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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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Margot Robbie Will Star in Kristoffer Borgli's ‘The Week of Pain' for A24

Borgli and Robbie had been talking about her starring in his next film, and she's now committed to shooting it sometime in 2027, which means it will likely come out in 2028.

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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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‘Alien: Romulus' Reviews — 63 on Metacritic

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The review embargo has lifted on Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” and early consensus fits in well with my own sentiments: it’s just alright.

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Zoë Kravitz Defends Her Love for Roman Polanski's Films

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Zoë Kravitz keeps hitting it out of the ballpark with every interview. I love this gal. She’s about to unleash her “Pussy Island” theatrically next week, and with this debut comes a lot of press.

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‘Pussy Island' (‘Blink Twice') Earns Very Positive Reviews

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The review embargo has lifted on the film and, surprise, it’s getting all-around positive notices. That 84 on Metacritic will probably, maybe slightly, go down, but word of mouth is all around strong for Kravitz’s film.

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NYFF Adds More Films, Including ‘Maria,' ‘Emilia Perez' and ‘The Friend'

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last week, I mentioned how no film will be screening at all four of the major fall festivals. However, there’s many titles that will be playing three of the four fests. Three more have now been added.

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WSJ Says Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Film Cost $140M+

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that PTA’s latest now has a budget of $140M. Original reporting had it costing anywhere between $100-$125 million. Jeff Sneider claimed it might actually be $175M.

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Latest ‘Kraven' Trailer is an Improvement

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m pulling for J.C. Chandor to deliver something watchable with “Kraven the Hunter.” The first trailer, released in April, was the butt of many jokes, but this latest one is a surprising improvement.

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Pitt and Clooney Paid $45M Each to Star in ‘Wolfs'

August 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

One of Jeff Sneider’s sources is telling him that Brad Pitt and George Clooney were each paid $45 million to star in the upcoming Apple movie “Wolfs.”

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Joaquin Phoenix Threatened to Quit Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Unless Paul Thomas Anderson Rewrote the Script

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This corroborates what many had stated to be Phoenix’s odd behavior towards Ridley Scott right before production was set to begin on “Napoleon” in late 2022.

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Poster for Jason Reitman's ‘Saturday Night'

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I rarely write about movie posters, unless they’re either god awful or gloriously great that attention must be paid to them. The one just released for Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” falls into the latter category.

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Vince Vaughn Says Today's P.C. Comedies Are “Snoozfests"

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m a day late with this one, but Vince Vaughn has been on a bit of a rampage of late. He’s pointing the finger at Hollywood in their failure to make great comedies this decade.

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Best Performances of the 2000s?

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Was there a more towering performance this decade than Daniel Day-Lewis’ Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood”? I don’t think so.

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Sony “Very Happy" With ‘Kraven the Hunter' Reshoots

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It turns out that ‘Kraven’ was delayed to conduct reshoots which, according to Deadline, “sharpened the characters and tightened the plot.”

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J.C. Chandor Set to Direct New Film for Sony

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Chandor has the potential to become a major filmmaker. His first three films, “Margin Call,” “All is Lost” and, especially, “A Most Violent Year” were all impressive.

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‘Alien: Romulus' is A Mixed Bag

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The review embargo for Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” will be lifted tomorrow. However, social media reactions are allowed. Here’s what I posted on X. More to come …

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LaKeith Stanfield Joins Lynne Ramsay's ‘Die, My Love'

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

LaKeith Stanfield will star opposite Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in “Die, My Love.” Lynne Ramsay is directing the film, being dubbed as a “thriller”. Ramsay also co-wrote the script with Enda Walsh (via Deadline).

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Todd Haynes' Producers Discussing Potential Lawsuit Against Joaquin Phoenix

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After what producer Christine Vachon called a “nightmare” situation, it looks like a major decision will be made soon in regard to possible legal action taken against Joaquin Phoenix.

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Top 10 Overrated Movies According to Park Chan-Wook

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

An X user has pointed out an interview Park Chan-Wook conducted with Korean outlet Kino where he actually named the most overrated films of all-time, and he even goes as far as to rank them!

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George Clooney Says He Doesn't Want to Work with “Miserable F*ck" David O. Russell Ever Again"

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

George Clooney is still holding a grudge over David O. Russell more than 25 years after their verbal and physical fighting during production of 1999 film “Three Kings.”

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TIFF Adds ‘Queer,’ ‘The Room Next Door,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Saturday Night’ ‘Megalopolis' and More

August 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Well, there you have it. It took ‘em long enough, but after many days of speculation, the Toronto International Film Festival has added some big titles to its lineup.

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Is ‘Casino' a True Story? The Real Inspirations [SPONSORED]

August 13, 2024 John Torre

One of the most famous movies that are themed by the gambling world is called "Casino". An apt name for a movie that has everything to do with the topic, and then some.

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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

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