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Nicolas Cage Plays a Criminal Called “The S.O.B.” in Diner Standoff Thriller

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Nicolas Cage is back in action mode, and this time he’s playing a character literally named “The S.O.B.”

IFC Films is releasing BEST PANCAKES IN THE COUNTY on November 20th in select theaters and on VOD. The film stars Cage alongside Justin Long and Shelley Hennig in a shoot-’em-up thriller set entirely in a small-town diner.

The story unfolds over one night as an ordinary diner becomes ground zero for a deadly standoff. Cage plays an eccentric criminal caught between rogue federal agents, a con man with a sketchy past (Long), and a waitress hiding her own secrets (Hennig). Survival comes down to who can outsmart and outshoot everyone else.

Director Ken Sanzel reunites with Cage after their 2019 collaboration on Kill Chain. The cast also includes Lauren German, Ravi Patel, Brandon Mychal Smith, Kelly Greyson, Jaylen Moore, and Michael Sirow.

Shot in Arkansas, the film is backed by Beno Films and CaliWood Pictures, with Fortitude International handling international sales.

IFC Films has been championing independent cinema for 25 years, releasing everything from THE BABADOOK and BOYHOOD to recent hits like LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL and IN A VIOLENT NATURE. This one looks like pure pulp fun with Cage doing what he does best.

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Free TV Gets Cheaper: Broadcast Industry Pushes Toward Affordable NEXTGEN Converter Boxes

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The shift to next-generation over-the-air TV just got easier on the wallet.

Pearl TV announced major progress on making NEXTGEN TV converter boxes more affordable, a critical step in moving U.S. households from the old ATSC 1.0 standard to the new ATSC 3.0. The initiative brings together patent holders, tech licensors, testing labs, and security providers, all cutting costs to support cheaper devices that’ll plug into existing TVs.

NEXTGEN TV now reaches 78 markets and over 75% of U.S. TV households. More than 19 million compatible sets have shipped since rollout began. But converter boxes mean viewers don’t need a new TV to access the upgraded broadcasts.

“A successful transition requires affordable products that enable all consumers to continue enjoying free over-the-air television,” says Anne Schelle, Pearl TV’s managing director.

The boxes will support advanced emergency alerts with richer, geo-targeted info and a consistent interface across channels. That framework came out of Sinclair and ONE Media’s work with the NAB NextGen TV News Technology Lab.

And the picture’s only getting better. HDR services are live now for 80 million viewers. Native HDR for sports and entertainment rolls out later this year, with 4K Ultra-HD broadcasts expected in 2027.

New converter boxes should hit retail in early 2027. For an industry preparing to transition more than 1,600 commercial stations, affordable gear matters.

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Larry Fessenden Brings His Monsters Together in ‘Trauma, or Monsters All’

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Larry Fessenden is uniting his classic monsters for what may be his final film.

Dark Sky Films just announced that *Trauma, or Monsters All* hits theaters November 4th. The film opens at IFC Center in New York, followed by a Los Angeles run at Lumiere Music Hall and a nationwide VOD release on November 24th.

The new film brings together the vampire, Frankenstein’s monster, and werewolf from Fessenden’s earlier work (*Habit*, *Depraved*, *Blackout*) into a single story. French actress Laëtitia Hollard plays Cassandra, a visiting writer researching George Washington Carver in the upstate town of Talbot Falls. After she publishes an exposé on the town’s dark history, the monsters emerge and the community’s buried trauma comes flooding back.

The ensemble cast includes Aitana Doyle, Addison Timlin, Alex Hurt, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, and Fessenden himself. The 119-minute film marks another collaboration between Dark Sky and Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix, the production house behind *The House of the Devil*, *The Innkeepers*, and *Stake Land*.

“I’ve spent my career reimagining classic monsters because they reveal something deeply human about us,” Fessenden said. The film reportedly blends gothic horror with social commentary, tackling themes of memory, guilt, and identity.

IFC Center is also running a seven-film Fessenden retrospective starting October 28th in honor of Glass Eye Pix’s 40th anniversary.

This matters because Fessenden has championed independent horror for decades, both as a filmmaker and a producer who’s nurtured voices like Ti West, Jim Mickle, and Kelly Reichardt. If this is truly his last film, he’s going out swinging.

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Iron Maiden Add Surprise Third North American Leg to 50th Anniversary Tour

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Iron Maiden are coming back to North America in spring 2027 for one more run.

The metal icons just wrapped a massive leg of their Run for Your Lives tour across the U.S. and Canada, and now they’re adding 16 more dates, hitting cities they missed the first time around. The tour kicks off April 14 in Tacoma and wraps May 16 at the Boardwalk Rock festival in Ocean City, Maryland.

“Maiden were planning on taking a break from live performances in 2027,” bassist Steve Harris says, “but we’ve been enjoying this last leg in the USA and Canada so much that we all had a chat and decided we should take the show to parts we missed, particularly the North West and South East.”

The shows will feature the same dramatic production as the first leg, with a setlist pulled from the band’s early career. Bullet for My Valentine and The Raven Age will support on all dates, marking the first time since 1983 that Maiden has put together an all-British three-band bill.

This will be the final leg of the Run for Your Lives tour, which by the end will have played 107 shows to over 3 million fans in 36 countries. Manager Rod Smallwood says the first leg saw some of the biggest shows Maiden has ever played in North America, including their first U.S. stadium headliners.

Tickets go on sale October 23. Eddie’s Dive Bars will return at every stop.

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Sundance Winner THEYDREAM Blends Animation and Family Archives to Explore Nuyorican Identity

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A queer Puerto Rican filmmaker and his mother built miniature sets, stepped in front of green screens, and used motion capture to bring their dead family members back to life.

THEYDREAM, William D. Caballero’s hybrid documentary, hits AMC Empire 25 in New York on November 13. Executive produced by John Leguizamo, the film took home the NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression at Sundance earlier this year.

Caballero and his mother Migdalia “Milly” Caballero spent over two decades archiving their family’s story, from Brooklyn public housing to rural North Carolina. Now they’ve turned those memories into art, mixing 2D and 3D animation, handcrafted miniatures, digital rotoscoping, and vérité footage to process devastating losses.

The film traces a working-class Nuyorican family across generations, exploring queer self-acceptance and intergenerational healing through animation and candid conversations. It’s already picked up awards at Miami, the New York Latino Film Festival, Ann Arbor, and LA Latino International.

The theatrical release follows festival screenings in Charlotte, Montclair, San Francisco, Asheville, Memphis, and a DOC NYC presentation on November 15.

This matters because indie filmmakers are proving you don’t need a massive budget to tell deeply personal stories. Just green screens, miniatures, and two decades of love.

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THE ASSEMBLY Returns With Zach Galifianakis, Jay Baruchel, and a Bigger Cast of Neurodivergent Interviewers

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A talk show where autistic and neurodivergent adults ask the questions is coming back for round two.

THE ASSEMBLY returns November 1 on CBC and CBC Gem with six new episodes and an expanded cast of over 30 interviewers. Season two guests include Zach Galifianakis, Jay Baruchel, Hudson Williams, Olympic gold medalist Marie-Philip Poulin, singer-songwriter Lights, and Miss Universe Canada Ashley Callingbull.

The format is simple but powerful. Each episode, a different celebrity sits down for an ask-anything interview. The questions are unpredictable, direct, and completely unfiltered. It’s part revelation, part comedy, all heart.

“Our interviewers bring such a fresh, honest energy to the traditional talk show,” says Jennifer Dettman, CBC’s Executive Director of Unscripted Content.

THE ASSEMBLY became a surprise hit after its debut last fall, winning a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction, three Telly Awards, and a Golden Sheaf Award. The Canadian version is adapted from French series Les Rencontres du Papotin, which launched in 2022 and has since gone global. International editions have featured Antonio Banderas, David Tennant, Stephen Fry, and even French President Emmanuel Macron.

“Being back for a second season shows that the series is resonating with audiences,” says executive producer Sean De Vries. “It’s heartening to have a hit show that thrives on authentic human connection.”

THE ASSEMBLY premieres November 1 at 9 p.m. on CBC TV and CBC Gem, with extended Producer’s Cuts streaming early that morning.

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New Zealand Body Horror Comedy MUM, I’M ALIEN PREGNANT Hits Digital Oct. 27

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A messy millennial gets knocked up by an extraterrestrial, and nobody believes her.

MUM, I’M ALIEN PREGNANT, the feature debut from New Zealand directing duo THUNDERLIPS, drops on digital and VOD October 27th via XYZ Films. The film follows Mary, an underachieving twentysomething who accidentally becomes alien-pregnant and has to navigate skeptical doctors, a useless baby daddy, and her oversharing mother just to survive.

The film expands on THUNDERLIPS’ 2024 short HELP, I’M ALIEN PREGNANT, with Hannah Lynch (The Rule of Jenny Pen) returning to play Mary. She’s joined by Yvette Parsons (What We Do in the Shadows), Arlo Green (Shortland Street), and Jackie van Beek, co-creator of the Australian version of The Office.

MUM, I’M ALIEN PREGNANT premiered in the Midnight section at Sundance earlier this year and earned strong reviews, currently sitting at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s a wild mix of body horror and comedy that puts a millennial spin on alien invasion tropes.

For indie filmmakers working in genre, this is proof that a strong concept and fresh voice can carry a feature, even when scaling up from a short. THUNDERLIPS took a weird idea and ran with it all the way to Sundance.

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Lindsay Lou Releases Final Episode of Bluegrass Women Docuseries Celebrating Female Songwriters

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Lindsay Lou just dropped the fourth and final episode of her docuseries documenting Bluegrass Women, her acclaimed project shining a light on female songwriters who’ve been quietly shaping bluegrass for decades.

The album itself brings together heavy hitters like Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Jarosz, and Laurie Lewis to perform ten songs written by women, many of whom never got the credit they deserved. Ola Belle Reed’s “I’ve Endured” was popularized by Del McCoury. Ma Rainey first recorded “C.C. Rider,” but Elvis made it famous. Ricky Skaggs’ “All I Ever Loved Was You”? Written by his mother, Dorothy Skaggs.

The docuseries captures the energy behind the sessions, the camaraderie of women navigating a male-dominated genre, cross-generational connections, and even Lou and producer Shani Gandhi preparing for motherhood. It’s less about the technical details and more about the human side of creating something rare.

“Just like having pickers like Molly Tuttle and Sierra Hull out there showing little girls that there is a place for them now in bluegrass, I want to show where there always has been,” Lou says.

The New York Times called it “an all-star album,” and Billboard noted it’s giving “a long-overdue spotlight” to older generations of women songwriters. Lou just wrapped performances at CaveFest and heads to the IBMA conference in Chattanooga next for a live eTown radio taping.

This is what it looks like when a community decides to remember its own history.

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Abhishek Singh’s Krishna Epic Gets New Cover for 15th Anniversary Reprint

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A stunning graphic novel that reimagines the life of Krishna is coming back to print next spring with fresh cover art.

Abhishek Singh’s Krishna: A Journey Within turns one of the world’s oldest spiritual stories into a visual meditation. Singh follows Krishna from divine child to cosmic guide, using lush colors and cinematic scope to explore questions of duty, desire, identity, and enlightenment.

Image Comics is bringing the book back for its 15-year milestone. The reprint hits comic shops in February 2027 and bookstores the following month.

Singh’s artwork has been praised for creating a meditative atmosphere that turns the retelling into something more than just another take on a classic story. It’s become the kind of book readers return to for both its wisdom and emotional pull.

The reprint will be available in print and across digital platforms including Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, and Overdrive.

For indie creators working in mythology and spirituality, this anniversary reissue shows there’s lasting power in blending ancient stories with contemporary visual storytelling. Sometimes the oldest tales still have something new to say.

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Nickelback Plot Massive Global Arena Tour Behind New Album

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Nickelback are hitting the road hard in 2027. The Canadian rock band just announced the Everything Under the Sun Tour, a global arena run supporting their eleventh studio album of the same name, out October 30 via Virgin Music Group.

The tour kicks off February 6 in Pittsburgh and runs through May 1 in San Antonio before heading to the UK and Europe from May through July. An Australian leg wraps things up in October. Don Broco joins as direct support.

The announcement comes as Nickelback’s latest single “Rattle The Cage” featuring John 5 sits at No. 1 on Active Rock radio in the U.S. The track introduced the new album with heavy guitars and arena-sized energy, while follow-ups “Leave Me Behind” and “Make Me Love You” show a more vulnerable side.

This tour follows the band’s Get Rollin’ World Tour, which became the fastest-selling and highest-attended run of their career. Their Netflix documentary Hate to Love: Nickelback also hit the platform’s Global Top 10, pulling back the curtain on the band’s two-decade journey.

North American presales start October 13, with general on-sale beginning October 16 at LiveNation.com. The band has sold nearly 65 million albums worldwide and racks up more than 50 million monthly listeners. Say what you want, Nickelback still fills arenas.

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