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Danny Boyle on ‘28 Years Later: Part III': “We Gotta Raise the Money for It"

Garland's script is written. Boyle called it "fantastic" in that same interview, Murphy says he's ready, and Boyle wants to direct. All that's missing is the money.

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Noah Baumbach's ‘Jay Kelly' Joins Criterion Collection; February Slate Includes ‘The Sweet Hereafter,’ and ‘Kung Fu Hustle’

Noah Baumbach's “Jay Kelly” is joining the Criterion Collection on February 16, 2027. It's one of the headliners of the newly announced February slate, and it's coming out barely a year after Netflix released it.

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Box Office: Johnny Depp's ‘Ebenezer' Leads ($21M+), Audiences Love It More Than Critics Do; ‘How to Rob a Bank' Bombs ($4M+), ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Drops 75%

The film opened in Europe on Wednesday, and the audience scores there have been very strong. Now American audiences agree: an "A-" on CinemaScore and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Kevin Spacey's Pandemic Conspiracy Thriller ‘The Awakening' Is Coming in November: “The Film They Don't Want You to See”

Who's "they," exactly? The Illuminati? The Deep State? Hard to say. The film premiered at Italy's Matera Film Festival on November 10. No reviews have trickled in yet.

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Sony's Tom Rothman Launches Best Picture Campaign for ‘Brand New Day’: “Are You Telling Me There Are 10 Films This Year That Are Better Than This Film?”

This is all Rothman’s idea, by the way. He’s going to pour millions into this campaign because he believes “Brand New Day” is a great movie.

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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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Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Predicted Be #1 at the Weekend Box-Office

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Some wonderful news. Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron,” opening tomorrow in 2100 locations, is projected to earn $10.2M at the domestic box-office.

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Why The Casino Maintains a Place in Thrillers [Sponsored]

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Gambling is a tremendous medium that movies use because it naturally creates some great tension, particularly in the thriller genre. Casino play has been portrayed across almost every genre of movie that you can think of.

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AFI Names the 10 Best Films of 2023 — ‘The Color Purple’ Snubbed, Again

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This afternoon, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced its annual top 10 movies of the year list. A good precursor for the rest of awards season. This could very well be our Best Picture lineup at the Oscars …

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Shane Black’s ‘Play Dirty’ Shoots in Early 2024, Stars Mark Wahlberg

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Mark Wahlberg will replace original lead Robert Downey Jr, the latter remains attached to the film as a producer, but what we really wanted was a Downey/Black “Kiss Kiss Bang” reunion. That’ll have to wait for another project.

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Ezra Miller is Now Back to He/Him

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Miller’s now in an entourage with Hebrew rapper Matisyahu and has been spending a lot of time in his Vermont-based goat farm.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Sets Japan Release

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Japanese distributor Bitters End has confirmed that it will be giving Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic “Oppenheimer” a theatrical release in Japan next year. A specific release date was not announced.

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Is Leigh Whannell Directing Universal/Blumhouse’s ‘Wolfman’?

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This is great news, especially if you are a fan of Whannell’s output, for which I definitely am. His 2018’s sci-fi mindbender “Upgrade” and 2020’s “The Invisible Man” we’re Verhoeven-esque in their darkly satirical approaches to genre cinema.

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John Waters’ Top 10 of 2023 Topped By ‘Beau is Afraid’

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It's that time of the year, and once again eccentric filmmaker John Waters has published his 10 favorite films of the year.

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Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Nabs “Spring 2024” Release Date, Trailer Next Week

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As promised, Alex Garland's upcoming "Civil War" will have its trailer unveiled this month, it’s actually coming out next week.

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Ethan Coen Set to Direct ‘Honey Don’t’

December 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The second in Ethan Coen’s planned trilogy of B-movies will start production in March 2024, it’s called “Honey Don’t.” The plot is currently being kept under wraps.

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Bill Condon's ‘Kiss of the Spider-Woman’ Remake to Star Jennifer Lopez

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The 1992 Broadway version of the film seems to have inspired Condon in making his own big screen version of it. Deadline confirms that a Spring 2024 production start is being eyed for ‘Kiss.’

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It’s Too Early For a Top 10 of 2023

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A pet peeve of mine is the publishing of early top 10 lists. I know, most of the major newspapers and magazines want to get a head start and be the first ones out of the gate with their lists, but it comes at a blatant disregard.

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Revolutionizing Film Distribution: The Significance of Sending Large Files [Sponsored]

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In the ever-evolving landscape of filmmaking, the significance of how to send large files extends far beyond the technicalities of the process.

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Named Best Picture by National Board of Review

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Less than a week after its NYFCC win, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” has again been named best picture, this time by the National Board of Review, the organization announced on Wednesday.

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Sundance 2024 Lineup Includes Steven Soderbergh’s New Film, ‘Presence’

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The Sundance Film Festival’s 40th anniversary lineup was announced this afternoon and, as always, you won’t find many big name directors. Sundance is all about discovering new filmmakers.

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‘Lethal Weapon 5’ to Shoot Next Year, Mel Gibson Will Direct

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Gibson had originally expressed confidence that the film would begin shooting in the first quarter of 2023, but that never materialized. So now it looks as though 2024 is being eyed. Warner Bros is set to produce.

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Woody Allen Isn’t Retiring, He Wants to Make Another Film

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” is being released in Italy this week. He was interviewed by La Repubblica in a very candid interview

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‘Phantom Thread’ Inspired Taylor Swift Song — Did She Misread the Film?

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s a bad sign for her filmmaking career that Swift doesn’t seem to fully grasp what Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” was actually about …

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‘Furiosa’ Takes Place 15 Years Before ‘Fury Road’

December 6, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking at Brazil’s CCXP event, Miller confirmed that “Furiosa” takes place "15 years directly before Fury Road, and [...] runs straight into it.

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Greta Gerwig Plays Coy About ‘Ken' Spin-Off Movie

December 5, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’m actually surprised that no trade has picked up on this story yet — the ‘Ken’ project hasn’t really been much of a secret over at Warners. It’s happening.

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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

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