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“The Mob” is an action-crime movie streamed on digital platforms, directed by Cong Zhao. Set against the chaotic landscape of Shanghai in the 1920s on the eve of World War II, it plunges into a fierce internal power struggle within an underground organization known as The Chamber of Commerce.

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In the influential group, Chairman Zhou Mingyou oversees the prosperity of the city. Firmly opposed to the opium trade, Zhou believes that such dealings would open the door for British exploitation and the destruction of China. Strong-headed and ambitious, the Zheng family is unwilling to give up such lucrative business and orchestrates an assassination to seize control. Zhou’s murder sparks war between the two families, with key players Zhou Fang (Xu Fangzhou) and Zheng Yuyang (Chen Junxi) stepping into the fray.

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In this review, we dive deep into The Mob (2023), the latest action-packed period drama from director Cong Zhao.

While the film boasts an impressive ensemble cast, including Lam Wai as the authoritative Zhou Mingyou, the sheer number of characters and rapid plot progression leaves little room for deep emotional connections. Instead, The Mob emphasizes its breathtaking action sequences, with fight choreography reminiscent of Warrior and Where the Wind Blows. There’s even a touch of Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster in the stylized visuals, particularly in a mesmerizing rain-drenched battle.

Don’t miss our full review as we break down the best moments, standout performances, and why The Mob is worth watching!

Matt Reeves' officially titled "Batman Epic Crime Saga" is remarkably distinct in style and tone. Needless to say, audiences are waiting to see where he takes this iteration of Batman next and what villains he will face. While there are a great many Batman villains who would be perfect for the dark and desolate Gotham City portrayed, not every villain fits in this version of Batman's story.

Whether they have been adapted before or not, there are Batman villains that do not match up well with Robert Pattinson's portrayal of The Caped Crusader. From hard-hitting combat foes like Bane to the weird and wacky like Mad Hatter, some Batman villains just don't fit in the "Epic Crime Saga."

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"Where are you going?" "To catch the murderer!" Well Go USA has debuted an official trailer for another Chinese action film titled The Mob, which is now on VOD to watch after first premiering for streaming on the Hi-yah! channel. Get some more action! Set in 1928 Shanghai, The Mob follows the clash between the rising Longde Chamber of Commerce and the entrenched Tongmingtang. As the old and new orders collide, fierce family feuds erupt, igniting intense battles on the Shanghai Bund. After the murder of its high-profile patriarch, the Zhou family seeks revenge against a ruthless rival clan trying to expand its territory, sparking a brutal conflict between the warring families that throws Shanghai into chaos. This Chinese crime thriller stars Xu Fangzhou, Zhang Junran, Jessie Yan, Chen Junxi, Guan Xiaotian, and Zhang Zhiwei. Another action-packed movie from China. This massive brawl out on the street in the rain looks incredible,...

Things have finally come to a head on General Hospital as Sonny killed Agent Cates for using his daughter Kristina to get to him. Despite the fact that Sonny is in his right mind, he didn’t seem to have Jason and his men assist him in preparing to get rid of Cates’ body. But help may come in a form he would never have expected.

Kristina May Arrive in the Nick of Time

Under the cover of a thunderstorm, Sonny (Maurice Benard) finally did the right thing when he shot Cates (Adam J. Harrington), then gave him a double tap, ensuring that he was really and truly dead. But as far as we saw in the August 30 episode, he only called Diane, instructing her to standby before confronting his nemesis at the Quartermaine estate. He didn’t seem to have a plan in place to get rid of the body and the evidence.

Gena Rowlands, the two-time Oscar-nominated star of Gloria and A Woman Under The Influence as well as The Notebook, has died. She was 94.

Rowlands earned widespread renown for her performance as a mother wrestling with mental illness in husband John Cassavetes’ 1974 drama A Woman Under The Influence, for which she won a Golden Globe.

She received her second lead actress Academy Award nomination in 1981 as a tough woman who protects her neighbour from The Mob in Cassavetes’ Gloria.

Rowlands had met Cassavetes in her early television days. They were married in 1954 and went on to make 10 films together.

In 2004 Rowlands...

Gena Rowlands, the two-time Oscar-nominated star of Gloria and A Woman Under The Influence, has died. She was 94.

Rowlands earned widespread renown for her performance as a mother wrestling with mental illness in husband John Cassavetes’ 1974 drama A Woman Under The Influence, for which she won a Golden Globe.

She received her second lead actress Academy Award nomination in 1981 as a tough woman who protects her neighbour from The Mob in Cassavetes’ Gloria.

Rowlands had met Cassavetes in her early television days. They were married in 1954 and went on to make 10 films together.

In 2004 Rowlands starred in her son Nick...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers indicate that Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) hasn’t been the same since he returned from Pentonville and loved ones have seen an “edgier” side to him.

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This explains his relentless need to bring Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) down, and why he abruptly broke things off with Carly Spencer (Laura Wright Hints At Carly’s New Life).

Still, with everything else that has happened around him, could he decide to shift his revenge plans off Nina, and refocus them on Carly?

The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend

Gh spoilers suggest that Drew and Carly aren’t exactly enemies, even as exes. Drew broke things off because he didn’t want to compete with Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) and couldn’t stand the thought of becoming second fiddle in Carly’s life, next to his twin.

Still, this all happened out of nowhere,...

The Walt Disney Company continues developing an adaptation of the six-issue Icon Comics graphic novel series, "Incognito" (2008), written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Phillips, as a live-action series:

"...What if you were an ex-super-villain hiding out in 'Witness Protection', but all you could think about were the days when the 'firewalls' were in place, and the rules didn't apply to you? 

"Could you stand the toil of an average life after years of leaving destruction in your wake? And what if you couldn't stand it? What would you do then?..."

"'Incognito' is the story of a bad guy forced to be good," said Brubaker," and what happens when he starts to go stir-crazy from the monotony of normal life. It's a dark look at good and evil and pulp and noir all in one hard-hitting package."

"Set in a world where pulp magazine heroes...

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Since 1989, The Simpsons has built a massive roster of recurring characters, but what about the one-time greats of Springfield?

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

Since the first episode of The Simpsons aired in 1989, the show’s central cast of characters has expanded from Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie to a roster of hundreds of instantly recognizable recurring characters. But as part of its singularly frenetic sitcom style, there are plenty of characters that never play a part in more than one episode.

In compiling a list of these great one-episode wonders, the show’s longevity makes it harder than you’d think. Characters who are most memorable for their first episodes, like Mindy Simmons, Hollis Hurlbut, and Mr Bergstrom, have all recurred in more recent episodes in one form or another, and so we haven’t featured them in the following round-up.

Even Frank Grimes,...

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Since its debut in 1989, across 552 episodes and 25 seasons, The Simpsons has become one of the most revered and beloved TV programmes of all time. It’s a true cultural phenomenon that’s influenced not just animation, but all areas of TV comedy and sitcom. For so many of us, its quotes and catchphrases have permeated our everyday vernacular, from single words like “crisitunity” and “embiggen” to phrases “you don’t win friends with salad” and “everything’s coming up Milhouse.”

Personal opinions may vary, but for me the show’s peak years were from season 4 through to 10. They’re consistently funny, all killer and no filler runs with barely a dud episode to be found between 1992-1998. Past this point the standard becomes a little more mixed, and recent seasons have been distinctly average at best. The...

A sequel to Skyline, by the name of Beyond Skyline, is in the works...

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Remember that face off between Battle: Los Angeles and Skyline a few years ago? Well, appreciating its problems, we'd go for Skyline every time. An audit of sorts as to what $20m worth of special effects looks like on the big screen, the movie was no classic, but at least it was never dull, and it had an ending that, well, it was a bit different.

Heck, we'll admit it. We quite liked Skyline. Yep, the ending as well.

And now there's a sequel coming. The news broke at the Cannes Film Festival, and it's going by the name of Beyond Skyline. A sales poster for the movie has also been released, which you can see below.

This time, the film is going to be directed by Liam O'Donnell, who wrote and produced the first film,...

Remember that face? That's Gunn (J. August Richards) from Angel! Looks like he's got Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) in his crosshairs. Deadshot's (Michael Rowe) back. It looks like Diggle (David Ramsey) will be one step closer to getting revenge against Deadshot in the next episode of The CW's Arrow. Or maybe Deadshot will be getting a second Diggle tattoo? We're looking from Diggle's perspective....up the barrel of Deadshot's pistols. Seems Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) can't seem to stay out of trouble. Related Content: Arrow Episode 19 'Unfinished Business' Poll & Discussion Arrow Episode 18 'Salvation' Poll & Discussion Arrow Episode 17 'The Huntress Returns' Poll & Discussion Arrow (CW) Trailer by All Thats Bueno Running Time: 60 min Release Date: October 10, 2012 MPAA Rating: Tv-14 Starring: Katie Cassidy, Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Byron Mann, Colin Donnell, Colin Salmon, Paul Blackthorne, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, Roger R. Cross and Willa Holland Creators: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim,...

Whether you measure your movies by box office, reviews, or popular appeal, Sony’s $125 million remake of the 1990 Ah-nuld Schwarzenegger interplanetary action fest Total Recall looks like a strike-out. The movie opened with a lethal softness; a $25.7 million first weekend meaning Recall won’t even come close to making back its budget during its domestic theatrical run. In fact, despite 22 years of ticket price increases, it’s doubtful the movie will even match the original’s $119.3 million haul.

And for those of you who think maybe the problem is Total Recall was outgunned opening while The Dark Knight Rises was still sucking up box office coin, entertain, at least for a moment if you will, the possibility the movie just plain sucks. According to Rotten Tomatoes’ canvas, almost 70% of reviewers – and over three-quarters of “top critics” – gave Total Recall a thumbs-down. Those who went to see the movie didn’t...

Stocky supporting actor who won an Oscar when he was cast against type as a lonely butcher in Marty

With his coarsely podgy features, bug eyes, gap-toothed grin and stocky build, Ernest Borgnine, who has died aged 95 of renal failure, seemed destined to remain one of nature's supporting actors in a string of sadistic and menacing parts. Instead he won an Oscar for a role which was the antithesis of all his previous characters.

In 1955, the producer Harold Hecht wanted to transfer Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay Marty to the big screen, with Rod Steiger in the title role, which he had created. But Steiger was filming Oklahoma! so was unavailable. Borgnine was offered the role after a female guest at a Hollywood reception quite disinterestedly remarked to Hecht that, ugly as he was, Borgnine possessed an oddly tender quality which made her yearn to mother him. "That," Hecht said later,...

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Sphe) are joining forces on a new line of DVDs to be made available as part of the TCM Vault Collection. The offerings will include first-time DVD releases of classic films from the Columbia Pictures library. Among the DVD sets on tap will be a four-film collection of comedies starring Jean Arthur and introduced by TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz; a five-film set starring Humphrey Bogart; a large selection of cartoons from the United Productions of America (Upa) Jolly Frolics series, which includes the debut of the one-and-only Mr. Magoo and a special introduction and audio commentaries by film historian Leonard Maltin; as well as an intriguing collection of film noir thrillers, presented in partnership with The Film Foundation.

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Chicago – Diabolical twins, obsessed journalists and jail-breaking thugs are heading their way to the Music Box Theatre. The Film Noir Foundation’s third installment of “Noir City: Chicago” features no less than sixteen restored 35mm prints of must-see cinematic rarities. Ten of these noir classics have yet to land a DVD release, thus making this festival all the more essential for local cinephiles.

The week-long festival kicks off Friday, Aug. 12, and includes criminally overlooked performances from Hollywood legends such as Humphrey Bogart, Anne Bancroft, Barbara Stanwyck, Olivia de Havilland, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters and Burt Lancaster. Acclaimed noir historians Alan K. Rode (“Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy”) and Foster Hirsch (“Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir”) will be presenting the pictures while offering their wealth of historical and filmic insight.

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Chicago – Along with sixteen restored 35mm prints of overlooked cinematic gems, the Music Box Theatre’s third installment of “Noir City: Chicago” brings two renowned film historians to the Windy City: Alan K. Rode and Foster Hirsch. Both men serve on the board of directors of the Film Noir Foundation, a non-profit corporation aiming to restore rare noir classics for future generations.

In addition to serving as the co-programmer and co-host of the annual Noir City Hollywood film festival, Rode is also the charter director and treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation as well as the producer, programmer and host of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs, California. He garnered acclaim for his book, “Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy,” which followed the titular prolific actor through the rise and fall of the studio system. His latest book, “Michael Curtiz: A Man for All Movies,...