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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...

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?

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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...

Marvel’s multiverse mess and a host of other problems suggest that the sun is setting on the golden age of superhero movies. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) kicked off with Iron Man in 2008 and dominated the box office for over a decade. Now, as storylines between movies and TV series becomes entangled and the multiverse plot device makes it confusing for the average viewer to wrap their head around, MCU movies are no longer the runaway blockbuster juggernauts they were only a few years ago.

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.

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.

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.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe is earning near-unanimous critical praise and award nominations. Does anyone in Hollywood consider a movie that sexualizes a character with the literal mind of a child somewhat problematic or, at worst, reprehensible?

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!

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.

The Force is strong with the new Lando project starring Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. Originally intended as a Disney+ series, Lando has reportedly evolved into a theatrical movie. Glover first played Lando in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Billy Dee Williams debuted as Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back.

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan reportedly made nearly $100 million for his Oscar-winning film about “Father of the Atomic Bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer. Out of the seven Oscar statues Oppenheimer won on Sunday, Nolan took home two: one for Best Director and one for producing the Best Picture winner.

The first trailer for Rupert Sanders' gory, action-heavy reimagining of The Crow features a heavily tattooed Bill Skarsgård as a heartbroken, resurrected goth rocker out for revenge after he and his fiancée are murdered. Lionsgate's The Crow based on the graphic novel The Crow by James O'Barr also stars FKA Twigs and Danny Huston.