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Est N8, the international sales, production, and finance company, has acquired “Family Secrets,” a Korean family drama directed by Lee Sang-hoon (“Windmill”), at Hong Kong FilMart.

The film tells the story of an average Korean family whose members begin leading secret lives unknown to each other. The eldest daughter Mina, for instance, skips her piano lessons to take self-defense classes. The narrative reveals these new pursuits are connected to promises made to their deceased family member Seung-hyun, who perished in the tragic Sewol ferry incident.

“Family Secrets” takes a distinctive approach to the Sewol Ferry disaster, focusing on hope rather than sorrow. “The Sewol ferry victims’ families try not to talk about the Sewol ferry disaster, but rather to talk about the good and happy stories,” director Lee Sang-hoon said. “Since they know how much pain they each are feeling, they comfort and encourage each other with hopeful communication during...

The 18th annual Asian Film Awards (Afa) announced the winners and special award recipients at a ceremony held at the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on March 16, 2025. Sixteen competitive prizes and five honorary prizes were given out. The Afa ceremony featured a glamorous Red Carpet and Award Ceremony attracting participants from all over Asia, and was a great success. At this year’s Afa, the Hong Kong actor-director Sammo Hung served as the jury president leading other jury and voting members composed of filmmakers from around the world in selecting the winners. Daishi Matsunaga, along with fellow director Stanley Kwan, served as presenters.

Here are all the awards and nominees of this year’s edition

Best Film

All We Imagine as Light (India, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

Black Dog (Mainland China)

Exhuma (South Korea)

Teki Cometh (Japan)

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (Hong Kong)

Best...

Payal Kapadia’s Indian co-production “All We Imagine as Light” won best film at the 18th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, capping a remarkable journey that began with a Grand Prix win at Cannes last year.

Yoshida Daihachi won best director for “Teki Cometh,” while Sean Lau won best actor for “Papa” and Shahana Goswami best actress for “Santosh.” Sandhya Suri won best new director for “Santosh,” capping a strong year for Indian co-productions at the awards, where the country has been a bridesmaid in recent years.

Honors were evenly spread otherwise, with “Exhuma,” “Stranger Eyes” and “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” all collecting a brace of awards each.

Proceedings kicked off with a performance featuring the composer of the film that is the toast of Asia at the moment – “Ne Zha 2,” Chu Wan Pin, alongside Jonathan Wong.

During the awards, Dr. Wilfred Wong, chair of the Asian Film Awards Academy,...

The Beekeeper's Jason Statham and Aladdin director Guy Ritchie's intense action-thriller Wrath of Man is making its way to streaming for free next month.

Starting April 1, 2025, Tubi subscribers can watch Wrath of Man, a gripping revenge thriller filled with high-stakes heists, brutal action, and Statham’s signature intensity. Directed by Ritchie, the film follows a mysterious armored truck driver (Statham) with a hidden agenda, slowly unraveling his deadly past as he exacts calculated vengeance. Wrath of Man is a stylish and brutal crime film that blends Ritchie's sharp storytelling with Statham’s no-nonsense action persona.

Statham & Ritchie: A Dynamic Action Duo

Statham and Ritchie have built a strong creative partnership over the years, collaborating on several hard-hitting crime films. Their first team-up was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), which launched Statham’s film career and also featured Brad Pitt. This was followed by Snatch (2000), where he played the fast-talking Turkish.

As a Brit, I may be a little biased when I say this: The opening ceremony for the London 2012 Summer Olympics was the best ever. Directed by Danny Boyle, the usual hour of dancers and acrobats twirling around was spectacular and silly, complete with skits celebrating the Industrial Revolution, the NHS, and the nation's rich cultural scene. Movie buffs also got two special treats: Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean daydreaming about beating the boys from "Chariots of Fire" in their famous beach race, and Queen Elizabeth II making her screen debut opposite Daniel Craig's James Bond before her stunt double sky-dived into the stadium. It was surely the best trailer "Skyfall," which hit theaters a few months later, could have hoped for.

The music of the Fab Four featured heavily during the ceremony, complete with Sir Paul McCartney wrapping things up by leading a sing-a-long to "Hey Jude." As such,...

While Jason Statham may owe his acting career to Guy Ritchie for giving him his start, critics felt differently after panning their third cinematic collaboration, Revolver. Torpedoed by ungodly expectations caused by Snatch and Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels before it, Revolver is a much better movie than credited for, requiring repeat viewings to see through the style-over-substance charge the movie has been leveled with.

As Revolver celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025, giving the film another spin is recommended for Statham and Ritchie fans. With a screenplay co-written by venerated French filmmaker Luc Besson, Revolver was unfairly dismissed during its initial release and deserves another shot. It may not be the best work by the talent involved, but there's no way Revolver should hold a lowly 13% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie's Collaboration, Explained

Rising to fame together in the late '90s, Guy Ritchie and Jason...

Yeon Sang-ho, the acclaimed Korean director of Train To Busan, has began shooting zombie thriller Gunche, which will mark the big screen return of actress Gianna Jun.

The story centres on the spread of an unidentified virus that leads to the lockdown of a building, while the infected evolve in unpredictable ways.

The cast includes Jun – also known as Jun Ji-hyun – who made her last feature film appearance in 2015 action thriller Assassination. She is also known for My Sassy Girl, for which she won best actress at the Grand Bell Awards, and 2012 action thriller The Thieves.

Further cast includes Ji Chang-wook of Revolver,...

A rival in Yu-Gi-Oh!is described as the one duelist the protagonist faces and grows alongside the most. Kaiba and Yugi, Chazz and Jaden, and so much more are some of the best in their respective series, especially as they are some of the only duelists who push the protagonist to their limits or challenge the main antagonist with great effort.

However, not all rivals are created equally, and compared to their protagonist, they are a weaker duelist. But of all the duelist rivals, which ones are the best? Some rivals had far better performances in their respective series, and that information can be seen in their win-loss ratio.

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Roken Kogami, also known as Varis or Revolver, is the antagonist of Season 1 of the Vrains season of Yu-Gi-Oh! The series had a protagonist who would destroy Yugi Muto,...

Bird Box is easily one of the most significant films in Netflix’s history. With its excellent cast full of actors like Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Sarah Paulson, and even Machine Gun Kelly, the record-breaking film became a cultural phenomenon upon its release.

A still from Bird Box | Credit: Netflix

One would assume, considering its success, that everyone on the project had the time of their lives when they were making the film. However, it would seem that one part of the production was tirelessly unrewarding.

Even though the movie’s soundtrack was made by two members of the legendary band Nine Inch Nails, the experience was very frustrating for the two musicians.

Bird Box, Nine Inch Nails, and a very big roadblock

A movie is a lot more than the actors that star in it. Several important aspects of production can be the difference between a memorable and a forgettable project.

“Stranger Things” star Maya Hawke might have had an easier pathway into Hollywood than some, but that doesn’t mean that the actress has been immune to uncomfortable experiences with producers and directors on set. In an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast published Thursday, Hawke said an unnamed producer had uncomfortable advice for her.

“A director told me — actually, I think it was a producer, but they were in cahoots — told me that I looked prettier with my mouth closed and that I should close my mouth after I speak more often,” she recalled.

Though Hawke said she is “kind of a mouth-breather,” she said the advice was especially frustrating because “I was playing a character that was distinctly unselfconscious.”

“That was a trait of the character, that they didn’t care about looking pretty and they were unselfconscious, and so it was clearly just a desire of the aesthetic of the thing,...

South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment arrives at the 2025 Berlin European Film Market (EFM) with a star-studded lineup led by “Squid Game 2” actor Kang Ha-neul in crime thriller “Yadang: The Snitch” and an international cast including Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and “Squid Game” actor Hoyeon in Na Hong-jin’s “Hope.”

“Yadang: The Snitch,” from the producers behind record-breaking hit “12:12 The Day” and “Inside Men,” follows professional informants called “yadang” who provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile second-generation VIPs leads to a dangerous conspiracy, a seasoned yadang must fight to survive. The film pairs Kang with “Exhuma” star Yoo Hai-jin and “The World of the Married” actor Park Hae-joon.

“Train to Busan” director Yeon Sang-ho returns with “The Ugly,” a mystery thriller starring “Harbin” lead Park Jeong-min and “Parasyte: The Grey” actor Kwon Hae-hyo,...

Prominent Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson who was Oscar-nominated in 2006 for his short film “The Last Farm,” was handed out the Göteborg Film Festival’s hefty SEK400,000 Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film for his fourth feature “When the Light Breaks” at tonight’s closing gala of the festival’s 48th edition.

Shot in 16mm, the subtle coming-of-age drama starring Elín Hall world premiered last May as the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.

The story turns on Una, a young art student who encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty during on a long summer day in Iceland. The jury for Best Nordic Film including filmmakers Ella Lemhagen, Philippe Lesage, Athina Rachel Tsangari, cinematographer Jp Passi and actor Frida Gustavsson, said the film was awarded the festival’s top prize “for its masterfully calibrated mise en scène, its sensitivity and delicate lightness, its director’s unexpectedly uplifting treatment of grief,...

Quick Links The Future of Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham's Collaborative Work Is Up In the Air David Ayer Wants to Keep Working With Jason Statham What Is the Story of David Ayer's A Working Man?

In 2023, Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham collaborated on their fifth feature film together, the spy action comedy, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. Unfortunately, the film wasn't the sort of box-office success that the usual winning combination of Ritchie and Statham should have resulted in. Since then, Ritchie has gone on to direct three more films, all of which without the involvement of Statham, and it remains to be seen exactly if and when the two of them will ever collaborate again. In 2024, however, Statham headlined what was considered to be one of the best action movies of the year with David Ayer's The Beekeeper. The film was just the critical and commercial rebound...

From The Meg to Furious 7, Jason Statham has starred in some of the best action movies of his career in the past decade. Over the last 10 years, the traditional movie star has quickly become a thing of the past. The new stars that draw crowds to movie theaters are superheroes and cartoon characters. Moana and the Avengers are more likely to attract a huge audience than Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. But Statham is one of the few exceptions. He’s one of the only actors left who can get audiences out to theaters with their name alone.

Since 2015, Statham has joined the Fast & Furious franchise, parodied his own career with a self-deprecating spoof role, and fought a 75-foot prehistoric shark with his bare hands. Statham reunited with Guy Ritchie for a jaw-dropping heist thriller and teamed up with David Ayer for an adrenaline-fueled revenge thriller. The past decade...

The Asian Film Awards Academy (Afa Academy or Afaa) announced the nominations for the 18th Asian Film Awards (AFA18) and the Jury President for this year in Hong Kong today.

Thirty outstanding films from 25 countries and regions have been shortlisted to compete for 16 awards at AFA18, which celebrates artistic and technical achievements in Asian cinema. The prestigious lineup of nominees from around Asia includes seven Japanese films: Teki Cometh, Desert of Namibia (Yamanaka Yoko), All the Long Nights, My Sunshine, Happyend (Sora Neo), The Box Man (Ishii Gakuryu) and Black Ox.

Korean auteur Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma received eleven nominations, making it the most nominated film this year. It will compete for Best Film with Yoshida Daihachi’s Teki Cometh, Cannes Grand Prix-winning film All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia), China’s Black Dog (Guan Hu), which was screened in the 37th TIFF Gala Selection, and Hong Kong’s...

South Korea’s Exhuma has topped the field, earning 11 nominations at the 18th Asian Film Awards, followed by Hong Kong’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In with nine nominations.

Hong Kong martial arts legend Sammo Hung will serve as the jury president for the awards, which feature a selection of 30 films from 25 countries and regions, competing across 16 categories. The awards ceremony will take place on March 16 in Hong Kong.

Directed by Jang Jae-hyun, Exhuma gained nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.

Adapted from the novel “City of Darkness” by Yuyi, Hong Kong action blockbuster Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In gained nine nominations, including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.

The 18th Asian Film Awards, the region’s leading cinema honors, unveiled its 2025 nominations Friday, with South Korea’s horror hit Exhuma leading the pack with 11 nods. Directed by Jang Jae-hyun, the supernatural thriller melds feng shui and shamanistic traditions in a haunting narrative about an ominous grave. The movie was both a critical favorite and a huge theatrical sensation in South Korea, becoming the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. Alongside its best film nomination, the film earned recognition across several major categories, including best director, best actor for Choi Min-sik and best actress for Kim Go-eun.

The Asia Film Awards will return to Hong Kong on March 16 with a glitzy ceremony at the city’s Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. This year’s lineup of honorees includes 30 films from 25 countries and regions, spanning 16 competitive categories.

The Hong Kong throwback action epic Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,...

Martial arts legend Sammo Hung has been tapped as jury president for the 18th Asian Film Awards, while South Korean supernatural thriller “Exhuma” and Hong Kong action pic “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” dominate the nominations.

South Korean supernatural thriller “Exhuma,” helmed by director Jang Jae-hyun and marking the return of veteran actor Choi Min-sik, leads with 11 nods including best film, director, actor and actress. The film weaves elements of feng shui and traditional shamanism in its story of an ominous grave investigation.

Hong Kong action film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” follows with nine nominations. Based on Yuyi’s “City of Darkness” novel and set in the 1980s Kowloon Walled City, the film is competing for best film, supporting actor and multiple technical awards.

Soi Cheang’s Hong Kong action film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” follows with nine nominations. Based on Yuyi’s “City of Darkness...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.

Among the many problems with movie lists is the lack of a common starting point. No one can watch the hundreds of domestic and international titles released every year. We don’t even try.

I’m suspicious of writers who claim to screen 250+ films a year. Sure, stuff’s playing in the background while you’re cooking, checking email, God forbid writing reviews, but at some point all those films bleed together into an endless montage of repetitive imagery and plot points. Ultimately everything looks and feels the same. Nothing matters.

With access to screenings, festivals, links, etc., critics start from an apparent position of privilege. In reality, that means they see what studios and their publicists want them to see. Or will let them see. There...

Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie's bizarre gangster opus Revolver broke their streak, and it took another 16 years to fix it. 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels marked the movie debuts of both director Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham. Statham had many careers before acting - including music video extra and London street trader - but his back-to-back Guy Ritchie movies made him a star practically overnight. Lock, Stock... was a phenomenon when it debuted, while their follow-up Snatch was another sizable hit in 2000, adding stars like Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro to the ensemble.

Following Snatch, their career paths took different routes. Jason Statham's first action role in Ghosts of Mars led to an entire career in the genre, while Guy Ritchie married Madonna and directed her in 2002's harrowingly terrible romantic drama Swept Away. Ritchie and Statham later reunited for 2005's Revolver, which was meant to...

Guy Ritchie discusses his upcoming film for Apple TV+ Fountain of Youth alongside the film's stars John Krasinski and Natalie Portman.

Guy Ritchie is known for his comedic gangster films, such as Snatch and Revolver, as well as handling big IPs such as two adaptations of Sherlock Holmes and Disney's remake of Aladdin. However, Ritchie wanted to do something a bit different for his next film. "I found myself feeling like if I wasn't too careful, I was ending up in a comedy-action-gangster genre, of which, of course, I'm comfortable and enjoy, but at some point, I thought, you have to spread your wings as a writer-director," Ritchie told Entertainment Weekly. That's where Fountain of Youth comes in. Ritchie directed the film for Apple TV. It tells the story of two estranged siblings, played by John Krasinski and Natalie Portman, who reunite in search of the mythical spring.

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Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie have had some extremely popular movies over the years. As an action hero, Statham helped to bring a familiar face and star power to every venture. The renowned actor starred in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Fast X (2023), and The Expendables 3 (2014). He recently led a franchise of his own in 2024's The Beekeeper, which earned modest success at the box office in an otherwise quiet January.

The over-the-top stories that Ritchie tells have always been well-suited to epic adventures. He directed numerous blockbuster movies, including The Covenant (2023), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015), and Snatch (2000). He is always willing to change directions as needed and masterfully employs comedy wherever it suits a given movie. Together, the two are a perfect pair,...

Let’s say you’re an American Beatles fan in the Sixties, Seventies, or Eighties. You chat with a British fan about your favorite albums. But you have no idea what they’re talking about — what is Beatles for Sale? Or With The Beatles? Meanwhile, they’ve never heard of U.S. classics like Meet the Beatles or Something New or Yesterday and Today. You both agree how great Rubber Soul is — but you’re discussing two different Rubber Souls. How can this be?

That’s because the Beatles albums...

Jason Statham is undeniably one of the silver screen's most celebrated action superstars, and since his dazzling film debut in Guy Ritchie's 1998 black crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, he has steadily become one of the most famous faces of the adrenaline-pumping genre. Known for portraying cool, calm, and tough-as-nails characters, Statham has emerged as one of Hollywood's most bankable leading men and his exhilarating movies have grossed more than $1.5 billion while also attracting a passionate fanbase along the way.

Statham has starred in a slew of big budget extravaganzas throughout his impressive cinema career, appearing in popular flicks like the Transporter trilogy, The Mechanic, The Expendables, and the enduring Fast & Furious franchise (to name just a few). Despite being a major box office draw, the charismatic actor has also been in his fair share of critical duds (even if audiences felt differently), with respected film...

Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie have made a total of five movies together across more than two decades of collaboration, but they still havent topped their first film. Statham and Ritchies careers have been intertwined since the very beginning; they both got their start in movies at the same time. When Ritchie was plotting his debut feature the 1998 crime comedy Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels he discovered Stathams potential as an actor. At the time, Statham was known as a diver and a model.

Ritchie felt that Stathams history of working at market stalls would make him perfect for the role of small-time crook Bacon in Lock, Stock. Statham proved to be a natural in front of the camera and, after the success of Lock, Stock, he went on to become one of Hollywoods biggest and most popular movie stars. While Statham has conquered franchises like The Expendables and Fast & Furious,...

In a similar way to other greats of directing, Guy Ritchie has developed various signature details that give a clear indication that the film is his. Richie's first feature film came with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. His debut attracted a number of fans, who weren't let down by his second film, Snatch.

Ritchie's filmography has gone on to span Disney remakes, gangster films and interpretations of literary classics. Whilst there's a noticeable range of genres, he's managed to put his stamp on everyone. Some of his trademarks are subtle, but it's easy to spot a Ritchie creation from the moment the opening credits roll.

A Familiar Cast of Guy Ritchie Staples

Ritchie has been known to use some of the same actors throughout his work. From the start, a few faces cropped up more than once. Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones and Jason Flemyng appeared in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,...

Guy Ritchie is credited with helping to kickstart a subgenre of London-based crime thrillers with non-linear narrative devices, snarky characters, and a very dark sense of humor. After the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, it seemed like Ritchie was the heir apparent to Quentin Tarantino, as he was a filmmaker who could seemingly get an audience to a new project based purely on the fact that his name was attached. Ritchies reign of success was met with an early impediment when his remake of Swept Away starring Madonna was critically reviled, leading him to once again collaborate with Jason Statham on the gritty, neo-noir thriller Revolver. Although it was interesting to see him attempt to do something radically different, Revolver was a strange attempt at surrealism that didnt reflect what made Ritchie an interesting director.

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With action franchises like The Fast and The Furious, The Expendables, and Transporter under his belt, nobody would have guessed that English actor Jason Statham would ever play a part in a romantic drama. Hes all about hard hits, tough times, and violent climaxes! This certainly wasnt the case in 2005, though. Right in between starring in Guy Ritchies fourth film Revolver and his cinematic showdown with Wesley Snipes in Chaos, a film titled London has Statham step into the role of Bateman, a lewd banker who gets pulled into another mans chaotic night.

Even with additional names like Chris Evans, Jessica Biel, and Isla Fisher starring in this Hunter Richard-directed film, London was a critical flop. Among the biggest hits, Roger Ebert and the New York Times shot it down,...

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It was a premise that offered so much promise: a dramatic action film starring pugilistic juggernaut Jason Statham fresh off his high-profile successes in the films The Italian Job and The Transporter. Add in the legendary Ray Liotta and the stylish direction of one Guy Ritchie for a criminal caper/philosophical thriller, and the resulting film is an utter disaster. Released in 2005, Revolver was a high-concept mess whose clumsy grasp of meaning failed to connect with audiences, leading to critical derision and a tanking at the international box office.

Revolver stars Jason Statham as Jake Green, an ex-convict and gambler newly released from prison and holding a vendetta against the man who put him there, casino boss Dorothy Macha (Liotta). His first act upon leaving prison, Jake confronts...

Guy Ritchie fans will soon be able to watch the director's 2021 action movie, Wrath of Man, starring Jason Statham, for free. The fourth collaboration between Ritchie and Statham is heading to the free streaming service Tubi next month.

Beginning Nov. 1, Wrath of Man will be available to stream for free on Tubi. Directed by Ritchie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, the action thriller a loose remake of the 2004 French film Cash Truck follows H (Statham), a new cash truck driver in Los Angeles whose thwarting of a robbery leads to his skillset with guns and mysterious past being questioned. The movie also stars Holt McCallany (The Iron Claw), Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice), Josh Hartnett (Trap), Laz Alonso (The Boys), and Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad), among others. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Wrath of Man was a commercial success, grossing $104 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.

The London East Asia Film Festival (Leaff), the capital’s premier celebration of East Asian cinema and culture, proudly returns for its 9th edition, launching on 23rd October 2024 at the iconic Odeon Luxe Leicester Square with the UK premiere of Escape, a gripping drama by acclaimed director Lee Jong-Pil. The festival will run until 3rd November 2024, culminating in the highly anticipated world premiere of the Hong Kong feature, Little Red Sweet.

This year’s programme promises an extraordinary showcase of cinematic gems from Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines, all woven around the powerful theme of survival, resilience, and aspiration. Through the visionary lens of East Asia’s most talented filmmakers, Leaff invites audiences to experience profound and thought-provoking stories that offer unique insight into the region’s rich cultural tapestry.

With over 20 UK and world premieres, Leaff will captivate audiences at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square and the Cinema at Selfridges,...

Both actor Jason Statham and director Guy Ritchie debuted with Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. The movie's success not only made them more famous names but also turned them into an iconic actor-director duo. Every acclaimed filmmaker has that one actor they often work with. Martin Scorsese has Robert De Niro, Wes Anderson has Bill Murray, and Christopher Nolan has Cillian Murphy. Seeing these actors in specific director's movies never feels like it is getting tiresome.

Statham fits perfectly in Guy Ritchie's crime dramas and comedies about oddly named characters spewing witty dialogue. Though the two have only done five movies together, those few projects still made them prominent names in British cinema. It's unclear if the two will partner up again in the future, but fans of the duo still hold out hope. From Snatch to Wrath of Man, whenever Ritchie and Statham team up, people expect plenty of chaotic fun.

Steve McQueen is set to open the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday night with a world premiere — and it’s not his first time doing so. But his new film “Blitz” is very different from crime thriller “Widows,” which lifted the curtain back in 2018.

“Blitz” is set in WWII London as it came under devastating nightly attacks from German bomber planes, with a population that was forced to seek shelter underground not knowing what would be left of the city they returned to each morning. Taking place over just a few days, the visceral drama follows a 9-year-old boy — played by newcomer Elliot Heffernan — sent off to safety in the countryside but determined to return home to find his mother (Saoirse Ronan), who likewise is desperately searching for her missing son amid the chaos and carnage.

For the Oscar-winning and two-time BAFTA-winning McQueen, the idea of “Blitz” first began...

Actor Tom Cruise is known for his utmost dedication to the cinematic experience. In 2022, he ‘saved cinema’ by releasing the air-force action film Top Gun: Maverick, which earned more than a billion at the box office and is credited with bringing back audiences to theaters. He has supported good cinema since the beginning of his career.

Even before he revived the exhibition industry after the pandemic with Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise reportedly helped out budding filmmakers he saw potential in. His endorsement for 1998’s Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels reportedly saved the producers from retiring before they even started and launched the careers of Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie.

Tom Cruise Helped Start A Bidding War For Jason Statham’s Feature Debut A still from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels | Credits: Summit Entertainment/Gramercy Pictures

Guy Ritchie is known for his crime comedy films such as Snatch, The Gentlemen,...

“Revolver” is a 2024 Korean movie, categorized as Noir, Revenge, Thriller and Suspense, and Crime. Summary: An ex-detective gets caught up in corruption and her “friends” ask her to take the blame. All of them shouldn’t go to jail. Right? She agrees but only because they made “promises”. When she was released from prison, she discovered that her “friends” had disappeared and nobody planned to keep their “promises”. She got played and screwed. ♦ You Want Me to Take One for ‘The Team’? Ha Soo-Young was a police detective who got involved with some shady characters. Some of them work in law enforcement and some of them work “elsewhere”. A person known for throwing drug parties got arrested. Im Seok-Yong, the chief of the detective department, informs her that the person who was arrested recorded all of his phone conversations and her name came up several times. What? That’s incredible!

Vanner is ready for their latest comeback!

The K-pop boy band announced their third mini album, Burn, due out on September 30 at 5 a.m. Et, featuring the title track “Automatic.”

The mini-album comes eight months after they released their second mini

album Capture The Flag in January.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Automatic” is described in a release as a “song that combines an exciting drum beat, retro synths, and a heavy bass, embodying the energy of ‘unwavering dreams and hope.’

The album also includes “Revolver,” “New Heights,” “Blossom,” “Xcellerate,” and “Be

Together.”

Along with the release of their new album, Vanner has launched their first US store through Klap Entertainment, featuring three exclusive version of Burn with the members’ handwritten signatures. For all purchase info, click here.

Check out the teasers…

Find out who are the most popular K-pop idols on social media, ranked.

[Warning: The following story contains major spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2.]

Regardless of how Red Dead Redemption 2 is played, Arthur Morgan always contracts tuberculosis and passes away by the end of the game. While this reveal does come later in the story, there is a specific scene that makes it clear exactly when Arthur catches this, but it may not be apparent during someone's first playthrough of the game.

Tuberculosis (commonly called TB) is an infection caused by bacteria that often targets the lungs or any other area in the body with a lot of blood and oxygen flowing through it. Like many common pathogens, TB bacteria are airborne, and can be transmitted when an infected person coughs or speaks.

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In the Korean film Revolver, audiences meet Ha Soo-young, a former police officer who has just been released from prison. Played compellingly by actress Jeon Do-yeon, Soo-young finds that the large financial reward she was promised for taking the fall in a corruption case has vanished.

Left with nothing, she embarks on a determined quest to track down those who betrayed her and get what she’s owed. While the film has some shortcomings in developing secondary characters, Jeon’s gripping central performance holds the storyline together. Her portrayal of a woman with no options left but to pursue repayment through any means necessary makes for an engaging thriller.

Betrayal, Blackmail, and Broken Promises

The film provides insight into Soo-young’s situation through flashbacks showing her corrupt past as a police officer. It’s revealed she and others accepted bribes, though they were on the verge of arrest before Soo-young...

There are always those characters, like Revolver Ocelot, who give off a bad vibe from the moment they show up in certain video games. Whether it’s due to their shady actions, evil plans, or just their vibe, these NPCs often turn out to be much worse than they initially seem.

A lot of them start off as either allies or neutral characters, and then stab you in the back. Sometimes you just wish you had taken them out as soon as they appeared instead of letting them cause problems later on. There are specifically five notorious NPCs from popular games which, in hindsight, should have been dealt with at first sight.

Major spoilers ahead for Metal Gear Solid, Red Dead Redemption, Modern Warfare 2, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

5. Revolver Ocelot Ocelot has appeared in nearly all of the mainline games. Image via Konami

Revolver Ocelot first appeared in...

Sadie Adler's introduction sets a tragic tone for Red Dead Redemption 2, with the character becoming a fan favorite over time. A mod called "The Sadie Adler Project" allows players to experience the game as Sadie, complete with working voice lines. Players can explore Sadie's transformation from grieving widow to bounty hunter through the mod, offering a glimpse into a potential Red Dead Redemption 3.

Sadie Adler's introduction in Red Dead Redemption 2's opening moments set the tone for the rest of the game, which was steeped in tragedy. While Sadie's role in the first few chapters was somewhat reduced as the game focused on introducing its new protagonist, Arthur Morgan, and the Van der Linde gang, she did become an integral part of the narrative as time went on, and the character was soon established as a fan-favorite to the extent that many have expressed interest in seeing her as the...

"Andy's like a mad dog drenched in perfume." Well Go USA has revealed an official trailer for Revolver, a Korean revenge thriller from filmmaker Seung-uk Oh, also the director of the films Kilimanjaro and The Shameless previously. It's now set for a US release later this month if anyone's curious to see how this story plays out. Su-young, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Yoon-sun arrives to collect her on her day of release. She quickly discovers that the promised compensation for her time behind bars has since vanished, so Su-young embarks upon a mission to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her. Uncovering a far more dangerous, powerful force behind the scheme. This stars Jeon Do-yeon (from Emergency Declaration and Kill Boksoon) as Ha Soo-young, Ji Chang-wook as Andy, and Lim Ji-yeon as Jeong Yoon-sun. There's nothing like a...

Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption may be coming to PC soon, as an error on the PlayStation Store hints at its launch. The upcoming PC version will likely be similar to last year's PS4 and Switch ports but with the added potential for modding. Modding community for Red Dead Redemption 2 has already enhanced the game, suggesting great potential for the original.

While there have long been leaks and rumors indicating that Rockstar's acclaimed Western title, Red Dead Redemption, is coming to PC, an incorrect description for the game on the PlayStation Store may have just revealed its launch on PC is imminent. The game launched back on the PC3 and Xbox 360 in 2010, and while it is available on the Xbox consoles that followed through backwards compatibility, this wasn't the case on PlayStation, where it could only be streamed as part of a Ps Plus or Ps Now subscription before being...

For the second week in a row, the comedy Pilot topped South Korea’s box office charts. According to figures from Lotte Entertainment, Pilot earned $5.03 million from Friday to Sunday, capturing nearly half of the total box office revenue for the weekend. Since its release twelve days ago, the film has made $20.3 million and attracted over three million viewers.

Pilot’s success is notable in an otherwise slow summer season for Korean cinemas. Box office returns have been lower than usual despite warmer weather typically boosting theater attendance. However, Pilot has resonated with audiences through its lighthearted story about a fictional airline pilot’s amusing adventures and mishaps. Positive word-of-mouth reviews and fans of the lead actors have contributed to the film maintaining momentum.

The newest animated family film, Heartspring: Teenieping of Love, debuted in second place with $1.74 million for the weekend and $2.68 million over its first five days. Younger...

Lotte Entertainment comedy “Pilot” flew to a second weekend on top of the South Korean box office with $5.03 million haul and nearly half of the nationwide theatrical haul.

Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic) showed the title with a 46% share of the market over the Friday-Sunday period. After 12 days on release, it has a cumulative total of $20.3 million, earned from just over three million admissions.

Korean produced kids animation film “Heartspring: Teenieping of Love” took second spot on its opening weekend, with $1.74 million. After a full five-day release session, it has a total of $2.68 million.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” earned $842,000 in third place, boosted by premium large format screenings. After three weekends on release in Korea, it has accumulated $14.2 million. That makes it the eighth ranked title this year in Korea and the fourth highest import.

“Despicable Me 4” dropped by $1 million week-on-week and...

Fledgling Saudi production company Alamiya Filmed Entertainment (Afe) has partnered with Dubai-based Front Row Productions to make female-led road trip comedy feature My Treat (Mahmool Makfool).

Directed by Egypt’s Karim Abu Zeid, filming is set to begin this September in Riyadh and Istanbul, and is billed as the first time a major Saudi feature has shot in Turkey. A theatrical release across the Middle East is being scheduled for 2025.

The story follows three superfans of Turkish soap operas who travel from Saudi to Istanbul in a bid to meet their favourite actor. But the trip takes an unexpected turn...

Pan-Asian studio Through the Lens Entertainment (Ttle) has teamed with Fangoria Studios to produce three films based on works by Japanese horror manga author Junji Ito.

It was revealed last year that Fangoria was developing a live-action feature based on Ito’s manga Bloodsucking Darkness. However, the US outfit now also plans to adapt Ito’s The Mystery Of The Haunted House Part 1 and Part 2 and has partnered with Singapore-based Ttle to help realise the projects.

Bloodsucking Darkness follows a girl with an eating disorder who vomits blood and is stalked by vampire bats, while The Mystery Of The Haunted...

South Korean revenge thriller Revolver has secured distribution deals worldwide through Plus M Entertainment ahead of its local release on August 7.

The crime drama, starring Cannes award-winner Jeon Do-yeon and directed by Oh Seung-uk, has been acquired for North America (Well Go USA), Latin America (Impacto Cine), Middle East and North Africa (The Plot Pictures), Hong Kong and Macau (Neofilms), Poland (Media4Fun), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Saarc (Premiere 9) and Cis (Provzglyad).

It was previously secured for France (Bac Films), Germany (Plaion Pictures), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Runup Vietnam), and Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan).

The film reunites Jeon, who won...

The late Mark Lanegan’s acclaimed 2004 album Bubblegum is receiving a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue, featuring loads of previously unreleased songs and demos, including a collaboration with Beck.

Titled Bubblegum Xx, the reissue arrives August 23rd, and marks the first posthumous release since Lanegan’s passing in February 2022.

The original Bubblegum album, which has been remastered for this reissue, features a who’s who of guest musicians, including Lanegan’s Queens of the Stone Age bandmates Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, and Troy Van Leeuwen, as well as The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli, and classic Guns N’ Roses members Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin, among others. Singer Pj Harvey also contributes vocals to two of the songs: “Hit the City” and “Come to Me.”

The collaboration with Beck, “Union Turnpike,” is a song that Lanegan had hoped to include on the original version of Bubblegum, but Beck was unable to contribute at the time,...

Tejasswi Prakash, who has been away from television since her role in the supernatural series “Naagin,” has teamed up with Punjabi singer Gippy Grewal for an exciting new project. Their song, titled “Revolver,” was released on YouTube today, June 15th, much to the delight of fans eagerly anticipating this collaboration.

Tejasswi Prakash and Gippy Grewal’s ‘Revolver’ music video will be out soon; Fan says ‘unexpected collaboration’

In “Revolver,” Gippy Grewal takes on the role of the lead singer, delivering a powerful vocal performance that sets the energetic tone of the song. Tejasswi Prakash, the captivating female lead, complements the track with her vibrant presence and impressive Bhangra moves. The groovy beat is crafted by music producer Kulshan Sandhu, while the engaging lyrics are penned by Kabal Saroopwali.

The music video stands out for its stunning visual appeal. Gippy and Tejasswi don color-coordinated outfits, enhancing their on-screen presence. Their palpable...

Statham's history of action films prepared him for a recurring role in the Fast & Furious franchise. Fast Five's safe heist outshines Statham's heist in Revolver, showcasing a grander scale and more excitement. The intense action sequence in Fast Five serves as the movie's climax, making it bigger and better than Revolver's heist.

Jason Statham executed one of Fast Five's biggest, most eye-catching stunts in a movie directed by Guy Ritchie six years prior. Well before Fast Five's 2011 premiere, Statham was increasingly evolving into his action star persona, featuring in the classic The Transporter and The Expendables franchises, as well as in one-off action flicks like The Bank Job, The Italian Job, and Death Race. Since then, Statham's action career has led him into renowned roles, including Adam Clay in the $152 million action thriller The Beekeeper and Deckard Shaw in the latter half of the Fast & Furious franchise.