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Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed the first wave of titles for its 29th edition, running July 17–August 3, 2025, in Montreal. Returning to Concordia Hall, J.A. de Sève, and Cinéma du Musée, this year’s lineup promises a thrilling mix of world premieres, genre experiments, and breakout voices.

Among the early highlights:

Steve Pink’s Terrestrial shifts the Hot Tub Time Machine director into darker sci-fi thriller territory, starring Jermaine Fowler and Pauline Chalamet. Kenichi Ugana’s I Fell In Love With A Z-grade Director In Brooklyn offers a hilarious, heartfelt tribute to indie horror and DIY filmmaking. Julie Pacino’s I Live Here Now dives deep into Lynchian dream-logic and trauma, with Lucy Fry leading an impressive cast. YA Boy Kongmin! The Movie catapults the hit manga/anime into a wild, J-pop-fueled cinematic adventure. Influencers, Kurtis David Harder’s chilling sequel, sees Cassandra Naud’s CW return to wreak...

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The first tranche of titles for this year's Fantasia International Film Festival has been revealed, and it includes some films with big fan appeal. Terrestrial is the new work by Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink, and sees a science fiction writer struggling to hold onto his sense of reality, while Cassandra Naud's sinister imposter character returns in a sequel to Kurtis David Herder's 2022 hit Influencer (with the same title but now in the plural). Anime lovers will be delighted by Kenji Nakamura's Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II, as well as Yasuhiro Aoki's futuristic Little Mermaid adaptation Chao.

Other highlights include Julie Pacino's nightmarish psychodrama I Live Here Now, Hubert Davis's post-apocalyptic thriller The Well and US/Japanese crossover production I Fell In Love With A Z-Grade Director In Brooklyn. Festival regulars the Adams Family return...

Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival unveiled the first wave of its upcoming 29th edition on Thursday, a boisterous roster that brings new work from Hwang Wook,the Adams Family, Steve Pink, Julie Pacino, and Brock Bodell.

One year after debuting Mash Ville at Fantasia, South Korea’s Hwang returns with The Woman, a psychological thriller starring Han Hye-ji in which a girl pursues a mysterious stranger after an innocent act results in her friend’s suspicious suicide.

The first wave includesMother Of Fliesfrom John and Zelda Adams and Toby Poser, about a woman who seeks dark magic from a...

As summertime approaches, anticipation starts to grow for the annual Fantasia International Film Festival, held every year in Montreal. This year makes the festival’s 29th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 17 through August 3, 2025, presented by Mels in collaboration with Concordia University. Fantasia returns to their usual venues of Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screenings and events at Montreal’s Cinéma du Musée.

Fantasia will announce the full lineup in July, but for now, they’ve provided a delicious list for its first wave of titles, which include Julia Pacino’s feature film debut, the latest from the Adams’ Family, Kurtis David Harder’s sequel film Influencers, and so much more.

Check out the first wave of 2025 Fantasia titles below: Terrestrial (dir. Steve Pink)

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The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 17th through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings and events at Cinéma du Musée – and today the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening there this year! The full line-up will be announced in early July, but for here’s a sample of what attendees can expect to see there, with the information coming directly from the Fantasia press release:

Terrestrial Reveals A Different Shade Of (Steve) Pink: As director of the Hot Tub Time Machine films, Accepted, and About Last Night, and the co-writer of High Fidelity and Grosse Point Blank, Steve Pink has made a distinctive name for himself with individualistic comedy works that ooze personality. Now, he’s exploring darker edges of his sensibilities with Terrestrial,...

Here. We. Go. The first wave of titles from this year's Fantasia International Film Festival have just been announced. Steve Pink has a new film, Terrestrial, starring Jermaine Fowler. Kurtis David Harder follows up their 2022 film Influencer, with the return of CW in Influencers. There is Mexico's first ever stop motion feature film, I Am Frankelda. And Fantasia would not be Fantasia if the Adams Family did not have a new film to screen at the festival. They return with a new flick, Mother of Flies. Everything else, including news about the festival's major new sponser, follows. Fantasia Unveils Vivid First Wave Of Titles For Its 29th Edition Steve Pink’s Terrestrial, Kenichi Ugana’s I Fell In Love With A Z-grade Director, Julie...

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The Fantasia International Film Festival is one of the very best events to experience the latest and greatest genre films from around the world. There's nothing quite like it, and if you haven't had a chance to attend, I highly recommend planning a visit to Montreal this summer, especially now that the first wave of titles has been officially announced:

From the Press Release: "The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 29th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 17 through August 3, 2025, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screenings and events at Montreal’s Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July but in the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a select first wave of premiere titles.

Terrestrial Reveals A Different Shade Of (Steve) Pink

As director of...

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 29th edition with another densely packed slate of events and programming running from July 17 through August 3, 2025, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas and presented by Mels, with additional screenings and events at Montreal’s Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July, but in the meantime, Fantasia 2025 has revealed a select first wave of premiere titles. Highlights include Influencers, writer-director Kurtis David Harder‘s follow up to his 2022 thriller. Actor Al Pacino‘s daughter, film producer Julie Pacino, makes her feature directorial debut with the Lynchian I Live Here Now. From the director behind Hot Tub Time Machine and multiple episodes of “Santa Clarita Diet,” Steve Pink, comes an unconventional sci-fi comedy Terrestrial. The Adams family (Hellbender) is back with Mother of Flies, desrcribed as a personal dark fairy tale.

Steve Pink’s “Terrestrial” and Julie Pacino’s “I Live Here Now” are among the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival’s first wave line-up, the festival announced.

This year’s Fantasia runs July 17-Aug. 3, bringing a wide range of genre film screenings, workshops and launch events to Montreal. Of the first wave of films, “Terrestrial” marks Pink’s (“Hot Tub Time Machine”) first time directing a thriller, while Al Pacino’s daughter Julie Pacino makes her directorial debut with “I Live Here Now,” featuring “Twin Peaks” star Sheryl Lee along with Lucy Fry and Madeline Brewer. The line-up also includes Mexico’s first stop-motion feature “I Am Frankleda” and the latest Adams Family filmmaking collaboration, “Mother of Flies.”

Last year’s Fantasia included world premieres like Chris Stuckmann’s “Shelby Oaks,” “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington and “Bookworm” starring Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher.

The full line-up will be unveiled in early July.

Before he was the Winter Soldier, Sebastian Stan was a snow bunny trying to make ends meet.

The Oscar nominee recalled how royalties from his appearance in 2010’s Hot Tub Time Machine helped him survive before he landed his role as the MCU‘s James ‘Bucky’ Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

“I was actually struggling with work,” he told Vanity Fair. “I had just gotten off the phone with my business manager, who told me I was saved by $65,000 that came in residuals from Hot Tub Time Machine.”

In director Steve Pink’s sci-fi romp Hot Tub Time Machine, Stan played the typical ’80s bully Blaine, who terrorizes a group of friends who travel back in time to their teen years at a 1986 ski resort.

Following his MCU debut, Stan continued to play the Winter Soldier in Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

There are many actors who come from humble beginnings (though less so these days) and remember a time when it was a struggle to pay the bills. And Thunderbolts* star Sebastian Stan is no exception. The Academy Award-nominated actor is sitting comfortably now thanks to numerous projects that have established him as one of the best actors of his generation, but before he arrived in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stan was barely getting by. However, it was residuals from a largely forgotten 2010 comedy that helped him keep the lights on before he was cast in Captain America: The First Avenger.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Stan reveals that he was in a rough spot acting-wise before he was cast in 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger as Bucky Barnes. It was a role that changed the trajectory of his career, but it was the residuals from the 2010 comedy film Hot Tub Time Machine...

Remember the cult hit from 1984 that made Troma Entertainment notorious for its schlockiness? Finally, The Toxic Avenger is returning to the big screen once again. The franchise has been equally funny, brutal, and strangely charming. The original film mixed slapstick violence with a bit of satire. After many decades, the reboot looks to be authentic to its roots while introducing something new for the younger audience.

However, the path to this remake has not been easy. After premiering to a select audience, the film mysteriously disappeared. The movie even had big names like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Guillermo Del Toro attached to it at some points. Now that it appears to be finished, let’s explore the actors, storyline, and all the relevant details on this radioactive resurrection.

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Peter Dinklage leads the cast of The Toxic Avenger. He plays Winston Gooze, who is a...

As the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival prepares to host its 27th edition, which runs March 6 – 16, festival director Orestis Andreadakis sees no shortage of threats to truth, freedom and the values on which the democratic order is based. “Four months have passed since the [Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival], but it seems like we’re already living in a completely different world — unfortunately, not a better one,” Andreadakis tells Variety.

Likening the times to “a historical documentary about the 1930s, screened backwards,” he describes world events as “an educational documentary that taught us nothing. It is a testimony for the horror of fascism and totalitarianism that it seems we have forgotten,” he continues. “It is a film record of a horrific historical reality that some are trying to repeat in the worst possible way.”

This year’s festival begins hardly a fortnight after Russia’s war in Ukraine marked its three-year anniversary, and as a tenuous...

That's a wrap on Cobra Kai, but the spirit and characters of the franchise — which date back to Ralph Macchio's iconic 1984 film, of course — will live on. First, there's the highly anticipated film Karate Kid: Legends, hitting the masses on May 30. Plus, there's talk of a spinoff series featuring a couple of the teens from Cobra Kai. Maybe one of your favorites from the ragtag bunch was Eli Moskowitz, otherwise known as "Hawk" due to his trademark mohawks that immediately stole whichever scene his character occupied. Hawk was played with style, ferocity, and pizzazz by rising star Jacob Bertrand, and MovieWeb recently caught up with him to see if he'd ever welcome the opportunity to further pursue his beloved character in a future project.

"If they were to do a spinoff, I mean, for Hawk, it would probably be a binary brothers thing, and I'm so down to work with Gianni [DeCenzo] again,...

Martin Kove's iconic character, John Kreese, stole the show in Cobra KaiSeason 6's emotionally charged 13th episode, "Skeletons." After over 40 years of waiting, Karate Kidfans got to witness the often despicable Kreese finally finding redemption for the unspeakable wrongs he did to his star student, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). Unfortunately, after turning back over the Cobra Kai dojo to Johnny, it appears that Kreese was killed in an explosion while battling Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith). However, there was an alternate ending filmed in which Kreese miraculously escaped the flames engulfing Silver's destroyed yacht. Kove said in an interview with People:

"A lot of the fans think that the character, he should have come out of the water and survived. We did shoot a scene like that. We did shoot a scene where I'm smoking the cigar [the character’s trademark vice], and I grab a magazine. It implies in Episode 15 that he didn't die,...

Cobra Kai may have closed its doors last month, but that doesn’t mean the story is quite over yet for the Karate Kid franchise. As well as this year’s movie, Karate Kid: Legends, there have been several teases for possible spinoffs from Cobra Kai itself. While fans wait for more news about that, the series’ showrunner, Jon Hurwitz, has shared an exclusive look at where the Cobra Kai journey started by revealing the fake trailer for the show that was created to sell the show to YouTube.

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This March, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the wacky crime comedy series Deli Boys to the much-anticipated streaming release of Anora. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Hulu in March 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

High Fidelity (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Credit – Touchstone Pictures

High Fidelity is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay co-written by D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, and Scott Rosenberg. Based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, the 2000 film follows Rob, a record store owner who has been unlucky in relationships. However, his bad luck might...

Cobra Kai’s showrunner Jon Hurwitz has addressed the cameo, or lack thereof, of Hilary Swank's character in the series finale. Swank played Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid, the fourth movie in the Karate Kid franchise and Pat Morita's last appearance as Mr. Miyagi. The film's reception was not good, and it ended up burying the franchise until the 2010 reboot. Although the showrunners and writers found a way to bring back almost every single character, even those played by late actors, Swank was one of the biggest legacy characters who wasn't present in the show. And we finally know the reason why.

The Netflix TV spin-off of the Karate Kid franchise concluded its six-season run as a funny and nostalgic series that expanded on the cultural landmark that made everyone start karate classes in the 1980s. The series used everything, from needle drops to nods to Easter eggs,...

Cobra Kai co-creator Hayden Schlossberg recently revealed why one cameo that fans wanted to see in the Netflix series never happened. Schlossberg took the time to answer many fan questions on X (formerly Twitter).

"Was there ever any conversation of having a cameo from Niel Patrick Harris?" One fan asked Schlossberg on X. "I know Ralph and William's Himym reunion and Barney's thoughts on the Karate Kid lined up pretty well with what Cobra Kai ended up being, it would be cool to know if that would have been acknowledged." Schlossberg replied: "No, that would have taken us out of the story."

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Cobra Kai is over, after a six-season run culminating with the finale on Netflix. Though the sequel series to The Karate Kid franchise may be over, the future for Daniel Larusso is wide open with Karate Kid: Legendspremiering in 2025 - starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio.

Though that may not be the only sequel that could happen. Whilst the main story of Cobra Kai is over, there’s now a whole army of karate kids/teenagers scattered across the world, and with so many characters going to so many places, there are ample possibilities for the future of the franchise on streaming.

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Great Scott! The creators behind Cobra Kai have addressed the intriguing tease at the end of the show. Last week, Netflix released all the final Cobra Kai episodes, ending the Karate Kid spin-off's six-season run. If you stayed with Johnny and Daniel until the very end, when Johnny taught Daniel that chopsticks are not always necessary for catching flies, then you were probably confused by what happened just before that. Yes, we're talking about the unusual conversation between two strangers who we heard discussing something that had nothing to do with Cobra Kai.

The conversation is between Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz, two of the three Cobra Kai co-creators. One says, "So the show would be set in Hill Valley, alternate 1985. All we need are Wilson, Thompson and Zane, and we’ve got the green light." Hill Valley is, of course, the fictional town where the Back to the Futurefranchise takes place,...

The following contains spoilers forCobra KaiSeaon 6, Episode 15, "Ex-Degenerate."

Cobra Kai has been a massive hit with Karate Kid fans since its debut in 2018. Now that the series has ended, creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, may have already laid the groundwork for another franchise revival.

The final scene of Cobra Kaisees Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) sort of recreate the "catching a fly with chopsticks" scene from the original 1984 movie. However, per People, the conversation between the gentlemen at the bar in the moments prior is where Heald and Hurwitz discuss the possibility of doing a Back to the Future series. The chat in the throwaway scene was essentially a pitch for a Back to the Future revival.

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Cobra Kai ended its six-season run by permanently dissolving the rivalry between Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). The series also got rid of its Karate Kid villains in the most dramatic way possible.

Speaking to GamesRadar+, showrunner Jon Hurwitz said that Daniel and Johnny reconciling was always the plan. "It was always the idea, speaking specifically for the very end with Johnny and Daniel, we wanted them to be together and finally have a friendship," he explained. "It's so funny 'cause I remember in season one when we were making the show, the early notes we got from the studio were, 'Can Johnny and Daniel be running a dojo together?'"

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Cobra Kai Season 6 brought about the shocking deaths of John Kreese and Terry Silver in a final fight between the two. The long-awaited battle between the two ended in a fiery way as Kreese blew up both of them on the boat they were fighting on. The fight capped off Kreese's redemption arc as he sacrificed himself in order to save his former student. Per Screen Rant, Macchio expressed to Netflix that he feels Daniel will be negatively affected by this violent outcome.

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Cobra Kaihas officially ended, and while many characters from the Karate Kid franchise returned at some point, there was one that was strangely absent: Julie Pierce from The Next Karate Kid, played by Oscar-winner Hilary Swank. Even minor figures from the franchise had their respective cameos, making fans think that Pierce would also show up in the sixth and final season. Ultimately, it didn't happen, and co-creator Jon Hurwitz has revealed why.

Cobra Kai, the Karate Kid spin-off that renewed the public's fascination with the martial arts franchise, ended its run with Season 6 Part 3 debuting on Netflix a few days ago. All character arcs were solved, mysteries were solved, and the show had a very happy ending. And the respective Miyagi cameo? It was also there to divide audiences over the questionable use of AI to bring Pat Morita back to screens.

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Through its entire six-season run, Cobra Kai has always been about villains. At its core, the question fans had to ask is whether Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) was/is the real villain or Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio). The story expanded to include a new generation of kids, initially centered around Miguel (Xolo Mariduena), a young student dealing with bullies much like Daniel did, along with new bullies turned good kids like Tory (Peyton List), Robby (Tanner Buchanan), and Kenny (Dallas Dupree Young).

Of course, what would a show like Cobra Kai, which reopens wounds from The Karate Kid more than 30 years ago, be without some of its original villains? Two who returned to reprise their roles from the original franchise films definitely won’t be returning.

Cobra Kai is back for the last batch of episodes in its sixth and final season. Along with a few surprise characters, including some returning from the original series (both from previous seasons and one new), there’s a new minor character who has a small but pivotal role.

Elizabeth Berkley is best known for her starring role in the teen sitcom Saved By The Bell as well as the movie Showgirls. Fans were surprised to see her pop up in the show. While her character has limited screen time across two of the five episodes, her role is the catalyst for something bigger.

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After six seasons across two different streaming platforms, Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence’s (William Zabka) story has come to an epic conclusion. The final episodes of the Karate Kid sequel series are now streaming on Netflix.

Cobra Kai, which initially followed the rivalry between Larusso’s Miyagi-Do and the titular dojo, developed into a series with all sorts of intense rivalries and romances, some great and some plain shocking. Off-screen, it seems another romance has blossomed, and the episode ended with a question down on one knee. It looks like there will be a Cobra Kai wedding, as TAnner Buchanan and Mary Mouser announced on Instagram that they are engaged to be married.

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The Karate Kid first premiered way back in 1984. While many have largely forgotten about the details of the film and the characters, the launch of Cobra Kai brought everything right back into focus. Set in the present day, Cobra Kai focuses on a new group of karate students. But it’s also about the reunion between Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), bitter high school and karate rivals.

While The Karate Kid always painted Johnny as the bully and Daniel as the victim, Cobra Kai flips the script and shows another side of the equation. Johnny had a tough life. He had a tyrant for a sensei when he was a teenager. And the result of the All-Valley Tournament changed the trajectory of his life for the worse. In the last batch of episodes for Cobra Kai’s final season, there’s finally closure for one of...

Entries on Netflix’s streaming chart have taken a good kicking as Cobra Kai unleashed its final run of episodes, bringing the series to a close in a high-kicking blaze of glory. While the show has had its ups and downs across its six seasons, the final five episodes have reminded many of why it has been such an incredible success for Netflix and has prepared them for the next chapter in the Karate Kid franchise coming in this year’s new movie sequel.

Cobra Kai first broke ground on YouTube Red by shifting the Karate Kid spotlight onto Johnny Lawrence, played by William Zabka, and picked up his story decades after that infamous loss at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. Pivoting from being a straight-up villain, Johnny underwent a journey of regret, redemption, and ultimately became a more fleshed out character that viewers were able to relate to.

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The cast of Netflix'sCobra Kai has shared their inspiration for the fight sequences in the show. Although the cast is not in charge of choreographing the various fight scenes in the series, it appears they had a little creative input when designing certain sequences, taking inspiration from martial arts classics as well as some surprising sources.

Part of the Karate Kid franchise, the TV show Cobra Kai ended its six-season run with a very emotional finale. The last five episodes of Season 6 premiered this week on Netflix, providing fans around the globe with a conclusion that will surely give them something to talk about. While the show's ending had more drama than fight scenes, the young cast of the show spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the martial arts sequences, specifically those involving several fighters, like Season 2's school fight and Season 6's chaotic fight in the Sekai Taikai. This is what Xolo Maridueña,...

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Cobra Kai just dropped its final five episodes, but that doesn't mean it is the end for the franchise, as two fan-favorite characters might get a spin-off. While Cobra Kai was initially conceived as a legacy sequel to The Karate Kid with the big marketing hook bringing back original stars William Zabka and Ralph Macchio, the series introduced a whole new batch of new characters that quickly became fan-favorites. Miguel Diaz, Samantha Larusso, Robby Keene, and Tory Nichols are just a few fan-favorite characters, and it looks like two characters introduced in Season 1 might have a spin-off in the works.

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Cobra Kai may never die, but all good things must come to an end one way or another. Today, fans are saying goodbye to the Netflix series that's been, in many ways, the heart and soul of the streaming service for the past seven years. No one expected the legacy sequel to become as beloved as it has, and now, social media is flooded with the thoughts of those that have seen the bittersweet ending.

X is abuzz with Cobra Kai fans sharing their thoughts on the conclusion of the Netflix hit, which began in 2018 on YouTube Red, and made the jump to the world's most popular streaming service in 2021. The series introduced us to a whole new crop of karate hopefuls, while at the same time revisiting storylines from past films through the appearance of stars Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). "They made six seasons...

Cobra Kai has come to an end after the third and final set of episodes has officially been released on Netflix. The second part of the final season was the darkest yet. Not only were all the kids off their games at the Sekai Taikai tournament, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) was out of sorts, too. The reason? He found an old box of Mr. Miyagi’s (Pat Morita) belongings under the floor in his home that made Daniel question who his sensei really was. Searching for the truth haunted Daniel for much of the second set of episodes. Fortunately, the final batch of episodes provides satisfying closure for Daniel and the audience.

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Cobra Kai ended in such a satisfying way, tying up loose ends and bringing closure, redemption, and happy endings for virtually every character. What’s more, some of the storylines brought closure 30 years later following the original The Karate Kid movies. A lot happened in the final five episodes of the three-part, 15-episode sixth and final season. The Sekai-Taikai tournament resumed in the wake of tragedy, the kids prepapred to move on, and the adults got clarity on so much in their lives. While it sets things up for potential spin-offs, should any be in the works, for some characters, it also spells the end.

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Cobra KaiSeason 6 Part 3's opening eight minutes are riveting, and the footage doesn’t show any mercy where either the compelling characters or die-hard fans are concerned. The brand-new preview reveals that a month has passed since Part 2’s gut-wrenching finale, and Kwon Jae-Sung’s (Brandon H. Lee) death has left everyone reeling following the tragedy that took place at the global karate tournament, particularly for lifelong enemies, John Kreese (Martin Kove) and Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio). Josh Heald, who is one of the drama's three showrunners, discussed following up the deadly events of the Sekai Taikai within the series' final five episodes in a new interview (per Tudum) by saying:

"We are now in the aftermath of everyone coming back home. We wanted to explore everybody’s headspace — the people who had all their hopes and dreams tied up with success at the Sekai Taikai; the people who had...

Cobra Kai fans are preparing themselves for the conclusion of the hit Netflix series, and one person determined for fans to discover how the series ends without the fear of spoilers is star Martin Kove.. Having portrayed the formidable John Kreese in the series, Kove has shared a very in-character message to those who may be tempted to spoil the series’ ending for others before they have a chance to see it for themselves. In his post, he emphasized the importance of letting viewers experience all the twists and turns for themselves, reminding everyone that the show’s success is fueled by its dedicated community of fans who want to share in the excitement without having key plot points leaked prematurely.

Although exact plot details of these final episodes remain under tight wraps, it’s no secret that tensions have been building throughout the entire series. Since the show’s...

Karate Kidactor Ralph Macchio says he feels like he has a “responsibility” to keep up the legacy of the franchise. In a new interview with GamesRadar+, Macchio talked about playing the role of Daniel Larusso throughout the years as well as the new Karate Kid: Legends film and the final season of Cobra Kai.

Cobra Kai returns to Netflix on Feb. 13 with the final five episodes of the series’ sixth and final season. The show, set about 40 years after the 1984 original Karate Kidfilm, features Macchio reprising his role as Daniel as well as William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence and sees the pair running two competing karate dojos.

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“Paying the Legacy Forward”

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The Karate Kid story began over four decades ago, and it's set to end soon. The film series continued with the TV show Cobra Kai, which will finish with the last episodes of Season 6.

Over 40 years ago, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) taught Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) martial arts to defend himself from his bully, Johnny Lawrence (William Zakba). So many things have happened since and their stories took center stage in the sequel series, as well. Ahead of the final five episodes, Netflix treated fans to the last trailer for the series, which is bound to be very emotional for the franchise's fans.

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A new look is revealed at the final episodes of Cobra Kai.

The 2-minute and 24-second trailer shows the characters training for their ultimate battle in the largest karate tournament in the world, despite the shocking...

It’s been over 40 years since Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) first taught Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) how to defend himself from the vile Cobra Kai bully, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). After reuniting and reigniting their old feud, the two enemies have now become allies as they seek to dominate the world's most renowned karate tournament - the Sekai Taikai.

After five seasons of Cobra Kai,the end is around the corner, and whilst it will be sad to say goodbye to so many of Johnny and Daniel’s new generation of "Karate Kids," the ending will be something worth waiting for. There is no doubt if Netflix’s teaser is anything to go by.

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French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert will be awarded the honorary Golden Alexander for his contribution to cinema at the 27th Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, which runs March 6-16. The festival will also host a tribute to the work of the American filmmaker Lauren Greenfield.

Philibert, who “dares to permeate the innermost depths of the human psyche,” will deliver a masterclass, moderated by documentarist, producer and screenwriter Marco Gastine.

Philibert won Berlin’s Golden Bear for best film in 2023 for “On the Adamant” and “Être et Avoir” won the European Film Award for European documentary in 2002.

The festival will screen a trilogy of Philibert’s films on alternative psychiatric approaches, along with an illuminating portrait of people working as nurse practitioners: “Each and Every Moment” (2018), “On the Adamant” (2023), “At Averroès & Rosa Parks” (2024) and “The Typewriter and Other Headaches”(2024).

Greenfield, who is also welcomed as a member of the International Competition jury, “castigates the toxic side of hyperconsumerism,...

Quick Links The Cast of 'Cobra Kai' Is Well Trained Which Cast Members Have the Most Extensive Training? The Younger Cast Members Have Less Experience Cobra Kai's Epic Fight Scenes

When actors take on physically demanding roles in movies and TV shows, it often requires intense training. This might involve hand-to-hand combat, gun use, a specific sport, and martial arts. When it comes to Cobra Kai, almost everyone in the cast has had to show off martial arts skills as they engage in fight scenes both in the dojo and outside of it. But fans are curious: did any of the actors who play the main characters have prior training, or did they all have to fast-track learning the basics of karate to make it believable?

Of course, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka received some training more than 30 years ago for The Karate Kid, but did they study a martial...

As the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection looms and Donald Trump prepares for his second inauguration as U.S. President, The Last Republican offers a remarkable profile of courage and conviction against daunting threats, sycophantic fealty, and blatant lies masking contemptible cowardice. Director Steve Pink (known mainly for his comedy movies) spent a year documenting Adam Kinzinger's final days in political office.

Kinzinger, a former US Representative from Illinois and die-hard conservative who voted 93% of the time with Trump, was one of two Republicans on the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. He, along with Liz Cheney, voted to impeach Trump and recommend him for criminal referral to the Justice Department. Kinzinger was essentially ousted from office and ruthlessly targeted by the party he'd spent a lifetime supporting in the aftermath.

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The Last Republican chronicles the real-life journey of Congressman Adam Kinzinger,...

When it comes to politicians showing courage, the bar has been on the floor over the last decade. In a system where confrontation is rewarded over competence or cooperation, it’s a rare thing to see leaders putting their ideals to the test, especially if it costs them their elected position. Leave it then to Steve Pink, the director behind the sublime Hot Tub Time Machine and scribe of Cusackian masterpieces, Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity, to tell the story of former congressman Adam Kinzinger in The Last Republican with the breeziness of a comic book film and the impact of a deep journalistic dive. The epithetic irony of his last name – Pink’s politics lay quite left of center – makes for a perfect dynamic duo of differing ideologies, coming together to tell this unique, powerful, and sometimes ridiculous story of contemporary America.

George Folsey Jr, the veteran film editor and producer who worked closely with John Landis on movies including Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Coming to America and the ill-fated Twilight Zone: The Movie as well as the iconic music video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” has died. He was 85.

The news was confirmed Wednesday by his son, fellow editor Ryan Folsey, on social media.

Folsey Jr was the son of George Folsey, the 13-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose credits included Meet Me In St. Louis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Executive Suite and The Balcony.

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Folsey Jr was an assistant producer on Twilight Zone: The Movie, on which a helicopter crashed during the filming of Landis’ segment of the anthology film in July 1982 in Santa Clarita, CA. The crash, later found by the National Transportation Safety Board to have...

While now considered a cult classic, one of John Cusack's more underrated movies nearly ended in disaster, as recalled by his co-star in it. The Golden Globe nominee first broke out in the world of coming-of-age films in the '80s, featuring in everything from John Hughes' Sixteen Candles to his breakout leading turn in the teen romantic dramedy Say Anything.... The years since have seen Cusack expand his talents to a wide variety of genres, including the Nicolas Cage-co-starring action thriller Con Air, the adaptation of Stephen King's 1408 and the blockbuster disaster thriller 2012.

In addition to this on-screen work, Cusack has often been a key figure behind the camera on his movies, including co-writing and producing a number of his projects. Some of his more notable include the 2000 film adaptation of High Fidelity, which earned him his Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor — Motion Picture Musical or Comedy,...

The Adam Kinzinger-focused The Last Republican was one of the hottest documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine), the movie chronicles the then-Illinois Congressman as he breaks ranks with his Republican colleagues to criticize Donald Trump and join the Jan. 6 committee. The movie has seen its relevance skyrocket in the wake of Trump’s election last month.

In this exclusive trailer drop, Kinzinger can be seen outlining his motivations. “It’s not about a political view. It’s about what it is to turn against everything you ever belonged to because of some red line you can’t cross,” he says, in a trailer that highlights both the serious and lighter aspects of Kinzinger’s story.

At TIFF, he told THR that politics was not the sole focus of the film, which is also produced by the doc filmmaker Jason Kohn...

A who’s who of Indigenous film talent — including Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs, Echo), Amber Midthunder (Prey, Legion), Wes Studi (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans) and Graham Greene (Dances With Wolves, Wind River) — are set to star in Brave, a new dramedy from writer/director Steven Paul Judd (Echo, Dark Winds), The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The feature, currently in pre-production, will begin principal photography next summer on the Choctaw Nation Reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. It will be the first-ever feature film to be shot on Choctaw land. The project was developed in close cooperation with the Choctaw Nation, the third-largest Native tribe in the United States.

Brave tells the story of Uncle Jack (Goldtooth), a 15-year military vet with substance abuse issues who now works as the entertainment in his local Native casino. At the funeral of his estranged brother, Jack meets Jillian, his young niece, now an orphan.

If Kamala Harris wins the presidency, one aspect of her campaign that will be highlighted will be her support from Never Trumpers, the group of Republicans who want to ensure that the former president never makes it back to the White House.

In the election of 2024, these figures have been some of the most vocal in making the case that this isn’t a normal election cycle, that democracy is at stake. Proof enough is that many of them will be casting their ballots for a Democrat for the first time.

Adam Kinzinger is one of the them, having spoken at the Democratic National Convention and appeared on the campaign trail for Harris. Steve Pink’s The Last Republican is backstory of how Kinzinger, a staunch conservative, got to that place. The documentary offers some key, behind-the-scenes moments as the Illinois congressman, along with Liz Cheney, were made outcasts in...

The Last Republican shines a light on a pivotal moment in recent history through the eyes of former politician Adam Kinzinger. As one of the few Republicans willing to break ranks after the 2020 election, Kinzinger knew speaking out could spell the end of his career. But with democracy itself feeling fragile, looking the other way wasn’t an option.

The documentary details Kinzinger’s final months in office. By then, he’d already drawn ire from his party for voting to impeach Donald Trump over the January 6th attack. When asked to join the committee investigating the insurrection, Kinzinger took the unpopular step of cooperating—not because he wanted to, but because our system of government was at stake.

Delving deep into this conscience-driven choice is director Steve Pink. An unlikely pair at first glance, Pink the liberal and Kinzinger the conservative find common ground in their concern for America’s future.