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- News
‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
Power Struggles and New Threats: “Mayor of Kingstown” Season Four Trailer and Key Art Revealed
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #23
Stay-at-Home Dads Go Full Rambo in First Trailer for ‘Playdate’ Starring Kevin James and Alan Ritchson
‘King Ivory’ Trailer: John Swab Uncompromising Thriller Confronts the Realities of America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘Good Boy’ Review: Barking Up the Right Tree, but Not Quite the Top Branch
‘All the Devils Are Here Review’: A Simmering, Sinister Slice of British Noir Steeped in Regret, Survival, and Skewed Gallows Humor
- Movie/TV Interviews
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
No Land, No Mercy: Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Shark-Infested WWII Shocker BEAST OF WAR
BONE LAKE Interview: Mercedes Bryce Morgan Talks Idyllic Lakeside Dreams Drowning in a Deadly Game of Toxic Desire and Deception
BONE LAKE Interview: Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi, Alex Roe & Andra Nechita on Burning Desire, Shattered Trust, and the Art of Psychological Warfare
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #23
Kula Shaker Announce Forthcoming Wormslayer Album — and Celebrate by Unleashing Monkey AI Magic
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #22
Ash: The Power-Pop Veterans Fire Back With a Double Barrel Blast – And Graham Coxon Riding Shotgun
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #21
- Music Interviews
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
The Slow Readers Club Discuss New Album ‘Out Of A Dream’ in Exclusive Interview with Aaron Starkie
Starsailor Celebrates 25 Years: James Walsh Talks Special Anniversary Shows and UK Tour [Interview]
- Features
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!
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
- Competitions
WIN Tense and Violent Western ‘THE LAST MANHUNT’ Starring Jason Momoa
WIN Action-Packed Thriller ‘HIGH HEAT’ Starring Don Johnson and Olga Kurylenko
WIN LUCIFER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ON DVD – OUT ON DVD AND BLU-RAY NOW
WIN THE CONJURING 2 ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
WIN FRIEND REQUEST ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
- Books
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
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
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
- Author Interviews
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
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
‘The October Film Haunt’ Author Michael Wehunt Talks Fandom, Urban Legends, & Digital Mythologizing
- 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
More than four decades since audiences were first dropped into the luminous world of Tron, and 15 years after Tron: Legacy tried to modernise...
Posters
Paramount+ has officially released the trailer and key art for the highly anticipated fourth season of “Mayor of Kingstown,” set to premiere globally on...
MUSIC
After a brief break, we’re back with another round of sonic delights. Thanks to your sharp recommendations, our Noteworthy Nods playlist is packed with...
Books
Horror, much like grief, refuses to stand still. It morphs with the times, reflecting our collective anxieties back to us in freshly monstrous forms....
Box Office
Roadside Attractions and Saban Films have released the trailer for King Ivory, the latest film from award-winning filmmaker John Swab (One Day as a...
Box Office
Fans of Speed, Die Hard with a Vengeance and the like are in for a real treat as Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have today...
Headlines
Ashley Greene (Burying the Ex, Twilight, The Immaculate Room) and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, Frozen, “The Boys”) are attached to star in Chad Archibald’s upcoming...
Box Office
Shortly after James Gunn took to new social platform Bluesky social to share an update on the casting process for Superman: Legacy, a decision...
Box Office
Universal Pictures has debuted a brand-new trailer for the blood-chilling cinematic adaptation of the terrifying horror game phenomenon Five Nights at Freddy’s. Directed by...
Box Office
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have just debuted an exclusive featurette introducing the cast members of the all-new CG-animated theatrical film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, an...
MUSIC
Circa Waves have today announced they will be embarking on a special UK tour, with a portion of the proceeds going to local foodbanks...
MUSIC
Brace yourselves for an even bigger Boo this year as alt-pop rockers The Boo Radleys have dropped their fittingly titled new studio album, ‘Eight,’...
Box Office
Whilst the recent Expendables 4 trailer drop had every ’80s action movie fan on the planet buzzing, Vertical Entertainment‘s first trailer for seasoned film...
MUSIC
We’re only halfway through the year but there’s no denying that 2023 has already delivered a bounty of bangers, all of which we’ve shared...
MUSIC
Renowned actor and musician Kiefer Sutherland is all set to retrun to the UK this July building on the success of of ‘Bloor Street’,...
Box Office
Brainstorm Media has dropped the first official trailer for William Kaufman’s adrenaline-fueled bank heist thriller The Channel ahead of the film’s July 14 release...
MUSIC
The Far North have dropped a brand-new single, ‘Home Sweet Home,’ marking the first track to be released from the band’s latest EP, ‘Songs...
Headlines
Time is of the essence in Dark Sky Films’ first full trailer for L.C. Holt‘s (You’re Next, V/H/S/2), scavenger hunt slasher Time’s Up and we’re...
Box Office
MGM Studios has just served the first official trailer for visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino‘s (Suspiria, Bones and All) forthcoming romantic sports comedy-drama, Challengers. Directed...
Box Office
After what James Gunn has described as an, “amazing, amazing weekend of auditions for Superman: Legacy’, the American filmmaker and recently-appointed co-head of DC...
Box Office
Bulldog Film Distribution has today debuted the trailer for Dan Clark‘s (How Not To Live Your Life) debut feature film as writer/director, the comedy...
Books
“Wednesday” regular actress Emma Myers is set to star in the BBC’s adaptation of Holly Jackson’s YA mystery debut novel A Good Girl’s Guide...