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This was the year Nollywood made Netflix history. The Black Book, a revenge thriller from first-time director Editi Effiong became the first-ever Nigerian film to soar to No. 3 on Netflix’s worldwide film charts. The film, made for “just” $1 million (actually a huge sum for a Nigerian movie), garnered …

After a decorated career in television, The Family Plan director Simon Cellan Jones has returned to feature films for the first time in two-plus decades.  Cellan Jones’ feature career began with 2000’s Some Voices, a British drama starring a still-emerging Daniel Craig, and he soon followed that up with 2002’s …

Martin Scorsese had already been working on Killers of the Flower Moon for a few years when he had a startling revelation. He and screenwriter Eric Roth were adapting David Grann’s 2017 nonfiction book about a series of murders of Osage people in Oklahoma in the early 1920s with the …

The Red Circle Club sequence is arguably the moment that made Keanu Reeves’ John Wick as an action icon. We dig into it on Scene Breakdown. John Wick is far and away one of the quintessential action franchises of the modern era. With intense stunt work, incredible creative teams, and …

In an ever-evolving technological landscape, where social media platforms vie for our attention, the quest for genuine online connections can be overwhelming. Amidst this digital chaos, the nostalgia for simpler times often arises, prompting the question: “Do chat rooms still exist?” The good news is, they do! However, we’re not …

One of the year’s buzziest titles is Orion’s American Fiction, the directorial debut from Emmy-winning Watchmen writer Cord Jefferson that has picked up accolades on the festival circuit, including the people’s choice award from the Toronto Film Festival (a major bellwether for the best picture race).  Based on Percival Everett’s …

Zac Efron’s “Ego” Was Bruised While Making “The Iron Claw” Throughout his career, Zac Efron has portrayed a number of real-life people on screen, from Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, to former Marine John “Chickie” Donohue in The Greatest Beer Run Ever. In case you’ve not …

It’s a Wonderful Knife is out this week and puts a slasher spin on the high-concept behind a beloved Christmas classic. It’s a movie that shares its influence’s heart and uses Christmas effectively. It also has a fantastic performance from Justin Long as a corrupt and deadly Mayor. ComingSoon’s Senior …

It’s been a long time coming, but anime veteran Masayuki Yoshihara finally helmed his first feature-length film with the 2023 release Komada — A Whisky Family. Yoshihara is best known for his anime projects on television, with credits including Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East …

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Across a 45-year career in the movies, Koji Yakusho has worked with every major Japanese director of his generation and inhabited over 80 characters, spanning salarymen, samurai, yakuza gangsters, taxi drivers, journalists, cops, killers, heroes, dancers, seducers and everymen of all kinds. But in German filmmaker Wim Wender’s latest feature, …

In early 1991, 20-year-old Tupac Shakur was torn between ambitions of acting and rapping, and struggling to catch a break on both fronts. He had studied theater at the Baltimore School for the Arts and toured with the west coast hip-hop collective Digital Underground, but acting opportunities were scarce and …