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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Has 10 Credited Writers, Including Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman

The WGA directory has updated its listing for "Avengers: Doomsday," and the final tally is a whopping ten writers on “Avengers: Doomsday.”

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Johnny Depp's ‘Ebenezer' Gets Mixed Reviews, 52% Rotten Tomatoes, Eyes $23M Opening Weekend

Given the low budget, “Ebenezer” will probably amount to a win for Depp. For West, I hope this was a one-time paycheck before he goes back to R-rated filmmaking.

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Brad Pitt to Star in Darius Marder's ‘Connector' for Apple, the ‘Sound of Metal' Director's First Film in Seven Years

The story takes place in 1970s New York and follows a working-class legend, a "sky-walking" ironworker who takes on forces much bigger than himself. Pitt as a blue-collar hero in '70s Manhattan? Sold.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Confirms ‘Predator,’ ‘Commando’ and ‘Conan' Sequels Are in the Works

While on Jimmy Kimmel, Arnold, 79, confirmed he's working on sequels to "Predator," "Commando," and "Conan." He also made it clear that none of them move forward until the writing is right.

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Michael B. Jordan's ‘Thomas Crown Affair' Trailer Drops as Test Screenings Disappoint and the WGA Credits the 1999 Writers Despite No Involvement

The WGA has awarded screenplay credit to Kurt Wimmer and Leslie Dixon, the writers of the 1999 remake. Dixon and Wimmer had nothing to do with this new version.

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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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Edgar Wright's ‘Last Night in Soho' Delayed Until April 2021

May 26, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Edgar Wright’s highly-anticipated “Last Night in Soho” was supposed to come out this fall, but now comes the news it has been delayed until … April 2021. Get used it to it, folks. The dirty little secret in Hollywood right now is that most, if not all, of the movie year is most likely canceled. The news of Wright’s film being delayed by almost a year is just the start of what will be significant release delays from other studio titles.

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Oscar Buzz for Judd Apatow's ‘The King of Staten Island' is Growing ...

May 25, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten Island” has been screening for press these last two weeks. Screener links were first distributed to awards-season pundits, signifying that Universal has a lot of faith in this film’s Oscar/Golden Globes chances, then national critics received their screeners just late last week. The response has been glowing, with a colleague telling me Apatow’s first movie in over 5 years is a “total triumph” and another journalist pal comparing the “raw” drama to the ‘60s British “Kitchen Sink” genre.

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Official: James Mangold to Direct 78-Year-Old Harrison Ford in ‘Indiana Jones 5'

May 25, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Steven Spielberg will not be directing Indiana Jones 5 [via Collider]. No, instead, it has been confirmed that director James Mangold (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Logan”) will be taking over directing duty.

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Stanley Kubrick's ‘The Shining' Turns 40

May 25, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

The 40th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” was this past Saturday. The 1980 masterpiece, adapted from Stephen King’s popular novel, was bashed by critics upon release. Hell, it won Kubrick a Razzie for Worst Director. The loosely distancing adaptation even got King so upset that he famously derided the Kubrick’s movie as “misogynistic” and “cold.” While, Roger Ebert’s initially dismissive two-star review of the film in 1980 ultimately had the famous Chicago-based critic admitting to a 180-degree opinion reversal and granting it a four-star Great Movies review in 2006.

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An Oscar Poker conversation with HE

May 24, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Is “Oscar Poker” back? Not necessarily You can call this short, but short conversation I had with Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells as a quarantined version of our monthly podcast, which has been on hiatus ever since the Pandemic started. The topic of discussion is the Oscars and, more importantly, the inevitable reopening of theaters, whether it’d be in 2020 or, God forbid, 2021.

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Christopher Nolan's Love for ‘MacGruber' Has No Bounds

May 23, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Count me in as someone that approves of Christopher Nolan, a man known for his self-seriousness, being a fan of the hilariously dumb 2010 comedy “MacGruber." Nolan recently told Business Insider“ I’ve been outed in the past as a ‘MacGruber‘ fan and I have to say there are a couple of moments in that film that had [me] howling uncontrollably.”

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‘Capone’ Is a Hit on VOD; Takes In Staggering $2.5M+

May 22, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Bron Studios’ Tom Hardy gangster pic “Capone” took in a 10-day gross of $2.5M in its first 10 days of release. That’s an astounding number for a movie that had countless delays to its name and ended up garnering mixed reviews upon its release.

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TIFF, Venice and Telluride are Still Major Question Marks

May 22, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Anne Thompson and Eric Kohn spoke with TIFF boss Cameron Bailey in the latest episode of their IndieWire: Screen Talk podcast. The 60-minute conversation is worth a listen just to hear how Bailey is trying to plan this year's festival. Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of non-answers to Kohn and Thompson’s questions about how the fest will transpire because, well, nobody really knows how the world will look like in Septemeber, let alone next week. It does look as though Bailey and his staff are considering some in-person events for TIFF, exclusively just for Canadians, including outdoor screenings. The rumored digital shift online is also starting to look less likely due to push-back from some filmmakers, distributors, etc. According to Bailey, Canadians notwithstanding, the goal is to accommodate people who are unable to travel to Toronto in September with some kind of online option.

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‘Military Wives': Safe, Formula-Ridden, British-Delivered Hokum [Review]

May 22, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

“Military Wives” is predictably-rendered comfort food. For some of you, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, this type of movie will be a welcome oasis of feel-goodness, but, for the rest of us, this fictionalized take on the true story of the wives and girlfriends of British soldiers serving in Afghanistan who formed a women’s choir to sing out their joys and fears, will be the epitome of cheese.

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Critics Poll: ‘Mulholland Drive' Named Best Film of the 2000s

May 22, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Is “Mulholland Drive,” David Lynch’s hypnotic and surreal ode to la la land, really the best film of the aughts? According to 200 movie experts, it seems that it is. World of Reel surveyed film critics, actors, directors, academics, and curators from over a dozen countries to compile a list of the best films released between 2000-2009.

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Christopher Nolan's ‘TENƎT': WW3, Time Travel and Spies [Trailer]

May 21, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

The most anticipated movie of the summer is still set to be released in July. Christopher Nolan is hopeful that his latest mindbender “Tenet” will be the movie event that relaunches a lagging film industry. At the moment, we are still mired in the unpredictable when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, will cities deem it safe enough for audiences to go back to theaters? Will sitting in a darkened room with coughers and sneezers going to cause a panic? Those are questions that just don’t have answers at the moment.

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‘The Lovebirds': Not Even Kumail Nanjiani Can Elevate This Predictably Stale Rom-Com [Review]

May 21, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Although “Lovebirds” reunites director Michael Showalter with his “The Big Sick” star-screenwriter Kumail Nanjiani, this indie rom-com delves more into genre cinema than the deft humane handling of their previous effort. A real shame, if you ask me. Showalter choosing the “high-concept” comedy “Lovebirds” as his follow-up feature is a peculiar decision and, more frustratingly, one riddled with a lack of artistic ambition. Showalter’s “The Big Sick” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay back in 2018, but don’t expect “The Lovebirds” to get any kind of Oscar love — it’s a real clunker.

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‘Relic’: Emily Mortimer Stars In Eerie Haunted House Movie [Trailer]

May 21, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Although not in the same league as the very best of the genre, Natalie Erika James’ directorial debut will please plenty of genre fans this summer, hungry for new fare during the COVID-19 lockdown. Starring Emily Mortimer and produced by Jake Gyllenhaal, the film, much like “Hereditary,” deals with haunted genetics, following a daughter (Emily Mortimer) troubled by the disappearance and sudden reemergence of her elderly mother (Robyn Nevin). I won’t say more about the plot, the less you know the better.

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‘The Old Guard’: Charlize Theron Is Immortal in Netflix's Latest Action Extravaganza [Trailer]

May 21, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

“Love and Basketball” director Gina Prince-Bythewood gives us the story of a covert team of, apparently. immortal mercenaries played by the likes of Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Kiki Layne, as they fight to keep their identity a secret. The film is based on the Comic-Book series by Leandro Fernandez and Greg Rucka.

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Cannes 2020: ‘The French Dispatch' Described as a “Unique, Minimalist, and Extraordinary Work"

May 21, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

We already know that Cannes is not happening this year, but that hasn’t stopped its director Thierry Frémaux from giving us a few hints as to what films could have been part of its 73rd edition.

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‘Antebellum’: Janelle Monáe Accidentally Time-Travels to Slavery Era In New Thriller [Trailer]

May 20, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Lionsgate does not want you to know too much about the plot for the new thriller, “Antebellum.” Even after watching three different trailers, there’s the feeling that something is being hidden from the viewer, but what?

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Zack Snyder Will #ReleaseTheSnyderCut of ‘Justice League’ on HBO Max

May 20, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

The Snyder Cut is real and it’s coming to a screen near you. The Zack Snyder-directed “Justice League” cut is set for an HBO max premiere in 2021, this according to the man himself, Snyder, who announced the news during a watchalong on Vero. It appears as though the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut hashtag worked, the faithful have been rewarded.

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Will the 2021 Oscars Be Canceled?

May 19, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

A Variety article courtesy of columnist Marc Malkin claims that “the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering postponing” the Oscars, and this is according to multiple sources.

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‘Force of Nature': Mel Gibson Fights Off A Hurricane and Puerto Rican Baddies [Trailer]

May 19, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

I’m perfectly fine with Mel Gibson delivering these B-movies for the rest of his career. I dug the hell out of “Blood Father” “Get the Gringo,” but, most especially, “Dragged Across Concrete.”

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‘Greyhound’: Tom Hanks’ New Film Sells to Apple TV+ For $70 Million Streaming Debut

May 19, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

As I had long suspected, Tom Hanks’ upcoming drama, “Greyhound,” is going from a theatrical premiere to a straight-to-streaming Apple TV+ debut.

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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

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