Author: Amy Davis

Next year marks the 35th anniversary of Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989). DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures is celebrating with screenings of the film backed by a live orchestra. This will be the first addition to the planned DC in Concert series. In this series of anniversary screenings, audiences will watch “Batman” starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, while a live symphony performs Danny Elfman’s score for the film. Fans are encouraged to come in costume, and there will be autograph opportunities and merchandise at these showings. The score for “Batman” was the beginning of a long partnership between composer,…

7-year-old Aspen Brown has found the second largest diamond recorded this year at an Arkansas state park. It was found while she was visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfeesboro with her family to celebrate her birthday.  The stone is a 2.95 golden brown-carat diamond which is one heck of a birthday present. So far this year the only diamond larger than Brown’s was found in March. That gem is also brown but weighs about 3.29 carats. The 7-year-old made the find while she and her family were walking on a plowed field, above the eroded surface of a…

Horror legend George A. Romero is probably best known for his “Living Dead” series, which spawned from the landmark film “Night of The Living Dead.” Unfortunately, Romero was not able to shoot the last film in the franchise, “Twilight of the Dead,” before he passed away in 2017. It has now been confirmed that Brad Anderson (2022’s “Blood”) will direct, the “seventh and final installment” of the franchise! He’ll be working from a treatment written by Romero and Paolo Zelati (“The Profane Exhibit”), with the screenplay written by Zelati, Joe Knetter (“That’s a Wrap”), and Robert Lucas (“The Perfect Day…

Scientists are baffled by the discovery of a “golden egg” that was found while exploring the bottom of the ocean. The perplexing object was gahtered 250 miles off the coast of Alaska, by marine biologists onboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) boat. These researchers were using special equipment to look at an extinct underwater volcano in the area. When they made the strange discovery of the golden egg-shaped object, they used a remotely operated vehicle to nudge it. Only to discover the egg was soft with a texture that somewhat resembles skin. The vehicle gently sucked up the egg…

We just got a second chilling trailer for David Gordon Green’s upcoming movie “The Exorcist: Believer.” The highly anticipated film will be a direct sequel to the original 1973 film “The Exorcist” directed by the late William Friedkin. “The Exorcist: Believer” will focus on Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.) who lost his pregnant wife 12 years ago in a Haitian earthquake. Since then he has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia O’Neill), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no…

Comedian Jimmy Fallon has apologized to “The Tonight Show” staff after Rolling Stone accused him of enabling a “toxic workplace.” An in-depth article spoke to 50 former and current employees, many of whom accused Fallon of being “erratic” at work. Even going so far as to speculate that he was “inebriated” and hungover during working hours. Seven of the employees interviewed said that their mental health was impacted by working on “The Tonight Show.” They also pointed out how many showrunners the series has gone through including Josh Lieb, Jim Bell, Gavin Purcell, and Jamie Granet-Bederman. And having showrunners come…

Lionsgate has finalized an eight-figure deal for the domestic rights to the long justating reboot of 1994’s “The Crow.” The original film centers around a man who is brutally murdered along with his finacee the night before their wedding. But he comes back from the grave to seek vengance for their deaths. Both films are based on the 1989 graphic novel written and illustrated by James O’Barr. “The Crow” reboot will star Bill Skarsgård (“It”), FKA twigs (“Honeyboy”), and Danny Huston (“Succession”). Alongside Laura Birn (“Foundation”), Sami Bouajila (“A Son”), and Jordan Bolger (“The Woman King”). The film is direced…

We finally have a date for when cult filmmaker John Waters will get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On Monday, September 18th the iconic Baltimore director will receive the coveted honor. Making him the 2,763rd creator to garner this kind of acknowledgment. Waters has written and directed sixteen movies including “Female Trouble,” “Polyester,” “Cry Baby,” “Serial Mom,” and “A Dirty Shame.” His films “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray” are in the U.S. Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. “Hairspray” is probably his best known film since it was adapted into a Tony award-winning musical, that was adapted into…

20th Century Studios has just released the first trailer for its upcoming film “The Bikeriders.”  The new movie is based on a photography book by Danny Lyon chronicling the rise of a motorcycle club in the Midwest.  “The Bikeriders” is a furious drama that follows the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club. The film seeks to immerse audiences in the look, feel, and sounds of the bare-knuckled, grease-covered subculture of ’60s motorcycle riders. [And by the looks of the trailer, mission accomplished.] The film centers around Kathy (Jodie Comer), a strong-willed member of the Vandals motorcycle club, who is…

Artist McMadmissile, also known as Evan, is currently fundraising for a second round of adorable cryptid plushies, called Careweres! This collection will introduce three new cryptids into the family, vampire bats, wolpertingers, and beelzebears. Bites-A-Lot Bat These excitable cryptids only have one serious character flaw, they bite, a lot. Happy? Bite. Sad? Bite. Mad? You guessed it, bite. But what they lack in bite control, they more than makeup for in pure, unadulterated, adorable. Can you look past this (sometimes painful) shortcoming to befriend this cuddly cryptid? Dandy Heart Wolpertinger Dandy Heart is cousins with Thistledown from the first collection.…