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Dead Boy Detectives : Exclusive Interview with Actress Yuyu Kitamura

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES. Yuyu Kitamura as Niko Sasaki in episode 3 of DEAD BOY DETECTIVES. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 Dead Boy Detectives : Two teenage ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele, until a powerful witch complicates their plans. Executive Producer : Steve Yockey, Beth Schwartz, Jeremy Carver,…

The Spiderwick Chronicles : Exclusive Interview with Actors Lyon Daniels & Joy Bryant

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Lyon Daniels is an American actor and entertainer, starring as a lead character in the upcoming Roku original live-action series The Spiderwick Chronicles(2024) as well as Netflix film We Can Be Heros(2020) and Amazon Prime series Patriot(2015). Lyon got his start at the young…

City Hunter / Review : It’s All Very Slick, But Still Faithful to the Fans

Ryohei Suzuki, Fumino Kimura, ©Courtesy of Netflix  Like all long-running manga-anime series, the “City Hunter” franchise has a complicated history of adaptations. Technically, this is the first live-action Japanese film based on Tsukasa Hojo’s Shonen series, but previous non-animated film adaptions were produced in Hong Kong (starring Jackie Chan and Gary Daniels) and France (as…

‘Boy Kills World’: Exclusive Video Interview with Director Moritz Mohr

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel German-born filmmaker Moritz Mohr has been directing short films and television for almost two decades, but with Boy Kills World, he takes on his first feature film, a violent and gory revenge thriller starring Bill Skarsgård (It, Barbarian) as the…

Academy Updates Rules and Campaign Protocols For 2025 Oscars

The Academy’s Board of Governors has released the new official awards rules and campaign promotional regulations that it will implement for the 97th Oscars, IndieWire is reporting. The biggest change is the expansion of the theatrical requirements for the Best Picture category for the movie industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony, which will be held on…

The Jinx: Part Two : Press Conference with Director Andrew Jarecki & Executive Producer Zac Stuart-Pontier

©Courtesy of HBO The Jinx Part Two : is a new six-episode continuation of the groundbreaking Emmy®-winning documentary series “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” from Andrew Jarecki, which debuted on HBO in 2015. In Part Two, the filmmakers continue their investigation for the next eight years, uncovering hidden material, Durst’s prison…

‘An American Bombing’ Explores the Mainstreaming of Political Extremism

An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th is a sober and joyless documentary about the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, whose 29th anniversary was marked this week. Directed by Emmy-winning Mark Levin and executive-produced by TV journalist Katie Couric, An American Bombing deftly combines archival footage (including home movies and…

Exclusive Interview With ‘Ripley’ Associate Producer Guja Quaranta

©Courtesy of Netflix, Andrew Scott Guja Quaranta is an experienced producer of film, theatre, television and advertising, who has taken part as associate producer in the limited Showtime/Netflix series Ripley, written, directed and executive produced by Steven Zaillian. The titular character of the show first was introduced by writer Patricia Highsmith in her 1955 novel….

‘Civil War’: When a Strong Idea Remains On the Page…

In his previous three movies as a director, Alex Garland has demonstrated the courage to bring the genre he picked almost to its extreme consequences, delivering stunning, contemporary nightmares capable of insinuating under the viewer’s skin. Ex Machina, Annihilation, and particularly Men were developed through solid stories, complex characters, and the vision of a cinematic…

Arcadian : Exclusive Interview with Actors Jaeden Martell and Maxwell Jenkins

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Some high end horror fare have promised something more than just high tension in the recent past. Arcadian has arrived though to finally give audiences a mixture of deep storytelling, atmospheric creepiness, and actual monsters. Think, It Comes at Night, but this time there is a physical beast romping…

The Cannes Film Festival Reveals Lineup

In what seems to be our favorite directors are back at the French resort, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its line-up, the festival will bring “Godfather” series Director Francis ford Coppola with a highly anticipated film, “Magalopolis” starring Adam Driver, “Mad Max” series Director George Miller “Furiosa” starring Anya Taylor-Joy. “Star War” series director…