https://www.firstshowing.net Connecting Hollywood with its Audience https://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/FSLogoWebfeeds2.svg Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:13:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/one-more-trailer-for-godzilla-minus-zero-keeps-the-monsters-hidden/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/one-more-trailer-for-godzilla-minus-zero-keeps-the-monsters-hidden/#disqus_thread Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:06:00 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=811052 "Weapons that require a sacrifice... they know all about it!" Toho & GKids revealed a final official trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the epic highy anticipated sequel to the incredible Godzilla Minus One a few years back. Ready to smash into theaters worldwide this November! Director Takashi Yamazaki has been hard at work on a sequel ever since that first one roared its way to Oscar glory. It's 1949 just after the war, when Americans were still in Japan helping them rebuild. But they must also deal with another Kaiju – it's more than just Godzilla this time. The story continues with the Shikishima family as they face an all-new calamity. 🔥 Featuring both Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi Shikishima and Minami Hamabe as Noriko Oishi returning in the same roles again. This epic sequel also features Miou Tanaka, Sakura Ando, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, and Kuranosuke Sasaki. After surviving the previous deadly kaiju struggle alongside Shikishima, these beloved characters stand ready to face Godzilla once again. Keeping line with all the teasers and other trailers before this, they still keep the actual monster footage hidden. No big monster shots in here! You have to wait to watch this in theaters to experience the full action! Better this way rather than revealing too much and showing everything in the trailers. Who's ready to watch this now? // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/another-impressive-must-see-trailer-for-blade-runner-2099-series/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/another-impressive-must-see-trailer-for-blade-runner-2099-series/#disqus_thread Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:21:12 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=811026 "You can't even understand! 'More human than human' – that's not a slogan, it's a shackle!" It is their time now. Prime Video unveiled another official trailer for Blade Runner 2099 direct from a revealing at NY Comic-Con featuring some dazzlingly impressive new footage. This series continues to look way, way better than anyone expected. After the original 1982 sci-fi movie & sequel Blade Runner 2049, they've created a spin-off series set even further into our future. The story continues down a new path with the replicants. Fifty years after the events of BR2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days from dying, they hunt another runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city. Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer star as Olwen and Cora. The ensemble series cast includes Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben, along with Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke, Maurizio Lombardi. Just like BR2049, this was shot mostly in Prague, and in Barcelona. Everything in this series looks legit amazing so far! The more they show, the more it seems they might've pulled off something miraculous here. I can't wait to watch this. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/official-trailer-for-robert-downey-jrs-chaplin-movie-4k-restoration/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/official-trailer-for-robert-downey-jrs-chaplin-movie-4k-restoration/#disqus_thread Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:30:18 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810999 "If you want to understand me, watch my movies." Studiocanal has debuted a brand new official trailer for the 4K restoration of 90s biopic classic Chaplin, telling the story of iconic comedian movie star Charlie Chaplin. This is also the movie that originally put Robert Downey Jr. on the map - he stars as Chaplin & received his very first Oscar nomination in 1993. An aging Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp. Directed by fellow actor / filmmaker Richard Attenborough, the film opened in December 1992 but flopped at the box office. With time it has been reappraised and currently has a 3.6 average on Letterboxd. Chaplin's complex & dramatic career is brought to life by a stunning array of Hollywood talent including an unforgettable performance from Robert Downey Jr. as Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. with Sir Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, David Duchovny, Moira Kelly, Marisa Tomei & Geraldine Chaplin. With a soul stirring musical score from celebrated composer John Barry. The film got 3 Oscar nominations, but didn't win any. It's not playing in theaters, only getting a 4K UHD BR release in the UK this fall for anyone wants to add it to their collection. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/awesome-must-see-teaser-for-bloodaxe-norse-historic-action-epic/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/awesome-must-see-teaser-for-bloodaxe-norse-historic-action-epic/#disqus_thread Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:04:42 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810942 "I was born to be the king of this country.?" Whoa! This is a surprise must watch. Prime Video has revealed the first look teaser for an epic historical action thriller series called Bloodaxe, about two rival brothers during Norse times. This dropped during New York Comic-Con and really woke up everyone with seriously top notch action footage - massive scale & scope with nicely framed & shot epic Norse battles. From the creator of "Vikings", of course, Bloodaxe opens in 927 AD, as ailing King Harald Fairhair of Norway must name a successor. Erik Bloodaxe is the ruthless heir sworn to the pagan ways, and his claim is challenged on every side. His greatest rival is his younger brother Haakon, raised in Christian Wessex under the ambitious King Athelstan and poised to return home backed by an English fleet. Brother falls at the hand of brother, the old ways crumble, and the season builds toward an apocalyptic siege that threatens to engulf Erik's stronghold. Starring Xavier Molyneux as Erik Bloodaxe, Jessica Madsen as Gunnhild, Karlis Arnolds Avots as Karlis, Levi Miller as Haakon the Good, Rod Hallett, Alina Tomnikov, Sisse Marie, Rune Temte, and Jesper Christensen. This is one of those amazing first look reveals that I can only just say - click play below and get ready to be rocked! Launching to watch in early 2027 for anyone else now into this. // Continue Reading ›]]> 2 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/creepy-trailer-for-the-exorcist-martyrs-with-scarlett-johansson/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/creepy-trailer-for-the-exorcist-martyrs-with-scarlett-johansson/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:41:26 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810828 "My name is Legion, for we are many." Universal Pictures unveiled the first official trailer for the chilling new Exorcist supernatural horror movie titled The Exorcist: Martyrs, from filmmaker Mike Flanagan. After all of his horror success, they let Flanagan create his own story - he's both writer & director. It is the seventh film in The Exorcist franchise, this time produced by Jason Blum at Blumhouse. A rookie detective eager to establish herself confronts a horrifying darkness that challenges her deepest convictions & tests what she thought she knew about right & wrong. 13 years after taking down a notorious satanic serial killer, she investigates a new series of murders connected to her past while her 12-year-old son becomes the target of a terrifying demonic force. There's not much that connects this to the first movie, more of another reboot of the possession story. The crazy talented cast of The Exorcist: Martyrs features Scarlett Johansson, Diane Lane, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jacobi Jupe (from Hamnet), Sasha Calle, Hamish Linklater, John Gallagher Jr., Carl Lumbly, Benjamin Pajak, Carla Gugino, Scoot McNairy, John Leguizamo and Laurence Fishburne. Flanagan knows his way around horror and this looks extra freaky! With plenty of spooky, scary happenings & unsettling visuals. There's a very eerie vibe in this trailer. What do you think? // Continue Reading ›]]> 3 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/charming-trailer-for-queer-film-frank-percy-with-mckellen-allam/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/charming-trailer-for-queer-film-frank-percy-with-mckellen-allam/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:16:44 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810874 "I just wanted to see your squeeze!" Icon Film has revealed the first trailer for the movie Frank & Percy, an adorable old age romance story from theater director Sean Mathias. This originally premiered on stage in West End as a play with the exact same cast and director. After that successful run, they shot this & made it into a heartwarming movie - premiering at the 2026 London Film Festival. Frank and Percy is a poignant & witty take on the unexpected relationship that blossoms between two men. Ever seen a couple of old boys on a park bench and wondered what they are chatting about? We get to overhear Frank & Percy as they discuss the weather, then their dogs and then each other and much more. Will the widowed schoolteacher and the elder statesman dare to risk changing their lives or let sleeping dogs lie? Reprising their stage roles, Golden Globe & Tony Award winner, 6-time Laurence Olivier Award winner & Academy Award nom Ian McKellen stars alongside 3-time Laurence Olivier Award winner Roger Allam, in this heart-warming, hopeful and humorous big screen adaptation. Directed by the same director of the play, Sean Mathias, Frank and Percy is brought to life with this top notch supporting cast including Stephen Fry, Jessica Gunning, Joanna Lumley, Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Ncuti Gatwa, Hugh Skinner, and Rob Brydon. A must watch. // Continue Reading ›]]> 2 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/wacky-official-fan-edit-trailer-for-thg-sunrise-on-the-reaping-movie/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/wacky-official-fan-edit-trailer-for-thg-sunrise-on-the-reaping-movie/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:47:28 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810862 "Why do you submit to it all?" Gather rather for a brand new fan edit trailer. Lionsgate has dropped another trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping that is essentially just a TikTok remix made by an editing geek called "Areq" (@areqaep). This highly anticipated sci-fi thriller hits theaters in just over a month. A prequel to the original The Hunger Games stories, but also a sequel to the other recent The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes movie from 2023. Sunrise on the Reaping revisits the world of Panem with young Haymitch Abernathy 24 years before the events of THG, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. Something major will go down that will change the games forever. With an exceptional cast: Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch, Ralph Fiennes as President Coriolanus Snow, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Elle Fanning as a young Effie Trinket, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Whitney Peak, Kelvin Harrison Jr. This fan edit also features a fun scene involving Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle and Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner. The editing in this is a bit weird – I don't like the glowing eyes gimmick much, not really from the film either. But sure, whatever it takes to bring more attention to this film! This series is still pretty dang good, don't write it off. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/new-us-trailer-for-both-de-gaulle-films-tilting-iron-sovereign-edge/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/new-us-trailer-for-both-de-gaulle-films-tilting-iron-sovereign-edge/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:02:18 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810837 "One battle will seal our fate. You will lead it." Samuel Goldwyn Films has revealed the epic new official US trailer for the two-part intense French history movie titled simply De Gaulle. These premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and already opened in France a few months ago. Now set for US release in theaters and on VOD together this fall. French filmmaker Antonin Baudry made back-to-back movies called De Gaulle: Resistance & De Gaulle: Liberty (in France they're titled Tilting Iron & The Sovereign Edge), retelling the story of iconic French president Charles de Gaulle (we all know his name from the Paris airport now). Learn all about him! A story of the French general & statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany & Vichy France in WWII and also chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. The two movies follow De Gaulle's life initially between 1940 and 1945, then trace his march towards his political career. Featuring Simon Abkarian as Charles, with an ensemble cast including Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur, Benoît Magimel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Loïc Corbery de la Comédie-Française, Anamaria Vartolomei, Niels Schneider, Félix Kysyl, & Karim Leklou. These look like emotional, explosive, action-packed films for history nerds packed with politics and beyond. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/trailer-2-for-sacha-baron-cohens-ali-g-who-iz-i-comedy-sequel/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/trailer-2-for-sacha-baron-cohens-ali-g-who-iz-i-comedy-sequel/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:53:16 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810811 "Check dis Borat, me only put u in me show back in de 20000s az a fool for people to laugh at in between me serious intraviews, so de joke iz on u innit." Here we go again. Amazon MGM has debuted the second trailer for Ali G: Who Iz I?, the surprise comedy sequel from comedian / actor Sacha Baron Cohen. He brings back the OG character that launched his career - Ali G, a "faux-streetwise poseur" from the UK who first appeared in 1998 and was the basis for his Da Ali G Show in the early 2000s (before he made Borat). The first trailer debuted a few months ago during the summer. This second trailer also brings back his other famous Kazakh character Borat, who is commenting on this movie and the controversy of it being "racist". He also introduces two other new characters that appear in this movie – one is an Israeli soldier, the other is an amusing "libtard" trying to get this movie cancelled. "Yo, dis prick Borat wiv an even bigger tache dan me Nan iz talkin smack bout me movie." A weird trailer that isn't even about the movie, it's commenting on how people are commenting on the movie! Directed by SBC himself, Ali G: Who Iz I? is out in theaters later this month if anyone wants to check it out and see if there's anything to actually laugh at in here. Anyone down? // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/intense-trailer-for-spanish-apocalypse-z-new-world-zombie-sequel/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/intense-trailer-for-spanish-apocalypse-z-new-world-zombie-sequel/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:37:32 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810787 "Don't give up. It's all we have left." Prime Video has debuted the first official trialer for the zombie movie Apocalypse Z: New World, a Spanish fast zombie thriller that's a sequel to the previous one Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End (2024). Adapted from the Spanish comic Apocalipsis Z 1. El principio del fin by Manel Loureiro, it's about a man trying to find his family when the zombie apocalypse breaks out. Directed again by Carles Torrens, Apocalypse Z: New World is a follow-up horror departing from the Canary Islands, where everyone is making films these days. A supply mission to virus-ravaged Spain turns complex when Roberto, from the safe Canary Islands, joins with secret intentions. They confront infected masses while weighing survival against humanity. The zombie film stars Carlos Alcaide, Julia Martínez, José María Yazpik, Kevin Ramos, Mario Mayo, and Lucía Moreno. And it's also premiering at the 2026 Sitges Film Festival this fall - then hitting streaming right after to make it out before the end of this spooky season month. Might be gory zombie fun. Some gnarly footage - even with barely 45 seconds. Check this out below. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/official-trailer-for-love-language-romance-with-chloe-grace-moretz/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/official-trailer-for-love-language-romance-with-chloe-grace-moretz/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:48:11 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810761 "Does she know how obsessed you were with him?" Vertical revealed the official trailer for an awkward new romantic comedy film titled Love Language, made by director Joey Power. After originally premiered at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival earlier this year, it's hitting VOD to watch this month. Aspiring author Louisa aka "Lou" falls into a side hustle writing wedding vows for other people. Just as the charming serial-dater Dash starts to show interest in her, she reconnects with her college crush Warren. SXSW adds that this isn't just another love triangle film, it's a "love-rectangle" film featuring four people caught up in their feelings. When Lou reconnects with her college best-friend and long-time crush Warren, she is shocked to find he is the fiancé of one of Lou's wedding vow clients… putting Lou in the middle of a complicated love-rectangle. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Lou, Manny Jacinto, Isabel May, Lukas Gage, Billie Lourd, Chloe Fineman, and Anthony Ramos. A good cast with spunk, just hope all their relationship drama works out. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/julia-garner-anthony-boyle-star-in-the-altruists-series-about-ftx/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/julia-garner-anthony-boyle-star-in-the-altruists-series-about-ftx/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:42 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810742 "You and I are side-by-side all the way!" Netflix has revealed an official trailer for The Altruists, a mini-series about the infamous FTX scandal and the downfall of these two people. Yet another true crime series about how tech people are total criminals doing totally insane things and trying to get away with it. Created by the Oscar-winning writer of The Imitation Game, it follows the tumultuous romance between FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his girlfriend Caroline Ellison. It depicts their ambitious attempts to revolutionize the financial system, leading to a $36 billion fraud. Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star as Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried in this limited series about the love scorned prodigies behind the FTX scandal. The two were in a relationship and the creator says he really believes they were trying to do good, they were "altruists", before they got caught up in this craziness and the crypto game and the crime of being too greedy. Inspired by the NY Magazine articles written by Kevin T. Dugan & Jen Wieczner. Starring Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle, with Alex Lawther (as Sam Trabucco), Karan Soni (as Nishad Singh), Naomi Okada (as Claire Watanabe), Madison Hu (as Constance Wang), Matt Rife (as Ryan Salame), Eugene Young (Gary Wang), Paul Reiser (as Joe Bankman), Robin Weigert (as Barbara Fried). All in? // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/lulu-wilson-slays-again-in-the-last-temptation-of-becky-full-trailer/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/lulu-wilson-slays-again-in-the-last-temptation-of-becky-full-trailer/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:20:17 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810721 "There is something going on underneath the lair..." Quiver Distribution has revealed the full official trailer for the action horror sequel The Last Temptation of Becky, hitting theaters this November to enjoy on the big screen. It's the third movie in this action horror trilogy about youngster Becky fighting back. The next sequel following Becky (2020) and The Wrath of Becky (2023) which many genre fans dig. Now a CIA field agent, Becky goes undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family running an inn at The Wolf's Lair, one of Hitler's bunkers. When she learns the father, Wilhelm Reuss, plans to spark the Fourth Reich, Becky must stop him for good. Starring Lulu Wilson returning as Becky again, with Kate Siegel, Brandon Flynn, Catherine Walker, with James Urbaniak and Neil Patrick Harris. The film initially premiered at the 2026 Fantasia Film Festival already earlier this year, and is cracking its way into cinemas during the fall. "Be careful with her – she's got spunk!" Becky looks like she's going to deliver a final message to any haters. // Continue Reading ›]]> 2 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/golf-road-trip-series-a-course-called-ireland-trailer-with-bill-murray/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/golf-road-trip-series-a-course-called-ireland-trailer-with-bill-murray/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:57:37 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810703 "It's two friends on a golf adventure in Ireland." Paramount+ / BBC have revealed the official trailer for a new doc series titled A Course Called Ireland, a fun road trip journey around the island of Ireland and its many golf courses. Golf originated in Scotland and has its roots there, but it's also connected to Ireland in many ways. A Course Called Ireland is a hilarious & unpredictable love letter to the game of golf. The series captures candid, unscripted moments woven with the wit, warmth, and wonder of Ireland. Audiences will get a unique insight into Bill Murray, his family, his friends and his love of the emerald isle. Inspired by the book A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee, written by Tom Coyne, who also appears in this series as Bill's friend who accompanies him on this epic journey. "Bill Murray became our creative North Star as we embraced the unexpected and let the people, places and moments we encountered shape the series. The result is something truly original. But at its core, A Course Called Ireland is a simple story: two friends on a trip of a lifetime, inviting us along for the ride." Produced and commissioned by the BBC in the UK, this series set in Ireland will also debut streaming in the US on Paramount+ this fall. Made for everyone who loves golf, but also for everyone who loves Bill Murray as well. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/wonderful-trailer-for-eleanor-coppolas-making-marie-antoinette-doc/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/wonderful-trailer-for-eleanor-coppolas-making-marie-antoinette-doc/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:10:15 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810673 "I am an observer at heart – the miniature world in my viewfinder is constantly fascinating to me." Mubi has unveiled the trailer for the documentary film Making Marie Antoinette, an enchanting making of doc looking back at the creation and filming of the cult classic film Marie Antoinette from 2006. This is a remarkably intimate & incredible doc because it's made by Sofia Coppola's mother, Eleanor Coppola. She originally watched her daughter filming on set and ended up with over 80 hours of footage from the shoot at Versailles in early 2005. They started working on the putting together the footage & creating this doc during the early pandemic. Eleanor then passed away in 2024, so Sofia decided to finish the film and now it's ready. And it's just lovely - read our full review here. The moments with Jason Schwartzman are some of my faves. Eleanor Coppola turns her camera on her daughter, Sofia, while she films Marie Antoinette at 34. Making Marie Antoinette is an access-all-areas invitation behind the scenes of her often misunderstood masterpiece and the making of an auteur through the eyes of her mother. This doc and a 4K re-release of the original Marie Antoinette film premiere in theaters this month to watch on the big screen. Is it one of your favorites? // Continue Reading ›]]> 4 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/bonkers-official-trailer-for-christmas-at-the-kringles-horror-comedy/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/bonkers-official-trailer-for-christmas-at-the-kringles-horror-comedy/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:06:23 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810649 "We are saving people from darkness!" Holy Christmas this looks totally bonkers! Briarcliff Entertainment launched their main official trailer for an extremely wacky, bizarre, freaky, scary fun horror action comedy called Christmas at the Kringles. You've never seen a movie like this before! The Severson family moves into a suburban neighborhood where their neighbors, the Kringles, are obsessed with celebrating Christmas year-round and harbor sinister intentions to hypnotize and indoctrinate them into X-Mas mania. Uh wait, what!? This is one crazy X-Mas family. What seems like a wonderful holiday time celebration turns very, very weird when they go to confront neighbors and get invited to a scary induction dinner. The full ensemble cast for Christmas at the Kringles features Ron Livingston & Rachel Bilson as the couple, Rob Riggle as Santa, Arden Myrin, Beverly D'Angelo, David Wain, with Thomas Lennon and Donald Faison. What follows is a life-or-death rescue mission, as Mark teams up with this rogue, badass Santa in a high-stakes, action-packed fight to save his family. The teaser trailer was fun, but this full trailer is all out insane. If this as good as it's promising, it might just be one of the most ridiculously entertaining movies of the fall. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/fantasy-sci-fi-indie-film-the-renaissance-of-oddity-todd-trailer/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/fantasy-sci-fi-indie-film-the-renaissance-of-oddity-todd-trailer/#disqus_thread Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:24:34 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810628 "Everybody's in danger, Sonus or not!" Epic Pictures revealed the official trailer for an indie sci-fi fantasy creation called The Renaissance of Oddity Todd, an ambitious indie project made by filmmakers Noah Marks. He's also a VFX artist and went all out in crafting this world and telling this unique story. "All things vibrate." When the Sonus, masters of vibration, are hunted by the relentless World Collective, only a Sonus with a cryptic past can save humanity from a dark reckoning. What kind of powers does he have with these vibrations? Kind of looks like Neo in here. The film stars Franko Cruz as Todd, Darrin Hickok, Tamara Fay, and Piper Verbrick. Very unique concept. The longer explanation adds: In a world governed by the authoritarian World Collective, Sonus are a secretive order of scholars whose study of Vibrational Energy grants them supernatural abilities. When a mysterious event draws the World Collective's attention to their existence, the Sonus are forced into hiding, but Todd will fight back. Even if this looks a bit too clunky, I certainly appreciate the ambition and vision to do something unique and epic. Check out this footage below. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/first-teaser-for-soul-patrol-doc-about-first-black-special-ops-team/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/first-teaser-for-soul-patrol-doc-about-first-black-special-ops-team/#disqus_thread Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:39:08 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810570 "This life, as you live it at present and have lived it, you must live it once more." Kino Lorber has revealed the first teaser trailer for the film titled Soul Patrol, a powerful documentary about African-American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. This doc first premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the Best Director prize, and has played at many other festivals throughout the rest of 2026 as well. In the film Soul Patrol directed by J.M. Harper, the Vietnam War's first Black special ops team reunites to share their untold story, uncovering a hidden chapter of American military history, and exploring whether reckoning with the past can bring peace to those who lived it. Opening on the war's 50th anniversary, the surviving members reunite in a hotel that becomes a surreal liminal space, where memory, brotherhood, and unresolved trauma collide. Soul Patrol is not just another war story, but a reckoning – an intimate portrait of survival, memory, and the enduring cost of war on those sent to go fight it. View below. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/review-making-marie-antoinette-doc-is-an-intimate-time-capsule/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/review-making-marie-antoinette-doc-is-an-intimate-time-capsule/#disqus_thread Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:03:32 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810563 Few films offer the unique chance to pull back the curtain & reveal the immense labor & time a crew invests in the filmmaking process. Even rarer are those that provide an incredibly intimate portrait of the creators themselves, captured by someone with unprecedented access to both the professional & personal sides of the journey. In 2005, documentarian Eleanor Coppola followed her daughter, Sofia, during the chaotic and historic shoot of her film Marie Antoinette — the first movie production ever granted full access to the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris, France. The result of her shadowing Sofia was 80 hours of behind-the-scenes footage that Eleanor always dreamed of turning into a film. Following her mother’s passing in 2024, Sofia decided to honor that wish, shaping this unique material into an 86-minute documentary film titled Making Marie Antoinette. This new documentary just premiered at the 2026 Telluride & New York Film Festivals. The footage is accompanied by readings from Eleanor’s personal diaries, narrated by Diane Lane. // Continue Reading ›]]> 0 https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/once-upon-a-time-in-the-middle-east-trailer-chinas-submission/ https://www.firstshowing.net/2026/once-upon-a-time-in-the-middle-east-trailer-chinas-submission/#disqus_thread Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:01:14 +0000 https://www.firstshowing.net/?p=810535 "All I wanted to do was go home." Well Go USA has revealed a new US trailer for a Chinese film titled Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, telling the story of a Chinese restaurant in the Middle East that gets caught up in the middle of a war. This already opened in China in August, and it's their official submission to the Academy Awards this year. Interesting pick. The original title translates to Welcome to the Loong Restaurant. One of China’s biggest stars, Shen Teng, leads this acclaimed box office sensation about a chef who transforms a struggling restaurant into a refuge shelter & risks it all to protect his community. The anti-war film (also very anti-America) tells the story of Xu Fu, a philanthropic chef at a Chinese restaurant in the fictional city of Bahata in the Middle East. When a war erupts with the United States (who are seen as the villains), he transforms his restaurant into a refuge for a group of orphans trapped in the city, but he is caught in the crossfire. Whereas most war films mainly focus on heroism & battles, this one tells a humane story of ordinary civilians struggling to survive. The full cast includes Jiang Qiming, Omar Sharif, Aarif Lee Zhi-ting, and Sherif Sabby. Looks like it actually has a wholesome message about how food matters. // Continue Reading ›]]> 1