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‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

Mufasa: The Lion King | Teaser Trailer : Starring Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen, Beyoncé

Photo by Disney – © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Disney unveiled a first look at “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the new film coming to theaters Dec. 20 that explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. The new trailer, poster and images are now available to download and share. Announced this…

Challengers Review: Zendaya Scores in Romantic Sports Drama

Photo by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. The complex, underlying emotions that drive interpersonal relationships are often brilliantly translated onto screen through visual means. That’s certainly the case for Academy Award-nominated Italian director Luca Guadagnino‘s latest movie, Challengers. The filmmaker has long made a name for himself in…

Aaron Sorkin Confirms He’s Working on a Followup to ‘The Social Network’

The Social Network, Photo by Merrick Morton – © 2010 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Asserting that he’s blaming Facebook for the January 6 insurrection, Aaron Sorkin has confirmed that he’s working on a followup to The Social Network, the 2010 film directed by David Fincher that chronicled the rise of the…

Hacks Season 3: Press Conference with Cast and Staff

Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Jean Smart, @Photograph by Beth Dubber/Max Hacks : A dark mentorship forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comic, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old comedy writer. Executive Producer : Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Mike Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett Network : Max Rating : TV-MA Genre : Comedy, Drama Original Language :…

‘Slow’ by Marija Kavtaradzė Explores the Choreography of Desire

©Courtesy of Kimstim Films Slow is certainly an apt title for this charming little romcom about a dance instructor and a sign-language interpreter she employs while teaching a class of hearing-impaired teenagers. There is nothing forced or hurried about their relationship, which blossoms naturally as the two explore the limits and horizons of their own…

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…