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Stunned couple unearths 150-pound mystery hidden beneath their backyard for decades
A San Francisco couple found a 150-pound limestone sculpture buried in the garden of their Russian Hill home while doing yard work. The unexpected discovery has prompted efforts to identify its maker and history, with the couple planning a public display in the hope that someone recognises it. Greg Gatwood uncovered the roughly two-foot-wide sculpture…
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‘Paranormal Activity’ Broadway Review: Stage Adaptation Of Film Franchise Is A Frightfully Good Time
Deadline’s review praises the Broadway stage adaptation of Paranormal Activity as an unusually effective and entertaining horror production, arguing that it translates familiar film scares into a distinctly theatrical experience. The production generates frightened shrieks followed by relief laughter, while using stagecraft, sound and lighting to make well-worn horror devices feel fresh. Rather than repeating…
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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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Hands On: Alien Isolation 2 Was My Favourite PS5 Game at Gamescom
Alien Isolation 2 was the standout PS5 game for the reviewer at Gamescom 2026, with a 20-minute demo strengthening expectations for its planned 2027 release. Creative Assembly appears to preserve the original game’s slow-building tension and the visual language of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien, while introducing more modern presentation and new environments. The demo follows…
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King of Sci-Fi Ridley Scott Claims “It’s About Time” He Officially Wins an Oscar [Exclusive]
Ridley Scott says it is “about time” he receives an Honorary Academy Award, ending a long career without a competitive Oscar win. The recognition matters because Scott is widely regarded as one of cinema’s most influential directors, with major films spanning science fiction, historical epics, war dramas and more. Scott will receive the award at…
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5 Modern Thriller Books That Are Perfect From the First Page to Last
The article recommends modern thriller novels that sustain suspense from the opening page to the conclusion, using contemporary fears, isolated settings and unreliable perspectives. – The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides centres on a painter who stops speaking after killing her husband, and a psychotherapist attempting to uncover why. – The Girl with the Dragon…
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Forget Jason Bourne, an ‘Alien’ Icon’s 15-Year-Old Action Thriller Is Officially Free to Watch
The 2011 action thriller Abduction, starring Taylor Lautner and Sigourney Weaver, will be available to stream free on Plex from 1 September. The film follows Nathan Harper, who uncovers a childhood photograph of himself on a missing-persons website, and its free release may give it another chance to find an audience despite poor reviews. Directed…
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The Best Sci-Fi Action Epic of All Time Is About to Be Streaming on Netflix
James Cameron’s Aliens is presented as an outstanding sequel because it broadens the scale, action and central role of Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley without simply repeating Alien. The film is due to arrive on Netflix on 1 September, giving viewers another chance to watch the 1986 science-fiction action film. Set 57 years after Alien, the…
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All 30 Ridley Scott Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best
The Hollywood Reporter ranks Ridley Scott’s 30 feature films, portraying him as an exceptionally prolific and influential director whose work ranges from historical epics and crime stories to dystopian science fiction. It argues that his lasting importance stems both from his distinctive visual world-building and from a career marked by ambitious variety, successes and notable…
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Helen Mirren’s Long-Awaited Murder Mystery Officially Debuts First Trailer
A first trailer has been released for A Talent for Murder, a psychological thriller starring Helen Mirren as novelist Patricia Highsmith and Alden Ehrenreich as a publisher’s representative. The film fictionalises a late-life encounter with Highsmith, best known for creating Tom Ripley, and explores the increasingly dangerous overlap between storytelling and real violence. Set in…