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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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‘One Night Only’ Director Cut Out “So Much Nudity” Because People Dislike Sex on Screen

Turns out, there’s a much more sexual version of “One Night Only,” with lots of sex and nudity, that never made it to theaters. The film’s director, Will Gluck, blames audience discomfort for the cuts.

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SS Rajamouli’s ‘Varanasi’ Is Being Shot Entirely on IMAX, Following ‘The Odyssey’

SS Rajamouli’s upcoming “magnum opus” is called “Varanasi,” starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran — a massive movie, which just got more massive.

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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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‘The Odyssey’ 70mm IMAX Tickets Are Going on Sale a Year in Advance — This Thursday, July 17

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Apparently, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is going full nuclear. IMAX 70mm tickets are going on sale July 17, almost a full calendar year before the film’s actual release.

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Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot is “Not A Faithful Adaptation” of the Games

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a recent interview with SFX Magazine, Cregger emphasized that while he’s a lifelong fan of the games, his priority isn’t fan service — it’s storytelling.

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‘Weapons’ Rolls Out Eerie Posters Amid Viral Marketing Push

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yet another poster, the fourth one, has been unveiled—this one featuring a grid of cryptic, almost-childlike symbols set against a dark, foreboding background, suggesting hidden dangers lurking beneath the ordinary.

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What’s the Greatest Silent Film Ever Made?

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

what do you consider the greatest silent film of all time? Is it the dreamlike tragedy of “Sunrise”? The precision mechanics of The General? The heart-melting beauty of “City Lights”?

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Uwe Boll Goes Full Rant on Hollywood “Woke Psychos”

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The German director unloaded a fiery (and unpunctuated) screed on Facebook, venting his frustrations at an industry he claims never accepted him because he “would never sell out.”

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HBO's ‘Harry Potter’ Reboot Debuts First Image, Starts Production

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Brace yourselves, Potterheads and doomscrollers alike: HBO’s ultra-hyped, totally necessary “Harry Potter” reboot has finally started production in the UK.

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Rian Johnson Says His ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Isn't Happening Anytime Soon

July 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Rian Johnson is finally shedding some light on his long-rumored, ultimately abandoned “Star Wars” trilogy—a project that was announced by Lucasfilm but never materialized beyond the earliest conceptual stages.

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Edgar Wright is Not Directing ‘The Black Hole’ Remake [Updated]

July 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This could mark yet another remake for Wright, who is also currently waiting his take on “The Running Man” to release this fall.

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‘Superman’ Soars in U.S., Stumbles Overseas: David Zaslav Celebrates, Touting DCU’s “Bold Ten-Year Plan”

July 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

For a weekend, at least, David Zaslav gets to breathe. The Warner Bros CEO has released a statement celebrating this weekend’s “Superman” box-office.

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‘Donkey Kong’ Movie Moves Forward as Universal Files Copyright

July 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A new copyright filing jointly submitted by Nintendo and Universal Pictures suggests that a feature-length “Donkey Kong” is happening.

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Lena Dunham’s ‘Good Sex’ to Stream on Netflix; Director Says Film “Doesn’t Need Theaters”

July 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lena Dunham is perfectly fine with the streaming-first route: “I really just want people to sit on a couch with their moms and their besties and lean in.”

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James Gunn Visits JM Video Club, Proclaims ‘Paddington 2’ One of the Greatest Movies Ever Made

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

James Gunn recently stopped by JM Video Club (via Konbini) and, for 30 minutes, went on an unapologetically nerdy, wildly entertaining deep dive into the movies that shaped him.

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Rian Johnson Wants Out of Netflix; Already Prepping “Original Sci-Fi" as Next Film [Updated]

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In April 2021, Netflix shook the film world when it announced it was purchasing the rights to two ‘Knives Out’ sequels from writer-director Rian Johnson in a deal worth a reported $400M.

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‘Batman Forever’ Screenwriter Says Warner Bros “Stopped Caring” About 160-Minute Director’s Cut

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Akiva Goldsman, who wrote “Batman Forever,” sat down with THR, where the publication asked him if he thinks it will ever see the light of day. He doesn’t sound very optimistic.

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‘Superman’ Has $38M Saturday, Eyes $120M Weekend — Readers’ Thoughts?

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Did “Superman” work for you? Is Gunn’s vision the fresh start DC needed, or another swing that doesn’t quite connect?

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Mark Frost Confirms ‘Twin Peaks’ Won’t Continue Without David Lynch: “It Closed the Circle”

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like we’ve reached the end of the road in the Red Room. Mark Frost, co-creator of “Twin Peaks,” has finally confirmed what many of us suspected.

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PTA’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Skipping Venice Film Festival

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The news, while unconfirmed by the studio, aligns with growing speculation that Warner Bros. is looking to avoid another high-profile festival fumble.

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Alice Rohrwacher to Follow ‘La Chimera’ With a Silent Film

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The Italian filmmaker, known for her blend of magic realism with piercing humanism, has revealed she is prepping to shoot a silent film. 

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Tom Holland Says Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ “Is Going To Be Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen”

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If these words sound hyperbolic, keep in mind they’re being said about a filmmaker who has continuously attempted to push technical and narrative boundaries with each film.

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‘Naked Gun’ Reboot is 84 Minutes

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

According to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the film clocks in at a breezy 84 minutes. Subtract end credits, and you’re likely looking at 80 minutes of comedy.

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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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