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Horror seems to be the perfect breeding ground for cult classic movies. Perfect examples include Dario Argento’s Italian masterpiece Suspiria, the extreme, boundary-pushing Ichi the Killer, the Hollywood horror defining The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the hugely important zombie masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, and the horror musical blueprint The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Of all these, perhaps the most misunderstood masterpiece is Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, a mind-altering 1981 stroke of genius created by a man who poured his avant-garde heart and soul into this project. Featuring an all-time horror performance from Isabelle Adjani — without which we might…
New Netflix hit movie The Last House features a whole raft of conceptual familiarities: A family in peril, trapped in a single location as an unexplained, apparently monster-derived apocalypse occurs outside the walls of their home. They’re forced to forge survival skills. They cling to a few fraying vestiges of their former existence (e.g., a DVD copy of Air Force One). As time passes, some of them lose their grip on sanity. And they eventually experience close encounters with enigmatic creatures who apparently want to kill them for unexplained reasons. Cynics among us might say Netflix cobbled the movie —…
The Hollywood Reporter can unveil an exclusive clip from Kieron J. Walsh’s Edinburgh-bound Skintown, adapted from Ciarán McMenamin’s 2018 novel of the same name. The coming-of-age(ish) tale is backdropped by the Troubles in Northern Ireland, following Vinny (Jack Rowan, Noughts + Crosses, Peaky Blinders) and Jonty (Chris Walley, The Young Offenders) during the 1994 IRA ceasefire as the young men party with friends, cut deals, and make plans to escape small-town life. Set to earn its world premiere in competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this Sunday, Skintown also stars Derry Girls breakout Jamie-Lee O’Donnell and The Day of the…
Getty Melissa Rycroft has pleaded guilty following her arrest last year. The 43-year-old The Bachelor alum was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in September 2025 in the Dallas/Forth Worth area in Texas. Nearly a year later, Melissa pleaded guilty to the DWI charge and was sentenced on August 6, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly. The judge signed off on her plea deal on Monday, August 10. Melissa has agreed to 20 months of probation instead of serving 280 days in jail. She was also ordered to pay roughly $2,000 in fines and additional court fees. The…
In a television landscape dominated by streaming platforms and the tech companies that own them, it can difficult to know what a genuine hit looks like. Sometimes the streamers will deign to release metrics of their own that can be opaque at best. (How many minutes watched makes a show popular?) Otherwise, there’s the Emmy Awards, which is certain kind of popularity measure — just one that only considers the opinions of TV professionals. There is, however, another way that television creators can learn that the project they’ve spent months on is actually connecting with its intended audience. The phone…
Taylor Swift seemingly had her music removed from multiple TikTok videos posted by President Donald Trump’s social media team. On Wednesday, August 12, the White House used Swift’s 2021 track “I Bet You Think About Me” over footage of Trump, 80, speaking to supporters. A caption referenced the song’s lyrics, with the White House writing, “We know you think about us.” However, as of late Wednesday, the TikTok video is now muted and features an onscreen caption announcing that “this sound isn’t available.” This incident comes on the heels of the Team Trump TikTok account using Swift’s “August” in a…
The world premieres of two major German films, Andreas Dresen’s “Love, After All” and Doris Dörrie’s “How Can I Help?,” are among 11 titles to feature in the Gala Premieres section of Zurich Film Festival. The selection also includes Oscar contenders “I Play Rocky” and “Josephine,” and Switzerland’s most anticipated film, “111 – Echoes From Halifax.” Christian Jungen, CEO of the festival, said the section is “dedicated to auteur cinema for a broader audience.” “We are particularly delighted that two major figures of German auteur cinema, Andreas Dresen and Doris Dörrie, have entrusted us with the world premieres of their…
Following in the footsteps of major YouTube breakout hits, adult animated comedy Monkey Wrench touches down on Netflix with remastered episodes and brand-new dubs. Picture Credit: YouTube Over the years, we’ve tracked a fascinating trend of YouTube transplants finding a massive second life on the world’s biggest streaming service. From James Rallison’s Oddballs to the cult-favorite Bee and PuppyCat, and even kids’ juggernauts like CoComelon, Netflix has frequently looked to the internet for its next big hit. Most recently, we saw Glitch Productions’ indie mega-hit The Amazing Digital Circus make the leap, albeit with a unique hybrid release schedule that shares its premiere windows…
Tyler-Marie Evans can hardly believe she’s here. The U.S. writer-director is charting her journey from growing up in a cult-like church in Texas to premiering her debut feature, tackling teen dreams and sex work, in competition at the Edinburgh Film Festival on Friday. “[It was] this merry-go-round of feeling like an insane person,” she laughs to The Hollywood Reporter about trying to get Pretty Babies off the ground. “So it feels surreal to have this happen.” In between the aforementioned Texan upbringing and coming to the Scottish capital as a feature filmmaker, Evans waited tables in L.A., spent her last…
Lauren Boebert’s Son Tyler Accepts Plea Deal in Child Abuse Case Published August 13, 2026 1:00 AM PDT Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler Boebert accepted a plea deal from prosecutors in his child abuse case could end up with him serving some jail time … TMZ has learned. According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office offered a deal in which Tyler would plead guilty to the charges of child abuse/negligence without injury. The District Attorney said it suggested the court sentence Tyler to a cap of 30 days in jail and 12-month supervised probation. The…