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Alma Har’el’s ‘Wet’ Acquired by Lionsgate: Starring Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Connor Storrie, Odessa A’zion and Rosalia

It’s been seven years since Alma Har’el’s feature debut, “Honey Boy,” which was written by and starred Shia LaBeouf — she is now set to direct her next film, with a very talented cast.

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Quentin Tarantino Fired Isabelle Huppert From ‘Inglourious Basterds' for Skipping the Table Read

Imagine firing Isabelle Huppert from your movie. One of the great actresses of all time, the woman behind "The Piano Teacher," "La Cérémonie" and "Elle," dropped because she missed a table read.

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Park Chan-wook Says ‘The Brigands of Rattlecreek' is “Very Violent” and the “Most Brutal” Film He's Ever Made

Are we really that surprised? The original draft was written by S. Craig Zahler, the guy behind "Bone Tomahawk," "Brawl in Cell Block 99" and "Dragged Across Concrete."

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Francis Lawrence Calls James Gunn “An Impediment” to ‘Constantine 2,’ Says He's “More Hopeful" Now That They're Gone

James Gunn wrote on Instagram this week that he was "incredibly relieved" to be out at DC Studios. Turns out he's not the only one.

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Jim Caviezel Was “Heartbroken” When Mel Gibson Recast Jesus in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ'

For 20 years, the assumption was that whenever Mel Gibson got his "Passion of the Christ" sequel off the ground, Jim Caviezel would be front and center.

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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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Michael Bay’s ‘Skibidi Toilet’ Movie Is Real — Despite His Earlier Denials

March 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Word is that Paramount Pictures President believes the project has the potential to become “the next ‘Transformers’ or could be a Marvel universe.”

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Do We Need Another ‘Cape Fear’? Apple TV Drops Teaser With Javier Bardem as Max Cady

March 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson co-star as the couple Cady terrorizes. You would think the script must have been great for such talent to take part in a remake that, on paper, sounds unnecessary.

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Kristoffer Borgli’s Uneven ‘The Drama’ With Zendaya and Robert Pattinson Divides Critics

March 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I’m mixed on Kristoffer Borgli’s “The Drama,” which, for some odd reason, had its review embargo lifted at 3 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT this morning.

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Paramount Sends ‘Scream 7’ to PVOD After 31 Days, Raising Questions About Theatrical Windows

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Hey, would you look at that, Paramount is up to its old tricks again—not adhering to a robust theatrical bow for their biggest title of the year.

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10 Years Later: The Best Films of 2016

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ten years later, 2016 feels like a lifetime ago in cinema terms. Looking back, the movies from that year almost feel like artifacts from a world that’s somehow distant.

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Variety: James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ to Premiere at Cannes; Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘Camp Miasma’ Also Selected

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The competition lineup is starting to become a little clearer. We now know what’s ready, what isn’t, and with that, these twelve titles seem destined for Palme d’Or contention.

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Andy Samberg and Annette Bening to Star in ‘42.6 Years’ From ‘Peanut Butter Falcon’ Director

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Michael Schwartz broke out with “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” a coming-of-age story about a young man with Down syndrome who dreams of wrestling, starring Dakota Johnson, and Shia LaBeouf.

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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Trailer is Here

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The new trailer for “Euphoria” Season 3 has arrived, running close to three minutes, and showing up ahead of the show’s April 12 premiere on HBO and HBO Max.

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Alec Baldwin Set for First Post-’Rust’ Role Opposite Chris Hemsworth and Taron Egerton in Matt Ross’ ‘Kockroach’

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Alec Baldwin is set to join Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, and Zazie Beetz in “Kockroach,” a New York crime movie from director Matt Ross (“Captain Fantastic”).

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Laura Dern to Star in Jeffrey Epstein Drama at Sony

March 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sony Pictures, Laura Dern, and Adam McKay are set to tackle the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy in an upcoming limited series about the investigation that helped crack this whole can of worms open.

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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Reportedly Not Heading to Cannes as U.S. Presence Shrinks

March 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux has implied that American cinema’s presence may be smaller this year, adding that studios are producing fewer blockbusters and auteur-driven titles

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Amazon Exec: Hollywood’s Fear of Offending Is Hurting Box Office, Urges More Original Films

March 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

An interesting New York Times opinion piece, written by former Amazon exec Roy Price, will certainly lead to agreement, and disagreement, but mostly debate.

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Jennifer Kent Shooting a New Sci-Fi Film This Year After ‘The Babadook’ and ‘The Nightingale’

March 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Aussie-born filmmaker confirmed she’s “working on a sci-fi film that looks to be shooting this year.” According to Kent, it’s an “adaptation of something.”

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‘Supergirl’: Over Eight Test Screenings So Far, Three Different Composers, Multiple Endings and More Superman

March 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This film has tested over eight times, so I imagine it’s either not good, or Warner Bros is really reworking it for the perfect version. Or maybe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

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Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Best Cinematography Oscar Winner, Reteams with Gia Coppola for Netflix’s ‘Perfect’

March 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Following her historic Oscar for “Sinners,” DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw has already lined up back-to-back projects, both with frequent collaborators.

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‘Project Hail Mary’ With Staggering $53M Second Weekend, 34% Drop

March 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

An incredible $53M second weekend awaits “Hail Mary,” representing just a 34% drop—unbelievable numbers. It’ll be at $150M+ domestic by Sunday evening

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Alexandre Desplat is Scoring ‘The Social Reckoning,’ Replacing Reznor and Ross

March 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We have no idea how Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Reckoning,” a sequel to “The Social Network,” is going to go. There is some skepticism, most of the complaints about who is not coming back.

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‘Project Hail Mary’ Originally Had Massive 4-Hour Cut

March 27, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Phil Lord and Chris Miller recently revealed they initially screened a four-hour cut of the film to a group of director friends, and that feedback was “embarrassing.”

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John Hannah Set to Return for ‘The Mummy 4,’ Shoots This Fall

March 27, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A small batch of news coming down the wire on this quiet Friday. John Hannah is set to return to ‘The Mummy’ franchise, reuniting with co-stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in ‘The Mummy 4.’

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‘Lights Out’ Sequel in the Works

March 27, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

There’s no word on whether David F. Sandberg will return to direct, but “Lights Out” was based on his original 2014 short — so he might have a say here.

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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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It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

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