I tried to avoid posting our mid-year readers’ poll the same week as our critics’ poll. Once you see the results, you’ll understand why.

Now that we know Ridley Scott will be directing the Bee Gees biopic next, I can give some details about the Western he was about to shoot this spring before he aborted the entire thing.

We were wondering how Eli Roth’s “Borderlands” managed to cast Cate Blanchett, in her first video game movie adaptation, and now we have an answer.

It’s become a monthly thing to update my Venice predictions. This latest list might be the final one, unless I hear of more intel coming in the next few weeks. The entire lineup is set to be announced on July 23.

An update regarding Todd Haynes’ next film, a detective noir starring Joaquin Phoenix. It’s set to start production next week and has added a very interesting cinematographer.

No surprise, “Despicable Me 4” is crushing it at the box-office. The Illumination/Universal animated film grossed $28 million on Wednesday.

Michael Mann has just joined Letterboxd. His follower count should be exploding at any given moment. To celebrate the occasion, Mann has decided to list his “14 favorite films.”

Deadline’s originally projected opening for “Deadpool & Wolverine” was a ridiculous $200M. Now THR actually has it at $165M, and that number sounds a little more reasonable.

Soderbergh, “fascinated” by her Eras Tour concert film, has apparently been studying Swift, and researched all behind-the-scenes chaos that comes in being the biggest pop star in the world.

Italy has been a total refuge for the legendary actor. Last year, they honored him with their most prestigious national film prize, the Stella della Mole Award for lifetime achievement.

Just because ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ is one of the better Netflix original action flicks does not mean it’s a great movie, hell, that doesn’t even mean it’s a “good” movie.

Franco told an audience at Karlovy Vary that he’s taking his time with the film and would rather be satisfied by the final cut than rush it out to festival audiences.

Robert Towne, who turned screenwriters into stars after his Oscar-winning work on “Chinatown,” has died. He was 89.

Joseph Kosinski’s F1 movie, tentatively titled “Apex,” is continuing to film at Formula One events. Fresh off “Top Gun: Maverick,” Kosinski’s film stars Brad Pitt, and is being produced by Apple.

The $110M film, some of which Costner personally financed, dropped 62% on Friday, and has now fallen to fourth place, behind “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.”