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Although he couldn’t make it to her baby shower, Hugh Grant is back in Bridget Jones’ life. The Golden Globe winner will return for the upcoming fourth installment of Renée Zellweger‘s romantic comedy franchise, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, after carving out a spot for his womanizing character Daniel Cleaver. He recently explained to […]

Refresh for latest…: Last week’s champ, and this week’s holdover winner, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, took in an estimated $28.7M overseas, keeping the momentum spurred by its recent world premiere in Venice. The offshore drop was 44% which is good for this sort of title. The international running cume is $76.3M; and the worldwide total is currently $264.3M through Sunday. Imax added $4.7M […]

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains plot details for the film Speak No Evil Blumhouse and Universal’s latest horror-thriller Speak No Evil, written and directed by James Watkins, is a reimagining of a Danish film of the same name by Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup. The story follows a married couple, Louise (Mackenzie Davis) and Ben (Scoot McNairy), who […]

The People’s Choice Award from the just-wrapped 2024 Toronto Film Festival has gone to The Life of Chuck, first runner-up is Emilia Pérez, and second runner-up is Anora. The Documentary Award goes to The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, and the Midnight Madness winner is The Substance. Both runners-up Emilia Pérez and Anora were big winners at Cannes in […]

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film festivals and the […]

The Property Masters Guild handed out its inaugural MacGuffin Awards tonight in Los Angeles, celebrating significant artistic achievements of property masters in film and TV. Winners lauded at the Belasco Theater included Best Picture Oscar winner Oppenheimer and nominee Poor Things, along with Emmy winners The Bear and The Last of Us. See the full […]

Demi Moore opened up about ex-husband Bruce Willis’ health, sharing an update that he is “in a stable place.” The star of the upcoming body horror film The Substance appeared on a Sept. 13 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, and the two discussed their previous work on 2003’s Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, in which […]

In 2008, Faiza Ahmad Khan made a documentary, Supermen Of Malegaon, that focused on the making of a parody-style movie by amateur director Nasir Shaikh who found success with his friends in the poor small Indian city of Malegaon, where they used their hometown to copy popular movies, and by doing so gave new life […]

Years before Joaquin Phoenix left Todd Haynes hanging, he dropped out of another major director’s film with days to spare. James McAvoy recently recounted his “last minute” preparation for the starring role in M. Night Shyamalan‘s 2016 thriller Split after the Oscar-winning actor exited the production two weeks before filming kicked off in Philadelphia. “I’m […]

As Hollywood attempts to keep up with the ever-changing face of streaming, Kevin Smith has gotten into the movie theater business. The director’s latest film is The 4:30 Movie, which serves as a love letter to small-town cinemas. It came at a time when he was feeling “existential” about being “one more goofy-ass tile to […]

Although Goonies never say die, there are few other words to describe the hopes for a potential sequel. Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton, who starred together in Steven Spielberg‘s The Goonies (1985), recently responded to reports that a sequel to the beloved movie is in the works with the original cast expected to return. “2’SDAY, […]

EXCLUSIVE: WonderHill Studios and partner Foresee Films have wrapped production on About Mannequin, a live-action short film out Kazakhstan, which will get a limited Academy-qualifying run at Lee Theaters Marina 7 in San Francisco from September 20-26. Directed by Aruzhan Dossymkozha, About Mannequin is set in a mysterious bridal shop and follows the unsettling journey […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Netflix’s Uglies movie. Uglies author Scott Westerfeld always hoped that one of his readers would take action to get his book adapted to the screen, and he got his wish when Joey King read the books and later pitched them to Netflix. The movie, now out on the […]

DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHTSection: Gala PresentationsDirector: Embeth DavidtzLogline: Based on the book of the same name., Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir by British-Rhodesian author Alexandra Fuller about her childhood in Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. Panelists: Dir. – Embeth DavidtzKey quotes: “The movie’s based on a memoir by […]

RIFF RAFF Section: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Dito Montiel Logline: Vince (Ed Harris), a former criminal, finds his life turned upside when his estranged son turns up unexpectedly with his pregnant girlfriend and Vince’s ex-wife (Jennifer Coolidge) in tow.Distributor: Roadside Attractions (US)Panelists: Dir. – Dito Montiel; Actors – Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Miles […]

THE RETURN Section: Gala Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Uberto PasoliniLogline: Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes), the king of Ithaca, washes up on the shores of his kingdom to find it much changed since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His wife and queen Penelope (Binoche) has been waiting faithfully, refusing to choose a successor, but their […]

THE PIANO LESSONSection: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Malcolm WashingtonLogline: In his auspicious feature directorial debut, Malcolm Washington brings August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play to the screen, adapted from a 2022 Broadway revival and carrying over many of the same cast members. Distributor: Netflix (U.S.)Panelists: Writer/Dir. – Malcolm Washington; Actors – John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Corey […]

K-POPS!Section: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Anderson .PaakLogline: Anderson .Paak is best known for his brilliant music career, but this first feature film opens up a vibrant new avenue for him as an artist. In K-Pops, .Paak directs and acts opposite his real-life son Soul Rasheed for a family project inspired by his own personal history and […]

CONCLAVESection: Special PresentationsDirector: Edward BergerLogline: Conclave unfolds over a tension-riddled 72 hours, depicting a gripping confrontation between tradition, politics, and faith. Featuring brilliant supporting performances — most notably from Isabella Rossellini as the silent yet formidable Sister Agnes — it focuses on the all-too-human aspects of a hallowed procedure, one that speculates on the role of […]

It is a deceptively simple premise for a two-hour feature film. A married couple who had planned their retirement in a B&B are, due to dire financial circumstances and bum luck, forced out of their home at a point that is, on the surface at least, completely devastating. With their kids now off at school, […]

Five years after his death, Jenna Ortega is recalling a sweet moment with the her late friend Cameron Boyce from early in their careers. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star recently reminisced about a moment when he stepped in during an “uncomfortable” audition they had when they were both teenagers, before Boyce died at age 20 when […]

EXCLUSIVE: Nutcrackers opened the Toronto Film Festival and now is poised to become the first splashy acquisition deal on the ground since the festival began. Hulu is in final talks to pay eight figures for the family comedy directed by David Gordon Green and starring Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker and Toby […]

Before taking on a big screen portrayal of the photographer, Kate Winslet saw herself in Lee Miller‘s work. The Academy Award winner recently opened up about proudly showcasing the “softest physical version” of herself to portray the renowned photojournalist in the upcoming Ellen Kuras-helmed biopic Lee, premiering Sept. 27 in theaters. After previously revealing that […]

UPDATED with producers’ response: The Toronto Film Festival said Thursday that it has paused upcoming screenings of Russian-Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova’s documentary Russians at War “effective immediately” after learning about “significant threats to festival operations and public safety.” “While we stand firm on our statement shared yesterday, this decision has been made in order to ensure the safety […]