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Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the horror film The Accursed, from director Kevin Lewis (Willy’s Wonderland), which stars Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Sarah Grey (Power Rangers), Meg Foster (They Live) and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect). The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has slated the title, which is currently in post-production, for a theatrical day-and-date release this fall.

The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose, old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems, and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on.

Warner Records will issue the soundtrack for actress Halle Berry’s directorial debut film “Bruised” on Nov. 19. The Netflix feature — which Berry also stars in as a disgraced M.M.A. fighter — debuts on the streamer on Nov. 24, after a limited one-week run in theaters.

“I can’t wait to show it,” Berry tells Variety. “I have to tell you, one of the things I’m most excited about is the title song that H.E.R. sang… and she killed it. So I can’t wait to share with everyone and am super excited.”

Hand-selected by executive producers Berry and Cardi B, the film’s soundtrack features six original songs by award-winning and multi-platinum female artists, including Cardi B (“Bet It”), Saweetie (“Attitude”), City Girls (“Scared”), H.E.R. (“Automatic Woman”), Flo Milli (“Blast Off”) and Latto (“Tha Fuck”). The tracks by H.E.R. and City Girls, both prominently featured...

This article contains Cobra Kai season 3 spoilers.

Despite its iconic standing within the martial arts genre, the martial arts in The Karate Kid have never been outstanding. Sure, the crane kick is a classic, but from a technical standpoint, it’s not that impressive. Ralph Macchio had no martial arts training prior to undertaking the role of Daniel. In many ways, that’s part of the charm. Whether you know martial arts or not, Daniel’s wax on, wax off awkwardness makes Macchio’s portrayal more genuine.

Throughout the film franchise, it was Daniel’s adversaries who were the martial artists. William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) had a background in wrestling prior to the first film and continued to train in Tang Soo Do under Master Pat E. Johnson after it wrapped (Johnson played the referee and trained the actors for the film.) Martin Kove (John Kreese) studied Gosoku-ryu Karate under the founder of that style,...

WWF No Mercy‘s generally accepted status as the greatest wrestling game ever made has always been a pleasant curiosity in a world that’s often defined by our divisiveness and desire to argue for the sake of arguing.

WWF No Mercy is so beloved that it’s often hard to get someone to analytically break it down without eventually succumbing to wistful ramblings. Yet, the qualities that made the game so special really aren’t that complicated. In fact, much of the game’s success can be attributed to how uncomplicated it was.

Essentially an evolution of developer Aki Corporation’s previous N64 wrestling games (which notably included WCW/nWo Revenge and WWF WrestleMania 2000), No Mercy‘s calling card was its arcade-like gameplay that emphasized a rock/paper/scissors style system of stong/weak grapples, strikes, and counters. It was remarkably uncomplicated to pick up and play, but deep enough to master.

Vice Media Group Wednesday set the premiere for Vice TV’s Disruptors (working title), a new series with sports journalists Jemele Hill and Cari Champion, announced a major global news expansion and an investigative series with iHeart Media.

The group is also launching ‘The 8:46 Project,’ a company-wide commitment to expand coverage and reporting on systemic racism across all of Vice’s brands including: Vice News, Vice Digital, Noisey, Munchies and Vice TV.

Continuing to retool is large news operation, Vice is launching Vice World News, the Nancy Dubuq-led company said at its virtual NewFront presentation. It plans to create hundreds of hours of international television and digital and audio news programming, scaling operations well beyond its existing footprint.

The announcement came after the company made a series of senior promotions in news with Subrata De becoming EVP and Global Head of Programming and Development for Vice News. She was previously Senior Executive Producer,...

Actress Uhm Jung-hwa returns to the big screen five years after “Wonderful Nightmare” with director Lee Cheol-ha’s new film “Okay! Madam”.

Synopsis

Mi-young runs a shop at a traditional market, where she makes and sells twisted bread sticks. Her husband Seok-hwan works as a computer repairman. One day, Seok-hwan wins a free trip to Hawaii. Mi-young and Seok-hwan will go on their first international trip together. When Mi-young and Seok-hwan get on the airplane to Hawaii, things don’t go as expected. Terrorists, including Cheol-seung, who are chasing after a secret agent, get on the same airplane. The passengers soon become hostages. Suddenly, Mi-young and Seok-hwan begin to rescue the passengers.

Joining Uhm Jung-hwa on the action comedy is Park Sung-woong, who last had a leading role in another action comedy, the enjoyable “The Dude in Me“, who plays Seok-hwan. Lee Sang-yoon, who was also in Lee Cheol-ha’s previous film “Insane”, plays Cheol-seung,...

” Every hooker’s got a hard luck story. “

No Mercy (1986) is available on Blu-ray From Mill Creek Entertainment. Order information can be found Here

Richard Gere and Kim Basinger sizzle in a searing action thriller of passion and murder, No Mercy. Gere stars as Eddie Jillette, a tough, uncompromising cop whose vow to avenge his partner’s death draws him into a torrid affair with the only witness, the murderer’s girlfriend. Basinger is the sultry Cajun beauty, Michel, caught in the war between Gere and vicious crime lord, Losado, the man who possesses her. Jillette’s vendetta takes him from the streets of Chicago to the violent underworld of New Orleans, where he abducts Michel to flush out Losado. He escapes into the treacherous bayou with his unwilling captive but as their pursuers close in and the danger mounts, so does their lust for each other. Out of time and out of luck,...

The South Korean film is sold by Finecut.

South Korean thriller Idol, which screened in the Berlinale Panorama, has been acquired for Japan and Taiwan by New Select and Apex Success Global (Long Shong) respectively. Finecut is handling international sales.

Directed by Lee Su-jin, Idol is about two fathers pitted against each other when their sons are involved in a bloody hit-and-run case. Han Seok-kyu, Sul Kyung-gu and Chun Woo-hee star.

The film has clocked up more than 164,700 admissions and $1.2m to date at home in Korea, following its release on March 20, according to the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

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This month’s FilMart rights market in Hong Kong was a busy one for South Korean indie sales house Finecut. It completed multiple license deals.

Berlinale Panorama title “Idol” was acquired by New Select for Japan and Apex Success Global for Taiwan. Directed by indie sensation Lee Su-jin the neo-noir thriller sees the story of a politician who faces the worst crisis of his career due to his son’s car accident. The film stars some of the best-known actors in the country: Han Seok-kyu (“The Berlin File”); Sul Kyung-gu (“The Merciless”) and Chun Woo-hee (“The Wailing”). Locally distributed by Cgv Arthouse, “Idol” opened in Korea on Mar. 20.

Action thriller “No Mercy” scored deals with Busch Media for German-speaking Europe, Borsalino for Latin America, Culture Entertainment for Japan and Av-Jet for Taiwan. Directed by Lim Kyung-tack and starring Lee Si-young, “No Mercy” revolves around a woman searching for her missing sister,...

When Johnny Lawrence's (William Zabka) old cruel sensei John Kreese (Martin Kove) showed up at the end of Cobra Kai Season 1, I about lost my shit! That was such an awesome, unexpected surprise because I thought he was dead! After he showed up and the final episode of the season ended, I immediately began to think of all of the bad and evil things that he will bring into Johnny's life in Season 2. After all, he was the one who drilled "No Mercy" into his students, but it sounds like that may not be the direction they are going to take the character.

During a recent interview with Syfy Wire, Kove talked about his excitement to get to play the character again and he shared some info on how the character will be handled next season. According to the actor, we will see a more human and vulnerable side of Kreese:

"You know,...

Kim Hyeong-joon's No MercySTORY75%DIRECTION78%ACTING70%VISUALS75%POSITIVESGreat story with continuous plot twists and equal directionGreat cinematographyVery good actingNEGATIVESSome flaws in the script that make the case and the character seem a little bit off at times2016-05-1675%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (1 Vote)73%

When the police discover a dismembered body near a river, they ask from coroner Kang, one of the leaders in the field to assist them in ascertaining the cause of death. Coincidently, Min, a former student of Kang’s, is also part of the police team investigating the crime. Every piece of evidence they discover points toward the extremist environmentalist Lee and the case seems to close when he is arrested. However, things become complicated when Kang’s daughter is kidnapped.

Kim Hyeong-joon signs a magnificent debut in both direction and scriptwriting. His style is characterized by directness, without any compromises in depiction, as it becomes evident...

There’s a new Korean chiller headed our way called No Mercy. Written and directed by first-timer Kim Hyeong-Joon and starring Hye-jin Han, Seung-beom Ryu, Kyung-gu Sol and Ji-ru Sung the film goes like this.

Synopsis:

Hidden in the bushes along the river bank, a woman’s body is found severed into six parts. Homicide forensics expert Kang is called into investigation, eventually arresting environmentalist fanatic Lee as the main suspect.

Meanwhile, Kang heads to the airport to pick up his daughter who hasn’t been back in Korea for 10 years. A stranger, supposedly ordered by Lee, gives Kang an envelope filled with pictures of his petrified daughter held captive. Kang goes to meet Lee believing the river bank murder case is involved with his daughter’s kidnapping. In order to save his daughter, Lee tells Kang to release him within 3 days, pushing Kang into an impossible fork in the road.