2024 is nearly half over and while it’s a wasteland at the box office this year for television fans it is one of the better years as we have gotten many brilliant shows both at the big and small scale. With incredible series like Masters of the Air starting the year, there was no way that the rest of the year could go bad and that’s what happened because we got powerful and thrilling shows like Shōgun, Fallout, and 3 Body Problem. So, if you want to know the best new shows that came out this year here are the top picks for you. We have only added the shows that came out with their first season this year and excluded the shows that returning with a new season.
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Baby Reindeer is a psychological thriller and dark comedy series created by Richard Gadd. Based on Gadd...
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Baby Reindeer is a psychological thriller and dark comedy series created by Richard Gadd. Based on Gadd...
- 6/1/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Korean Action
Korean action drama “A Shop For Killers” has become the most viewed local original on Disney+ in the Asia Pacific region so far in 2024, the streamer has revealed.
Set in contemporary Korea, the eight-part series follows college student Jeong Jian who dives for cover in her childhood home after a series of highly skilled assassins come after her. Fighting to survive, Jian begins to remember invaluable lessons her uncle taught her before his apparent suicide, drawing on them to help her stay alive. Jian now has to uncover her uncle’s hidden past and figure out why so many people are desperate to gain access to her house and the extensive arsenal hidden inside.
The cast includes Lee Dongwook (“Guardian: The Lonely”) and Kim Hyejun (“Connect”). “A Shop For Killers” is based on the popular novel by Kang Jiyoung, written by Ji Hojin and Lee Kwon, and directed...
Korean action drama “A Shop For Killers” has become the most viewed local original on Disney+ in the Asia Pacific region so far in 2024, the streamer has revealed.
Set in contemporary Korea, the eight-part series follows college student Jeong Jian who dives for cover in her childhood home after a series of highly skilled assassins come after her. Fighting to survive, Jian begins to remember invaluable lessons her uncle taught her before his apparent suicide, drawing on them to help her stay alive. Jian now has to uncover her uncle’s hidden past and figure out why so many people are desperate to gain access to her house and the extensive arsenal hidden inside.
The cast includes Lee Dongwook (“Guardian: The Lonely”) and Kim Hyejun (“Connect”). “A Shop For Killers” is based on the popular novel by Kang Jiyoung, written by Ji Hojin and Lee Kwon, and directed...
- 3/12/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The star of A Shop for Killers on Disney+ and Hulu recently gave a grim update on the possibility of a Season 2.
A Shop for Killers, starring Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun, recently released Season 1 on Disney+ in select regions and on Hulu in the United States.
The South Korean action series, adapted from Kang Ji-young's novel, follows a young woman raised by her uncle in a dubious shopping mall.
Read full article on The Direct.
A Shop for Killers, starring Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun, recently released Season 1 on Disney+ in select regions and on Hulu in the United States.
The South Korean action series, adapted from Kang Ji-young's novel, follows a young woman raised by her uncle in a dubious shopping mall.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 2/8/2024
- by David Thompson
- The Direct
A Shop for Killers is an action drama series created by Ji Ho-jin and Lee Kwon. The Korean series is based on a novel titled The Killer’s Shopping Mall by Kang Ji-young, and it revolves around the story of a young girl who grew up with her uncle after the death of her parents. Her uncle runs a suspicious shopping mall and when he dies, some very dangerous assassins come looking for her, and now the only way to survive is to execute the training her uncle gave her during her childhood.
The Disney+ series stars Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun in the lead roles and for the action fans it has a lot of great moments with solid character work that will make you feel the uncertainty of the story and the characters.
A Shop for Killers – Episode Guide (When are the Episodes Coming Out?) Credit – Disney+
A Shop for Killers...
The Disney+ series stars Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun in the lead roles and for the action fans it has a lot of great moments with solid character work that will make you feel the uncertainty of the story and the characters.
A Shop for Killers – Episode Guide (When are the Episodes Coming Out?) Credit – Disney+
A Shop for Killers...
- 1/23/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Award
British presenter, broadcaster, filmmaker, author and historian, professor David Olusoga, will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the upcoming BAFTA Television Awards on May 14. The award is one of BAFTA’s highest honors recognizing an outstanding contribution to film, games or television.
Olusoga’s credits include presenting history series “A House Through Time” (BBC Two), writing and presenting series “Black & British: A Forgotten History” (BBC Two) and the BAFTA-winning “Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners.” In recent years he led major interviews with the former President of the United States, Barack Obama and lectures including the Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart Lecture in 2020.
Olusoga said: “It is humbling to have my work in television, as both a producer and a presenter, recognized in this way.”
Jane Millichip, CEO at BAFTA added: “We are honoured to present David Olusoga the BAFTA Special Award at our forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards with P&o Cruises.
British presenter, broadcaster, filmmaker, author and historian, professor David Olusoga, will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the upcoming BAFTA Television Awards on May 14. The award is one of BAFTA’s highest honors recognizing an outstanding contribution to film, games or television.
Olusoga’s credits include presenting history series “A House Through Time” (BBC Two), writing and presenting series “Black & British: A Forgotten History” (BBC Two) and the BAFTA-winning “Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners.” In recent years he led major interviews with the former President of the United States, Barack Obama and lectures including the Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart Lecture in 2020.
Olusoga said: “It is humbling to have my work in television, as both a producer and a presenter, recognized in this way.”
Jane Millichip, CEO at BAFTA added: “We are honoured to present David Olusoga the BAFTA Special Award at our forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards with P&o Cruises.
- 5/2/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Eichiro Hasumi's Assassination Classroom: Graduation screening on Fantasia International Film FestivalSTORY70%DIRECTION70%ACTING66%VISUALS76%POSITIVESGreat VisualsArtful adaptationSlapstick humor and preposterous storyNegativesThe film assumes that the audience have read the manga or watched the anime2016-07-2471%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (1 Vote)73%
The sequel of Assassination Classroom is an equally great adaptation of the manga/anime and concludes the story.
All the absurd characters of the first part return, including the yellow creature with the smiley face as his head and the body of an octopus, the killer robot that has become a “regular” student, the student with the tentacles, the talented assassin, the overly sexy teacher, and many more. This time, however, there is also conflict among the students, as Koro Sensei reveals his identity, and the time that he is about to explode destroying the earth, is near.
The main concept behind the anime is, once more, the passive-aggressive notion,...
The sequel of Assassination Classroom is an equally great adaptation of the manga/anime and concludes the story.
All the absurd characters of the first part return, including the yellow creature with the smiley face as his head and the body of an octopus, the killer robot that has become a “regular” student, the student with the tentacles, the talented assassin, the overly sexy teacher, and many more. This time, however, there is also conflict among the students, as Koro Sensei reveals his identity, and the time that he is about to explode destroying the earth, is near.
The main concept behind the anime is, once more, the passive-aggressive notion,...
- 7/24/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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