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Ken Watanabe

  • ‘Tokyo Vice’ Canceled at Max After 2 Seasons

    EPs J.T. Rogers and Alan Poul tease “there is more story to tell” while confirming the end of the show at the streamer

    By

    Mike Roe
    June 8, 2024 @ 9:47 AM
    TV
    9:47 AM
    ‘Tokyo Vice’ Canceled at Max After 2 Seasons
  • ‘Tokyo Vice’ Creators, Stars Lay Out How Season 2 Keeps Ramping Up Its Morally Complex Yakuza Showdown

    Plus, Ansel Elgort tells TheWrap how he used the pandemic to learn Japanese and embrace the nation’s culture

    By

    Mike Roe
    February 22, 2024 @ 7:00 AM
    TV
    7:00 AM
    ‘Tokyo Vice’ Creators, Stars Lay Out How Season 2 Keeps Ramping Up Its Morally Complex Yakuza Showdown
  • Why Gareth Edwards Reacted ‘Oh No’ When He First Met Future Leading Man John David Washington

    Washington plays the lead in the “Rogue One” director’s upcoming sci-fi epic “The Creator”

    By

    Lawrence Yee
    August 30, 2023 @ 7:18 PM
    Movies
    7:18 PM
    Why Gareth Edwards Reacted ‘Oh No’ When He First Met Future Leading Man John David Washington
  • Michael Mann’s ‘Tokyo Vice’ Trailer Sees Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe Go Up Against the Yakuza (Video)

    The HBO Max crime drama series is based on the true story of an American crime reporter in Japan

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    March 14, 2022 @ 9:00 AM
    TV
    9:00 AM
    Michael Mann’s ‘Tokyo Vice’ Trailer Sees Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe Go Up Against the Yakuza (Video)
  • Ken Watanabe to Co-Star Opposite Ansel Elgort in HBO Max Drama ‘Tokyo Vice’

    Drama is based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book about the Tokyo Metropolitan Police

    By

    Tim Baysinger
    September 12, 2019 @ 2:07 PM
    TV
    2:07 PM
    Ken Watanabe to Co-Star Opposite Ansel Elgort in HBO Max Drama ‘Tokyo Vice’
  • Does ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?

    Does the latest live-action “Godzilla” movie tease the future of the this monster franchise after the credits roll?

    By

    Umberto Gonzalez and Phil Owen
    June 16, 2019 @ 9:35 AM
    News
    9:35 AM
    Does ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?
  • ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Roars Past ‘Aladdin’ at Box Office With Weak $49 Million Opening

    Taron Egerton’s “Rocketman” and Octavia Spencer’s “Ma” also opened on this busy weekend

    By

    Beatrice Verhoeven
    June 2, 2019 @ 8:02 AM
    Movies
    8:02 AM
    ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Roars Past ‘Aladdin’ at Box Office With Weak $49 Million Opening
  • ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Film Review: Hollywood Finally Gets Kaiju Right

    Director Michael Dougherty successfully takes the all-thriller-no-filler approach both to monsters and the human drama

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    May 28, 2019 @ 2:00 PM
    Alonso Duralde
    2:00 PM
    ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Film Review: Hollywood Finally Gets Kaiju Right
  • ‘Detective Pikachu’ Film Review: Humans and Pokemon Pal Around in Overstuffed, Underwritten World

    Live-action-plus-animation take on the popular game feels both ambitious and lazy, frenzied and sluggish

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    May 8, 2019 @ 8:30 PM
    Alonso Duralde
    8:30 PM
    ‘Detective Pikachu’ Film Review: Humans and Pokemon Pal Around in Overstuffed, Underwritten World
  • ‘Bel Canto’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Thriller Hits All the Wrong Notes

    Moore (as an opera diva) and Ken Watanabe are held captive in a flailing, pointless adaptation of Ann Patchett’s best-seller

    By

    William Bibbiani
    September 14, 2018 @ 7:21 AM
    Reviews
    7:21 AM
    ‘Bel Canto’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Thriller Hits All the Wrong Notes
  • Thomas Middleditch Cast in ‘Godzilla: King of Monsters’

    Michael Dougherty is directing the project for Legendary

    By

    Umberto Gonzalez
    May 31, 2017 @ 10:49 AM
    Movies
    10:49 AM
    Thomas Middleditch Cast in ‘Godzilla: King of Monsters’
  • Kyle Chandler to Join Millie Bobby Brown in ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’

    The Legendary film will be released on March 22, 2019

    By

    Beatrice Verhoeven
    February 21, 2017 @ 3:27 PM
    Movies
    3:27 PM
    Kyle Chandler to Join Millie Bobby Brown in ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’
  • What If Historical Movies About White People Starred Asian Actors Instead? (Photos)

    We examine Hollywood whitewashing by putting the shoe on the other foot

    By

    Phil Owen and Jordan Burchette
    February 16, 2017 @ 3:35 PM
    3:35 PM
    What If Historical Movies About White People Starred Asian Actors Instead? (Photos)
  • Watch the Oscars Nominations Announcement (Livestream)

    The Academy’s live feed starts at 5:18 a.m. PT / 8:18 a.m. ET

    By

    Beatrice Verhoeven
    January 24, 2017 @ 5:06 AM
    Media
    5:06 AM
    Watch the Oscars Nominations Announcement (Livestream)
  • ‘The Sea of Trees’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Set Adrift in Gus Van Sant’s Listless Bummer

    McConaughey and Naomi Watts swap tired dialogue as an unhappily married couple in this tedious disappointment

    By

    Sam Fragoso
    August 25, 2016 @ 11:38 AM
    11:38 AM
    ‘The Sea of Trees’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Set Adrift in Gus Van Sant’s Listless Bummer
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