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‘Supergirl’ AI Backlash Grows After Warner Bros. Removes Viral Video

An officially released Warner Bros. featurette showing director Craig Gillespie using generated AI during pre production has gone viral, and raised questions about the rest of the film.

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What’s Your Most Anticipated Movie of the Fall 2026 Season?

I’ve narrowed down the hundreds upon hundreds of films that will screen this fall to 34 titles—vote for your most anticipated.

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Ramy Youssef Directing A24 Feature ‘Martha,’ With Josh Safdie Co-Writing — Shoots in October

I’m hearing that comedian Ramy Youssef is attached to direct his first feature for A24, with Josh Safdie coming aboard as co-writer on the screenplay.

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $700M+ Domestic in Record Time, Closing in on $2B Worldwide

Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to explode at the box office, having now reached $705M domestically and about $1.8 billion worldwide after only two weekends.

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Drew Starkey Teases Role in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho,’ Which Reportedly Has No Killings Until the Climax

There’s been a lot of smoke around Luca Guadagnino’s “American Psycho,” but not much actual fire. Drew Starkey has now added a little more to it.

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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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Noah Hawley's ‘Alien: Earth’ Has A Teaser

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If you’re wondering what’s going on with Noah Hawley’s “Alien: Earth” series, which was greenlit more than five years ago, well, a teaser was just released.

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New ‘Superman' Teaser Being Mocked For One Specific Shot

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A new “Superman” teaser was released yesterday, and it featured a few new shots, including a close-up that’s already blowing up the internet, but for all the wrong reasons.

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Bill Condon's ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman' Earns Mixed Reviews [Sundance]

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

As Sundance rolls along with its final day of premieres, Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” starring Jennifer Lopez, screened at the Eccles theater last night. The reviews aren’t flattering.

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Cooper Raiff's ‘The Trashers' Shelved Due to Lack of Financing

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Any other decade, Cooper Raiff would probably get his modestly budgeted projects greenlit by a studio. After all, Raiff’s first two films (“Shithouse” and “Cha Cha Real Smooth”) won top prizes at SXSW and Sundance, respectively. Raiff is just 27 years old.

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Insider: Sam Mendes' Four ‘Beatles' Movies Probably Won't Release in 2027

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Some cracks are starting to show. Mendes recently stated that he was going to be busy making these four Beatles movies until “mid-2028.” Aren’t they supposed to be released in 2027? Apparently, that might not be the case. Apple’s official statement said 2027.

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Christopher Nolan's ‘The Odyssey' to Film in Exact Location Where Ulysses Landed

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

According to Variety, Christopher Nolan is committing to authenticity. “The Odyssey” will be partly filmed in a little island in Sicily which, according to scholars, was the location Homer envisioned for Odysseus’ landing in the epic.

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Denis Villeneuve Confirms ‘Rendezvous With Rama' Still in the Works

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Eric Roth has written an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous with Rama” for Denis Villeneuve to direct. Of all the projects Villeneuve has percolating next, after ‘Dune: Messiah,’ this is the one I’m most excited for.

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Oscar Nominee Fernanda Torres Apologizes For 2008 Blackface Performance

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The latest Oscar backlash has to do with surprise Best Actress nominee Fernanda Torres. The “I’m Still Here” actress already won the Golden Globe, and some have her as the dark horse to win the Oscar. Not so fast.

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Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die, My Love’ to Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” starring Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Lawrence and LaKeith Stanfield, will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

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A24's ‘If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' is Sundance 2025's Most-Buzzed Movie

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s looking like a pretty tame Sundance Film Festival in terms of buzzy titles this year. We’re currently on Day 4, and the consensus seems to be that Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” produced by A24, is the best buzzed title (81 on Metacritic).

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Box-Office: ‘Flight Risk’ No. 1 With $12M+ Opening

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Despite the No. 1 opening, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk,” which topped the box office this weekend with a $12.5M intake, doesn’t look it’ll be making much of a dent in the coming weeks. The budget on this one was $25M.

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Wong Kar-wai Working on New TV Series ... and ‘In The Mood For Love' Extended Cut

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A Chinese outlet is reporting that, after his uber-successful “Blossoms,” we might have to wait a little longer for Wong Kar-wai’s next film since he’s working on yet another Chinese TV series.

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Robert Eggers Is Not Interested In Making A Contemporary Film: “Makes Me Ill"

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Robert Eggers is a filmmaker who stays on brand. He’s all about folktales, myths, which include witches, vampires and very soon, Werewolves. All his films either span the Viking Era, the 1630s or 1890’s New England.

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Zach Cregger's ‘Resident Evil' Reboot Sparks Bidding War

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There are currently four studios in the middle of this “intense” bidding war for Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” reboot, including Warner Bros and Netflix. The other two studios were not named.

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Paul Thomas Anderson's ‘One Battle After Another' Test Screens

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest screened on Thursday evening in Phoenix. Anderson was in attendance, and in good spirits. This is going to be one lengthy film — the film clocked in at 2 hours 50 minutes. The cut shown looked close to finished.

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Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘Star Wars’ Rey Movie Has A New Writer

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lucasfilm just won’t let this project die. A few months after Steven Knight exited Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Star Wars movie, revolving around Daisy Ridley’s Rey, a new writer has been found.

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Susanne Bier Set to Direct ‘Practical Magic' Sequel

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last June, Warner Bros. announced, via TikTok, that a sequel to “Practical Magic” was officially in the works. The 1998 film, directed by Griffin Dunne, starred Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, and Dianne Wiest.

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Michael Moore Set to Direct His First Film in Seven Years

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In the early aughts, right after the success of Michael Moore’s “Bowling for Columbine,” there was a boom of documentary filmmakers who tried to rip off Moore’s intrusive, put-yourself-into-the-story brand of filmmaking .

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Brad Pitt to Star in David Ayer's ‘Heart of the Beast'

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Brad Pitt has found his next film. He’s set to star in David Ayer’s “Heart of the Beast,” an action adventure film for Paramount Pictures (via Deadline). A peculiar vehicle for Pitt, 61, who was supposed to star in Tarantino’s now-shelved “The Movie Critic.”

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Steven Soderbergh's ‘Presence' is Spooky & Hauntng

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The best film hitting theaters today is Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” [B+] — an eerie family drama that defies horror conventions. It’s yet another worthy addition to Soderbergh’s eclectic and endlessly fascinating filmography.

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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is a Flawed but Astonishing Spectacle — Rave Reviews Confirm Best Picture Frontrunner

There is something undeniably powerful about a film that swings this hard, that embraces myth, spectacle, and the strange dream logic of ancient storytelling.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets Reshoots, Won’t Premiere at Venice Film Festival

About a month ago, Variety published a piece saying that “The Social Reckoning” was being submitted to the Venice Film Festival. I can confirm now that will definitely not be happening.

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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Delayed to 2027

The film stars Josh O’Connor, Lesley Manville, Frances McDormand, and Damien Lewis, but no plot details have been revealed. All we know is that it’s a “gothic mystery” set in 1880s Scotland.

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Christopher Nolan’s Place in Cinema History: Genius, Overrated, or Something In Between?

Nolan has changed what a modern blockbuster can be, and that alone is a significant legacy. The bigger question is whether he has truly transformed cinema itself, or simply reinvented the blockbuster.

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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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