WORST CUSTODY BATTLE EVER

Produced by Guillermo Del Toro, director/co-writer Andy Muschietti’s feature film debut Mama is a nerve-wracking exploration into parental rage from beyond the grave. Five years after a ruined businessman named Jeffrey (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) fatally shoots his wife and dies at the hands of an unseen…

WHEN FDR MET BERTIE

You may recall King George VI (aka Bertie) from the Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech, which chronicled how a voice tutor helped the British monarch to overcome his stutter. Well, the stutter is in full force in Hyde Park On Hudson, which details the first…

Q&A: JESSICA CHASTAIN’S DARK RIDE

By now everyone’s heard about the controversy surrounding Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, Zero Dark Thirty. Written by investigative journalist Mark Boal—and allegedly aided by Navy SEALs involved in the mission that ended Osama Bin Laden’s life—the film traces the decade-long manhunt for the most…

Anberlin frontman Stephen Christian is always searching for answers. His religious faith is so strongly intertwined in his personal DNA that it is integral to his lyrics, but rather than be overt about it, he cloaks many of his lyrics in metaphor to make them accessible to a wider…

PERSONAL VENDETTA — Daniel Craig is certainly one of the best James Bonds ever, and with Skyfall he hits a high note with his rugged yet nuanced portrayal of the famed British secret agent. This time it’s personal as M (the ever fabulous Dame Judi Dench) becomes the target…

INSIDE THE SCREAM FACTORY

Shout! Factory loves cult movies. For a decade, the home video company has lovingly reissued a steady stream of them and last fall inaugurated their Scream Factory imprint, which has been resurrecting many ’80s horror gems, including Halloween II, Death Valley, They Live and Deadly…

The elections may be over, but The Young Presidents are still touting their campaign of change and hope. They are seeking your support of their music—which has been described as a blend of ’70s and ’90s rock—and its message. “We still live in the greatest country in the world,…

The director who brought us Halloween, The Fog and the gloriously gory remake of The Thing, John Carpenter is synonymous with the horror genre, and I was lucky enough to chat with him about his career recently. Scream Factory has given his 1988 film They Live—about a small group…

‘Tis the season for studios to roll out the latest deluxe editions and box sets to lure in you and your dollars. Here are some releases that are worth checking out.

ETERNAL FEAR — Universal Studios’ famous monsters have proven to be enduring cinematic creations, ever since The…

The musical career of modern progressive rockers Coheed And Cambria has forever been intertwined with frontman Claudio Sanchez’s Amory Wars saga, which he has released in comic book form. And even though the epic storyline wrapped up with Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For…