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‘Life After’ To Die Or Not To Die, That Is The Question Thrust Upon The Disabled

Who holds the right to decide whether a life is worth living? What factors determine the quality of a human existence? Should their be limitations to the right to die with dignity? All these questions are explored by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport in his investigative documentary Life After.  The motion picture — which was presented…

Joe Eszterhas To Script a Reboot of ‘Basic Instinct’ for Amazon MGM/United Artists

©Courtesy of Carolco Pictures  Eighty-year-old Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the screenplay for Basic Instinct back in 1992, has just made a $4 million deal with Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists to write what has been termed an “anti-woke” reboot of the classic film, which has been described as a sexually explicit riff on Alfred…

Japan Cuts : “A Girl Named Ann” / Q&A with Actress Yuumi Kawai

Check out 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 Satellite” at the New…

Smurfs Review : The Original Blue Man Group

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  These little blue guys were Belgium’s biggest export since Belgian waffles. Peyo created them way back in 1958, but they became a breakout American sensation in the early 1980s. Their hit Saturday morning cartoon even inspired breakfast cereals and Ice Capade shows. Four decades later, the franchise remains healthy, even though…

Bo Bragason, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth Cast in ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Live-Action Film

©Courtesy of Nintendo Nintendo has announced that Bo Bragason will be cast in the title role in Sony’s upcoming live-action production of The Legend of Zelda, and that Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will play the part of Link. Both actors are British. In a social-media posting on Wednesday, Nintendo’s game director Shigeru Miyamoto was quoted as…

Tron: Ares | Official Trailer : Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee and Jeff Bridges

©Courtesy of Disney Disney unveiled a brand-new trailer, poster and images for “TRON” Ares,” the highly anticipated third installment in the groundbreaking “TRON” franchise, opening in theaters on October 10. Grammy-award winning rock band Nine Inch Nails composed the score for “TRON: Ares,” and today, the band dropped “As Alive As You Need Me To…

Sydney Sweeney Isn’t Currently in Talks to Play a Bond Girl Role in 007 Films Despite the Rumor

@Courtesy of Nocturne  Despite persistent rumors that Sydney Sweeney is a likely candidate to play a starring role in the next James Bond film, published reports are now casting doubt on such a possibility. According to TMZ, Sweeney is not engaged in talks with Amazon MGM Studios about her potential role in the Bond franchise,…

After the Hunt Trailer : Starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri

©Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios The Oscar-nominated filmmaker is back with a new film this year, “After the Hunt,” which is a gripping thriller about a sexual assault accusation on a college campus that sends ripples throughout its isolated world. Julia Roberts plays a a professor involved in a #MeToo controversy in the movie trailer…

Japan Cuts: ‘A Samurai In Time’ Marks The Comeback Of Jidaigeki

The fantasy comedy picture A Samurai In Time, directed by Jun’ichi Yasuda, focuses on the time travel experience of Kosaka Shinzaemon (Makiya Yamaguchi). He is an Aizu samurai from the Edo era, who is struck by lightning and is transported to the film studios of 2007 Japan. It will take some time for this 19th…

Primetime Emmy Award Nominations Announced

The Television Academy has released its list of primetime Emmy nominations for 2025. The final awards will be presented in a ceremony on September 14 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will be broadcast live on CBS-TV and streamed on Paramount. In the drama categories, The White Lotus, Severance, and The Last of Us garnered the most nominations,…

A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant – Official Trailer | In theaters September 5

©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Pictures has debuted the trailer and poster for director Bill Banowsky’s “A SAVAGE ART: THE LIFE & CARTOONS OF PAT OLIPHANT“, a timely documentary about the renowned Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist who bravely took on presidents, popes and the American corporate class with his mighty pen. The film recently…