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It’s unsurprising that, given the upsurge in interest in Korean TV, particularly following the runaway success of Squid Game last year, Netflix has positioned itself as the premier streamer of K-dramas in Western countries. This summer, the service has added Café Minamdang to the list. The series began in the last week of June and is currently halfway through an 18-episode run. The series’ protagonist, Nam Han-joon, is the world’s flashiest con artist....

The Good A story for the family. The Bad Too much of the time a lot of the actors seem like they are acting. No features. Neverwas is an interesting tale about coming to terms with your family. Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) leaves his post at a large institution so that he can practice psychiatry at Millwood Clinic. We come to find out that Riley’s father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), used to be a patient there and this reclusive man had also written a popular book called Neverwas....

New concept art has revealed that Deadpool was probably in plans to make an appearance in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings during the early stages of the film. The foul-mouthed killing machine, Wade Wilson, can be seen fighting Proxima Midnight in the concept art designed by artist Andrew Kim. Kim recently shared his concept art designs via Murphy’s Multiverse, which are all based in the Golden Daggers Club that Shang-Chi’s sister Xialing operated in the film....

Nearly 75% of New Line Cinema’s employees may be axed, leaving some uncertainty for the Company’s slate of upcoming films, including Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo on April 28, Sex and the City: The Movie on May 30, the Aug. 1 launch of He’s Just Not That Into You, and the Aug. 8 opening of Journey 3D. According to Variety, parent Time Warner hasn’t disclosed details of job cuts since last Thursday’s announcement that New Line would be folded into Warner Bros....

A new trailer for Snowpiercer season 2 has arrived directly from New York Comic Con. The cast and showrunner united for a virtual panel as part of this year’s online event, and they brought some new footage from the show’s return with them. Not only did we get the teaser, but it brings with it the news that the series will be making its return on January 25. Plus, we get a good look at Sean Bean as Mr....

Watchmen-mania is starting to spread even more, and it’s spilling over into books as well. Empire and Total Film have just released new images from two Watchmen tie-in books: Watchmen: Portraits and Watchmen: The Film Companion, both of which will be on bookshelves on February 10. Click on the images below to view both new galleries. It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians?...

Fanatics of the STARZ series Outlander were recently met with bittersweet news about the show. It was renewed for an eighth season, but the time-traveling love story between a 20th-century Englishwoman and an 18th-century Scotsman is finally coming to an end. The announcement was a shock to fans, who expected the series to continue for a few more seasons given its source material. Based on an incomplete series of ten books by Diana Gabaldon, the show appears to be catching up with the novels quicker than the author can finish them....

DC Comics has revealed the first look at the prequel comics book to Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Titled Riddler: Year One, the comic book series will focus on Edward Nashton’s troubled past that gradually led him to become Gotham’s serial killer, The Riddler. In the movie, we saw how Riddler was affected by the city’s corruption. Apparently, after growing tired of repetitive failures of the corrupt city administration to do good for people, Riddler decided to exact revenge on the ones responsible....

I can’t claim to be a fan of the whimsical stylings of Richard Curtis, but I can’t really claim to be a hater as well. I’ve never seen any of Curtis’ films before and, as popular as they seem to be, his films just don’t seem like anything I’d be interested in. Heartfelt romantic cinematic tales just aren’t really my bag. With Pirate Radio, it was the first Richard Curtis film that I was actually somewhat interested in seeing....

Alexandra Milchan’s EMJAG Productions and Platinum Studios, Inc. have partnered to bring Platinum Studios’ comic book series Blood Nation to the big screen. Set in the not-too-distant-future, Blood Nation tells the story of a country overrun by vampires and walled off from the rest of the world. Decades later, rumors that these creatures have found a way to escape their isolation force a small group of humans to pierce into the heart of the nation on a desperate mission to save humanity....

The CW Network presented its 2013-14 broadcast schedule today to advertisers, affiliates and national media at the New York City Center in New York City. The Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop opened the show with their smash Top Ten hit “I Love It.” Here’s what CW President Mark Pedowitz had to say about their successful 2012-2013 season. The CW will launch its fall season in October 2013. Premiere dates to be announced at a later time....

From producers Peter Engel and Barry Katz (both of Last Comic Standing), The Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator? (fka The Imposter) begins production March 5, 2007, with auditions in Los Angeles, CA. The hour-long alternative series on the search to find the best celebrity impersonator is scheduled to air this summer on the ABC Television Network. Auditions will be held in four cities - Los Angeles (March 5-6), Las Vegas (March 11-12), New York (March 20-21) and Orlando (March 28-29)....

Get ready to take home Sly in one of his most famous characters this May. Rambo will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 27. The standard version will be available in both a single-disc edition ($29.95) and a two-disc special edition ($34.98). The Blu-Ray version will be priced at $39.99. We have no cover art or special features details, but the two-disc edition will include a Digital Copy of the movie....

The action-packed comic book adaptation Red will be released on Blu-ray and DVD January 25, 2011. The movie will be released in a barebones DVD and Blu-ray and a special edition DVD and Blu-ray. We have no pricing details but you can take a look at the cover art and special features below: Frank (Bruce Willis) is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone… until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him....

Okay, I’m gonna sound like a fanboy one of these days. Because the more and more I see roll out of Avenet Images that has to do with Brian Avenet-Bradley, the more I wind up squealing and clapping my hands like one of those Wolverine fanboys who only crawl out of their parents’ basements for cons and New Comic Day. This is just the case with Dark Remains, the latest from Avenet and probably the best thing they’ve done yet....

Relativity Media has acquired rights for Robert Graves’ classic Roman Empire-set novel I, Claudius. Jim Sheridan will write the screenplay with longtime collaborator Nye Heron and direct as well. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Graves’ 1934 novel recounts the internecine plots and counterplots surrounding Claudius, the fourth emperor of Rome who ruled from 41-54 A.D. The stuttering and handicapped Claudius, born into a murderous, imperial family, used his cunning mind and rivals’ misjudgment to not only survive but eventually become one of Rome’s greatest emperors....

Are you quite ready for Nicolas Cage as Dracula? If so then you should be very excited about Renfield, a new movie coming this April. The movie will be starring Cage as well as Nicholas Hoult as R.M. Renfield, who is Dracula’s most trusted UberEats delivery boy. The plot will revolve around Hoult as he finds new and more risky ways to fetch food for his master and promises a good mix of action as well as quippy jokes if the trailer is to be believed....

The CW Network has handed out a full-season order for the new series Ringer, which airs Tuesday nights at 9 PM ET. The show premiered to solid ratings when it debuted on September 13, although the numbers began to slide in the weeks that followed. However, last night’s Episode 1.05: A New Kind of Bitch, saw a 33% ratings increase in the ever-important 18-49 demographic, and a 17% increase in total viewers, up to 1....

We can’t be too far away from an official trailer for The Munsters, the upcoming reimagining of the classic sitcom by director Rob Zombie, as the official one-sheet poster has just been unveiled. Zombie has taken to social media to share the poster, and highlighted are the movie’s three lead stars: Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman, Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily, and Dan Roebuck as The Count, a.k.a. Grandpa Munster. The three were previously featured in a sneak peek teaser trailer revealing some of the first footage of the film....

Acclaimed Apple Original series Servant, is officially set to debut its second season globally on January 15, 2021 on Apple TV+. Executive produced by Academy Award-nominated director M. Night Shyamalan (Glass, Split, The Sixth Sense), the ten-episode series will premiere with the first episode, followed by new episodes weekly, every Friday. Following its suspenseful season one finale, the second season of the thriller takes a supernatural turn. As Leanne returns to the brownstone and her true nature is revealed, a darker future for all lies ahead....