first composer to receive AFI's Life Achievement Award.
Composer John Williams, left, mingles with filmmaker Steven Spielberg on the red carpet at the 2016 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Williams at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Los Angeles.
Imagine learning how to throw a football from Tom Brady or receiving acting lessons from Leonardo DiCaprio. On Wednesday, some future walkers at Universal Studios Hollywood got a crash course on being zombies from the man who has helped define them for a new generation.
The culling of MGM's defunct Midnight Movies line continues, with Scream Factory offering up a double dose of terror from two of horror's most celebrated writers: Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. The films contained within - Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Dunwich Horror - are each laden with camp and barely work as representative material from their respective originators.
Among this year's films are a slew of critical duds. From "Batman v Superman" to "Warcraft," they join the ranks of movies that are long-remembered for being horrible.
Two classics by the Master of Suspense screen back-to-back. Janet Leigh plays secretary Marion Crane in Psycho who makes a fatal stop at the Bates Motel.
The Monkees are perhaps the most misunderstood band in all of rock 'n' roll history, and depending on who you ask, they might not actually be a band at all. Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork were first brought together in late 1965 via a television casting call for a forward-looking Marx Brothersstyle comedy series about a down-and-out musical group that wanted to be the next Beatles, but kept fumbling any and every opportunity that came their way.
