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Oscars 2025: Czech Republic Submits ‘Waves’ for International Feature Race
The Jirí Mádl-directed movie Waves, a new take on the time before and after the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact troops, is the Czech Republic’s submission for the best international feature race at the 2025 Oscars. The film, which had its world premiere at the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) where […]
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Francis Ford Coppola Says His Dystopian Epic ‘Megalopolis’ Is a “Vision of Hope”
Francis Ford Coppola says his twist on the dystopian sci-fi movie genre in Megalopolis reflects his utopian ambitions for the world. “It’s a roman epic, what can I say? It’s a dive into a world that exists more than it should. Of course, it’s about loyalty, but ultimately in the end it’s a vision of hope,” Coppola […]
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Team Behind Doc About Abraham Lincoln’s Sexuality Is “Thrilled” by Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro Trolling It
The filmmakers behind Lover of Men, the new documentary examining whether former President Abraham Lincoln may have been gay, are proud of the film that they made, regardless of the trolling from conservative pundits. Director Shaun Peterson’s feature Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln is now playing in theaters and will be […]
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AMC’s $31 ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Drink Goes Viral (But There’s More to the Story)
The cinema chain's "Sandworm Slayer" blue gummy-topped promotional drink is turning heads
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‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger On How Vatican Power Politics Mirror U.S. Presidential Election
Director Edward Berger says the backroom power politicking in Conclave, his Vatican conspiracy thriller, has an echo in U.S. president Joe Biden recently being replaced as the Democratic Party nominee by Vice President Kamala Harris. The German director told a Toronto Film Festival audience on Monday that the script for his Vatican conspiracy thriller was written […]
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Mark Hamill, Kevin Costner Among Stars Paying Tribute to James Earl Jones: “RIP Dad”
Mark Hamill, Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer and Colman Domingo were among the first Hollywood voices to pay tribute to James Earl Jones following news of his death on Monday. Jones died at his home in New York on Monday. He was 93. His career spanned half a century of film, including Dr. Strangelove, Field of […]
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‘Spider-Man 4’: Destin Daniel Cretton in Talks to Direct (Exclusive)
Destin Daniel Cretton is doing whatever a spider can. The filmmaker behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is in talks to sign on to direct Spider-Man 4. The move brings an end to speculation of who would spin the web for one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood. Cretton will bring fresh […]
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James Earl Jones, Authoritative Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93
James Earl Jones, a commanding presence onscreen who nonetheless gained greater fame off-camera as the sonorous voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa, the benevolent leader in The Lion King, died Monday. He was 93. Jones, who burst into national prominence in 1970 with his powerful Oscar-nominated performance as America’s first Black heavyweight […]
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Native Trans Director Sydney Freeland Talks Authentic Casting: “I’m Double Used to Being Misrepresented”
Sydney Freeland in the long journey to complete her Netflix basketball-focused feature film, produced by LeBron James, had as a key goal to show real native lives on screen. But finding Indigenous basketball players was easier said than done, or at least at first, Freeland told a Toronto Film Festival audience on Monday. “Netflix bought the […]
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Adam Sandler Celebrates ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Starting Production: “We’ve Only Just Begun”
Adam Sandler is ready to take a swing at Happy Gilmore 2 for Netflix. The streamer announced Monday that the feature sequel to the 1996 comedy film is ready to start rolling. Kyle Newacheck (Murder Mystery) is helming the movie from a script by Sandler and Tim Herlihy. The original Universal Pictures film was directed […]
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Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, and Esai Morales Enlist for Sci-Fi Action Movie ‘War Machine’ (Exclusive)
The Alan Ritchson action vehicle War Machine has found its battalion. Dennis Quaid, currently starring in Reagan, The Piano Lesson star Stephan James, Jai Courtney, and Esai Morales have been enlisted into War Machine, a sci-fi action movie that Patrick Hughes (The Man from Toronto) is directing for Netflix. Also on the call sheet are […]
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Cam Gigandet, Sam Trammell Action-Thriller ‘72 Hours’ Lands at Brainstorm Media (Exclusive)
Brainstorm Media has picked up the action-thriller 72 Hours, directed by Christian Sesma and starring Sam Trammell and Twilight actor Cam Gigandet. A Nov. 1 theatrical and on-demand release is planned for 72 Hours, which centers on two brothers — a dedicated FBI agent and a crypto international money launderer — putting aside their differences and […]
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‘The Brutalist’: Venice Winner Brady Corbet Opens Up About the Tireless Seven-Year Journey Behind His Buzzy Epic
A monumental triumph of independent filmmaking is coming to a cinema near you. Brady Corbet’s 3.5-hour-long, seven-years-in-the-making historical epic The Brutalist finally secured a U.S. distribution deal over the weekend. The movie, which won Corbet the Venice Film Festival’s best director prize Saturday, will be released by indie tastemaker A24 sometime later this year with […]
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Max Minghella Sees a Lot of ‘Look Who’s Talking’ in ‘Shell,’ His Second Feature as a Director
Shell is Max Minghella’s second feature film as a director. Dubbed a “dark comedy and body horror about society’s obsession with youth and good looks,” it stars none other than his The Handmaid’s Tale colleague Elisabeth Moss as a struggling actress opposite Kate Hudson as the CEO of a mysterious, and potentially monstrous, beauty company. The […]
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TIFF: Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Amy Adams Add Star Wattage at Post-Strikes Toronto Fest Tribute Awards
Cate Blanchett thanked Knix, the underwear maker, for sponsoring her TIFF Tribute Award on Sunday night, which was ironic because the Elizabeth and Carol actress apparently went bottomless to the glittering festival event. “I’m not actually wearing any underwear,” Blanchett revealed, jokingly or not, while wearing a long party dress on stage at the Royal […]
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Alfonso Cuarón Was “Terrified” Making New TV Series ‘Disclaimer’: “I’m Not Very Fast”
Five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón says he’s drawn to film scripts that bring “me out of my comfort zone.” And a looming challenge came the way of Cuarón with his big-budget streaming series debut, Disclaimer, and its unique narrative structure. Namely the fact that it was television. “I realized I’d never done something overtly narrative. And […]
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