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ECHO BOOMERS' Alex Pettyfer Talks with AICN Read the full article on AICN Hey readers.  Barbarella here after speaking with Alex Pettyfer, who stars alongside Patrick Schwarzenegger and Michael Shannon in ECHO BOOMERS.  In the film, recent college graduate Lance (Patrick Schwarzenegger) becomes immersed in an underground criminal operation with Ellis (Alex Pettyfer) and others.   Once the call connected, I spoke with Alex about COVID in Germany, which is where he lives. After a brief discussion on that, we shifted the focus to something that may be more interesting to AICN readers.  ECHO BOOMERS is Seth Savoy's directorial debut. What could you tell me about the experience of working with him on this? “This is a dream project for Seth and for myself. I had directed a movie called BACK ROADS, which was my directorial debut, or first feature film, in 2017.  It came out in 2018. To be on set as just an actor watching Seth was so inspir...

Freddy reviews the sequel to Timberwolf by Tom Julian, titled SYMMETRY Read the full article on AICN Freddy-Reviewing the sequel to TIMBERWOLF, titled SYMMETRY by Tom Julian. You can find my review of TIMBERWOLF here. As Tom mentions in his dedications, this is a sequel and you’ll be lost without the original. It sets everything up and spends the needed time to set everything up in Symmetry. She hung her head in silence for a few moments. Conversations between neighbors were now strained with the overhang of politics. It came down to infinitely complex issues boiled down to for or against, black or white. SYMMETRY starts right where TIMBERWOLF left off. Kizik has detached his psychic spider tentacles from Timberwolf Velez’s mind. They’re free of one another and both are thankful for the loss of entanglement. The spider creature heading for his kind, the Arnock. Timberwolf, without any kind to trust, starts thinking a bit on matters of the heart. Salla Birdwing ends up separated ...

FRIGHT FIGHT FRIDAY RANDOM BRACKET ROUND #4 - THE SCORPIO DEMON (Split Second) VS HORACE PINKMAN (Shocker) Read the full article on AICN Hey there, fellow horror geeks and monsterphiles! Prometheus here with our next installment of FRIGHT FIGHT FRIDAY! Today we have one of my favorite monsters vs one of my favorite meta-humans! That’s right! The eight-foot-tall Scorpio Demon from Split Second, versus electrified homicidal maniac, Horace Pinker from Shocker! Let’s talk about our competitors! THE SCORPIO DEMON (Split Second) The Scorpio Demon is one of the most slept on monsters in film. It’s eight-feet tall, has razor-sharp claws that are the size of knives, sharp teeth, insane strength, and super speed, hence the name, Split Second. Oh, and it can use guns. This thing is smart, not just some big dumb creature! The plot of the film is full of holes and makes little sense, and what we know about the Scorpio Demon is shotty, at best - but let me break it down. The Scorpio Demon is a...

David Freyne Discusses His New Film DATING AMBER Read the full article on AICN I didn’t realize how much I needed DATING AMBER in my life until I saw it.  David Freyne, who wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical comedy about a closeted gay, first appeared on my radar several years ago when one of his films played at Fantastic Fest.  That film, THE CURED, took place in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse after the distribution of a cure for the zombie virus.  It proved so much more than your typical zombie fare.  After watching it, I spent days contemplating PTSD, marginalization of certain populations, and other themes addressed in the film.   I enjoyed the unique lens through which David Freyne approached the content, so I couldn’t wait to see his depiction, through a comedic lens, of a queer boy coming of age.     On the opposite end of the spectrum from that film, DATING AMBER proves equally engaging, althoug...

Win a Digital Download for Irish Coming-of-Age film DATING AMBER Read the full article on AICN AICN is giving away four iTunes digital codes for DATING AMBER, a delightful Irish film about two gay school friends who pretend to be in a relationship to fit in.   Written and directed by David Freyne (THE CURED), the semi-autobiographical story offers a comedic and heartfelt look at platonic love and discovering who you are meant to be.  The film stars Fionn O'Shea (HANDSOME DEVIL) and Lola Petticrew (A BUMP ALONG THE WAY).   Check out the trailer here. If you’d like to win, send an email to aicn-Barbarella@hotmail.com with the subject IT’S OKAY TO BE WHO I AM.  Winners will be notified by noon CST on Monday, November 9.  Please only US residents apply. Finish the article on AICN Ain't It Cool News Feed https://ift.tt/38tqkO7 November 06, 2020 at 01:29AM

BLOOD FROM STONE IS A Vampire Flick with Teeth! Read the full article on AICN Hey there, fellow horror geeks and monsterphiles! Geoff Ryan's BLOOD FROM STONE is set to release soon, and it looks like an interesting take on the vampire story. Plus, who doesn’t like vampires? (Besides Lycans.) Check out the trailer! BLOOD FROM STONE STARRING: Vanja Kapetanovic, Gabriella Toth, and Nika Khitrova WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: GEOFF RYAN DISTRIBUTED BY: INDIE RIGHTS BLOOD FROM STONE starts off great. The beginning doesn't explain what's going on. Instead, it drops you into a scene at a bar, a few friends are out partying, and they meet a man who seems very intent on helping them get wasted. Said stranger invites the four friends out back to do some cocaine, but one declines and stays back. Our stranger quips, "there's always that one guy," and there is. Isn't there? Things go downhill fast when, after enjoying some of his coke, the man attacks the three and...

Freddy staggers into Halloween for SILENTLY WITHIN YOUR SHADOW Read the full article on AICN Freddy-With some love for Halloween. Including a 15min short horror film, where Bill Moseley voices a dummy, titled SILENTLY WITHIN YOUR SHADOW. I have a Halloween giveaway coming out tomorrow, so keep your eye out for that. One winner will get a pretty cool package of movies. Halloween for some of us, is the holiday to beat all holidays. You feel the excitement immediately at the end of September. Then prepare all month watching every horror film you can find. Visit random farmers, you could care less about during the rest of the year, to run through their decimated corn stalks, take uncomfortable hay rides, make your kids ride uncomfortable ponies, and buy pies you can’t possible finish. Then we decorate our abodes with the freakiest things we can find. All just to scare some random kids on one night, into staying home next year. They never do, though. This is a mutual agreement. We agre...

CHRISTINA PARRISH Talks New Comedy CALL ME BROTHER Read the full article on AICN It's all in the Family...   Hey guys, Prometheus here, and recently I had the chance to talk to Christina Parrish (Rooster Teeth) about her upcoming film, CALL ME BROTHER, co-starring Saturday Night Live’s Andrew Dismukes. I watched it, and it’s weird, and awkward, funny, and strange. What makes it so? Well, just swirl this trailer around your eyeballs for a moment… WTF? Am I right?  Well, I got to speak to Christina, and ask her just that! She opened up on the process of making the film, how it ended up leaning into such taboo territory, and how the hell it happened in the first place! Check out our hilarious conversation below!    CALL ME BROTHER STARRING: CHRISTINA PARRIS AND ANDREW DISMUKES WRITTEN BY: CHRISTINA PARRISH DIRECTED BY: DAVID HOWE   CHRISTINA PARRIS = CP JOSHUA SCAFIDI = JS   JS: Hi Christina, thanks for the phone call! Now you h...

Time-Traveling Western SHOWDOWN IN YESTERYEAR Wraps Production! Read the full article on AICN Hey guys, Prometheus here! Do you like Westerns? DO you like time-travel? Want to see them both in the same film? Well, you’re in luck! Production has recently wrapped on SHOWDOWN IN YESTERYEAR, a time travel western from AB Productions filmed at the wild west attraction Dogwood Pass in Ohio. (Yes, seriously.) Timothy O’Hearn co-directed the feature with cinematographer Aaron Bratcher, and the pair co-produced with star Jeff Grennell. Gregory Lamberson (Widow’s Point) wrote the screenplay, based on O’Hearn’s short film The Door. Vernon Wells (The Road Warrior, Commando) co-stars with Debra Lamb. Check out the description below! "Daryl Dumwoody is a down on his luck wannabe cowboy. But when he stumbles upon a mysterious old door, once entering he unintentionally sends himself to the old west. Now Daryl finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime, where he must find love, fight o...

Barbarella Interviews SCARE PACKAGE's Jeremy King Read the full article on AICN Hey everyone.  Barbarella here, hoping you are doing well and taking care of yourselves.  Usually around this time, I’m figuring out what to put together for a Halloween costume for the party I attend annually.  With the virus, that party is not happening this year.  However, I can always count on studios to release something for the spooky holiday season, virus or not. RLJE Films is releasing the ridiculously fun SCARE PACKAGE On Demand, Digital, DVD and Blu-ray October 20th.  Created by Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns of Paper Street Pictures, the anthology features multiple directors, including Emily Hagins (MY SUCKY TEEN ROMANCE) and Noah Segan (KNIVES OUT).  I spoke with Jeremy King, who plays horror aficionado, Chad Buckley.  Of course, I had to mention I live in Austin, where the film was shot.   “I love Austin. Alway...

Inspirational Comedy ALL JOKING ASIDE Hits VOD November 13th! Read the full article on AICN Hey guys, Prometheus here! In these crazy and tumultuous times, a little bit of inspiration can be a good thing! ALL JOKING ASIDE stars Brian Markinson (“Angels in America”), Tanya Jade, and celebrated comedian Richard Lett.  The Shannon Kohli (“You”, “Riverdale”) film, scripted by James Pickering and  produced by Jon Ornoy -  looks to bring some light-hearted laughs and cheer to the screen when it hits VOD NOVEMBER 13! Check out the description and the trailer below! “Charlene Murray (Charlie to her friends) isn’t your average twenty-one-year-old.  Inspired by her late father’s unrealized ambitions, she wants nothing more in life than to be a stand-up comic, and is equal parts thrilled and terrified by the fact that she’s finally old enough to get into a comedy club and actually try her material in front of paying customers. So with a fistful of jokes and her stalwart fri...

Wanna Win a Copy of SPREE?! Read the full article on AICN You guys! In celebration of RLJE Film’s October 20 DVD/Blu-ray release of the nutso horror romp SPREE, AICN is giving away one copy in each format to 2 lucky winners!   In SPREE, “Kurt (Joe Keery) is a 23-year-old rideshare driver for Spree, who is so desperate for social media attention that he'll stop at nothing to go viral. He comes up with a plan to livestream a rampage as a shortcut to infamy - coining his evil scheme "#thelesson", he installs a set of cameras in his car and begins streaming his rides. Wildly miscalculating the popularity that would come from his lethal scheme, Kurt’s desperation grows as he tries to find a way to overcome the plan's flaws. In the middle of all this madness, a stand-up comedian (Sasheer Zamata) with her own viral agenda crosses Kurt's path and becomes the only hope to put a stop to his misguided carnage.“   SPREE is directed by  Eugene Kotlyarenko and stars Joe K...

Win THE TAX COLLECTOR on Blu-ray! Read the full article on AICN On September 2, RLJE Films is releasing the crime drama THE TAX COLLECTOR on DVD, Blu-ray, and UHD/Blu-ray Steelbook.    In THE TAX COLLECTOR, “David (Bobby Soto) and Creeper (Shia LaBeouf), are “tax collectors” for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs’ illicit dealings. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.“   Written and directed by David Ayers, the gritty look at the Los Angeles crime underworld stars David Soto and Shia LaBeouf alongside Cinthya Carmona and George Lopez.   AICN has 2 Blu-rays of THE TAX COLLECTOR to give away in support of the film! If you’d like to win a copy for yourself, email me at annetteaicn@gmail.com with the subject line HERE COMES THE TAX CO...

Barbarella and Ryan Kwanten Discuss Australia, the Future, and Sci-Fi film 2067 Read the full article on AICN Hey folks, Barbarella here still smiling after speaking with Ryan Kwanten.  The actor who played Jason Stackhouse on the long-running series TRUE BLOOD, and currently plays Peter in SACRED LIES, may now be seen in the sci-fi film 2067 which came out today in theaters and On Demand and Digital.  Written and directed by Seth Larney (TOMBIRUO), 2067 also stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (X-MEN APOCALYPSE, LET ME IN) and melds beautiful visuals with an interesting internal struggle.  Fun fact about me: I love Australia, so I always enjoy meeting and speaking with Australians.  I had planned on not gushing about my adoration of the country, but even though Ryan was currently in Los Angeles, I couldn’t stop myself from talking about his homeland.  I love Australia, it's one of my favorite places ever. “Oh, me too. I mean, it was reall...

Sci-Fi Mindbender 2067 Takes Us to the Future... And Beyond! Read the full article on AICN Hey, all! McEric here with a review of the new Sci-Fi film 2067, out today from RLJE films in theatres, on demand, and digital. Check out the trailer: 47 years in the future, mankind has been ravaged by a planet-wide oxygen shortage brought on by environmental neglect and rampant deforestation. Plants are extinct, and what remains of humanity lives on in Australia, alone. Artificial oxygen is a commodity, though its success is short-lived as thousands succumb "The Sickness," a biological rejection of the synthetic oxygen. I have to say that I enjoyed this film. Its story, despite resolving the fate of mankind, is small, focused almost entirely on Ethan Whyte (Kodi Smit-McPhee, X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX) and his plucked-from-obscurity role as Humanity's Last Great Hope. He is aided his best-friend/brother-from-another-mother Jude (Ryan Kwanten, HBO's "True Blood") with ...

Darren Lynn Bousman Discusses Belief and His Film THE DEATH OF ME Read the full article on AICN Hey movie lovers!  Barbarella here, and I’m excited to share with you my brief conversation with Darren Lynn Bousman.  The director’s latest film, THE DEATH OF ME stars Luke Hemsworth, fresh off HBO’s WESTWORLD, and Maggie Q of the CW’s NIKITA.  The film about a couple vacationing off the coast of Thailand who become ensnared in a web of mystery and black magic will be in theaters and On Demand and Digital October 2.  The film plays with ideas of faith and belief in a way that feels relevant today. Would you talk a little bit about your fascination with belief and faith? “I don't know. I think that since I grew up in a Christian household [with] quasi-religious parents, I was always just fascinated with what people allow themselves to believe in and, more importantly, how people of certain beliefs could be ridiculed or laughed at.  I alway...

WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS Shows Love to THE MONSTER SQUAD - and its Fans! Read the full article on AICN Can I Be in the Monster Squad Now? Hey there, fellow horror geeks and monsterphiles! Prometheus here and I don’t know if I ever mentioned this before, but I was in the Monster Squad when I was a kid! Well, at least I thought I was, and I know I’m not alone. Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad is a cult-classic, a staple of horror, and to this day - still one of my favorite films!  One of the best things about it is the fandom that surrounds it. The Monster Squad went from box office bomb to beloved classic over the decades, building up quite a following. Andre Gower, who played Sean in the 1987 film, made a documentary fantastically titled WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS that looks to explore that fandom! Featuring interviews that Gower took with fans who attended the 30th anniversary tour of the film at Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide and more! Check out the traile...

Travel the Dark Divide with David Cross! Read the full article on AICN Hey folks, Cobrak here with a fantastic film that you should definitely watch. If you like good films at least. If not, I'm sure there's another Transformers coming out soon or something.     The Dark Divide, directed by Tom Putnam, and based off the book Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide by Robert Pyle might be my favorite film this year so far.   It certainly has a lot going for it; David Cross, beautiful landscapes and cinematography, awkward comedy, tragedy, adventure, and humanity in fairly equal measures, and a wonderful score. Oh, and a lot of David Cross ass (if that's your thing. I don't judge).     The Dark Divide tells the true story of Dr. Robert Pyle, a lepidopterist (person who studies butterflies and moths. Duh), who receives a grant that allows him to finance a weeks-long trek through the mountains of Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washin...

Gravitas Ventures' ALIEN ADDICTION Lands on VOD September 29th! Read the full article on AICN Not All Life is Intelligent…   Hey there, fellow horror geeks and monsterphiles! Prometheus here with something a bit different for you. I pose a question. Do you believe in intelligent life beyond Earth? What about not so intelligent life?  We’ve all watched the movies where aggressive alien species come to Earth and try to take it over, but what if those aliens just wanted to hang out and do funny shit?  Well, then you’d be watching ALIEN ADDICTION, of course!  Okay, let’s talk about that trailer for a moment…  First of all, THOSE ALIENS’ CONCAVED FACES! My only explanation for why that made me laugh so hard is this: Special effects can set (or kill) the tone of a film. The special effects in this trailer are good, but not good to the point of being taken too seriously, and that’s perfect!  This isn’t supposed to be taken seriously. ...

Prometheus Talks FINAL DESTINATION, DON’T LOOK BACK + A NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST with JEFFREY REDDICK! Read the full article on AICN You really never know... just ask Jeffrey Reddick!  Hey there, fellow horror geeks and monsterphiles! Prometheus here and recently I had the opportunity to chat with FINAL DESTINATION creator, Jeffrey Reddick, about his upcoming directorial debut DON’T LOOK BACK! We also got into a bunch of other interesting topics, including an inspiring story about how Jeffrey got started. Spoiler alert, it involves A Nightmare on Elm St and a jaded kid! Check out our conversation, and the trailer for DON’T LOOK BACK below!    JEFFREY REDDICK = JR JOSHUA SCAFIDI = JS   JR: Hey Josh, it’s Jeffrey Reddick. How are you? JS: Hey Jeffrey! How are you doing? JR: I’m good.  JS: So, you have a film coming out that you both wrote and directed, DON’T LOOK BACK! JR: Yeah, I’m really excited about it! It’s my first one. (Directing.) ...