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Venice Film Festival Scraps Jury Press Conference
The Venice Film Festival has confirmed it will scrap its customary main jury press conference ahead of its 2026 edition, an unusual break with protocol that organisers attribute to a “scheduling conflict.” The decision comes as jury and talent press conferences at major festivals have become increasingly charged, with journalists repeatedly pressing participants on global…
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The fantasy movie series that John Lennon wanted The Beatles to star in: “It didn’t get very far at all”
John Lennon reportedly wanted The Beatles to star in a Stanley Kubrick-directed adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, but the proposal never progressed beyond preliminary discussions. The idea matters as an unusual example of the band’s ambition to expand their film work—and of Kubrick declining a high-profile project despite Lennon’s admiration for his films.…
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Underground Monk Show review – hysterical visions enrobed in mystery
Underground Monk Show is reviewed as an inventive, highly physical comedy in which four Los Angeles performers play anxious, mysterious monks exploring birth, faith, connection and language. Initially opaque, the production reportedly develops into a richly strange and carefully choreographed piece, balancing absurd rituals with strong ensemble movement and comic invention. The show features a…
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Nicolas Cage’s Bizarre Historical Horror Is Officially Streaming for Free
Nicolas Cage’s 2025 biblical horror film The Carpenter’s Son will be available to stream free on Plex from 1 September 2026. The article presents this as a chance for viewers to revisit a film that received attention for its unusual premise but performed poorly in cinemas and drew largely negative critical responses. The film blends…
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Strange Georgia crime-scene clues blow hole in theory of mom’s mysterious death, family says
The 2020 death of Georgia mother Natalie Jones remains unexplained after she was found in her car nearly three months after disappearing. Her family and an advocate dispute an apparent overdose theory, citing crime-scene details and alleging that investigators did not sufficiently examine all possible leads. Jones, 27, disappeared after leaving a lake house in…
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Rachel McAdams’ 10/10 Time-Travel Movie Is Officially Coming to Streaming Next Week
Richard Curtis’s 2013 romantic drama About Time, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams, will arrive on Netflix on 1 September. The article argues that its lasting appeal lies less in its time-travel premise or romance than in its reflective message about appreciating everyday life, family and the present moment. Gleeson plays Tim Lake, whose family’s…
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Heat breakthrough as Seattle mayor recall collapses
German-Japanese researchers unveil waste-heat cooling technology; Seattle’s mayoral recall campaign ends. Carlos Alcaraz reveals injury fears, while Paramount weighs a Star Trek prequel.
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Harrison Ford’s Timeless Fantasy Romance Officially Gets a New Streaming Home
Age of Adaline, the fantasy romance starring Blake Lively, Harrison Ford and Michiel Huisman, will begin streaming on HBO Max on 1 September 2026. The move gives the 2015 film a new platform, potentially introducing its unusual story about ageing and romance to a wider audience. The article describes the film as a tragic but…
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‘Claude Strife’: DLSS 5 has escaped into the wild, and things are immediately weird
An unreleased version of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 has reportedly been used experimentally in existing games, producing striking but sometimes unsettling AI-generated visual changes. The tests matter because the technology appears to go beyond conventional upscaling, potentially altering a game’s artwork and character appearance rather than simply improving image quality. Examples shared online include a Final…
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Gandahar Review
The 4K restoration of René Laloux’s 1987 French animated film Gandahar is being released in New York before a wider US rollout, restoring the uncut original rather than the edited English-language version previously distributed as Light Years. IGN views it as a welcome return to an era of unusually imaginative adult animation, praising its surreal…