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Hurry Up Tomorrow : Exclusive Interview with Director Trey Edward Shults

©Courtesy of Lionsgate 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 York branch…

The Road to Sydney Will be Participating at the Marche’ du Film at the Cannes Film Festival 2025

©Courtesy of OneUp Film Studios OneUp Film Studios announcing our feature documentary’s participation at the upcoming Marche’ du Film at the Cannes Film Festival this week, our writer and a founder of International Film Festival Manhattan, Luis Pedron credited as an associate producer of this film. In summary: Sydney Loyola, a trans woman and acclaimed…

Tribute to Jack Lemmon: The Art of Portraying the Common Man

©Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Whenever movie lovers or film critics decide to rank the best actor in the history of movies, it is unlikely that Jack Lemmon will make the cut. Definitely At least not in the first place or in the top three. Usually the highest spots are taken by Marlon…

Focus Features Sets a Release Date for Daniel Day-Lewis’ Come Back Film, ‘Anemone’

©Courtesy of film, “Nine”  After a ten-year hiatus, three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis will be returning to movie screens in Anemone, scheduled for limited release by Focus Films on October 3 and general release a week later. It will be the actor’s screenwriting debut as well as his first film appearance since his 2017 role…

‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein on Pushing the Level of Gore and More (Video Interview)

When Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein were announced to direct the sixth installment in the long-running Final Destination horror franchise, it might not have seemed an obvious fit for anyone who saw their 2018 movie, Freaks, a superhero movie made on a shoestring budget.  Final Destination Bloodlines takes a different approach to the previous…

‘Fight or Flight’ Stars Josh Hartnett and Katee Sackhoff on James Madigan’s Crazy Action Flick (Video Interviews)

Josh Hartnett has been having quite a bump in his career over the past five years, completely undaunted by the COVID outbreak and various industry strikes. We first began Hartnett’s return to movies in a major way when he showed up in Guy Ritchie’s 2021 Wrath Of Man, and in that film’s follow-up, Operation Fortune:…

Echo Valley Trailer : Starring Sydney Sweeney & Julianne Moore

©Courtesy of Apple TV+ Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore shine in the preview for the Apple Studios movie, “Echo Valley“. The thriller directed by Michael Pearce, which will be streamed online on June 13, will have Domhnall Gleeson, Kyle MacLachlan, Fiona Shaw, Edmund Donovan, and Rebecca Creskoff as its cast. “Echo Valley,” Kate (Oscar winner…

IFC Films Rebranding as Independent Film Company

©Independent Film Company IFC Films is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary and will now be known as the Independent Film Company (IFC). The company unveiled a new logo and a customized audio logo that was designed by Adam ‘Adrock’ Horovitz of the Beasties as part of its rebranding efforts. The Independent Film Company will…

Japanese Idol Group Arashi Will Disband After May, 2026!

©Courtesy of Starto Entertainment, Arashi (from L) Kazunari Ninomiya, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto and Satoshi Ono. On May 6th, “Arashi“, a popular J-pop group formed in 1999 which has been on hiatus since the end of 2020, made a statement on its fan club website that the group will disband by the end…

‘Poker Face’ Season 2″ : Press Conference with Actor Natasha Lyonne and Creator Rian Johnson

@Courtesy of Peacock Poker face :Starring Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, the casino worker with an uncanny ability to spot liars, the show follows her escapades as she evades the dangerous casino head of security Cliff LeGrand (portrayed by Benjamin Bratt) and uncovers various killers. Charlie’s back on the lam after a new twist of…

Gareth Evans Hints at Directing Third Installment in ‘The Raid’ Franchise

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics  Director Gareth Evans has hinted that he may indeed be making a third installment in The Raid series, following up on the original release in 2011 and its 2014 sequel The Raid 2.The filmmaker, whose latest action flick is Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, was quoted in Entertainment Weekly as saying,…