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The Motion Picture Association released its annual report on box office and home entertainment, and the bottom line is sobering but little surprise after a year of Covid closures. The U.S./Canada box office market was down 80% in 2020, to $2.2 billion, while tickets sold were down 81% to 0.24 billion. Still, that was offset

The 25-year-old Bridgerton star has signed on to portray famous English ceramic artist Clarice Cliff alongside Discovery of Witches actor Matthew Goode. The movie, titled The Colour Room, will have Phoebe Dynevor starring in another period piece, but this time, it’ll center on Clarice’s rise to prominence in the 1920s, per Deadline.

Ralph Fiennes, the actor who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, claims that the recent fan backlash against J.K. Rowling is disturbing. His comments refer to criticism that Rowling faced following tweets from mid-2020, when the author made some controversial claims about the relationship between biological sex and gender identity. The tweets sparked an outcry among her followers, causing

Great news for AMC which threw open the doors to its Century City and Burbank locations Monday after a year of being shutdown due to Covid restrictions: The No. 1 circuit’s Burbank location sold out 22 of its 32 showtimes, while Century City sold out 18 of its 30 showtimes yesterday. Remember, capacity is capped

Although Jim Dornan dedicated his professional life to practicing medicine, he did get several opportunities to act in his later years. He appeared in the third series of the ITV series Marcella, and he also portrayed a policeman in an episode of BBC Two series The Fall, which starred Jamie Dornan as a serial killer

The reality show Spring Baking Championship is one of the many series that have migrated from Hulu to the new Discover+ streaming service. While the new season is airing on the Food Network, with episodes appearing on Hulu, the earlier seasons will only appear on Discover+. There are advantages and drawbacks to this decision. The Food Network

Japanese box office phenomenon Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train has been set for a North American theatrical release on April 23. Aniplex of America and Funimation are distributing the anime adaptation which in December became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, dethroning Spirited Away, which had held the title

It’s been over a year since director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out released into theaters, taking the world by storm with its combination of murder, mystery and comedy. But another thing that whodunnit was known for was its keen eye for fashion, especially through the wardrobe of Chris Evans’ smart-ass, sweater enthusiast character, Ransom. However, some

Parler users can now order a ‘Freedom Phone’ to access the app on a smartphone. Over the past few months, Parler has faced multiple hurdles in providing users with access to the social networking platform. The new phone with its uncensored app store may prove to be one way around the problem, although it might also come

Theaters are beginning to open up on both coasts and the specialty box office life is starting to get some shine with each passing week. Things are slowly yet surely are gravitating to something a little more — dare I say — normal? This weekend, the Stage 6 Films rom-com Long Weekend from director Steve Basilone

The Ending Feels Rushed The ending is sweet. I’ll give it that. It’s the typical Disney ending that you would come to expect, but it doesn’t sit right with me. I feel like the world wouldn’t come back together just like that. It would take some serious healing to reach that point again. It’s been

Although Anfisa Arkhipchenko made her 90 Day Fiancé debut in 2016 when she was dating Jorge Nava, she still remains one of the most popular stars of the franchise. Back then, Russian Anfisa got quite the reputation for being a gold digger, as TLC viewers saw her loving Jorge’s money more than him. Most predicted the end of

Saturday AM Update: There’s lots of good news ahead at the box office, but we’re not quite there yet. The No. 1 box office market, Los Angeles (over $900M in 2019), won’t begin to really wake up until next weekend, and then the industry’s only headache is waiting for capacity restrictions to increase well beyond

Like any long-awaited follow-up to a beloved comedy, Coming 2 America boasts a fair number of appearances by some of the original film’s funniest fan-favorite characters, many of them played, once again, by Eddie Murphy. However, more glaringly recognizable is the absence of actors such as Samuel L. Jackson and several others from 1988’s Coming

Fans of The Bachelorette love to speculate about who will be the next lead. Spoilers have leaked about who the next Bachelorette will be, but there’s been no official announcement. So it’s only natural that fans let their imaginations run wild and came up with an idea for a lead that no one ever expected.

As has been expected over the past few days, James Cameron’s Avatar has swapped places with Avengers: Endgame, reclaiming the title of highest-grossing movie ever worldwide. The China reissue of the 2009 3D sci-fi phenomenon had taken an estimated RMB 58M ($8.9M) through 5PM local time on Saturday after re-releasing on Friday in the market.

Just to clarify, that picture on the left with the original drawing of Lola Bunny is not from the movie itself (and is even more sexualized than the movie version). But you get the point; some people are angered to see Lola… yes, the cartoon character, without prominent breasts. As another fan reacted:

Several years ago, Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Kanye West was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Even though mental health awareness is growing, there is still some stigma. There is also confusion about what living with a mental illness really means. Kanye recently split from Kim Kardashian, and fans want to learn more about his bipolar disorder.  In

Are you ready for the weekend? Specifically, are you ready for a Long Weekend? Of course, we’re referring to the rom-com from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films. Long Weekend will make its debut in theaters today and marks the feature directorial debut of Steve Basilone, who also wrote the script. The rom-com stars Finn Wittrock

It may be sunny just about every day in Los Angeles, the film capital of the world, but for about a year now, the big California city has faced the highest volume of COVID-19 numbers. Movie theaters across Los Angeles County have remained closed since coronavirus lockdowns went into effect last spring. But finally, the

One of the most puzzling performances this week on The Masked Singer was that of its most prickly contestant yet. He first announced to viewers, and even new host Niecy Nash, who had been calling him Porcupine, that his name is, in fact, Robopine. He then added to the confusion when he claimed to be over

UPDATE with amended pre-sale figures, writethru after Wednesday post: Long-rumored for a China re-release, James Cameron’s Avatar suddenly popped onto the calendar this week. The erstwhile highest-grossing film of all time worldwide will hit Middle Kingdom cinemas on Friday, March 12. In so doing, it has a chance to jockey back up to the No.

As for who is participating in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, along with the return of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney’s Captain Boomerang, Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller and Joel Kinnaman’s Rick Flag, we’ll meet folks like Idris Elba’s Bloodsport, John Cena’s Peacemaker, Peter Capaldi’s Thinker, Daniela Melchior’s Ratcatcher 2 and David Dastmalchian’s Polka-Dot Man,

Michael B. Jordan is officially directing Creed 3 as the sequel receives a November 2022 release date. The Rocky franchise was rebooted in 2015 with the release of Creed. It starred Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed – the son of the great Apollo Creed – and was directed by Ryan Coogler before he jumped to Black Panther. Despite some

Scoring another record with a local title in Japan, IMAX has had its best opening day ever for a film there with Shin Evangelion. Overall, the movie, which is the fourth and final installment in the Rebuild Of Evangelion series, grossed nearly 828M yen ($7.6M). Of that, the IMAX portion was $740K. The sci-fi animated

Anthony Mackie recently revealed that Sam Wilson has yet to accept the title of Captain America, as there is no clear answer at the end of Avengers: Endgame. He also mentioned that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will explore his character’s ultimate decision and the search for a new Captain America. It looks like

Highly anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is about to offer multiple endings to its branching single-player story. The game was officially revealed back in 2018 in order to appeal to the gaming audience and attract potential investors. The official announcement of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 took the gaming community by surprise. The original trilogy of survival horror games by

National CineMedia, operator of the nation’s largest cinema advertising network, saw sales plunge and it swung into the red last quarter as more than half of all theaters were shuttered. On a conference call, execs noted recent agreements to expand outside of cinemas and said the company will be announcing another, a big one, in

Writer/director Lee Isaac Chung is Korean American himself and grew up on a farm in Arkansas, so it is clear he drew from personal experience when writing and creating Minari. Despite not immigrating or living in the states, Korean actress Yeri Han still has personal connections to the film. Her connections to the script have