Like many of my cohorts, I attended a 9 a.m. screening on Monday of James Cameron’s third entry in the franchise. With the review embargo still in place, only social media reactions are permitted, and they’ve been mixed so far.

Panahi is now says that he won’t seek asylum in any country and in fact plans to return to Tehran to serve his jail sentence after Oscar season concludes. A brave man.

Tarantino’s career is filled with “what ifs,” unrealized projects that almost happened but didn’t. The most famous may indeed be “The Vega Brothers.”

There could even be a deal finalized before Christmas. The offers are binding, meaning the board can move swiftly and approve an agreement if it meets their objectives.

Spielberg’s UFO film, which has been going by a few working titles — “Disclosure,” “The Dish,” and “Non-View” — will mark the filmmaker’s 30th collaboration with composer John Williams.

“Frontier Crucible” is directed by Travis Mills, and the script was apparently, and officially, written by one Harry Whitington, who died in 1989 and wrote the 1961 novel the film is based on.

Panahi’s sentencing comes months after his recent Palme d’Or win. The director had previously faced a travel ban, periods of detention, and was often forced to shoot films under tight restrictions in Iran.

Stewart has strongly hinted that directing will now be a central focus for her, admitting there are “10 more movies I want to make f*cking yesterday.”

Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, and Elizabeth Olsen are attached to star in “Flesh of the Gods,” a vampire thriller to be directed by Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”).

Lilly Wachowski is asked about co-directing 1999’s “The Matrix,” and how the right has basically hijacked the “red pill” movement for their own benefit.

Why in the world would Levy even admit this? Now there are countless speculative think pieces questioning what’s going on with ‘Starfighter.’

Three posters for the film dropped this morning, stamped “In Theaters April.” A trailer arrives tomorrow, and I’ll share more about the film once it’s out.

Scarlett Johansson, one of the world’s most recognizable movie stars, has publicly defended Woody Allen, the director she collaborated with on three films.

What’s even more remarkable about these numbers is that “Zootopia 2” only earned $156M domestically, which means $400M internationally, including a record-breaking $272M in China alone.

Watch out for “Dune: Part Three” to potentially hit theaters earlier than scheduled. An October or November switch would make a lot of sense, especially with the film having wrapped its shoot last month.

Foster, who recently starred in HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country,” uses that show as an example of the “beauty of having a limited series” by “expanding” on a story.

Set for release next year, with no doubt a Cannes premiere in mind, Virginie Efira says that Hamaguchi’s Paris-shot film has “astonishing formal choices.”

Just to compare, “Glass Onion,” the previous ‘Knives Out’ film released in 2022, opened on 696 screens and earned $13M. So that’s a steep drop for the third instalment.

Tarantino praised “West Side Story” (#20) for being the film that re-energized Spielberg as a filmmaker. Tarantino added: “This is the one where Steven shows he still has it.”