Critics are being too kind to “The Color Purple,” but I get it, it’s the holiday season, let’s celebrate movies, even the mediocre ones. The result is a 70 on Metacritic and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The DCEU ends, not with a bang but a whimper. There will be no red carpet premiere for “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, no afterparty, just a small pre-reception and "fan screening” for James Wan’s film.

Ostlund was asked about his thoughts on Cannes announcing that Greta Gerwig would preside over the jury of next year’s 77th edition of the festival, and then, barely answering the question, he just goes on this anti-“Barbie” rant.

UPDATE: Shooting has wrapped in Hong Kong and a first look image has been released — Merlant can be seen lying naked on the bed of a luxurious hotel room.

Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding,” produced by A24, now has a trailer, and it’s bloody chaotic. The film will have its world premiere at Sundance next month.

Principal photography on “Spaceman” began in April 19, 2021 and wrapped on July 1, 2021 in the Czech Republic. Yes, when it finally starts streaming, it’ll have been almost three years since production had wrapped on the film.

Things seem be revving up when it comes to Mann’s actual next project. The Guardian is reporting that Mann’s “Heat” sequel is definitely happening. In fact, it’s going to be his next film.

I’m hearing Universal/Blumhouse’s “Five Nights at Freddy‘s” will have its sequel shoot in the spring of 2024. A Halloween 2024 release date is being eyed for this second film — talk about a quickie!

Well, that didn’t take long. As expected, Disney has just fired Jonathan Majors from the handful of Marvel-related projects he was supposed to star in.

Although he remains secretive about it, he’s saying it’s a Ping-Pong movie. Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the Safdies rumored to direct a Ping Pong movie starring Chalamet? Those rumors quickly got squashed.

Producer Kristie Macosko Krieger has now given us an update on the current status of ‘Bullitt’ and it’s a positive one. The script is almost finished.

Actor Jonathan Majors has been found guilty by a New York jury of assault in the third degree and guilty of harassment.

Speaking to The Mary Sue, Charlie Hunnam revealed that he is working with Netflix on a sequel, but that it’s in the very early stages of development.

Now, this is great casting. We have our first look at Willem Dafoe as a “crazy vampire hunter” in Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu.” (12.25.23)

Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s “The Kitchen” had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2023. The reviews out of that fest resulted in decent reviews — 66 on Metacritic and 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.

TheWrap’s Steve Pond is reporting that 64 voters for the Golden Globe Awards “are threatening to withhold their final ballots after being told that they will not be given tickets to the Globes ceremony in January.”

Warner Bros’ “Wonka” hit the high end of projections and grossed an estimated $38.5M domestically this weekend. The film, which also amassed $53.6M internationally, now has its worldwide total standing at $151.4M.

It turns out that, after nearly three years of filming, “Blossoms” will premiere on Chinese television in ten days, on 12.27.23. The series is a whopping 30 episodes of around 50 minutes each — this totals 25 hours of television.

Leigh, who is 80, started shooting this mysterious new film in May and, I was told, production wrapped in August. I can now also report that the title of this new film is “Hard Truths.”

Tarantino backed away for the simple reason that he didn’t want ‘Star Trek’ to be his final film, having already determined that he would direct 10 movies and then retire.