‘Split’ Psychs Out ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage,’ Heads to $34 Million Debut
Universal’s M. Night Shyamalan thriller “Split” took in $14.6 million at the Friday box office, twice as much as “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” earned that day. Heading into the weekend, experts had...
View ArticleM Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Surprises With Crazy-Good $40 Million Opening
Universal’s “Split” earned $16.5 million on Saturday and is now looking at a three-day opening weekend of $40 million — way ahead of expectations. Heading into the weekend, analysts had projected the...
View ArticleJack Huston on Why Soldiers Sign Up for the Iraq War in ‘The Yellow Birds’...
American war drama “The Yellow Birds,” which has been one of the hottest titles at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, examines post-traumatic stress disorder and its causes. “A lot of these guys sign...
View ArticleABC Orders Spy Dramedy Starring Toni Collette, Heist Drama From ‘Zoo’ Producers
ABC has given pilot orders to two action dramas, TheWrap has learned. The first, “Unit Zero,” comes from “Black-ish” producers Kenya Barris and Lindsay Shockley. Toni Collette is attached to star in...
View Article‘Fun Mom Dinner’ Review: Toni Collette, Molly Shannon Go Wild, Predictable...
“Fun Mom Dinner” kicks off the way you might expect a comedy with that title would: a montage of four mothers’ school mornings, with each trying with varying degrees of success to wrangle their spawn...
View ArticleToni Collette to Star in Drama Series ‘Wanderlust’ From Netflix, BBC
Toni Collette is giving in to her “Wanderlust.” Playwright Nick Payne is writing the six-part drama project that will debut in the U.K. on BBC One and throughout the rest of the globe on Netflix, the...
View Article40 Actresses Over 40 Who Are Still Conquering Hollywood (Photos)
40 Actresses Over 40 Who Are Still Conquering Hollywood (Photos) Amy Adams (1974) Academy Award nominated Amy Adams, is best known for playing in Disney’s “Enchanted” and “American Hustle.” She most...
View ArticleGunpowder & Sky Acquires North American Rights to Nick Offerman’s ‘Hearts...
Gunpowder & Sky has acquired the North American rights to “Hearts Beat Loud” at the Sundance Film Festival, the global content studio announced on Wednesday. Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons star...
View Article‘Hearts Beat Loud’ Film Review: Nick Offerman Plays It Sweet in...
Before “Hearts Beat Loud” began at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, director Brett Haley (“The Hero,” “I’ll See You in My Dreams”) strutted to the stage to speak. While introductions to a film often...
View ArticleAlex Wolff Tells Us How Gnarly ‘Hereditary’ Scene Drew Real Blood (Exclusive...
Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” will leave you shattered — in a similar way the film’s star Alex Wolff’s body was battered after a specific scene in the horror film. The scene in question is the one in which...
View Article‘Hereditary’ Film Review: Family’s a Horror in Brilliant Indie Debut
Based on purely anecdotal evidence, I’m predicting that one of the more recurrent arguments among film enthusiasts for summer 2018 will be, “Does the ending of ‘Hereditary’ work?” (With “And what...
View Article‘Hereditary': How Ari Aster Disrupted Hollywood’s ‘Cynical,’ Cash-Driven...
After taking the Sundance Film Festival by storm and instantly inserting Toni Collette into this year’s Oscar conversation, “Hereditary” has finally been handed down to theaters by A24. Director Ari...
View ArticleInside Toni Collette’s Blazing, ‘Deeply Draining’ Performance In ‘Hereditary’
You’ve read the reviews, scrolled Twitter for spoilers, watched the box office net a personal best for distributor A24 — but two weeks after terrorizing North America, the takeaway of “Hereditary’ is...
View ArticlePaul Dano Recalls That Time Greg Kinnear Ran a Red Light Filming ‘Little Miss...
As far as dysfunctional movie families go, it doesn’t get too much worse than the Hoovers of the 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine.” But Paul Dano, one of the film’s stars, recalled an on-set story about...
View Article‘A Star Is Born,’‘Vice’ Lead 2019 Australian Academy Award Nominees
“A Star Is Born” and “Vice” lead the nominations for the 2019 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, AACTA announced Tuesday. “A Star Is Born” received five nominations, including...
View ArticleSorry, ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Black Panther’! Netflix’s ‘Roma’ Is Dominating...
As most regional and national film critics’ groups have chosen their favorite movies and performances of 2018, Alfonso Cuarón’s deeply personal memory piece “Roma” has a clear lead in best-film wins....
View ArticleJake Gyllenhaal Plays a Snobby Art Critic in Horror Satire ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’...
Most artists and critics would tell you they’d die defending their work, but they probably didn’t mean like this. In “Velvet Buzzsaw,” Jake Gyllenhaal plays a snobby art critic in the wealthy,...
View ArticleOscar Nominations 2019: Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Yalitza Aparicio to...
Hollywood awards gurus — like our own beloved Steve Pond — have gotten Oscar prognostication down almost to a science. But that doesn’t mean that the Academy doesn’t throw us a curveball every year....
View Article‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Film Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Plays a Haunted Critic in Campy...
Sophisticated even as it mocks the pretentiousness and inflated self-importance of those who profit from creative endeavors, Dan Gilroy’s “Velvet Buzzsaw,” which premiered Sunday at Sundance Film on...
View ArticleJohn Singleton Appreciation: Pioneering Storyteller Who Anticipated the Black...
It was nearly three decades ago when writer-director John Singleton’s freshman film “Boyz N the Hood” gave us a compassionate and deeply human story about growing up black and ambitious with a life...
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