Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor Named CinemaCon’s Rising Stars
The names Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor are likely to be greeted with puzzled stares by average moviegoers now, but CinemaCon is betting that will change with the release of “Transformers: Age of...
View Article‘The Realistic Joneses’ Theater Review: Michael C. Hall Confronts Eternity...
If someone can get a 90-minute play produced on Broadway, is it acceptable for critics to respond with a 90-word review? I recently wrote that 90 minutes in the theater is the new three-act play. And...
View ArticleTribeca Film Fest Juries Draft Jeff Goldblum, Whoopi Goldberg, Lake Bell and...
Lake Bell, Toni Collette, Jeff Goldblum, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Stuhlbarg, Heather Graham and Catherine Hardwicke are among the three dozen actors, filmmakers and executives chosen to sit on juries...
View ArticleCBS Cancels ‘Crazy Ones,’ 4 Other Freshman Shows; Renews ‘The Mentalist’
CBS has good news for fans of “The Mentalist,” but that’s about it for now. The network chopped five one-and-done shows on Saturday: “Intelligence,” “Bad Teacher,” “Crazy Ones,” “Friends with Better...
View ArticleSimon Pegg Travels the World in ‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’ Trailer...
Simon Pegg is a psychiatrist looking for answers in “Hector and the Search for Happiness.” In the latest trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy’s UK release, it becomes clear that he finds an...
View ArticleJack Reynor Is All His Addict Mother, Toni Collette, Has in ‘Glassland’...
Currently starring in the number one film in the country, “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” Jack Reynor takes on a much more subtle performance opposite Toni Collette in Gerard Barrett‘s “Glassland.”...
View Article‘Krampus’ Trailer: Adam Scott Horror-Comedy Puts Scary Twist on Dysfunctional...
Think your family’s holiday get togethers are miserable? Wait until you watch the first trailer for “Krampus” — a Christmas-themed horror comedy from Michael Dougherty, the writer and director of...
View Article‘Miss You Already’ Review: Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette Elevate Cancer Drama
We live in our bodies every second of our lives, and yet we sometimes have terrifyingly little control over them. Bonding over this mutual fear is at the heart of “Miss You Already,” a cancer...
View ArticleCan Holiday Horror ‘Krampus’ Take ‘Hunger Games,’‘Good Dinosaur’ for Box...
Can the creepy “Krampus,” a dark horror comedy about a child-eating anti-Santa demon strike a chord with North American moviegoers? We’ll find out Friday, when Universal and Legendary Pictures roll out...
View Article‘Krampus’ Review: Adam Scott, Toni Collette Battle Christmas Demon in Holiday...
What’s a Krampus, you ask? In certain European Christmas traditions, it’s a freaky folkloric beast of pagan origin, sporting horns, hooves, and chains, and pouncing on children of the not-nice type as...
View Article‘Krampus’ Scares Up $637,000 at Thursday Box Office
Legendary and Universal’s “Krampus” scared up $637,000 from 2,173 theaters at the box office on Thursday night, and is looking to make somewhere in the low-teens this weekend. The dark horror comedy is...
View Article‘Krampus’ Reviews: Do Critics Love or Loathe Santa’s Evil Helper?
Krampus might be visiting some film critics this Christmas. Universal and Legendary’s “Krampus” opened Friday to mixed reviews, but currently has a “fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes with 63 percent of...
View ArticleCreepy ‘Krampus’ Shocks Box Office With No. 1 Debut
“Krampus,” a bizarre black comedy about a murderous Christmas creature terrorizing naughty children, struck a creepy chord with holiday moviegoers in its No. 1 box-office opening Friday. The...
View ArticleCan ‘Krampus’ Become a Holiday Favorite After Box Office Surprise?
“Krampus,” a quirky, creepy Christmas comedy about a murderous horned beast that pursues naughty children, did surprisingly well in its box office opening this weekend. It stole the No. 1 spot...
View Article‘Twilight’s’ Catherine Hardwicke in Talks to Direct Horror Thriller ‘Wish...
“Twilight” filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke is in talks to direct the horror-thriller “Wish Upon” for Broad Green Pictures and Busted Shark Productions, TheWrap has learned. Busted Shark’s Sherryl Clark...
View Article‘Imperium’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Fights the (White) Power
Forget monsters, vampires, and ghosts: People are the scariest thing there is. Few supernatural horrors have the power to unnerve and flat-out scare in the way a well-crafted realistic thriller can...
View ArticleToni Colette to Star in Action Dramedy From Kenya Barris at ABC
The spy dramedy “Unit Zero” from “Black-ish” producers Kenya Barris and Lindsey Shockley has landed at ABC, with Toni Collette set to star and executive produce. “Unit Zero” follows a CIA engineer and...
View Article‘Muriel’s Wedding’ Is Heading to the Stage in 2017
As if anyone could forget Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths‘ spirited rendition of ABBA’s “Waterloo” in the surprise hit “Muriel’s Wedding.” For fans of the 1994 critical darling about two Aussie...
View Article‘Split,’‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ to Battle for No. 1 at the Box Office
James McAvoy’s “Split” and Vin Diesel’s “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” will battle it out for first place at the box office this weekend, with both films looking to earn in the high-teens to low-$20...
View Article‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ Review: Vin Diesel Fails to Resuscitate Comatose...
It’s unusual that a movie so dedicated to appealing to 12-year-olds can be accused of underestimating its audience’s intelligence, but “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” accomplishes this embarrassing feat....
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