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‘Melania’ Reviews Are Predictably Atrocious: “Trash Remake of The Zone of Interest” — $8M Weekend Expected
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Wagner Moura to Star in Lisandro Alonso’s ‘Taste of Cherry’ Remake
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‘Josephine’ Dominates Sundance Awards — Wins Jury and Audience Prizes
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‘Fast and the Furious 11’ Dated For March 2028 Release — Titled ‘Fast Forever’
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Aug 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 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.

Aug 19, 2019

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Embarrassing Taylor Swift/Martin McDonagh Conversation

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

In case you haven’t heard, Taylor Swift is now a legitimate filmmaker. Swift announced her directorial debut with an original script last week. I didn’t report it because I couldn’t care less about this news.

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Wes Anderson’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Set For Fall 2023 Release

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Wes Anderson’s a busy man. His next film, “Asteroid City,” will be released next summer, with a potential splashy premiere at Cannes. However, he’s already set his sights in releasing another film in 2023.

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Now It’s Titled ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ …

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Owen Gleiberman’s rave this past week did not convince me that the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic will be anything more than a glorified TV movie.

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Sight and Sound: All the Films Added and Dropped From the Top 100

December 10, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

As one can see below, about a quarter of the Sight and Sound’s too 100 list changed from 2012, with major showings for a number of women filmmakers

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Paul Schrader on ‘RRR’ …

December 10, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

If there’s one film that has received a surprising push from the latest critics group awards, it’s definitely SS Rajamouli’s “RRR.”

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Box-Office: ‘The Whale’ Nabs Third Best Per-Theater-Average of the Last 3 Years

December 10, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

“The Whale” grossed an estimated $159K on Friday from 6 locations in NY/LA, for a daily per-location average of $26,525.

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Yes, 2022 Was A Very Bad Year For Movies

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Three critics from Vulture (Bilge Ebiri, Alison Willmore and Anjelica Jade Bastien) had a discussion about how bad the quality of the waning movie year has been. SPOILERT ALERT: It was horrendous.

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Tarantino is Wrong About ‘50s Cinema

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I get it, Quentin Tarantino’s comments about the ‘50s being one of the worst decades for cinema stems from his belief that the Hays Code limited artistic expression in Hollywood during that decade.

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AFI’s Top 10 Films of 2022

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The American Film Institute announced its annual Best Films of the Year list this afternoon.

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Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ is DOA; Slapped Hard by Critics

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Once upon a time a Variety pundit by the name of Clayton Davis had inserted Will Smith into his Best Actor predictions and “Emancipation” as his #8 Best Picture nominee. Then the film was seen …

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Critics Really Hate ‘Harry and Meghan’

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix decided to release their limited series documentary “Harry and Meghan” this past week and the reactions have been overwhelmingly negative. Who seriously wanted to watch this? I gave up after the first episode.

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The ‘Babylon’ Enigma …

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Notice how Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” has barely made it onto any of the critics ten best lists released so far this year.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Reportedly Set to be Announced as Next James Bond

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve heard enough rumors about Aaron Taylor-Johnson becoming the next James Bond that I think it’s time to just write about it.

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Owen Gleiberman Raves ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

It’s quite strange how Sony Pictures has been hiding Kasi Lemmons’ Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” which is set for an Oscar-ready release on December 23rd.

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National Board of Review Names ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Best Film of 2022

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The National Board of Review is a voting body made up of a group of film enthusiasts, industry professionals, academics, and filmmakers.

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Alexander Payne Set to Direct ‘Election’ Sequel With Reese Witherspoon

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

There were rumors about this happening and now it’s official. Alexander Payne will once again be directing Reese Witherspoon in a sequel to 1999’s “Election.”

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Jennifer Lawrence is Now Claiming She Was the *Very First* Female Action Lead in Film History

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Lawrence says female-driven action didn’t exist until she played Katniss Everdeen in 2012’s “The Hunger Games”:

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Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Infinity Pool’ Releases Trailer … [Updated]

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATED: The trailer for Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool” has been released …

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Armond White: “Nobody Really Believes That ‘Jeanne Dielman’ is the Greatest Film of All-Time”

December 8, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

You can hate on Armond White all you want (not that he cares), and, contrary to what some might have you believe, he’s actually a very nice guy, but it’s hard to deny the “engineered” thesis behind his 12.7 throwdown. He nails it.

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Who Has Seen ‘The Fabelmans’? Thoughts?

December 7, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

“The Fabelmans” was officially released in theaters a little less than four weeks ago — it’s died down at the box-office and its Oscar momentum took a slight hit as well. It’s still the frontrunner to win the Oscar though.

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