“Ella McCay” had one of the worst wide-release openings in U.S. history, appearing on 2500+ screens nationwide and grossing only $1.8M.

Since January, I’ve been tracking titles for what’s shaping up to be an absolutely stacked 2026 slate. I do this every year, and in true fashion, the emphasis is always on the director.

Back in 2017, Josh and Benny Safdie had been tasked by Paramount to reboot “48 Hrs.” The brothers were coming off the acclaim of “Good Time,” but now the project is dead.

These are 10 bad movies I actually saw, which turned out to be excruciating experiences — not even the so-bad-it’s-good type of movies, more like “get me out of here, please make it stop.”

‘Dog Stars,’ which has been testing well these last few months, has been pushed to an August 28, 2026 release date via 20th Century. That’s not ideal positioning for Scott’s film, as it’s stuck in a spot that’s known to be neither summer nor fall.

I’m not even going to argue about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. If it takes place at Christmas and people like watching it during the holidays, who am I to spoil the fun?

As expected, Paramount isn’t backing down. If anything, it’s pushing harder, trying to force Warner Bros. Discovery into a corner — and this time it’s playing its biggest card yet.

Well, it’s about time. Universal has unveiled the first trailer for “The Odyssey” — the much-anticipated film from Christopher Nolan, his epic follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer.”

His film work included horror hits like Scott Derrickson’s “Sinister” and “The Black Phone,” collaborations with Spike Lee on “Inside Man,” “Red Hook Summer,” and “Oldboy.”

Samuel L. Jackson — who, if you can believe it, turned 77 today — has never won an Oscar, having received only an honorary one, and that’s a real head-scratcher. A few years back, he told Vulture that he should have won the award at least four times:

What is more surprising is how thoroughly Schrader’s criticism seems to misunderstand what Stanley Kubrick was actually doing with his final film.

There’s no word yet on whether it’s “Paris Paramount,” the $100M-plus rom-com she was trying to get greenlit, which, last we heard, is now at Warner Bros.

It’ll be the first official footage Universal has released online for the film. I’m not sure about the exact time, but we can probably expect it sometime in the morning.

Here’s one more James Cameron piece for you — the big one: what’s his best film? I’ve put together a poll below, and you can sound off in the comments as well.

It’s been confirmed by Deadline that German actor Lars Eidinger will be playing Brainiac in James Gunn’s “Superman: Man of Tomorrow” — he’ll be the main villain.

It was not a great start Thursday and Friday for “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” which is on pace to make $50M less than its predecessor, “The Way of Water,” on opening weekend.

Hey, let Timmy be Timmy, but many believe his outlandish behavior is wrecking his chances at getting an Oscar for his great performance in “Marty Supreme.”

What a great addition to have Mads Mikkelsen in talks to join DiCaprio and Lawrence in Scorsese’s psychological thriller.

Not only is “Marty Supreme” A24’s most expensive movie ever, with a reported production cost of $90 million, but it also arrives at a moment when the studio has struggled to expand.

The more likely outcome is that it’s another self-reflexive or essay-style work in the vein of “It’s Not Me,” which premiered at Cannes in 2024.