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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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Jon Hamm and Andrew Koji to Star in Takashi Miike’s Psychological Thriller ‘Bullfrog’

Miike has directed a whopping 114 films and TV productions. Almost nobody has seen all of them, and if you have, you're not just a completist—you're a madman.

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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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‘Deadpool & Wolverine' Sets First-Day Ticket Sales Record, $9M in Receipts

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This year will no doubt be dominated by “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Tickets went on sale Monday for the Marvel sequel, which opens July 26, and Some 200,000 tickets have been sold, so far.

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‘Madame Web' is #1 On Netflix

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s turned into this guilty pleasure on streaming with Netflix audiences flocking to Sony’s botched superhero movie. No doubt, most are curious to see if the movie really is that bad.

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Glen Powell Reveals He Passed On New ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘Bourne' Movies

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A THR profile zeroing in on Powell’s ascension tackles his recent career success, as well as upcoming films. And it appears that he’s actually turned down a few major projects that he could have starred in.

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‘Anora' Leads Cannes Critics Poll ...

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a fun little exercise in the Cannes tradition of critics’ grids, which started to take shape in 2010 and has become an essential part of the festival experience.

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‘Megadoc': Mike Figgis' ‘Megalopolis' Behind-the-Scenes Documentary is Ready

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Mike Figgis has been shooting a behind-the-scenes documentary for the past 18 months about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”. It’s called “Megadoc.”

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Ex-Disney Animator Says Disney Should Stop Putting ‘The Message’ or Agendas First

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

John Musker, who worked at Disney for many decades, and contributed to the likes of “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “Moana,” left the company six years ago, part of an exodus that had to do with DEI initiatives.

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Sean Baker Says His Next Film is, Again, About A Sex Worker

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Baker says he perhaps won’t always make films about the subject, but teased that “we’re already talking about the next one and it involves a sex worker.”

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A24 Planning Major Oscar Push for ‘The Smashing Machine' —Set for December 2024 Release

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Yesterday, A24 released a first look at Dwayne Johnson in ‘The Smashing Machine’ and I had suspected that they might want to rush this one for this year since 2024 lacks prestige contenders.

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Adam Wingard Not Returning for ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Sequel

May 22, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Adam Wingard, who has directed the last two of Legendary’s ‘Godzilla’ hit MonsterVerse movies, will not be returning for a third installment, multiple sources tell THR.

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In ‘Parthenope,' Paolo Sorrentino Has Nothing New to Say [Cannes]

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m not sure why A24 recently decided that it was a good idea to acquire Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope,” but the film just screened at Cannes and it’s incredibly vacuous and flat.

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Kevin Costner Now Says He's Invested $100 Million on ‘Horizon'

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

At first, he said he only invested $20 million of his own money on the ‘Horizon’ films and then, just a few days ago, claimed it was $38 million. Now, he’s telling a confused Anne Thompson, via IndieWire, that it was $100 million!?

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‘Pirates of the Caribbean' Will Have Two Different Reboots, No Johnny Depp

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is confirming that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise will have a few reboots. Bruckheimer is telling EW: “It’s two different movies. We hope to get ’em both made.”

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‘Anora': All Hail, Mickey Madison in Sean Baker's Chaotically Great Film [Cannes]

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

There’s a fascinating movement going on in American indie cinema. Sean Baker and the Safdies are creating what I like to call “Gutter Poetry,” cinema out of the American middle and lower class.

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Pixar's Lays Off 14% of its Employees

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

THR is now that 14% of Pixar’s employees have just been laid off as part of Disney’s cost-cutting measures. It will be the biggest restructuring in Pixar's history.

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‘The Smashing Machine' First Look: Dwayne Johnson Goes for Oscar in Benny Safdie's Biopic

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like cameras are rolling on Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” being produced by A24. A first look image has been unveiled by the studio.

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Confirmed: Jeff Nichols Set to Direct Cormac McCarthy's ‘The Passenger' & ‘Stella Maris'

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In April, I had been told, by two separate sources, that Jeff Nichols was in talks to adapt the late Cormac McCarthy’s last two novels, “The Passenger” and “Stella Maris.” Last I heard, he was close to striking a deal with the McCarthy estate to adapt these works.

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Donald Trump Vows to Sue ‘The Apprentice' Filmmakers; Director Says “I Don't Think It's A Film He Would Dislike"

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Donald Trump’s comms director has issued a statement promising legal action against the filmmakers involved in “The Apprentice.”

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Jessica Lange Says ‘Long Day's Journey Into Night' Film Is “Finally Finished"

May 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Now, two years since production wrapped, and formerly stuck in post-production hell, it does look like the end is near. "It's finally finished," Lange, 75, tells PEOPLE "You'll be able to see it in theaters."

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The Daily Beast Calls ‘Horizon' A “Misogynistic, Racist, Retrograde Mess"

May 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In her review, The Daily Beast’s Esther Zuckerman disliked ‘Horizon’ for another set of reasons. Her headline says it all: “Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Review: A Misogynistic, Racist Mess.”

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‘The Shrouds': Cronenberg's Latest Tackles Grief With Mixed Results [Cannes]

May 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It pains me to say this, but David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” is such a disappointment. I was a major fan of his last film “Crimes of the Future,” but this latest one gets lost in muddled ideas and tons of conspiracy theories.

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

If you've read this column for a while, you know the drill: I spitball Cannes every month from now until April, updating the latest intel and trying to figure out what will be in competition, vying for the Palme d'Or.

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James Gray Takes Aim at Letterboxd, First Reactions, Star Ratings and Tomatometers: ‘2001’ Would Probably Be Rotten If Released Today”

James Gray is taking aim at the instant gratification that's infected film discourse, including social media first reactions, and Letterboxd. Oh, and he hates Rotten Tomatoes.

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

Pino Donaggio confirmed he'll score De Palma's next feature, "Sweet Vengeance." It would be their ninth film together, a partnership that dates back 50 years to "Carrie."

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Has Started Shooting in New York City

Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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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