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Inde Navarrette Auditioned for ‘Heat 2,’ But Sources Say She Was Never Offered the Role

A person with knowledge of the situation suspects Navarrette’s reps may have helped leak the “Heat 2” narrative to Page Six: she was never offered the role in the first place.

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Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Ali G’ Faces “Racist” Backlash as UK Cinema Chain Has “No Plans” to Screen Film

Picturehouse Cinemas, a UK cinema chain, have confirmed they will not screen “Ali G: Who Iz I?” In October — a decision that comes amid a campaign accusing the character of racist stereotypes.

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Todd Field-Written ‘The Girls’ Sets Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic to Direct, November Shoot

Cinephiles another Todd Field movie, and although we might have to wait for his next directorial effort, “The Girls” will have to suffice for now.

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‘Fjord’ Trailer: Cristian Mungiu’s Divisive Palme d’Or Winner Takes Aim at “Left-Wing Fundamentalism”

I am very curious how Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” will be greeted this fall — the Palme d’Or-winning film has turned into a culture-war ticking time bomb among critics, who are more split on it than you might think.

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‘Heat 2’ Adds Odessa Young as Charlene, With More Casting Still Underway

Here’s another “Heat 2” update. Odessa Young has nabbed the role of Charlene, previously played by Ashley Judd. Young is coming off her supporting turn in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

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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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‘Oppenheimer’ Projected to Gross Close to $1 Billion Worldwide

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is the #1 movie at the worldwide box-office. This past weekend it dethroned “Barbie” as the current highest grosser. Unbelievable. This film has LEGS.

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Barbera, Again, Defends Polanski, “He is One of the Last Great European Masters”

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This year’s Venice Film Festival lineup has sparked controversy due to the inclusion of films by Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Luc Besson. We’re going to be hearing a lot about this in the next few days as Venice kicks off on the 31st.

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The Results of Our 21st Century Martin Scorsese Poll

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

On Friday, I asked our readers to vote for the best Martin Scorsese film of the 21st century. Close to 1700 votes were tabulated. No surprise, “The Wolf of Wall Street” came out on top.

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‘The Wager’ is Martin Scorsese’s Next Film, According to Author David Grann

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As we anticipate the release of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the legendary filmmaker is already setting his sights on another movie produced by Apple.

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‘Saltburn’ Trailer on Wednesday

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This morning, we got a little tease of Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn,” set to have its world premiere at Telluride this coming weekend. A trailer is set to be released, via Amazon Studios, on Wednesday.

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David Ayer’s Latest ‘Suicide Squad’ Rant: “That Sh*t Broke Me”

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Can someone please release the director’s cut already? This man is suffering. He’s probably been to therapy way too many times over this. He needs closure.

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Neill Blomkamp Teases ‘District 10’

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It does look as though Neill Blomkamp will be teaming up with Sony to shoot the sequel to his cult 2009 sci-fi film “District 9.” However, the question still remain as to when exactly.

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Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ Has A Poster

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

There is still no trailer for the the film, which will exclusively screen at the Venice Film Festival this coming September 3rd. We also barely have any images, just the two stills released by Venice earlier this month.

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‘Rustin’ Trailer …

August 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The film is coming to us from Netflix with a global streaming release of November 17th, 2023. With that date, the streaming giant is setting it up as one of its main awards titles.

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Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Polaris’ is Set in 1890s Alaska, and Being Described as “Horror Thriller”

August 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We last heard that Lynne Ramsay had, apparently, already shot “Polaris,” with Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara. This news took us all by surprise given that nobody had even heard of the project.

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Denis Villeneuve Confirms Plans to Direct ‘Dune: Messiah’

August 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

So, we’re maybe getting a third ‘Dune.’ That is either very good or very bad news, depending on who you speak to.

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Alberto Barbera Looks Back at Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin’ Being Booed at Venice

August 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In an interview with The Guardian, Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera reminisced about the 2013 screening of “Under the Skin.”

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‘Last Of Us’ Creator Says Some People Didn’t Like Episode 3 “Because, You Know, Gay Stuff”

August 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

There was some backlash about the gay-themed romance at the center of “Long, Long Time.” The episode was review bombed on IMDb and Metacritic, which journalists claimed was due to homophobia.

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Strong Word-of-Mouth Carries ‘Gran Turismo’ to Projected $16 Million Debut

August 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Blomkamp’s film nabbed an A CinemaScore, 5 stars from PostTrak and a strong 7.3 on IMDb. This has clearly led to it overperforming at the box-office.

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‘Snow White’ March 2024 Release Date Most Likely Delayed

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Disney’s much criticized “Snow White” live-action remake wrapped filming in July 2022 and was supposed to be released on March 22nd, 2024.

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Sofia Coppola Admits ‘Marie Antoinette’ Was a “Flop”

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s hard to believe, but Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” was booed at its Cannes premiere in May of 2006. The film also received mixed reviews from critics and is still “rotten” on RT.

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Baz Luhrmann Eyed to Direct Disney’s ‘Tangled’ Live-Action Remake

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Insider Daniel Richtman is claiming that Disney wants Baz Luhrmann to direct their live-action remake of “Tangled,” which might star Florence Pugh.

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The 28 Must-See Fall Movies [Updated]

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATED: I’ve taken off ‘Dune 2’ and also added 10 new titles. Although title options are running out, I’m still tempted to turn this into a top 35.

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Martin Scorsese’s Best Film of the 21st Century?

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Some, maybe many, believe that Martin Scorsese’s 21st century output of films paled in comparison to his earlier stuff from ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

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San Sebastien Adds Cristi Puiu, Xavier LeGrand and Isabella Eklöf to Competition

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A few surprise world premieres are part of the last batch of competition titles at the San Sebastien Film Festival. “Holiday” filmmaker Isabella Eklöf‘s “Kalak,” Xavier Legrand‘s “The Successor,” and Cristi Puiu’s “MMXX,” have been added alongside Kitty Green’s Telluride-TIFF selected “The Royal Hotel,” Raven Jackson’s “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” and Christos Nikou‘s “Fingernails”.

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