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Mufasa: The Lion King : Trailer : Starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Seth Rogen

Disney dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated live action film, “Mufasa: The Lion King.” Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending…

Short Films Screened at Thirteenth New York Japan CineFest

Fifteen short features by independent Japanese filmmakers were screened the weekend of November 1-2 as part of the thirteenth annual New York Japan CineFest (NYJCF) at the Asia Society in Manhattan and at the Thespis Theater in Queens. Mar Creation was the main host of the festival, working in collaboration with the Asia Society, the…

James Gunn Shuts Down Rumours of Joker TV Series

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Matt Reeves is reportedly developing a Joker television show that is expected to lead into a potential third The Batman film. The news of the series, which will be similar in structure to HBO’s The Penguin show, was initially revealed on the Marvelvision podcast. Former critic Devin Faraci shared that Warner…

Unstoppable – Official Trailer | Prime Video / Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle

Amazon has drooped a new trailer for Unstoppable which will be able to stream on Jan 16th, 2025. One of highly anticipated sport film, Unstoppable is an inspiring true story about Anthony Robles (played by Jharrel Jerome) who defied every expectation to become a national wrestling champion. This film marks William Goldenberg’s directorial debut. He is…

DOC NYC: ‘My Sweet Land’ Delves Into Inherited Wars

The film directed by Sareen Hairabedian is running in the Best Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. My Sweet Land portrays the picturesque simplicity of rural life in Artsakh, milking cows, playing games using nuts as marbles, gazing at the roaming ducks and golden bees and attending clay workshops. Artsakh, also known…

“Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom” / The Anime Franchise’s First Feature

©Courtesy of Kadokawa  Imagine a figure like Skeletor from Masters of the Universe, except he is a good guy. Perhaps “good guy” is too strong a term, but we can at least say he is complicated. Now imagine you are that character. This is the position Satoru Suzuki found himself in. He was the last…

Simon Kinberg To Write New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy for Lucasfilm

© Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. Simon Kinberg has reportedly been tapped to write a new trilogy of Star Wars films, which he will also co-produce with its Lucasfilm’s head Kathleen Kennedy. News of the deal was first reported in Deadline by Mike Fleming, jr., who says that neither Lucasfilm nor Disney has commented…

Oh, Canada – Official Trailer : Starring Jacob Elordi & Richard Gere

Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada is expected to arrive in the US soon. The film, which debuted at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and then played at TIFF, features Jacob Elordi and Richard Gere portraying a documentarian in two different times of his life, with Elordi playing Gere’s younger self. The film is an adaptation of…

‘Heretic’ Filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods on Their Religious Thriller (Video Interview)

Filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods first became known from their script for 2018’s A Quiet Place, which director John Krasinski took on and turned into a hugely successful blockbuster franchise for Paramount Pictures. Since then, they’ve directed the Halloween-set horror film Haunt and last year’s 65, starring Adam Driver, but their new film, the…

Philadelphia Film Festival: Small Things Like These Anchored by Cillian Murphy’s Poignant Performance

Well-meaning protagonists contemplating their morality as they struggle with their complicity in sin is a powerful driving force in character-driven films. That’s certainly the case with recent Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy‘s latest drama, Small Things Like These. While set nearly 40 years ago, the movie thrives on its evocative, impressionistic heartbreaks that still find their…

Blitz Featurette : Starring Saoirse Ronan, Directed by Steve McQueen

©Courtesy of Apple TV+ Steve McQueen’s Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London,…