My introduction to Neil Gaiman’s shorter works of fiction is his A Study in Emerald (featured in his collection Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders) from which point I was compelled to read more of the English virtuoso, from his exceptional graphic novels to supremely re-tweetable one-line slices-of-life. Someone at Tumblr seems to share
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Great job, internet! Watch this amazing Saul Bass-inspired alt-title sequence for ‘Game of Thrones’
Now that Game of Thrones fans have yet to sit through another lengthy wait for the next season, the internet is conspiring in order to supress the seemingly worldwide anxiety. George R.R. Martin — who promises to be a more flexible killer in his succeeding writing — is releasing his
Watch: Adam Levine makes Michael Jackson impression singing the ‘Sesame Street’ theme
If you’ll permit us to break character for some supremely shareable content: Adam Levine doing a Michael Jackson impression whilst singing the theme for Sesame Street. It is an odd formula, to be certain, but one has to remember that odd is the primary commodity in The Tonight Show. The Maroon 5-singer (alongside
Watch: Fast-foward to two years of ‘Uncanny Avengers’ so far in three-minute ‘Axis’ Primer
Only a little over a month before its slated release, Marvel has published online a primer for its upcoming major comic event Avengers & X-Men: Axis, squeezing into a three-minute video what happened in their flagship series Uncanny Avengers thus far. The upcoming comic will essentially follow the story line by writer
Trailer: Alexandre Aja’s ‘The Pyramid’ Unearths Legendary Evil
We are only a few weeks from the release of the much-awaited adaptation of Joe Hill’s novel Horns, a film with which director Alexandre Aja rekindles fire among his critics, rediscovering at last his distinctive flair first made note of in his electric psychological-thriller Haute Tension. Aja, who post-Haute has since plunged into a handful of
Watch: David Lynch’s Ice(d-coffee) Bucket Challenge takes an aptly Lynchian turn
Most are likely to think they have seen the best ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on the internet, but what we fail to understand is that the internet is forever. It is both a blessing and a curse. One can champion a current favourite until a new one takes over that
You can now play Bingo as you read Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage has landed bookstores and readers all over the world are winding through the pages, possibly making note more than once of the numerous recurring themes and narrative elements to the author’s latest work. An artist named Grant Snider
George R.R. Martin is going to be more savage in killing off his characters, like it is news
The author of the series Song of Ice and Fire might be history’s first serial killer who openly does his craft and gets away with it — every time. We know his M.O., or at least we think we do. He hates heroes, or at least he understands that we like heroes, so
Trailer: ‘Amityville: The Awakening’ revisits a supposed-to-be unsalable estate.
Since the Lutzes were scurried away from the infamous haunted house in Long Island, New York, a handful of follow-ups and hopeful revamps have been produced to keep the barely enduring franchise alive. Now, officially the 12th title since the 1979 original, the Amityville franchise is looking to revisit the estate with an
We Need Votes! Help Make Filipino Horror Film ‘The Disturbed’ Happen!
Tyrone “Ty” Acierto, the acclaimed director of MMFF New Breed-sleeper The Grave Bandits, is trying to make his new horror film The Disturbed happen thru an online film-funding program based in Canada. At the bottom is the 60-minute video pitch for his film idea, following a failed exorcism attempt at a malevolent, territorial evil.
Trailer: You can’t get rid of ‘The Babadook’
Fresh from its recent festival runs (where it is showered with much critical love; Indiewire’s Sam Adams calls it “a flat-out masterpiece”), Jennifer Kent’s fest-fave Aussie horror The Babadook has made a new trailer available online, which should just about draw in a bigger audience to terrify. The film’s set-up is simple: it revolves
True to B-Movie Form, MTV’s ‘Scream’ Casts Hot Teacher and All-American B-Baller
Wes Craven’s clever postmodern-slasher Scream dwindled onto its trilogy (with the fourth film somewhat redeeming the franchise); yet the following it has cultivated is enough for a big-to-small screen transition. Because unless it hasn’t sunk in, American television is eternally obsessed with serial killers (only currently a quintuple times more, think: Hannibal, Bates Motel, True
Millenium Films’ ‘Leatherface’ Prequel is Happening; Further Messes-Up Franchise Mythos
Tobe Hooper’s seminal The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is being stretched one film longer — reports per entertainment site The Wrap — with Millenium Films’ prequel titled Leatherface planned for release. No one is officially involved with the film except Seth M. Sherwood who is to pen the script. The film is said to make a much
No Adele…Will Sam Smith Sing The “Bond 24” Theme Song?!
With an ominously turbulent orchestration and apropriately brassy, soulful vibe, Adele’s Oscar-winning Skyfall proves a righteous victor. “This is the end,” she warns. “Hold your breath and count to ten.” It is then a sensible and conscious decision on the part of the makers to rehire talent. But, as an anonymous MGM employee tips
Giveaway: Win a “Rurouni Kenshin” DVD!
Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Taika-hen (Kyoto Inferno), the sequel to Keishi Otomo’s widely successful adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin, based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s same-name manga series, is coming to Philippine theaters this week. Those who haven’t watched the film yet, here’s your chance. We are giving away a DVD of the film in preparation
Nora Aunor on Cinemalaya Posting Films on YouTube: “I think it’s like stealing.”
As predicted, the Awards Night for Philippine independent film festival Cinemalaya was, to sum up in two terms, very awkward. Winning Best Actress for Joel Lamangan’s Hustisya, Nora Aunor expressed her thoughts on the issue of Cinemalaya uploading previous years’ full-length entries to YouTube for free, saying it is tantamount to stealing.
Will Arnett Confirms Fifth-Season Renewal for “Arrested Development” is a Go
Arrested Development‘s return with its fifth season is no ‘would-they-or-wouldn’t-they?’ drama, but as fans we want things locked in and sealed with confirmed announcements. So rejoice now, fellow fanatics: the Bluths will be back! Of all it comes from Gob Bluth, portrayed by actor Will Arnett who recently sat down with The
Previous Cinemalaya Entries ‘Mistakenly’ Uploaded to YouTube
A YouTube account — belonging to one Janssen Agbada, a ‘technical personnel’ of Cinemalaya — had been host to ‘mistakenly’ uploaded videos of full-length, previous entries from the festival since yesterday. The account, in fest’s resolution, has already been taken down, but had made available online for a whole day
Extended “Gotham” Trailer Lands Online; Teases Joker
There is a new extended trailer for Gotham arriving online; and to see the series — meant presumably to build a superhero universe from the ground-up — play many of its cards in hand is a welcome if fundamentally questionable move. Early in the universe (Bruce Wayne, note, is a young
Chris Pratt Makes Own Impromptu ‘Awesome Mixtape’; and it’s awesome indeed!
Portraying the role of Walkman-wielding space outlaw Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord might just be the best thing to happen in Chris Pratt’s long-spanning career. The Guardians of the Galaxy star is committing to a long line-up of future projects, including the upcoming Jurrasic Park sequel/reboot. In promoting the gargantuan blockbuster, Pratt unconsciously
Wes Craven Won’t Direct Pilot for MTV’s “Scream”; Full Cast Announced
Contrary to previous reports, Scream-creator Wes Craven will not direct the pilot for MTV’s television series — news coming in from Variety. The directing chair, instead, is handed over to For a Good Time, Cal… director Jamie Travis, who have made a handful of highly-acclaimed short films and a few episodes of Faking
8 Good Writing Practices from Neil Gaiman
The Sandman author Neil Gaiman built his enormous following (he has a Twitter empire, too, unless you aren’t a follower yet) thru his fantastical works for readers of popular literature. Yet, this shouldn’t be the point of ingesting the ahead writing practices he shares with his fans.Aside from having a ‘fathomless’
“Community” Might Parody “Game of Thrones,” Says DEAN-aerys
Jim Rash could just be the Mother of Dragons, or at least dress up as. In an interview at TV Line, the Community actor indulged on the possibility of a Game of Thrones being parodied in the show. We all know what a game of Dungeons & Dragons can do to Greendale’s favorite
Legendary’s “Skull Island” Trails Deeper Into King Kong’s Perch
After the gargantuan success of Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla remake, it was only time until the Other Monster is brought back to screen, King Kong. Legendary Picture takes to Twitter their announcement on plans for said film, titled Skull Island, sounding excited and official. Here are the tweets, in full: @Legendary confirmed: feature film based
Teaser-Trailer for Ai-Ai de las Alas’ Cop-Drama “Ronda”
Stripping off of her loud and raunchy caricatures, Ai-Ai de las Alas is cop-woman in-distress in Nick Olanka’s second Cinemalaya effort, Ronda in which she plays a patrolling policewoman forced to arrest her own son. We have the thirty-second teaser (see above video) and a couple of stills from the film. There
