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Trailers

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…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

August 6, 2025

Interviews

A Real Pain : Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Jesse Eisenberg, Actor Kieran Culkin

© 2024 SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES A Real Pain : Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Director : Jesse Eisenberg Producer : Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczyńska,…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

November 4, 2024

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“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” Review

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Las Vegas needs a real-life Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, but not the smaller franchise store from the first film. Fans deserve a full recreation of the bigger flagship restaurant, complete with the river ride, as revealed in the new sequel—like only Vegas could build. Mike Schmidt’s encounters in the smaller Freddy Fazbear’s…

Joe Bendel

December 4, 2025

News

Audience-Controlled Interactive Slasher Movie ‘Slay Day’ to Premiere in Theaters in Fall 2026

Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie will release the interactive slasher film, Slay Day, in theaters in fall 2026, Variety is reporting. The drama will ask viewers in each theater to collectively vote on each critical decision using their smartphones. As a result, each audiences’ choices will alter the story as the movie plays on the big screen….

Karen Benardello

December 4, 2025

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The Duet of ‘CLOTHED BY THE SUN’ from ‘THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE’ Film Features Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Blumenberg

©Searchlight Pictures The song for the historical drama musical film “The Testament of Ann Lee” has been unveiled by Searchlight at its premiere. The film is set to debut in 70mm and will be available in select cinemas on Christmas Day. The film was directed by Norway’s Mona Fastvold, who also co-wrote it with her…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

December 4, 2025

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‘Slanted’ Uses Body Horror To Mock White Ethnocentrism

If The Substance explored ageism through the transformation of the body, a film featured in the line-up of the 43rd edition of the Torino Film Festival uses the same means to discuss white ethnocentrism. Slanted follows Joan Huang (Shirley Chen), a Chinese-American teen, who moved with her family from China to the star-spangled country when…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

December 3, 2025

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

A Real Pain : Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Jesse Eisenberg, Actor Kieran Culkin