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Rediscovering Pompeii with Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

©Courtesy of Sony Music 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 his fascination into…

Sydney Sweeney to Star in Jon M. Chu’s Film Adaptation of “Split Fiction”

©Courtesy of “Euphoria”, HBO Variety reports that Sydney Sweeney is set to appear in a film adaptation of “Split Fiction“, with Jon M. Chu directing. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who wrote the script for Deadpool and Wolverine, are in charge of writing the script for the movie. Mike Goldberg and Dmitri M. Johnson’s Story…

YOSHIKI Was Honored For Being Named to the 2025 TIME100 list

©Courtesy of Time Magazine  Tonight in New York at the Lincoln Center, TIME100 honoree and world-renowned composer, producer, pianist, rock drummer, and leader of X JAPAN, YOSHIKI, graced the red carpet at the annual TIME100 Gala, where YOSHIKI was honored for being named to the 2025 TIME100 list. YOSHIKI is a groundbreaking Japanese superstar known for his…

“Bullet Train Explosion” : The Film Represents Kusanagi’s Best Starring Vehicle Yet

©Courtesy of Netflix  It released in 1975, the year after “The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3“, but it directly inspired Jan de Bont’s Speed (with Kanu Reeves, of course). Now, the Japanese transit disaster-thriller “Bullet Train“ has been remade, but in a way that clearly pays tribute to the original. Once again, there is a bomb…

Antonio Banderas and Dominic Sessa Reportedly To Appear in A24 Biopic About Anthony Bourdain

©Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon/Melinda Sue Gordon – © Broad Green Pictures   Antonio Banderas will reportedly be appearing in Tony, A24’s upcoming biopic of Anthony Bourdain, to be directed by Matt Johnson. Dominic Sessa of The Holdover will be playing the title role, but it’s not yet clear what Banderas’s part will be. The script…

Predator: Badlands | Teaser Trailer : Starring Elle Fanning

©Courtesy of 20th Century Studios 20th Century Studios has unleashed its trailer for “Predator: Badlands”, the sixth installment of the popular sci-fi action series. Elle Fanning plays the role of two twin sisters, opposite Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, who plays a young member of the extraterrestrial Predator species in the movie directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Trachtenberg is the…

“Sinners” : Press Conference with Director Ryan Coogler, Actors Michael B. Jordan, Jack O’Connell, Hailee Steinfeld, Delroy Lindo, Li Jun Li, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson MIller, Miles Caton

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Sinners : Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Director : Ryan Coogler Producer : Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler Screenwriter : Ryan Coogler Distributor :…

‘The Legend of Ochi’ Review: Everything is there, and Still It Doesn’t Really Work

@Courtesy of A24 Successfully presented at the last Sundance Film Festival, Isaiah Saxon‘s directorial debut proved to be a rather complex and mysterious mystery “object” to analyze, a feature film that is both well-defined and elusive, a contradiction in terms that even a few days after viewing it remains honestly difficult to resolve. The best…

‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer and Premiere Dates Released by Netflix

©Courtesy of Netflix Woe there, outcasts! Feel that chill running down your spine? It’s your first clue that “Wednesday” is back for another season of supernatural adventures and terrifying mysteries. Season 2 will premiere in two parts on Netflix, with Part 1 debuting on Aug. 6, followed by Part 2 on Sept. 3. A new…

SXSW: Friendship Thrives on Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd’s Abrasive Bromance Humor

©Courtesy of A24 There’s something very relatable human about the way adults mask their feelings, instead of finding a community in which they can freely express themselves. Writer-director Andrew DeYoung‘s feature film debut, Friendship, explores what happens when a middle-age man has kept his emotions hidden for so long that he no longer knows how…

Home Court : Interview with Director Erica Tanamachi & Producer Jenn Lee Smith

©Courtesy of PBS 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…