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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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Dan Trachtenberg in Talks to Direct Marvel Solo Movie — Wolverine?

Dan Trachtenberg is in talks to write and direct an MCU movie for the Mutant era. Per the report, it's a theatrical feature. It's also a single-character film, not an ensemble piece.

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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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Jerry Seinfeld Says “The Movie Business Is Over”

April 23, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Despite his recent jump into film, Seinfeld has a rather dire outlook on the way things are going in the movie biz. While speaking with GQ Magazine, he’s plainly stating that the “movie business is over.

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Ben Stiller to Direct ‘The Seven Five' — Jeremy Allen White in Early Talk to Star

April 23, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

As he shoots the second season of “Severance”, it does look as though Stilerl is prepping his filmmaking comeback with Amazon/MGM’s “The Seven Five,” and none other than Jeremy Allen White might star.

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‘Kinds of Kindness’ is “Almost 3-Hours Long [...] Hostile, Aggressive, More Like Lanthimos’ Early Work"

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Lanthimos mentioned the film in a 2020 interview with Kelly Reichardt. It was written much earlier in his career, and might go as far back as 2015 or 2016.

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‘Freaky Friday 2' Starts Production on July 31

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Disney’s “Freaky Friday”, released in 2003, has amassed a big following over the years. So much so that there’s been fan demand for a sequel. It might actually be coming very soon.

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Yes, Zendaya is Oscar-Worthy in ‘Challengers’

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is all very surprising given that I didn’t think Zendaya had it in her to deliver something this ferocious. She’s mostly dabbled in fine performances, but in “Challengers” she just ups her game.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Yet Again, Deflects on Bond Question

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Whenever he’s asked, it’s been constant deflection on Taylor-Johnson’s part. A simple “no” would have sufficed, but he’s never denied it. At this point, it’s become too obvious to believe he isn’t in the running.

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Netflix's Algorithm Passed on ‘A Knight's Tale' Sequel, Director Says

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Brian Helgeland's medieval-set “A Knight’s Tale” was released in 2001 and was a semi-success but has developed a decent following these last 20 years.

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Happy Birthday, Jack Nicholson!

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Nicholson, who turns 87 today, never actually announced his retirement, but, given that he’s now 87 years old, the chances of ever seeing him on-screen again seem nil to none.

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First Look: Sean Baker's ‘Anora' Starring Mikey Madison

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Neon is distributing this one, and “Anora” is premiering in competition at Cannes. The studio has backed the last four Palme d’Or winners (“Anatomy of A Fall,” “"Triangle of Sadness,” “Titane” and “Parasite.”)

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David Mackenzie's ‘Fuze,' Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Starts Shooting in June

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Aaron Taylor-Johnson will lead the heist thriller “Fuze.” It comes to us from “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie. Production is set to begin on this one in June.

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Michel Hazanavicius' ‘Precious Cargoes' Added to Cannes Competition — First Animated Film to Compete for Palme d'Or Since 2008

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

As I had reported last week, an animated film has been added to the Cannes competition lineup, Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Most Precious of Cargoes".”

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine' Trailer ...

April 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here it is, the trailer for the movie Matthew Vaughn claims will “save the whole Marvel universe.” “Deadpool & Wolverine” aka “Deadpool 3”, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

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Box-Office: ‘Civil War' Remains at #1 — ‘Abigail' and ‘Ungentlemanly Warfare' Disappoint

April 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Alex Garland’s film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a photojournalist, added $11.12 million this weekend. It has, so far, grossed $45 million. A24’s most expensive movie to date additionally made $5 million overseas.

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The Cast of the Original ‘Blair Witch Project' Demand Residuals from Lionsgate

April 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

On Saturday, actors Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, and Joshua Leonard released a joint statement, directed at Lionsgate, asking for retroactive and future residual payments for their roles in the original film.

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Maïwenn Says the ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Crew Were “Afraid" of Johnny Depp

April 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last year, French journalist Bernard Montiel had revealed that Depp and Maïwenn were not getting along during the shoot of ‘Jeanne’ and that there was tension for months between director and actor.

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Mel Gibson's ‘Passion of the Christ' Sequel is Coming “Very Soon"

April 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In an interview with OMRI, ‘Passion’ screenwriter Randall Wallace is confirming the screenplay for the sequel is finished, that Jim Caviezel is, obviously, going to star as Jesus, and that production could begin very soon.

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‘Civil War' Drops 70% — Neck and Neck With ‘Abigail' and ‘Ungentlemanly Warfare' for #1 at the Box-Office

April 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Because Hollywood pretends Thursday previews are just part of Friday openings, boosting the opening day number with an extra night of receipts, “Abigail” was #1 on “Friday,” beating out “Civil War” by only a few thousand dollars.

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Chris Columbus is Back With ‘The Thursday Murders Club'

April 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Remember Chris Columbus? He was the director critics loved to hate in the ‘90s and early aughts. He directed many successful movies, “Home Alone,” “Home Alone 2,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

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Predictable.

April 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy
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David O. Russell's ‘Madden' to Shoot This Fall — Hugh Jackman and Tom Hanks Added to the Cast

April 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATE: I had the roles mixed up. Ferrell is OUT as Madden, he’s being replaced by Jackman. Weird casting. Also, Tom Hanks is in talks to play Oakland Raiders football coach Al Davis.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

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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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