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Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink,’ Starring Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch, Sets December 11 Release via Netflix

Netflix has set a release date for “Ink,” Danny Boyle’s new drama about the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid empire, with Oscar nominee Guy Pearce portraying the media mogul.

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Brad Pitt Says AI Could Save the Mid-Budget Movie: “These Films” Need to Get Made

Brad Pitt isn’t entirely opposed to AI in movies. In fact, he thinks it could end up being a useful tool for getting something Hollywood has increasingly struggled to finance: the mid-budget film.

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Mel Gibson Says ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Could Finally Happen After Paramount’s Warner Bros. Takeover

Gibson is now 70 and his co-star, Danny Glover, is 80, but more pertinently, Glover has Alzheimer’s — which complicates everything. Gibson remains undeterred. They do call him Mad Mel for a reason, you know.

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Lars Von Trier Has Almost Completed the Screenplay For His Final Film

Lars Von Trier is working on the 15th—and likely final—film of his career, “After,” and according to his producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, the screenplay is supposed to be completed this month

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Mel Gibson Says ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Not in Aramaic Because the Story Is Too “Complex” for Subtitles

Gibson isn’t shooting the sequels in Aramaic and Latin. They’re in English. He now explains the decision, saying the material became too complicated to ask audiences to process through subtitles.

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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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‘Megalopolis’: No Streaming and Blu-Ray, Says Francis Ford Coppola

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Sources close to Coppola say the 86-year-old director feels strongly that “Megalopolis” should not be watched on a television screen, and should only be seen on the big screen.

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‘The Batman: Part II’ Eyes March 2026 Shoot — No Director Attached

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

First, the good news: “The Batman: Part II” is now aiming for a March 2026 shoot in London. The bad news? Matt Reeves is no longer attached as director. He’s now only credited as the screenwriter.

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Sam Mendes’ ‘Beatles’ Movies Finds Its Four Writers

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s already been reported that Peter Straughan (“Conclave”), and Krysty Wilson Cairns (“1917”) will each pen one instalment, but how about the other two? Another prominent name has now surfaced.

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‘Kingdom of Heaven: Director’s Cut’ Has A Release Date and Poster

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

When it comes to director’s cuts, not many films have been as vastly improved as the masterful given to Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven.”

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Aiming For $120M Opening Weekend

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In addition, “Lilo & Stitch” has become the second-highest first-day ticket seller ever for a Disney live-action film on Fandango at this stage in the sales cycle, trailing only 2019’s “The Lion King.”

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Golden Globes Will Have Best Podcast Category for 2026 Edition

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The Golden Globes are expanding their scope beyond just film and television. In an effort to attract a broader audience and boost viewership, the awards show has introduced a new category: Best Podcast.

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Ethan Coen's ‘Honey Don't' Has A Trailer — August 22 Release

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ethan Coen has directed his follow-up to “Drive-Away Dolls.” The upcoming film, titled “Honey Don’t,” is the second installment in a planned trilogy of lesbian-themed B-movies that Coen is co-writing and co-directing with his partner and wife, Tricia Cooke.

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Bob Iger: ‘Thunderbolts’ The “First And Best” Example Of Marvel’s New Focus On Quality

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Disney CEO Bob Iger is holding up “Thunderbolts” as the golden child of Marvel's new "less is more" strategy—finally admitting that maybe flooding Disney+ with endless spinoffs about third-string superheroes wasn't the masterstroke they thought it was.

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Early Reactions for ‘Bring Her Back' Are The Usual OMGWTF Raves

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The usual praise that comes with early reactions is in full effect. I’ve only found a single negative reaction. It should be mentioned that most of these tweets are coming from “critics” I’m not that familiar with, so as always, take it with a huge grain of salt.

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Confirmed: Alex Garland To Direct ‘Elden Ring’ For A24

May 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Garland is teaming up once again with A24 to bring a rather unexpected project to the big screen: a film adaptation of the massively popular video game Elden Ring.

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Spike Lee is Still “Mad” ‘Do the Right Thing’ Was Robbed of the Palme d’Or

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a new conversation with THR, Lee still places the blame for that loss on the Cannes jury president at the time, filmmaker Wim Wenders.

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‘Sing Sing’ Director Sets Next Film, A Possum-Talking Musical Comedy Starring Miles Teller

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Greg Kwedar, fresh off his Oscar-nominated prison drama “Sing Sing,” has decided to switch gears —he’s directing “Possum Song,” a surreal musical comedy headlined by Miles Teller (“Whiplash”).

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‘Drive’ Scribe Hired to Rewrite ‘Clayface’ for DCU Studios

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Hossein Amini, the screenwriter acclaimed for his work on 2011’s “Drive,” has been brought on to rewrite the script for “Clayface” at DC Studios.

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi (‘Drive My Car’) To Direct Paris-Set Film ‘All of the Sudden’ With Virginie Efira

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last year, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” was released in the U.S., and while that was happening, I reported that he had already begun working on his next film in France.

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‘Practical Magic 2' Sets September 2026 Release

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last June, Warner Bros. took to TikTok to announce 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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‘The Beekeeper 2' Lands at Amazon/MGM — Starts Filming in September

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Amazon MGM Studios has scooped up the global rights to “The Beekeeper 2,” shelling out what Deadline says is well north of $50 million— because apparently, revenge stories featuring Jason Statham never go out of style.

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Cannes Late Additions Might Include Bi Gan, Eugene Jarecki, and Akoka/Gueret

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I keep getting messages about late additions to Cannes. Most of the attention is on Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,” which already appears to have a page on Cannes’ official site. Done deal? Who knows.

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First Look: Noah Baumbach's ‘Jay Kelly' Sets November 14 Release

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix revealed this morning that “Jay Kelly,” a new film by Noah Baumbach featuring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, is set to hit theaters on November 14, with its streaming debut scheduled for December 5.

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Chad Stahelski Says ‘John Wick 5' Will Be A “Really Different" Story

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking to Empire, director Chad Stahelski explained, “The saga of John Wick was pretty wrapped up,” He added that ‘Chapter 5’ won’t simply pick up where the last one left off.

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Jon Voight's Plan to Save Hollywood Includes Incentives & Only “Limited" Tariffs

May 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The President sent shockwaves through Hollywood with a dramatic proposal to slap a 100% tariff on imported films. He now appears to be slightly dialing back on that, but still very much intends to “make Hollywood great again.”

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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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