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SXSW Announces London Edition

South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s leading festival celebrating the convergence of creativity, culture and technology, is launching in London in June 2025. Through its multidisciplinary conferences and cultural festivals, SXSW has become a global platform to celebrate new ideas, propelling the careers of innovators and creatives across sectors, from startup founders to independent artists and…

Taika Waititi Reportedly Focusing on His Live-Action AKIRA Film Project

Taika Waititi may finally be bringing the long-awaited live-action Akira movie to a screen near you. The news was broken this week by Justin Kroll of Deadline, who tweeted that the project will still need to pass final approval protocols before it can go into production, however. But there seems to be reason for optimism…

TV Review – Hulu’s ‘History of the World, Part II’ is a Fun Venture Back into Classic Mel Brooks Territory

Fans of Mel Brooks have been eagerly waiting for more than forty years for the sequel to 1981’s History of the World, Part I, a film whose title suggested more was coming. A series of sketches parodying formative events throughout history comprised the entertaining but absurd film, which included an upbeat song and dance number…

Thor : Love and Thunder / Video Review Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 26

Film Critic : Abe Friedtanzer Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up…

Lightyear — Buzz’s True Story, The Toy Story Spin-Off Takes Us To Infinity And Beyond

The Toy Story franchise has always shared Woody’s point of view. Today, after almost twenty years, Buzz gets his spotLightyear. This marvellous computer-animated toy saga began back in 1995 with the first Toy Story produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, that was directed by John Lasseter (at the time it…

Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder | Official Trailer : Starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Russell Crowe, Tessa Thompson, Chris Pratt

A new trailer and poster are now available for Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Love and Thunder,” revealing new details about the God of Thunder’s latest adventure—including a trek to Olympus where Zeus (Russell Crowe) reigns supreme. The film finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced – a search for self-discovery. But his retirement is…

Lightyear | Official Trailer 2 : Starring Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi, Peter Sohn, Uzo Aduba, James Brolin

Check out a new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear,” revealing new details about the upcoming sci-fi action adventure. The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy, “Lightyear” follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth alongside his commander and their…

Armie Hammer Remains Star of Death on the Nile but Recast in Next Goal Wins

Armie Hammer‘s acting career has been in decline over the past year, as multiple women have accused of sexual assault. The entertainer’s fall from grace is becoming more evident with his involvement in two of his latest films, the mystery thriller, Death on the Nile, and the sports comedy-drama, Next Goal Wins. 20th Century Studios,…

Taika Waititi to Direct Screen Adaptation of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Graphic Novel The Incal

Acclaimed filmmaker Taika Waititi has signed on to direct the upcoming screen adaptation of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius’ bestselling graphic novel series, The Incal. The movie will be the first feature adaptation of the French graphic novels, after they were originally published in the 1980s, Deadline is reporting. Waititi will also co-write the film’s script…

Free Guy, When Video Games Set An Existential Example

The Twentieth Century Studios movie Free Guy, uses video games to create an existentialist parable about humans’ ability to make choices against society’s expectations. Guy is a bank employee (Ryan Reynolds) who discovers he is an NCP (non-player character) in an open world video game, who decides to become the hero of his own story…

Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam Filming Sequences at 960 Frames Per Second

DC Comics’ upcoming screen adaptation of Black Adam will capture Dwayne Johnson at the revolutionary rate of 960 frames per second. The actor, who’s playing the titular comic book hero in the movie, posted the news on his Instagram account yesterday. The star revealed in the social media post that the superhero film is using…