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Nintendo has at last offered something of an explanation for its mysterious short film project ‘Close to You’, which debuted this week and was later revealed as featuring Pikmin. Writing on X, Nintendo stated that the two videos were the first short films created by Nintendo Pictures, the company’s motion capture and animation studio that previously worked on a range …

When Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a cute cartoon about a baby learning how to walk earlier this week, people understandably thought that the game studio might have been teasing a new or animated feature. “Close to You” turned out to be a Pikmin situation instead of a reveal for new IP, and Nintendo has just clarified that the video is actually …

Amazon is set to release its Melania Trump documentary in cinemas in January 2026. The film follows the first lady in the 20 days before the 2025 inauguration and comes from director Brett Ratner. It marks the film-maker’s first feature since he was accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women in 2017. He had denied the claims. The …

The Pikmin-themed “Close to You” animated videos released by Nintendo this week are the first short films created by Nintendo subsidiary Nintendo Pictures, Nintendo announced. “We hope you enjoyed the two ‘Close to You’ videos released on October 7 and [October] 8,” Nintendo said. “The second video is available on Nintendo Today!, a free app available on your smart device. …

Rian Johnson has no desire to kill off his hit crime caper franchise “Knives Out,” despite his lucrative two-picture contract with Netflix having come to an end. Off the back of the success of the first “Knives Out,” the streamer in 2021 paid a reported $450 million for the rights to two sequels, a deal now complete with third installment …

The new Amazon documentary John Candy: I Like Me takes its title from a famous scene that happens surprisingly early in the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. In what is arguably Candy’s most beloved performance, he plays Del Griffith, a sweet-natured if initially irritating traveling salesman who winds up accompanying uptight Neal (Steve Martin) on a series of cross-country …

It’s not hard to imagine why documentarian Laura Poitras spent 20 years trying to convince Seymour Hersh to make a film about his life. The 88-year-old Pulitzer-winning journalist has an impressive résumé. It was Hersh who broke the story, in 1969, of the horrific US army massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, invigorating the US anti-war movement; 35 years …

Graeme OgstonTayside and central reporter Justin Bieber/Instagram Justin Bieber filmed his latest music video in a Dundee pub Justin Bieber has filmed a video for his new single in a Dundee pub during a visit to Scotland. The Canadian singer was seen in Abandon Ship in the city centre at the weekend and has now released a video for his …

“There are certain filmmakers that I would describe as liberating influences. People whose work kind of allows you to shake off some of the rules that I think you get saddled with as you get going,” said Ari Aster. “And I don’t like prescriptive art. I like difficult work.” In heartfelt comments at a round table devoted to Rebecaa Miller’s …

A NOTE FROM SCOTT For those of us who cover awards season, the month of September felt like a bombardment — of films, festivals and flacks fighting for attention for their clients. But now that we have emerged into October, I must say that I feel a slight sense of relief, having screened the vast majority of awards hopefuls and gathered …