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‘Straight to Hell’ Main Trailer Begins to Unmask Japan’s Most Infamous Fortuneteller

©Courtesy of Netflix “You are going straight to hell.” The chilling line comes from fortuneteller Kazuko Hosoki, played by Erika Toda, in the newly unveiled main trailer of the upcoming Netflix series “Straight to Hell“. As Hosoki dominates Japan’s TV screens and grips the nation with her brutal predictions, writer Minori Uozumi (Sairi Ito) watches…

Stand By Me at 40: Wil Wheaton Looks Back

Check out more of 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…

Ryan Gosling Cast in Daniels’ Next Sci-Fi Action Comedy

©Courtesy of Jonathan Olley / Amazon Content Services LLC Coming off a major box office opening weekend debut, Ryan Gosling has signed on to star in an untitled sci-fi action comedy, Deadline is reporting. Oscar-winning filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as the Daniels, will develop the upcoming feature. Universal Pictures is…

Best Movies and Documentaries About the Kentucky Derby

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko Written by Paulius Narkevičius It’s hard to explain the Kentucky Derby to a non-horse racing fan. In fact, it is even harder to compare it to a different sporting event. We’re talking about a spectacle that has been going on for more than 150 years, and it is often called “the…

Dandelion’s Odyssey : Exclusive interview with Co-Writer-Director Momoko Seto

©Courtesy of Miyu Productions Dandelion’s Odyssey :Dandelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa — four dandelion achenes that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth — are propelled into the cosmos. After crash-landing on an unknown planet, they set out in search of soil where their species might survive. However, they must face countless obstacles:…

They Will Kill You : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers 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…

NBCUniversal Exits First-Run Syndication in Major Strategic Shift

©Courtesy of NBC Universal NBCUniversal has revealed that it will step away from the first-run syndication business later this year, Deadline is reporting. Its announcement confirms that it will become the first major studio to formally abandon a model that once dominated daytime television. The decision also signals the move can become a broader industry…

BTS Commands the Global Stage as ‘BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG’ Draws 18.4 Millions Global Viewers

©Courtesy of Netflix RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook reunited on stage for the first time as a full group after a nearly four-year hiatus and brought down the (global) house. BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG drew 18.4M global viewers (Live+1), proving the group’s influence has only intensified during their time…

Forgotten Island Trailer : Dreamworks Animation

©Courtesy of Dreamworks Your best friendship is worth fighting for. DreamWorks Animation, the studio that brought you unforgettable bonds between a boy and a dragon in “How to Train Your Dragon“, an ogre and a donkey in “Shrek“, and a robot and a gosling in “The Wild Robot“, now welcomes a dazzling and emotional story…

The Cross-Continental Love Story Has Always Been Cinema’s Most Powerful Subject. So Why Has It Run Out of Things to Say?

©Courtesy of Noël Coward. (The rights to the film “Brief Encounter” are currently held by the estate of Noël Coward) There is a specific kind of ache that the best cross-cultural romance films understand better than any other genre. It is not simply the ache of two people wanting each other, it’s the ache of…

‘La Scala: The Force of Destiny,’ A Soulful Backstage Peek

The season at Teatro alla Scala opens on December 7th, on Saint Ambrose (Sant’Ambrogio), the feast day of Milan’s patron saint. Since the inauguration of the opera house in 1778, La Scala has maintained its reputation as preeminent meeting place for noble and affluent Milanese people. Anissa Bonnefont’s latest documentary film La Scala: The Force…