Movies

[R.I.P.] Roger Ebert (1942-2013)

Published

11 years ago

April 4, 2013

I’m at a loss for words, so I’ll keep this brief. Just one day after posting a leave of presence on his blog at the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert has passed away at the age of 70. He had been battling thyroid cancer since 2002 (it would later cost him most of his jaw) and had recently suffered from further complications.

I was a huge fan of his, something I believe to be true of everyone here at Bloody-Disgusting. As horror fans, he may not have always loved the movies that we love, but he could eloquently state why he didn’t love them (and, occasionally, why he did). For that, he deserves our respect. I never met Ebert, but he seemed to be an honest, principled and lovably cantankerous presence. I’ll genuinely miss reading his reviews and hearing his thoughts on everything else (from food to politics).

I’ll leave you with his (often quoted) thoughts on death. “I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting. My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip.“

EvanDickson

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Movies

‘MaXXXine’ – Mia Goth Takes Hollywood in New Image from Ti West’s Sequel

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2 hours ago

April 30, 2024

John Squires

One of this summer’s most hotly anticipated new movies is A24 and Ti West’s MaXXXine, a follow-up to X and Pearl that brings Mia Goth’s title character into the 1980s.

With her past catching up to her, Maxine attempts to make it big as a superstar in Hollywood, 1985. While you wait, check out a new image below courtesy of USA Today this week.

Releasing in theaters on July 5, 2024, MaXXXine is rated “R” for…

“Strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use.”

If you missed the official trailer, you can watch it right here.

Mia Goth stars alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon in MaXXXine.

Here’s the official plot synopsis from A24 this week: “In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”

Last we saw Maxine in Ti West’s X (2022), she was the sole survivor of a massacre carried out by elderly couple Howard and Pearl in the Summer of ’79. Goth of course pulled double duty as the villain Pearl in that movie, who got her own origin story in Pearl (2022). Pearl and Maxine are different characters, but they share the common goal of wanting to be stars.

Will Maxine finally make it in Hollywood? Or will the demons of her past become her ultimate downfall? With the Night Stalker roaming free, we expect MaXXXine to get wild this summer.