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Ridley Scott Says ‘Alien’ Franchise “Needs Some Help” After ‘Romulus’ Was Just “OK”: “I’ve Gone Back In”

Scott is suggesting something more significant than a simple return to the series: the filmmaker appears to believe the franchise has drifted off course.

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Ridley Scott’s Best Films, Ranked by 120+ Critics: ‘Alien’ Tops ‘Blade Runner’ in Poll

Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 30 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.

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‘Hooters: The Movie’ Is Now in the Works, Because Why Not?

Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. Or, at the very least, it has reached the point where the origin story of Hooters is now being made as a feature film.

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Tom Hanks to Play Abraham Lincoln in ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ With Willem Dafoe and Peter Dinklage Joining Cast — Duke Johnson is Directing

It was previously reported that Tom Hanks is set to portray the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in Duke Johnson’s upcoming live-action/stop-motion hybrid film

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Stephen Frears Says His Career Has Hit a Wall: “Studios Only Interested in Monsters and Superheroes”

Stephen Frears, 85, has been trying to make “Wilder & Me,” a film about the final, faltering chapter of Billy Wilder’s legendary career, but like his subject, he’s facing his own late-career battle with momentum.

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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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Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Selected as South Korea’s Oscar Submission

August 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

South Korea has selected Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love” as its submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, choosing it over Na Hong-jin’s “Hope.”

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Sacha Baron Cohen Returns as Ali G in First Trailer for ‘Ali G: Who Iz I’

August 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Now we have more details, and a trailer. Titled “Ali G: Who Iz I,” the film is set for a theatrical release from Amazo/MGM Studios on October 23, and will mark Cohen’s feature directorial debut.

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Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’ Is Cannes 2026's Best Film Still Seeking U.S. Distributor

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Just five Cannes competition titles still seek U.S. distribution, four of them subpar, all French. The fifth, and easily the best film still without US studio attachment, is Ira Sachs’ “The Man I Love.”

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‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ Sequel at Paramount — With Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

McConaughey recently said that “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” is the movie that pays him the most in residuals—the ongoing “mailbox money” he receives from the film being shown, streamed, and rented.

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Casey Affleck’s ‘Company’ Finds a European Welcome as U.S. Festivals Keep Their Distance, For Now

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Despite the Venice launch, “Company” has so far failed to land a berth at any of the major North American fall festivals. It was not announced by Toronto, Telluride or the New York Film Festival.

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Ang Lee’s ‘Gold Mountain’ Wraps 4-Month Production, Marking His First Film in Nearly Eight Years

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The story being told in “Gold Mountain” feels right at home for Lee — especially after his tech-obsessed filmmaking of the last 14 years (“Life of Pi,” “Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk,” “Gemini Man”).

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Nicholas Hoult Exits ‘Harry Potter’ After JK Rowling Backlash, Replaced by Kit Harington as Gilderoy Lockhart

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Hoult has dropped out of ‘Harry Potter’ and has been replaced by Kit Connor. Hoult’s reason was “scheduling issues,” and hey, maybe it really was “scheduling issues,” but the timing is rather odd.

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‘The Brave and the Bold’ “Put on Hold” Amid Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Gunn has previously called Batman his “biggest issue” in the DCU and spoken at length about how difficult it is to develop a version of the character that feels distinct enough from Reeves’ vision.

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Zack Snyder’s ‘The Last Photograph’ Is an ‘Apocalypse Now’-Style Epic That May Be “Too Violent” for Studios — Still No US Distribution

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

If the movie is as rough as some in the industry seem to fear, that teaser may have been less of a marketing campaign and more of a public plea for somebody to finally take the damn thing.

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David Chase to Direct ‘The Dealer’s Daughter,’ About the CIA’s MKUltra Mind-Control Experiments — Shoots in October

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Since “The Sopranos” bowed out in 2007, Chase has dabbled in film, directing 2012’s “Not Fade Away” and writing the “Sopranos” spinoff “The Many Saints of Newark.”

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‘NAZA,’ From ‘No Other Land’ Directors, Joins Venice Film Festival Competition

August 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Synopsis: “Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza”.

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Ridley Scott Says He’s Not a “Filmmaker,” He’s an “Influencer” Because He’s Always Been “Ahead of the Game”

August 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ah, yes — Ridley Scott must be promoting a new movie, which means lots of ridiculous quotes from the many interviews he’s doing. Here’s the latest example.

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Rebecca Ferguson and Greta Lee Filming Secret Lesbian Romance in London

August 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ferguson had briefly teased the movie as a romance, while Lee previously told Screen that she was “scared to do it,” explaining that it’s a romance between two women and a role she hadn’t tackled before.

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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Has a $280M Budget, Making It One of Netflix’s Most Expensive Movies Ever

August 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We now have a number, courtesy of “Narnia” DP Seamus McGarvey, who, in a recent podcast appearance, casually remarked that the film had a $280M production budget.

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Meghan Markle Dropped From Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ Just 24 Hours After Casting Reports

August 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Not more than 24 hours later, Guy Ritchie’s role offer to Markle has now reportedly been withdrawn. The story goes that they don’t want her in the show anymore “after intense backlash in the U.K.”

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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Eyes $1.9M Weekend in Wide Expansion — Post Your Review!

August 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Now that “Camp Miasma” has reached a wider rollout, what did our readers think of the film? Does it deserve all the raves it’s been getting? I’ll give it a rewatch soon, but for now, I’m in the mixed camp.

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‘National Treasure 3’ Is Finally Happening, 20 Years Since Last One — Nicolas Cage Will Return

August 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The sequel will arrive more than 20 years after the original and nearly two decades after “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” with Turteltaub returning to direct.

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‘Cliffhanger’ Reboot Sets February 24, 2027 Release

August 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

That $100M budget is a steep investment for a movie without conventional A-list headliners — unless Lily James and Pierce Brosnan fit that description for you.

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Mark Ruffalo Accuses Ellisons of “Genocide,” Paramount Calls Remarks “Antisemitic”

August 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Something tells me Mark Ruffalo won’t be starring in a Paramount movie again anytime soon. Ruffalo is now accusing the Ellison family of complicity in “genocide,” escalating his already fierce merger opposition.

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Josh Brolin Says ‘Sicario 3’ Is “Happening” and Will Shoot “Soon” — But Who’s Directing?

August 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This is a significant update for a project that has been stuck in development for years, and comes roughly a year after Brolin said “Sicario 3” was a maybe.

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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

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