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Ridley Scott Says ‘Alien’ Franchise “Needs Some Help” After ‘Romulus’ Was Just “OK”: “I’ve Gone Back In”

Scott is suggesting something more significant than a simple return to the series: the filmmaker appears to believe the franchise has drifted off course.

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Ridley Scott’s Best Films, Ranked by 120+ Critics: ‘Alien’ Tops ‘Blade Runner’ in Poll

Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 30 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.

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‘Hooters: The Movie’ Is Now in the Works, Because Why Not?

Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. Or, at the very least, it has reached the point where the origin story of Hooters is now being made as a feature film.

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Tom Hanks to Play Abraham Lincoln in ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ With Willem Dafoe and Peter Dinklage Joining Cast — Duke Johnson is Directing

It was previously reported that Tom Hanks is set to portray the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in Duke Johnson’s upcoming live-action/stop-motion hybrid film

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Stephen Frears Says His Career Has Hit a Wall: “Studios Only Interested in Monsters and Superheroes”

Stephen Frears, 85, has been trying to make “Wilder & Me,” a film about the final, faltering chapter of Billy Wilder’s legendary career, but like his subject, he’s facing his own late-career battle with momentum.

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August 19, 2019
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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Samuel L. Jackson Doesn’t Want to Say if He’s in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’

July 20, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in six of Quentin Tarantino’s nine movies, so when asked if he’s going to appear in “The Movie Critic” Jackson is staying mum about it.

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Christopher Nolan on Directing Next Bond Movie: “It Would Be An Amazing Privilege to Do One”

July 20, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Finally someone asked Christopher Nolan about directing the next Bond. It hasn’t really been asked at all in the interviews Nolan has given in promoting “Oppenheimer.”

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Kurt Russell Joins Andrew Patterson’s ‘Rivals of Amziah King’

July 20, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It does look as though Kurt Russell has joined the cast of Andrew Patterson’s “The Rivals of Amziah King,” Matthew McConaughey had already been announced as the lead back in May.

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Over 200,000 Moviegoers Set to Attend Same-Day Viewings of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Cinema really needed the viral phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer.”

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Ira Sachs’ ‘Passages’ Stamped With NC-17 Rating

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In today’s culture, you’d expect a film to have absolutely shocking content to get an NC-17 rating. I would have never bet that Ira Sachs’ fantastic “Passages” would be one of those films.

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More Reshoots on ‘Aquaman 2’

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I had previously reported on the catastrophic production of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” and now THR has joined in on this unusual story, which actually sounds very similar to “The Flash” debacle.

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Tom Cruise Asked SAG to Allow Actors to Continue Promoting Their Movies, They Refused

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

People are hating on Tom Cruise today for his, they say, “shortsighted” stance on the current SAG strike.

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Atom Egoyan’s ‘Seven Veils’ Set for TIFF World Premiere

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Gosh, did we really need another Atom Egoyan movie? The man hasn’t directed a strong film since 1997’s “The Sweet Hereafter.” Ok, fine “Chloe” and “Remember” were .. okay, but other than those two, he’s been in a major slump.

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Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Earns Rave Reviews; 91 on Metacritic, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’ll be typing out my review for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and hope to publish it later this evening.

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‘A Haunting in Venice’ Trailer

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The latest instalment of Kenneth Branagh’s detective Hercule Poirot series is “A Haunting in Venice.” Here’s the trailer. The film is set to arrive in theaters on September 15th.

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Martin Brest Doesn’t Even Want to Utter the Word ‘Gigli’: “I Refer to it as the “G-Movie”

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Remember director Martin Brest? He had quite the streak of successful films going in ‘80s and ‘90s Hollywood: “Going in Style,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Scent of a Woman,” “Meet Joe Black” and, his masterpiece, “Midnight Run.” Then he directed 2003’s “Gigli” and it all went to hell for him.

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David Lowery’s ‘Mother Mary’ Granted Approval by SAG to Continue Filming

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As we speak, waivers are being given out to allow “truly independent projects” to continue filming with SAG members.

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‘Barbie’ Review…

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

You’ve got to hand it to Greta Gerwig, her “Barbie” is one of the weirdest and most audacious big studio summer movies I’ve ever seen, and that turns out to be a good and bad thing. It’s also incredibly self-absorbed in its own virtues.

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Ethan Coen’s ‘Dolls’ Screens …

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer for Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen’s “Drive-Away Dolls” (originally titled “Drive-Away Dykes”) was released almost a month ago.

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Paul Verhoeven Set to Direct New Film in France

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A few weeks ago, I had heard that Paul Verhoeven was preparing a new film, set to shoot this fall.

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Sam Mendes Declines Offer to Direct Next James Bond

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Who will direct the next James Bond? Villeneuve? Nolan? That’s been the pressing question for a few months now, but at least we can scratch off Sam Mendes.

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‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’ First Cut Was Nearly Four Hours

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in April, I had posted a positive test-screening reaction for ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’ and that cut was said to be around 3 hours and 5 minutes.

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BAFTA Adds “Non-Binary” Longlist Directing Category

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

BAFTA has added a non-binary directing category. Their long lists have been divided between male and female. Now, with the inclusion of non-binary, there will be three categories of names to choose from.

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Hans Zimmer Composed the Score for ‘The Creator’

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Yesterday, we had a new trailer for Gareth Edwards’ “The Creator.” The budget for this film is said to only be $86 million

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Benny Safdie Confirms He’s Not Directing Adam Sandler Netflix Movie With Brother Josh

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Benny Safdie has confirmed earlier reports that he will not co-direct the next Safdies movie with Josh Safdie, who will be directing the film on his own.

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‘Dune: Part Three’ Reportedly “Blew Away" Warner Bros. With Rough 3-Hour Cut as New Teaser Stuns

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What is David Fincher’s Best Film? 100+ Critics Say, No Contest, It’s ‘Zodiac’

We managed to gather 118 ballots from critics, programmers, filmmakers, and scholars. Each was asked to submit a single title, the one they believe to be the best of Fincher’s filmography.

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Glimpses of the Moon’ (Apparently) Starts Production This Month in Italy

Coppola has described “Glimpses” as a “strange 30s-style musical.” No cast has been announced. The film is a loose adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, “inspired” by Leo McCarey’s “The Awful Truth.”

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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

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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