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Hollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas Film: The Odyssey Cast: Anne Hathaway, Benny Safdie, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong'o, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Zendaya Writer/Director: Christopher Nolan Rating: * * * * Runtime: 173 mins | 2026 | Christopher Nolan’s most ambitious, eagerly anticipated, most controversial $250 million epic ‘The Odyssey’ shot entirely with Imax cameras is the very first Hollywood film to have a Grand India Premiere a week before it’s theatrical release. And its definitely a feast for the eyes. The epic poem possibly from the 7th or 8th century BCE credited to Homer (which appears to be a composite for several authors), has been adapted as a whole and in piecemeal fashion for the big and small screens before. The 2004 Brad Pitt starrer ‘Troy’ covered the Trojan horse segment, while the 1977 mini series ‘The Odyssey’ was the most extensive and faithful of all adaptations. Nolan, who adapted the script, obviously takes libe...

Bitcoin is down 52%, yet Donald Trump reported earning $1.2 billion from crypto last year, and plenty of other celebrities are still holding onto their coins, too. A new July 2026 report by Coin Insider reveals which public figures are most invested in crypto right now. The tech billionaire behind Twitter and Block, Jack Dorsey, has $2 billion in Bitcoin, exactly half of his net worth. Paris Hilton, one of Hollywood's earliest crypto adopters, still keeps 12.5% of her $400 million fortune in Ethereum and NFTs. The world's first trillionaire, Elon Musk, owns more crypto than any other celebrity, $20 billion in Bitcoin and Dogecoin. The research looked at well-known public figures to find who's most invested in crypto. For each person, it recorded how many dollars they hold in Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other coins, and what share of that is of their total fortune. The final ranking shows who's most invested in digital assets, both in raw dollars and relative to what they...

International Film Review Johnson Thomas Set-piece heavy false positive Actioner Film: The Furious (2025) Cast: Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yang Enyou, Jeeja Yanin, Brian Le, Joey Iwanaga, Yayan Ruhian. (English, Mandarin, Thai, Tagalog dialogue) Director: Kenji Tanigaki (Japanese) Fight Choreographer: Kensuke Sonomura (Japanese), Cinematographer: Meteor Cheung Editor: Chris Tonick (USA) Rating: * * * Runtime: 113 m “The Furious” showcases martial arts performers from the Orient and the USA. As the title suggests this an all-out action film that goes from start to finish at a frenetic pace. Everyone in the film is an exponent of some form of martial arts.“The Furious” showcases martial arts performers from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, and the United States, among other places. They are all so well versed in offence and defence that it seems like they exist in a cocoon all their own. The non-stop action consists of smooth action sequences enjoined together to create a na...

COMICON BERGAMO 2026 WELCOMES DRAGON QUEST CREATOR YUJI HORII AND CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 ACTRESS CHARLOTTE HOEPFFNER The fourth edition of COMICON Bergamo returns from June 26 to 28, with major international guests from video games, comics, animation, cinema, TV series, games, music and pop culture Bergamo, Italy – June 26/28, 2026 Fiera di Bergamo COMICON Bergamo, one of Northern Italy’s most anticipated pop culture festivals, returns from 26 to 28 June 2026 at Fiera di Bergamo, in collaboration with Promoberg, with a rich programme of international guests, exhibitions, panels, meetings and live events across its main sections: Comics, Video Games, Cinema and TV Series, Games, Young, Asian and Music. Among the most anticipated international guests of the 2026 edition are two major names from the world of video games: Yuji Horii, the legendary game designer and creator of Dragon Quest, attending the festival as the iconic franchise celebrates i...

Hollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas Cringe inducing Generic RomCom Film: Office Romance (2026) Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Brett Goldstein, Amy Sedaris, Betty Gilpin, Bradley Whitford, Edward James Olmos, Jodie Whittaker, Mary Wiseman Director: Ol Parker Rating: * * Runtime: 115 m Netflix’s “Office Romance” starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein, is a drab affair. Meant to be a romcom, this one makes you tear your hair out rather than laugh. The setting is pretty, Jennifer Lopez looks well-maintained and hot, but Brett Goldstein does not match-up and neither does the writing and direction. The standardised mix-ups and misunderstandings are so low-key that they fail to draw a laugh. This film is not just disappointing, its turgid. Jackie (Lopez), President and CEO of Air Cruz, a nepo kid who has to prove herself time and time again to her board of Directors, falls foul of her company’s strict no fraternization policy, by falling for her company Lawyer Daniel Blanchflower...

Hollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas Film: Backrooms Plagues the mind Cast: Renate Reinsve as Mary, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, Mark Duplass as Phil, Finn Bennett as Bobby, Lukita Maxwell as Kat, Avan Jogia as Naren Warne Director: Kane Parsons Writer: Will Soodik, Kane Parsons Rating: * * * Runtime: 110 m Nineteen-year-old, Kane Parsons, creator of the viral web series of the same name, hits gold with this unusual horror story with the strangest of inclinations. Here people find themselves in a strange imaginal space consisting of pale yellow walls and fluorescent lighting - spaces which swallow you whole and leave an intriguing mystery behind. Backrooms is based on an urban legend known as “creepypasta” (web speak) spawned by a photo someone posted of a strange, empty room with yellow carpet and walls without windows. Parsons, when only sixteen years of age, expanded on that idea with a short film and now at 19 yrs he has translated the same idea into a fe...