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Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years and Six Months in Prison

Brand broke into a Hollywood career in the late 2000s. His breakout screen role was rock star Aldous Snow in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” a character he reprised as the lead of “Get Him to the Greek.”

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Denzel Washington & Robert Pattinson's ‘The Take' Is Getting Dumped by Netflix in January

January is where studios put movies they've lost faith in. Netflix had its fall awards slate set and chose not to make room for a Denzel-Pattinson-Meirelles movie.

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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Next Film ‘Foreign Correspondent,' Stars Wagner Moura

"Foreign Correspondent” marks the first time Kleber has publicly put a name to the project. And yes, ‘Secret Agent’ star Wagner Moura is coming back with him. We should have known this would be the case.

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Rian Johnson Calls James Gray's ‘Paper Tiger' “An American Masterpiece” and His Favorite Film of the Year

The "Knives Out" filmmaker took to Instagram to declare Gray's crime drama his favorite film of 2026, writing: "I've seen some very good films this year, but this is still my favorite [..] t's an American masterpiece."

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Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero' Scores $31.6M Opening, ‘You Can See Everything' Dips Just 23%, ‘Wild Horse Nine' Impresses With $6M

Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” opened to $31.6M this weekend from 3,254 theaters, the highest opening ever for a live-action foreign-language movie in North America.

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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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Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ Sets October 2026 Release, First Trailer Screened: “Looks Like An Expensive Flop”

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sony has announced that Sony Pictures will release Klara and the Sun on October 23, 2026. A trailer was shown at CinemaCon In Las Vegas.

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Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ Set for 2027 Release

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I guess we can scratch this one off this year’s calendar. Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a Rupert Murdoch biopic, starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, will see release in 2027.

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‘Wonka 2’: Saoirse Ronan in Talks to Reunite With Timothée Chalamet

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Wonka 2” is happening. The sequel, which starts production in August, is eyeing Saoirse Ronan for a role alongside Timothee Chalamet.

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‘Escape From New York’ Reboot Announced—Again—After Years of Failed Attempts

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

John Carpenter has remained largely uninvolved and has expressed skepticism about remakes in general—wise fella. As of now, no director is attached to this latest attempt at a reboot

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Damien Chazelle’s New Film Titled ‘Sacrifice’? Stars Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig, Set in 1940s Prison

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Just a quick update on Damien Chazelle’s next film, which is currently shooting in Athens — the cast includes Cillian Murphy, Daniel Craig, Michelle Williams, and Mia Threapleton.

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Pierre Niney, Anne Dorval and Paul Kircher to Star in Xavier Dolan’s Next Movie? Fall Shoot Confirmed

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Dolan’s film is set in 1880s “Parisian literary world” and will be shot in that city. It’s being described as horror with comic elements. A fall shoot is nearing.

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Richard Kelly Claims He’s Directing A New Movie “Very Soon”

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

There’s never been any question that Kelly wants to direct again, and there have been clear attempts at doing just that, but his wild ambitions paved the way for many hurdles these last two decades.

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Chloe Domont’s ‘A Place in Hell’ Sets December 25 Release at Neon

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Domont’s latest, titled “A Place in Hell,” set up at Neon and starring Michelle Williams, Andrew Scott, and Daisy Edgar-Jones, has just been dated for a December 25, 2026 release.

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‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Trailer: The Hunger Games Returns for a Familiar, Bloodier Prequel

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Francis Lawrence is directing the film, with Billy Ray writing the screenplay. There have been five “Hunger Games” movies, with the last one being “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”

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Over 1,000 Hollywood Creatives, Including David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, and Joaquin Phoenix, Sign Letter Opposing Paramount-WBD Deal

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Of course, there is no reason to believe this letter will change the minds of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav or the board, who stand to make significant financial gains from the deal.

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John Waters Says No One Will Fund ‘Liarmouth’ With Aubrey Plaza, 22 Years Since Last Movie: “Nobody Will Give Us the Money”

April 13, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Hard to believe, but John Waters hasn’t directed a film in 22 years — his last effort was 2004’s “A Dirty Shame.” It’s not for lack of trying, either.

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60 Years Later: The Best Films of 1966

April 12, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Six decades on, the films of 1966 feel like the final year before the American New Wave would begin. The old guard was still present, but the rules were slowly being rewritten,

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A24’s ‘Tony,’ Matt Johnson’s Anthony Bourdain Biopic, Heads to Reshoots This Month

April 12, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Tony” is getting reshoots starting April 22. Hopefully, they can better this movie, which is eyeing a fall release and a likely premiere at TIFF.

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Paramount’s ‘Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender’ Allegedly Leaked in Full, Six Months Before Release

April 12, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Paramount’s “Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender” isn’t supposed to come out until October 9, but it has apparently already leaked online. Paramount has yet to comment on the situation.

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Steven Soderbergh Doubles Down on AI Use in Next Movie: “I’m Just Not Threatened by It”

April 11, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

For Soderbergh, AI is not an existential crisis—it’s an unfamiliar instrument that he intends to learn, test, and potentially exploit creatively. In his own words, “My job is to deliver a good movie, period.”

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Box Office: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Drops Only Just 31%, Heads for $300M; ‘The Drama’ Has Major Legs; “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” Rules Again

April 11, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

What an amazing success “Project Hail Mary” has become. The film earned $7M on Friday and will have a $24M fourth weekend — that’s a very low 31% drop from the previous weekend.

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Cannes 2026: Directors’ Fortnight Lineup Could Include Kantemir Balagov, Radu Jude, Sarah Arnold, NEON Doc and Quentin Dupieux Surprise

April 11, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

With the Cannes Film Festival fast approaching, attention is now shifting to one of its most closely watched parallel sections: the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight).

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S. Craig Zahler's ‘The Bookie and the Bruiser' Starts Production —Fred Melamed Joins the Cast

April 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

After more than a year of waiting, Zahler’s ‘Bookie and the Bruiser,’ starring Vince Vaughn and Theo James, is set to start production on April 1 in Toronto.

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Pixar Scrapped ‘Be Fri’ After Executives Feared “Girl Power” Messaging

April 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The project reportedly went through four major iterations and was close to animation when it was suddenly halted by Pixar boss Pete Docter.

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Steven Spielberg Calls Scrapped ‘Robopocalypse’ Too Expensive: “It Would Have Ended a Studio”

April 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

There was a time when many believed Spielberg would direct the ambitious“Robopocalypse,” which tackles the story of humanity’s desperate last stand against an AI uprising.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

If you've read this column for a while, you know the drill: I spitball Cannes every month from now until April, updating the latest intel and trying to figure out what will be in competition, vying for the Palme d'Or.

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James Gray is taking aim at the instant gratification that's infected film discourse, including social media first reactions, and Letterboxd. Oh, and he hates Rotten Tomatoes.

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

Pino Donaggio confirmed he'll score De Palma's next feature, "Sweet Vengeance." It would be their ninth film together, a partnership that dates back 50 years to "Carrie."

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Has Started Shooting in New York City

Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

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

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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