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Cast members Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael arrive for the world premiere of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” in London, Britain, April 25, 2022. Image: Reuters/Maja Smiejkowska LONDON — Twelve years since it first premiered, television hit “Downton Abbey” is back with a second stand-alone film about the fictitious Crawley family and their servants running … [Read more...] about ‘Downton Abbey’ returns with a silent movie and a trip to France

3/5 stars A feature-length prequel to the hugely successful Jujutsu Kaisen anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 follows a young bullied teenager who transfers to a special school that will train him to master a monstrous curse that has hold of him. Series writer Hiroshi Seko and director Park Sung-hoo take the reins once again for a story that incorporates elements of dark … [Read more...] about Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie review: Teen angst and horror in Japan’s animated blockbuster

4/5 stars A subgenre of films has long existed about the murder of old people as an act of social control: Michael Anderson’s Logan’s Run (1976), for example, or the two versions of The Ballad of Narayama by Keisuke Kinoshita (1957) and Shohei Imamura (1983). But Plan 75 offers something different. Eschewing the settings of a dystopic future or a distant past, Japanese … [Read more...] about Movie review: In Plan 75, Japan’s seniors given choice to end lives for ‘perks’

Some of the biggest stars in Hollywood are making appearances in television series, but there’s every chance that you might not recognise them. Jessica Biel recently starred in Candy, a Hulu series based on the true story of killer Candy Montgomery and her victim, Betty Gore. In a short curly wig, oversized glasses and typical ’80s fashion, Biel is almost unrecognisable as … [Read more...] about The biggest actor transformations in movies, from Jessica Biel to Jared Leto

Most of us are familiar with the Marvel Cinematic Universe or MCU. And now, it seems like Korean superstar Ma Dong-seok — last seen as an Asian superhero in the 2021 Marvel movie Eternals — also has plans to create his own "MCU". That will be "Ma's Cinematic Universe" — a South Korean film series that started with the action hit The Outlaws in 2017. Its sequel The Roundup … [Read more...] about ‘I already had eight stories in mind’: Eternals’ Korean star Ma Dong-seok wants to create his own ‘MCU’