Later this month the National Hockey League, WB Games, and TNT Sports are coming together to hold the first-ever “MultiVersus NHL Face-Off” game. What’s that? Well, apparently it’s going to give us all the chance to watch beloved WB characters—like Bugs Bunny and Batman—play ice hockey together on TruTV.
Later this month the National Hockey League, WB Games, and TNT Sports are coming together to hold the first-ever “MultiVersus NHL Face-Off” game. What’s that? Well, apparently it’s going to give us all the chance to watch beloved WB characters—like Bugs Bunny and Batman—play ice hockey together on TruTV.
Ye, the rapper known by most as Kanye West, is the subject of a new lawsuit from an ex-employee who alleges he subjected staff to an abusive work environment. The lawsuit alleges that West imitated Nintendo’s beloved video game icon, Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, while threatening his staffers.
Ye, the rapper known by most as Kanye West, is the subject of a new lawsuit from an ex-employee who alleges he subjected staff to an abusive work environment. The lawsuit alleges that West imitated Nintendo’s beloved video game icon, Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, while threatening his staffers.
PLOT: A young woman inherits a run-down pub and discovers a dark secret within its basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that will let you speak to lost loved ones, but not without consequence.
REVIEW: I always get excited whenever Shudder is releasing a new film to their streaming service that I know next to nothing about. Add in a recognizable actor and I’m ready for whatever comes my way. So Baghead had me interested with its vague title and inclusion of Freya Allan (who I love in The Witcher). The trailer made it look like a creepy look at the living’s relationship with death. And the original short film was creepy as hell! So I then proceeded to go on a journey of intrigue that was completely ruined by terrible storytelling and bad CGI.
Baghead follows Iris as she inherits the old pub that her father owned. She quickly learns that she inherited more than just the bar, but also the shape-shifting creature that resides in the basement. This creature can work as a conduit to the dead and provide a link to those who have passed. As much as Iris may want to just board up the basement and go about her life, her financial situation causes her to explore the mysterious abilities of the dweller. Now imagine every boneheaded decision you can make, and that pretty much sums up Baghead.
I’ll start with the good because it’ll be fairly brief. Freya Allan is really great as Iris and continues to be a formidable actress. She manages to be believable while providing plenty of reasons to care about her in the beginning. I’d love to see her in a horror movie with a stronger script as she conveys a lot with very little. I also enjoyed Peter Mullan as Iris’ dad, Owen, as I always feel he’s underrated. They worked well as father and daughter, and their brief interaction is one of the highlights of the film.
But things quickly move to frustration as the character of Iris is so unbelievably stupid. Every time there’s a rule set up that Iris is supposed to follow, she seems to immediately forget. They establish early that the bad guy can only harm her in her little hobbit hole, so any reasonable person would stay far away from it. Even then, it’s hard to differentiate between strict rules and those the movie simply decides not to follow. Because there’s one major death that doesn’t make a lick of sense when you think more about it.
The atmosphere is suitably creepy, with a great gothic aesthetic and ear-pounding sound design. I loved the imagery of the hole in the wall and the villain has a cool look at times. But other times they look very generic and overly CGI. Anytime the makeup is shown in full light, it completely breaks the illusion. I also question how their CGI fire can look good at times but then awful at others. They also borrow a little heavily from Barbarian with the villain’s lair so it feels very “been there, done that.”
Unfortunately, Iris makes some remarkably stupid decisions. The rules for Baghead are established pretty quickly and are reinforced throughout the film. So the pure fact that Iris is constantly being tricked makes her a poor lead. There was a certain point in the film where I started rooting for Baghead and had a lot more fun with it. The human characters prove to be lacking in much common sense, so it’s easier to just root for their demise. And that’s rarely what I’m going into a horror film for. I wanted connection and all I got was nonsense.
BAGHEAD IS STREAMING ON SHUDDER ON APRIL 5TH, 2024.
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Bill Cone only had one acting credit to his name, and that single screen appearance didn’t last very long, but it’s worth taking note of because it happens at the beginning of one of the best horror movies ever made, writer/director Don Coscarelli’s 1979 classic Phantasm (watch it HERE). Cone plays a character named Tommy in that film, and it’s his death that gets the story rolling. Sadly, today we have to report that Bill Cone has passed away.
The news of Cone’s death was first shared on the official Phantasm Facebook page, where it was also revealed that he had contributed to the soundtracks of both Phantasm and Coscarelli’s earlier film Kenny & Company. Here’s the text from their post: “We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of the core Phantasm cast members, Bill Cone (aka Tommy from the original Phantasm). In addition to acting, Bill was a superlative musician. He was a key collaborator on the original Phantasm soundtrack, providing skilled guitar work. Previous to that, Bill had contributed his musical skills to Phantasm director Don Coscarelli’s film Kenny & Company. Bill and Phantasm star Reggie Bannister were good friends and bandmates and Bill once confided to Reggie that he loved horror films and would love to die onscreen in one. Reggie mentioned this fact to Coscarelli and Phantasm producer Paul Pepperman and within weeks Bill was on his back in a graveyard being knifed by the luscious Lady in Lavender (Kat Lester) in the memorable opening sequence of the film. Bill Cone will be dearly missed by Phantasm cast, crew and fans everywhere.“
Phantasm has the following synopsis: The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike to investigate. After discovering that the Tall Man, the town’s mortician, is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, Mike seeks help from his older brother, Jody, and local ice cream man Reggie. Working together, they try to lure out and kill the Tall Man, all the while avoiding his minions and a deadly silver sphere.
Cone’s co-stars included Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Mary Ellen Shaw, Terrie Kalbus, and Lynn Eastman, with Angus Scrimm as the Tall Man.
Phantasm spawned four sequels, and Coscarelli has told new stories set in that world in his recently published book Phiction. It was all kicked off by that scene where we saw Bill Cone with the Lady in Lavender in the graveyard.
Our sincere condolences go out to Bill Cone’s family, friends, and fans.
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Whoa! A new Matrix movie is in the works, with The Cabin in the Woods filmmaker Drew Goddard sorting red and blue pills for another chapter in the legendary action science-fiction franchise Lana and Lilly Wachowski created. Obviously, Warner Bros. is the studio with Lana Wachowski as an executive producer. Goddard is dialing in as the project’s director and writer. However, it remains uncertain if Keanu Reeves, Carrie Anne-Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, and Jada Pinkett Smith will return for the next series installment.
“Drew came to Warner Bros. with a new idea that we all believe would be an incredible way to continue the Matrix world, by both honoring what Lana and Lilly began over 25-years ago and offering a unique perspective based on his own love of the series and characters,” said Jesse Ehrman, Warner Bros. Motion Pictures President of Production. “The entire team at Warner Bros. Discovery is thrilled for Drew to be making this new Matrix film, adding his vision to the cinematic canon the Wachowskis’ spent a quarter of a century building here at the studio.”
“It is not hyperbole to say The Matrix films changed both cinema and my life. Lana and Lilly’s exquisite artistry inspires me on a daily basis, and I am beyond grateful for the chance to tell stories in their world,” Goddard remarked.
More details to come…
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The cast of the Stefan Ruzowitzky-directed thriller Ice Fall expands with Danny Huston (Wonder Woman), Graham Greene (Reservation Dogs, Marvel’s Echo), Martin Sensmeier (Yellowstone), Oliver Trevena (The Bricklayer, While We Sleep), and DeVaughn Nixon (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) joining Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad, Altered Carbon) and Cara Jade Myers (Killers of the Flower Moon, Rutherford Falls) for a race against time to recover millions.
Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, The Hinterlands) directs Ice Fall from a script by George Mahaffey (In the Dust, Chief of Station), with cameras rolling in Bulgaria. According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Ice Falls revolves around a “young Indigenous game warden who arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.”
Speaking about the thrill of adding notable talents to the ensemble cast, Arclight Films Chairman Gary Hamilton told Deadline, “The talented Danny Huston, Graham Greene, Martin Sensmeier, Oliver Trevena and DeVaughn Nixon are wonderful additions to our stellar cast led by Joel Kinnaman and Cara Jade Myers. Ice Fall is a smart and nail-biting crime thriller full of emotion and deceit, set against the icy elements. With director Stefan Ruzowitzky at the helm, we are delighted that cameras are rolling on this intense thrill ride.”
Joel Kinnaman recently starred in John Woo’s holiday-themed action flick Silent Night, in which a grieving father enacts his long-awaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve. Woo’s film is separate from another of Kinnaman’s projects, The Silent Hour. Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) directs The Silent Hour from a script by Dan Hall, focusing on a hard-of-hearing police detective who works as an interpreter for the department and must confront a team of corrupt cops trying to eliminate a deaf murder witness in an apartment building. Mark Strong (Kingsman: The Secret Service, 1917) and Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile, Dawn of the Dead) join Kinnaman as primary cast members.
Would you risk life and limb to recover millions from a frozen lake? What would you spend it on if you managed to snag some of the cash? Let us know in the comments section below.
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