©GKIDS The 49th Japan Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 13 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, International Hall Pamir. The film ”Kokuho” won 10 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Leading Actor. During the ceremony, Chieko Baisho of “TOKYO Taxi,” who was selected for Best Actress, reminisced about the 1978…
Written by Fleming Bond Watching a James Bond film can make you want a lot of different things: fancy cars, secret agent training, the company of a beautiful woman (or handsome man), or even a new wardrobe full of sharp formal wear. The films are designed as much to be eye candy as anything else. Above all else,…
©Courtesy of Universal Pictures The official trailer for “Disclosure Day,” directed by Steven Spielberg, was released by Universal on Thursday. It is his return to the sci-fi thriller genre that brought us “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “ET“. Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, and Eve Hewson are highlighted in the…
Courtesy of Warner Brothers There were rumors that Daniel Craig was offered the crucial role of Christopher Dent in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman: Part II“. If Craig turns it down, Liam Neeson would take the role. The character is believed to be the father of Harvey Dent. The offer was initially given to Brad Pitt…
©Courtesy of Mercury Records It is reported that Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for a biopic on the iconic Rock Band Bon Jovi from the 1980s to the 1990s. Universal Pictures is creating a definitive biographical film about the early years of Bon Jovi, the group that grew from humble New Jersey roots…
Ryo Nishikido (C) to Star in “1 Liter of Tears” Film, “1 Liter of Tears” Film Production Committee The theatrical adaptation of “1 Liter of Tears,” originally published in 1986 and a massive hit as a TV drama series in 2005, will be released in 2027, it was announced on the 8th. The tear-jerking, moving…
©Courtesy of Warner Brothers “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum“, which will see the return of most of the original cast for this new installment, will be in production starting in May, according to Andy Serkis. Ian McKellen hinted last year that it could be split into two movies, but producers quickly…
©Courtesy of Lionsgate Lionsgate’s upcoming prequel film “John Rambo,” which is currently in production,” Sylvester Stallone served as an executive producer. Noah Centineo (“The Recruit”, “Street Fighter“) is the star of the project, which was shot in Thailand in late January, that takes place during the Vietnam War, years before the events of ‘First Blood’….
Courtesy of Warner Brothers There were rumors that Daniel Craig was offered the crucial role of Christopher Dent in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman: Part II“. If Craig turns it down, Liam Neeson would take the role. The character is believed to be the father of Harvey Dent. The offer was initially given to Brad Pitt…
The line-up for the 2023 edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film includes the film Wandering, also released with the title The Wandering Moon. The movie directed by Lee Sang-il is based on the novel Rurou no Tsuki by Yuu Nagira, winner of 17th Japan Booksellers’ Award in 2020. Fate brings together two…
©Courtesy of Netflix Her name means love in Japanese, but the pronunciation sounds very similar to “I,” as in the English singular first-person pronoun. Clearly, the title of her new life-story was intended to carry that double meaning. In 2009, Ai Haruna became the first Japanese contender to win the Miss International Queen transgender pageant…
Joe Manganiello and Lera Abova will reportedly be joining the second-season cast of Netflix’s One Piece. The next installment of the production, which is a live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga series about the Straw Hat pirates, is already being shot in South Africa. It is expected to be released sometime during 2025. Jamie…
©Courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center / MOMA Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art today announced the 55th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 8 through April 19, 2026, with filmmakers scheduled to attend in person. With a focus on innovative cinema that sets the stage for the future of…
©GKIDS The 49th Japan Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 13 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, International Hall Pamir. The film ”Kokuho” won 10 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Leading Actor. During the ceremony, Chieko Baisho of “TOKYO Taxi,” who was selected for Best Actress, reminisced about the 1978…
Courtesy of Warner Brothers There were rumors that Daniel Craig was offered the crucial role of Christopher Dent in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman: Part II“. If Craig turns it down, Liam Neeson would take the role. The character is believed to be the father of Harvey Dent. The offer was initially given to Brad Pitt…
©Courtesy of Mercury Records It is reported that Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for a biopic on the iconic Rock Band Bon Jovi from the 1980s to the 1990s. Universal Pictures is creating a definitive biographical film about the early years of Bon Jovi, the group that grew from humble New Jersey roots…
©Courtesy of GKIDS WHISPER OF THE HEART and THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY from globally celebrated animation house Studio Ghibli will make their debuts, now remastered in 4K, exclusively in IMAX theatres in the US and Canada on April 21 and May 19, respectively. Following last month’s announcement of Kiki’s Delivery Service IMAX screenings, GKIDS…
©Courtesy of Lionsgate Lionsgate’s upcoming prequel film “John Rambo,” which is currently in production,” Sylvester Stallone served as an executive producer. Noah Centineo (“The Recruit”, “Street Fighter“) is the star of the project, which was shot in Thailand in late January, that takes place during the Vietnam War, years before the events of ‘First Blood’….
©Courtesy of Universal Pictures The official trailer for “Disclosure Day,” directed by Steven Spielberg, was released by Universal on Thursday. It is his return to the sci-fi thriller genre that brought us “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “ET“. Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, and Eve Hewson are highlighted in the…
©Courtesy of Apple TV Apple TV has released the official trailer for “Margo’s Got Money Troubles“, a new series that will be adapted from Rufi Thorpe’s bestselling novel of the same name released by A24. The official synopsis reads : “The series is a bold, heartwarming, and comedic family drama following recent college dropout and…
©Photo by COURTESY OF NETFLIX – © 2026 Netflix, Inc. The teaser trailer for “Beef” season two, which features Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, was released by Netflix on Thursday. Ashley Miller (Cailee Spaeny) and Austin Davis (Charles Melton) are newly engaged, but they become entangled in the unraveling marriage of their general manager and his…
©Courtesy of 20th Century Studio The trailer and poster for “Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice” are now available to download and share. The original R-rated action-comedy from 20th Century Studios will debut March 27, streaming exclusively on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally. “Mike & Nick…
©Courtesy of Netflix That answer has been determined since the very beginning of the series. At long last, the secret has been written down by creator Eiichiro Oda, and now rests far beyond anyone’s reach at the bottom of the ocean. Onwards to flagless waters. The piece of paper bearing the truth will be revealed…
©Courtesy of NYICFF Mifuyu Mikura’s attitude towards her family’s library of rare books is much like that of the protagonist of Drops of God with respect to her late father’s valuable wine cellar. Mikura has no bibliophilic interests, but the collection is a complicated part of her family’s history and legacy, so she must try…
The birthplace of the bossa nova is also home to the largest diasporic Japanese community outside of Japan, starting when the first immigrants arrived on June 18, 1908, a date now commemorated in Brazil as “Japanese Immigration Day.” Young Noboru’s grandfather Hideo arrived during a wave of increased immigration in the 1920s, but he rarely…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The most idiosyncratic take on the homecoming rom-com blends sharp humor with art-house sensibilities. The new movie, Chasing Summer, does just that by sincerity challenging the protagonist’s instinct to deflect intimacy. Both vulnerable and visually captivating, the latest homecoming story refuses to settle for the expected. Celebrated Sundance Film Festival…
The new Disney and Pixar animated comedy Hoppers is part of the 2026 New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF). The film confronts, with amusing gimmicks, the most discussed issues of our time: climate change, technology and the way the younger and older generations address this crisis, as Mother Nature responds in multitudinous ways. Mabel…
The 2026 edition of the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) is championing young women in STEM with a film like Mary Anning. The animation directed and co-written by Marcel Barelli retraces the moment in which the illustrious British paleontologist was a 12-year-old girl in Dorset who made a pioneering discovery in the field…
©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures 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…
One of the most emotionally challenging processes in life for families is learning how to communicate in order to move forward, especially after they endure a tragic experience together. That’s certainly the case for the two sisters in the new drama, Take Me Home. The feature is inspired by the life of its filmmaker, Liz…
@Courtesy of Hulu Paradise : A security service team gets assigned to safeguard a former president. Executive Producer : Stering K. Brown, Dan forgelman Screenwriter : Dan Fogelman Network : Hulu Rating : TV-MA Genre : Drama, Mystery & Thriller Original Language : English @Courtesy of Hulu Q- What have you learned through this show…
©Courtesy of Apple TV 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…
©Courtesy of Neon Check out more of Our Youtube Channel Adriano Ercolani Profile Italian Film Critic and TV Author living in New York since 2011. Critics Choice Association member. Graduated in History of Cinema in Rome, he works as a freelance correspondent for some of the most important Italian outlets like Hollywood Reporter Italy, Comingsoon.it,…
©Courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center / MOMA Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art today announced the 55th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 8 through April 19, 2026, with filmmakers scheduled to attend in person. With a focus on innovative cinema that sets the stage for the future of…
©Courtesy of Japan Society Japan Society is pleased to announce the film series Meiko Kaji: A Retrospective, a focus on the cult actress featuring her first public New York appearance in over 40 years—running March 27 – April 4. Best known in the West as the mythic katana-wielding Lady Snowblood of the eponymous 1973 Toho picture—a violent cult work…
©Courtesy of NYICFF Disney and Pixar’s HOPPERS to Receive Special Opening Spotlight Preview at New York International Children’s Film Festival Announcing the NYICFF’s Centerpiece Screenings: REMAINING NATIVE and NATIVE STORIES This Year’s Audience Spotlight Selection is the U.S. Premiere of MY LIFE IN VERSAILLES, Based on the NYICFF 2020 Grand Prize-Winning Short NYICFF RUNS FEBRUARY…
©Photo Credit Ai Toyoshima w/ iPhoto After last June’s sold-out run, Kotsu-Kotsu returns in a newly expanded 60-minute version. This piece was born from a simple hypothesis of mine: If “Kun-Chan manga” spread all over the world, perhaps wars would disappear, and the Earth could become a quieter, warmer place. “Kun-Chan manga” refers to a beloved…
4th Annual Dances With Films – NY Announces lineup of 160 narrative, documentary, and Midnight features, family films, pilots, and shorts kicking off the new year (January 15-18) Recently cited as one of MovieMaker’s “Coolest” film festivals, DWF: NY will feature 30 Feature-length films, and television/web series pilots making World Premieres Dominik Sedlar’s VINDICTA…
@Courtesy of HBO MAX After the worldwide success of the two movies dedicated to Pennywise and the Losers, Andy Muschietti decided that there was more to say about IT, the masterpiece novel written by Stephen King. Inspired by the interludes that in an obscure and elusive way talk about the genesis of the evil entity…
@Courtesy of Netflix Black Rabbit : When the owner of the hottest restaurant in New York allows his troubled brother to return to the family business, he opens the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built. Creator : Kate Susman, Zach Baylin. Executive Producer : Zach Baylin, Jude…
@Courtesy of HBO MAX Task : Set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man. Creator : Brad Engelsby Executive Producer : Brad Engelsby, Ron Schmidt Network : HBO Genre : Crime, Drama Original…
@Courtesy of MUBI “Mussolini: Son of the Century” Traces the birth of Fascism in Italy and Mussolini’s ascent with an innovative approach that has sparked debate about the Fascist dictator’s legacy in Italy and abroad. Director : Joe Wright Screenwriter : Stefano Bises, Davide Serino, Antonio Scurati Network : MUBI Genre : Biography, History, Drama Original Language : Italian…
@Courtesy of Peacock “The Paper” : The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in the Emmy Award-winning series “The Office” find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it. Creator : Greg Daniels, Michael Koman Executive Producer : Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein,…
Written by Fleming Bond Watching a James Bond film can make you want a lot of different things: fancy cars, secret agent training, the company of a beautiful woman (or handsome man), or even a new wardrobe full of sharp formal wear. The films are designed as much to be eye candy as anything else. Above all else,…
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