Transformer One : Exclusive Interview with Ramsey Naito, A President of Paramount Animation

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Director : Josh Cooley Josh Cooley Producer : Lorenzo di Bonaventure, Tom DeSanto, Don…

‘A Different Man’ Stars Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, and Filmmaker Aaron Schimberg (Video Interview)

Aaron Shimberg’s A Different Man is indeed quite “different” from the normal Sundance Film Festival fare, reteaming the filmmaker with Adam Pearson (Under the Skin), who not only played a key role in Schimberg’s previous film, Chained for Life, but also inspired Schimberg to incorporate elements of his persona into a character in his new…

Transformers One : Highly Recommended for Its Themes of Freedom and Optimism

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation Remember when Spider-Man and Nick Fury both appeared in the third installment of Marvel’s four-issue Transformers limited-series? That was when the comic company was the king of toy licensing deals. Of course, their four-part series extended into an eighty-issue run, developing its own separate and…

Netflix’s One Piece Live Action Season 2 Reveals Casting for Robin and Crocodile

Joe Manganiello and Lera Abova will reportedly be joining the second-season cast of Netflix’s One Piece. The next installment of the production, which is a live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga series about the Straw Hat pirates, is already being shot in South Africa. It is expected to be released sometime during 2025. Jamie…

French Committee Nominates Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ for International Oscar

Jacques Audiard’s film Emilia Pérez will be France’s entry in the international feature film category at the 96th Academy Awards, to be bestowed on March 2, 2025. Desribed as a “redemption thriller” and as a “queer crime musical,” the Spanish-language drama film won two significant awards at the recent Cannes Film Festival: the Jury Prize…

Rosalind Chao Says ‘The Joy Luck Club’ Sequel Is Under Development

Photo by Hollywood Pictures – © 1993 The much-anticipated sequel to The Joy Luck Club is moving forward, says Rosalind Chao, who starred in the original 1993 film, playing the role of Rose Hsu Jordan. Chao was quoted in Deadline this week as saying that she’s planning to meet with other cast members via Zoom to…

Transformer One : Exclusive Interview with Ramsey Naito, A President of Paramount Animation

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Director : Josh Cooley Josh Cooley Producer : Lorenzo di Bonaventure, Tom DeSanto, Don…

‘A Different Man’ Stars Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, and Filmmaker Aaron Schimberg (Video Interview)

Aaron Shimberg’s A Different Man is indeed quite “different” from the normal Sundance Film Festival fare, reteaming the filmmaker with Adam Pearson (Under the Skin), who not only played a key role in Schimberg’s previous film, Chained for Life, but also inspired Schimberg to incorporate elements of his persona into a character in his new…

‘Never Let Go’: Director Alexandre Aja on the Halle Berry Horror Film (Video Interview)

Never Let Go is a spectacularly eerie high-concept horror film that puts Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry in a remote cabin in the woods with her young, twin sons (Anthony B. Jenkins, Percy Daggs IV), all of them attached to the house by rope to prevent an evil presence from possessing them. At least that’s the…

Transformers One : Highly Recommended for Its Themes of Freedom and Optimism

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation Remember when Spider-Man and Nick Fury both appeared in the third installment of Marvel’s four-issue Transformers limited-series? That was when the comic company was the king of toy licensing deals. Of course, their four-part series extended into an eighty-issue run, developing its own separate and…

The Substance Video Review : The Body Horror Film That’s Quite a Wild Ride!

©Courtesy of Mubi Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn his fascination into his…

Major of Kingstown Season 3: Mike McLusky Is Back In Business

@Courtesy of Pramount + After a first season realized with undeniable depth and a second that instead leaned lazily on what had been produced earlier, the TV series created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon and produced for Paramount +, lifts its artistic fortunes with a third season that returns to the narrative strength of…

MICKEY 17 – OFFICIAL TRAILER : Starring Robert Pattinson

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living. Written and directed by Bong…

“Shogun” Broke Emmy Record With 18 Wins in One Season

© 2024, FX. All Rights Reserved. Shogun was honored with four awards, including best drama series. Anna Sawai received the title of best actress in a drama series, while Hiroyuki Sanada became the first Japanese actor to win the category. Frederick E.O. Toye won best directing for the show. Hacks won the surprise Best Comedy Series award…

Wolf Man | Official Teaser : Starring Christopher Abbott

What if someone you loved became something else? From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home…

Three Finalists Selected for New Sundance Venue

The sun is about to set—at least on Park City, Utah where the Sundance Film Festival has been for nearly half a century. Beginning in 2027, the annual extravaganza will be moving to a new venue, says the Sundance Institute, which announced on Thursday the three finalists: Boulder, Colorado; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Salt Lake City/Park…

New York Film Festival 62 : Main Slate Selections

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE SELECTIONS FOR THE 62nd NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 32 features including new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker, Brady Corbet, David Cronenberg, Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias, Robinson Devor, Mati Diop, Miguel Gomes, Alain Guiraudie, Hong Sangsoo, Jia Zhangke, Payal Kapadia, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Mike Leigh, Philippe Lesage,…

The 8th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC announces film lineup August 2-11

The 8th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC announces film lineup August 2-11 Ivy Vale’s Out of My Comfort Zone opens the film festival,  and Delfine Paolini’s A Wonderful Way with Dragons makes its World Premiere as the Closing Night selection More World Premieres include Laura Angiulli’s I Know You, Harrison Dillingham’s Mortimer, and Charles Caracciolo’s The Old Ballgame: The QBH Story. North American premieres include Andrey Getov’s Bo Nan Za, Francois…

Major of Kingstown Season 3: Mike McLusky Is Back In Business

@Courtesy of Pramount + After a first season realized with undeniable depth and a second that instead leaned lazily on what had been produced earlier, the TV series created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon and produced for Paramount +, lifts its artistic fortunes with a third season that returns to the narrative strength of…

Venice Film Festival / Disclaimer : Alfonso Cuarón’s Exploration Of Orwellian Culture

The new Apple TV+ original series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón — starring Cate Blanchett and Sasha Baron Cohen — premiered at the 81st Venice Film Festival. This marks the return of the filmmaker to the Lido, after opening the kermesse with Gravity in 2013 and winning the Golden Lion with Roma in 2018. Disclaimer is based on the novel of the same…

Presumed Innocent Review : An Inconsistent Legal Thriller that Needed a Firmer Editorial Hand

In 1987, Scott Turow kicked off the legal thriller craze with his surprise bestselling novel Presumed Innocent, which still boasts one of the most famous twist endings since Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Fans will happily view Apple TV+’s new series adaptation, even though they have already read the novel and seen Alan…