

Matthew Jackson
Joined: Oct 10, 2015
Matthew Jackson is a freelance pop culture journalist/nerd-for-hire who's been writing full-time since 2008. Since 2011 he's served as a writer and contributing editor at Blastr.com, and in 2015 he joined the Entertainment division of Playboy.com as a regular contributor.




Director Walter Hill's surreal rock 'n' roll fable from 1984 is packed with bikers, big flashy musical numbers, and epic sledgehammer fights, which is why it remains a treat for cult cinema fans even 40 years later.
From deleted subplots to a very different original opening to a Santa suit so bad it almost made Tim Allen start a fight, here are 14 facts about the making of 'The Santa Clause.'
With Bing Crosby’s star power and Michael Curtiz directing, ‘White Christmas’ overcame early struggles to become a holiday classic.
Edgar Wright's horror-comedy 'Shaun of the Dead' has become a cult classic over the years, and in honor of its 20th anniversary, it’s even coming back to theaters.
Make a list of the greatest movies ever set in New York City, and it should include ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.’ Discover more facts about the 1974 crime drama here, including how producers got the MTA to let them use real subway trains.
In honor of its 45th anniversary, discover chilling details about “The Amityville Horror” movie from 1979 and the strange franchise it spawned.
The haunted house is one of horror’s most time-honored tropes, a dark twisting of the place we call home into a maelstrom of terror and things that go bump in the night.
What started out as a weird idea for a movie about aliens eventually became the king of all zombie flicks.
Director-screenwriter Frank Darabont wanted to bring Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ to the big screen for years.
9. Michael Caine didn't think the film would work ... until Heath Ledger was cast as The Joker.
Writers strikes have a major impact on TV and film production, as the most recent strike—which began on May 2, 2023—has made clear.
The cult classic that cemented Wes Craven as one of Hollywood’s great masters of horror was released nearly 46 years ago.