Film

36 Years Later, the Best Jack Ryan Movie Officially Comes to Paramount+

• *The Hunt for Red October* arrives on Paramount+ on 1 November.
• The 1990 thriller adapts the first Jack Ryan novel.
• It has the highest Rotten Tomatoes score among Jack Ryan films.

Paramount+ will add *The Hunt for Red October* to its streaming catalogue on 1 November, bringing a 1990 Jack Ryan thriller to the service. The article calls it the best film featuring the character and says it offers viewers familiar with the newer Prime Video series a chance…

Wildwood channels The Decemberists’ folk fairytale legacy

• Wildwood adapts Meloy and Ellis’s fairy tale into stop-motion animation.
• The story draws on folklore and Portland’s 5,000-acre Forest Park.
• A possible return to the series would depend on Meloy’s enthusiasm.

The film Wildwood brings Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s story to the screen as a stop-motion fairy tale set in the Pacific Northwest. The couple say they drew on familiar folklore and the eerie woods near their home, aiming for a tale rooted in old stories rather than…

Sylvester Stallone’s Legendary Action Franchise Officially Joins ‘Tulsa King’ on Streaming

• Three Rambo films arrive on Paramount+ on 1 November.
• The first three films will be available; two later titles are excluded.
• The franchise has grossed $819 million worldwide.

Paramount+ will add three films from Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo series on 1 November, giving subscribers access to the original film and its next two instalments. The move brings part of the action franchise to the platform alongside its existing series Tulsa King, though two later Rambo films are…

Hilary Rosen Named BAFTA Chair

• Hilary Rosen succeeds Sara Putt as BAFTA chair.
• Rosen has led BAFTA television work since joining its committee in 2021.
• New deputy chairs and committee leaders have also been appointed.

Hilary Rosen has been named chair of BAFTA, succeeding Sara Putt, who is stepping down after three years. The change places Rosen in charge of guiding the academy’s work to support film, television and games talent through awards, industry leadership and development programmes. Rosen has served on BAFTA’s…

Forget ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ This World War II Movie Is a Masterpiece From Start to Finish

• *The Thin Red Line* offers a poetic alternative to *Saving Private Ryan*.
• Malick sets Guadalcanal’s natural beauty against wartime destruction.
• The film questions war without patriotic celebration or easy answers.

Terrence Malick’s *The Thin Red Line* is presented as a more thoughtful and affecting World War II film than *Saving Private Ryan*, despite the latter’s status as a 1998 awards-season favourite. The article argues that Malick’s film matters for its poetic, multi-perspective depiction of war and its challenge…

Cohere flags Qwen model’s cloud upload attempt as PS5 sales rise

Apple develops a Damson Idris-backed thriller, Bruce Springsteen recalls the Beatles’ influence, and 1972 hits stir baby-boomer memories. A US sales chart shows PS5 sales climbing around NBA 2K27 and Marvel’s Wolverine, with the bigger rise alongside Wolverine.

The lazy 2004 movie Pierce Brosnan “didn’t have to stretch” his acting muscles for

• Brosnan said *After the Sunset* did not stretch his acting.
• The 2004 heist comedy followed his last Bond film.
• He later took on more morally complex roles.

After his final James Bond film, *Die Another Day* (2002), Pierce Brosnan took a lighter role in the 2004 heist comedy *After the Sunset*. He said the part did not require him to stretch his acting abilities, though its ensemble cast appealed to him. The article links Brosnan’s…

‘Tokyo Vice’ Producer, Netflix Executive Urge Changes to Japan’s Production Incentive at MPA Seminar as Government Readies Unified Content Body

• Japan aims to coordinate content support through a new body by 2027.
• Filmmakers say IP360’s high minimum spend excludes many smaller projects.
• The government targets JPY20 trillion in overseas sales by 2033.

Japan plans to launch a new government body in 2027 to coordinate support for its content industries, while film industry figures are calling for reforms to make the country’s production incentive clearer and more reliable. They argue that the current rules may deter international productions and smaller co-productions,…