Leave it toWerner Herzogto deliver something fresh and unexpected, as the auteur and Oscar-nominated filmmaker often does. This time around, we are treated to a fascinating drama that Herzog shot in Japan with Japanese actors, and a story that centers on a cultural reality that many in the West might find odd and not easily understandable. That’s the sort of niche that Herzog’s films like to live in because the filmmaker does such a remarkable job of taking foreign concepts and making them accessible....

The residents of Los Angeles’ historic Angelino Heights neighborhood aren’t too pleased about a scheduled day of filming forFast Xthis week. The location has been particularly important for the action franchise, and its frequent appearance in theFast & Furiousfilms has only increased its popularity among fans over the years. Having had enough, the residents are threatening to stage a protest if the scheduled day of filming proceeds as planned, according to a newVarietyreport....

Editor’s Note: The following contains Fresh movie spoilers.With directorMimi Cave’sFreshnow streaming on Hulu, I recently got to speak withSebastian StanandDaisy Edgar-Jonesabout making their darkly comic thriller. Written byLauryn Kahn, who previously wrote the Netflix comedyIbiza,Freshis a regular boy meets girl story about the horrors of modern dating…until it isn’t. While I’d love to say more, I strongly suggest pushing play onFreshknowing as little as you can.Freshalso starsJojo T. Gibbs,Dayo Okeniyi,Charlotte Le Bon, andAndrea Bang....

When the titles of the rulers of Westeros are read out, they begin with “King (or Queen) of the Andals and the Rhoynar, and the First Men.” Part of it is a testament to Queen Nymeria and the Rhoynar who migrated to Westeros and landed in Dorne, a thousand years before the events in the critically acclaimed series,Game of Thrones. NowA Song of Ice and FirevisionaryGeorge R. R. Martin, upon whose work the entireGame of Thronesfranchise hinges, has offered an update regarding the adaptation of Nymeria’s exploits in the upcoming spin-off,10,000 Ships....

AMC announced today that renowned actor, producer, author and activistGeorge Takeiwill join the second season of the critically acclaimed,Ridley Scott-produced anthology series,The Terror, as a consultant and series regular. The network previously announced actorDerek Miowill star in the series as Chester Nakayama;Josef Kubota Wladyka(Narcos) will direct the first two episodes. Production is scheduled to begin in January in Vancouver. Season two will air on AMC in 2019 with ten episodes....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mysteryshares quite a bit in common with its predecessor,Knives Out. They both have the signature feel of their writer and director,Rian Johnson. Both feature a star-studded cast who play an eclectic group of characters, most of whom are out-of-touch rich people. And of course, at the center of both movies is a murder mystery....

WithGuardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3getting an official 2023 release date and directorJames Gunnsuggesting his third film will serve as the conclusion to the story he started in 2014, we now have a limited time left with the Guardians of the Galaxy as we know them. So when I recently sat down with Drax himself,Dave Bautista, to talkArmy of the Dead, I also thought it was the perfect time to look back on the arc of theGuardiansfilms, from Marvel’s first real box office underdog to one of the franchise’s most cherished pieces....

For a film that rather famously fell below financial expectations, there’s been quite a lot of talk aboutPacific Rimand it’s sequel, which has had more than a few issues getting off the ground. For awhile, it looked likePacific Rim 2would beGuillermo del Toro’s follow-up to this year’s (quite excellent)Crimson Peak, but then financial troubles with Legendary Entertainment seemingly derailed these plans. In response, del Toro looked to be moving on to whatever his next project would be, which,as I reported last week, may very well be a remake ofFantastic Voyagefor producerJames Cameron....

If there’s one phrase that sums upHoly Motorsperfectly it’s this: there’s certainly nothing else like it. Across its two-hour runtime, directorLeos Caraxtakes his viewers on a fantastical ride through the streets of Paris, guided by the mysterious Céline (Édith Scob), the driver of an equally mysterious white limousine. Her passenger is Mr. Oscar (Denis Lavant), a man who appears to be an actor, although (as with many things inHoly Motors) the exact nature of his job is ambiguous....

Forrest Gump “Why, you don’t need to take a bus,” a woman tells Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) more than three-quarters of the way through the beloved 1994 movie plot. “Henry Street is just five or six blocks down that way….” Forrest immediately stops telling his story and heads to Jenny’s (Robin Wright) place. In the smartphone era, of course, Forrest would have entered Jenny’s address into Google Maps before he even left Alabama....

One of my favorite movies of 2019 is directorJames Mangold’sFord v Ferrari. Not only is the true-story racing dramaincrediblywell made, it’s loaded with fantastic performances from every single cast member. Trust me, if you want to see a brilliant piece of filmmaking, look no further thanFord v Ferrari. For more on the film, you canread Adam Chitwood’s glowing review. If you haven’tseen the trailer,Ford v Ferrariis set against the backdrop of 1966’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France and follows maverick American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), who is challenged byHenry Ford II (Tracy Letts)andLee Iacocca(Jon Bernthal) to build a revolutionary car that would allow Ford to challenge Ferrari....

The first thingIt’s a SincreatorRussell T. Daviesand I talked about when we hopped on Zoom together was the fact that his new series had a potentially troublesome working title:The Boys. But, fortunately for us entertainment journalists, there will be no confusion between the ultra-graphic Amazon superhero show and Davies' heartbreaking and compelling new drama. The new name, Davies said, meant making a call to the Pet Shop Boys, but is a very apt title for the series about the AIDS crisis, as seen through the eyes of three young gay men coming of age in 1980s London....

I can’t quite remember what movie it was, but I was in the middle of a screening at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival when I received an urgent text and hurried out of the theater to break the news that a young actress nameStorm Reidhad landed the lead role inAva DuVernay’sA Wrinkle in Time. I remember thinking that the12 Years a Slavestar had a very memorable name, and that was a good thing, as I had a feeling I’d be writing it for a very long time....