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Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch did what a glum arthouse market was waiting for, revved it up with a smashing three-day average. “If Wes builds it, they will come,” said an elated Searchlight Pictures after a two year wait to get the film into theaters. It opened in 14 markets and in a total of

If there’s one thing Fast & Furious fans know, it’s that when it comes to the iconic series, it’s all about family. That’s true on screen, but it’s also become a fact of life for the cast and crew over the course of making nine films. That was never more apparent than over the last

Rockstar Games has apparently altered the appearance of a popular character and removed the Confederate Flag in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, raising questions about any other changes that could have possibly been made for the flagship series remaster. Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive officially unveiled the first full trailer of

Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune hit China today with an estimated RMB 42 million ($6.5 million) on 28,274 screens and a 34.3% share of the market. While we do not yet have a social score, Friday’s estimate would portend a weekend in the $20M+ neighborhood as we noted coming into the session. Handled in China

MAJOR SPOILERS for Halloween Kills are ahead, turn back if you have yet to see the horror sequel before reading on.  Michael Myers wasted zero time going back on a murderous rampage in the latest among the Halloween movies. In the second installment of David Gordon Green’s trilogy, Halloween Kills, the masked killer pierced right

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale repeatedly emphasizes Gilead’s population crisis, but how bad is it in the rest of the world? The TV series, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, followed a Handmaid named June Osborne as she navigated inhumane conditions in the young theocratic nation. The declining birth rate was a big contributor for the Sons of

Sony will now open the Denzel Washington directed drama A Journal for Jordan on Christmas Day instead of an initial launch on Dec. 10 in NYC and LA with a wider break on Dec. 22. In the John Burnham Schwartz and Virgil Williams screenplay adapted from the Dana Canedy article, 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King (Michael B.

Guilty Party‘s Kate Beckinsale has proven herself to be a versatile actress over the years, but her bread and butter has been starring in multiple action films over two decades, including her time as Underworld heroine Selene. After doing so many action films, you would think the actress would be quite limber with all her

A new generation of AirPods were recently introduced at a mid-range price and they borrow several features from the AirPods Pro, but they are still no match for Apple’s top-of-the-line model. While sound quality is very important in wireless earbuds, as is battery life, comfort is most critical when wearing for more than a few minutes at a time. Apple has

MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die is crossing $368M at the international box office and $474M worldwide with today’s business included — and that confirms something we’ve been expecting from Mr Bond. To wit: the 25th 007 movie is now the No. 2 Hollywood movie globally and overseas of 2021; both benchmarks, in studio terms, coming

Last week, it was announced that Supernatural star Jensen Ackles would be teaming with 30 Rock alum Alec Baldwin on a Western titled Rust. That movie has since begun filming in New Mexico, but sadly, it’s already been tainted by tragedy. A crew member from the Rust production has died due to a prop gun

Broadcast Signal Intrusion, a new conspiracy-based thriller out October 22, takes audiences back to a time when technology wasn’t nearly as accessible as it is today. Yet it still manages to be as mysterious and deadly, as seen by the unsolved pirate broadcasts that aired in the late 1980s, a real-life mystery from which this film

It’s quite clear that the availability of Warner Bros. theatrical slate on HBO Max day-and-date this year has impacted the studio’s U.S. box office results. This has either led to a film seeing a big drop in weekend 2 at the B.O. after a solid first weekend or in the case of New Line’s Sopranos prequel

Being a single mom trying to date would be hard for anyone. Clueless’ Alicia Silverstone knows that plight from first-hand experience. Despite her celebrity status, Silverstone took a chance and put herself out there on the dating scene. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned for the Hollywood star. The Clueless alum recently revealed how she

Since being screened to great fanfare before the press since late August, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s $165M sci-fi epic Dune finally lands in U.S. theaters as well as 40 overseas markets, including China with an eye on a global weekend in the $70M+ range. Already, the Denis Villeneuve directed epic, which carries a Rotten Tomatoes of 87%

Over the past few months, there’s been a web of occurrences pointing to Spider-Man’s Tom Holland and Zendaya being a real-life item. The Marvel co-stars have been getting along on the set of their multiple films as Peter Parker and MJ – it’s very much possible it may have bloomed into a romance. As Zendaya’s

Eternals producer, Nate Moore, has revealed how the film’s villainous Deviants were changed from their comic book depiction. The film is directed by Nomadland filmmaker, Chloé Zhao and will introduce an entirely new team of superheroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Eternals debuted in Hollywood this week and will debut in theaters for general audiences next

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi is launching a U.S. in-theater offering this month letting members see one film a week that it selects at participating cinemas starting in New York City. It said Mubi Go will roll out nationwide in selected markets with LA next in early 2022. Mubi Go (available in the U.K.

Do you like scary movies? Unlike Scream’s lead final girl Sidney Prescott, Jason Blum loves them and has built a life and successful career out of them. As the founder of Blumhouse Productions, Blum has produced a large number of successful and recognizable horror films over the last 15 years. As his most recently released

DC Comics has a handful of video games based on its various IP coming out next year, including a movie tie-in game: DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace. The Super-Pets game will be based on an animated film with the same name and will help pad out a pretty substantial year for the popular

As Disney/Marvel’s Eternals is being aggressively buzzed to possibly open at $100M, and their co-production with Sony, Spider-Man: No Way Home even more, the Burbank, CA has just shifted their entire Marvel movie theatrical schedule for 2022 and beyond. We’re still making sense of this. DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (Disney) previously dated on 3/25/22 moves to 5/6/22  

Things seem to happen grudgingly slow or frighteningly fast in Hollywood, and in Timothée Chalamet’s case, it certainly seems to be the latter as of late. The Dune star has picked up an awesome number of major roles in a short amount of time, pandemic be damned. Chalamet is currently filming as a young Willy

Becca Kufrin is standing up against a sexist comment on her Instagram post after her recent appearance on Bachelor in Paradise. Becca began her Bachelor Nation journey by competing on Arie Luyendyk’s season. Arie initially proposed to Becca but later broke up with her for his runner-up, Lauren Burnham. Becca then led her own season of The Bachelorette, choosing

Refresh for latest…: Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage chomped on a big chunk of the international box office this weekend as it swallowed a $62.3M mouthful from 44 overseas markets. This follows from the symbiote’s record-breaking Russia and Latin America starts over the past few weeks. The Tom Hardy-starrer has now cumed $115.6M overseas

Being in Denzel Washington’s presence would cause just about anyone to gush, and this includes a star as big as Michael B. Jordan, who couldn’t help but sing his praises. Jordan had the privilege of being directed by Washington in the romantic drama A Journal for Jordan and, as the actor began gearing up to

The Boys season 2 reportedly wanted Helen Mirren to provide the voice of The Deep’s gills. The satirical superhero show quickly rose to become one of Amazon’s most successful series, raking in critical praise and claiming a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Season 2 of the show aired in September 2020 and introduced a number

Universal/Miramax/Blumhouse’s sequel Halloween Kills, which is also available on Uni’s streaming service Peacock today to paid subscribers, made $4.85M from 7PM shows last night booked at 2,950 theaters. The rebooted franchise from filmmaker David Gordon Green, and starring the franchise’s legend Jamie Lee Curtis of six pics, is expected to open to mid-to-high $30Ms, for what is

Oh, these two. Who knew X-Men Origins: Wolverine would spawn so many sequels? Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have a running “feud”/bromance raging over on social media, and it’s continued through to Jackman’s 53rd birthday. The Aussie actor celebrated his big day on Tuesday and has been receiving a lot of well wishes from family,

Some series succeed on the strength of their writing, while some succeed due to the unforgettable characters they create. Somehow, The Chair manages to do both, with a cast that fully embodies their characters, creating men and women that are fully complex human beings rather than mere stereotypes. It doing so, it joins the ranks

Netflix and Caruso are re-opening the legendary Bay Theater in Palisades Village, which was closed during the pandemic. The previous lease holder was Cinépolis, which revived the venue back in 2018. The theater adds another footprint in an awards voter neighborhood for streamer Netflix; which also operates the Paris in NYC and teamed with the