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obviously a relic of yesteryear, with technology moving from VHS to DVDs and Blu-Ray and now onto streaming — but they’re still popular among some cult cinema collectors.Many are going for a shocking amount of money on eBay, including classic films such as “Back to the Future” and even newer flicks with a cult following, such as the original “Fast and the Furious.”However, simply posting a VHS on eBay doesn’t guarantee you’ll get big bucks — the condition must be top-notch.VHS tapes degrade 10% to 20% over 10 to 25 years, and some footage could be skewed with age, according to the pros at Kodak. Tapes have a short lifespan due to remanence decay of the magnetic charge, which leads to discoloration, blacked-out scenes and eventually complete loss of footage.Other conditions that speed up degrading of VHS tapes include storing in hot or humid conditions, storing them near magnetic sources, cheap or low quality tape, excessive rewinds and playbacks on the tape, and the tape is a second- or third-generation recording copy.Kodak recommends storing VHS tapes in a cool and dry place “with little to no climate change” in order to keep them in the best possible shape — though even in the best conditions, they will eventually deteriorate.That means your over-watched bright orange VHS of “The Rugrats Movie” might not be the one that gives you a pay day.

Forrest Gump hit our screens and instantly became a Hollywood classic.It went down in history as one of Tom Hanks’ best performances, and won six Oscars, including Best Picture (beating out Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction), Best Director, and Best Actor.On a budget of $55 million, it grossed nearly $680 million at the box office, becoming a bona fide hit.Many lines from the film have been firmly cemented in popular culture forever (“life is like a box of chocolates” anyone?).“Run Forrest, Run” is another famous one – who could forget little Jenny Curran yelling this to Forrest as he broke free of his leg braces to escape a pack of bullies?With her big blue eyes and wavy blonde hair, little Hanna Hall, who was just 10 at the time of filming, won hearts around the world in her powerful role as childhood Jenny.Now 29 years later, fan are losing their minds at seeing her all grown up.Speaking to House Of Horrors about how she landed the gig, Hall explained that it was very unexpected.“It was very random. Nina Axelrod, my manager, was tired of LA and moved out to Colorado to teach classes,” the now nearly 40-year-old said.“She had a relationship with an agency that she would get represented by and she had an open casting call in the newspaper when I was seven years old.“My mother didn’t want to take me.

a tour so good it’s inconceivable.From September 2023 all the way through March 2024, Cary Elwes (you may know him as Westley) is galloping off on an eight-show trek he’s calling ‘An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes.’Along the way, Elwes will stop into Rochester, NY’s Kodak Center on Sept. 29 and Tarrytown, NY’s Tarrytown Music Hall on Sept.

“The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear” (Citadel), it could have called for its own exorcism. The same kind of crazed scenes were happening nationwide at almost two dozen theaters where thousands would turn out for the premiere of what was being billed as one of the most frightening horror movies ever made — and accurately so.As Segaloff puts it, when the film opened, “the bedlam began.”At the Savoy Theater in Boston, “People were running up the aisles and into the lobby, some of them making it out to the street before vomiting, while others did it en route.”“I couldn’t imagine people being affected like that.

horrifically nostalgic dining experience if they stop at Hooper’s — a lovely Victorian building turned eatery that was once the home of the fictional cannibal Sawyer family from the 1974 classic “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”“It really feels like you’re stepping right into the movie set,” TikToker @theparanormalprincess_ shared with her fans as she visited the restaurant last month.Bearing its name from the film’s screenwriter and director, Tobe Hooper, guests will have a chance to enjoy their meal in the same dining room where Leatherface and his deranged family once munched on their victims.Not overwhelming its space with the same makeup as the fictional cannibalistic family would, it’s decorated subtlety with memorabilia from the cult classic — including signed photos from ‘Leatherface’ himself — actor Gunnar Hansen — and the film’s narrator, John Larroquette.

Plex and conducted by OnePoll, the study found 82% of people bond with their family and friends over a love of the same TV shows and movies, while 76% claimed some of their closest friendships developed as a result of sharing an interest in the same content.An overwhelming 96% of respondents said they discuss recent TV episodes with their friends and family — 66% said they do it “often” or “very often.”Over the past year, the most popular and talked-about TV shows and movies are “Avatar: The Way of Water” (26%), “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (26%), “Stranger Things” (22%) and “House of the Dragon” (20%).Four in 10 said they’re most likely to discuss media in person, but 67% said they often watch content remotely with friends and family if they aren’t physically next to each other.If they’re watching content remotely, 21% catch up over the phone, 16% over messaging apps and 12% over video calls. Over half (55%) have a specific chat group dedicated to discussing shows and movies.

Rick Eisen Show that he only earned $8,000 for the entire movie, which made $235 million at the box office and has become a cult classic over the decades.On the show, Scott was asked if it was true that “American Pie” was his first big role and how he was only paid a four-figure amount.“I think so, yeah, because I remember afterward I bought a used Thunderbird for like $5,000 or maybe $6,000, I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, baby,'” he said.“I don’t know what happened to the other $2,000 because I ended up having to work at the LA Zoo as a churro guy, so maybe it was even less than $8,000,” he explained.Scott has also starred in several movies in the “American Pie” franchise including the 2001 sequel as well as “American Wedding” (2003) and “American Reunion” (2012).He and co-star Jason Biggs were allegedly paid $5 million each for their performances and recently reunited for a DoorDash commercial in character.In a May interview with the Daily Blast Live, Scott joked about what his character would be doing in today’s day and age.“I think Stifler would be a stripper. He’d be working at a pretty crappy strip club,” he quipped.“His stage name would be ‘Inferno,’ dressed up as a fireman.

per People. “And in this movie, in ‘Terminator,’ we talk about the machines becoming self-aware and they take over.”The actor also praised the film series’ director, James Cameron, for his “extraordinary” writing, noting that when the movie debuted in 1984 they had “just scratched the surface” of AI. “Now over the course of decades, it has become a reality,” the actor continued.

HBO documentary, “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed,” and has alleged that Hudson made sexual passes at costar James Dean.Hudson — who died from an AIDS-related illness in 1985 — kept his homosexuality a secret among the social circles of Tinseltown.Griffin claimed in the special that Hudson was “privately hitting on Dean” during shooting the 1956 drama.“According to some accounts, James Dean was rather disdainful of Hudson,” he went on.“Dean considered it hypocritical that Rock was maintaining this hetero facade in public,” Griffin explained. “Some might consider that a case of the pot calling the kettle black.”“Giant” also starred Hudson’s friend Elizabeth Taylor, and was Dean’s last movie he shot before his 1955 death in a car crash.The “East of Eden” alum portrayed a ranch hand, who enters into a bitter feud with a wealthy Texas rancher (played by Hudson) for over a period of several years.Griffin also alleged in the documentary that Dean was involved with a gay media executive who was pals with Hudson’s agent, Henry Willson.“If you’re talking about shrouded sexuality, they weren’t all that different,” he noted.In an archived interview featuring Hudson from 1983, he stated that he despised his younger castmate.The “Dynasty” actor said that the only reason that “Giant” director George Stevens had cast Dean, was because he was “new and hot.”“As I said, I didn’t like the fella too much.

James Bond.The British actor, 50, has been a fan-favorite choice to play the super spy in recent years.However, due to the racial recoil he’s received about the possible role, Elba’s speculative casting has left a bad taste in his mouth.The “Luther” actor recently sat down with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes for an episode of their “SmartLess” podcast, where he said he was “super complimented” by the Bond rumors.But the prejudiced backlash got to him.“I was like, ‘This is crazy!’ Because James Bond… We’re all actors and we understand that role. It’s one of those coveted [roles],” Elba explained.

chatting with BBC Radio 1 about why the character is so important to fans. “I think the thing that I most admire about them is the depth and subtlety of the emotion, and the importance of emotion in these films,” he told host Ali Plumb.The “Star Wars” alum continued, “As this last one concerns age and frailty and changing nature of life, it was especially compelling to me, because I am of that age and I wanted it to feel real for the audience.” “I wanted them to see the complexity of that experience with someone they’ve spent 40 years with,” he added.Plumb then told an emotional Ford, “Can I just say, on behalf of all the fans, thank you. It’s been such an adventure.

Tribeca Film Festival — an event that he founded in 2002 — with a three-day celebration.While the 79-year-old’s birthday is actually on Aug. 17, the festivities will go down from Sept.

Titanic” VHS tape is … one super fan in Florida is going to save it.JD, also known as @titanicfan97 on TikTok, has made it his mission to collect at least 1,997 “Titanic” VHS cassettes in honor of the blockbuster’s 1997 debut.“They made 25 million of them,” he told Variety in an interview published Wednesday, adding that one day he may be able to recover 1 million copies.The Oscar-winning film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was inspired by the 1912 wreck that killed 1,500 people aboard the ship’s maiden voyage from England to New York City.JD, a video editor, boasts 1,560 VHS tapes, with about 300 purchased at thrift stores and yard sales. He claims the remaining cassettes were sent to him by his 108,400 TikTok followers watching his journey online.He lists a post office box address for Largo, Florida, in his biography.His content, narrated with a whimsical voiceover, ranges from unboxing videos, attending conventions and exploring with Jack Dawson — a giant dummy of DiCaprio’s character — to reenacting the movie.This is my collection of Jack Dawsons #titanic #jackdawson #collectionThe Floridian’s obsession with James Cameron’s cinematic masterpiece started when he saw the movie in a theater at age 6.“It was Jack Dawson mania,” he explained to Variety. “You already know what’s going down.

“Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story,” the 75-year-old actor spoke with Variety about hanging up his Freddy Krueger claws and envisioning the future of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise.“I’m too old and thick to play Freddy now,” Englund explained. “I just can’t do fight scenes for more than one take anymore, I’ve got a bad neck and bad back and arthritis in my right wrist. So I have to hang it up, but I would love to cameo.”“Elm Street” premiered in 1984.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It is expected to enjoy a $104 million three-day weekend, according to Deadline.The Post called the flick, produced in part by Lin-Manuel Miranda, “more lifeless than far better two-dimensional painted drawings.”“Fast X,” which was in the No. 1 spot last Friday, slowed down to second, with $6.3 million in sales.The 11-title “Fast and Furious” franchise already sped past $7 billion in the global box office.

Fans of the “Fast and the Furious” movies have an opportunity to earn $1,000 by binge-watching all 10 of the movies in the series and tracking the crashes ahead of the release of the latest film in the franchise.FinanceBuzz, a website that offers informational tips and recommendations about money and things like car insurance, has put out a call for a “Fast and Furious claims adjuster” to take note of damages from all the car crashes in the more than 20 hours of the franchise’s films.“We’ll pay our Fast & Furious Claims Adjuster $1,000, plus $100 to cover the cost of any streaming fees, movie tickets, and snacks,” FinanceBuzz said in a press release. “As a bonus, you’ll get a healthy education about the value of family.”The role involves taking inventory of all the car accidents from the films that result in damage, including the number of accidents, the extent of the damages and what cars are involved.“We’re curious if the number of wrecks in these movies has increased or decreased over the franchise’s history.

explained the actor. “One of my roommates lucked into the job of assistant to the executive producer.”“I somehow parlayed that into a speaking role in ‘The Notebook.'”Sadly, the South Carolina native’s fifteen minutes of fame were cut down to mere seconds.“They ended up cutting it down so you only see the side of my face for a couple of seconds,” stated Czekalski.

reports the Associated Press. According to the brand, the doll is part of its “Inspiring Women” series which features the likes of Amelia Earhart and artist Frida Kahlo and costs $35.49. “As the first Asian American actor to lead a US television show, whose perseverance broke down barriers for her gender and AAPI community in film and TV, Anna May Wong is the perfect fit for our Barbie Inspiring Women Series,” said Lisa McKnight, executive vice president and global head of Barbie & Dolls.Wong’s niece, Anna Wong, also collaborated closely with the brand to help develop the doll’s look.

Total Film.“I had been ambitious to do this film for 10 years, and there finally came a time when we all committed to that,” he added. “It was a joyous moment for me.

much harder,” Sedgwick told Yahoo! Entertainment in an interview published Friday. “It’s weird because we’re always like, ‘Is this real or is it not?'”She continued: “As an actor, you sometimes have these dreams when you start a job where you’re sleeping and they’re filming you.

the trailer released Thursday, the “First Class” rapper, 25, and actor Sinqua Walls, 38, put their spin on the 1992 film of the same name that starred Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.Similar to the original Ron Shelton-directed film, a white basketball player, portrayed by Harlow, and a black hooper, Walls’ role, are an unlikely pairing that team up in hopes of winning $500,000 in a basketball tournament — realizing along the way that they have “more in common than they imagined possible,” according to the movie’s synopsis. Thursday’s trailer sees Harlow’s Jeremy as a meditating, juice-cleansing athlete that Walls’ Kamal states dresses like “a white girl at Whole Foods.”“Hey, they’re letting yoga instructors in the gym now,” remarked one character when Jeremy, who wears a crewneck that reads “self-care club,” walks into the room.

the “Evil Dead” franchise know the drill — get some folks out to a cabin in the woods, have them stumble onto an ominous book of spells, gory demonic mayhem ensues. With “Evil Dead Rise,” however, the fifth installment in the series created by Sam Raimi, director Lee Cronin set out to carve a different path. “I knew I wanted it to be family.

Diari ARA this week.He continued, “And the truth is that, in real life, it’s a pain to shoot sex scenes, everyone is very tense. And if it was already a bit problematic to do it before, now it is even more so.”However, the director did note that if there was ever an intimate scene that was “essential” to the story of the film, he would go for it, but it “hasn’t been necessary.”His 1997 film, “Jackie Brown,” is the only movie that features a racy scene between Bridget Fonda and Robert De Niro. The movie followed a flight attendant, who was played by Pam Grier, showing her journey as she navigates getting busted for smuggling money.

Collider of “Gladiator 2,” which will star Paul Mescal and is set for release late next year. “I was a much younger man, obviously, and it was a huge experience in my life,” he further explained. “It’s something that changed my life, really.

Access Hollywood this week as she promoted “Murder Mystery 2” alongside the comedian.“Oh, no they’re not,” she added, throwing her hands up in the air.Sandler also spoke about the twins, explaining that he knew they had potential star power when they played his kids in the 1999 comedy, “Big Daddy.”“I knew what those kids were capable of,” Sandler said.He continued, joking, “I set the table for the kids to hop on ‘Friends,’ that was one thing that Jen said when I first met her, ‘Just would you please break in the children for us?'”“You did, and now look at them!” Aniston replied. Aniston and Cole Sprouse have a bit of a funny history, as he starred as the fictional Ross Gellar’s son, played by David Schwimmer, on the hit sitcom, “Friends”– and admitted to having a crush on the actress during filming.“He was so little,” Aniston said when the topic was brought up during the Access Hollywood interview.Sprouse was only seven years old when he started on the set of “Friends,” but that didn’t stop him.“I had a really, really hard time working with Aniston because I was so in love with her,” Sprouse told The Post in 2017.“I was infatuated.

The Late Late Show With James Corden,” alongside his “Dungeons & Dragons” co-star Chris Pine. “In Coney Island, New York, I was shooting a film with Sandra Bullock and at lunch time they all said, ‘Oh, well, you must have a Nathan’s hot dog.

your VCR — Blockbuster could be making a comeback.Fans are speculating the nearly extinct video rental company is returning after its website recently became active, announcing in a cliffhanger, “We are working on rewinding your movie.”While there is no clear indication of when the Blockbuster site was activated, the company remains attentive on Twitter, often sharing jokes about resuming operations.“Our 2023 New Year’s resolution was to reopen Blockbuster but it seemed like a lot of work so we quit. Should we start going to the gym instead?” Blockbuster quipped.“New business idea: We’re going to come back as a bank and use VHS and DVDs as currency.

“The Drew Barrymore Show,” it was revealed that Lucy Liu took “beautiful” naked photos of Barrymore on the set of “Charlie’s Angels.”The two starred together in the 2000 film and its 2003 sequel, “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.” “Do you know what I was actually trying to find?” Barrymore asked Liu on the show. “I was trying to find the nude photographs you took of me on the set of ‘Charlie’s’ in my dressing room.”Liu revealed that she still had them in her possession.

Cell Block Tango. The Hollywood actress, 77, is blasting the jailed producer, saying he swindled her out of a movie role in the late 1980s. Hawn, 77, told Variety on Wednesday that she and Madonna were set to star in a screen adaptation of “Chicago” produced by Weinstein before he suddenly rejigged the project.

HBO Max noting in a new disclaimer it “denies the horrors of slavery, as well as its legacies of racial inequality.”However, historian David Vincent Kimel is now revealing that several writers pushed for a more realistic depiction of race relations — only for their dark, disturbing and violent scenes to be cut from the finished product. The Oscar-winning film is adapted from Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel, which follows the strong-willed Georgia belle Scarlett O’Hara.