First up was the exciting announcement thatHAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battlehas landed acinematic release on May 31, 2024, in the U.S. Next up was the unveiling of a teaser trailer forBlue Lock: The Movie - Episode Nagi. Filled with just as much athletic action asHAIKYU! Image via Production I.G No specific release date has been revealed at this time. For those unfamiliar with theTatsuya Endo-created manga, the series has secretive, almostMr....

Pulling off an undertaking likeShoguninvolved a huge team on every level to ensure accuracy and authenticity. JUSTIN MARKS: In some ways, we couldnt prepare. We just had to feel our way through it and learn as we went. Image via FX The camera notices those landscapes and you want it to feel sustained and believable. So, it was actually a lot of the same thing, weirdly enough. The language, the clothing, the movement, and everything is different....

Summary FX’sShogunhas been an enthralling television event that has truly excelled at every level of production. Legendary actorHiroyuki Sanadamakes for a commanding presence as the cunning Lord Toranaga, andFumi Nikaidoisutterly fearsome as Lady Ochiba. Though this moment is utterly heartbreaking, it serves as an important foundational event. When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies....

Summary Week after week,Shogunmakes a point of surprising the audience. Is he really out of options, though, or is he about to surprise everyone once again? Maybe the one holding the sword will be me." Image via FX Is Toranaga Planning a Secret Assault on Osaka Castle in ‘Shogun’? This is where the Council of Regents is located, led byLord Ishido Kazunari(Takehiro Ira). At the beginning ofShogun, most of the plot takes place in Osaka....

14"They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of cuisine." 13"He jumped out of the tree and came at me with a chainsaw. I got a right to defend myself, Tone." Image via Federico Napoli “Where’s Johnny?” 12"Satanic black magic!" 11"The boss of this family told you you’re gonna be Santa Claus. You’re Santa Claus. So shut the f**k up about it." While the other guys kind of keep pushing him to do it, Paulie takes a more in-your-face approach....

1967, which saw the release ofBonnie and ClydeandThe Graduate, changed everything. For Caul, voyeurism is pure labor little to no paranoia is attached at all. The high-tech devices that supply this behavior are even celebrated at an expo that Caul attends. Image by Jefferson Chacon Caul and his wiretapping partners aren’t as much a band of outlaws but mere co-workers. One might say he refused to cooperate. The crux of the film revolves around a moral dilemma that Caul must confront....

Summary FX’sShogunis an undeniable hit. It’s difficult to say whetherTokugawa Ieyasuever felt the same way. But loyalty to a leader as powerful as Nobunaga comes at a steep price. Image via FX To assert his loyalty,Tokugawa ordered the execution of his wife and ordered his own sonto commit seppuku. (Hiromatsu often speaks of the war in Korea inShogun, too.) When Toyotomi died, the context is pretty much the same as seen inShogun....

Science-fiction is a genre that has been popular for decades. But it seems moviegoers can’t get enough of the genre. Many Hollywood films feel like just that–Hollywood films, ie. Image via Sony In the year 2267, life on Earth has become impossible, which confines its denizes to space stations. Sure, a lot of disaster flicks have focused on giant waves or tsunamis decemating the countryside. This certainly isn’t anything new....

Here are the most rewatchable science fiction classic movies, ranked. Its also simply a kinetic work of entertainment that contains a highly energized performance fromCharlton Heston. Younger viewers who enjoyed the new prequel trilogy starringAndy Serkisowe it to themselves to see where the franchise began. Image by Federico Napoli Its a politically vibrant project thats worth revisiting for the insights it gives on the era of its release. The films grotesque makeup effects and memorable death sequences remain effective in inspiring a visceral reception from audiences....

The series' success led to a short-lived spin-off,The Rookie: Feds. In a nutshell, things got intense once Officer Nolan arrested a woman linked to a gang. A very potent hit was placed on him. Image via Federico Napoli The stakes are quite high when Captain Zoe Anderson (Mercedes Mason) steps in to protect Nolan. The episode goes out of its way to highlight the unpredictability and risks that cops actually face....

Summary Professor River Song returns from the dead in 2024. That’saccording to a press release from Big Finish Productions. The brand-new series is calledThe Death and Life of River Song. Image via BBC She says, “it was such a wonderful journey and the journey may still continue.” Journey continued indeed, at least in audio format. So very, very clever," Kingston tells Big Finish. The show follows the adventures of a Time Lord, “The Doctor,” who is able to regenerate, and the Doctor’s human friends....

Summary How would you describeThe Twilight Zoneto an alien? “The Twilight Zonewasnot a sci-fi show.” Take, for example, the episode"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", starring a then-unknownWilliam Shatner. Image by Jefferson Chacon What would any of us do in his situation? Precisely what he’s doing! And that’s the poignancy of the story. Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner. asks Houghton, referring to the Season 1 episode “Walking Distance”....

John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) was loosely based onWilliam Adams, the first Englishman to reach Japan. “Ladies of the Willow World” proves to viewers that thesewar-hungry samurai do not wield the most power. As the series pushes forward, she is shown to have the Council of Regents wrapped around her finger. Alongside her mysterious hatred for Lord Toranaga, Ochiba-no-kata is as mysterious as she is dangerously manipulative. Although Chacha was born into privilege, her childhood was drenched with blood....