‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

Mufasa: The Lion King | Teaser Trailer : Starring Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen, Beyoncé

Photo by Disney – © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Disney unveiled a first look at “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the new film coming to theaters Dec. 20 that explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. The new trailer, poster and images are now available to download and share. Announced this…

Challengers Review: Zendaya Scores in Romantic Sports Drama

Photo by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. The complex, underlying emotions that drive interpersonal relationships are often brilliantly translated onto screen through visual means. That’s certainly the case for Academy Award-nominated Italian director Luca Guadagnino‘s latest movie, Challengers. The filmmaker has long made a name for himself in…

Greta Gerwig to Head Nine-Person Jury at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

The jury for the 77th Cannes Film Festival has been selected. To be led this year by Barbie director Greta Gerwig (USA), the five-woman, four-man jury includes some of the leading figures in contemporary global cinema: Juan Antonio Bayona (Spain), Ebru Ceylan (Turkey), Pierfrancesco Favino (Italy), Lily Gladstone (USA), Eva Green (France), Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan),…

Aaron Sorkin Confirms He’s Working on a Followup to ‘The Social Network’

The Social Network, Photo by Merrick Morton – © 2010 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Asserting that he’s blaming Facebook for the January 6 insurrection, Aaron Sorkin has confirmed that he’s working on a followup to The Social Network, the 2010 film directed by David Fincher that chronicled the rise of the…

Paramount+’s ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel ‘Apartment 7A’ This Fall

Apartment 7A, the anticipated prequel to the classic 1968  psychological horror movie, Rosemary’s Baby, has received an official release. The origin story will premiere this fall exclusively on Parmount+ in the U.S. and in select international markets, Deadline is reporting. Apartment 7A will star three-time Emmy-winning actress, Julia Garner. The drama will be directed by…

Hacks Season 3: Press Conference with Cast and Staff

Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Jean Smart, @Photograph by Beth Dubber/Max Hacks : A dark mentorship forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comic, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old comedy writer. Executive Producer : Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Mike Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett Network : Max Rating : TV-MA Genre : Comedy, Drama Original Language :…

Dead Boy Detectives : Exclusive Interview with Actress Yuyu Kitamura

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES. Yuyu Kitamura as Niko Sasaki in episode 3 of DEAD BOY DETECTIVES. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 Dead Boy Detectives : Two teenage ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele, until a powerful witch complicates their plans. Executive Producer : Steve Yockey, Beth Schwartz, Jeremy Carver,…

The Spiderwick Chronicles : Exclusive Interview with Actors Lyon Daniels & Joy Bryant

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Lyon Daniels is an American actor and entertainer, starring as a lead character in the upcoming Roku original live-action series The Spiderwick Chronicles(2024) as well as Netflix film We Can Be Heros(2020) and Amazon Prime series Patriot(2015). Lyon got his start at the young…

‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

Challengers Review: Zendaya Scores in Romantic Sports Drama

Photo by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. The complex, underlying emotions that drive interpersonal relationships are often brilliantly translated onto screen through visual means. That’s certainly the case for Academy Award-nominated Italian director Luca Guadagnino‘s latest movie, Challengers. The filmmaker has long made a name for himself in…

‘Slow’ by Marija Kavtaradzė Explores the Choreography of Desire

©Courtesy of Kimstim Films Slow is certainly an apt title for this charming little romcom about a dance instructor and a sign-language interpreter she employs while teaching a class of hearing-impaired teenagers. There is nothing forced or hurried about their relationship, which blossoms naturally as the two explore the limits and horizons of their own…

Mufasa: The Lion King | Teaser Trailer : Starring Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen, Beyoncé

Photo by Disney – © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Disney unveiled a first look at “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the new film coming to theaters Dec. 20 that explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. The new trailer, poster and images are now available to download and share. Announced this…

Ron Howard’s JIM HENSON IDEA MAN // Trailer / Disney+ May 31

©Jim Henson Idea Man, Courtesy of Disney+ The legendary James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Now, the “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” icon is at the center of Academy Award winner Ron Howard‘s latest documentary, “Jim Henson…

DADDIO | Official Trailer (2024) : Starring Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Sony Pictures Classics has dropped a new trailer for a single-setting drama feature “Daddio” starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn which sees almost all of the narrative unfold within the confined space of a car. New York City, JFK airport. A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow…

Naples Announces CALL FOR ENTRIES  for 16th Annual Naples International Film Festival 

Artis—Naples Announces CALL FOR ENTRIES  for 16th Annual Naples International Film Festival  NIFF to take place October 24-27, 2023    Naples, FL (April 19, 2024) — Artis—Naples announced today that the call for entries has begun for the 2024 Naples International Film Festival (NIFF), which is scheduled to take place October 24-27 at the newly established Alamo…

Tribeca Festival Announces 2024 Feature Film Lineup!

The Tribeca Festival has announced the features lineup for its 2024 edition, which will open with the world premiere of Hulu documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton. The festival highlights in this year’s features lineup include the world premieres of documentaries about Liza Minnelli (Liza: A Truly Terrific…

“The Spiderwick Chronicles”/An Adaption that Grew Up with It’s Readers

©Courtesy of Roku Television So “The Spiderwick Chronicles” is based on the children’s book series by the same name by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (also executive producers in this series). The first book came out in 2003 and then left for 4 subsequent books. These books led to a film adaptation in 2008, again by the…

‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Review: A Story of Family and Survival

It’s difficult to truly comprehend and grapple with the impact of the Holocaust, which sought to and unfortunately succeeded in wiping out the Jewish population of much of Europe. We Were the Lucky Ones, a limited series based on the book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, charts the journey of one family that…

‘Shōgun’ is an Enthralling Japanese Historical Epic

It’s impossible to truly know what life was like and how people actually behaved hundreds of years ago. There are written records, paintings and then photographs, and, in more recent years, gradually more available video evidence so that those in the present day can perceive a moderately insightful look into the past. Imagining the first…