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Saturday Night Live’s history is long, storied and well-documented, plus many of the comedians who worked on the show – including members of the original 1975 cast – are still working. However, when it came time for Dylan O’Brien to prep his take on Dan Aykroyd for the film about SNL’s origins, he did basically

SATURDAY AM: The second weekend of September for all movies looks to jump past $100M for the first time since pre-Covid 2019 thanks to Warner Bros’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice rally at the box office, set for a second $50M weekend after a second Friday of $14.4M. The entire weekend’s marketplace is 61% ahead of a year

Nightbitch is an upcoming 2024 movie that has a lot of people talking. Maybe because of the wild trailer, the storyline, or just Amy Adams starring in it, but it’s making many people want to run to theaters. This is also a movie where I knew I had to read the book before watching. It’s

EXCLUSIVE: After a strong reception on the fall film fest scene, Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller, Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes is going one week earlier via Focus Features on Oct. 25. The pic was previously dated on Nov. 1. Coming away from the fests, Conclave currently scored 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Not to mention, Conclave,

Dwayne Johnson isn’t just one of the biggest movie stars in the world. He’s a movie star who is literally big, as in physically imposing. While everybody knows about his professional wrestling past, it’s hard to understate just how big and strong the guy is. While Johnson is one of the more traditionally masculine-looking men

Warner Bros.’ Todd Phillips sequel Joker: Folie à Deux hit tracking with a $70M+ projection. The studio, similar to what they did with the original 2019 movie, Joker, took the pic to the Venice Film Festival for a world premiere, however, critical reviews came back at 62% fresh. By the way, before we rush to

When it comes to upcoming Disney movies on the way soon, Moana 2’s release date is absolutely the most highly anticipated for fans of the House of the Mouse. However, when the animated sequel was first on the drawing board for Walt Disney Animation it was actually conceptualized as a series for those with a

The world premiere of Clint Eastwood‘s Juror #2 will close the 38th edition of AFI Fest on Oct. 27 at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Warner Bros. has also set a limited theatrical release of the movie for Nov. 1. The premiere of Juror #2 continues a long relationship between Eastwood and AFI as the filmmaker

The career trajectory of Michael B. Jordan is truly impressive. He went from child actor to director getting to be in front and behind the camera of Creed 3. Following the third chapter of the boxing movie, Jordan’s next directing gig is all lined up and I can’t wait to see the magic touch he’ll

While the future of the main John Wick film series remains shrouded in uncertainty considering the way John Wick: Chapter 4 ended, the franchise as a whole isn’t going anywhere. Next up is Ballerina, the Ana de Armas-led spinoff that takes place between the third and fourth John Wick movies, and will be one of

Gary Oldman is an incredible actor who has played a laundry list of equally incredible roles throughout his career. He’s been in great films, been nominated for Oscars and taken part of some major franchises. While his most high-profile role to date is likely that of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter cast, some kids

Is Whiplash Damien Chazelle’s best movie? You can make the argument. It’s already on our list of the best music movies ever made, thanks to its deft understanding of Jazz, and of the struggles to make it as a student-musician at a competitive New York conservatory. And it has an ending that we’re still talking

I had a strange angle during my Toronto International Film Festival screening of director Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot. I don’t mean that I brought a particularly special perspective on the movie with me into the theater; I mean I literally had a strange angle viewing the screen. The world premiere of the new DreamWorks

The Broadway debut of Robert Downey Jr. got off to an excellent start last week, with McNeal selling out all four previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and grossing a whopping $746,230. Ayad Akhtar’s play, directed by Bartlett Sher, staged its first preview last Thursday, September 5, and stars Downey as a revered but

A general rule of thumb to follow in everyday life is to say it, don’t spray it. No one wants spit flying into their face while having a simple conversation, and for the most part, we as a society are pretty good about making sure that other happens. Every now and then, though, someone does

Documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! with Trey Parker and Matt Stone cleaned up on one screen only in Denver and Tamil-language revenge thriller The Greatest Of All Time is the latest Indian film to pop at the North American box office with over $2 million on 530 screens for the three-day weekend and a cume of

To some, James Earl Jones is best known as the voice of Darth Vader in six of the Star Wars movies in order, among other projects. Others might think more about his live-action roles, like when he played Terence Mann in Field of Dreams. Regardless, Jones was an icon in the film and TV industry,

Columbia Pictures’ Venom: The Last Dance is essentially going day-and-date in China on October 23. The pic hits domestic theaters on Oct. 25. The first Venom in 2018 received a China grossing close to $270M unadjusted for inflation; the first Tom Hardy movie repping just over a third of the Marvel movie’s $856M global gross. The post-Covid

I have mixed feelings on “the book was better” discourse when it comes to feature adaptations. On the one hand, it is obviously fair to compare a movie with its source material, but it’s never a totally fair comparison. Not only do films have restricted creative real estate to work with in the form of

Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros unleashed Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend, as the ghost with the most tallied up a $145.4M global start. That’s in line with where we saw it ahead of the weekend, and includes $110M from domestic as well as $35.4M from 69 international box office markets. The launch gives the sequel

Spoilers, obviously, are ahead for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. If you are looking to see the legacy sequel on the 2024 movie schedule, it’s in theaters now. There’s a lot of death in Beetlejuice, it’s kind of its thing. I get that. However, for the most part, the loss of loved ones isn’t downplayed. In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,

Mike Flanagan‘s track record adapting the works of Stephen King isn’t just impressive because the movies he has made are independently phenomenal works that reflect a perfect understanding of the source material; it’s also because of the titles that he chooses are exceptionally challenging to adapt. His first, Gerald’s Game, is a story set almost

The Alien franchise has long been hailed as a benchmark in the sci-fi genre and one of the best horror movies, with the original films cementing their place as all-time greats. Even decades later, the series continues to draw audiences, and the latest entry, Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus — which recently hit the 2024 movie

UPDATE: Following the critical acclaim for Jason Reitman‘s SNL origins pic, Saturday Night, coming out of its Telluride release, Sony is changing up the release pattern of the ensemble pic to a platform roll-out. The movie will go exclusive on Sept 27 in LA, NYC and Toronto, then limited on Oct. 4 before breaking wide

The following article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for A Quiet Place: Day One. If you have yet to watch the movie, please exercise extreme caution. John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place franchise has given us some of the best horror movies in recent memory and countless unforgettable scenes that I’m sure we’ll be talking about for years

Docs are prominent among specialty releases this weekend with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker renovating a massive Mexican restaurant and creative takes on psychics, oysters, Abraham Lincoln and Casablanca bread riots. The Thicket starring Peter Dinklage marks Tubi Films’ first non-day-and-date release. French Canadian chiller Red Rooms gets a U.S bow from

As she makes the rounds for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s 2024 movie schedule debut, Winona Ryder is looking towards the future. She’s also got a healthy eye on the past too, as a recent interview actually brought up the fact that Ryder frequently refers to her perennial co-star/dear friend Keanu Reeves as her husband. There’s a whole

EXCLUSIVE: The long-awaited sequel to the Tim Burton-directed, Michael Keaton starring movie has racked up some $12M in both Wednesday and Thursday night previews; a very good number. While apples to oranges in terms of when the preview cash was made, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘s pre Friday dough is not far from the $13.5M racked up by

Although 2023’s Oppenheimer, one of Christopher Nolan’s best movies, was a tense exploration into the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the creation of the atomic bomb, the back-and-forth that happened between stars Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. during the press tour was anything but serious. The two may

Close to 20 years after Pepsi dropped their “Roman Empire” TV spot featuring Britney Spears, Beyonce and Pink, they’ve got a new one, again, featuring Queen’s “We Will Rock You” with Megan Thee Stallion, but it’s tied to the new Ridley Scott directed Paramount sequel Gladiator II. The campaign entitled “Make Your Gameday Epic” will