Netflix’s South Korean drama “Squid Game” has become the most popular TV series in the platform’s history. It has exceeded 132 million views in only 23 days after its launch and ranked first in more than 90 countries worldwide. A South Korean documentary filmmaker suggests its success could end the South Korean film industry’s reliance…
Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Success Could Cut Korean Film Industry’s Relaince On China: Korean Filmmaker
October 23, 2021
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Warrant: Baldwin Didn’t Know Weapon Contained Live Round
SANTA FE, N.M.—An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show. “Cold gun,” the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court. Instead, the gun…
Korea Insists That China Stop Pirating Its Hit Program, Squid Game
October 22, 2021
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Although Netflix hasn’t entered the Chinese market, this didn’t prevent its global hit, a Korean drama Squid Game, from creating a boom in China. Online shopping sites filled with imitation derivative products from the drama. Korean officials are trying to protect their intellectual properties. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has imposed a “Korean restriction order”…
My Man Godfrey
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) needs a “forgotten man” to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park (William Powell), who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia…
Beijing Exploits Hollywood to Project a Positive Image of the CCP: Report
Beijing is manipulating Western movie and film production, especially in Hollywood, to project a positive image of itself to the world, according to a September report by a French military think tank. The 650-page report aims at exposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s all-encompassing global influence tactics. On the cultural front, the report pointed out that…
Russian Space Movie Director Says Moon or Mars Could Be Next
MOSCOW—Russian film director Klim Shipenko said on Tuesday he was up for making a movie on the moon or even Mars after returning from 12 days of shooting aboard the International Space Station that transformed his ideas about the possibilities of cinema. Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild returned to Earth on Sunday after gathering more…
Mr. Imperium
Up-and-coming singer Frederica Brown (Lana Turner) meets European Prince Alexis (Ezio Pinza) at an Italian resort hotel in 1939. As they begin dating, Alexis learns his father is dying and returns home to assume control of the kingdom. Twelve years later, Frederica is now a movie star, and Alexis has been deposed, though he may…
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ Has Died
MOUNT AIRY, N.C.—Betty Lynn, the film and television actress who was best known for her role as Barney Fife’s sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. She was 95. Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a brief illness, The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, announced in a statement. Lynn appeared…
20 Minutes [New Release Film]
An incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii changes twelve people’s lives when they discover they have 20 minutes to live. A film by Timothy A. Chey – Epoch Cinema has officially launched! Featuring hit movie, ‘Interview with the Antichrist’ available to rent now. Your donation will help get the film into more theaters next year. Follow…
Film and Television Workers’ Union to Begin Strike Monday Unless Negotiations Avert Deadline
The union representing more than 60,000 film and television crew members plans to begin a strike if a last-minute deal does not meet their requirements for safe working conditions. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees International (IATSE) President Matthew Loeb said Wednesday the strike would start on Oct. 18 unless negotiations are successful before the…
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