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Vicious’ Review: Dakota Fanning Screams Her Way Through a Horror Endurance Test That Wears Itself Out

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By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety After launching a home-invasion franchise with the simple premise of three masked figures terrorizing a couple on the rocks, “The Strangers” creator Bryan Bertino has maintained his sensibility as a writer-director, spinning other original horror chamber pieces unmoored by sympathy. Now, the horror helmer’s latest effort shows characteristic daring in its detachment. Generically titled “Vicious,” the film offers a spare setup — a depressed young woman is wracked by hallucinations — with little definition of what is afflicting her or why. The writer-director doesn’t solicit sympathy for Polly (played by Dakota Fanning) or impose meaning on her suffering. It’s a very naked approach to horror, entirely propped up on formal executi...

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Mark Hamill on ‘The Life of Chuck,’ His ‘Star Wars’ Legacy, and How AI Actors Are ‘Terrible, Ghastly, Ghoulish…and Weird’

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By Clayton Davis According To The variety Mark Hamill has spent nearly five decades in the spotlight, but the actor insists he’s still learning to disappear. “The definition of a character actor is an actor that disappears, and you see only the character,” Hamill says about his role in Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck,” which won the Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award in 2024 before being acquired by Neon. In Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella, Hamill plays an aging accountant — an intimate and surprising departure from the larger-than-life characters that made him famous, such as Luke Skywalker from the “Star Wars” series. The film, which stars Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan, explores memory, mortality and the marks we leave ...

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Dick Van Dyke Jokes ‘It’d Be Funny if I Didn’t Make It’ to 100 Years Old: ‘If I Had Known I Was Going to Live This Long, I Would’ve Taken Better Care of Myself

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By Zack Sharf According To The variety Dick Van Dyke recently attended the Vandy High Tea event in Malibu, Calif. and joked about his landmark 100th birthday, which is coming up later this year in December. The icon quipped: “That’s right. I’m not officially 100 until December. Two months. Two months. It’d be funny if I didn’t make it” (via People). Reflecting on the milestone birthday in a more serious tone, Van Dyke added: “I brag sometimes about how I made it to 100 and the truth is, if I had known I was going to live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself. And it is frustrating because I don’t know what I did right. Other than her [wife Arlene], I didn’t do anything right.” Van Dyke married Arlene Silver in 2012. The couple was in attendance at the Va...

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Tron: Ares’ Review: Disney’s Buggy Upgrade Introduces Jared Leto as an AI Determined to Enter the Real World

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By Peter Debruge According To The variety There’s more than one paradox built into the program of “Tron: Ares.” Whereas the 1982 Disney film on which it was based felt ahead of its time — both conceptually and in terms of its cutting-edge visual effects — Sean Bailey’s latest attempt to franchise-ify the “Tron” brand reads mostly as an exercise in nostalgia. Like lead actor Jared Leto’s high-def cheekbones, it looks great, but the movie is saddled with callbacks to the earlier film (and the 1980s at large) that suggest it’s aimed more at Gen X than the Alpha kids who could launch the property into the future. Directed by Joachim Rønning, who previously made overcomplicated sequels to “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Maleficent” for the company, “Tron: Ares” introduces two great...

Oct72025 by cineverseNo Comments

Tom Blyth Says ‘Hunger Games’ Fanfare Was Short-Lived and ‘Calmed Down Quickly’: ‘Everything’s Hot for a Minute and Then the Next Thing Comes Out’

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By Zack Sharf According To The variety Tom Blyth‘s acting career hit a newfound peak when he starred as a young Coriolanus Snow in 2023’s “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” which topped the box office on its way to nearly $350 million worldwide. Some might think headlining a major Hollywood franchise movie might bring dramatically life-changing fame, but Blyth recently told The Independent that fanfare around his “Hunger Games” prequel was short-lived and “calmed down very quickly.” “In this age of social media, everything’s hot for a minute and then the next thing comes out,” Blyth said. “It taught me really quickly not to buy into [things] too much. And I’m glad it happened when I was 27 and not when I was 19 or 20. I was like, ‘I know why I do this. I...

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Lukas Gage on His Memoir, Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis and That Infamous Viral Audition Video

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By Marc Malkin According To The variety Lukas Gage is living his true authentic life like never before. The openly gay 30-year-old actor – best known for “The White Lotus,” “You” and “Companion,” among others – tells all in his new memoir, “I Wrote This for Attention.” He writes candidly and humorously about his traumatic childhood, substance abuse, STDs, checking into a mental health treatment center and his short-lived marriage to celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton. “I’m an over-sharer,” Gage tells me during a Zoom video interview from his publisher Simon & Schuster’s offices in New York City. “I probably say too much. But I love memoirs where they overshare and maybe crossing the line, but they entice people to have conversations about thi...

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Marty Supreme’ Gets Huge Standing Ovation as Timothée Chalamet Salutes NYFF Premiere: ‘I Went to High School Down the Street’

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By Michaela Zee According To The variety Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at the 63rd New York Film Festival on Monday night for a secret screening of “Marty Supreme.” Introduced by director Josh Safdie, Chalamet briefly addressed the audience before the film began. “This movie — in many ways, beyond being about Marty Mauser — is a love letter to New York,” Chalamet said on stage, adding that he was “so thrilled” to debut his latest film in the city. “I went to high school down the street,” Chalamet said, referring to LaGuardia High School. “This is fucking awesome to be here.” Set in the 1950s, the A24 sports dramedy follows young table-tennis prodigy Marty Mauser (Chalamet) as he chases his dream of becoming a champion. “Marty Supreme” received a stan...

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Vicious’ Review: Dakota Fanning Screams Her Way Through a Horror Endurance Test That Wears Itself Out

Mark Hamill on ‘The Life of Chuck,’ His ‘Star Wars’ Legacy, and How AI Actors Are ‘Terrible, Ghastly, Ghoulish…and Weird’

Dick Van Dyke Jokes ‘It’d Be Funny if I Didn’t Make It’ to 100 Years Old: ‘If I Had Known I Was Going to Live This Long, I Would’ve Taken Better Care of Myself

Tron: Ares’ Review: Disney’s Buggy Upgrade Introduces Jared Leto as an AI Determined to Enter the Real World

Tom Blyth Says ‘Hunger Games’ Fanfare Was Short-Lived and ‘Calmed Down Quickly’: ‘Everything’s Hot for a Minute and Then the Next Thing Comes Out’

Lukas Gage on His Memoir, Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis and That Infamous Viral Audition Video

Marty Supreme’ Gets Huge Standing Ovation as Timothée Chalamet Salutes NYFF Premiere: ‘I Went to High School Down the Street’

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