On Sept. 29, 2014 news spread like wildfire that Black Sabbath are to finish their career with one last final album and tour, likely to be produced by Rick Rubin. The story seemed to appear first as a “world exclusive” on Classic Rock, then was picked up by music news sites around the world. Joe Siegler’s Black Sabbath online page, an…
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it’s a good time to check in on Eli Roth’s planned feature-length film Thanksgiving. The film has been eagerly awaited by fans ever since Eli Roth’s faux movie trailer of the same name made a surprise appearance in the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature Grindhouse. Roth’s 2-1/2 minute trailer nearly earned Grindhouse an NC-17 rating due to…
On June 9 WWE Studios released the first official trailer for Leprechaun: Origins, the seventh installment in the iconic horror-comedy series. Leprechaun: Origins will be released as VOD (video on demand) on Aug. 26, followed by a Blue-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) release on Sept. 30, 2014. The film is being marketed as a reboot of…
The feeding frenzy surrounding Sharknado continues to grow, according to Entertainment Weekly. The SyFy original debuted on July 11, 2013 with a respectable 1.4 million viewers, slightly below average for the network’s original films. Sharknado then went “viral”, particularly among Twitter users where it was trending at a staggering 5,000 tweets per minute. The film has continued to garner…
Chucky, America’s favorite killer doll, is back yet again in the upcoming Curse of Chucky. It’s been a long time since Chucky last graced the big screen. The last entry in the Child’s Play series was 2004’s Seed of Chucky, which received mixed reviews due to its absurd plotline and raunchy humor. Curse of Chucky ignores Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky entirely,…
On April 19 the original line-up of Black Sabbath digitally released “God Is Dead?” on iTunes and Amazon, their first proper single in 35 years and the first since 1978’s Never Say Die album. Well, perhaps it’s a bit misleading to say “original line-up”, since drummer Bill Ward is nowhere to be found. But still, pretty darn close.…
Leprechaun, the quirky horror-comedy starring Warwick Davis, was released in 1993. According to IMDB, Leprechaun cost an estimated $900,000 and grossed $8,556,940. It also inspired five sequels and a prequel. The latest film in the series, Leprechaun: Returns was released in 2018. With the Leprechaun series seemingly at an end (for now) the best purchase value is Leprechaun:…
The last six months have been nerve racking for Black Sabbath fans, to say the least. First, on Nov. 11 the band announced a world tour and a new studio album, the first in 33 years, to be produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin (for full story, see Black Sabbath reform for new album, world tour.) Fans were…
After months of speculation, the Apr. 14 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction in Cleveland, Ohio proved to be bittersweet fodder for fans of Guns N’ Roses. On the plus side, three-fifths of the original lineup was present, including guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. Also present was drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Adler after he was ousted…
Monday brought sobering news to metalheads across the globe with the announcement that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, 63, has been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. The news came as a shock to fans who were understandably excited about the Nov. 11 announcement of a new Black Sabbath studio album and world tour (for coverage of the Nov. 11 announcement, please see Black Sabbath…