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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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Angel Studios Bans Sex, Nudity and F-Words (Violence is Okay) in Sweeping New Content Policy

The studio has unveiled "The Angel Promise," a sweeping new content policy that bans on-screen sex, nudity, F-words and any misuse of God's name in its films.

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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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AFI’s Top 10 Films of 2025: Oscar Blueprint or Major Snubs?

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled its list of the 10 best films of the year, and surprisingly, this is more or less a blueprint for the Oscar-contending American films.

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‘South Park’ Duo and Kendrick Lamar’s Slave Comedy Needs “Major Reshoots”

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This film has had quite a turbulent history. Rewrites definitely occurred, and they were major enough to have significantly altered the originally announced plot.

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Sean Baker Says His Next Film Will “Cover Similar Themes” to ‘Anora,’ Eyes 2026 Shoot

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Sean Baker recently went location scouting for his next film. No cast has been announced about the project, but the filmmaker mentioned that the story would once again focus on a sex worker.

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Andrew Dominik on ‘Blonde’: “I Don’t Understand” the Backlash and How Brad Pitt Saved Him From “Director’s Jail”

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

At the Marrakech Film Festival, Dominik sat down for an expansive conversation that covered his Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde,” his collaboration with Brad Pitt, and his next film.

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Vin Diesel to Write and Star in ‘Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em’ Movie for Mattel

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Vin Diesel is set to star and write (!!!) the “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” movie for Mattel and Universal. The upcoming live-action film will bring the tabletop boxing game to life on the big screen.

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Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ to Premiere at SXSW Film Festival

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Boots Riley’s “I Love Boosters” was recently slated for a May 22, 2026 release via Neon. It has now been announced that the film will open the 40th SXSW Film Festival in March 2026.

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Andy Serkis’ ‘Animal Farm’ Acquired by Angel Studios

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Andy Serkis’ long-in-the-works animated adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” has been a passion project of his for nearly 15 years.

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Paramount Accuses Warner Bros. of Favoring Netflix, While Trump’s DOJ Preps Probe of Streamer

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Given the potential headaches Warner Bros. and Netflix could face from Trump’s DOJ if a deal moves forward, it will be interesting to see which way this one ultimately goes.

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Emerald Fennell Wants ‘Wuthering Heights’ to “Become This Generation’s Titanic”

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yeah, that’s not going to happen. Fennell’s high expectations should take into account how “Wuthering Heights,” at its essence, is about two toxic and unlikable people.

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John M. Chu Signs Three-Year Deal With Paramount Pictures

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The deal between Paramount and Chu is the latest made by Ellison, who also signed Will Smith, the Duffer Brothers, and James Mangold to deals.

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Scarlett Johansson to Star in ‘The Batman: Part II’

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Pre-production on the sequel to “The Batman” is finally picking up steam in Glasgow, and the first casting rumors are finally starting to surface.

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Sean Durkin’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Sets Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey as Production Begins in 2026

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Back in February, a report had Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler starring in Sean Durkin’s “Deep Cuts,” with A24 producing. It turns out both stars have dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

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‘One Battle After Another' Wins National Board of Review, Third Prize This Week — Can Anything Stop This Movie?

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The National Board of Review, a 93-year-old voting body made up of film enthusiasts, industry professionals, academics, and filmmakers, has unveiled its winners.

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John Waters: ‘Eddington’ is The Best Film of 2025

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s that time of the season, and once again eccentric filmmaker John Waters has published his 10 favorite films of the year.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Confirms ‘Heat 2,’ Exits ‘Cliff Booth,’ as Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’ Is a “Work in Progress”

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There’s been endless speculation about whether DiCaprio would play the Vincent Hanna or Chris Shiherlis role, and it turns out even he doesn’t know.

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Indie Spirit Awards Nominations Led by ‘Sorry, Baby,' ‘Train Dreams,' ‘The Plague,' and ‘Twinless'

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

To qualify for a Spirit Award, films must have been made for under $30M, which rules out quite a few Oscar contenders, including “One Battle After Another” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” and “Marty Supreme.”

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Zach Cregger Met Paramount About Gotham-Set DCU Movie — Where's James Gunn?

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Is it already game over for DC Studios and James Gunn? It’s a bit worrying that Zach Cregger (“Weapons”) is shopping his DC film to Skydance. I thought Gunn still had the authority to greenlight DC projects…

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James L. Brooks' ‘Ella McCay' First Reactions Call it “Brutal" and “Baffling"

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

My worst suspicions about James L. Brooks’ “Ella McCay” were purely based on the dreadful trailer, which made it look tonally messy, but I still wanted to see it. There’s a pull of nostalgia to this damn thing that I can’t ignore.

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Quentin Tarantino's Paul Dano Comments Cause Pushback: “The Weakest Actor in SAG"

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tarantino called Dano “weak sauce,” “the limpest dick in the world,” and the “weakest actor of SAG.” What was he thinking? Well, maybe he wasn’t thinking at all.

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Brett Ratner on ‘Rush Hour 4': “The Budget is Over $100M"

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

the film will have a budget well over $100M, and some of that money will come from Saudi Arabia, which is also backing the Ellisons’ bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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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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