Filmmaker John Ridley, back in 2013, won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with the film 12 Years a Slave. Whilst making more feature films after that, eleven years later the writer-director returns to the big screen with another compelling story about the African-American plight in the United States. Shirley retraces the inspiring journey…
How did Ryo Saeba, a top-class “sweeper” in City Hunter, end up working together with Kaori Makimura, the sister of his long-time partner? While the legendary manga did not delve too much into it, the newly released teaser trailer hints that the highly anticipated Japanese live-action adaptation will explore the story behind this partnership. Set…
Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki, Director J.A. Bayona Society of the Snow : In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible…
Japanese filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda was a big winner at last night’s Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. For the second consecutive year, Kore-eda captured the Best Director title, this time for his latest feature, Monster. The prolific director had won the prize a year ago for Broker, a Korean-language film. Discussing his most recent award,…
© 2023 Netflix, Inc. El Conde is a dark comedy/horror that imagines a parallel universe inspired by the recent history of Chile. The film portrays Augusto Pinochet, a symbol of world fascism, as a vampire who lives hidden in a ruined mansion in the cold southern tip of the continent. Feeding his appetite for evil to…
Photo by COURTESY OF NETFLIX – © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Netflix has renewed the lavish adaptation of the Nickelodeon series, “Avatar : The Last Airbender” for two more seasons. The order will conclude the story of Aang’s journey to become the Avatar in fantastical world. Since the show’s Feb. 22 debut, the series has been scored with 41.1…
©Sex and the City poster-HBO Sex and the City—all 94 episodes of the HBO series—will begin streaming on Netflix on April 1, thanks to a licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery that also includes Ballers, Band of Brothers, Insecure, The Pacific, Six Feet Under, and True Blood. The deal, however, is not worldwide: only viewers…
Heeding the advice of their elders that they should accept their individuality and most valuable attributes is one of the most valuable lessons for the young characters – and audiences – of all family-friendly media. That beneficial advice is one of the most intriguing and beneficial attributes of the new Netflix action fantasy television series,…
Netflix will be singing the lullaby of Broadway this spring with its production of Peter Morgan’s play, Patriots, which will open for a limited run at New York’s Ethel Barrymore theater on April 22. Previews of the show about Vladimir Putin’s rise to power are slated to begin on the first of April—the cruelest month,…
Eight Primetime Emmys have been awarded to Netflix‘s ‘Beef‘, which includes one for Outstanding Limited Series or Anthology Series, Ali Wong and Steven Yuen received awards, along with Lee Sung Jin, the creator. Now “Brokeback Mountain” co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway are currently in discussions about reuniting for the second season of the show. …
The eagerly awaited Japanese live-action adaptation of “City Hunter,” the legendary manga that captivated Japan and sold over 50 million copies, will premiere on April 25. “City Hunter” follows Ryo Saeba (Ryohei Suzuki), a premier “sweeper” who navigates the shadowy depths of modern-day Shinjuku, Tokyo. Balancing a cool demeanor with a fun personality, Ryo takes…
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