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Matt Reeves’ ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ Not Moving Forward at Apple, Seeks New Home

Reeves is supposed to direct, David E. Kelley is writing, and just like that, Apple got cold feet — the usual “creative differences” excuse is being cited in the report, and maybe that was indeed the case.

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Paul Thomas Anderson Reportedly Shadowed Martin Scorsese and Rewrote ‘What Happens at Night’

Having an insurance director is not uncommon in Hollywood. Aging filmmakers, in case a health issue arises, sometimes need to have one. It seems like that’s what might have occurred on “What Happens at Night.”

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LOL: Eli Roth Blames Lionsgate for ‘Borderlands’ Failure, Says Final Cut Was Not His

The box-office bomb cost $145M to produce and ended up finishing its run with a total of just $31M worldwide in receipts. The film was reportedly a $115M for Lionsgate.

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Jeremy Saulnier’s New A24 Thriller ‘October’ Reveals First Plot Details — Will It Release This Year?

A24 has been keeping quiet about the film, but I hear it was recently screened internally, and a decision should be coming shortly, if not by the end of this month.

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Jane Schoenbrun Says A24 Passed on ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’: “I Want to Destroy” the Systems That Make Movies

Schoenbrun struggled to get ‘Camp Miasma’ made after A24 passed on the project. MUBI eventually came aboard, financing the film with a $10 million budget.

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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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Judd Apatow to Shoot Glen Powell-Starring Country Music Comedy Next Year

November 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It looks as though Apatow’s Glen Powell–starring comedy, announced back in April, will begin shooting early next year. They wrote the script together. The film follows a country western star in free fall.

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First Look at Wes Ball’s ‘The Legend of Zelda’ — Video Game Adaptations Are Taking Over Hollywood

November 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After 20 punishing years of superhero movies, Hollywood has now shifted its franchise obsession toward video game adaptations. The gold rush to claim every big IP is here.

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James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez Have A “Sworn Blood Oath” to Make ‘Alita’ Sequel

November 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Cameron is now telling ‘Alita’ fans not to worry — with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” now in the can, it sounds like development is speeding up on that sequel.

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Tom Cruise Finally Gets His Oscar — The Honorary Kind

November 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

He should have won for “Magnolia,” but Tom Cruise, 63, finally has an Oscar — the Honorary kind, picked up this weekend at the Governors Awards.

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‘One Battle After Another’ Crosses $200M Worldwide — 65% of Total Gross Comes From Overseas

November 16, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s an original creation, unbound by IP, that has somehow managed to hit $200M worldwide this weekend. In 2025, that would be a feat unto itself if it weren’t for that ridiculous budget

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David Zucker Says ‘Naked Gun’ Reboot “Totally Missed It”

November 16, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Zucker noted that, alongside brother Jerry and Jim Abrahams, they had found “a certain method to the madness” with their 1988 spoof starring Leslie Nielsen.

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Ryan Coogler Confirms ‘Black Panther 3’ is His “Next Movie”

November 15, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After the success of “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler could have probably made any movie he wanted, with almost any studio happily giving him the budget needed, and yet he’s decided to go back to Marvel.

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Park Chan-wook Admits He’s “Struggling” to Fund His Next American Project

November 15, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If you’re a regular reader, then you might already know that the two projects Park is referring to are “Brigands of Rattlecreek,” a western written by S. Craig Zahler, and “Genocidal Organ.”

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Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’ Shot in Boxy 1.37:1 Aspect Ratio on 35mm Film

November 15, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The best modern example of this approach, that I can think of, is another Eggers film, “The Lighthouse,” which was shot entirely in 1.19:1, an almost square frame.

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Readers’ Thoughts on ‘The Running Man’? $16M Weekend Expected

November 15, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

My biggest issue with “The Running Man” is that it didn’t feel like an Edgar Wright movie, missing his signature fast-paced editing, energetic camera work, and visual storytelling.

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Box-Office: ‘Keeper’ Bombs With $2M Weekend, D+ CinemaScore

November 15, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Still, the film was made for under $10 million. It was a quick, low-budget horror project shot during the WGA strikes, starring non-union actors and written by a non-union Canadian writer — so all is still well in Perkins-land, for now.

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SAG Awards Change Name To ‘The Actor Awards’ [Updated]

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s no coincidence that the name change comes only two years after the ceremony moved to Netflix for its 30th edition. Organizers were likely “encouraged” by the streamer to rethink the show’s presentation

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Ruben Fleischer Says ‘Zombieland 3’ Talks Underway — and Reveals He Turned Down ‘Mission: Impossible 4’

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

‘Zombieland 2’ was released in 2019 with the same cast, writing team, and director (Ruben Fleischer). The sequel made more money ($125M) but earned inferior reviews.

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Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley to Direct ‘ Star Trek’ Reboot for Paramount

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Since we won’t be getting Quentin Tarantino’s “batsh*t crazy” R-rated “Star Trek” movie, we’re going to have to make do with a brand new Paramount-approved reboot.

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First Look: Jack O’Connell in Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Biopic ‘Ink’

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The first image from Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a Rupert Murdoch biopic, has been revealed featuring Jack O’Connell in his role as Larry Lamb, former editor of The Sun. 

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The Attempted Cancellation of Sydney Sweeney: Ruby Rose, Politics, and the Backlash Against ‘Christy’

November 14, 2025 Leora Witkowski

Whether Sweeney weathers it depends on the goodwill she’s built in Hollywood and whether audiences and industry insiders can separate her work from her politics.

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First Look: Anne Hathaway as Penelope in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We have Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, with Mia Goth’s Melantho, one of the maids in the palace, lurking in the background.

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Box-Office: ‘Now You See Me’ ($2.1M), ‘Running Man’ ($1.9M) Lead Thursday Previews

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Those early projections for Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” seem to be accurate. The soft remake of the 1987 movie might debut below the $20M threshold this weekend.

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Oscars: ‘Zootopia 2’ Might Be Animation Oscar Frontrunner, Based on Early Reactions

November 14, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The last great hope to find a front-runner comes to us via Disney’s “Zootopia 2,” which premiered last night with a select few press in attendance.

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Neon Acquires Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like Neon is already preparing for that seventh straight Palme d’Or. They have just added to their 2026 sandbox a film that will quite possibly be in Cannes competition next year.

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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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