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Thoughts on the “Torture Porn” genre and the reasons for its emergence.

Salon.com’s Heather Havrilesky is the lucky recipient of screener copies for the opening episodes of TRUE BLOOD’s third season, which begins Sunday, June 13 at 9:00pm on HBO. Havrilesky’s verdict is a positive one:
While the orgiastic madness of Season 2 might be hard to top, the first three episodes of Season 3 look promising indeed, [...]

Missed this earlier, but TVGuide.com
reports that creator Tim Kring is hopeful that NBC will greenlight a mini-series to wrap up his cancelled show HEROES.
Kring said he would be meeting with NBC to discuss the idea later this month.
The story would take place a year or more after the events of the finale, in which [...]

AMCtv.com is giving folks an advance look at some of the Zombie make-ups fom their upcoming series, THE WALKING DEAD.
Production began on June 2nd in Atlanta, Georgia on the cable channel’s adaptation of the comic book by Robert Kirkman.
The series will run just six episodes for the first season, to be written, produced and directed [...]

VIZ Media has passed on an invite to fans to explore the demon-battling action adventure of the Shonen Sunday KEKKAISHI anime series with a FREE Download-to-Own (DTO) episode starting today through VIZ Media partners iTunes, Xbox Live’s Zune Marketplace, PlayStation®Network and Amazon Video on Demand.
KEKKAISHI Episode 1 will be available for free download through [...]

Guillermo Del Toro leaves THE HOBBIT. There was only one cure for the fan freak-out that followed: LISTS!

Director George A Romero
Time magazine has posted “10 Questions for George Romero,” in which the writer-director of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) and the recent follow-up SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD responds to queries from his fans. Romero expresses admiration for Guillermo Del Tor’s PAN’S LABYRINTH, reveals that Howard Hawks’ THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD [...]

People are up-in-arms over the “Whitewashing” of major Hollywood franchises. Is it warranted?

Brian Collins of HORROR MOVIE A DAY offers a sweet and succinct response to director Samuel Bayer, who gave an interview to Fangoria in which he blames fans for their negative reaction to his NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake.

IGN has posted a new red band trailer for George A. Romero’s SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD. The film, a sequel to DIARY OF THE DEAD, will makes its Video on Demand debut on April 30, followed by a platform theatrical release in May. The story is set on a small North American island, where the [...]

James Cameron, whose 2009 hit AVATAR raised the ire of conservative critics for its pro-environment message, has given an interview to Politico, in which he discusses the issues that inspired him to make the film.

Anthony Hopkins in The Wolf Man.
Anthony Hopkins, who won an Oscar for his memorably menacing performance as the monstrous Hannibal Lecters, tells Hollywood Reporter that he worries about Hollywood’s current obsession with computer-graphics and green-screen work. Hopkins is not opposed to the techniques, just concerned that they sometimes create a disconnect between performer and audience:
“I’ve [...]

Josh Marshall of the political blog Talking Points Memo compares the current throw-down between RNC Chairman Michael Steele and former Bush’s Brain Karl Rove to a kaiju slug-fest.