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‘Shōgun’ Sets Streaming Records During Its First Week

Shōgun is streaming to an auspicious start. According to a report in Deadline, the launch of FX’s 10-episode series has garnered 9 million views on Hulu, Disney+, and Star+ in just its first six days. As a result, Shōgun has become the number-one scripted series premiere for Disney General Entertainment, eclipsing The Kardashians, Season 1….

‘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…

A Shop for Killers: A Character-Driven, Action-Packed Series

©A Shop for Killers A chance encounter can at times be both the best and most traumatic twist of fate in a person’s life. That’s certainly true for actress Kim Hye-jun‘s protagonist of Jeong Ji-an in the new South Korean action television series, A Shop for Killers. Throughout the drama’s first season, its main character,…

Suncoast : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Laura Chinn

©Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures Synopsis : Inspired by Chinn’s life experience from the early 2000s, follows a teenager (Nico Parker) living with her strong-willed mother (Laura Linney), who must take her brother to live at a specialized facility. There, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) amidst protests surrounding one of…

Sundance Review / Suncoast: Nico Parker Shines in Poignant Tale

There are certain key events that people from a particular generation will remember. One of them for Americans who were alive in the early 2000s is the case of Terri Schiavo, who was in a vegetative state and whose husband’s request to remove her feeding tube attracted national controversy and attention. Her story played a…

Jake Johnson’s Directorial Debut Film ‘Self Reliance’ Inspired by Japanese Reality Show

Jake Johnson was inspired to make his feature film directorial debut on the new comedic thriller, Self Reliance, by the Japanese reality show Susunu! Denpa Shönen. The Minx star shared the news during a recent interview with Collider. In addition to helming the movie, the filmmaker also wrote the script and plays the project’s protagonist….

‘Parasite’ Actor Song Kang-ho Will Star in Uncle Samsik

@Dsiney The Oscar winning film, Parasite actor Song Kang-ho is set to star in Uncle Samsik, Disney+’s ambitious period drama from South Korean writer/director Shin Yeon-shick. Disney+ has confirmed that it will launch globally this year, with Hulu doing the same in the U.S. The series set in 1960’s South Korea, it follows Kim San,…

Prime Video Will Begin Including Ads In January 2024 Alongside Ad-Free Option

Prime Video will begin including ads on its platform on January 29, 2024, The Verge is reporting. However, the popular streaming platform will also offer subscribers an ad-free option for an extra $2.99 per month in the U.S. Customers can pre-register for the monthly ad-free option but won’t be billed until the launch of the…

“Dragon Ball” Creator Akira Toriyama’s “Sand Land” is Coming to Hulu in 2024

From the creator of “Dragon Ball,” Akira Toriyama has a new Japanese anime, “Sand Land: The Series” which will be adding to Hulu’s library of anime show in spring 2024.  The series based on a renowned manga artist, Akira Toriyama’s manga series of the same name, “Sand Land“ recently received a big screen treatment and graced…

Jessica Yu’s ‘Quiz Lady’ is a Rollicking Film About Celebrity and Obsession

A delightful and rollicking film in the “crazy Asian” genre, Jessica Yu’s Quiz Lady takes a light-hearted look at the lives of two Korean-American sisters whose temperaments seem as different as yin and yang. There’s Anne Yum (played by Awkwafina), the introverted brainiac who is obsessed with “Can’t Stop the Quiz,” a television game show—she…

Quiz Lady | Official Trailer | Hulu : Starring Awkwafina, Sandra Oh

The trailer and poster for 20th Century Studios’ “Quiz Lady,” a hilarious and heartfelt comedy starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh about a dysfunctional family and the game show which just might be the key to their salvation, is now available. “Quiz Lady” will premiere November 3, 2023, exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin…