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An exclusive interview with author Anne Rice shortly before the theatrical release of 'Queen of the Damned.' Interview appears in the April 2002 issue of 'Playboy.'

Director-animator-artist Tim Burton is known for creating memorable on-screen characters that appeal to outsiders, loners, misfits, goths, and anyone who feels out of step with the mainstream. Characters such as Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Jack Skellington, Frankenweenie’s Victor Frankenstein, and Beetlejuice’s Lydia Deetz probably wouldn’t exist had Burton had a happy, vanilla, traditional childhood. And as Burton officially reaches senior citizen age—he turned 65 on...

My interview with the late Shannen Doherty from the December 2003 issue of 'Playboy.'

Ever since a giant gorilla scaled the Empire State Building with a beautiful damsel in his hand in 1933’s King Kong, audiences have gone ape for simian cinema. Isn’t it about time someone doled out Simmies, aka Golden Bananas, to celebrate the greatest achievements of nonhuman primates on film?

On May 27, Sci-Fi World, a museum founded by the nonprofit Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation, opened in Santa Monica, California. Initial exhibits include a "Hall of Heroes" and a "Hall of Robots," as well as those dedicated to Star Trek, Star Wars, and the Tom Cruise movie Oblivion.
Los Angeles County boasts more than 100 museums, some of which specialize in strange and unusual subject matter for curiosity seekers.

Actor and Producer Jim Thalman just launched a new transactional video on demand (TVOD) platform called MoviVue that will make horror hounds howl with delight. MoviVue features both vintage and new indie horror gems specially curated for genre fans.
A Manhattan native who has acted in theater and films, Thalman first and foremost is a movie fan who loves nothing more than having a shared experience in a dark theater with strangers enjoying the same film. As president of MoviVue, Thalman hopes...

For those who romanticize the theatrical experience or just prefer seeing the latest blockbuster on the biggest screen in town, movie theaters are still the preferred way to watch new releases with a community of fans.

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In 1997’s Scream 2, self-proclaimed film geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) rants about sequels in his college film class. “Sequels suck! By definition alone they’re inferior films,” he says. His classmates then struggle to think of a sequel that surpassed the original before finally settling on The Godfather Part II.
Although Scream 2 is a pretty solid follow-up to Wes Craven’s Scream, Randy isn’t wrong about the suck factor of most sequels. For every Scream 2, The Godfather Pa...

Ultra-high-definition, or UHD, TVs currently come in two flavors: 4K and 8K resolution. Since we are years away from 8K content being commonplace (or available at all), let's focus on the numerous 4K UHD TVs available on the market today.

Uruguay-born, Southern California-raised writer-director Gustavo Sainz de la Peña is an indie filmmaker with the passion and enthusiasm of a hard-core Comic-Con fan. I.e., he's one of us.
Gustavo Sainz co-wrote the script for The Prey — an enthusiastic creature feature directed by brothers Cire and Matthew Hensman — starring genre icons Danny Trejo (Machete), Adrian Paul (Highlander), Nick Chinlund (Con-Air and The Terminal List), and Kevin Grevioux (Underworld). The film will be available on...

Trunk Bay in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands tops Banana Boat’s annual list of the World’s 50 Best Beaches, swimming ahead of worthy beach contenders in Italy, Greece, Australia, Indonesia, and Hawaii. This annual list curated by a panel of travel experts, influencers, and enthusiasts showcases the most breathtaking and sought-after beaches around the globe.
Known for its pristine white sand, crystal-clear turquoise waters, and lush tropical surroundings, Trunk Bay's vibrant coral reefs and abu...

It looks like the sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie will have a new Captain Jack Sparrow… or none at all. Johnny Depp has played the eccentric, drunken pirate in five Pirates of the Caribbean movies: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, On Stranger Tides, and Dead Men Tell No Tales.

2021 is the year of supply-chain issues and some products are becoming difficult to find, but we've eyeballed the following electronics deals that you may want to investigate on Black Friday this year. We can't promise you they'll all be in stock between now and the holidays, but the sooner that you jump on them, the better!

Product placement in movies stretches back to the earliest days of cinema. Wings, the 1927 silent film that won the first Academy Award for Best Picture, prominently featured Hershey’s chocolate bars. Product placement became more commonplace in the 1940s and has only increased since. Today, companies such as Hasbro and Mattel have in-house divisions whose sole purpose is to develop movies whose sole purpose is to sell you their product.

Physical media may be devalued by some in our streaming-dominated world, but you’d be surprised how many great titles are only available on disc. Also, some titles can be so much more rewarding on DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K UHD, especially when they’re loaded with special packaging and bonus features. With that in mind, here’s a look at all the best films and TV series that you can spin starting in April 2024, including Jason Statham in the action-thriller The Beekeeper, plus the disc debuts of Disney+ series such as Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Moon Knight, and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier.