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2025 Oscar Nominations Announced : Full List!

©Courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday. “Emilia Pérez“received the most of 2025 Oscar nominations. The film garnered 13 noms, setting a record for a non-English-language film. That surpasses the previous record holders, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Roma“, which each earned 10 nominations. Following…

Japanese Star Masahiro Nakai Announced His Retirement from the Entertainment Industry

©Courtesy of Angora Masahiro Nakai, who is best known for being a TV personality and a former member of the boy band, SMAP, announced his retirement from the entertainment industry on Jan 23. He made a document available on his paid membership site, “I, Masahiro Nakai, will retire from entertainment activities starting today. As for…

The Colors Within Demonstrates the Advantages Offered by Animation to Depict Keenly Humanist Dramas

©Courtesy of GKIDS Honestly, in recent years, Japanese anime has delivered some of the smartest and most realistic on-screen depictions of teenagers. Amongst filmmakers of any variety, few represent teen life with as much sensitivity as Naoko Yamada. She addressed school bullying in A Silent Voice : The Movie and young love in Tamako Love…

Kakao Entertainment Is Developing Live-Action Version of the ‘Solo Leveling’ Anime

©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Kakao Entertainment is developing a live-action film based on the recent Crunchyroll anime Solo Leveling. The production, based on the South Korean novel by Chugong, had earlier been adapted into a webtoon and an anime television series, also spawning video games. The project is still in the early development stage, so no further…

Mickey 17 | Official Trailer 2 : Starring Robert Pattinson, Directed By Bong Joon Ho

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Warner brothers has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated film, “Mickey 17” which is from the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for…

‘I’m Still Here’ Stars Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello on Walter Salles’ Brazilian Drama (Video Interviews)

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here has been making waves both in his home country of Brazil, where it’s been a massive box office hit, and across the world, where it’s already been shortlisted for the Oscars’ International Feature category. The film’s star, Fernanda Torres, even won a Golden Globe for her performance a few weeks…

Director Chris Columbus Endorses HBO Adaptation of Harry Potter Series

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Chris Columbus, who directed two of the Harry Potter films, thinks that HBO’s upcoming plans to adapt the movies for a televised series would be a “spectacular idea.”In a recent interview with People magazine, Columbus was quoted as saying “I think it’s a spectacular idea, because there’s a certain restriction when…

Magnolia Pictures Acquires North American Rights To ‘One To One: John & Yoko’

©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North American rights to ‘ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO,’ from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (‘The Last King of Scotland,’ ‘Marley,’ HBO’s ‘One Day in September‘, ‘The Mauritanian‘). An expansive and revelatory inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono…

‘Wicked’ : Q &A with Cynthia Erivo Moderated by Jessica Chastain

@Courtesy of Universal Pictures Wicked : Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and…

Marvel’s Sequels to ‘Doctor Strange’ and ‘Shang-Chi’ Reportedly Set for 2027 Release

©Courtesy of Disney According to Superherohype reports, Doctor Strange 3 and Shang-Chi 2 are rumored to be released sometime in 2027. However, Marvel Studios has not yet officially confirmed anything about the two eagerly anticipated productions. Shang-Chi 2 was reportedly deprioritized when Jonathan Majors left the production and the Kang storyline was cancelled. Shang-Chi and…

New Gundam Movie By Evangelion Studio Premieres in February!

The first collaboration between Khara(Producer of Rebuild of Evangelion (and the studio currently holding the rights for the Evangelion series) and Sunrise has been marked with ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-,’ as previously announced. GKIDS announced it has acquired the prologue movie, ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-,’ and it will be in North American (US and…