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The Executioner’s Song: Millet’s Stabbing Debut Looks at How Control Moves Beyond Borders

If a Syrian doesn’t find himself in Syria does he still make a sound? In Jonathan Millet’s feature debut, those who are far, far away from their past attempt to make the least amount of noise in this anti-thesis of a spy-thriller/revenge film. In one of the more complex roles in French-Tunisian actor Adam Bessa’s early filmography, Les Fantômes (Ghost Trail) is about what you are running away from and towards — the protagonist is so close to his target, he could smell…him. Unhurried and in protracted process bliss, tonally enthralling and buoyantly evasive, revenge here is served … slow.…...

Ahead of a July 2025 broadcast, the official accounts for The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses anime today unveiled a brand-new character trailer and visual introducing Anemone, a skilled assassin disguised as a priest whose favorite things are alcohol and money. The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses Anemone Character Trailer The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses Anemone Character Visual The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses anime's confirmed cast is as follows: Toto voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi (Harumi in My Senpai Is Annoying ) Ciel voiced by Iori Saeki (Menou in The Executioner and Her Way of Life ) Anemone voiced by Hitomi Ueda (Granat in Tales of Wedding Rings ) Goa voiced by Haruka Shiraishi (Asirpa in Golden Kamuy ) Related: The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses Anime Introduces Ciel in Character Trailer Noriaki Akitaya directs The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses at studio Connect, with series composition by...

At the same time as the stage event at AnimeJapan 2025 today, the official X (formerly Twitter) for the upcoming TV anime The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses announced that the anime is set to premiere in July 2025. Related: The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses Anime Adaptation Announced for 2025 The original manga series created by created by Norishiro-chan (story) and Yukiji Setsuda (arts) has been serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion magazine since October 2022, releasing ten tankobon volumes to date. Noriaki Akitaya directs The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses at studio Connect, with series composition by Michiko Yokote ( Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill ), character designs by Takao Sano ( Restaurant to Another World ) and music by Shun Narita ( The Unwanted Undead Adventurer ). Main voice cast members include: Toto voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi (Harumi in My Senpai Is Annoying ) Ciel voiced by Iori Saeki...

I, The Executioner (2025), also known as Veteran 2 (Beterang 2), is the highly anticipated sequel to the 2015 action-comedy Veteran. This time, Do-Cheol and his team are back in action, joined by a new addition, Seon-u. Their latest case leads them on the hunt for a serial killer known to the public as Haechi.

Haechi targets criminals who have escaped proper justice, executing them in the exact manner they once used on their victims. As the investigation unfolds, the team follows multiple leads, each seemingly pointing to Haechi—only to discover time and time again that they have the wrong suspect. Then, a breakthrough in forensic analysis stuns Do-Cheol. He finally uncovers Haechi’s true identity—someone he never expected. But even with the shocking revelation, Do-Cheol refuses to back down. The chase is on, and justice must be served.

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The following contains spoilers from What If…? Season 3, Episode 7, "What If… the Watcher Disappeared?," now streaming on Disney+.

The penultimate episode of What If…? is full of revelations about the larger story, but they may have arrived too close to the end. From picking up Captain Carter's story to revealing more about the Watchers, the final story this series will tell is an important one. Despite box office troubles and fan complaints, What If…? proved that Marvel's multiverse has potential beyond what viewers have already seen. Mostly, the animated series focused on fun, episodic romps with familiar characters in unusual situations. From the unorthodox pairing of Iron Man and Valkyrie to the delightful friendship between Red Guardian and Winter Soldier, the MCU is as dynamic as ever.

The first of a two-part finale, "What If… the Watcher Disappeared?" pulls back the curtain on the series' larger mythology, specifically the Fifth Dimension,...

What If...? season 3's fifth episode opens on a world with an army of drones called the Iron Federation marching through the streets. We find Riri Williams, a.k.a. Ironheart, heading to a motel as The Watcher explains that she fails her mission in every version of this reality. 

Meeting with Sharon Carter, Riri acquires an analogue part from an Easy Bake oven that's an essential part of whatever she's building. The Power Broker betrays her, though, and the Iron Federation closes in - many of them are revealed to be holograms - as Ironheart makes her escape in a makeshift suit.

However, it's then that White Vision attacks and, just as things look bleak for the hero, she's rescued by Wong, Okoye, Valkyrie, and Ying Nan. This is no normal Earth; it's the remnants of our planet in a reality where the Emergence happened years before the Eternals stopped it.

Back in 2023, Apple TV+ officially ordered a series adaptation of ‘Cape Fear.’ The show is set to adapt Universal’s 1991 remake of a 1962 film under the same name, which was in turn based on the 1957 novel ‘The Executioner’ written by John D. MacDonald.

The film is about a convicted rapist who uses his knowledge of the law and its loopholes to seek revenge on a former public defender. He blames the lawyer for his 14-year prison sentence, claiming the lawyer purposely sabotaged his defense during the trial.

The series is being developed by UCP and Amblin. It will be the first TV project that Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg worked on together. They are executive producers along with showrunner Nick Antosca, who has worked on shows like ‘Channel Zero’ and ‘The Act.’ Other executive producers include Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey from Amblin, and Alex Hedlund from Eat the Cat.

Despite its film history perhaps not being as well-known or regularly lauded as that of the U.S., France, or Japan, the country of Spain has a rich and fascinating cinematic catalog. Of course, there are the iconic works of Pedro Almodvar and Luis Buuel and satirical comedies like The Executioner and Welcome Mr. Marshall! One film that may have passed the average film-lover by, however, is the 1972 horror short classic from director Antonio Mercero, La Cabina.

Ryoo Seung-wan, also known as “Action Kid,” is one of the major players in the Korean film industry today. He’s most famous for directing the 5th all-time highest grossing film in South Korean cinema history, action-comedy detective film “Veteran” (2015). In more recent years, he wrote and directed the South Korean entry for Best International Film at the 94th Academy Awards, “Escape from Mogadishu” (2021) – a Korean peninsular analog to “Argo” set in Mogadishu, Somalia.

This year, Ryoo Seung-wan showed up to Toronto International Film Festival with “I, the Executioner,” the long-awaited sequel to “Veteran.” Hwang Jung-min returns as Seo Do-cheol: still a dedicated detective, but this time also an unenthused husband and even more lackluster father. Though his son is mercilessly bullied at school, Seo Do-cheol is blasé about the situation. He has other priorities at hand – such as a serial killer on the loose, a viral Internet sleuth undermining his authority,...

Updated: Paramount/Hasbro Entertainment’s Transformers One is out of the gate with a $39M global start. From just 50 international box office markets (representing only 40% of the overseas footprint), the first animated Transformers movie in close to 40 years grossed $14M.

The Josh Cooley-directed origins story came in below projections domestically and international is off to a softer start than hoped.

While there are still major markets to come including Brazil, Italy, Korea, China, Germany, UK and France, it’s still a bit of a head-scratcher that the offshore opening wasn’t bigger given reviews, word of mouth and how much perceived anticipation there has been for the movie. A work-in-progress screening at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival had the room on its feet in June. However, we are hearing about general softness in the marketplace — and the back-to-school period can be a tricky one. The hope here is...

“I, the Executioner,” Ryoo Seung-wan’s sequel to his 2015 action-comedy “Veteran,” scales back on its predecessor’s laughs in order to focus more closely on — as well as to examine — the violence of its police protagonists. Although undoubtedly entertaining, Ryoo’s follow-up is also highly introspective, weaving a serial killer mystery that makes for a surprising mirror to the series’ lead.

Roguish detective Seo Do-cheol (Hwang Jung-min) returns in a dynamic blast of an opening salvo, as the camera weaves in and out of (and above) an illicit casino, as a police sting operation unfolds. Amusing action soon ensues, reminiscent of the first film’s zesty, high-impact sequences, and with its central conceit in tow: Seo and his returning, idiosyncratic team are either hyper-competent or bumbling fools, depending on what the script demands. Sometimes, they’re both these things at once, as the film’s prologue provides a dose of the familiar.

Worldwide box office September 13-15 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l)Territories 1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros) $80.3m $264.3m $28.7m $76.3m 77 2. Speak No Evil (Universal) $20.8m $20.8m $9.3m $9.3m 74 3. Veteran 2: I, The Executioner (Cje&m) $15m $15m $15m $15m 1 4. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney) $10.9m $1.3bn $5.7m $683.5m 53 5. Stand By Me (various) $9.8m $9.9m $9.8m $9.9m 1 6. It Ends With Us (Sony) $9.3m $325.4m $7.3m $180.6m 62 7. Alien: Romulus (Disney) $8.7m $330.6m $6.3m $229.4m 85 8. Despicable Me 4 (Universal) $6.7m $940m $5.6m $580.6m 85 9. The Greatest Of All Time (various) $5.9m $46.7m $5.5m $42.6m 17 10. Am I Racist? (Sdg) $4.7m $4.7m - - 1

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Update: Last week’s champ, and this week’s holdover winner, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, took in an estimated $28.7M overseas, keeping the momentum spurred by its recent world premiere in Venice. The offshore drop was 44% which is good for this sort of title.

The international running cume is $76.3M; and the worldwide total is currently $264.3M through Sunday. France was new this session with a No. 1 $4.9M and above all comps. Germany also gave the ghost with the most a No. 1 start of $2.3M. The UK held at No. 1 and is the lead market with $19.1M, followed by Mexico ($11.1M), Spain ($5.2M), France ($4.9M) and Australia ($4.8M).

Imax added $4.7M in global box office for the 2nd frame, driving the worldwide cume to $17.6M.

Japan is set to release on September 27th and will be the last overseas market to open

Universal/Blumhouse’s Spak No Evil also started chatting overseas...

Ahead of the anime's tenth episode broadcast on September 6, the official website and accounts for Quality Assurance in Another World today revealed the casting of Tomoaki Maeno as Yamanaka, Satomi Arai as Akane, Tomokazu Sugita as Ren and Yoshitsugu Matsoka as Alvar. Yamanaka Akane Ren Alvar Related: Quality Assurance in Another World Anime Casts Yu Kobayashi Based on the manga by Masamichi Sato, Kei Umabiki ( Ayakashi Triangle assistant director) directs Quality Assurance in Another World at 100studio and Studio Palette, with series composition by Shogo Yasukawa ( The Executioner and Her Way of Life ) and character designs by Shigeo Akahori ( Record of Ragnarok sub character designer). Crunchyroll is simulcasting the anime and describes the story: Despite its location in a remote region south of the continent of Felnarc, the island of Clayborne is made up of five small countries crowded together and in constant conflict. In the most remote reaches of...

Ahead of the anime's ninth episode broadcast on August 30, the official website and accounts for Quality Assurance in Another World today revealed the casting of Yu Kobayashi (Thistle in Delicious in Dungeon ) as Gödel, the hard-working but lonely protector of his village. Related: Loner Life in Another World Anime Premieres on October 3 Based on the manga by Masamichi Sato, Kei Umabiki ( Ayakashi Triangle assistant director) directs Quality Assurance in Another World at 100studio and Studio Palette, with series composition by Shogo Yasukawa ( The Executioner and Her Way of Life ) and character designs by Shigeo Akahori ( Record of Ragnarok sub character designer). Crunchyroll is simulcasting the anime and describes the story: Despite its location in a remote region south of the continent of Felnarc, the island of Clayborne is made up of five small countries crowded together and in constant conflict. In the most remote reaches of the smallest and most peaceful country on the island,...

Fresh from the Cannes premiere of action thriller I, The Executioner, South Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan is preparing to shoot espionage action feature Humint later this year.

Filming is set to begin in October with a cast including Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min, Park Hae-joon and Nana. Produced by Filmmakers R&k it will be distributed by New. International sales are handled by Contents Panda.

Humint stands for Human Intelligence, a term used in the military to refer to the collection of information through people rather than gathering intelligence via more technical means.

The story will depict North and South Korean...

Ryoo Seung-wan has been a pillar of the South Korean film industry for over 20 years, respected there for his keen social observation and thrilling action. But Europe’s great film festivals have feted him conspicuously less than some of his more internationally well-known peers. The Cannes Film Festival recently took a step toward correcting that record in 2024.

Ryoo, 50, made his first and only trip to Cannes back in 2005 with the gritty boxing drama Crying Fist, co-starring his brother, Ryoo Seung-bum, today a major star, and Korean cinema icon Choi Min-sik, then riding high thanks to his iconic role in Park Chan-wook’s Old Boy (2003).

“Crying Fist was very well received, but since we were in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the festival, it wasn’t screened in Cannes’ Grand Lumière Theater,” Ryoo recalls. “Back then, I was much younger and everything just felt fresh, fun and exciting. But I remember...

The 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival unveiled its official poster on May 13th. Bifan is anticipated to become an even richer festival this year, building on 27 years of experience of programming a wide variety of films and public events. It has stablished itself as Asia's premier genre film festival.

Everything Sensational! A unique genre film festival that ‘Stays Strange'

Combines AI with traditional elements! Unveiling the unconventional and renewed poster!

▲ Official poster of the 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

With new and unconventional images and various interpretations, the new official poster adds fresh stimulation and raises the expectations of an audience eagerly awaiting the festival. While maintaining its identity expressed through the slogan “Stay Strange”, which has attracted interest and love from audiences and citizens over the years, the festival will address the hot topic of the mega trend AI and its impact on filmmaking this year.

The poster's art director,...

Cannes announced the official selection for this year, and the Asian representation is quite strong. India finds its way back to the main competition after 30 years, with “All We Imagine as Light” while Jia Zhangke returns with “Caught By The Tides” . Also of note is the presence of the first Saudi Arabian film in the official selection with “Norah”, which premiered last year in Red Sea. Here are all the entries we know of so far. More info will be added as we get closer to the festival.

All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia (India) Caught by the Tides by Jia Zhang-Ke (China) Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi (Saudi Arabia) Black Dog by Guan Hu (China) My Sunshine by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan) Santosh by Sandhya Suri (India) Viet and Nam by Truong Minh Quý (Vietnam) She's Got No Name by Peter Chan Ho-Sun Twilight of the Warrior Walled In...

The Official Selection for the 77th Cannes Film Festival was revealed Thursday, with 19 movies in Competition (see full lists below).

Familiar names who will launch new works in the Competition include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut in competition.

Elsewhere, American filmmaker Sean Baker brings Anora to the Croisette. Poor Things filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos will launch Kinds of Kindness, his latest collab with Emma Stone. David Cronenberg returns with The Shrouds, and Paul Schrader will debut Oh Canada starring Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman and Richard Gere.

Related: ‘The Apprentice’: First Look At Sebastian Stan As Donald Trump & Jeremy Strong As Roy Cohn In Cannes Competition Film

There’s a strong English-language and American presence in the...

Ahead of a festival kicking off in just about a month, Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, have unveiled the selection of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Led by the previously announced major highlight, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the competition lineup features the latest films from Jia Zhangke, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Miguel Gomes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Payal Kapadia, and more.

Other sections include the previously new films from George Miller and Kevin Costner, alongside Leos Carax’s personal short C’est Pas Moi, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson’s Rumors, Alain Guiraudie’s Miséricorde, and more.

Check out the lineup below.

Competition

All We Imagine As Light – Payal Kapadia

L’amour Ouf – Gilles Lellouche

Anora – Sean Baker

The Apprentice – Ali Abbasi

Bird – Andrea Arnold

Caught by the Tides – Jia Zhang-ke...

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 77th edition (May 14-25)

The competition includes films by Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Yórgos Lánthimos, Paul Schrader and Paolo Sorrentino.

Festival director Thierry Frémaux revealed the Official Selection at a press conference at the Ugc Normandie theatre in Paris alongside festival president Iris Knobloch.

Previously announced titles include Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act, which will open the festival on May 14 out of competition, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Kevin Costner’s Horizon, An American Saga and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig will preside over the jury.

The King's Seekers will be getting down to business when the Quality Assurance in Another World anime premieres this July, and ahead of that two more cast members have been announced. The latest to join the ever-expanding roster are Daisuke Ono and Kisho Taniyama, and you can see who they're playing along with their respective character designs below. Jin voiced by Daisuke Ono (Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler -Public School Arc- ) Sakai voiced by Kisho Taniyama (Jean Kirschtein in Attack on Titan ) Related: Quality Assurance in Another World Anime Gets a Piece of the Action in New Visual Based on the manga by Masamichi Sato, Quality Assurance in Another World is being directed by Kei Umabiki ( Ayakashi Triangle assistant director) at 100studio and Studio Palette, with series composition by Shogo Yasukawa ( The Executioner and Her Way of Life ) and character designs by Shigeo Akahori ( Record of Ragnarok sub character designer...

Charming is an animated comedy musical film that reimagines the Prince Charming fairy tale with a twist. While the movie has some flaws, like choppy animation and gags that don't work, it also has talented voice actors and catchy songs. The cast includes notable artists like Wilmer Valderrama, Demi Lovato, Avril Lavigne, and Ashley Tisdale, who bring their talent to the characters they portray.

The Charming (2018) cast is made up of a handful of notable voice actors, a significant number of child stars who have continued working steadily in films and movies, and some popular musical artists. Charming is an animated comedy musical film for children that puts a spin on the classic Prince Charming fairy tale story. Instead of searching all over for the love of his life, Prince Charming has been cursed to make every woman in the world instantly fall in love with him. Cinderella, Snow White,...

The Whole Spiel — the new company co-founded by former NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy — and Red Bull’s Terra Mater Studios have teamed up to develop a slate of drama series. The projects include a reimagined “Tarzan” series, wildlife crime investigation “Rogue,” geopolitical drama “A New King” and true history drama “The Executioner.”

In collaboration with Shingle Media and Friendly Fire, the “Tarzan” series will reimagine Edgar Rice Burroughs’ iconic hero for a new generation. The plot will follow Tarzan and Jane defending their home against fortune hunters who come to Africa.

“Rogue,” created and written by National Geographic Explorer Derek Joubert, is a thriller series set in the underground world of illegal wildlife trading. It will follow a multi-billion-dollar global conspiracy in the heart of Africa that shatters lives while fueling the narcotics trade, arms dealing and terrorism. The series will be co-produced with Joubert’s Wildlife Films.

Set inside a wealthy aristocratic family,...

Pon no Michi, a new original anime from Tatsuma Minamikawa — the director of Fire Force Season 2, teases fans with an energetic and colorful key visual.

Posted to the official X (formerly Twitter) account for the upcoming series, the image spotlights the anime's main cast and their individualized styles and personalities. The social media post also confirms voice actor Hibiku Yamamura (Smile Down the Runway) has joined the cast; other experienced actors who are contributing to Pon no Michi include Kaori Maeda (Fruits Basket), Iori Saeki (The Executioner and Her Way of Life), Shion Wakayama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) and Akio Otsuka (The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt).

Related: 10 Strongest Fire Force Characters

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The manga industry has been around for far longer than many fans realize, and it wasn't always ruled by many of the tropes and archetypes that now dominate it. Various genres with just as many intended demographics existed in the past, with one theoretically being a different medium entirely. Said medium was exemplified best in the series that's the oldest manga still in publication.

Golgo 13 is far from what many fans (namely those in the West) would associate with manga and anime, and it actually has far more in common with notable action-based Western franchises. Nevertheless, it was a key part of Japan's comic book industry, allowing for a level of growth that reached new audiences. Here's the story of Golgo 13 and how it gave manga and "gekiga" a gritty edge.

Related: Why Viz's Website is the Model All Other Manga Distributors Should Emulate

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Jujutsu Kaisen's first ending theme -- "Lost in Paradise" by Ali -- has inspired a trio of cool street-style cosplays.

Uploaded on Reddit, the image shows Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki wearing more laid-back attire than their usual school uniforms and recreating some of the dance moves seen in the anime's end credits. Notably, the animation won Best Ending Sequence at Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2021; the series also won Anime of the Year and Best Antagonist that year.

Related: What Does Jujutsu Kaisen Mean in English?

Taking inspiration from Jujutsu Kaisen's end credits sequence! by u/RomanticPhotographic in cosplay Jujutsu Kaisen's Publication History

First appearing in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in March 2018, Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen tells the story of protagonist Yuji Itadori, an athletically-gifted high schooler who finds himself recruited by a group of Jujutsu Sorcerers after he eats one of the decayed fingers of Ryomen Sukuna,...

One Jujutsu Kaisen fan has created an incredibly accurate Satoru Gojo cosplay that will make you believe Six Eyes user has transported himself into our world.

Made and uploaded on Reddit by Niicoser, the costume perfectly recreates the character's Jujutsu High uniform and features his signature white hair and dark sunglasses. More importantly, the cosplayer took the extra step to emphasize Gojo's intense blue eyes by applying stark white eyelashes.

Related: Satoru Gojo's 10 Best Quotes In Jujutsu Kaisen

[Self] Gojo Satoru Cosplay from jjk by u/niicosercos in cosplayers Jujutsu Kaisen's Gojo Inspires Epic Cosplay

Of course, Niicoser isn't the only Jujutsu Kaisen fan who has drawn inspiration from the Six Eyes user to create impressive costumes. Another cosplayer on Reddit, Faye Coser, notably showed off their genderswapped take on Gojo. While the feminine version also spotlights the strongest sorcerer's striking eyes, it swaps out the character's short spiky hair for a long,...

‘Aquaman’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star Jason Momoa is set to star in the tentatively titled ‘The Executioner’, which will be produced by Warner Bros. after the studio won an intense bidding war, reports ‘Deadline’. As per ‘Deadline’, the project will be penned by Kaz and Ryan Firpo, who are known for their work on […]...

Yen Press, LLC announced nine new titles scheduled to be published in September 2022. These acquisitions included two new novels—Studio Chizu’s Belle and Sugar Apple Fairy Tale; manga adaptations of light novels, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, and Sasaki & Peeps; the launch of three new manga series, Coffee Moon, So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? and She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, and an autobiographical manga Embrace Your Size.

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Vol. 1 (light novel)

Story by Miri Mikawa

Art by Aki

Anne Halford is a candy crafter determined to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a Silver Sugar Master, a title bestowed only by royalty. In order to travel to the capital and realize her dream, she purchases Challe, a handsome but foul-mouthed fairy, as her bodyguard.

While Konami is hopefully busy ironing out a deal that’ll see Silent Hill make a full-scale return in the near future, the series is at least gaining exposure elsewhere. Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetrical multiplayer title, is due to receive its next major update later this month and it features a face(less) individual that fans of the aforementioned survival horror franchise will be intimately familiar with.

Pyramid Head, otherwise known as The Executioner, joins the ever-growing cast of Dead by Daylight‘s playable killers on June 16th and the game’s developer has released a new trailer ahead of launch aimed at giving you a crash course in how the entity goes about ensnaring its prey. Check out the footage for yourselves above or see below for a summary of the character’s unique abilities.

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Guillermo del Toro has been unusually quiet on social media during his quarantine, but that all has changed with the publication of a giant Twitter thread revealing the many books he’s been reading and films he’s been watching while on break from filming his new movie, “Nightmare Alley.” The “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Shape of Water” Oscar winner encouraged his fellow filmmakers to weigh in with their own watch lists, and the result is an incredible thread featuring the likes of Darren Aronofsky, Ari Aster, Ava DuVernay, Sarah Polley, Edgar Wright, Rian Johnson, Brad Bird, Scott Derickson, James Mangold, and a lot more. Click here to begin the Twitter thread.

It should not be too surprising to hear del Toro has been streaming a lot of titles on The Criterion Channel, including Gustaf Molander’s “A Woman’s Face,” Ermanno Olmi’s “Il Posto,” and Celine Sciamma’s “Girlhood” and “Tomboy.

Madrid — Pedro Almodóvar’s “Pain and Glory” took home Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Antonio Banderas) and Best Original Screenplay at the 34th Spanish Academy Goya Awards, as well as Best Editing, Original Music and Supporting Actress (Julieta Serrano).

Almodóvar’s night did have one blemish, however. On the red carpet ahead of the ceremony he accidentally let slip that actress Penelope Cruz will be handing out this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, as she and Banderas did last time Almodóvar won, with 2000’s “All About my Mother.”

Saturday night’s ceremony ran like a marathon, with Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar’s “While at War” exchanging the lead back and forth over the 3.5 hour ceremony before “Pain and Glory” took the ceremony’s final three prizes, ending with seven awards while Amenábar’s Spanish Civil War epic notched five.

In his first on-stage appearance of the night,...

This week on Batwoman, someone close to Kate discovered the true identity of Gotham’s new caped crusader, while we also got a new Easter egg about the Arrowverse’s Clown Prince of Crime.

Gotham this week had to deal with The Executioner, a costumed grunt who was targeting very specific people using distinct forms of capital punishment: electrocution, firing squad, and hydrogen cyanide gas. His first kill took out Angus Stanton, a prosecutor who among other things helped put away the Joker — who in this world uses the Tim Burton films’ “Jack Napier” identity — as well as the robber...

Delia Harrington Nov 10, 2019

The actor behind Luke Fox opens up about why his character is so closed off, his relationship with his father, and his future

This Batwoman article contains spoilers for episode 6.

Batwoman’s Luke Fox is a fan-favorite character but the audience knows little about him, beyond his neurotic tendencies and famous father, whose disappearance has loomed over the series since its premiere. With episode 6, “I’ll be Judge, I’ll be the Jury,” we finally know what happened to Lucius Fox and have more insight into who Luke Fox is as a person.

Batwoman star Camrus Johnson, who plays the younger Fox, spoke with Den of Geek by phone about the heavy-hitting episode, his character’s relationship to his father, and using the guise of superheroes to discuss serious issues.

The episode revealed that Lucius was killed while out running an errand the day Luke graduated from high school.

Batwoman brought us Sophie’s long-awaited revelation, much-needed backstory on Lucius and Luke Fox, and a perfect villain of the week.

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Batwoman Episode 6

This week’s Batwoman brought us Sophie’s long-awaited revelation, much-needed backstory on Lucius and Luke Fox, and a perfect villain of the week. The Executioner had just the right number of twists and turns to keep things interesting, forced a few of our main characters to move forward in their journey, and contributed to the show’s overall themes of crime, corruption, injustice, and systemic marginalization.

Sophie Knows! Hallelujah. I know it’s only been six episodes, but this revelation somehow still feels overdue. Can we bring Mary in on this secret next? I have a particularly low tolerance for the half-baked excuses for superhero secret identities, but if we’ve learned anything from Supergirl, it should be...

Slasher is a gift for horror fans who wish that there were more TV shows that delved into this genre. As the name suggests, each season is its own slasher story, and what's cool is that some of the actors pop up as different people.

The first season, The Executioner, features married couple Sarah and Dylan heading to live in a small town and realizing that there's a killer who is inspired by the tragedy that occured while her mom was pregnant. The second season, Guilty Party, sees two groups of friends stuck at a cabin because there's a killer (there's a pattern). And the third and most recent season, Solstice, is about a killer who is focusing on the residents of a building.

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Filmed in Ontario, the series has a lot of scares, but it also has some nicely developed...

With Carlos Reygadas‘ admirably bold, intimate new drama Our Time now in theaters and his first three films now streaming on The Criterion Channel (along with a recent extensive conversation), it’s thankfully easier than ever to catch up on the poetic works of the Mexican director. To celebrate, today we’re taking a look at his favorite films of all-time.

As voted on in the latest Sight & Sound poll, the influences of the ten selections can be seen throughout this work, most notably in the spiritual ruminations of Andrei Tarkovsky and Ingmar Bergman, the non-professional acting collaborations of Robert Bresson, as well as the striking patience of Béla Tarr. Speaking to one selection, Aleksandr Sokurov’s Mother and Son, Reygadas has said it would be the one film he’d show an alien if they came to our planet. Surprisingly, however, for those who have seen Silent Light, there is no Ordet.

TV’s erstwhile Vic Mackey may soon be policing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Shield vet Michael Chiklis is set to executive-produce and star in Coyote, a crime drama in development at Paramount Network, Deadline reports.

The potential series — which hails from Breaking Bad vet Michelle MacLaren — centers on Ben Clemens (Chiklis), a soon-to-be-retired border patrol agent who discovers an underground tunnel used to smuggle black market goods in from Mexico. Before long, he finds himself in the crosshairs of the criminal mastermind that he has spent the better part of his career attempting to destroy.

In addition to Coyote,...

Last year's carnival slasher movie Hell Fest is having three of its featured masks made available to the public from Trick or Treat Studios. The officially licensed masks are now available to pre-order, featuring The Other, Hell Devil, and The Executioner. The latter two will retail for $9.99, with The Other costing a bit more at $24.99. Described as perfect, screen-accurate replicas, the masks are sculpted by Tony Gardner and are expected to ship in August or September.

Released in 2018, Hell Fest is directed by Gregory Plotkin using a screenplay by Seth M. Sherwood, Blair Butler, and Akela Cooper. It takes place in a traveling horror carnival known simply as "Hell Fest." The story follows a group of teens attending the theme park only to discover a masked serial killer is intent on killing them all for real. For some horror fans, it was great to see a new, original slasher movie playing on the big screen.

Michael Chiklis is back on the TV beat again.

The Emmy-winning actor has signed on to star in the CBS drama pilot Murder, our sister site Deadline is reporting. He’ll play Mason “Mace” Garrity, a veteran NYPD detective whose feathers are ruffled when he’s assigned an outspoken rookie partner, played by Empire and Mad Men veteran Teyonah Parris.

Based on a British miniseries, Murder will be shot like a true-crime documentary and follow a single investigation through the perspective of the cops, the suspects, the witnesses and the victims. Amanda Green (Lethal Weapon, Law & Order: Svu) will pen the pilot,...

— The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) has announced the nominees in all categories of the 32nd Annual Asc Awards for Outstanding Achievement. Winners will be revealed at the organization’s February 17 ceremony, which will be emceed this year by Ben Mankiewicz, a longtime host on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The event will be held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. This year’s nominees are: Theatrical Release • Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc for Blade Runner 2049 • Bruno Delbonnel, Asc, Afc for Darkest Hour • Hoyte van Hoytema, Asc, Fsf, Nsc for Dunkirk • Dan Laustsen, Asc, Dff for The Shape of Water • Rachel Morrison, Asc for Mudbound Spotlight Award • Máté Herbai, Hsc for On Body and Soul • Mikhail Krichman, Rgc for Loveless • Mart Taniel, Esc for November Episode of a Series for Non-Commercial Television • Gonzalo Amat for The Man in the High Castle (“Land O’ Smiles”) on Amazon • Adriano Goldman, Asc,...

The 2018 Asc Awards will be held on February 17.

‘Mudbound’

The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) has unveiled nominations for its 32nd annual Asc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography.

Nominations were announced in five categories, and include familiar names like Roger Deakins who received his 15th nomination for Blade Runner 2049.

Deakins is joined in the theatrical release category by Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison, Bruno Delbonnel for Darkest Hour, Hoyte Van Hoytema for Dunkirk, and Dan Laustsen for The Shape Of Water.

In the TV categories, Game Of Thrones and 12 Monkeys have multiple nominations. Streamers Amazon and Netflix are represented on the nominations list with Man In The High Castle, and The Crown and Mindhunter, respectively.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony held on February 17 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.

The 2018 Asc Award nominees are:

Theatrical Release

Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc

Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel, Asc, Afc...

The 2018 Asc Awards will be held on February 17.

‘Mudbound’

The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) has unveiled nominations for its 32nd annual Asc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography.

Nominations were announced in five categories, and include familiar names like Roger Deakins who received his 15th nomination for Blade Runner 2049.

Deakins is joined in the theatrical release category by Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison, Bruno Delbonnel for Darkest Hour, Hoyte Van Hoytema for Dunkirk, and Dan Laustsen for The Shape Of Water.

In the TV categories, Game Of Thrones and 12 Monkeys have multiple nominations. Streamers Amazon and Netflix are represented on the nominations list with Man In The High Castle, and The Crown and Mindhunter, respectively.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony held on February 17 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.

The 2018 Asc Award nominees are:

Theatrical Release

Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc

Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel, Asc, Afc...

The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) feature film nominees tends to lean toward big-scale movies, and this year is no exception. Their top five include frontrunner Roger Deakins for his stunning visuals in “Blade Runner 2049” as well as Rachel Morrison, who photographed “Mudbound.” Left out were viable but smaller-scale contenders “Call Me By Your Name” and “The Post.”

So far, neither the Asc nor the cinematography branch of the Academy has ever nominated a woman for a feature film. So Morrison’s nomination is a big deal. (Next up for Morrison: Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Black Panther.”) According to a study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film, women made up 5 percent of cinematographers on the top 250 domestic-grossing films in 2016.

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The Asc awarded Nancy Schreiber its 2017 Presidents award,...

The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) feature film nominees tends to lean toward big-scale movies, and this year is no exception. Their top five include frontrunner Roger Deakins for his stunning visuals in “Blade Runner 2049” as well as Rachel Morrison, who photographed “Mudbound.” Left out were viable but smaller-scale contenders “Call Me By Your Name” and “The Post.”

So far, neither the Asc nor the cinematography branch of the Academy has ever nominated a woman for a feature film. So Morrison’s nomination is a big deal. (Next up for Morrison: Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Black Panther.”) According to a study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film, women made up 5 percent of cinematographers on the top 250 domestic-grossing films in 2016.

Read More:‘Mudbound’: Why Rachel Morrison Deserves to Be the First Female Cinematographer Nominated for an Oscar

The Asc awarded Nancy Schreiber its 2017 Presidents award,...

His predecessor Kim Sae-hoon resigned last June after the blacklisting scandal.

Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Oh Seok-geun

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has named film director Oh Seok-geun as chairman of the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

His predecessor Kim Sae-hoon resigned last June, unable to finish his term after being implicated as one of the executives responsible for carrying out blacklisting efforts for ex-president Park Geun-hye’s administration in the arts and culture sector.

A founding member of the Busan International Film Festival (Biff), Oh was the event’s inaugural general manager for several years. More recently, he was director of the Busan Film Commission (2010-2016) and president of the Asian Film Commissions Network.

He is also one of the leaders of the movement to support Biff in the face of blacklisting. Last May, in his eulogy for Kim Ji-seok – fellow Biff founder and friend since their youth together in Busan – Oh...

Now for something truly remarkable from the neglected Spanish cinema. Luis García Berlanga's wicked satire is a humanistic black comedy, free of cynicism. The borderline Kafkaesque situation of an everyman forced into a profession that horrifies him is funny and warm hearted - but with a ruthless logic that points to universal issues beyond Franco Fascism. The Executioner Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 840 1963 / B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 92 min. / El Verdugo / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 25, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert . Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli Film Editor Afonso Santacana Original Music Miguel Asins Arbó Written by Luis García Berlanga, Rafael Azcona, Ennio Flaiano Produced by Nazario Belmar Directed by Luis García Berlanga

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

Criterion brings us 1963's The Executioner (El Verdugo), a major discovery for film fans that thought Spanish cinema began and ended with Luis Buñuel. I've seen politically-charged Spanish films from...

Spanish film-maker best known for his satire Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!

During the Franco years, the survival of independent cinema in Spain was thanks to the "Three Bs" — Luis Buñuel, Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga. The last of these irreverent, original film-makers, who has died aged 89, Berlanga was pivotal in reviving the Spanish film industry after the end of the civil war, despite his many tussles with Franco's censors.

In 1953 he established himself with ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall! (Welcome, Mr Marshall!), a masterful comedy about the hopes of Spanish villagers that the Marshall Plan will make them rich. In 1961 Plácido, a satire about a poor man invited to dinner in a wealthy household on Christmas Eve, was nominated for the Oscar for best foreign-language film. But his caustic brand of comedy probably reached its apogee in 1963's El Verdugo (The Executioner) about a young man desperate to get a job...