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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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Aaron Pierre to Star in ‘Sisu’ Director’s ‘Fairytale in New York’ at Netflix

Netflix and Lionsgate are teaming up on “Fairytale in New York,” a new action thriller starring Aaron Pierre, with “Sisu” helmer Jalmari Helander directing. Netflix will distribute and Lionsgate will produce.

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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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Nicolas Winding Refn to Direct ‘The Avenging Silence' in September

July 11, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The film, written by Robert Wade and Neal Purvis, is said to follow a former European spy who accepts a mission from a Japanese businessman to take down the head of a Yakuza boss in Japan.

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Malik Hassan Sayeed is DP on Guadagnino's ‘After the Hunt'

July 11, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I did not expect Malik Hassan Sayeed to be the cinematographer on Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt.” This might not be news to some, but I thought Sayeed had retired from cinema.

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Zoë Kravitz Joins Austin Butler In Darren Aronofsky's ‘Caught Stealing’

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Zoë Kravitz is in talks to join Austin Butler in Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller “Caught Stealing” for Sony Pictures. Principal photography is set to commence in September.

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James Gray: “If You’re Getting 100% On Rotten Tomatoes, You’re Doing Something Wrong"

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The Queens-born filmmaker tackles a “culture in deep trouble” where “cinema is an instrument for profit only” and a “system that has not yet figured out how to monetize integrity”.

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Kevin Costner's ‘Horizon' Pulled From August Release Schedule

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2” won’t be released in theaters on August 16. The film has been pulled from the schedule.

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“Wickiator": Hollywood Attempting Next “Barbenheimer"

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

An ever-so-desperate industry is trying to kickstart another “Barbenheimer” phenomenon this fall. Good luck with that. It ain’t happening.

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‘Twisters' Reviews Are Starting to Trickle In ...

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The embargo has lifted on Lee Isaac-Chung’s “Twisters.” I’m only watching the film next Monday. You can find the reviews over at Metacritic where “Twisters” so far holds a 73 Metascore (based on 14 critics).

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Macon Blair's ‘The Toxic Avenger' Deemed “Unreleasable”

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Macon Blair’s remake of “The Toxic Avenger,” starring Peter Dinklage, released a teaser in October. Ever since, it’s been crickets, we haven’t heard much about it.

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‘Gladiator II' Trailer Faces Backlash: Over 125k YouTube Dislikes

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In the 24 hours since the trailer dropped, it has received a whopping 11 million views. By all accounts, it went viral, and people are definitely talking about it. So, why the backlash?

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James Gray and “Fascist B*tch" Isabelle Huppert Back Together for Venice Jury

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Huppert and Gray back together again after their Cannes 2009 debacle? After he, supposedly, called her a “fascist b*tch”? This should be fun to watch.

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Ridley Scott's 4-Hour ‘Napoleon: The Director's Cut' is Coming Soon

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It's just been rated R for strong violence, grisly images, sexual content, some nudity and language. This signifies clear intent on the part of Apple TV to make it available on their platform.

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Trailer for A24's ‘We Live in Time'

July 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in May 2023, A24 acquired domestic rights for John Crowley’s “We Live in Time,” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, which had been shooting in London. A trailer has been released.

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Zoë Kravitz's ‘Pussy Island’ Was Retitled When Some “Women Were Offended"

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m going to go ahead and pretend that Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is still called “Pussy Island.” They should have kept that title and not renamed it “Blink Twice.”

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DreamWorks Confirms ‘Shrek 5' Will Be Released on July 1, 2026

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s now been confirmed that ‘Shrek 5’ will release on July 1, 2026, in theaters. Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy will all be back to reprise their roles.

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Nicolas Cage Says He Has “3 or 4 More Lead Roles" Left Before Retiring

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In conversation with The New Yorker, Nicolas Cage claims that he’s nearing the end of his film acting career. Say it ain’t so.

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Paramount Wins Bidding War for Parker Finn’s ‘Possession’ Remake

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Parker Finn’s upcoming remake of 1981’s “Possession” kickstarted a bidding war, between numerous studios, including A24, Netflix, Warner Bros, Sony and Paramount.

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Confirmed: Sam Raimi to Direct Horror-Thriller ‘Send Help'

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The trades have finally started to report on Sam Raimi’s “Send Help,” a project, I had written about way back in October 2023. It’s set to be Raimi’s next directorial effort.

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Trailer for Taika Waititi's Dwarf-less ‘Time Bandits' Remake

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We have a trailer for Taika Waitit’s dwarf-less remake of Terry Gilliam’s much-beloved 1983 film “Time Bandits.” It sure looks like a Waititi production.

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Kevin Costner's ‘Horizon' to Hit VOD Next Week

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We all saw this coming. Kevin Costner’s 3-hour Western, “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One” will be available to watch at home as it is listed for VOD release on July 16. That’s only 19 days after its initial theatrical launch.

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Sergio Leone & Clint Eastwood's ‘A Fistful Of Dollars’ Getting Remake

July 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Over the past year (or two), Hollywood has greenlit remakes of “Vertigo,” “High & Low,” “The Conversation,” “Night of the Hunter,” “Possession,” “Wizard of Oz,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and “Body Heat.”

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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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