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George Lucas Admits He Walked Away From Three More ‘Star Wars' Movies

The man who built the most popular mythology in movie history says he retired with three more "Star Wars" films still on his plate, and he let them go, selling Lucasfilm to Disney.

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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement Includes 30+ Theatrical Releases a Year — “The Opposite of Disney-Fox”

Now that a settlement has been reached and the 12 AGs are allowing Paramount to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 billion deal, we need details. Here they are.

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‘Ray Gunn’ Photos: Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits Lead Brad Bird’s Animated Sci-Fi Noir

We now have seven new images from Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn.” The film still doesn’t have a trailer, let alone a teaser, so we’ll take what we can get.

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Duncan Jones Says Netflix's Auteur Era Is Dead and “It's About to Get Worse”

The prime catalyst for Netflix's risk-free shift may have been new content chief Dan Lin, who said two years ago that the company would greenlight films "more about audience, and less about auteurs."

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Do We Really Need Another ‘Sense and Sensibility'? Critics Say Georgia Oakley's 2026 Version Mostly Works

Apparently, we haven’t had enough of “Sense & Sensibility.” Georgia Oakley, coming off the quiet indie success of “Blue Jean,” is taking a swing at Jane Austen’s oft-adapted classic, with Daisy Edgar-Jones.

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3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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George Lucas Admits He Walked Away From Three More ‘Star Wars' Movies

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The man who built the most popular mythology in movie history says he retired with three more "Star Wars" films still on his plate, and he let them go, selling Lucasfilm to Disney.

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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement Includes 30+ Theatrical Releases a Year — “The Opposite of Disney-Fox”

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Now that a settlement has been reached and the 12 AGs are allowing Paramount to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 billion deal, we need details. Here they are.

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‘Ray Gunn’ Photos: Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits Lead Brad Bird’s Animated Sci-Fi Noir

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We now have seven new images from Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn.” The film still doesn’t have a trailer, let alone a teaser, so we’ll take what we can get.

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Duncan Jones Says Netflix's Auteur Era Is Dead and “It's About to Get Worse”

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The prime catalyst for Netflix's risk-free shift may have been new content chief Dan Lin, who said two years ago that the company would greenlight films "more about audience, and less about auteurs."

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Do We Really Need Another ‘Sense and Sensibility'? Critics Say Georgia Oakley's 2026 Version Mostly Works

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Apparently, we haven’t had enough of “Sense & Sensibility.” Georgia Oakley, coming off the quiet indie success of “Blue Jean,” is taking a swing at Jane Austen’s oft-adapted classic, with Daisy Edgar-Jones.

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BREAKING: Paramount Settles With 12 State AGs, Clearing Path to $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Well, that didn't take long. Paramount has struck a deal with the 12 state attorneys general who sued to block its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Jeremy Saulnier’s ‘Slayground’ Teaser Is a Total Misdirection, but Is It Really Coming “This Fall"?

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I should warn you: based on everything I’ve heard, this teaser is a total misdirection. The movie is not at all what it’s being portrayed as here. In fact, most of the footage in the teaser comes from the first few minutes of the film.

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David Fincher’s ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’ FINALLY Has A Trailer!

September 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Netrflix finally decided to stop teasing us with cryptic teasers and given us an actual trailer for David Fincher's Quentin Tarantino-scripted 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' sequel.

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Ben Wheatley to Direct ‘Fear The Reaper’ With James McAvoy

September 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here's a small scoop for Sunday night. Nothing too exciting, since it concerns the once-promising Ben Wheatley, a filmmaker who broke out with the cult-horror gut-punch of "Kill List" and "A Field in England.”

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The Debut’ Was the Toast of Telluride. Then the Rest of Us Saw It at TIFF — Moore Is Great, Movie Is Good

September 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Eisenberg has made a surreal nightmare of a comedy, one that's a step up in polish. It helps that Moore is wildly unhinged here — this performance is something to see, and some of her strongest work in years.

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Jeremy Strong Went Full Zuckerberg on ‘The Social Reckoning' Set: “He Did Not Speak in His Own Voice”

September 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Jeremy Strong is at it again. During the ‘Social Reckoning’ shoot he treated his co-stars "the way he imagined" Mark Zuckerberg would treat them. Strong, of course, plays the Meta CEO in the film.

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‘La Bola Negra' Wins TIFF 2026 People's Choice Award — Netflix's Best Shot at Best Picture Oscar

September 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The 51st Toronto International Film Festival has handed its People's Choice Award to "La Bola Negra," the Los Javis film that premiered at Cannes and has been quietly building steam ever since.

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Zach Cregger Does It Again: ‘Resident Evil' Is a Total Blast — and a Hit With a $60M Box Office Opening — Post Your Review!

September 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Cregger has pulled off another box office hit. His reboot of "Resident Evil" opened to $60M — well past the $40–50M tracking and, by a wide margin, the biggest debut the franchise has ever seen.

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Mark Ruffalo Warns AG Bonta Not To Make A Deal With Paramount: "Don't You Dare"

September 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This weekend, California AG Rob Bonta is meeting with Paramount to discuss a potential deal in the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

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Martin Scorsese-Produced ‘Trees Are Watching’ Panned at TIFF Over “Repulsive” AI-Generated Footage

September 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Variety suggests the film is so bad that it may be time for a total ban on major festivals programming films that use AI, and argues audiences deserve some kind of disclosure before they buy tickets.

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A Best Picture Contender Screened This Morning. Within an Hour, Its Oscar Chances Were in Question

September 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I can't tell you what it is — but most of our readers can figure it out. There's a social embargo until the 22nd, and reviews aren't permitted to run until 48 hours before release.

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CONFIRMED: Sadie Soverall Exits Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World' Mid-Shoot, Lily McInerny Steps In Lead Role

September 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sadie Soverall was just let go after briefly filming on Corbet's new film — no official reason given. She had the lead role. Corbet has replaced her, last minute, with Lily McInerny.

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Sean Penn's January 6 Movie with Bradley Cooper Moves to Clockwork, Eyes December 2028 Release Timed to Trump's Exit

September 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film is set to shoot in fall 2027. The idea would be to release it in December 2028, timed to Trump's exit from office. Oh, and it's now Warner Bros.' indie label, Clockwork, that's backing the film.

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Alan Ritchson to Replace Jason Momoa in Justin Lin's ‘Helldivers' Movie

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The source material, for the uninitiated, is Arrowhead Game Studios' co-op shooter — muscle in power armor defending "Super Earth" from bugs and robots in a war game.

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‘NAZA’ to Self-Distribute in U.S. Theaters Starting September 30

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A US theatrical rollout is starting Sept. 30 in NYC, will expand to Los Angeles and other markets on Oct. 9 and then roll out nationally via a plan that forgoes selling the film to a studio or independent distributor.

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CONFIRMED: Sadie Soverall Exits Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World' Mid-Shoot, Lily McInerny Steps In Lead Role

Sadie Soverall was just let go after briefly filming on Corbet's new film — no official reason given. She had the lead role. Corbet has replaced her, last minute, with Lily McInerny.

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Ron Howard’s ‘Alone at Dawn’ Starring Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway Sets Christmas 2027 Release

This is the adaptation of the nonfiction book by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz. It wrapped production in February and has been in post-production ever since. The film test-screened a few months ago.

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Jeremy Saulnier’s Next Film Retitled to ‘Slayground,’ Current Runtime is 2.5 Hours, Plot Details

Jeremy Saulnier’s mysterious A24 project, formerly “October,” still has no release date. You’d think, given that it has been in post-production for almost a year now.

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Jemima Kirke and Alexi Wasser to Star in Woody Allen's Next Film

A few months ago, Deadline reported that Woody Allen's next film, set in Madrid and carrying a $14M budget, will be "largely English-language" and feature a "high-profile cast."

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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