1992’s The Lawnmower Man and 1995’s Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace are making their UK Blu-ray debuts.
Here’s an intriguing pair of 1990s features, that are being bundled together for their first ever appearance on Blu-ray in the UK. 1992’s The Lawnmower Man and its sequel, 1995’s Lawnmower Man: Beyond Cyberspace are both arriving in a new double pack.
The 1992 original in particular was really rather groundbreaking. Notwithstanding the fact that it was the film Stephen King went to court to get his name taken off (when he realised how little the resultant movie had to do with the book it was supposedly based on), The Lawnmower Man was also the first big screen virtual reality movie. Not in an interactive sense, more in a strange shapes getting fruity with each other sense. It was quite a big screen experience too.
Brett Leonard directed, with Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey starring.
Here’s an intriguing pair of 1990s features, that are being bundled together for their first ever appearance on Blu-ray in the UK. 1992’s The Lawnmower Man and its sequel, 1995’s Lawnmower Man: Beyond Cyberspace are both arriving in a new double pack.
The 1992 original in particular was really rather groundbreaking. Notwithstanding the fact that it was the film Stephen King went to court to get his name taken off (when he realised how little the resultant movie had to do with the book it was supposedly based on), The Lawnmower Man was also the first big screen virtual reality movie. Not in an interactive sense, more in a strange shapes getting fruity with each other sense. It was quite a big screen experience too.
Brett Leonard directed, with Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey starring.
- 4/8/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
“Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.”
-B.R. Haydon
Love and death are the two most powerful forces in human experience. They are the engines of our stories because they are the engines of our existence. Our hopes, desires, heartbreaks, and fears so often hang on these two factors—ever-present and constantly in tension. Horror, more often than not, preoccupies itself with the latter but from time to time, a really great horror love story comes along. Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s Spring is not only a great love story but an acknowledgment of the eternal balance of love and death that connects us to each other, the ancient and ongoing human story, and perhaps even the infinite.
Spring is quintessential Moorhead & Benson, who from their first feature, Resolution (2012), to their most recent, Something in the Dirt (2022), have explored vast and...
-B.R. Haydon
Love and death are the two most powerful forces in human experience. They are the engines of our stories because they are the engines of our existence. Our hopes, desires, heartbreaks, and fears so often hang on these two factors—ever-present and constantly in tension. Horror, more often than not, preoccupies itself with the latter but from time to time, a really great horror love story comes along. Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s Spring is not only a great love story but an acknowledgment of the eternal balance of love and death that connects us to each other, the ancient and ongoing human story, and perhaps even the infinite.
Spring is quintessential Moorhead & Benson, who from their first feature, Resolution (2012), to their most recent, Something in the Dirt (2022), have explored vast and...
- 2/14/2024
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
Data broker company Near Intelligence has been accused of tracking user visits to 600 Planned Parenthood locations and handing over that data to an anti-abortion ad campaign.
In a letter from Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, Wyden demanded that federal regulators ensure that all location and device data gathered by Near is deleted and that the SEC investigate whether the company made misleading statements to investors in its filings.
“Near is a scandal-plagued location data broker, which sells personal information revealing where Americans have been,...
In a letter from Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, Wyden demanded that federal regulators ensure that all location and device data gathered by Near is deleted and that the SEC investigate whether the company made misleading statements to investors in its filings.
“Near is a scandal-plagued location data broker, which sells personal information revealing where Americans have been,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Years of being a public figure have taught Nicole Polizzi that there will always be someone critical of your looks. That’s why today, the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star is focused on being “strong,” not “skinny,” and remaining healthy enough to care for her three children.
Nicole Polizzi wants to be ‘strong’ not ‘skinny’
In an interview with E! News, Nicole Polizzi revealed that as she’s gotten older, she has changed her mindset regarding her weight. Previously, she wanted to be “skinny,” and now she wants to be “strong.”
“My mindset now is I don’t want to be skinny. I don’t want to be thin. I want to be strong,” Polizzi explains. “Like, I want my muscles back. I want to be able to run around [with] my kids, not be out of breath.”
“Or like, walk up the stairs and not be dying. So, my goal...
Nicole Polizzi wants to be ‘strong’ not ‘skinny’
In an interview with E! News, Nicole Polizzi revealed that as she’s gotten older, she has changed her mindset regarding her weight. Previously, she wanted to be “skinny,” and now she wants to be “strong.”
“My mindset now is I don’t want to be skinny. I don’t want to be thin. I want to be strong,” Polizzi explains. “Like, I want my muscles back. I want to be able to run around [with] my kids, not be out of breath.”
“Or like, walk up the stairs and not be dying. So, my goal...
- 2/7/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jersey Shore star Jionni Lavalle, husband of Nicole Polizzi, didn’t expect police to deliver an Uber Eats order to his home when he placed his order. However, that’s what happened when New Jersey cops arrested the delivery driver en route to the reality star’s home.
Jionni Lavalle placed a delivery order but was shocked when cops brought the food
In late January 2024, an Uber Eats driver was arrested in Florham Park, New Jersey. However, she left her food delivery order behind in the car she was driving, reported ABC7 New York news.
A random plate scan determined the driver had an outstanding warrant and was arrested. But what to do with the food left behind?
Officer Alex Tredy decided to complete the McDonald’s food delivery. Surprisingly, Tredy’s customer was Jionne Lavalle, Nicole Polizzi’s husband, who appeared on the first installation of MTV’s Jersey Shore.
Jionni Lavalle placed a delivery order but was shocked when cops brought the food
In late January 2024, an Uber Eats driver was arrested in Florham Park, New Jersey. However, she left her food delivery order behind in the car she was driving, reported ABC7 New York news.
A random plate scan determined the driver had an outstanding warrant and was arrested. But what to do with the food left behind?
Officer Alex Tredy decided to complete the McDonald’s food delivery. Surprisingly, Tredy’s customer was Jionne Lavalle, Nicole Polizzi’s husband, who appeared on the first installation of MTV’s Jersey Shore.
- 2/5/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As the title suggests, Creepy Crawly is about a bug. Lots of them, in fact. This Thai horror movie’s original title of The 100 alluded to its predatory antagonist’s many legs, but the new name now eliminates any chance of vagueness. The renaming might also indicate a sense of fun. However, viewers will quickly realize this story of people trapped in a hotel with a giant centipede monster takes itself rather seriously. Maybe too much so.
In the world of Creepy Crawly, society is still dealing with Covid-19. The Pandemic is at its peak, and death and sickness is on everyone’s minds. Directors Chalit Krileadmongkon (The Beast Below) and Pakphum Wongjinda play on that relatable vulnerability and paranoia by introducing a blatantly metaphorical threat: the parasitic monster that passes from person to person like a communicable disease. The tension is then magnified by using a single location for most of the movie.
In the world of Creepy Crawly, society is still dealing with Covid-19. The Pandemic is at its peak, and death and sickness is on everyone’s minds. Directors Chalit Krileadmongkon (The Beast Below) and Pakphum Wongjinda play on that relatable vulnerability and paranoia by introducing a blatantly metaphorical threat: the parasitic monster that passes from person to person like a communicable disease. The tension is then magnified by using a single location for most of the movie.
- 10/3/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
After helming a series of based-on-a-true-story projects including “Million Dollar Arm,” “The Finest Hours,” “I, Tonya” and “Pam & Tommy,” Craig Gillespie was the natural candidate to direct “Dumb Money,” Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum’s chronicle of the January 2021 GameStop stock short squeeze and its reverberations throughout Wall Street. But Gillespie tells Variety it wasn’t his developing pedigree in this eclectic subgenre but an experience closer to home that prompted him to take on the story of Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, and the scrappy bunch of investors who rattled two hedge funds and changed investment culture forever.
“I was living it with my son, who was going through Covid with us, and he was on [the subreddit] r/WallStreetBets from early on,” Gillespie reveals. “He went through this whole drama — the highs, the lows, everything about it — so I was emotionally connected to it.”
In particular, Gillespie says...
“I was living it with my son, who was going through Covid with us, and he was on [the subreddit] r/WallStreetBets from early on,” Gillespie reveals. “He went through this whole drama — the highs, the lows, everything about it — so I was emotionally connected to it.”
In particular, Gillespie says...
- 9/9/2023
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Every show has a turning point, and The Crowded Room Season 1 Episode 7 was it for The Crowded Room.
By the first half of The Crowded Room Season 1, there was a rough idea about what about Danny's story was not real.
It was clear some characters in Danny's story never existed. We also got an understanding of when his dissociative identity disorder began.
But one thing that remained unclear was the scope of how many of these identities existed.
I thought I had everything figured out about who was real and who was not, so it was surprising to learn that even Jonny and Mike were never real.
My heart broke for this boy who had never known love, companionship, or friendship. Imagining how lonely he must have been all those years living alone was an utterly destroying thought.
The moment of truth had arrived, and with Danny's pre-trial coming up soon,...
By the first half of The Crowded Room Season 1, there was a rough idea about what about Danny's story was not real.
It was clear some characters in Danny's story never existed. We also got an understanding of when his dissociative identity disorder began.
But one thing that remained unclear was the scope of how many of these identities existed.
I thought I had everything figured out about who was real and who was not, so it was surprising to learn that even Jonny and Mike were never real.
My heart broke for this boy who had never known love, companionship, or friendship. Imagining how lonely he must have been all those years living alone was an utterly destroying thought.
The moment of truth had arrived, and with Danny's pre-trial coming up soon,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
The Disney+ Hotstar spy drama concludes with a showdown between the good and the bad. The first part of The Night Manager spanned four episodes and ended with Brij being outed by Shelly from the position of CEO. In desperation, Shelly chooses Shaan to be the face of his agro-tech company, which is just a front for the arms deals he carries out around the world. Shaan Sengupta is now of British nationality, and his new name will be Capt. Abhimanyu Mathur, but he will be keeping an eye on Shelly’s moves for Lipika as they systematically plan to bring him down.
Part two begins with the implication that Shaan has come too close to the man to be backing out because he started realizing why Shelly is addicted to power. Shaan here is a spectator and an informant of the events unfolding, and he is enamored to witness...
Part two begins with the implication that Shaan has come too close to the man to be backing out because he started realizing why Shelly is addicted to power. Shaan here is a spectator and an informant of the events unfolding, and he is enamored to witness...
- 6/29/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Excuse me while I put my feet up, burn one, and bask in the glow of executives getting screwed over by their own hubris. Why am I lounging? I just watched Sony’s trailer for Dumb Money, the Craig Gillespie-directed comedy-drama retelling the GameStop stock debacle that sent several fat cats to their financial ruin. The Dumb Money red-band trailer features Paul Dano as Keith Gill, the financial analyst who invested his life savings into a failing GameStop stock that eventually made him (and others) a millionaire. Gill’s story is a wild one, filled with twists and turns. Gillespie’s new film explores the YouTube sensation’s story, with both sides incurring blowback from a dangerous numbers game.
Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen star alongside Dano in Sony’s Dumb Money red-band trailer. Gillespie directs from...
Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen star alongside Dano in Sony’s Dumb Money red-band trailer. Gillespie directs from...
- 6/22/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
There’s no such thing as dumb luck when it comes to good money.
“Dumb Money” is based on Ben Mezrich’s “The Antisocial Network” book, charting the 2021 GameStop short squeeze that changed Wall Street forever. Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum adapted the book. Craig Gillespie directs the feature adaptation, which stars Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Paul Dano, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, Shailene Woodley, and Anthony Ramos.
“The Batman” alum Dano stars as real-life YouTuber Keith Gill. Rogen, meanwhile, portrays the head of investment firm Melvin Capital, Gabe Plotkin, who tries to figure out the reason behind his big financial loss.
Rogen told Vanity Fair that the stock market is “purposely convoluted” since it is “designed to keep people out of it.” The fascinating true story behind “Dumb Money” essentially democratized the stock market for the average American.
“The price of entry is understanding this completely bizarre system.
“Dumb Money” is based on Ben Mezrich’s “The Antisocial Network” book, charting the 2021 GameStop short squeeze that changed Wall Street forever. Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum adapted the book. Craig Gillespie directs the feature adaptation, which stars Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Paul Dano, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, Shailene Woodley, and Anthony Ramos.
“The Batman” alum Dano stars as real-life YouTuber Keith Gill. Rogen, meanwhile, portrays the head of investment firm Melvin Capital, Gabe Plotkin, who tries to figure out the reason behind his big financial loss.
Rogen told Vanity Fair that the stock market is “purposely convoluted” since it is “designed to keep people out of it.” The fascinating true story behind “Dumb Money” essentially democratized the stock market for the average American.
“The price of entry is understanding this completely bizarre system.
- 6/22/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Despite scooping an Emmy, 16 Grammys and an Oscar, Adele said that there’s no chance she will become an Egot winner by adding a Tony award to her haul of trophies as she “hates musicals.”
The ‘Chasing Pavements’ singer, 34, was handed an Emmy for her ‘Adele: One Night Only’ special, as well as 16 Grammys and a best original song Oscar for James Bond film theme ‘Skyfall’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
But she said on James Corden’s final ‘Carpool Karaoke’ segment about the reason she won’t add a Tony to the collection which would make her one of the world’s few artists to be an ‘Egot’ winner: “(I’ve) always had the ‘Ego’ (but) I would never write a musical or anything like that because I f****** hate musicals.
“I f****** hate musicals. I don’t think I’ve ever said how much I f****** hate musicals.”
Tony...
The ‘Chasing Pavements’ singer, 34, was handed an Emmy for her ‘Adele: One Night Only’ special, as well as 16 Grammys and a best original song Oscar for James Bond film theme ‘Skyfall’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
But she said on James Corden’s final ‘Carpool Karaoke’ segment about the reason she won’t add a Tony to the collection which would make her one of the world’s few artists to be an ‘Egot’ winner: “(I’ve) always had the ‘Ego’ (but) I would never write a musical or anything like that because I f****** hate musicals.
“I f****** hate musicals. I don’t think I’ve ever said how much I f****** hate musicals.”
Tony...
- 4/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The Tribeca Festival on Tuesday announced its lineup of short narrative, documentary and animated films, as well as music videos, across 12 programs.
Today’s lineup for the festival, taking place this year from June 7-18, includes 62 shorts in competition, eight music videos and six special screening shorts, from a total of 91 filmmakers across 25 countries. The program, which was curated this year from a record-breaking 8,096 total submissions, includes 48 world premieres, three international premieres, two North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and 22 New York premieres, with six alumni of festivals past to return this time around. Themes highlighted across the lineup include love, family relationships, LGBTQ+ stories, “Expressions of Black Freedom,” Latin America and resilience, to name a few.
Notable shorts to look out for include the Harry Holland-directed Last Call, starring Tom Holland; Alden Ehrenreich’s directorial debut, Shadow Brother Sunday; writer-director Alex Lawther’s For people in trouble,...
Today’s lineup for the festival, taking place this year from June 7-18, includes 62 shorts in competition, eight music videos and six special screening shorts, from a total of 91 filmmakers across 25 countries. The program, which was curated this year from a record-breaking 8,096 total submissions, includes 48 world premieres, three international premieres, two North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and 22 New York premieres, with six alumni of festivals past to return this time around. Themes highlighted across the lineup include love, family relationships, LGBTQ+ stories, “Expressions of Black Freedom,” Latin America and resilience, to name a few.
Notable shorts to look out for include the Harry Holland-directed Last Call, starring Tom Holland; Alden Ehrenreich’s directorial debut, Shadow Brother Sunday; writer-director Alex Lawther’s For people in trouble,...
- 4/25/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sylvester Stallone is a veteran Hollywood actor who goes by the nickname Sly. Even more, as an A-list Hollywood actor, Sly doesn’t need a lot of introduction. His baritone voice and slightly slurred speech are unmistakable. Mostly because Stallone has made a name for himself in the action movie genre. But that’s not to say the talented actor doesn’t have less gritty roles. In 1991 he played Angelo in the crime-comedy film Oscar and also lent his voice to the animated story Antz. With over five decades of acting and a very successful career, could there be anything about Sylvester...
- 4/22/2023
- by Iniobong Uyah
- TVovermind.com
How would you program this year's newest, most interesting films into double features with movies of the past you saw in 2014?
Looking back over the year at what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2014—in theatres or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2014 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2014 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch...
Looking back over the year at what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2014—in theatres or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2014 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2014 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch...
- 1/5/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
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