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IFFM NYC : “Tagpuan” Mother’s Day Concert

©Courtesy of IFFM NY Tickets available now: Acquire your tickets now for A Heartwarming Tribute to Mothers: The “Tagpuan” Mother’s Day Concert on May 30, 2026. This special event, presented by the International Film Festival Manhattan Production, honors the unwavering love, strength, and sacrifices of mothers. The concert will unite the community through music that…

TikTok Enters Lucrative Micro-Drama Market

©Courtesy of TikTok TikTok, the social media platform, is reportedly planning to provide micro-drama content for television, a market that has been estimated at $1.4 billion. According to Business Insider, the company is already casting actors for the project, which was described by a TikTok staffer as “a soap-opera style project.” This development comes in…

The Trailer of HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE Scored 277 Million Views

©Courtesy of HBO HBO released the trailer for HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE on Wednesday, delivering +277 million organic (non-paid) views across platforms in its first 48 hours, becoming the most-watched trailer in HBO and HBO Max history and exceeding the previous record by more than double. The series will debut Christmas 2026 on HBO and will be…

SXSW 2026 / Normal: Director Ben Wheatley, Writer Derek Kolstad, Producer Marc Provissiero, and Actor Bob Odenkirk Interview

Combining grit, gunfire and a morally tangled hero can powerfully reimagine the classic Western genre through a modern, kinetic lens. That’s certainly true with the upcoming action-thriller, Normal, in which justice is messy, violence is unpredictable and nothing is quite as ordinary as it seems. The new film is the latest pairing between actor Bob…

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Aoi Yamada, Shiori Kutsuna Joins Nicolas Winding-Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’

©Courtesy of The Neon Demon Mubi has captured the rights to Nicolas Winding Refn’s new feature “Her Private Hell” for all of Latin America as well as the United Kingdom Ireland, Italy, and Spain. Neon International   will be managing the film’s distribution in North America. Winding Refn, who was born in Copenhagen in 1970 and…

‘Straight to Hell’ Main Trailer Begins to Unmask Japan’s Most Infamous Fortuneteller

©Courtesy of Netflix “You are going straight to hell.” The chilling line comes from fortuneteller Kazuko Hosoki, played by Erika Toda, in the newly unveiled main trailer of the upcoming Netflix series “Straight to Hell“. As Hosoki dominates Japan’s TV screens and grips the nation with her brutal predictions, writer Minori Uozumi (Sairi Ito) watches…

Stand By Me at 40: Wil Wheaton Looks Back

Check out more of Our YouTube Channel  Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning…

Ryan Gosling Cast in Daniels’ Next Sci-Fi Action Comedy

©Courtesy of Jonathan Olley / Amazon Content Services LLC Coming off a major box office opening weekend debut, Ryan Gosling has signed on to star in an untitled sci-fi action comedy, Deadline is reporting. Oscar-winning filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as the Daniels, will develop the upcoming feature. Universal Pictures is…

Best Movies and Documentaries About the Kentucky Derby

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko Written by Paulius Narkevičius It’s hard to explain the Kentucky Derby to a non-horse racing fan. In fact, it is even harder to compare it to a different sporting event. We’re talking about a spectacle that has been going on for more than 150 years, and it is often called “the…

Dandelion’s Odyssey : Exclusive interview with Co-Writer-Director Momoko Seto

©Courtesy of Miyu Productions Dandelion’s Odyssey :Dandelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa — four dandelion achenes that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth — are propelled into the cosmos. After crash-landing on an unknown planet, they set out in search of soil where their species might survive. However, they must face countless obstacles:…

They Will Kill You : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Check out More of Our YouTube Channel  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…