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Sundance Film Festival: ‘By Design’ is More Alienating Than Really Intriguing

@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Selected for the Next platform at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the fourth feature film directed by Amanda Kramer deals with the human desire to find a deep meaning to life even in a world where everything seems to be shallow, superficial, almost pointless. At the center of By Design…

Adriano Ercolani

February 18, 2025

Interviews

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines : Exclusive Video Interview with Writer/Director Lindsey Anderson Beer and Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Synopsis : In 1969, a young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together,…

Karen Benardello

September 29, 2023

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‘Novocaine’ Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen on Their Wild High-Concept Action Flick (Video Interview)

Paramount Pictures’ new action movie, Novocaine, features a crazy mix of action, romance, comedy and gore, but really, it’s the high-concept premise of a man who can’t feel any pain, played by Jack Quaid, that sets it apart from any other even remotely similar action movie. Quaid plays mild-manner assistant bank manager Nathan Caine, who…

Edward Douglas

March 14, 2025

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‘Who By Fire” : Philippe Lesage’s Quiet Before The Storm

Adult egos, adolescents struggling with their emotions, and a location that forces to slow down and embark upon introspection. These are the ingredients of Philippe Lesage’s Who By Fire, winner of the Grand Prix, Generation 14plus International Jury Official Selection at Berlinale 2024. The movie by the Quebecois filmmaker has travelled around the festival circuit…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

March 14, 2025

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THE LIFE OF CHUCK – Official Teaser Trailer – In Theaters June

©Courtesy of Neon The first teaser for Neon’s “The Life of Chuck“ was released today and, while short, it gives off “The Truman Show“ or “The Curios Case of Benjamin Button” vibes. It opens with an image of two people holding hands, then a sound that resembles a ticking clock, a blinking yellow stoplight and…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

March 13, 2025

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The Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions to Produce Tiger Woods Biopic

©Courtesy of Tiger Woods.com Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Amazon MGM Studios are reportedly in talks to produce a biopic about legendary golfer Tiger Woods. Considered one of the greatest golfers of all time, Woods famously captured four of the top professional golf titles, an accomplishment known as the “Tiger Slam.” This…

Edward Moran

March 13, 2025

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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning-Review

©Courtesy of GKIDS Inspired by Manfred von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” Char Aznable is a fan-favorite villain in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, whose popularity eclipses many of its heroes. Somewhat fittingly, Aznable, a.k.a. the “Red Comet” will finally have his day—sort of—in Kazuya Tsurumaki’s new anime feature, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning-, the launch…

Joe Bendel

February 27, 2025

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Mamma Mia! 3 Update: Amanda Seyfried Confirms Sequel in the Works

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Amanda Seyfried has confirmed that “Mamma Mia!3” is going to be made! Seyfried and Meryl Streep were cast in the jukebox musical directed by Phyllida Lloyd, with Sophie Sheridan played by Seyfried and Donna Sheridan playing by Meryl Streep. It was followed by 2018’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. There has…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

March 8, 2025

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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Touch Me’ is a Weird, Appealing Story of Cross-Species Attraction

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival There are plenty of theories about the existence of extraterrestrial life, and theatrical first contact experiences like the one depicted in Star Trek are hardly the only way in which humanity could become aware of them. Touch Me offers a truly unique method of undeniable confirmation for one human that…

Abe Friedtanzer

January 28, 2025

Reviews

“The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep” Displays a Keen Understanding of Its Source Material and an Affinity for Its Fans

©Courtesy of Netflix Much like Philadelphia has its Rocky Balboa statue, the Polish city of Lodz features an enormous 2,000 square meter mural of Geralt of Rivia, the monster-fighter-for-hire also known as “The Witcher.” First Andrzej Sapkowski’s stories were adapted as a Polish film and TV series. Then, Netflix produced an English language series, starring…

Joe Bendel

February 18, 2025

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