News

Stress is the silent killer. Irrespective of what might cause it, and it varies with each individual, it continues to pile up undetected until one day the resultant mental burden results in dramatic collapse, outburst, or worse, doing irreparable damage in the process. The second episode of the latest season of Fox’s acclaimed legal drama, Accused, presents such a scenario involving parental stress-related outbursts, which viewers will find scarily relatable. Unlike the first episode, the element of courtroom intrigue is hardly present in “April’s Story,” but the premise itself makes up for that. Actor Taylor Schilling’s performance as the accused person in question oscillates between measured, convincing, and often a bit over the top, which makes for a strange experience. The final resolution once again positions the viewers as the jury, as they may or may not agree to the case’s verdict.

Spoilers Ahead

What Is April Accused Of?...

The Faculty will invade 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on December 17 via Scream Factory.

The 1990s horror movie has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, approved by director Robert Rodriguez, with Dolby Vision.

Special Features, included on the Blu-ray disc, are as follows:

Interview with Special Makeup and Creature Effects Artist Greg Nicotero (new) Interview with Production Designer Cary White (new)

Written by Kevin Williamson, the 1998 sci-fi horror film stars Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, Usher Raymond, Jon Stewart, and Elijah Wood.

A group of small-town high school students, including an introverted photographer and a charismatic drug dealer, begin to suspect something’s off with their teachers. After realizing the faculty is, in fact, under the control of mind-controlling alien parasites, the kids are outnumbered and endangered. Now they’re in a fight against...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

This September, we’re celebrating Back to School Night with four midnight movies that aren’t just academically themed but also teach the lessons essential to understanding this school of cinema.

First, read the spoiler-free bait — a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film and why we think it’s worth memorializing. After you’ve watched the movie, come back for the bite — a breakdown of all the spoiler-y moments you’d want to unpack when exiting a theater.

The Bait: This Whole “Midnight Movie” Thing? It’s a Trap

Robert Rodriguez made his name on the candy-colored “Spy Kids” and the graphic novel-inspired “Sin City,” but you can see the director’s fingerprints (thumb-thumb-prints?) all over his earlier teen horror-comedy “The Faculty.”

This week’s IndieWire After Dark was...

“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.”

In 1985, John Hughes set a template for high school archetypes in his classic film The Breakfast Club. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal became part of our collective consciousness while expanding ideas of adolescent identity. But 13 years later, these stereotypical roles had begun to feel stifling. While reassuring to know that each identity is valid, the tendency to define your life by an external ideal could keep young adults from overcoming the fear of being themselves. In 1998, Robert Rodriguez applied a sci-fi lens to these classic archetypes in The Faculty, a teen horror film that explores the terror of conformity. A high school faculty taken over by monsters becomes the backdrop for a nuanced dissection of stereotypical expectations and discontent adolescence in a treacherous high school environment built to dehumanize.

Casey (Elijah Wood...

School is starting to get back in session for many, hammering in one of the final nails of summer’s coffin. It’s fitting that the new school year heralds in the arrival of Fall; few things are scarier than the hells of school. Students must deal with homework, teachers, parents, social structures, and puberty. Teachers must contend with unruly students, their unrulier parents, grading, and office stresses. And high school is a hell of its own.

Luckily, horror covers the terrors of school from every perspective, young and old alike. This week’s streaming picks head back to school to exploit all the academic anxieties and fears.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

Battle Royale – freevee, Hoopla, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Tubi

Thanks to a government-mandated act to control Japan’s disorderly youth, class 3-b has been selected...

It may be difficult to think of a film series that is more aesthetically dated than the "Underworld" movies, and I include certain century-old silent movies in that statement. The first "Underworld" film was released in the fall of 2003, and it was infused with all the genre trappings of its era. The long black leather coats, the blue-tinted photography, the use of slow-motion, and the stoic-yet-capable badass heroes all reek of post-"Matrix" malaise, appealing only to young people who were 16 in September of 2003. What's more, the film's soundtrack featured some terrible metal tunes that old-world metalheads found to be shrill and whiny. Sorry, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and The Icarus Line.

The premise of "Underworld" sounds fun on paper, but the bleak, steely tone of the movie made the movie less-than-fun to watch. For centuries, vampires and werewolves — called Lycans — have been at war, killing each other out of sight from the human world.

Two days ago, I mentioned to the loved ones I was spending Christmas with that I knew exactly where I was 25 years earlier. On the evening of December 25, 1998, I was sitting in a movie theatre, taking in an opening day screening of director Robert Rodriguez‘s alien invasion horror film The Faculty (watch it Here). Now, two days after the film’s 25th anniversary, scooper Daniel Richtman has revealed on his Patreon page that Rodriguez is producing a remake of The Faculty!

That’s all of the information that’s available at this time. The Faculty is getting a remake and Robert Rodriguez is on board as producer.

Rodriguez directed the original The Faculty from a screenplay by Scream writer Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel). The film has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of...

We’re wrapping up the week with a new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re looking back at a film that will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the end of this year: The Faculty (watch it Here)! To find out what went into the making of this alien invasion high school movie, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel), The Faculty has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they’ve been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah, football player Stan, drug dealer Zeke, and new girl Marybeth team up...

Navi Mumbai, March 11 (Ians) Gujarat Giants captain Sneh Rana won the toss and opted to bat first against Delhi Capitals in a Women’s Premier League (Wpl) 2023 match at the Dr. Dy Patil Sports Academy, here on Saturday.

Gujarat Giants, who won the last game, made two changes in their playing XI as Laura Wolvaardt and Georgia Wareham came in place of Sophia Dunkley and Annabel Sutherland for this game.

“We would like to bat first on a fresh wicket. We have two changes, Laura and Georgia are in. It’s amazing for us that Laura has joined us, we are excited. It’s just the team combination for the particular day. Everything is settled, and everyone is in a good shape,” said Sneh at the toss.

On the other hand, the Meg Lanning-led Delhi Capitals made just one change with Laura Harris replacing Alice Capsey. in the playing XI.

Mumbai, March 2 (Ians) Australia’s multiple World Cups-winning skipper Meg Lanning was on Thursday appointed as the captain of the Delhi Capitals side ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (Wpl).

Meg, a premier right-handed batter, had recently led Australia to their third straight Icc Women’s T20 World Cup title in South Africa. She also became the first cricketer to lead the side in 100 T20Is, through the 19-run win over hosts South Africa in the final of 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup at Newlands, Cape Town.

“I feel proud to be a part of the Delhi Capitals and it’s a huge honour for me to be named Captain. I am very much looking forward to bringing the team together and getting to know everyone. I can’t wait to get started,” Lanning said at an event here.

During the event, where the Delhi Capitals squad was introduced,...

Mumbai, March 2 (Ians) Australia’s multiple World Cups-winning skipper Meg Lanning was on Thursday appointed as the captain of the Delhi Capitals side ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (Wpl).

At an event organised by the franchise here, India’s top-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues was named as vice-captain of the franchise. Meg, a premier right-handed batter, had recently led Australia to their third straight Icc Women’s T20 World Cup title in South Africa.

She also became the first cricketer to lead the side in 100 T20Is, through the 19-run win over hosts South Africa in the final of 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup at Newlands, Cape Town.

With the title win at Cape Town, Meg also overtook Ricky Ponting for the captain with the greatest number of Icc titles. She had previously captained Australia to 2014, 2018 and 2020 T20 World Cup wins and 2022 Odi World Cup title,...

When you think about horror movies from the ’90s, 1998 specifically, a lot of great titles come to mind. There’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and John Carpenter’s Vampires. You might even find yourself talking for hours about the forever quotable Bride of Chucky, but one film (to me) stood out above the rest. The Faculty was a movie that came along at the right time, with the right stars aligning. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez from a script by Kevin Williamson (and a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel), fresh off his success with the first Scream film just two years earlier.

The first thing that jumped off the screen was the choice of music. The film sported an amazing soundtrack comprising mostly of covers, highlighted by the superstar group Class of ’99. We were then introduced to the first member of the faculty,...

A new episode of our Deconstructing… video series has just arrived online, and in this one we’re looking back at a movie that will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the end of this year: The Faculty (watch it Here)! To find out all about this alien invasion high school movie, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel), The Faculty has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they’ve been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah, football player Stan, drug dealer Zeke, and new girl Marybeth team up with some of their other classmates to fight back against the invaders.

Director Jason Eisener (“Treevenge,” Hobo with a Shotgun, V/H/S/2, and Vice TV’s hit “Dark Side of the Ring”) is back with the horror/sci-fi movie Kids vs. Aliens, releasing in Theaters, On Demand, and Digital on Friday, January 20, 2023. It pits a group of plucky kids against malevolent aliens that crash-landed in their backyard, and the aliens don’t play fair.

As the kids aptly put it in the film, “Fuck space.”

This week’s streaming picks embrace that attitude and feature goopy, gory, and occasionally tentacled alien invasions. As always, here’s where you can stream them this week…

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

The Blob – Tubi

Chuck Russell’s remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror film dials up the practical effects to eleven and delivers no shortage of memorable, goopy horror moments. In keeping with tradition, the remake also recreates the iconic theater...

Exclusive: BritBox International has tapped Sanjeev Bhaskar as the lead for its latest original drama series, Inspector Singh Investigates, and has picked up docs about legendary acting mavericks Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole.

Inspector Singh Investigates is a three-part drama that BritBox International has co-commissioned alongside UK distributor Dcd Rights and 108 Media. BritBox International, which operates outside the UK, takes North American and Australian rights, we’ve learned.

108 Media London, the UK production wing of international content firm 108 Media is producing the series, which will be shot in Malaysia. Dcd Rights is selling it internationally (excluding North America and Australia).

The crime drama is based on the novel of the same name from author Shamini Flint, following Bhaskar as the titular Inspector Singh as he investigates complex murders rooted in the cultural DNA of exotic Asian countries.

Diederick Santer and Jonathan Karas are executive producers for BritBox International, the...

Exclusive: BBC Studios Natural History Unit has poached Netflix-backed indie Freeborne Media’s Laura Harris to run its development team alongside newly-promoted Jess Colman.

The pair replace Gavin Boyland as dual Heads of Development at the powerhouse BBC Studios division. Deadline revealed in November that Boyland is remaining with the unit to series-produce an unannounced landmark series, which it is understood will be revealed shortly.

Harris returns to BBC Studios following two-and-a-half years away, first with Seadog TV and then with Blue Planet exec James Honeyborne’s Netflix-backed studio Freeborne Media, where she was also Head of Development and worked on the likes of Netflix double Oceans and Great National Parks.

Colman is promoted from Development Executive and has helped shape projects including forthcoming BBC One landmark Asia and Apple TV+’s The Year Earth Changed. She is a former Head of Development at fellow Bristol natural history producer True to Nature.

Annabeth Gish has never been a true-crime aficionado, but that changed when she decided to star as the title character in Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, which premieres Saturday at 8/7c on Lifetime.

The small-screen film tracks Jennifer and Fotis Dulos’ whirlwind romance and marriage, the birth of their five children, his infidelities and their acrimonious divorce, which led up to her suspicious and widely reported disappearance two years ago. Fotis (played by Batwoman‘s Warren Christie), who was arrested and charged for his soon-to-be ex-wife’s murder, took his own life in January 2020. After the made-for-tv offering ends,...

Sydney, Oct 25 (Ians) Australian batswoman Grace Harris has heaped praise on Ms Dhoni, saying the former Indian skipper is a "fantastic finisher of the game" and she has been taking inspiration from him.

Harris on Sunday hammered 53 from 37 deliveries to help Brisbane Heat register a seven-wicket win over the Perth Scorchers on the opening day of the sixth edition of the Women's Big Bash League (Wbbl).

During their chase of 133, Harris started off slowly, collecting 11 runs from her first 18 deliveries. However, just as the required run rate started to climb above seven in the 11th over, Harris -- just like Dhoni -- launched a brutal attack, hitting 39 runs from 18 balls to quickly bring the chase to heel, and while she departed with 10 runs required, Georgia Redmayne (37*) and Laura Harris (7*) were able to seal the win with three overs to spare at the North Sydney Oval.

"I've found it's really just working for me,...

Ex Hex returned to Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform their new blissful ripper, “Cosmic Cave.” The song appears on the band’s sophomore album, It’s Real, which was released in March.

Immersed in pink and blue-hued lights, Mary Timony sang about the dark illusions love can cause and wanting to bring those emotions into the light. “Baby come on and dance with me/Come out of your cave,” Timony, Betsy Wright and Laura Harris harmonized during the upbeat chorus. “Let’s ride on a wave.”

Ex Hex...

Ex Hex, the D.C. garage rock trio of Mary Timony, Betsy Wright and Laura Harris, rock out in the video for their latest single “Rainbow Shiner,” off their latest album It’s Real.

Directed by animator and cartoonist M. Wartella, the video brings the album art of It’s Real to life, painting over the band’s leather jackets with bursts of rainbow scribbles and blown-up, chroma-keyed heads. “I got to shine on/Through all the black and blue/I got from you/It hits so hard with all the colors that there are,...

Spike Lee took Cannes by storm earlier this year with “BlacKkKlansman,” his latest joint based on “some fo’ real shit” about Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who manages to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a fellow white officer in the 1970s. As IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote in his review, “If ‘Birth of a Nation’ was history written with lightning, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is the roll of thunder we’ve been waiting for ever since.”

“BlacKkKlansman” is now in theaters and has already taken the box office by storm. To celebrate the film’s expansion in theaters on August 13, we’re giving away one grand prize pack, which includes a signed copy of Ron Stallworth’s book, which inspired the film; a digital download of the film’s soundtrack; and a movie poster signed by Spike Lee, John David Washington, Ron Stallworth, Topher Grace and Laura Harris.

Sneak Peek new images of "Mad Men" actress January Jones in the "Vs. Magazine" Fall Winter 2015 edition, photographed by Francesco Carrozzini:

Jones is best known for playing 'Betty Draper' in the AMC television series "Mad Men" (2007–2015)...

...as well as for roles as 'Cadence' in "American Wedding" (2003), 'Elizabeth Harris' in "Unknown" (2011) and 'Emma Frost' in "X-Men: First Class" (2011).

Jones currently stars as 'Melissa Shart' in the Fox TV series "The Last Man on Earth".

For her work on "Mad Men", Jones received two 'Golden Globe' nominations and one 'Emmy' nomination.

Click the images to enlarge...

Maternity Syndrome: Tierney’s Undefined Comedy Explores Notions of Motherhood

What begins as a concept full of pleasurably subversive possibilities quickly turns into yet another diluted tale of female arrested development in Preggoland, revolving around an emotionally stunted woman who learns an important lesson in the nick of time, thereby exponentially enhancing her own life experience and those in her orbit. Though it’s not as obnoxiously adolescent as its Diablo Cody inspired title suggests, actress turned screenwriter Sonja Bennett’s screenplay fails to use the concept to explore the actual issues underlying her character’s inability to successfully complete the normal trajectory of her sanctioned heteronormative peer group. And so, Jacob Tiernay‘s fourth feature film becomes another one of those wanly charming comedies about how to curb one’s drifting, wayward attitude in order to gain re-admittance into the fold.

After causing a disastrous, drunken scene at her...

Sneak Peek director Jacob Tierney's new comedy feature "Preggoland", written by and starring actress Sonja Bennett, with James Caan, Danny Trejo, Paul Campbell, Laura Harris, Jared Keeso, Lisa Durupt, Carrie Ruscheinsky and Denise Jones:

"...'Ruth' (Bennett), a 35-year-old single woman falsely claims to be pregnant...

"...to deflect her friends' and family's mounting disapproval of her directionless, irresponsible lifestyle..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Preggoland"...

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the film follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. The unlikely band of runners overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well.

The festival runs from January 27-February 7.

Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.

World Premieres

A Better You, USA

Directed by Matt Walsh

Cast: Brian Huskey,...

A self-acknowledged "showcase for Academy Award frontrunners," the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is often overlooked for the actual films that earn it festival status. An amalgamation of international discoveries and ’merica’s circuit highlights, the Sbiff curates a week of best-of-the-best to pair with their star-praising. The 2015 edition offers another expansive selection, bookended by two films that aren’t on any radars just yet. Sbiff will open with "Desert Dancer," producer Richard Raymond’s directorial debut. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the drama follows a group of friends who wave off the harsh political climate of Iran’s 2009 presidential election in favor of forming a dance team, picking up moves from Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev thanks to the magic of YouTube. The festival will close with "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Telling the 1987 true story of a Latino high school’s underdog cross-country team,...

If you’re at all in touch with your geek side, you already know about all the great horror movies that are Christmas-themed. Chances are you’ve stumbled across Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas, or Santa’s Slay. Everybody knows Batman Returns and Die Hard take place around December 25th. However, did you know that several disasters have occurred around the most wonderful time of the year?

Anchor Bay Entertainment and the SyFy Channel spent the past few years reminding us that even the holidays aren’t safe from catastrophic events which could bring about the end of the world. Disaster-oriented Christmas movies were becoming an annual tradition up until 2013. The two media giants banned together for three straight years to bring us a trilogy of B-movie entertainment that I think it’s high time they continue.

Ice Quake was the first of these Yuletide disaster films to hit...

Lightning Entertainment heads to the Afm with Jacob Tierney’s comedy that premiered in Toronto.

James Caan, Sonja Bennett, Danny Trejo, Paul Campbell and Laura Harris star in the tale of a hard-partying woman who fakes pregnancy to gain acceptance from her friends.

Bennett also wrote the screenplay to Preggoland. The producers are Kevin Eastwood, Dylan Collingwood and Robert Mitchell.

Acquisitions and sales consultant Richard S Guardian and svp of Lightning Entertainment Joseph Dickstein negotiated the deal with the producers.

Lightning’s international sales slate includes horror-thrillers Indigenous, Dark House and The Pack and dramatic thriller Ask Me Anything starring Britt Robertson.

Conor Oberst is probably breathing a sigh of relief right now. The Bright Eyes frontman has been exonerated from the rape accusations that have plagued him for the past several months. Also read: Editor Defends Decision to Drop George Will After Rape Column Joan Elizabeth Harris, aka Joanie Faircloth, has withdrawn her accusations, admitting that her claims against the singer are “100 percent false” in a statement issued Monday. Harris further admitted that she made up the claims “to get attention while I was going through a difficult period in my life and trying to cope with my son's illness. Also read: All Eyes.

If you’re going to call your film Snowmageddon, you really need to deliver on the frosty destruction above all else, but instead the made-for-tv Syfy movie gets bogged down in hapless melodrama and a contrived holiday plot that distracts what audiences want to see when they buy a film with this kind of title. Every now and then we get a few minutes of bad CGI terror as killer snowballs fall from the sky and giant spikes (what these have to do with winter or snow is beyond us) jut up from the ground, but they’re scattered throughout a story about a sparsely populated cast that we’re never given a chance to care about. Throwing in a familiar face like Laura Harris (Dead Like Me, 24) doesn’t help either since the disappointment over the weak element of destruction is quite overpowering.

Read more...

We’ve all thought it, perhaps even fantasised about it…because let’s face it, teachers all seem like aliens when your a teenager! Released on Blu-ray for the first time, it’s time to relieve those teenage dreams with The Faculty. Read on for our review…

Herrington High, Ohio, a small-town high school. All of a sudden, the teachers start changing attitude. When Casey (Elijah Wood) and Delilah (Jordana Brewster) have to hide in a closet in the teacher’s lounge, they witness the strangulation of Nurse Harper by two of them. Shocked, they manage to flee. Only moments later, the nurse seems to be very alive, but also somehow changed, like all the teachers and most of the students. Only Casey, Delilah and four others seem to be suspicious. Proof of an alien infection is finally brought by the chemistry teacher, who also points out a way to kill the infected humans.

HBO Kristin Bauer van Straten and Fiona Shaw on “True Blood.”

Fairy blood apparently does weird things to people. And we thought V was addictive. Eric is giddy and drunk, pinching Sookie’s posterior and giddily running around the front yard. King Bill is interrogating Pam at Fangtasia about Eric’s whereabouts. It’s treason to lie to a king, remember. He tells Pam she’s not supposed to think, she’s supposed to “follow protocol.” Um, you’re talking to Pam.

Death, Cab and Cuties.

I once woke up with a headache in a strange location where nobody recognised me and days were missing from my life. Turns out I was recovering from a hangover at a party I’d crashed in a student squat. Luckily, I escaped before anybody raised too much objection. Things don’t go so smoothly for Dr Martin Harris (Taken's Liam Neeson), however, in the action thriller Unknown. Somebody has stolen his life, wife and probably his Blockbuster rental card too.

Jaume Collet-Serra, who is better known for directing the pair of horror films Orphan and the appalling House of Wax, does a better job adapting Didier Van-Cauwelaert’s 2003 novel - 'Hors de moi’, (Out of my head). [And he's recently been announced as the new director of Akira - News Ed.] It’s inevitable this film will receive the usual Hitchcock/De Palma references because it’s almost a paint by numbers conspiracy thriller. There’s even a...

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - Laurence Fishburne's aspiring porn star daughter has been ordered to pay ,000 in restitution to her assault victim Thursday. Montana Fishburne, who has apparently embarrassed her dad after starring in an adult film, pleaded no contest to assaulting her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend earlier this year.

Montana was not in court when Judge Elizabeth Harris ordered her to pay her victim's medical bills. She was represented by Shawn Holley, who told E! News that she is in full compliance with the terms of her probation.

The 19-year-old celebuspawn was charged with simple battery and false imprisonment last year after breaking into an unnamed woman's home and forcing her into the bathroom and beating her repeatedly.

She was placed on three years probation and sentenced to 90 days in jail, although she got credit for time spent at the Seacliff Recovery Center.

Well, this should be the final time we hear about Montana Fishburne. Unless, of course, she decides to do something else to embarrass her dad. The porn-loving offspring of Laurence Fishburne was ordered on Thursday to pay $9,000 in restitution to the victim in her assault case. Fishburne was not in court today, but was represented by her attorney, Shawn Holley. The money is to cover the victim's medical bills, ruled Judge Elizabeth Harris, and Fishburne must send the check to the city attorney's office. Meanwhile, Holly tells E! News that Fishburne is currently in full compliance with the terms of her probation. On March 1, Fishburne pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon and to...

A couple at an abandoned building are given directions on where to find their son. The wife, Elizabeth Harris (Helen Slater) tells her husband, Charles (Thomas Calabro) to do exactly what the man said to find their son, and to put his hands on the railings. I knew that was to cover over any prints or evidence that may have been left behind. They find a decomposing Db in the car on the rooftop, which they believe to be their son, Jeremy (Zachery Spicer). Sid's (Robert Joy) out of the morgue again, in another difficult retrieval of the Db. He says the Cod could be anything from a few days to a few months. Shouldn't he have said Tod? Hawkes (Hill Harper) believes due to the weather, the humidity, etc, this will prove difficult. Jo (Sela Ward) has to cover her nose due to the putrid smell given off by the Db.

'Unknown' movie delivered great drama & twists with Liam Neeson. Warner Bros. Pictures released their new drama/thriller flick titled, "Unknown" into theaters this weekend. I just checked it out,and I thought it was really,really good. It delivered some great twists,intense drama,and action. The movie stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz,and Frank Langella. "Unknown" movie revolved around character Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) who gets into a car accident after arriving in Berlin,while separated from his supposed wife. Four days later,he wakes up in a hospital,and immediately hops out of bed to go search for his wife Elizabeth Harris (January Jones). However,when he finds her, she acts as if she doesn't recognize him and another man has taken his place or identity.

Unknown

Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra

Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones

Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: February 18, 2011

Plot: A doctor (Neeson) is set to speak at a bio-tech conference that could change the world, but he gets into an accident. Suddenly, his wife (Jones) doesn’t recognize him and he must try to prove he’s really Dr. Martin Harris.

Who’S It For? It’s your basic run-of-the-mill thriller with a good mystery brewing. Spoiler Alert — there will be some things that are discussed in this review. Don’t worry, I do my best when it comes to spoilers so if you aren’t already out the door buying your ticket to Unknown you should be safe. Don’t trust other critics with spoilers though … ever.

Expectations: I thought I was getting an amnesia movie, I also figured that if you’re going down that path again in a movie,...

Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Columns, Cinematical

Stars in Rewind is a feature that looks at what our favorite movie stars were doing before they were our favorite movie stars. You can find it here every other Monday.

Before Ryan Reynolds found himself trapped in a coffin in 'Buried,' and before his debut as Hal Jordan in 'Green Lantern' this summer, he was Billy Simpson on the Canadian-American teen drama, 'Fifteen.' Canada's Ytv and America's Nickelodeon aired the award-nominated soap opera from 1991 to 1993 and followed all the dramas of the students of Hillside School.

The series talked about all the usual angsty teenage suspects like dating, drugs and alcohol, family issues, cliques and peer pressure. It was basically like a much tamer version of Aaron Spelling's 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' The show even had its own bad boy (Dylan) character, and 'Fifteen's' "Peach Pit" was called the Avalon.

Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Columns, Cinematical

Stars in Rewind is a feature that looks at what our favorite movie stars were doing before they were our favorite movie stars. You can find it here every other Monday.

Before Ryan Reynolds found himself trapped in a coffin in 'Buried,' and before his debut as Hal Jordan in 'Green Lantern' this summer, he was Billy Simpson on the Canadian-American teen drama, 'Fifteen.' Canada's Ytv and America's Nickelodeon aired the award-nominated soap opera from 1991 to 1993 and followed all the dramas of the students of Hillside School.

The series talked about all the usual angsty teenage suspects like dating, drugs and alcohol, family issues, cliques and peer pressure. It was basically like a much tamer version of Aaron Spelling's 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' The show even had its own bad boy (Dylan) character, and 'Fifteen's' "Peach Pit" was called the Avalon.

Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming Dark Castle thriller "Unknown", starring Liam Neeson, as 'Dr. Martin Harris', Diane Kruger as 'Gina', January Jones as 'Elizabeth Harris', Frank Langella as 'Rodney Cole', Aidan Quinn as 'Martin B.' and Bruno Ganz as 'Jürgen'.

Originally titled "Unknown White Male", the action feature is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, based on the novel "Out of My Head" by author Didier van Cauwelaert:

"...A man (Neeson) awakens in Berlin from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is..."

"Unknown" will be distributed by Warners in North America, February 18, 2011.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Unknown"...

Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…

8.00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Sky Movies Showcase)

Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes join forces with Optimus Prime again to save Earth from ruthless robot The Fallen. Mind-melting mechanised mayhem.

9.00pm National Lampoon’s Animal House (ITV4)

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the Delta House Fraternity, but those roughhousers have other plans for him. Stars: John Belushi and Tim Matheson.

Or

9.00pm Model By Day (Movies4Men)

A glamorous model trained in martial arts becomes a nighttime vigilante know as ‘Lady X’ But the authorities soon turn against her and she is forced catch a killer in order to clear her name. Stars Famke Janssen as Lady X.

10.00pm Pontypool (Horror Channel +1)

When a virus turns...

Defying Gravity was apparently described to networks as a Grey’s Anatomy in space.” I assumed this meant that it would be a medical show set in space, but it seems that the Grey’s Anatomy reference is merely to allude to the drama (which is often of the romantic nature, despite the “Hormone Activated Libido Oppressors” the crew members wear). It lasted only one season (and a short one, at 13 episodes) and received poor ratings, which could just be due to a very small if at all existent overlap among doctor-show fans and space-show fans who, as I did, became confused by the Ga thing. (This also means I’ll be putting off my pitch for ER Trek until the world is truly ready.)

The series, set about 40 years into the future, revolves around eight astronauts, four men and four women (even Steven), chosen to travel the Solar System for six years.

A prime time summer series launched during the dog days of August is never a good show of faith on the part of the network. Last August, ABC presented Defying Gravity , a thirteen episode science fiction series which lasted a mere eight weeks.

A noble effort, it failed to garner much interest and even fewer ratings. The series was said to be inspired by the BBC series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, and became an international effort co-produced by the BBC, Fox Television Studios, and Omni Film Productions in association with Canadian broadcasters CTV Television Network, Space, and German broadcaster ProSieben.

This misfire is now available as a complete season set on Fox Home Entertainment and you can decide for yourself what went wrong. The premise begins in 2052 with the launch of a six year mission throughout the solar system, making the first visits to several planets. Along the way,...

Want to know the status of a particular movie, TV show, or band? Wondering what a certain actress is up to these days? Send your entertainment-related questions to askafterellen@gmail.com — with your first name, city and country — and we'll try to answer as many as we can.

Question: I absolutely loved Linda Villarosa's book, Passing For Black. I was wondering if she's working on another novel.

― Janay, Detroit, Mi

Linda Villarosa

Answer: Linda Villarosa is a busy woman, but I tracked her down and asked her to give us the scoop on how she'll be following up on the success of her first novel:

Thank you for asking! I have another novel in my head but that's the only place it is right now. I'm teaching writing and media studies full time at City College in New York, so my time is short these days.

And I'm co-writing a...

In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax and later laserdisc), Starlog posts information usually (though not always) on Tuesdays regarding selected genre titles being released (or re-released) now on DVD and Blu-ray. Prices listed are Msrp, while clickable links lead to Amazon where the savings is significant. Here’s what coming out this week:

DVD Releases for August 25, 2009

The Adventures Of Robin Hood: The Complete Fourth Season & The Complete Series (Mill Creek Entertainment, Fourth Season, $14.98; Complete Series, $29.98): The 1955 British TV series is being released on two new DVD sets: The fourth and final season, and the complete series. Richard Greene stars as Robin Hood, who rules Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men in their endless fight against the despicable Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Wheatley).

Batman: The Brave And The Bold: Volume One (Warner, $14.98): In this latest Batman interpretation,...

ABC's new outer-space drama debuted on Sunday night. Will Defying Gravity be allowed to complete its mission or, like so many shows before it, be lost in space?

Defying Gravity follows the adventures of eight international astronauts as they fly a spaceship named Antares. On a top-secret mission, their lives are being recorded and telecast on Earth as part of a documentary. Despite the fact that the crewmembers wear libido-suppressing devices, there are plenty of romantic entanglements.

The show features the talents of Andrew Airlie, Christina Cox, Paula Garces, Laura Harris, Peter Howitt, Florentine Lahme, Karen LeBlanc, Ron Livingston, Ty Olsson, Zahf Paroo, Eyal Podell, Maxim Roy, Dylan Taylor, and Malik Yoba.

The sci-fi drama's storyline is strangely similar to the failed pilot for Virtuality that aired a month ago. Defying Gravity is a Canadian series that's co-produced by CTV, Omni Film Productions Limited, and Fox Television Studios. Filming has...

Established 1974! Our news column makes a (forlorn) attempt at Being Human.

Sequels/Prequels

As rumored for months, Ridley Scott—who made the first one 30 years ago—is going to return to direct an Alien (pictured left on the cover of Starlog #23) prequel for 20th Century Fox. At one point earlier this year, Scott was considering only Producing a new Alien project. This one, Variety reports, will have a script by John Spaihts (who’s very busy writing genre film fare). For the rest of Spaihts’ Sf agenda, see this.

Folks at Pixar Animation Studios are contemplating a Monsters, Inc. sequel. Follow-ups to Toy Story and Cars are already in the works.

Sci-fi TV

HBO has renewed True Blood for a third season, airing in summer 2010. Looks like it’s pre-empted this Sunday though.

This weekend’s genre TV highlights include the usual reruns: Ghost Whisperer (“Slow Burn” with a ghostly Mom,...

Christina Cox has more than 40 roles to her credit but some love her best as Kim in Better than Chocolate, for her turn as the bisexual private detective Vicki in Blood Ties, and one half of the lesbian crime fighting couple in Nikki & Nora. Christina's newest sci-fi series, Defying Gravity doesn't have her playing a lesbian or bisexual, but she does get to wear form-fitting space suits and rattle off scientific jargon as a mission biologist. What's better than a hot nerd in space? Nothing, that's what.

Christina talked to AfterEllen.com recently about her new show,which is described by a production executive as a "sci-fi premise, told in a female-friendly way." She also gave us some dish on Ladycops, the show-within-a-show from the web series, 3Way, and shared her thoughts about this year's Hot 100 List.

AfterEllen.com: We're going to talk about many things, but first of all,...

On the 40th anniversary year of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, ABC is setting out on an outerpace endeavo of their own with the premier of "Defying Gravity" on August 2. The saucy space series follows the zero gravity fortunes of eight international astronauts enlisted on a long and risky mission.

Inspired by a BBC docudrama "Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets," the puzzling and often pulse racing mission of the Antares and her crew is spliced with flashbacks from the character's lives back on Earth.

From executive producers James Parriott and Michael Edelstein, the "Defying Gravity" is led by a sizable cast. Ron Livingston ("Office Space," "Sex and the City") stars as the vessel engineer Maddux Donner. Laura Harris ("24") plays on-board geologist Zoe Barnes, one of the many scientific brains working on the ship.

Malik Yoba, Christina Cox, Paula Garces and Zahf Paroo are just a few of talented names...