Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Queens of the Stone Age's Troy Van Leeuwen on Working with Iggy Pop, Mark Ronson and Chelsea Wolfe

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2017

Behind every great rock star is a great guitarist. For Queens of the Stone frontman Josh Homme, that man is Troy Van Leeuwen: the former se...

Queens of the Stone Age

Villains

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2017

Ever since Queens of the Stone Age's seventh studio album, Villains, was announced via a staged polygraph test, much has been made about it...

An Essential Guide to Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2017

They don't make rock stars like Josh Homme anymore. Frankly, they never did.   A one-of-a-kind songwriter, producer and performer with a st...

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Directed by Patrick Hughes

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2017

You don't become the second highest grossing actor of all time by saying no to movie roles. Over the past five decades, Samuel L. Jackson h...

Logan Lucky

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2017

As the director behind Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen, Steven Soderbergh knows a thing or two about creating a well-crafted heist movi...

I Am the Wolf: Lyrics & Writings

By Mark Lanegan

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2017

"I never thought I would actually play or write anything myself," admits Mark Lanegan, the ex-Screaming Trees vocalist, sometimes-Queens of...

Here's How 'Lights Out' Director David F. Sandberg Made 'Annabelle: Creation' His Own

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2017

Swedish director David F. Sandberg has the kind of career of which most could only dream.   A former freelance animator, the filmmaker — wh...

Annabelle: Creation

Directed by David F. Sandberg

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2017

Swedish director David F. Sandberg made his first major splash last year with his feature-length directorial debut Lights Out, a horror fil...