This week saw the release of the trailer for Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “The Woman King.” I wasn’t going to write anything about it until I read people actually talking Oscar buzz for the Viola Davis-starring epic.

Jenny Slate, the stand-up comedian and creator and star of “Obvious Child,” made a short film in 2010 about a tiny talking shell called Marcel.

It seems as though Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Bardo” will be aiming for the September festivals after all. The source I spoke to earlier this week, an Oscar pundit for a big trade, told me it wasn’t.

This morning an Italian distributor published a list of releases planned in Italy for fall/winter.

Reactions are all over the place with this one. I like how it refuses to really set-up any kind of plot, the best I can say about this one is that it looks well-shot, well-photographed and … unique.

Two weeks ago, Taika Waititi mentioned that “Next Goal Wins,” starring Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss, would be released later this year. However, now he’s saying that it’s coming out in 2023…

German filmmaker Christian Petzold has started shooting “The Red Sky” in Germany.

Variety’s Clayton Davis has published his early Oscar frontrunners. This is purely based on what he’s seen and heard.

Michael Mann’s “Heat” is a classic of the ‘90s. It even cracked the top 20 in our 1990s critics poll.

The review embargo for “Thor: Love and Thunder” has lifted. I far prefered ‘Ragnarok.’ This sequel is flat, unfocused and messy.

My jaw dropped when I read an email this morning telling me that Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Bardo” would be skipping the fall festivals. What?! This was set to be the hottest title.

For all you fans of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” production on the anticipated sequel is set to begin on either Wednesday or Thursday of this week in Italy and Budapest. The shoot is said to last around 4-5 months.

People tend to forget what a great actor Cruise actually is. You can’t watch a film like “Born on the Fourth of July” without noticing that talent.

Much like Cannes, I’ll be doing weekly updated Venice predictions. A lot of things are going on behind the scenes of this the 90th edition of the Venezia.

Things are again looking good for Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic. It turns out, the older demographic does still want to go to the movies.

Writer-Director Todd Field hasn’t made a film since “Little Children” (2006) and, before that, his incendiary debut “In the Bedroom” (2001).

It’s been a busy week, but things seem to have slowed down today in anticipation of July 4th weekend.

I’ve been keeping an eye out on this one for many months now.