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- News
A24 Debuts Trailer for Revenge Thriller ‘How to Make a Killing,’ Starring Glen Powell, Ed Harris, and Margaret Qualley
FX Orders ‘Far Cry’ Video Game Adaptation Anthology TV Series from Noah Hawley and Rob McElhenney
‘Stranger Things’ Returns: Netflix Launches Volume 1 Trailer and Nationwide Fan Adventure Ahead of Final Season
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #29
- Movie/TV Reviews
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
‘King Ivory’ Review – Survival, Loyalty, and Moral Complexity Collide in John Swab’s Unforgiving Portrait of the Fentanyl Epidemic
‘The Running Man’ Review – Glen Powell’s Rage-Fueled Hero Anchors Edgar Wright’s Bombastic, Faithful Take on Stephen King’s Dystopian Classic
‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’ Review – A Superior Sequel of Revenge, Loyalty, and Trauma
‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING’ Review: A Nuanced Meditation on Identity, Moral Responsibility, and the Struggle to Navigate a World That Is at Once Welcoming and Alienating
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
James Badge Dale, Michael Mando & Ben Foster Talk John Swab’s ‘King Ivory’ and the Toll of the Fentanyl Trade
Aaron Eckhart Interview: Back on the K-9 Beat in Action-Packed and Emotionally Charged ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’
John Stalberg Jr. Interview: ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’ and Revisiting Jake Rosser’s Wounds with Aaron Eckhart
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Meet Colman Domingo’s Bobby T – the showman running the world’s deadliest game show: ‘The Running Man’
- Music Reviews
- Music Interviews
GOOD HEALTH GOOD WEALTH’s Bruce Breakey Explains Philosophy Behind Narrative Debut Album ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Interview: Duncan Lloyd Unwinds New Album ‘Unwound’ – A Cathartic Rebellion Against Snack Culture
From Wigan to the World: The Lilacs’ Ollie Anglesea Talks New EP ‘The 395 (To Forever)’
- Features
Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks Reunite as Long-Awaited Spaceballs Sequel Begins Filming
Escape Reality: The Most Thrilling Horror Movies That Will Help You Forget the World’s Woes!
- Books
New PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer Showcases Ryan Gosling in a Sci-Fi Adventure Brimming With Cosmic Awe and All the Feels
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Apple TV+ Reveals First Stills and Premiere Date for Season Two of “The Last Thing He Told Me”
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
- Author Interviews
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
“Fandom today borders on the religious — and that’s both beautiful and terrifying”: Joey Batey on debut novel ‘It’s Not a Cult’, creativity, and the cost of being seen
‘Cathedral of the Drowned’ Interview: Nathan Ballingrud on Moon-Spun Nightmares, Centipede Bishops and Lunar Gothic Dread
Author Interview: The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale – Genre-Bending Stories and Timeless Fears
- Book Reviews
‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre’ Book Review: A Retirement Home Slasher that Finds Life and Tenacity in the Shadow of Death
Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for July 2025
Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for 2025
“EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS” Book Review: A Poignantly Provocative Supernatural Shocker
“SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX” Book Review: A refreshingly inventive twist on familiar thriller trappings
Box Office
Horror has always been a shape-shifter, changing with the times to throw our darkest fears back at us in clever, unsettling ways. In 2025,...
Box Office
Based on extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants, and addicts, King Ivory confronts the fentanyl epidemic head-on, presenting a world where the...
Box Office
Decades after Arnold Schwarzenegger tore through the neon-lit arenas of the 1987 The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel arrives under...
Box Office
A24 has released the first official trailer for How to Make a Killing, the upcoming revenge thriller from Emily the Criminal director John Patton...
MUSIC
It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for another round of Noteworthy Nods, our weekly dive into the indie singles that have been catching...
Movie Reviews
SYNOPSIS: Based on the video game franchise of the same name, “Halo” follows a 26th-century war between the United Nations Space Command and the...
Movie Reviews
Synopsis: A time-traveling pilot (Ryan Reynolds) teams up with his younger self (Walker Scobell) and his late father (Mark Ruffalo) to come to terms...
Movie Reviews
SYNOPSIS: An American priest working in Mexico is possessed during an exorcism and ends up committing a terrible act. Eighteen years later, the consequences...
Cinema
Synopsis: Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her....
Movie Reviews
SYNOPSIS: From the creators of the intense duo The Wave and The Quake, The Burning Sea takes us to the Norwegian coast, where a...
Killer Chords
Synopsis: A mother’s isolation of her teen daughter soon comes to blows when she discovers her family’s dark history and ties to witchcraft. My...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: In Studio 666 The Foo Fighters (yep, those Foo Fighters) settle into a haunted house to record their latest album. To give them...
Cinema
Synopsis: In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a...
Movie Reviews
SYNOPSIS: a young Scottish shepherd, following the death of his unfaithful wife, fights to maintain his own sanity when the past catches up with...
Box Office
SYNOPSIS: An exploration of Ted Kaczynski’s life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber. Kaczynski’s reign of...
Movie Reviews
SYNOPSIS: A former boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister. Writer/director Josef Kubota Wladyke,...
DVD
SYNOPSIS: An ex-felon returns home from prison and confronts the demons from his past. Franka Potente is best known as the titular character in...
Box Office
SYNOPSIS: As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when voices,...
DVD
SYNOPSIS: Steve Mackleson is a dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum-security prison. We follow, as he navigates his struggle against redemption...
Cinema
As 2021 draws to an end, it’s safe to say it’s played host to an amazing array of horror fare. As per usual, this...
Cinema
There is no better way to prepare for the unofficial horror season of October than a good genre film festival like FrightFest. As the...
Cinema
In Vivarium, Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) are on the lookout for a new house and stumble upon an Estate Agency offering them...