Before we proceed, let me just mention that James Cameron once gave Guillermo del Toro a million dollars to pay the ransom after Mexican hoodlums kidnapped del Toro's father.

There’s already a nice little reappraisal happening for David O. Russell’s “Amsterdam,” which we all figured would get bashed by critics in late September. Russell was a marked man and you just knew he didn’t stand a chance.

The Best Animated Film category has been owned by Disney for many years. The mouse house has won 15 of the last 21 Oscars in this category.

A twitter user posted about Cannes 2017, for many one of the weakest editions the fest had ever seen, but still plenty of highlights. It wasn’t just the competition, but there also were excellent titles in the sidebars.

Letitia Wright is PISSED at Scott Feinberg for having written about her award-season baggage due to allegedly promoting anti-vax messaging during the pandemic.

I was told that “Avatar: The Way of Water” won’t screen for press until December 6th. That’s just around nine days before Thursday previews begin for James Cameron’s 192-minute epic.

I saw Laura Poitras’ immaculate doc right before it won Venice, it’s now being released in both New York and L.A. theaters.

The trades are not talking much about this, but “The Fabelmans” has been underperforming at the box office since its release and projected to not do much business during its wide expansion to 600 theaters.

Hidden at the end of THR’s reporting, “Avatar: The Way of Water” might be the most expensive movie ever made. Nobody has spoken about this yet.

The lineup for 73rd Berlin Film Festival is starting to take shape. Something tells me this upcoming Berlinale will have a more-than-decent lineup come early next year, with new films expected from prime auteurs.

I apologize for not covering Mark Mylod’s “The Menu.” It finished second at the box-office this weekend with a solid $11 million opening.

I’m not really sure where to start on Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” (which now has full-length trailer). I saw it back in October, but I just haven’t had the energy to write anything about it.

The original cut of “Gangs of New York,” which was shown to a few journalists in 2001 including Hollywood-Elswhere’s Jeffrey Wells, must still be hidden in a vault somewhere. It was said to be over 3 1/2 hours in length.

For some reason, people seem to really like “Everything Everything All At Once.” I’ve seen it twice already and felt absolutely NOTHING.

I wasn’t a massive fan of 2019’s “Knives Out.” I did like it, but maybe not as much as others did. It could have snuck into the Best Picture lineup that year if it weren’t for the fact that it was released in 2019, which had an abundance of great films.

If you haven’t heard of Angels Studios production, I haven’t either, but this show, on-paper, seemed out of my realm of interests.

A new trailer has been unveiled for James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water.” This is purported to be the final one before its December 16th release date.