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Taika Waititi Calls Critics “Sad Lost Souls” in Unhinged Rant Over ‘Klara and the Sun’: “Irrelevant. Out of Touch. Obsolete”

Firing back at critics is nothing new, but calling an entire profession “failed artists” who belong "in the bin" is hilarious, and wildly unhinged.

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Bill Burr Says ‘Digger' Critics Are “Out of Their Minds," and Their Bad Reviews “Won’t Age Well”

Is Burr right? Will “Digger” be the ‘Big Lebowski’ of 2026, a misunderstood bomb that finds its audience on home video? ‘Lebowski’ is hardly alone: “Blade Runner,” “The Shining” and “Fight Club” all followed the same path.

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The 20 Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time; Is ‘The Exorcist' Still The King?

Is “The Exorcist” truly the greatest horror film ever made, or has time crowned a new champion of fear? Maybe it’s “The Shining,” ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ “Psycho,” or something entirely unexpected that still keeps you up at night.

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Matthew Libatique Says Darren Aronofsky’s Next Film Will “Experiment” With AI

Here we have Darren Aronofsky's longtime DP, Matthew Libatique, confirming the two are running AI tests before shooting their next feature together.

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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything' ($2M), ‘Clayface' ($1.9M), ‘Wildwood' ($1.3M) Lead a Quiet Thursday

Thursday numbers are in, and they hint at a quiet weekend, especially with no big wide release, unless you count "Christmas at the Kringles" as one. It managed $200K in previews from around 1800 screens.

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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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Live-Action ‘Moana’ Teaser Arrives, and Somehow, the Animated Version Still Wins at Realism

November 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Oh boy— to the shock of absolutely nobody, here comes another Disney live-action remake. The Mouse House has released the first teaser for “Moana,” starring Catherine Laga‘aia and Dwayne Johnson.

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Francis Ford Coppola Raves ‘Frankenstein,’ Calls Guillermo Del Toro a “Cinematic Genius”

November 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Francis Ford Coppola is a fan of “Frankenstein,” the latest $100M+ Guillermo Del Toro extravaganza, which is now available to stream on Netflix.

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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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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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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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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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