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Yoshida Daihachi’s black and white drama Teki Cometh dominated the awards ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)today (November 6), winning the grand prix and the prizes for best director,and best actor.

Based on a novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, the film centres around a retired and widowed college professor who receives a sudden and unsettling message telling him that the enemy is coming.The film marks the latest in a string of literary adaptations from Daihachi including Pale Moon, The Kirishima Thing, and Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! which premiered at Cannes Critic Week in 2007.

Teki Cometh,...

Yoshida Daihachi’s black and white drama Teki Cometh dominated the awards ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)today (November 6), winning the grand prix and the prizes for best director,and best actor.

Based on a novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, the film centres around a retired and widowed college professor who receives a sudden and unsettling message telling him that the enemy is coming.The film marks the latest in a string of literary adaptations from Daihachi including Pale Moon, The Kirishima Thing, and Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! which premiered at Cannes Critic Week in 2007.

Teki Cometh,...

Mel Gibson vuelve a la dirección con este thriller claustrofóbico. © Diamond Films

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster del thriller claustrofóbico “Amenaza en el Aire” (“Flight Risk”), que supone el regreso de Mel Gibson como director tras un paréntesis de ocho años.

“Amenaza en el Aire” sigue a un piloto (Mark Wahlberg) que transporta en su avioneta a una teniente general (Michelle Dockery) para proteger a un testigo (Topher Grace) que va a declarar en un juicio contra la mafia. A medida que atraviesan las montañas de Alaska, las tensiones se disparan, ya que no todos los que van a bordo son quienes parecen ser. Y a 3000 metros sobre el nivel del mar, no hay escapatoria posible.

La película está protagonizada por Mark Wahlberg en el papel del piloto de la avioneta y Michelle Dockery como la teniente general que escolta al testigo protegido, a quien da vida Topher Grace.

Al Pacino skipped over quite a few steps before announcing Oppenheimer as the best picture winner at the Oscars 2024.

The actor took the stage at the awards ceremony to present the top prize of the night. As is tradition, announcers usually name all of the nominees before announcing who will be taking home the award.

Instead of announcing the nominees — which also included American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall,

Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest — he opened the envelope and said, “My eyes see Oppenheimer.”

Not including the recount of all the films up for best picture takes away some of the suspense of the award, as well as the projects’ final chance to get the recognition they deserve for being nominated for the highest honor in Hollywood.

Users on social media took issue with the names of...

While there are plenty of movies to catch up with during the holiday break, I recommend you make time for The Holdovers. The Alexander Payne-directed comedic drama stars Paul Giamatti in one of his most outstanding roles, with Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa in his feature film debut. The Holdovers is already available on PVOD, but it’s coming to Peacock on December 29.

Some people enjoy spending holidays alone, but for others, it’s a painful reminder of having no one else to share the merriment and make new memories. In Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti’s Paul Hunham learns the value of opening his heart to a troubled student during a lonely Christmas break. The feature marks a welcomed return for Payne, whose previous directorial effort was for the social satire Downsizing, starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, and Hong Chau.

Here is the official synopsis for The Holdovers,...

New Delhi, May 31 (Ians) Delhi is set to have an Integrated Traffic Management System (Itms) by the end of 2024, aiming to reduce congestion, enable faster and smarter vehicular movement and a detailed Project Report (Dpr) for the Rs 1400 crore project has been prepared and is ready for implementation, following a comprehensive survey of various intersections in the city, said Surender Singh Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic).

The survey includes analyzing factors such as traffic volume, average road speed, pedestrian movement, stoppage time, and average travel time at junctions.

“Geographic information systems will also be utilized to predict real-time traffic patterns based on the city’s geography and topography,” explained Yadav at the ‘Responsible Behavior & Smart Mobility’ road safety conference organized by Assocham.

The Itms, which incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence, will enable the seamless passage of emergency vehicles, such as ambulances and fire tenders.

“The project aims to...

Hyderabad, May 23 (Ians) Tollywood actress Dimple Hayathi and her friend were booked by Hyderabad police on Tuesday for allegedly damaging the car of a top police officer.

They allegedly drove their car into the official vehicle of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Rahul Hegde on Monday night.

The Indian Police Service (Ips) officer and the actress and her friend David live in the same building in Journalists Colony in posh Jubilee Hills.

The Dcp’s driver Chetan Kumar lodged a complaint with the Jubilee Hills Station against the actress and her friend for damaging the vehicle which was parked in the allotted parking place in the cellar. The complainant alleged that the duo intentionally damaged the car.

Based on the complaint, police registered a case against Dimple Hayathi and her friend under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (Ipc). Both were summoned to the police station and were issued...

Mumbai, March 25 (Ians) Another edition of the Western India Automobile Association (Wiaa) organised hugely-successful ‘Women’s Rally to the Valley’ was flagged off here on Saturday, amidst thunderous support from the participants.

The rally, organised by Wiaa and presented by Jk Tyre, had around 300 participants from various walks of life coming together to voice for various causes including women’s empowerment and women’s safety.

The flag-off ceremony was graced by Vivek Phansalkar, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai; Pravin Padwal, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Greater Mumbai; and Anuj Kathuria – President (India), Jk Tyre & Industries, as Chief Guests.

Jk Tyre racer and one of India’s leading professional women racers Mira Erda cheered for the participants and kickstarted the rally by driving the ‘Zero Car’. The event commenced from Ncpa, Nariman Point, Mumbai and after traversing through the city’s major landmarks will conclude in Nasik where the prize distribution ceremony will be held.

By Anjelica Oswald

Managing Editor

As we head into the final two months of the year, there are still a number of Oscar contenders that won’t be released — or even be seen — until December.

Tim Burton’s Big Eyes, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken and Rob Marshall’s Into the Woods will premiere on Christmas Day. Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper will have a limited release on Christmas before expanding to more theaters Jan 16.

Exodus: Gods and Kings, which is set for a Dec. 12 release, had a 37-minute press screening in September before the film was completed.

It was recently announced that a 30-minute first-look screening of Selma, the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic that centers on the Civil Rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, will take place at AFI Fest before its limited release on Dec. 25. But if Selma isn’t yet ready for it’s December release, it...

Weekly Column: Just when it looked as though the Missing Malaysian Airliner story was running out of gas, officials announced this morning that French satellites have grabbed images of more than 100 “potential objects” from Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean about 1,500 miles off the coast from Perth, Australia, giving CNN fresh material with which to hang on to the story for dear life. The maybe-debris, which was scattered over 154 square miles — roughly the size of Denver – ranges in length from 3 to 72 feet which, some CNN pundits noted, is about the length of a wing on the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8 as it was heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 on board. Reporters Who Cover Television, and Columnists Who Want In On The Web Traffic, who in the preceding three weeks had exhausted their repertoire of derisive comments about CNN’s flood-the-zone coverage of the missing plane, spent the day looking haggard and care-worn,...

Over the last decade, car driving games have exploded in popularity thanks to the success of the PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles. This console success has now translated into hundreds, if not thousands, of games now available to buy on your iPhone direct from the app store as many developers cotton on to the trend.

But with so many games all vying for your 69p (or more!), and plenty of sites such as CarGames.org.uk offering them for free, which of the iPhone games are actually worth paying for?

We run down the top 5 car games for your iPhone to help you decide.

Parking Frenzy 2

Although not a particularly in-depth game, with relatively short levels, Parking Frenzy 2 offers a challenging experience for even the most advanced virtual parkers out there.

The aim of the game is simple; manoeuvre your vehicle into a tight parking spot, avoiding the traffic and...

To help prevent pedestrian accidents, otherwise silent electric cars must emit a noise while they drive. What noise? It's up to carmakers. Ford has presented us with some potential options. Behold, the sweet, sweet music of the Spaceship engine.

One of the benefits of electric cars--besides not using any gas--is that they are basically silent, clearing up a lot of the noise pollution inherent in driving giant hulks of metal around everywhere. But there is a problem: blind people use the sound of cars as a warning to not walk into streets. The roar of traffic acts as a safety cue to others, as well: People wearing headphones, little kids, the hard of hearing, smartphone addicts, or simply those not paying attention. When cars are silent, this warning system is gone, and it's a lot easier to accidentally get mowed down. For this reason, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

Complaining about award show nominees is as fruitless and Sisyphean as whining about traffic, or the inaccurate annual nominations of the Academy of Traffic Arts & Sciences’ Traffic Awards (the Traffies), but now that I’ve mindlessly spouted that disclaimer, I will proceed to whine about today’s Golden Globe nominees and get mad about an oversight in one category by ripping on random stupid things in other categories, which isn’t how things work but who cares because it’s easy. The one gripe I have with the list of nominees, which overshadows every other possible oversight, is that Breaking Bad did not get nominated for Best Television Series – Drama. These 5 shows did: Not a bad list, but this is the third straight year that Breaking Bad — which will, when all is said and done, go down as one of the best shows ever to air on television — hasn’t...

"Made in Dagenham" is based on the true story about working class women fighting for equal pay with "one foot in the kitchen, one foot on the factory floor" in 1960's England. One of those feel good equal rights flicks with lots of empowering dick jokes that I'd probably never go and see -- but it has a killer soundtrack.

Among the 17 tracks that inspire the working girls, lead by Sally Hawkins, to stick it to the man are oldies by James Brown, The Kinks, Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, The Troggs, and reggae genius Desmond Dekker. Not all of these appear to have made it into the film (comparing it to the press release from Sony Pictures reveals at least 6 tracks not in the film) and The Playlist points out that the album notes that it "features music from and inspired by the film." Well, whatever works. Have a listen...

Green Day, Kid Rock and Coldplay also seem like locks for the Hall, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

Eddie Vedder performs onstage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2007 in New York City

Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images

On Tuesday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unveiled the nominees for induction in 2011, a list that's as inspiring (Beastie Boys! Tom Waits! Dr. John!) as it is mystifying (LL Cool J?).

Not surprisingly, this year's noms sparked a whole lot of debate — because kvetching about the Rock Hall is an exercise as old as the Hall itself — and for most of the day, I was ready to lend my voice to the argument. After all, any Hall of Fame that does not include among its ranks the likes of Kiss, Rush, Cheap Trick or Def Leppard (or even Joy Division, the Replacements, Hüsker Dü,...

Green Day, Kid Rock and Coldplay also seem like locks for the Hall, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

Eddie Vedder performs onstage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2007 in New York City

Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images

On Tuesday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unveiled the nominees for induction in 2011, a list that's as inspiring (Beastie Boys! Tom Waits! Dr. John!) as it is mystifying (LL Cool J?).

Not surprisingly, this year's noms sparked a whole lot of debate — because kvetching about the Rock Hall is an exercise as old as the Hall itself — and for most of the day, I was ready to lend my voice to the argument. After all, any Hall of Fame that does not include among its ranks the likes of Kiss, Rush, Cheap Trick or Def Leppard (or even Joy Division, the Replacements, Hüsker Dü,...

Good morning all. Welcome back to the Atomic DVD Shelf.

Last week we kicked off the column with a look at Halo:Legends, Black Dynamite and more. If you missed it, check it out. This week, there’s an even greater number of new films, and overall the quality is better.

There are some definite disappointments here and a few that never stood the chance of being good, but amidst that, there’s more than a few gems hiding out in this week’s lot. Let’s begin shall we?

The Box

Nate’s rating:

★★½☆☆

When I reviewed this one for AP back in the fall, I was accused of giving away the film’s secret; whether or not Cameron Diaz and James Marsden pushed the button. Well, it’s no secret to tell you that this concept, which drove the short story it was based off, isn’t the big...