It was one hell of a morning for Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” which earned a record-breaking 16 nominations this morning, further cementing it as the one film that could potentially beat “One Battle After Another” for best picture.
Read more‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer is Out: He-Man in Corporate America
I just have a bad feeling about this one, and that’s despite Travis Knight’s involvement — he’s the director behind “Kubo and the Two Strings” and “Bumblebee.”
Read moreFrench Critics’ 21st-Century Film Poll Is the Most Interesting One Yet — ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ at #2
Interestingly, several perennially acclaimed titles from the NYT list — including “Moonlight,” “Get Out,” “The Social Network,” “Brokeback Mountain,” and “Children of Men” — are nowhere to be found.
Read moreGore Verbinski Thinks Modern CGI is a “A Big Step Backwards”: “The Aesthetic of Games is Leaking Into Cinema”
Remember when CGI felt like pure magic? Think T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2,’ or the dinosaurs stomping through “Jurassic Park.” Those effects knocked our socks off in the ‘90s.
Read moreChris Pratt-Starring ‘Mercy’ Debuts to Brutal Reviews — 22% on RT
Kazakh‑Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov — perpetrator of that “Ben‑Hur” remake — is back with “Mercy,” starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, and hitting theaters this Friday.
Read more‘Digger’ Will Have Tom Cruise in Heavy Prosthetics — Movie Shot ‘Birdman’ Style
One of the more intriguing mysteries of the 2026 movie season has got to be Tom Cruise’s role in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Digger.” What do they have in store for us?
Read moreJames Gunn’s Batman Movie Has a Writer: Christina Hodson of ‘The Flash,’ ‘Batgirl,’ and ‘Birds of Prey’
For months now, James Gunn has been trying to keep it a secret who is writing his DCU’s next iteration of Batman, “The Brave and the Bold,” but now we have a name.
Read more‘Project Hail Mary’ is Already 2026’s First Oscar Contender?
We have just started the movie year, but Deadline’s Justin Kroll is already teasing us about a major 2026 Oscar contender.
Read more‘The Rip’ Tops Netflix Charts With Impressive 41.6M Views in Just Three Days
This is an impressive launch for a film with a $100M budget and marks Netflix’s strongest movie debut since last summer’s “Happy Gilmore 2,” which drew 46.7M views in July.
Read moreLéa Seydoux Joins Charlie Polinger’s ‘Red Death’ — Mikey Madison Stars in Dark Comedy of “Revenge” and “Opium-Laced Orgies”
Charlie Polinger impressed many with his debut, “The Plague,” a visually audacious and thematically unflinching descent into the psychological torture of being a bullied teenager.
Read moreFirst Look: Amy Adams Seeks Comeback with Kornél Mundruczó’s ‘At the Sea’
Amy Adams, a six-time Oscar nominee, is a talented actress — I’d go as far as to say she’s reached greatness a few times in her career, but lately she’s been in a bit of a slump.
Read moreNetflix/Warner Bros. Deal Revised to All-Cash Offer; Netflix Says It’s Serious About Theaters — Exhibitors Aren’t Fully Buying It
The transaction’s overall valuation remains $82.7 billion, and the changes are widely seen as the reason shareholders are now moving more quickly toward a vote, slated for April 2026.
Read moreBerlinale Competition: Karim Aïnouz, Kornél Mundruczó, Lance Hammer — and Some Cannes Rejects
The Berlin International Film Festival has announced the titles selected for the Competition of its 76th edition, running from February 12–22.
Read more‘Crime 101' Runtime is 145 Minutes, Rated “R"
“Crime 101” was stamped with an R rating by the MPA — and more intriguingly, I’m hearing the film clocks in at a hefty 145 minutes. Considering the novella it’s based on is just 50 pages long, they’ve really stretched this story.
Read more‘Moonlight’ 10 Years Later: Has Barry Jenkins’ “Masterpiece” Aged Well?
This year will mark the 10th anniversary of “Moonlight,” a film that was named the third-best film of the 2010s in a poll of over 250 critics.
Read morePeter Jackson: Losing My “Brother” DP Made Me Take a 12-Year Movie Hiatus
It’s been 12 years since Jackson last directed a narrative feature, not counting his passion-project documentaries like the stunning WWI archival film “They Shall Not Grow Old”
Read more‘Marty Supreme’ Hits $80M Domestic — Highest Grossing A24 Movie Ever
“Marty Supreme” is officially A24’s highest-grossing film in North America, pulling in $80M domestically as of Monday. The film has become a rare original, non-IP hit at the box office.
Read more2026 Oscar Best Picture Predictions: Can ‘Weapons’ and ‘F1’ Sneak In?
What 10 films will be nominated? Since my last predictions on December 17, a lot has changed — the PGA and DGA have muddied presumptions.
Read moreSam McCurdy (‘Shōgun’) to DP James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Sequel
James Gunn has confirmed that Sam McCurdy is the DP on his upcoming “Superman” sequel, ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ instead of Henry Braham—who shot Gunn’s last four films.
Read more‘Zootopia 2’ Becomes Hollywood’s Highest-Grossing Animated Film Ever With $1.7 Billion
Over 37% of the $1.7 billion that “Zootopia 2” has amassed so far has come from China alone, with more to come as the film continues to show strong legs there
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Adam Driver is still not over "The Hunt for Ben Solo," but there's a silver lining: Steven Soderbergh has already moved on to a new script, and Driver calls it one of the best things Soderbergh has ever written.