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Shudder has unveiled a brand new trailer for the upcoming Thai-Korean horror film, The Medium. Helmed by Shutter filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by The Wailing director Na Hong-jin, The Medium follows a documentary team to Northern Thailand as they capture Nim, a shaman, and Mink, her niece, who begins showing signs as the area’s next shaman. Over time, however, Mink’s bizarre behavior becomes more extreme and begins to hint at something more sinister. Sawanee Utoomma stars as Nim, while Narilya Gulmongkolpech and Sirani Yankittikan take on the roles of Mink and Noi, the mother of Mink, respectively. The Medium was released in South Korea this past summer and is currently the sixth highest-grossing Korean film of 2021. It was also the winner for Best Film at Beyond Fest during...

Cary Joji Fukunaga and Daniel Craig‘s No Time To Die is projected to become the first film during the pandemic to internationally earn more than $100 million USD without the China market. According to reports, the 007 movie is looking to earn approximately $112.9 million USD during its opening weekend at the international box office. It initially earned $51.4 million USD from September 29 to October 1, then added $27.2 million USD on October 2 across 54 Universal and MGM international markets. No Time To Die premiered in the U.K. earlier last week and raked in $6.7 million USD. No Time To Die marks Craig’s last stint as James Bond and he shared his words of appreciation in an unearthed clip. “A lot of people here worked on five pictures. I know there are a lot of things said about wha...

Marvel revealed a new trailer for Eternals on Sunday, providing deeper insight into the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s first LGBTQ+ family, led by Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos. While a new threat called “The Emergence” takes place, the new trailer shows Sersi and Ikaris’ reunion with Phastos, during which they meet his husband and son for the first time. Phastos’ husband is currently unnamed, though he is said to be an architect and played by actor Haaz Sleiman. Additionally, the new footage features Don Lee’s Gilgamesh showcasing his powers in a fight against a Deviant — one of several creatures that the Eternals must protect humanity from. Directed by Nomadland‘s Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao, Eternals centers on a circle of immortal characters who must fend off such trea...

Netflix has established a $5.4 million USD scholarship at Howard University to honor the late actor, director, writer and alumnus Chadwick A. Boseman. The Chadwick A . Boseman Memorial Scholarship will cover all four years of tuition at the university’s College of Fine Arts, which was renamed after the actor earlier this year. The scholarship will be awarded for the first time this fall, with one scholarship being presented to one member of each current class year. The scholarship’s first recipients are: freshman Sarah Long (musical theatre), sophomore Shawn Smith (acting), junior Janee’ Ferguson (theatre arts administration) and senior Deirdre Dunkin (dance). Following the inaugural awards, the scholarship will be presented to one incoming freshman who exemplifies exceptional skill in the...

Netflix‘s Squid Game has taken over the world since the release of the show on the streaming giant. In just a few days, the show instantly became a viral sensation and became one of the biggest shows ever. First arriving to Netflix in September, the Korean-language show follows a group of people who were recruited by a mysterious organization to compete in life or death games. TikTok user Youngmi Mayer recently took to the social media platform to claim that the English subtitles have completely altered the meaning of the original script. Mayer, who is fluent in Korean said, “The dialogue was written so well and zero of it was preserved.” She gives a series of examples, including one where a character in the series tries to convince others to play the game with her. The caption read, “I’m ...

Venom: Let There Be Carnage has scored the biggest domestic opening during the COVID-19 pandemic with $90.1 million USD. According to reports, the Sony title dethroned the $80.8 million USD U.S. and Canada debut of Black Widow to set a new record, as well surpassed its 2018 predecessor’s opening of $80.2 million USD. “For us, Venom: Let There Be Carnage absolutely validates our exclusive theatrical window strategy,” Sony President, Motion Pictures Group Josh Greenstein said. “If you look at the history of theatrical, the obituaries have been written many times, and they’ve always been wrong. We had confidence in the theatrical experience, confidence in our big valuable IP, and took full advantage and had the patience to weather all of this. That strategy is paying off, which we’re happy ab...

Announced as part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations for the Kamen Rider series, we now have a first look at Hideaki Anno‘s Shin Kamen Rider. Set to release in 2023, the reboot of the original 1971 Kamen Rider series continues the Evangelion creator’s “Shin Trilogy,” following 2016’s Shin Godzilla and the soon-to-be-released Shin Ultraman. The first look comes in the form of a duo of teaser trailers and the announcement of Sosuke Ikematsu to star as protagonist Takeshi Hongo/The First and Minami Hamabe role as Ruriko Midorikawa. The teaser trailers serve as recreations of the opening sequence from the original 1971 series with in-depth looks at the redesigned Cyclone motorcycle and look of Kamen Rider, The First. Following the story of the source material, Shin Kamen Rider will chronicle...

Sam Raimi‘s directorial decision for Spider-Man 3 left a lot of fans disappointed, and many do not remember the conclusion of Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy fondly. The scene that baffled most fans was when Peter Parker strutted down the street in his emo-alter ego. This particular scene and Venom’s hasty introduction in the film saw fans give the film negative criticism. After receiving so much backlash in 2007, Raimi has finally opened up about the mental challenges he has faced when he decided to return to Marvel to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He told Collider: “I didn’t know that I could face it again because it was so awful, having been the director of Spider-Man 3. The Internet was getting revved up and people disliked that movie and they sure let me know about it...

“Saturday Night Live” poked fun at the billionaire space race in a new sketch that aired this weekend, with Owen Wilson playing Jeff Bezos aboard his Blue Origin spacecraft. The sketch, titled “Billionaire Star Trek,” follows Bezos and his crew that flew in the company’s real-life inaugural space launch in July. The sketch is jokingly said to be part of the “Star Trek” franchise with a new series titled “Stark Trek: Ego Quest.” “Space is freaking awesome,” Wilson says, wearing the Amazon founder’s signature cowboy hat. A voiceover then gives more detail on the billionaire’s “crew of random weirdos,” which include Bezos’ brother, a “rich kid from the Netherlands” and “82-year-old astronaut Wally Funk.” Fellow billionaire Richard Branson, played by “SNL” cast member Alex Moffat, then floats ...

“Squid Game” director Hwang Dong-hyuk said that it took him almost a decade to pitch and create the K-drama series due to its “bizarre” concept. The survival series, which aired on Netflix on September 17, follows a group of 456 people heavily in debt who play life or death games in the hopes of winning a massive cash prize. In an interview with The Korea Times published last week, the filmmaker shared the struggles of creating series, which he said field like a “roller coaster ride.” He told the outlet that he actually came up with the concept in 2008 and wrote the script a year later, though it took over a decade for the show to finally air because of its “bizarre” plot. “Making the story into the series was still an adventure, just as it was about a decade ago.  I knew that it...

After the much-anticipated release of Seinfeld on Netflix, fans of the shows seem to be majorly disappointed with the way the streaming giant has aired the show. Various viewers have taken to Twitter to comment on the fact that Netflix neglected to keep the original 4:3 aspect ratio and used 16:9 instead. Rolling Stone pointed out that the 16:9 ratio offers a more “modern look,” since the standard widescreen would make it more suitable for view on high-definition TVs. Unfortunately for Seinfeld fans that means that the switch from the full-screen mode or square screen quite literally means that some of the most iconic jokes from the show are cut off. Audiences were quick to point out that the famous scene from season eight’s “The Pothole” episode had lost its punchline as the pothole in qu...

Amazon has released the trailer for its upcoming documentary, Justin Bieber: Our World. The film follows global pop sensation, Justin Bieber, as his team readies to put on a record-breaking performance for New Year’s Eve 2020 at the top of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The film gives fans an intimate look at how Bieber and his team prepared for the monumental performance for 240 in-person guests and millions of fans across the world via livestream. The trailer discusses why Bieber decided to take a long hiatus from performing, citing that it was best for his health at the time. Audiences get a sneak peek of Bieber’s private life as well as how he prepares for his on-stage performances. Justin Bieber: Our World is not the first documentary from Bieber. In 2011, he released Justin Bieber: Never ...