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"Maddog strikes again!!" This awesome new short film from New Zealand is absolutely worth a watch. The Ballad of Maddog Quinn is a gritty sci-fi western action short film made by Kiwi filmmaker Matt Inns, who writes & directs & produces. Set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world which resembles the old wild west, the film is about the infamous Maddog Quinn – an outlaw with an unlikely cause, as he runs from the relentless state regulators. Another tale of a lone wolf making his way around desolate lands. Described by NZ media as the "next Peter Jackson", his other short film Oku Tuakana, My Brothers played at Cannes in 2010. After playing at festivals all year, The Ballad of Maddog Quinn is now online to watch thanks to Short of the Week. Starring Maggie Pirie, Jed Brophy, John Bach, and Ben Stewart. This has an impressive amount of kick ass action scenes in it for only 15 minutes, along with clever production design & props. If looks like if Mad Max was a western, with the same kind of post-apocalyptic vibe. ...

From the screeching violins of Psycho to the chilling minimalism of Halloween's theme, these tracks represent horror movie music at its very best.

"You wouldn't happen to know how to get out of here, would you?" Illumination's legendary villains is back in an all-new short. Universal / Illumination have revealed a very short trailer for their short film Mooned, which is playing in front of the duck movie Migration this fall. It seems they're getting a bit nervous about an original kids movie opening, so they need to tie it in with an existing franchise, hence this surprise short film connect to Despicable Me. Mooned features the first Despicable Me movie's villain Vector, voiced by Jason Segel, stuck on the Moon after Gru sent him there at the end of that first one (spoiler!). This short follows up and answers the questions of - what has he been doing up there? It's only 8 minutes, 50 seconds long and features the voice of Pierre Coffin as the Minions also stuck there with him. It's only showing in front of Migration before it's available for streaming sometime next year. Will he find his way off the Moon? Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Illumination's ...

"I'm not built like other men..." Sony + Apple have unveiled the third & final official trailer for Napoleon, the next epic Ridley Scott movie about the iconic French emperor. It's opening in theaters worldwide this week - just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, and everyone else is getting it around the world as well. An Apple Studios production in conjunction with Scott Free Productions, Napoleon is an original & personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins. Along with his swift and ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. As she says: "You want to be great. But you are nothing without me." Someone who dares challenge him! Let's see how the rest plays out... Joaquin Phoenix stars as Bonaparte, with Vanessa Kirby as Josephine, plus Ludivine Sagnier, Ben Miles, Tahar Rahim, Catherine Walker, Youssef Kerkour, Paul Rhys, Matthew Needham, & others. This 60-second final trailer is packed full of critics' quotes, almost more of them than any actual footage here. This ...

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Bubbawheat is the champion of this 2002 collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise. He takes over hosting duties and leads us through a discussion of determinism, free will, existentialism, futurism and a variety of plot issues that perplex us still. However, being…

Morgan Wallen’s awards shelf may need an upgrade. The country crooner snagged 11 Billboard Music Awards over the weekend, topping even the biggest music star in the galaxy. To be fair, Taylor Swift was close on his heels with 10 honors. Some media outlets weren’t happy with the results. Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift Win Big at …

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"From the flames, heroes will rise." Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film titled Fireline, made by the filmmaker Tylor Norwood, who last directed the Robin Williams doc called Robin's Wish. This isn't the only film about firefighters & wildfires, with others including Only the Brave, On Fire, and Bring Your Own Brigade recently. Enter the spectacle and drama of a Megafire (there was even a "gigafire" in California in 2020) burning in California, alongside firefighting teams struggling to save anything they can while protecting each other; revealing the friendship, heartbreak, and the exhilaration of going to war against an elemental force. This film takes audiences into the fire, to feel for the first time what those fighting these blazes face in taking on a life of rising danger as climate change makes big fires more frequent. Shot in 4K, with unprecedented access. This film looks incredibly intense & frightening to watch. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Tylor Norwood's doc film Fireline, originally from Vimeo: Enter the spectacle and drama of a megafire, alongside a firefighting ...