- Official US Trailer for 'Exit 8' Clever Japanese Metro Time Loop Film (February 5, 2026)
"Are you lost?" Neon has debuted their own official US language trailer for the Japanese film Exit 8, a time loop horror thriller from filmmaker Genki Kawamura. This film is legit! It premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight section last year and at tons of other genre fests as well (view the first trailer). A man gets lost in an underground passage for the metro. He follows the "guide" through the tunnel, but one after another, strange things happen to him. Is this space real? Or an illusion? Will the man ever be able to escape? This is based on a video game (play on Steam) and replicates the experience quite accurately. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don't, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape the infinite corridor? The film stars Kazunari Ninomiya and Yamato Kochi. I saw this in Sitges and it's fantastic - an exceptionally clever take on the trapped in a time loop concept that goes places you will not be expecting. Catch it in US theaters this April. // Continue Reading ›
- Reflections on 20 Years at the Sundance Film Festival - Indie Film Rules (February 5, 2026)
"What we do here and what we support is something that cannot be corralled by straight business." Time to wrap it up. I'm on my way home from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival after viewing a grand total of 54 films across 10 days. It was also a very special celebration. This was my 20th year in a row (believe it!) covering the Sundance Film Festival in Utah for FirstShowing. A monumental achievement for me, but also for Sundance as it marks its final year in Utah before moving to Colorado next year. To add to the sadness of its departure from the mountains it was born in, Sundance founder Robert Redford passed away last year and it feels like the end of an era. Of course, it's not the end of Sundance. There was a rather somber mood in both Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah during the festival this year. Everywhere I went there were always conversations about what's going to happen next... A few people were acting like this was it, Sundance was over, it's time was up. However, that's certainly not the case. Sundance is going as strong as ever. And even if the line-up of films in 2026 wasn't its strongest, the festival's warm embrace of and celebration of indie films is still as strong as ever. The festival may be changing – but thankfully filmmakers are as edgy as ever. // Continue Reading ›
- Intense Trailer for Thriller 'Fuze' with Theo James & Gugu Mbatha-Raw (February 5, 2026)
"Got a bad feeling about this..." Sky TV has revealed the official trailer for a UK action thriller movie titled Fuze, ready for release in UK cinemas starting in April. The latest from acclaimed director David Mackenzie (Starred Up, Hell or High Water, Outlaw King, Relay). An unexploded WWII bomb is discovered on a busy construction site in the centre of London. Chaos ensues as the military and police begin a mass evacuation against a ticking clock. But the real story is hiding within – a group of men, under the guidance of diamond-expert Karalis, are hiding out in a basement within the evacuation zone. It's about a big jewel heist under cover of the ultimate distraction. This stars Theo James, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Along with Sam Worthington, Elham Ehsas, and Honor Swinton Byrne. This first premiered at TIFF last year though it still doesn't have any US release set yet - stay tuned. TIFF adds: "In the tradition of gritty thrillers that fuse whodunnits with the time-sensitive conventions of heist and action movies, Fuze is a truly wild ride." This might be a good movie, but this is a terrible trailer - so erratic and hard to follow. // Continue Reading ›
- Hero Fiennes Tiffin in Guy Ritchie's 'Young Sherlock' Series Full Trailer (February 5, 2026)
"When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, that must be the truth!" It must be or maybe not? Prime Video revealed the main official trailer for the Young Sherlock series streaming in March, another new Sherlock Holmes series coming up. This is a spin-off from the Guy Ritchie movies (Sherlock Holmes in 2009, A Game of Shadows in 2011), described as an "explosive re-imagining of the iconic character's early days." From Guy Ritchie, witness the legendary beginning of Sherlock Holmes life in solving crimes in this "irreverent, action-laden mystery that follows the detective's early adventures." Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man – raw & unfiltered – when he finds himself wrapped up in a strange murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy, culminating in an explosive showdown that changes his life forever. Unfolding in 1870s Oxford and adventuring abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street's most renowned resident. Featuring Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Sherlock, with Dónal Finn as James Moriarty, Zine Tseng, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Max Irons, and Colin Firth as Bucephalus Hodge. This riff on the early days of Sherlock & Moriarty seems mostly entertaining, though still not entirely necessary. Enjoy. // Continue Reading ›
- Netflix's Dino Doc Series 'The Dinosaurs' with ILM VFX Official Trailer (February 5, 2026)
"Witness the rise – and the fall – of nature's greatest empire." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a series called The Dinosaurs, the next new animated CGI dinosaurs doc series to watch streaming anytime. They're on a roll churning these out, with Apple TV's Prehistoric Planet and now this and all of the others before. Welcome to The Dinosaurs – an epic journey into a lost world. A new series from executive producer Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, and the award‑winning team behind Our Planet previously, this groundbreaking documentary series follows the rise and fall of the dinosaurs across hundreds of millions of years. Narrated by Academy Award–winner Morgan Freeman. The VFX work in this is by ILM, to make the dinosaurs as lifelike and real as possible, since this isn't an actual documentary they went out and shot on Planet Earth. But that's obviously what they want it to seem like anyway! This new series intends to cover the full history of dinosaurs across millions of years, along with all the planet's changes that they encounter. // Continue Reading ›
