Author: Amy Davis

Sibling filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo (“Avengers: Endgame”) are at it again with their upcoming film “The Electric State.” Starring Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”) and Chris Pratt (“The Super Mario Bros. Movie”) the film is a look into a desolate future… except that it takes place in 1994… “The Electric State,” takes place in the aftermath of a battle between humanity and artificial intelligence that ended in a devastating stalemate. Human casualties were buried, while the husks of the automatons they fought rust where they fell. With all surviving robots exclied to the “exclusion zone” in the southwestern desert.…

We’re back with another edition of Urban Legend: Fact or Fiction. In this chapter, we are going to talk about the horrors of the modern-day office. Did a person really die at work only to be discovered days later? The Story Managers at a publishing firm are trying to figure out how no one noticed a deceased employee sitting at their desk for 5 DAYS. George Turklebaum, had been working as a proofreader at a multinational firm for 30 years. One Thursday morning he suffered a heart attack in the open-plan office that he shared with 23 other employees. While…

Universal and Atomic Monster’s long-gestating “The Creature From The Black Lagoon” remake may have found its writer. Sean Tretta (“Mayans M.C. “) will write the screenplay based on a treatment by James Wan, Rafael Jordan, and Bryan Coyne. Wan may also be in talks to direct the film as well. The Remake If Wan directs it will be his first project under the newly merged Atomic Monster (which he owns) and Blumhouse. So it’s not surprising that he is already attached as a producer. Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott will executive produce. This is believed to be a…

The first rule about MRI machines is never take metal near them. Doubly so if it’s a gun. A Los Angeles Police Department officer learned the hard way during a failed raid of a medical center in October 2023. The LAPD is being sued for damages to the machine among other things. Owners of NoHo Diagnostic Center recently filed suit against the LAPD, the city of Los Angeles, and multiple police officers. The filing alleges the business owners’ constitutional rights were violated, and are demanding an unspecified amount in damages. It states that officers raided the center, believing it was…

In 2003, the world’s oldest cheese was discovered in the tomb of three ancient mummies in China. All of them were recovered in the Xiaohe Cemetery, a Bronze Age burial ground, with a strange white substance smeared around their necks. Upon further investigation, it was found to be 3,6000-year-old cheese, the oldest ever recovered.  For the past 20 years, scientists have examined the remains and tested the proteins found in the ancient curds. Recently, a group of researchers finished extracting and analyzing the cheese’s DNA. According to their recently published study, it has been identified as a kefir cheese, a…

Production is officially a-go in the UK on the “Peaky Blinders” movie, based on the popular BBC drama series. The studio has just released first-look photos of Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy reprising his role as Tommy Shelby. The film is written by series creator Steven Knight, and directed by franchise director Tom Harper. The upcoming film will also star Rebecca Ferguson (“Dune”), Barry Keoghan (“Saltburn”), and Tim Roth (“Pulp Fiction”). Murphy is returning as Tommy, the leader of the eponymous Birmingham gangster family. Details about other roles are still being kept under wraps. “Peaky Blinders” the series ended after six seasons…

All good things must end, even when it comes to dolls on a killing spree. Syfy and USA Network have officially canceled the “Chucky” series based on the “Child’s Play” horror franchise. The announcement comes just four months after part 2 of the show’s third season aired. “Chucky” Series creator and executive producer Don Mancini has been vocal about wanting the series to continue. His passion sparked the fan campaign #RenewChucky to show the networks there is a demand for “Chucky” season 4. Alas, horror fans’ love of foul-mouthed killer dolls inhabited by the spirits of serial killers lost out. “I’m…

DC Studios and HBO’s “Lanterns” series is wrapping up the casting stages of production. And you know what that means, fantasy casting galore! Current reports indicate Aaron Pierre (“Rebel Ridge”) and Stephan James (“The Piano Lesson”) are in the mix to possibly play the character John Stewart. Damson Idris (“Snowfall”) was also allegedly in talks to star in the upcoming show, but it seems he is no longer in the running.  It is unknown if Pierre and James are testing or reading for the role. A decision may be reached as early as this weekend. At this time, HBO and…

Director Pierre Morel (“Taken”) is back with another action thriller, “Canary Black” for Amazon MGM Studios. Written by Matthew Kennedy (“Inheritance”), the film seems like a straightforward spy thriller about a CIA operative on the run.  “Canary Black,” boasts an all-star cast of Kate Beckinsale (“Underworld”), Rupert Friend (“Hitman: Agent 47”), and the late Ray Stevenson (“Ahsoka”) in one of his final roles. Along with Saffron Burrows (“The Bank Job”), Ben Miles (“Andor”), Goran Kostić (“Taken”), Michael Brandon (“Episodes”), and Charles Nishikawa (“Touch”). The film centers around top CIA operative, Avery Graves (Beckinsale), who is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying…

Nowadays it’s almost impossible to get by without some kind of social media presence. Given horror legend John Carpenter’s active X (formally Twitter) account it wasn’t surprising to see a Letterboxd profile bearing his name pop up. That is until he started reviewing his own films. “They paid me more money than I had ever seen to write a sequel to a film that did not need one,” the now-deleted account wrote about “Halloween 2.” “I took the check and spent it on beers to get me drunk enough to plow through this crap. I looked at the final script,…