Stephen King

is making a foray into the world of comic books. Vertigo, an imprint of the American comic-book publisher DC Comics, is launching a new monthly comic book series from short story writer Scott Snyder. American Vampire’s first story arc, to unfold over the course of five issues, will feature a story line by horror novelist King. He will provide the origin story of the first American vampire: Skinner Sweet, an outlaw of the 1880s.

Tony Jaa,

Thailand’s biggest action hero, returns to inflict more damage in Ong Bak 2: The Beginning. Given its title, you might expect that this film has some sort of plot connection to the original Ong Bak of a few years back, but you would be wrong. The only thing that links these pictures is its star, who is such a big deal in the action world that the Hollywood Reporter called Ong Bak 2 “arguably the most anticipated Thai movie ever”.

Lars von Trier’s

new film, Antichrist, features in the credits therapeutic consultants for cast and crew. For, the story, of a couple broken by the death of innocence, is a tangled mess of sex, evil and death, with Von Trier—quite the Marquis de Sade of filmmaking — making a stab at allegory and old-fashioned horror. There is a seductive beauty to the film, but the artistry that made Von Trier so compelling as a filmmaker with a great deal to say is nowhere to be found here.

Wear this: Sequins

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