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“Fountain of Youth” Review : Recommended for the Clean, Retro-Style Adventure

©Courtesy of Apple TV+ Evidently, Ponce de Leon was wrong. The Fountain of Youth is not in Florida after all—because that would be too easy. Instead, a lot of frequent flyer miles will be generated during the latest globe-trotting search for the fabled spring. The influences are obvious (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tomb Raider,…

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” : A Tribute To Shakespeare and Company Portrays How Literature Shapes Our Lives

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics From 84 Charing Cross Road to Notting Hill romantic denouements that revolve around bookstores have always held cinematic allure. The Shop Around The Corner, by Ernst Lubitsch, was given a bookish twist by Nora Ephron with You’ve Got Mail, and the 21st century has given wave to many rom-coms set…

Dances With Films: LA 2025 Announces Film Lineup with 254 Films and 36 World Premieres

©Courtesy of Dances with Films : L.A  28th Annual Dances With Films: LA  Announces Film Lineup (June 19-29)Los Angeles’ Largest Independent Film Festival Will Screen 254 Films, Including 36 World Premieres of Narrative and Documentary FeaturesChris Hartwell’s DO NO HARM Makes its World Premiere  As the Opening Night Selection, and Aaron Sherry’s CAPTAIN TSUNAMI  Makes…

Actor Laz Alonso on Reuniting with Guy Ritchie for ‘Fountain of Youth’ (Video Interview)

Actor Laz Alonso has been in the acting biz for 25 years, bouncing between movies and television, most recently playing the role of Mother’s Milk on the popular Prime Video series, The Boys, based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. During his break from that show, Alonso reteamed with Guy Ritchie, who…

The Cannes Film Festival 2025 : “Magellan” Video Review by Luis Pedron

Check out more of our YouTube channel  𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧 is a Director, Actor, Founder and Film Festival Director of the International Film Festival Manhattan, New York, now in its 13th edition, proudly promoting Filipino, Asian, Scandinavian and European films and presenting them in New York. 👉https://iffmusa.com/ A winner of numerous awards as a director and…

Tribeca Festival 2025 Announces Jury of Acclaimed Filmmakers, Performers and Artists

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today unveiled its star-studded 2025 jury lineup responsible for selecting this year’s top projects across film, games, and audio storytelling sections. The prestigious panel will award coveted honors across 15 competition categories at the festival, taking place June 4 –15 in New York City. This year’s jury…

Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary with Colin Blunstone and Robert Schwartzman

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 age, he would turn…

Anna Sawai and Hidetoshi Nishijima Joined “Enemies” Which is Starring Austin Butler & Jeremy Allen White

© 2024, FX. All Rights Reserved, Courtesy of Kino Films, “Aircarft Carrier Ibuki” Anna Sawai, who recently won an Emmy for her work in “Shōgun“, will be joining the cast of “Enemies” with Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White, as well as Hidetoshi Nishijima, who played a leading role in the Oscar-winning film “Drive My…

‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Producer Craig Perry on the Legacy of Tony Todd and the Horror Franchise (Video Interview)

Producer Craig Perry has been involved with the Final Destination franchise from the very beginning, and after 14 years away, Final Destination Bloodlines brings the 25-year-old franchise back to theaters with some new twists on the tried-and-true formula.  This installment, the sixth movie in the series, begins in the ’60s where a catastrophe at the…

Americana Trailer : Sydney Sweeney, Toby Huss, Paul Walter Hauser

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Lionsgate has unveiled trailer for the modern day Western, “Americana“, starring Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser, which opens August 22. Sydney Sweeney is a country singer who is trying to get some money in the Americana trailer by concocting a risky scheme. Lionsgate has released Tony Tost’s crime film, which premiered…

“Murderbot” : The Character Consistently Hits the Right, Snarky Note

©Courtesy of Apple TV + It is a sarcastic robot, much like the ‘bots on MST3K. However, it is much more forgiving of cheesy videos. (Cheesy people? Far less so). All the boot really wants is to be left alone to watch  soapy space serials. However, the relcutant robot must interact with people, whether it…