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Adolfo Quiñones – aka Shabba-Doo, star of breakdancing Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo – has died aged 65.
Toni Basil, who co-founded The Lockers, a crew which helped popularise street dance in the 1970s, along with Quiñones and others, shared news of his friend’s death on social media this afternoon (December 30).
“It is with extreme sadness The Lockers family announces the unexpected passing of our beloved&nb

"Don't act all poetic." An excellent, intimate short film to feature just before 2020 ends. Yulia & Juliet is an 11-minute short film made by Dutch filmmaker Zara Dwinger. This originally premiered in 2018 and won tons of awards at festivals, now it's finally online to watch. Yulia and Juliet, both 16, are locked up in a juvenile detention centre. Despite their circumstances… they feel like they can take on anything together. They’re in love with each other. Nothing can hurt th

Michael Sheen has returned his OBE so that he can air views on the monarchy without being branded a “hypocrite”.
The actor, who received the honour in 2009 for services to drama, said the decision came after researching the history of his native Wales for his 2017 Raymond Williams lecture.
Speaking in an interview with journalist Owen Jones, Sheen said he decided not to announce his decision in 2017, fearing some people would find it insulting.
“Raymond Williams famou

Ray Fisher Says He Won’t Work With DC Films President Walter Hamada
The war of words between Ray Fisher and DC doesn’t show any signs of quieting down. The controversy made headlines ever since Fisher accused director Joss Whedon and producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg of misconduct on the Justice League set. In the meantime, WarnerMedia launched an investigation about what really happened during the filming of the 2017 superhero film. And now, the

CS Interviews The Last Shift’s Richard Jenkins & Shane Paul McGhie
Andrew Cohn’s The Last Shift is now available on digital and Blu-ray and to commemorate the event we spoke with the film’s stars, Richard Jenkins and Shane Paul McGhie, who discussed the film in detail and even offered some insight into their own fast food experiences.
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The Last Shift is an American story about two men struggling in the same town, while worlds apart. St

BEGIN SLIDESHOWRobert Rodriguez Thinks Alita: Battle Angel Sequel Could Happen On Disney+
In a recent interview with Forbes, director Robert Rodriguez revealed he thinks Alita: Battle Angel 2 could happen at Disney+, which is clearly good news for fans of the under-appreciated James Cameron produced sci-fi action film.
“I think anything is possible,” Rodriguez said. “Disney bought Fox, and they have Disney+, so that is worth the conversation. I know other people would love to s

"It's easier to risk your life when you know you're supported by millions, even if they don't the truth or understand…" Take a look at this! An English-dubbed trailer has debuted for a crazy insanely epic Russian sci-fi spectacle called Cosmoball, made by famed producer Dzhanik Fayzi. An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth – this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the game is "cosmoball". A young man with enormous

"Due to the war, this territory became completely unsuitable for living." Grasshopper Film has released an official US trailer for an acclaimed, award-winning Ukrainian sci-fi drama titled Atlantis, which originally premiered at last year's Venice & Toronto Film Festivals. Set in Eastern Ukraine in 2025, the film is about a soldier suffering from PTSD who befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a brutally war-torn society. The film is Ukraine's official Best Interna

Star Wars author Alan Dean Foster says that Disney told him to remove any romantic scenes between Finn and Rey in his novelisation of 2015’s The Force Awakens.
Foster was recruited by JJ Abrams to write the official novelisation for the film, as he did with George Lucas’ original film in 1976, which was published under Lucas’ name but ghostwritten by Foster.READ MORE: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – The NME ReviewSpeaking to Midnight’s Edge, Foster says he put a sce

Tommy Lee and members of Papa Roach and Five Finger Death Punch are set to star in new horror film The Retaliators.
The film, which is set to come out in June 2021 according to IMDB, is being produced by Better Noise Films, the film production company related to record label Better Noise Music.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Jacoby Shaddix, Papa RoachThe Retaliators will be directed by Bridget Smith (Sno Babies, Finding Christmas) and star Michael Lombard

Richard Donner has confirmed he will return to direct Lethal Weapon 5.
Donner, who was at the helm for all four of the previous action movies starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, said the fifth instalment will definitely be the last outing for Detective Martin Riggs and his partner Roger Murtaugh.
He told The Daily Telegraph: “This is the final one. It’s both my privilege and duty to put it to bed. It’s exciting, actually… Hahaha! It’s the last one, I’ll pro

Stephen Soderbergh is working on a “philosophical” sequel to his 2011 pandemic-themed thriller Contagion.
Ratings for Contagion, which depicts the outbreak of a deadly disease, soared this year as the world dealt with the COVID-19 outbreak.READ MORE: Please Hollywood, don’t make a coronavirus movieSpeaking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Soderbergh revealed he is working with Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns on a new movie that revisits the theme

Slash, Alice Cooper and some of the biggest names in rock from the 1970s and ’80s all appear in the trailer for forthcoming documentary film Rock Camp.
The film documents Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, the American camp that for more than two decades has given people the chance to jam with and learn from rock stars, like Slash and Cooper, both of whom have taken on roles as counsellors over the years.
Started by producer David Fishof in 1996, Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp