MONITOR: Brittany O’Grady Joins High-Concept Horror Planning March Shoot
Protagonist Pictures launched the new project at AFM late last year and will continue with international sales at EFM in Berlin next week.
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SHOWTIME 7: Catch The Latest Trailer For The New Thriller Starring Hiroshi Abe
Taking a page from Kim Byung-woo’s 2013 thriller, The Terror Live, is director Kazutaka Watanabe with the explosive new thriller, Showtime 7. The campaign for this film has been running since late last year and the latest official trailer is now making the rounds. Watanabe directs Showtime 7 from his own script which casts Hiroshi Abe in the role of a former popular news anchor-turned-radio host who finds himself mitigating terroristic bomb threats with a mysterious caller. The description teases something even twistier will happen with Abe’s character in the last six minutes which, admittedly, has me curious to say the least. Also starring are Ryo Ryusei, Meri Nukumi, Mizuki Maehara, Tetsu Hirahara, Kouki Uchiyama, Tamae Ando, Mitsuru Hirata, Haruka Igawa, and Kotaro Yoshida. The movie is set to release on Friday in Japan.
Streaming Sleepers: In FACELESS, True Justice Hangs In The Balance
Michihito Fujii’s new crime thriller, FACELESS, is now streaming on Netflix.
LAST SAMURAI STANDING Debuts First Look At Junichi Okada And Cast Of New Netflix Action Series
The new historical action drama series premieres in November, only on Netflix.
IF THESE FISTS COULD TALK: Clench Your Copy Of Eric Jacobus’s New Action Cinema Literature Today!
Eric Jacobus’s new book synthesizing action on film is now available!
WOLF MAN Sinks It’s Teeth On Digital This Week, And On Disc In March!
Leigh Whannell directs a cast led by Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Sam Jaeger, for the Universal Pictures release!
CREATION OF THE GODS II: DEMON FORCE Review: Wuershan’s Propulsive Franchise Continuation
CREATION OF THE GODS 2: DEMON FORCE is now playing in theaters and IMAX!
Hey Utah! Haymaker Film Festival Launches Call For Entries For Its First Year Event!
The new independent action festival will launch its first edition on October 10.
DEMON CITY Raises Hell For Toma Ikuta In The Official Trailer
Toma Ikuta stars in the live-action adaptation of the hit manga!
A LEGEND Review: Jackie Chan’s Long-Awaited Sequel Is The Equivalent Of Lukewarm Coffee
A LEGEND is now available on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD from Well Go USA
JFF Theater: KIMBA, THE WHITE LION Review: The Tezuka´s classic that inspired The Lion King
The Japanese foundation continues spreading Japanese culture on their free streaming platform, offering from February, 1 until May, 1, a wide variety of films that comes from intimate dramas such as “My Broken Mariko” or “I am what am”, to stories with gluttony as their central axis, such as “The God of Ramen” or “School´s meals time of graduation” or delicious tales as “Bread of happiness” to funny comedies as “Project Dreams- How to build Mazinger Z´s hangar“, this month including animes such as Ozamu Tezuka´s classic, “Jungle Emperor Lion aka Kimba, the white Lion.” The movie I will comment on in this review The success of Osamu Tezuka‘s manga and its subsequent animated adaptation for television led to Kimba making the leap to the big screen in Japanese cinemas with this adventure that is basically a montage in the form of a 70-minute feature film of the television series. […]
VETERAN 2: I, THE EXECUTIONER Lands On Digital And VOD This Month. Catch The Trailer!
Capelight Pictures and MPI Media Group will release the film on Digital and VOD on February 11.
LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES: THE GALLANTS Official U.S. Trailer Revealed
The movie opens in the U.S. on February 21 from Sony Pictures International Productions
DIE BY NIGHT Adds Trio For Creature Survival Thriller As Protagonist Launches Sales Ahead Of EFM
Ben Hardy, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Scoot McNairy are starring in the new creature survival flick from the director of BLOOD FOR DUST.
Shout! Studios Unleashes A Fistful Of Jet Li Action Classics On 4K Digital In February!
After nabbing the Golden Princess library earlier this month, Shout! Studios back to blow our minds by revealing a quintet of Jet Li action hits arriving in February on 4K Digital!
LOCKED: Anthony Hopkins Is A Vocal Menace For Bill Skarsgård In The First Trailer
LOCKED opens in U.S. theaters in March, starring Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins
THE SIEGE AT THORN HIGH Gets A Propulsive Trailer For Joko Anwar’s New Action Flick
Joko Anwar directs the new action flick which gets an Indonesian theatrical release on April 17.
Streaming Sleepers: In AD VITAM, Guillaume Canet Thrills As An Ex-Cop On The Edge!
Guillaume Canet, Stéphane Caillard, and Nassim Lyes star in the Netflix action thriller about an ex-cop framed for a crime he didn’t commit.
NE ZHA 2 Continues The Epic Legendary Saga In North America In February!
The first installment, Ne Zha, was China’s biggest animated box office grosser in 2019. The sequel is currently playing in local cinemas in time for the Chinese New Year!
I, THE EXECUTIONER (1968) Review: Tai Kato’s Unrelenting Profile Of A Murderer
I, The Executioner comes to VOD, Digital, and Film Movement Plus on January 31. TW: This movie review discusses sexual assault and battery. This is all in my head at the moment, but I’m really curious as to the influence of classic Japanese films on a certain Korean filmmaker favorite of mine whose latest completed film I’m yet to capture. For now though, I’m happy to continue my own growth in that direction as I get to examine a little bit of the post-war cinematic work of Tai Kato these days. This time, it’s I, The Executioner, also known as Requiem For A Massacre depending on the marketing. Chalk this one up as another masterpiece by one of the most revered filmmakers of his time – and ours – gathering a cast of characters who are as complex as they are compelling in their deconstruction. That’s really what pulls you […]