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“Rental Family” Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Hikari

©Courtesy of Searchlight 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 Tokyo’s program…

Brendan Fraser Updates ‘Mummy 4’ : Waiting 20 Years to Make

©Universal Pictures  It was recently announced that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will be reprising their roles in an upcoming new film in Universal’s The Mummy franchise. Fraser will play Rick O’Connell, a former French Foreign Legion soldier while Weisz will once again be playing Evelyn Carnahan, a British Egyptologist. The two actors starred in…

Rental Family Review : A Bittersweet Material Perfectly Suits the Winning Ensemble

@Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures  Phillip Vandarploeug is a husky American expat residing in a Tokyo apartment that qualifies as small, even by local standards. He ekes out a subsistence living working the absolute lowest acting jobs on the dramatic food chain. If anyone understands life’s disappointments, it would be him. Consequently, he quickly displays the…

Rental Family Trailer / Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari

©Brendan Fraser in RENTAL FAMILY. Photo by James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures. © 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved. Having made his big-screen comeback to Oscar winning acclaim with Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale in 2022, Brendan Fraser has teamed up with a Japanese director Hikari for his latest outing, “Rental Family,” which takes place in Japan, check out the…

Searchlight to Release Brendan Fraser-led Dramedy ‘Rental Family’ in November

©Courtesy of Showtime Searchlight Pictures will release the Japan-set dramedy Rental Family on November 21, The Wrap is reporting. The movie stars Brendan Fraser in his first leading role since he won the Best Actor Oscar in 2023 for The Whale. Fraser plays a down-on-his-luck actor living in Tokyo in the upcoming film. The protagonist take…

Jack Reynor To Star in Reboot of ‘The Mummy’ by Lee Cronin

©Courtesy of Sundance Irish actor Jack Reynor will be starring in Lee Cronin’s upcoming reboot of The Mummy, which will begin shooting next week in Ireland. The film is slated for release on April 17, 2026. Producers for the scary movie include New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, and Blumhouse, along with Cronin’s Doppelgangers. The director…

Killers of the Flower Moon : Q&A with Actress Lily Gladstone

Lily Gladstone, ©Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple Original Films Killers of the Flower Moon : Based on David Grann’s broadly lauded best-selling book, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the…

Brendan Fraser Cast in First Major Post-Oscar Role in Director Hikari’s Rental Family’

Brendan Fraser has chosen his first major acting role since he won the Best Actor Academy Award in March. After taking his time deciding which character most appealed to him, the performer decided to star in Searchlight Pictures’ Rental Family, Deadline is reporting. Japanese filmmaker Hikari will direct and produce the upcoming comedy-drama. The helmer…

“killers of the Flower Moon” : Q&A with Martin Scorsese and His Staff

Synopsis : Based on David Grann’s broadly lauded best-selling book, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. Rating: R (Some Grisly Images|Language|Violence) Genre: Crime, Drama…

TV Review – ‘Doom Patrol’ Closes Out with a Season 4 That’s Just as Weird and Wondrous as Ever

What defines a hero? Most would say that it’s someone who helps others and puts their needs ahead of their own. Yet some people are forced into that role through no choice of their own, and in the world of science fiction and comic books, having superpowers often leads to someone becoming a superhero. Doom…

Killers Of The Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese Conveys The Native American Perspective On Screen

There’s a horrific chapter in American history that concerns the way white settlers used fatal means to seize the wealth of the Osage people of Oklahoma in the early 20th century. This story was captured in the book Killers Of The Flower Moon, written by David Grann, that Martin Scorsese has transformed into a film….