It looks as though “Cocaine Bear” will be exceeding projections this weekend at the box-office. Last night, the R-rated action-comedy nabbed a more-than-decent $2 million in Thursday previews.

The 48th César Awards happened in France this evening, this is their equivalent to the Oscars. The ceremony took place at Paris’s Olympia concert hall.

Jamie Dack’s “Palm Trees and Power Lines” was the most controversial movie of last year’s Sundance Film Festival, and it’s being released in theaters next Friday.

UPDATED: A few impatient readers are wondering what’s going on with this poll. I definitely haven’t forgotten about it. It’s only half completed, but coming along well. Results should be posted during the latter half of March.

This is a big week for Oscar predicting. No precursors are greater or more important than the Producers Guild and Screen Actors Guild awards. By the end of the weekend we’ll know where we’re at when it comes to the Best Picture and acting races.

I had to skip the press screening for Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” but am set to attend another showing next Wednesday. The reviews are in and the positive test-screenings turned out to be fairly accurate.

Series creator Jesse Armstrong told the New Yorker that this upcoming season will be the final one:

As the Berlin Film Festival winds down, Todd Field and Cate Blanchett were in attendance to premiere their short film “The Fundraiser,” which takes place inside the “TarVerse.”

I always liked Sarah Polley’s unique filmmaking vision. If you’ve seen “Take This Waltz” or “Away From Her,” then you know what I’m talking about.

There aren’t many confirmed details about Paul Thomas Anderson’s mysterious new movie, set to shoot this summer. Here what we know and what’s been rumored…

As I reported a few weeks ago, Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” is being released in November. It won’t be going to Cannes, but, rather, a very likely launch at Venice is now expected.

Variety’s Elsa Keslassy has the scoop that Cannes Director Thierry Fremaux traveled to L.A. earlier this month to watch Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Elizabeth Banks’ “Cocaine Bear” could have been so much more, but we’ll have to settle with what we got, which is a very dumb, Fargo-esque comedy.

The controversial “Rust” will have its tumultuous production start up again on April 21st in Livingston, Montana.

This, my friends, is another sign of the confidence that Warner Bros had towards “The Flash.” It’s their golden nugget this year and they’re not even hiding their enthusiasm.

German filmmaker Christian Petzold’s “Afire” just screened at the Berlin Film Festival. It’s probably, for many, the most anticipated film of this year’s festival.

There is currently a review embargo when it comes to Elizabeth Banks’ “Cocaine Bear,” but you’ll be highly amused by the scene where 12-year-olds do cocaine. I’m not kidding.

According to The Evening Standard’s Tom Davidson, Paul King’s upcoming “Wonka” has a budget of around $125 million. That’s a lot for such a risk-taking project.

It was a given that French critics would be blown away by Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.” The filmmaker has been gaining in esteem there these last few years, especially with his latter-day films being so well-reviewed.