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CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #29
A24 Debuts Teaser for ‘The Moment,’ Featuring Charli XCX’s “Realest Depiction of the Music Industry” Yet
A24’s ‘Huntington’ Rebranded as ‘How to Make a Killing’ – Starring Glen Powell, Set for February Release
Netflix Re-Teams with ‘Wednesday’ Creators for New Adult Animated Series ‘Grim’
- 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
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...
Box Office
A24 has today released the official teaser trailer for The Moment, the forthcoming American mockumentary drama from Glaswegian filmmaker Aidan Zamiri — a project...
MUSIC
Originally unveiled in 2020 at The Royal Danish Library, Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition offered audiences an unprecedented dive into the creative...
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,...
Headlines
Lionsgate and Talking Pictures’ horror label Midnight Pictures have cast David Castañeda (“The Umbrella Academy”, Ballerina) in a leading role in their as-yet-untitled home-invasion...
MUSIC
Since their formation in 1983, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have garnered a dedicated fan base and critical acclaim for their boundary-pushing music....
MUSIC
Another Thursday has come around, bringing with it a fresh crop of great new tunes to feast your ears on. Streaming services and reader...
MUSIC
Paraorchestra, with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazlewood, have announced ‘Death Songbook’, a collaborative 12-track genre-spanning album featuring inventive takes on timeless songs of love, loss and transendence...
MUSIC
Drop everything – it’s time for Noteworthy Nods: our weekly round-up of the freshest new tunes pumping through our office speakers! Last week brought...
MUSIC
The alternative rock heydays of the 1990s are coming full circle of late, and even more so now that EMF and Jesus Jones have...
MUSIC
Two of rock’s most iconic figures have joined forces for what promises to be one of the most anticipated albums in decades. Liam Gallagher,...
MUSIC
Brace yourself for the latest from Liverpool’s indie workhorses Red Rum Club. Their new studio album ‘Western Approaches‘ arrives today and sees the irrepressible...
MUSIC
Artists and readers, it is that time of the week again when we bring you another edition of Noteworthy Nods, celebrating the best new...
MUSIC
With an ever-growing collection of fan faves such as ‘Vicarage Road’ and ‘Sally’, The Lilacs are emerging as one of the brightest new talents...
MUSIC
We can’t believe it’s Thursday already but you know what that means – time to dive into the latest and greatest new music releases!...
MUSIC
Believe it or not, Shambolics walked into the studio to record their debut album with barely enough material to do so. Yet you’d never...
MUSIC
In the spirit of complete transparency, as an avid physical media consumer back in the ’90s, if I enjoyed a band, I would buy...
MUSIC
Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Dreams, Schemes & Young Teams’ this Friday, Shambolics, the indie rock quintet from Fife,...
Music Interviews
Cast frontman, John Power, approached the soon-to-be-released 7th studio album ‘Love Is The Call’ with the mindset that “if you are going to do...
Interviews
Scottish quartet Shambolics have been steadily building a compelling case over recent months as to why they are the band to watch in the...
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
Another Thursday with the weekend fast approaching, so here we are again with yet another bumper crop of brand new releases that we hope...