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fromConsequence
23 minutes ago

Corey Feldman Claims Oscars Didn't Invite Him to Planned Rob Reiner Tribute with Fellow Stand by Me Co-Stars

Corey Feldman was not invited to the 2026 Oscars tribute to Rob Reiner, but he graciously supports his Stand by Me castmates' participation and plans to honor Reiner privately.
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fromConsequence
3 hours ago

Juno Temple on Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die and Following Sam Rockwell Into the AI Apocalypse: Podcast

Juno Temple stars in Gore Verbinski's sci-fi dark comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, where diner patrons are recruited by a time traveler to prevent an AI apocalypse.
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fromABC7 New York
5 hours ago

Something to scream about: Horror breaks through as 'Sinners' leads historic Oscar surge

Horror films are achieving unprecedented recognition at the Academy Awards, with Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' breaking records with 16 nominations, marking the genre's rise into prestige territory.
#academy-awards
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fromThe Mercury News
9 hours ago

Oscars 2026 preview: buzz, controversy, wins that will make history

The 98th Academy Awards features two frontrunner films competing across multiple categories, with significant competition emerging in acting categories despite early predictions.
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fromThe Mercury News
9 hours ago

Oscars 2026 preview: buzz, controversy, wins that will make history

The 98th Academy Awards features two frontrunner films competing across multiple categories, with significant competition emerging in acting categories despite early predictions.
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fromThe New Yorker
11 hours ago

The Oscars: Who Will Win and Who Should Win

Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" and Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" are positioned as the frontrunners for Best Picture at the ninety-eighth Academy Awards, with both films representing the most acclaimed American cinema of 2025.
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fromThe New Yorker
11 hours ago

The Perverse, Tender Worlds of Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson uses meticulous sound design and minute details to explore control, narcissism, and power dynamics in intimate relationships within a 1950s London couture setting.
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fromwww.nydailynews.com
9 hours ago

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal defends sexual violence in The Bride!'

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal defends the deliberate inclusion of brutal sexual violence in her film The Bride!, arguing it is essential to convey authentic brutality rather than glossing over trauma.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Rosanna Arquette says Quentin Tarantino's use of N-word in Pulp Fiction is racist and creepy'

Rosanna Arquette criticizes Quentin Tarantino's repeated use of the N-word in Pulp Fiction as racist and creepy rather than artistic.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

Bad Voodoo review escaped-convict horror worthy of a theme park ghost train

A grieving mother uses voodoo against escaped convicts who invade her home, blending Haitian Vodou with Western pop culture conventions in an implausible thriller with weak performances and awkward cinematography.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

Scarlet review Mamoru Hosoda turns Hamlet into tale of prowling knights and deep nothingness'

Mamoru Hosoda's anime adaptation of Hamlet, Scarlet, features stunning visuals but suffers from incoherent storytelling, arbitrary world-building, and heavy-handed philosophical messaging that undermines its narrative impact.
from48 hills
4 hours ago

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in 'The Optimist' - 48 hills

There have been so many impactful films made about the Holocaust, but two things drew me in as a writer. One was that this man kept his secret for 60 years, which I later found out was quite common among survivors. So, the idea of holding on to a secret until you're in your early 70s, even from your children and your family, was compelling.
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fromBustle
4 hours ago

Gavin Casalegno Just Shared A 'TSITP' Movie Update

I'm going to be so honest, I don't even have a script. So I don't even know when we're filming. While Casalegno may not have a script yet, it has been written - as Han revealed to late last year. Han (who will write and direct) previously shared in a Prime Video press release that the film will follow another big milestone left in Belly's journey.
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fromVulture
4 hours ago

Is Anyone Playing Voldemort in the Harry Potter Remake Series?

The role of Voldemort in HBO's Harry Potter reboot remains uncast, with multiple actors publicly denying involvement despite widespread speculation.
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fromFortune
8 hours ago

Disney and Pixar net biggest opening weekend in nearly a decade with $88 million worldwide for 'Hoppers' | Fortune

Disney and Pixar's animated film 'Hoppers' earned $88 million globally in its opening weekend, marking the biggest original animated film launch since 'Coco' in 2017, while Warner Bros.' 'The Bride!' underperformed with only $7.3 million domestically.
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fromThe Independent
1 day ago

Pulp Fiction star slams Quentin Tarantino's use of N-word in films as 'racist'

Rosanna Arquette criticizes Quentin Tarantino's repeated use of the N-word in films, calling it racist and creepy rather than artistic expression.
fromInverse
8 hours ago

30 Years Later, The Coen Brothers' First Noir Masterpiece Is Still Chilling

Fargo feels like Blood Simple, the Coens' neo-noir debut, got fed through the genre, well, woodchipper, producing a pitch-black comedy about the emptiness of greed. It's messing with you from the moment it opens with a blatant lie about being a true story, with Joel Coen later saying, 'If an audience believes that something's based on a real event, it gives you permission to do things they may otherwise not accept.'
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fromThe Independent
1 day ago

Disney scraps planned live-action remake of beloved animated classic

Disney cancelled its planned live-action Robin Hood remake directed by Carlos López Estrada, who described the project as having special original music and creative vision.
#film-criticism
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fromThe Independent
1 day ago

'Overnight I lost everything': 17 acting careers ruined by a single role

Certain films can permanently damage an actor's career trajectory, with specific roles becoming inextricably linked to their public image regardless of talent or prior success.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Et tutu, Timothee? Backlash mounts over Chalamet snipes at opera and ballet

Timothee Chalamet faced widespread backlash from entertainment figures including Jamie Lee Curtis for dismissing opera and ballet as irrelevant art forms during a public interview.
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fromThe Independent
1 day ago

Judd Apatow claims Trump has made it 'harder to do comedy'

Trump administration's extreme political reality makes satirical comedy difficult because actual events surpass fictional exaggeration.
fromConsequence
4 hours ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger Confirms Return as King Conan

They just hired a fantastic writer/director who did Tom Cruise's last four movies. They just hired [Christopher McQuarrie] to write and direct King Conan. He added that the part will be written to be "age-appropriate," where he will "still go in there and kick some ass, but it will be different."
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fromThe Independent
1 day ago

LOTR fans share verdict on Viggo Mortensen's rumored replacement as Aragorn

Leo Woodall is rumored to replace Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, sparking divided fan reactions about the casting choice.
fromMiami Herald
8 hours ago

Doja Cat Calls Out Timothee Chalamet Over Ballet and Opera Comments

Opera is 400 years old. ballet is 500 years old. Somebody named Timothée Chalamet - big guy, by the way - had the nerve to say on camera that nobody cares about it. I'm sure you can walk into an opera theater right now, seats will be filled out, and nobody's saying a word as the performance is going because everybody has that much respect for it.
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fromFast Company
4 hours ago

Will Timothee Chalamet win the Oscar for best actor? Latest odds in flux after opera controversy

Timothée Chalamet faced backlash after dismissing ballet and opera as irrelevant art forms, damaging his Oscar prospects despite critical acclaim for his film performance.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 hours ago

tanghua architects shapes monumental museum in china dedicated to documentary films

The Xichang Jianchuan Film Museum features a monumental concrete structure with a folding rooftop designed to express documentary filmmaking's authenticity through material honesty and spatial openness.
fromConsequence
3 hours ago

Elijah Wood Doesn't Want Anyone Else Playing Frodo "As Long as I'm Alive and Able"

There is a good chance. I'm not able to officially say anything until it's announced, but I will say I'm thrilled with the prospect of another film. I certainly wouldn't want anybody else to play Frodo either as long as I'm alive and able.
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fromIndependent
3 days ago

The best of Jessie Buckley: The award-winning Irish actress's top TV and film roles and where you can watch them

Jessie Buckley has achieved major awards recognition for her role in Hamnet, establishing herself as a dominant talent in contemporary cinema.
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fromIndependent
3 days ago

The best of Jessie Buckley: The award-winning Irish actress's top TV and film roles and where you can watch them

Jessie Buckley has achieved major awards recognition for her role in Hamnet, establishing herself as a dominant talent in contemporary cinema.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

The making of Fargo at 30: Man, you don't give me this role, I'm gonna shoot your dog'

William H. Macy secured the lead role in Fargo after impressing the Coen Brothers with his commitment and dark humor, transforming a modest detective part into an iconic performance as Jerry Lundegaard.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
23 hours ago

'Ghostbusters' actress Jennifer Runyon dies at 65

Jennifer Runyon, actress from 'Ghostbusters' and 'Charles in Charge,' died at age 65 after a long illness surrounded by family.
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fromInverse
1 day ago

Did This Infamous Sequel Really Cause A Beloved Horror Franchise's Decline?

Alan Smithee was Hollywood's official pseudonym for directors disowning their work due to studio interference, compromised productions, or genre embarrassment, exemplified by Hellraiser: Bloodline's troubled production and severe cuts.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

The Household Names Hollywood Has Been Seeking

Hollywood's traditional movie star system is declining as franchises and established properties lose commercial power, while director-driven films and innovative independent projects gain prominence.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

Six Bizarre Movies That Are Actually Fun to Watch

Atlantic writers recommend bizarre films that balance weirdness with entertainment value, including Iron Sky about Nazis on the moon and Jupiter Ascending.
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fromQueerty
2 days ago

"Second only to Cats": Is Jessie Buckley's The Bride! about to ruin her Oscar chances? - Queerty

Maggie Gyllenhaal's gothic Frankenstein adaptation The Bride! receives poor critical reception with a 59% Rotten Tomatoes score and is projected to earn only $10 million against its $90 million budget.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 days ago

Casting nominee reacts to Oscars' first new category in 25 years

The Oscars introduces its first new category since 2001: Best Casting Director, honoring the behind-the-scenes work essential to bringing scripts to life with the right actors.
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fromWGB
2 days ago

Scream 7 Spoiler Review - It's Just Stab At This Point

Scream 7 abandons the franchise's signature self-aware commentary on horror conventions, becoming an ordinary slasher sequel that lacks the creative ambition of previous installments.
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fromAxios
2 days ago

How Ryan Coogler is rewriting Hollywood's ownership playbook

Director Coogler secured unprecedented deal for 'Sinners' receiving direct royalties from streaming, broadcasts, licensing and merchandising, signaling a power shift from studios to creators in Hollywood.
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fromQueerty
2 days ago

Why iconic horror 'Bride Of Frankenstein' is an electrifying queer classic - Queerty

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) is a seminal queer horror classic exploring otherness through the monster's perspective, resonating with LGBTQ+ audiences who identify with societal outsiders.
#documentary
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 days ago

Oscar-nominated 'The Devil Is Busy' looks at women's reproductive rights

An Oscar-nominated documentary short titled 'The Devil Is Busy' follows a clinic employee named Tracy who supports women seeking reproductive healthcare amid persistent protests at an Atlanta women's health center.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 days ago

Great men are almost always bad men': The Epstein files and the appeal of stories about depraved elites

The Epstein scandal has intensified conspiracy theories linking Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut to real elite misconduct, fueling speculation about powerful secret societies engaging in immoral activities with impunity.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Kitty karma'? Jessie Buckley tries to claw back approval after enraging cat-lovers

Jessie Buckley faces potential Oscar backlash after controversial comments about cats, though she attempted damage control by clarifying her love for felines on late-night television.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days ago

Today in History: March 7, Kathryn Bigelow is first woman to win Best Director Oscar

March 7 marks significant historical events including Kathryn Bigelow's first female Best Director Oscar win, Bell's telephone patent, Hitler's Rhineland invasion, Bloody Sunday civil rights march, Senate filibuster rule changes, fair use copyright ruling, and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's manslaughter conviction.
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fromPortland Mercury
2 days ago

Movie Review: Pixar Underdog Hoppers Is the Funniest Pixar in Forever

Hoppers follows an environmental activist who transfers her brain into a robot beaver to save a glade from development by communicating with animals and convincing them to return home.
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

The Elephant in the Movie Theater

Perhaps sensing this wariness, the creators of some of the more politically compelling movies and TV shows of the past year have instead explored how being alive feels during a tumultuous period. They capture the atmosphere, the mood, the ambient existence of everyday people who are living through a transformative time in history, whether or not they recognize that they are doing so.
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fromIndieWire
2 days ago

Legendary Stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker on Defying Death for 70 Years, from Setting the Cannon Roll Record to Burt Reynolds' Movie About His Life

As the man who served as Kurt Russell's stunt driving double on Quentin Tarantino's 'Death Proof,' Buddy Joe Hooker deserves Hollywood canonization. There are few modern films featuring car stunts as impressive as those he choreographed and performed in Tarantino's imaginative, high-octane exploitation tribute.
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fromVulture
2 days ago

Netflix Knows You Want to See Reacher Fight a Cybertruck

Alan Ritchson stars in a 2026 Netflix film where Army Rangers on a final selection mission fight an alien battlebot, combining survival action with sci-fi combat elements.
fromVulture
2 days ago

Disney Hath Slain the Live-Action Robin Hood

It's dead, sadly. I say sadly because I actually thought there was something really special (and original!) there. Some truly extraordinary music we had figured out for it.
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fromMission Local
2 days ago

A Q&A with Rob Nilsson, the Tenderloin's indie cinema master

Rob Nilsson, an 86-year-old acclaimed filmmaker, remastered his entire filmography and is screening select films at his Berkeley studio, with all proceeds benefiting Tenderloin community organizations.
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fromInsideHook
3 days ago

Of Course Oscar Voters Still Aren't Watching All the Movies

The Academy's new requirement for voters to certify they've watched all nominated films relies on an honor system that voters are openly admitting to circumventing through false attestations and technical loopholes.
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fromsfist.com
3 days ago

'Paranormal Activity' Brings Jump-Scares and Spooky Vibes to the Stage at ACT

A stage adaptation of a horror film franchise at San Francisco's ACT explores supernatural haunting through live theater, potentially establishing a new paradigm for horror on stage.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Nick Reiner in solitary: No visitors, alone with his dark thoughts'

Following Reiner's arrest in the murder of his parents, who were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood mansion on Dec. 14, people have looked back on those red-carpet photos and say that he looked a bit detached from everyone else and even from the reality of the moment.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Why Hamnet should win the best picture Oscar

A movie about a visionary man whose genius made him one of the greatest figures in literature. William Shakespeare is played by Paul Mescal, an actor who leaves no demographic unravished by his outrageous levels of magnetism. And yet Hamnet is a film that sidelines both of these men to supporting roles. The film is about Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, long viewed as a dumpy, illiterate woman unworthy of attention abandoned by Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon when he swanned off to London.
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fromNew York City, NY Patch
3 days ago

These NYC Movie Theaters Are Ranked Among The World's Best: See Where

The Film Forum ranked third on the list with the outlet calling the theater "New York's premiere independent, nonprofit cinema." The Film Forum has been open for half a century and has four screens showcasing a mix of American indie premieres, foreign art films, genre works, directors' retrospectives and special programming.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

Ryan Coogler on "Sinners," His Epic Film about Race, Music, and the Undead

When the Oscar nominations were announced this year, Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' set a record. It received sixteen nominations, the most for any film ever. The fact that it's, in part, a vampire movie, made by a director who's not yet forty, makes that feat all the more remarkable.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Ben Affleck sells his AI postproduction startup to Netflix

Ben Affleck sold his AI postproduction startup InterPositive to Netflix after overcoming initial fears about artificial intelligence technology.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Ben Stiller Shames Trump Administration for Using Tropic Thunder' Clip: War Is Not a Movie'

Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie, Stiller wrote.
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fromwww.nydailynews.com
3 days ago

Netflix buys Ben Affleck's AI company that's geared toward filmmakers

Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's Interpositive AI company, which develops AI and animation tools for filmmakers while maintaining human creative control over artistic decisions.
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fromCalifornia Post
3 days ago

Water polo star accused of sexually abusing black teammate at elite LA school is son of Hollywood director

A water polo player at an elite Los Angeles private school faces sexual abuse and racial harassment allegations from a Black teammate, with his father being a prominent Hollywood film director.
#peaky-blinders
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fromThe Washington Post
3 days ago

What parents need to know about 'Hoppers,' 'Scream 7' and more

Hoppers is a Pixar animated adventure about a college student who uses a robotic beaver to save a glade from destruction, featuring environmental activism themes with some intense scenes for younger viewers.
#documentary-filmmaking
fromThe Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music
3 days ago

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Natural Decay and Reparative Noise - The Wire

End Of Summer features falsetto voices, bowed cello, feedback tones, synth drones and various electronics, blending and melting into each other's timbres. Robert Lowe is involved in "Part 1" and "Part 3", the latter with multi-tracked harmonic lines utilising nasal intonations to accent frequencies in waves of filtered resonance.
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fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Anderson .Paak celebrates K-Pops!' at Hana House, amplifying Black and Korean voices on screen | amNewYork

I thought this could be a cool opportunity to make a movie, a family movie where everyone can have fun and learn about different cultures. Coming up, I'm Blasian. My mom is half Korean and half Black, but I grew up in a Black household. My kids' mom is full Korean, so I've experienced both sides. And I don't know many films that really show that.
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fromInverse
3 days ago

Netflix Just Quietly Released The Most Creative Sci-Fi Thriller Of The Year

I was floating around this idea in my head, I knew I wanted to tell a story about the last 24 hours of the simulated mission as part of the Army Ranger selection program. Then I had this horrific nightmare where I was being stalked in a forest with rain and lightning, and I just saw the foot of this giant metallic beast, and it was stalking me, and it had this laser that was sweeping over.
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fromHarvard Gazette
3 days ago

Who still goes to the movies? - Harvard Gazette

Despite declining theater attendance overall, dedicated moviegoers—particularly Gen Z—continue attending cinemas for blockbusters, special events, and anniversary screenings, driven by the ritualistic and communal experience that streaming cannot replicate.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
3 days ago

Hoppers,' Pixar's safe bet, offers humor, grandmothers and beavers with just a touch of darkness

Pixar releases Hoppers, an animal-protagonist film blending humor, environmental themes, and fantastical technology, positioning itself as a significant 2026 offering alongside the upcoming Toy Story 4 sequel.
fromThe Independent
3 days ago

Terrence Howard reveals reason he believes he was fired from Iron Man

Joel Silver came and had a conversation with me, and he's like, 'The reason your name isn't above the titles is because you're not the star of this thing - it's Jodie. And if you get nominated for an Oscar, it's going to be for Supporting Actor, not Best Actor,' and I was like, 'Thank you for telling me that, now I understand. But, you have to remember that I'm a man just like you, and if you ever talk to me in that way again, I'm going to knock your teeth out of your mouth.'
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fromThe Independent
3 days ago

Delroy Lindo shares what he thought during Baftas racial slur incident

With all due respect, I'm actually not going to talk about this. I'm laughing because in the intro when you said, 'Oh, yes, we'll be talking about what happened with Bafta', I chuckled because I said, 'No, we're not'.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

The Big New Bride of Frankenstein Movie Is a Monster

Narrated by the wayward ghost of Mary Shelley, Gyllenhaal's loopy, overstuffed fable is maddeningly uneven and just plain mad, in both the furious and off-its-rocker sense. I liked it more than any movie I've also considered walking out of.
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fromInverse
3 days ago

91 Years Ago, The Original 'Bride' Electrified The 'Frankenstein' Myth

James Whale's 1935 Bride of Frankenstein smuggled complex ideas about gender and sexuality into a sequel whose reluctant director transformed a cash-grab project into a revisionist masterpiece.
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fromEsquire
3 days ago

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' Is (Really) Polarizing Audiences

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! reinterprets the Frankenstein story from a feminist perspective, reimagining the characters as a 1930s Chicago crime couple, but receives sharply divided critical reviews.
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fromVulture
2 days ago

Does Anyone Know Who's Going to Win Best Actor?

The 2025 Oscar race remains highly competitive across major categories, with no clear frontrunners and multiple winners across different award shows suggesting unpredictable Academy voting.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Did I just hear what I thought I heard?' Sinners' Delroy Lindo on Bafta N-word controversy

Actor Delroy Lindo addressed the N-word controversy at the BAFTAs, explaining he and Michael B Jordan focused on their presenting duties despite hearing the racial slur shouted by Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson during the broadcast.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

"Hoppers" Is a Happy Leap Forward for Pixar

A new animated film uses robot technology to allow an environmental activist to communicate with animals, reviving the classic Disney tradition of human-animal conversation through modern scientific means.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Oscar race enters final stretch as Sinners gains ground with Actor awards win

An Oscar is worth campaigning for. The box office bounce accounts for, on average, $39m (29m) for a film that is nominated for and then wins the best picture award, depending on where it is in its theatrical release cycle. An Oscar can be career-changing for below-the-line crew, and life-changing for an actor or director.
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fromConsequence
3 days ago

Seth MacFarlane Uses AI to Transform into Bill Clinton in Ted Season 2

Seth MacFarlane used AI to transform into Bill Clinton for Ted Season 2 after prosthetics and traditional CGI proved ineffective, demonstrating AI's practical application in entertainment production.
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fromVulture
2 days ago

The Toronto Film Critics Association Is Falling Apart

Toronto Film Critics Association president resigned after the organization censored a winner's pro-Palestinian statement, causing over a third of its members to leave.
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fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Recognition vs. Regulation in Therapy and in Life

An overwhelmed therapist and parent struggles to manage impossible responsibilities while receiving dismissive support from her own therapist, highlighting systemic burnout and lack of meaningful help.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

The Game of Thrones movie is coming but how are they going to make audiences root for the baddies?

Aegon arrives from Dragonstone with three dragons and demands that the kings of Westeros submit. When several refuse, he burns their castles and armies until they surrender. And that, at least according to the existing lore, is pretty much that.
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fromConsequence
3 days ago

Timothee Chalamet Has Pissed Off the Opera and Ballet Communities

Timothée Chalamet criticized ballet and opera as art forms nobody cares about, sparking backlash from both communities including the UK Royal Ballet and Opera.
fromInverse
3 days ago

Jonathan Frakes Reveals The "Secret Weapon" Of His New Star Trek Episode

I do feel that [Alex] Kurtzman and Noga [Landau] have both maintained the vision, if you will, of Roddenberry, and enhanced it. And I was blessed with this group, the Starfleet Academy cast, because they had done months and months and thousands of hours together by the time I directed them. They had found each other's rhythm.
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