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Jonah Hill's ‘Cut Off' Heads Into Reshoots After Being Deemed “Unwatchable” and “Unreleasable”

Hill, coming off the miserable reviews for this year's “Outcome,” now has yet another film destined for a long delay. This time, it's “Cut Off,” his third directorial effort, which was set to hit theaters this July

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Adam Driver Is in ‘Heat 2,’ Stephen Graham Confirms

Driver will play Otis Wardell, the central villain, psychopathic criminal who operates primarily in Chicago. The character’s presence ties together the prequel and sequel halves of the book’s structure.

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‘Blade’ Director on What Marvel Tells Directors: “This Is a Marvel Movie Directed by a Person”

According to Tariq, Marvel is upfront about it. They tell you, politely, that what you're making is "a Marvel film directed by a person .. They crop your shots. They change things.”

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Kristen Stewart Reunites with Olivier Assayas for ‘Spiritual World'; Vicky Krieps, Riley Keough & Wagner Moura Also Aboard

Stewart and Assayas previously collaborated on 2014's "Clouds of Sils Maria," which won her a César, and 2016's "Personal Shopper," which earned Assayas Best Director at Cannes.

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Robert Eggers Wants a “Break" From Horror, So He's Making ‘Romeo & Juliet'

At a post-trailer Q&A for “Werwulf,” which opens Christmas Day, Eggers explained why his next movie is Shakespeare’s teen tragedy rather than another gloomy medieval tale.

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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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Emerald Fennell Wants Audiences to “Cry So Hard You Vomit” in ‘Wuthering Heights’ — Pre-Sales Hint at $35M Opening

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Pre-sales for “Wuthering Heights” are currently strong, hinting at a $30M-$35M domestic opening weekend. Here’s hoping you don’t sit next to Fennell’s targeted audience.

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Amazon/MGM Spent $35M to Promote ‘Melania’ — Wide Release Scrapped? [Updated]

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Furthermore, the original plan was for 2,000+ theaters to screen “Melania” nationwide, but the rollout has been reduced, going from wide to potential limited release.

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Patricia Clarkson Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Clarkson, who remains an underrated actress after all these years, has always thrived in the margins of American indie cinema. “Pieces of April” remains the touchstone of her career.

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Box Office: ‘The Bone Temple’ Expected to Have 70% Drop This Weekend — $635K Thursday

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Well, this ain’t good. By all accounts, Nia DaCosta’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is going to have a terrible second weekend at the box office, with a $4M tally.

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Sony Exec Reportedly Called Blake Lively A “F**king Terrorist” Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Boy, these private texts and emails involving Sony Pictures executives and “It Ends With Us” star Blake Lively are quite something. Lots of exposing going on here.

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Oliver Laxe (‘Sirat’): “If Brazilians Submitted a Shoe, It Would Get an Oscar Nomination”

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t think Laxe realizes what he just got himself into. Get prepared for a tsunami of online insults in Portuguese.

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Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Custom of the Country’ Collapsed at Apple, Reemerges as Feature Film Starring …Sydney Sweeney?

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sofia Coppola’s long-gestating, and suddenly canceled, adaptation of “The Custom of the Country” has undergone a major transformation, and not for the better.

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‘Send Help’ First Reactions Praise Sam Raimi’s Gory, R-Rated Return to Horror Roots

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Send Help,” which has been described as “Misery” meets “Cast Away,” was penned by “A Quiet Place” duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.

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Report: Jacob Elordi Met With Denis Villeneuve and Amazon/MGM About Playing James Bond

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

If Elordi gets the job, he’d be the youngest 007 ever, which does align with previous reports that Amazon was looking for a young Bond to reboot the franchise.

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Timothée Chalamet Becomes Youngest Male Actor To Earn 3 Oscar Nominations Since Marlon Brando

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Chalamet thus becomes the youngest male actor to accomplish this feat since the legendary Marlon Brando, who was nominated for “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951), “Viva Zapata!” (1952), and “Julius Caesar” (1953).

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Oscars: ‘Sinners' With Record-Breaking 16 Nominations! ‘One Battle After Another' 13 Nods! ‘F1' Gets Into Best Picture! Kate Hudson and Delroy Lindo Surprise!

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer is Out: He-Man in Corporate America

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.”

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French Critics’ 21st-Century Film Poll Is the Most Interesting One Yet — ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ at #2

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Gore Verbinski Thinks Modern CGI is a “A Big Step Backwards”: “The Aesthetic of Games is Leaking Into Cinema”

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Chris Pratt-Starring ‘Mercy’ Debuts to Brutal Reviews — 22% on RT

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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‘Digger’ Will Have Tom Cruise in Heavy Prosthetics — Movie Shot ‘Birdman’ Style

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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?

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James Gunn’s Batman Movie Has a Writer: Christina Hodson of ‘The Flash,’ ‘Batgirl,’ and ‘Birds of Prey’

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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‘Project Hail Mary’ is Already 2026’s First Oscar Contender?

January 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We have just started the movie year, but Deadline’s Justin Kroll is already teasing us about a major 2026 Oscar contender.

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‘The Rip’ Tops Netflix Charts With Impressive 41.6M Views in Just Three Days

January 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Léa Seydoux Joins Charlie Polinger’s ‘Red Death’ — Mikey Madison Stars in Dark Comedy of “Revenge” and “Opium-Laced Orgies”

January 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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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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