MUSIC
And we’re back. Another Thursday, another “Noteworthy Nods” – our ongoing weekly roundup of fresh-off-the-press releases that had our ears pricking up us as...
Connect with us
Hi, what are you looking for?
Cinema Chords
- News
‘Scream 7’ Trailer: Kevin Williamson Returns to Direct as Ghostface Targets Sidney’s Daughter
“Stranger Things” Season 5 Trailer: The Stakes Have Been Turned Completely Upside Down in the Final Showdown
Oasis’ Noel Gallagher Joins Forces with Gibson for Limited-Edition Les Paul™ Standard to Celebrate Live ’25 Tour
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl on Revenge Thriller ‘Violent Ends’: Love, Loyalty and the Cost of Violence
Stylish spy thriller ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ lands on Shudder this December
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘FRANKENSTEIN’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Reverent Gothic Adaptation Delivers a Powerful Lament on Hubris-Fuelled Ambition
Film Review: ‘Shelby Oaks’ – Chris Stuckmann’s Ambitious, Unnerving Found-Footage Hybrid Marks a Confident Directorial Debut
‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Savage Tangle of Seduction, Betrayal, and the Brutality of Modern Romance
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl on Revenge Thriller ‘Violent Ends’: Love, Loyalty and the Cost of Violence
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
Adam Bakri on ‘If You See Something’: Exploring the Ultimate Struggle Between Rejection and Acceptance
Anchoring the Terror: Camille Sullivan on Bringing Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks to Authentic, Anxiety-Inducing Life
“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
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #25
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #24
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Album Review: The Clause – ‘Victim of a Casual Thing’: A Bold, Eclectic Debut With an Unshakable Sense of Purpose
- Music Interviews
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)’
INTERVIEW: The ‘KOKO’ Mojo, According to Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance Prior to Fourth Album Release
- Features
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!
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
- Books
Beyond Victor’s Lab: 12 Novels That Resurrect Shelleyan Monsters and Their Terrifying Toll in Celebration of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN
Children’s Booker Prize Launched to Spark New Generation of Readers as Reading for Pleasure Hits Record Low
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
“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 Interviews
“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
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
- 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
Headlines
After years of speculation, whispers, and wild fan theories, Oasis finally came back to rock stadiums across the world with their Live ’25 Tour...
MUSIC
A new week brings another batch of fresh discoveries — and once again, your sharp recommendations have helped shape a Noteworthy Nods playlist well...
MUSIC
After ten long years away, The Enemy are back where they belong — on the road, packing out venues and with a brand new...
Box Office
“Hello, Sidney. Did you miss me?” The ghostly voice that defined a generation is back. Paramount Pictures has debuted the highly anticipated trailer for...
Box Office
With its stately homes, tightly laced corsets and barely concealed class tensions, the British period drama has long been ripe for parody. Fackham Hall,...
Box Office
Universal Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for Moonage Daydream, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane)...
MUSIC
The award-winning composer, performer, and producer of modern classical music, Ólafur Arnalds, has today revealed the details of his original soundtrack for Apple’s imminent...
MUSIC
While most people like to reminisce about times of yore every Thursday with the weekly #ThrowbackThursday social media trend, we spend our Thursdays getting...
MUSIC
Thursday’s back again and to help you ready your weekend playlists, we’re back with another weekly selection of “Noteworthy Nods,” shining a light on...
MUSIC
Tyneside’s vitriolic rock five-piece Pit Pony has today released their debut album “World To Me”, which explores themes of identity, isolation, anxiety and motherhood,...
MUSIC
It’s Thursday once again and that time of the week in which we share what have become our most listened-to tunes over the past...
MUSIC
That time of the week is back again when we reveal our “Noteworthy Nods”: a weekly roundup of fresh new releases that had our...
MUSIC
Just a days away from the hugely-anticipated final two episodes of “Stranger Things” Season Four dropping on Netflix, multi-talented musician/actor Joe Keery is back...
MUSIC
That time of the week is back again when we like to draw some of the biggest and best new music to your attention...
Killer Chords
Shudder has confirmed acquiring the rights to the documentary This is GWAR which world premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX, and took home...
Box Office
With Charlotte Colbert’s BIFA-nominated psychological shocker She Will set for a theatrical release in the UK this 22nd July, 2022, Mercury KX has today...
MUSIC
Thursday’s back again and to help you ready your weekend playlists, we’re back with another weekly selection of “Noteworthy Nods,” showcasing some of the...
MOVIES
Jung Jaeil, the multi-award-winning South Korean composer who composed the phenomenal scores for Parasite and “Squid Game,” has inked a deal with Decca Records....
MUSIC
The working week (and Emerald Green) strikes again so, in the hope of helping you shake off the Monday blues, we’re back with another...
MUSIC
CinemaChords is back with another roundup of the best new music releases we’ve had on repeat play this past week around the office, on...
MUSIC
Another Thursday, another “Noteworthy Nods” compilation: Our weekly selection of hot-off-the-press releases that immediately struck a chord with us as soon as we heard...
MUSIC
Thursday’s back again and to help you ready your weekend playlists, we’re back with another weekly selection of “Noteworthy Nods,” showcasing some of the...