Oct 30, 2015 By Austin Trunick Bruce Campbell

As Bruce Campbell will tell you, fans have been begging for a continuation to Ash Williams’ story since the Evil Dead series’ most recent installment, Army of Darkness, was released in 1993. After almost a quarter century, he and director Sam Raimi are answering their call with Ash vs Evil Dead, a new Starz series. We chatted with the man himself about the show, and what records we might find in Ash’s private collection.

Oct 30, 2015 By Kyle Mullin Web Exclusive

Most of today’s overly violent horror flicks lack the nuance and suspense-ridden scares that Michael and Shawn Rasmussen aspire to make on the cheap. The filmmaking siblings, who first broke through in 2011 after penning the screenplay for John Carpenter’s The Ward, eschew the studio system and its formulas in favor of more low-key, intimately unnerving fare like their new haunted-witch flick, The Inhabitants.

Oct 29, 2015 By John Everhart Beirut

Beirut‘s fourth album, No No No, is perhaps the act’s most self-assured to date, its florid, baroque textures enveloping frontman Zach Condon’s honeyed croon. That’s not to say that the journey there was one free from self-doubt and false starts. Condon suffered through bouts of exhaustion, a divorce, and crippling writer’s block.

Oct 26, 2015 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive

Steve Moore and A.E. Paterra—the instrumental prog rock duo known as Zombi—returned earlier this month with Shape Shift, the band’s first album since 2011. We chatted with Moore and Paterra about writing new music, growing up in George Romero country, and the challenges of composing film scores.

Oct 21, 2015 By Austin Trunick Back to the Future

When Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis met as film students at USC, a wildly successful writer-director team was formed. The two began working in TV out of school, eventually moving into film with movies such as Used Cars, 1941, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand before penning their biggest hit with 1985’s time travel classic, Back to the Future.

Oct 21, 2015 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive

Although she starred in more than her fair share of ‘80s classics—including Red Dawn and Some Kind of Wonderful—Lea Thompson is probably best known for her part as Marty McFly’s mother, Lorraine, in Back to the Future.

Oct 21, 2015 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive

Claudia Wells couldn’t have landed a better film to make her big screen debut. As a young television actress, she was cast as Jennifer Parker, the girlfriend Marty McFly leaves behind in 1985 when he’s accidentally sent back in time in Back to the Future.

Oct 16, 2015 By John Everhart Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

Oxford quintet Foals have achieved a rare feat over the course of three albums—they’ve managed to expand their artistic horizons while maintaining many of their signature moves, all the while broadening and challenging their audience.

Oct 09, 2015 By Matt Fink The Walking Dead

Despite having appeared in only three episodes spread over five seasons, Lennie James has managed to make Morgan Jones one of the most iconic characters in the history of The Walking Dead. When we first meet him in the show’s premiere episode he was the father and grieving husband who first explains to Rick Grimes that the world has fallen into zombie-fueled chaos.