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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Dominates With $145M Second Weekend as Sexless ‘One Night Only’ Bombs With $5M

“Spider Man: Brand New Day” with the highest 10-day domestic run ever. Through tomorrow, the US total will be $653M, and $1.7 billion worldwide. Talk about a blockbuster—this is the definition of one.

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Confirmed: ‘Digger’ Runtime is Actually 2 Hours 8 Minutes

Iñárritu is certainly one to indulge. His last film, “Bardo,” ran 159 minutes, while “The Revenant” was 156 minutes, “Biutiful” 148 minutes, “Babel” 143 minutes, and “Amores Perros” 154 minutes.

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Olivia Wilde Calls Netflix’s $20M ‘The Invite’ Offer a “Bribe” to Skip Theaters

Back in January, at the Sundance Film Festival, a bidding war emerged over Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite.” A24, Netflix, Searchlight, Focus Features, and NEON among the studios in the mix.

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‘American Psycho’ Reboot May Lose Luca Guadagnino as Casting and Rewrites Drag On

If Guadagnino’s vision ultimately doesn’t come together, and time surely is running out, Lionsgate might move on from the filmmaker they have already identified possible replacements.

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‘X-Men’ Reboot Rumors Heat Up With Christopher Abbott, Jon Hamm and .. Adam Driver?

With Jake Schreier directing, Samara Weaving locked, and Sadie Sink introduced as Jean Grey, the reboot is starting to come together. Maybe Marvel finally makes some of it official at D23 next week.

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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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Michael Madsen, Star of ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill,’ Dies at 67

July 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Most people remember Madsen for one scene, that scene, in Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs.” With “Stuck in the Middle with You” on the radio, a straight razor in hand.

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Robert Eggers' ‘Werewulf’ Shoots in September

July 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We still have no cast announcement for this one. Eggers recently conducted a post-screening Q&A at the Lincoln Center, and described “Werewulf” as “the darkest thing I’ve ever written.”

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Celine Song Blames “Misogyny" for Rom-Com Decline: “You're Saying Chicks Aren't Serious People"

July 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

While her sophomore feature, “Materialists,” doesn’t fall squarely into that genre, Song used the opportunity to highlight how patriarchal undermining has pushed the rom-com into cultural exile.

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Tom Cruise's ‘Deeper’ Sets August Shoot, With Ana de Armas Co-Starring and a $200M+ Budget

July 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Doug Liman will indeed be shooting “Deeper,” with Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas, this coming August. Deadline had previously reported that the budget on this thing would hit the $200M mark.

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Tim Burton To Direct New Animated Film: “I’ll Have The Script Soon”

July 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a new interview with Mexican outlet MILENIO, the goth auteur confirmed he’s currently working on an animated feature and that he’s now just waiting for the script.

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‘Jurassic World: Rebirth': $30M Wednesday Signals Franchise’s Undying Appeal

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Sure, critics might be over it, but apparently, people just can’t get enough of giant prehistoric dinosaurs. The latest numbers indicate that no matter how many times the story is recycled, audiences will keep showing up.

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NYT Readers' Poll: Parasite Takes #1 Again, But List Is Full of Surprises — Over 200,000 Voted

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After rolling out its official “21st Century’s Greatest Films” list — assembled from the votes of over 500 filmmakers, actors, and industry pros — The New York Times passed the baton to its readers. More than 200,000 votes came in.

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‘The Odyssey’ Uses American Accents in Ancient Greece, Stirring Debate

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Jon Bernthal is in full gravel-throated American mode, like he’s prepping for a a bar fight. Then there’s Tom Holland, fully submerged in an American accent. John Leguizamo too.

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Jason Blum: “We Overthought It” After ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Bombs

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

To his credit, Blum didn’t run from the blowback. In a weekend interview on The Town podcast, he owned the flop with surprising candor.

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‘Crimson Tide’ Sequel in the Works, Says Jerry Bruckheimer, and Denzel Might Return

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Bruckheimer confirmed that a writer-director is currently developing the project and actively working with the U.S. Navy to ensure authenticity.

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Brad Pitt Raves Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’: “It’s One of The Best Movies of the Decade”

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Brad Pitt is saying the Academy hasn’t given Bradley Cooper his cinematic due, and that “Maestro” deserved Oscars.

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David Mackenzie’s ‘Relay’ is His Best Film Since ‘Hell or High Water’ — Trailer Released Ahead of August Release

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Mackenzie, of course, hasn’t really hit the highs of “Hell or High Water” in the years since. “Relay” finds him in slightly colder terrain.

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‘The Old Guard 2’ Is Getting Ripped Apart by Critics: 47 on Metacritic, 32% on Rotten Tomatoes

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After years of delays, reshoots, and behind-the-scenes silence that grew increasingly suspicious, Netflix’s “The Old Guard 2” has finally landed, and critics are not being kind.

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Terry Gilliam on ‘Carnival at the End of Days': “I Don't Know If Anybody Will Ever Fund It"

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a little-seen interview from four weeks ago, Gilliam bluntly admits that he’s once again come up short on funding what he describes as his swan song. “I don’t know if anybody will ever fund it,” he says.

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Paul Verhoeven Says ‘Young Sinner' is About “An Evangelical Christian Girl Who Really Likes Sex"

July 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In Paris, to promote the release of his biography, Verhoeven confirms he still intends to make “Young Sinner,” and his description of the film is pure Verhoeven. Sex. Lots of sex.

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Jonathan Glazer Says New Film Is on the Way: “I Won’t Wait Another 10 Years”

July 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Glazer didn’t offer any details about the new project, and if his past work is any indication, we likely won’t know what he’s been quietly crafting until it’s already up on the screen.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Network’ Sequel Will Center on Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen

July 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The sequel will be less about Mark Zuckerberg and pivot more around Frances Haugen — the former Facebook product manager turned whistleblower.

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Teaser For Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Leaks Online!

July 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer has seen numerous leaks online, but Universal’s done a good job taking them down, but not all. Some sites have it embedded.

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‘Jurassic World Rebirth' Budget Was $225M — Projected to Earn $80M 3-Day Holiday Weekend

July 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Whether ‘Rebirth’ manages to ignite fresh interest or simply marks the beginning of the end remains to be seen. Either way, the box office performance this weekend will speak volumes about the future of the franchise.

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Pixar: “Stop Complaining That We Don't Make Original Stories if You Don't Show Up To See Them"

July 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking of Pixar… The studio seems to be feeling the sting from its “Elio” box office flop and is now trying to clap back—on Instagram, of all places.

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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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