Paramount Pictures has released SEVENTEEN new character posters ahead of its upcoming live-action feature film adaptation of the classic Capcom arcade game “Street Fighter”. The posters highlight the film’s massive collection of characters which includes nearly every playable character from the franchise’s early days. We get series originals such as Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Zangief, E. Honda, Blanka, Dhalsim, Balrog, Vega, and of course M. Bison, as well as some later additions like Akuma, Cammy, Joe, and Dan.

Of course the film has an equally massive cast that includes Jason Momoa, David Dastmalchian, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Calina Liang, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Cody Rhodes, Andrew Schulz and more. Kitao Sakurai directs from a screenplay he wrote with T.J. Fixman. Their story takes place in 1993 where rivals Ryu (Koji) and Ken (Centineo) are recruited by Chun-Li (Liang) to compete in the World Warrior Tournament. But they quickly learn there is more at stake than mere bragging rights.

Admittedly, the trailers make the film look overstuffed and messy. At the same time, it’s hard not to admire its open self-awareness. It looks goofy, cheesy, even a little campy. But most of all it has the potential to be fun. Yes, I know “fun” is a word some tend to frown upon these days. But for a movie likes this, it’s exactly what you want. And Sakurai is putting a lot of emphasis on accuracy, from the wild tone to the killer costume designs. So fans should find a lot to enjoy.

“Street Fighter” hits theaters on October 16th. Are you excited for the film? Check out the new character posters and share your thoughts in the comments below.

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is celebrating the 30th anniversary of “Sleepers” by bringing the film to 4K Ultra HD for the very first time. This newly remastered version of the 1996 thriller brings back this fittingly dark and expertly structured story that remains disturbingly relevant today. Based on the book of the same name by Lorenzo Carcaterra, “Sleepers” is written and directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson and features an incredible star-studded cast.

“Sleepers” will be available on 4K Ultra HD and Digital on April 21st. See below for a full synopsis of the film as well as release information including a list of special features.

About the Film:

Year: 1996

Runtime: 148 Minutes

Director: Barry Levinson

Screenwriter: Barry Levinson

Cast: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Bruno Kirby, Ron Eldard, Billy Crudup, Minnie Driver, Vittorio Gassman, Terry Kinney, Peter McRobbie, Jeffrey Donovan, Eugene Byrd, Wendell Pierce

Rating: R for language, graphic violence and two scenes of strong sexual content

Four ordinary boys. A harmless prank gone awry. Their childhood innocence forever shattered, they vow to avenge its loss in the haunting drama Sleepers. Sentenced to spend time at a reform school for their reckless behavior, four basically good boys from a bad neighborhood suffer a horrible fate while there. Forced to perform unspeakable acts by the very adults entrusted to watch over them, the young quartet barely survives the ordeal. A decade and a half later, nothing can erase the painful memories. But neighborhood justice, with a little support from a loyal priest, helps even the score. 

Special Features:

Sleepers Digital release and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc contain the following new special features:

• The Making of SLEEPERS: A Conversation with Barry Levinson (NEW)Uncover the inner workings of creating the film, from the production design to adopting the novel into a screenplay, with director Barry Levinson. 
• SLEEPERS: The Art of Casting with Director Barry Levinson (NEW)Director Barry Levinson delves into the intricacies of crafting the roles of this star-studded cast.

Those of you who aren’t rabid Star Wars fans like me, please indulge me for a moment. We’re only a few weeks away from Star Wars returning to the big screen for the first time since 2019. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” is the duo’s next chapter following three seasons on Disney+. And while we have already been treated to one teaser and one full trailer, it looks as if director Jon Favreau has saved the best look for last. Yesterday we got the film’s final trailer and it is exactly what I was looking for.

The latest trailer gives Star Wars fans plenty of cool things to soak up. We see Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young Mandalorian apprentice Grogu enlisted by the New Republic to hunt down remnants of the Galactic Empire. But it looks like they get in over their heads with Imperial warlords, gangsters, and fellow bounty hunters. The trailer shows off the franchise’s signature locations, some thrilling action set pieces, and a vast collection of characters who I can’t wait to see on the big screen.

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” soars into theaters on May 22nd. Check out the final trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment partners with Paramount Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in putting together an extraordinary limited edition box set highlighting eight defining films from the career of visionary director Steven Spielberg. Only 5,700 units of this incredible collection will be available and sold exclusively on Amazon. The packaging features an 8-Slot SteelBook Library Case with each film getting its own individual 4K SteelBook.

Steve Spielberg: The Spotlight Collection includes these iconic movies: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and War of the Worlds. In addition to presenting each film in sparking 4K Ultra HD, The Spotlight Collection also features over 25 hours of bonus content across the eight titles. This is truly the ultimate box set for Spielberg fans and cinema lovers.

Steve Spielberg: The Spotlight Collection will be available on 4K Ultra HD and will include Blu-ray and digital copies. Preorders begin April 14th with the full release following on June 9th. See below for a full details of the box set including a list of special features.

About the Films:

JAWS (1975)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Screenwriters: Peter Benchley & Carl Gottlieb
Based on the Novel By: Peter Benchley
Music By: John Williams
Director: Steven Spielberg

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Francois Truffaut
Music: John Williams
Visual Effects: Douglas Trumbull
Director of Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
Writer and Director: Steven Spielberg

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas
Music: John Williams
Director of Photography: Allen Daviau
Screenwriter: Melissa Mathison
Director: Steven Spielberg

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott
Music: John Williams
Screenwriter: Lawrence Kasdan
Story By: George Lucas & Philip Kaufman
Director: Steven Spielberg

JURASSIC PARK (1993)
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards
Music: John Williams
Based on the Novel By: Michael Crichton
Screenwriters: Michael Crichton & David Koepp
Director: Steven Spielberg

SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz, Małgorzata Gebel
Music: John Williams
Based on the novel by: Thomas Keneally
Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian
Director: Steven Spielberg

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Jeremy Davies, Dennis Farina
Music: John Williams
Director of Photography: Janusz Kaminski, ASC
Screenwriter: Robert Rodat
Director: Steven Spielberg

WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins
Music: John Williams
Director of Photography: Janusz Kaminski, ASC
Based on the Novel By: H.G. Wells
Screenwriters: Josh Friedman & David Koepp
Director: Steven Spielberg

Special Features:

Jaws

• JAWS @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
• The Making of JAWS
• The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of JAWS
• JAWS: The Restoration
• Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
• From The Set
• Theatrical Trailer
• Galleries 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

• Includes all 3 versionof the film (Theatrical Version, Special Edition, Director’s Cut)
• Three Kinds of Close Encounters
• Steven’s Home Videos & Outtakes 
• Steven Spielberg: 30 Years of Close Encounters 
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Making of Documentary 
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Watch the Skies 
• Deleted Scenes 
• Storyboard Comparisons 
• Extensive Photo Gallery 
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Original Theatrical Trailer 
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Special Edition Trailer

Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Teaser Trailer 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Re-Issue Trailer

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 

• 40 Years of E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
• TCM Classic Film Festival: An Evening with Steven Spielberg
• The E.T. Journals
• Deleted Scenes
• Steven Spielberg & E.T.
• A Look Back
• The Evolution and Creation of E.T. 
• The E.T. Reunion 
• The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
• The 20th Anniversary Premiere
• Designs, Photographs, and Marketing
• Theatrical Trailer
• Special Olympics TV Spot 

Jurassic Park

• Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of A New Era
• Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory
• Return to Jurassic Park: The Next Step in Evolution
• Archival Featurettes:
  • The Making of Jurassic Park
  • Original Featurette on the Making of the Film
  • Steven Spielberg Directs Jurassic Park
  • Hurricane in Kauai Featurette
• Behind The Scenes:
  • Early Pre-Production Meetings
  • Location Scouting
  • Phil Tippett Animatics: Raptors in the Kitchen
  • Animatics: T-Rex Attack
  • ILM and Jurassic Park: Before and After the Visual Effects
  • Foley Artists
  • Storyboards
  • Production Archives
• Theatrical Trailer

Schindler’s List

• Schindler’s List: 25 Years Later
• Voices from the List
• USC Shoah Foundation Story with Steven Spielberg (2008)
• Let Their Testimonies Speak – Stronger Than Hate
• About iWitness (2018)

Saving Private Ryan

• An Introduction
• Looking Into The Past
• Miller and His Platoon
• Boot Camp
• Making Saving Private Ryan
• Re-Creating Omaha Beach
• Music and Sound 
• Parting Thoughts
• Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-Release Trailer
• Shooting War

War of the Worlds

• Revisiting the Invasion
• The H.G. Wells Legacy
• Steven Spielberg and the Original War of the Worlds
• Characters: The Family Unit
• Previsualization
• Production Diaries
• Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens
• Scoring War of the Worlds
• We Are Not Alone
• Galleries
• Theatrical Teaser Trailer

Like clockwork, you can count on getting a new Jason Statham movie every year. And while many of them follow the same basic blueprint, they usually all feature the same ingredients that fans of the 58-year-old action star crave. That’s certainly the case for Statham’s latest action thriller “Mutiny”. This time he teams up with director Jean-François Richet for what looks to be another bullet-flying, bone-cracking good time.

For many, the story of “Mutiny” will ring strikingly familiar. Statham plays another former Special Forces soldier keeping a low profile after being framed for a crime he didn’t commit. While working private security on a cargo freighter, he discovers a human trafficking operation with powerful military connections. Like any good hero he fights back, using everything he has at his disposal. The first trailer lays out the fairly by-the-book story. But it’s the kinetic action sequences and Statham’s steely charisma that make this a film to see.

“Mutiny” swings its way into theaters on August 21st. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.

I still remember the wild controversy surrounding John Alan Schwartz’s mondo horror film “Faces of Death”. The movie first released in theaters in late 1978, and due to its intensely graphic content, the movie was censored or outright banned in multiple countries. Yet it was a success at the box office where it gained a notable cult following. But for many, the disturbingly gruesome feature earned more attention following its VHS home video release in 1983. It became quite the topic of conversation between those able to rent it from their local video store.

Now director Daniel Goldhaber is bringing back “Faces of Death” but in his own unique way. Where the original version played as an unsettling shockumentary, Goldhaber’s is a more straightforward narrative film that references the 1978 movie rather than remakes it. The results are surprisingly intriguing and at times fittingly unnerving. That is until everything threatens to crumble in a wobbly final act where absurdity undermines the big finish the film is going for.

Thematically, “Faces of Death” 2026 deserves credit for taking a scalpel to our current TikTok culture. It’s not the most incisive examination, but it does poke at the addictive nature of social media and our numbing consciences towards extreme content. Barbie Ferreira plays Margot, a struggling young woman who has mostly isolated herself following the traumatic death of her sister which was captured live in a now infamous viral video.

Margot works as a content moderator for a TikTok-esque video platform called Kino. She spends her entire work days viewing submitted videos and flagging explicit content with warnings or for removal. Her job is to view, approve or flag, and then move to the next submission. But she’s deeply shaken after seeing a video of what looks like a real-life beheading. A man’s voice calmly narrates the grisly ritual with startling detail. Later she comes across a chilling video of an electric chair execution from the very same account.

Margot shares her concerns with her friend and boss Josh (Jermaine Fowler) who tells her to let it go. Instead, the obsessed Margot breaks company rules and starts investigating the account after hours, coming to the conclusion that the content creator is recreating the deaths from the controversial 1978 film “Faces of Death”. The trail she follows takes her into the path of a deranged serial killer named Arthur (Dacre Montgomery). Their battling obsessions leads to an inevitable face-to-face with blood-drenched consequences.

It’s a solid setup with several disturbing reveals that should appeal to the genre faithful. And while the climax is predictable, it’s built up with a palpable sense of dread. Unfortunately logic flies out the window in the final 20 minutes or so. It begins with Margot seeking help from two of the most inept cops ever put on a screen. An equally incompetent doctor follows. And then Margot herself goes braindead in ways that are just too ridiculous to look past.

Thankfully its final act flub-up doesn’t totally derail “Faces of Death”. But it’s enough of a hindrance to keep a potentially audacious chiller from leaving the impression it’s clearly going for. Instead it limps towards a finish that could have been effective if the final leg of the story wasn’t so absurd. Still, there are things to admire in this unique horror movie swing that tips its hat to the 1978 cult classic instead of remaking or reimagining it. If only Goldhaber could have seen all of his ideas through to the end.

VERDICT – 2.5 STARS