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Broadway seemed to take a breath last week before as it eyes the fall season, with box office for the second full week of August dipping about 9% from the previous week. In all, the 25 shows grossed $28,132,262 for the week ending August 18. Though down from the previous week, when Illinoise was still

For a lucky few, Hollywood is a family business, though that honor comes with its own set of qualms when famous parents face nepotism accusations over casting their children in roles. Rob Lowe and his son, John Owen, are no strangers to this conversation, having worked together on a handful of projects over the years.

Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine has added to its list of records, now becoming the highest-grossing U.S. R-rated movie ever on a global basis. Through Thursday, the Merc with a Mouth and the adamantium-clawed X-Man have grossed  $1,085.6 million (or $1.086 billion) worldwide. The breakdown is $516.8M from the domestic box office and

Before he played Doc Brown opposite Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly in the Back to the Future movies (a role first offered to Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh), Christopher Lloyd left his stamp on the science fiction genre on an established franchise. The Taxi star was cast to play Kruge, the main villain in Star Trek III:

Even the most staunch fans of the Alien saga probably couldn’t predict how commanding the latest entry would land among the 2024 movies on the market so far. So observing Alien: Romulus’ fantastic opening weekend is something that has people jazzed about the franchise’s future, even if the finished project has left some fans questioning

From facial wars to a penguin friend, wandering surfers and Haitian immigrants in Miami, the independent film market is fun, thoughtful, varied and contending with a faster cadence of high performing studio wide releases. That’s exhilarating on one hand but, indie distribution executives say, is making it increasingly difficult to date their films after having

When Mila Kunis returned as her iconic character Jackie in That ‘90s Show, it was a cameo That ‘70s Show fans have been anticipating seeing since the sitcom’s final episode back in 2006. While it was disappointing that Jackie didn’t return for the spinoff series’ second season, Kunis will be returning to the big screen

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: So much for the doldrums of August. Between Alien: Romulus and the near $100M-grossing Sony/Wayfarer Studios movie’ It Ends With Us, it’s clear we’ve shaken off all the strike jitters. Disney continues to keep the shine on its 20th Century Studios brand with their own fingerprints on storied franchises as Alien: Romulus

Jane Campion just received the prestigious Pardo d’Onore Manor Award for lifetime achievement at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. In addition to accepting the honor, the acclaimed New Zealand director took time to speak with the press about a range of topics, including the remarkable success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. The 2024 movie schedule hasn’t

If you grew up during the golden age of home video, do you remember the good old days when you’d pop in a movie on your VCR? Sure, you’d have to “be kind and rewind” when you were done and worry about the film strip getting all tangled, but it was still all in good

Coraline 15th Anniversary notched a nice no. 5 at the domestic box office with $8.63 million for the three-day weekend on 1,603 screens. The cume of $11.6 million including Thursday broke its previous record for Fathom Events. Last year, the stop-motion animated feature by Henry Selick became the distributor’s highest-grossing classic with $7m+ at the

Glen Powell is steadily solidifying himself as a true movie star within the entertainment landscape, as his profile only seems to rise with each motion picture he stars in. Some have even gone as far to compare him to his Top Gun: Maverick co-star Tom Cruise. Of course, the two leading men don’t seem to

20th Century Studios/Disney’s Alien: Romulus is gobbling up tickets around the globe, now poised to come in with a $100M worldwide opening — significantly higher than pre-weekend projections. This is notably due to the strength of the Fede Alvarez-directed sci-fi horror at the international box office, and more specifically in China. As Anthony has reported,

Blake Lively and Taylor Swift’s friendship runs deep, and they’ve always been very supportive of each other. Now, as the Gossip Girl alum continues to be embroiled in alleged drama surrounding her latest film It Ends With Us, rumors are starting to circulate about how the pop star factors into this whole situation. A new

Ever since I saw Natural Born Killers at a friend’s house in high school, I’ve considered it one of the best ‘90s movies as well as one of director Oliver Stone’s greatest films. Watching Mickey and Mallory Knox, played brilliantly by Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, go on a cross-country road trip expressing their love

After a journeyman career that included stints as an MTV VJ, a rapper named Dirt Nasty, a model and the goofball star of three Scary Movie installments, Simon Rex is having a moment. He stars alongside Channing Tatum in the Zoe Kravitz-directed drama Blink Twice, and opposite Lily James and Joseph Gordon Levitt in Greedy

It’s been nearly two years since Mark Wahlberg not only moved his family to Las Vegas, but also his entire entrepreneurial empire. He’s not the first celebrity to do this, and certainly not the last. Former Superman Dean Cain followed in his footsteps, and other stars have been participating in the trend as well since

EXCLUSIVE: Utopia will be teaming with Lionsgate on the stateside theatrical release of Francis Ford Coppola’s dystopian epic, Megalopolis when it hits theatres on Sept. 27. Utopia will create and implement specialty marketing, word-of-mouth, and non-traditional theatrical distribution initiatives targeting moviegoers. Utopia as behind such movies as the critically acclaimed Shiva Baby and the Oscar shortlisted Holy Spider.

Once the first Despicable Me movie was released in 2010, it didn’t take long for this Universal Pictures and Illumination property to become one of the most popular animated franchises. 14 years later, six movies comprise the Despicable Me film series, including two Minions spinoffs, and now it ranks as the highest-grossing animated franchise of

Since Warner Bros. became Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022, the entertainment conglomerate has shocked many with its decisions to shelve movies that were completely filmed to make them tax write offs. After Batgirl and the second Scoob! movie were the first to go, the company also decided to shelve Coyote Vs. Acme back in November.

Alien: Romulus filmmaker Fede Alvarez is totally open to doing a revamped Alien vs. Predator movie, but he’ll need a little help. “Maybe it’s something I have to co-direct with my buddy Dan,” Alvarez said. That friend being Dan Tratchenberg who helmed the widely watched Predator 2022 prequel Prey for Hulu and is already working

Is there a person who exists in this world who’s having more fun this summer than Sydney Sweeney? After a couple of movie releases in 2024 — with varying degrees of success, mind you, from Madame Web, Immaculate and last year’s Anyone But You — the actress has been traveling the world, periodically treating her

On the heels of its box office triumph, It Ends With Us, Sony Pictures has dated their next female event movie with Oscar Margot Robbie in her post-Barbie splash, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, on May 9, 2025.  Also starring Colin Farrell, the pic comes from Imperative Entertainment and 30West and is billed as an original

Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, Blink Twice, signifies a collaboration between her and Channing Tatum, who is now her fiancée. A few years ago, rumors circulated about Kravitz and Tatum dating and, now, they two have gone public with their romance. Aside from that, they’ve also been sharing insight into their upcoming psychological thriller. Now, Tatum

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. If you have not yet seen the film, proceed at your own risk. After advanced screenings of Alien: Romulus labeled the 2024 movie’s third act as “a big swing,” I knew I was going to be in for a ride. So when the word “divisive”

Wife wins over hubby again at the daily box office as Blake Lively‘s It Ends With Us, which she starred in and produced, made $5.5 million Wednesday, compared to Ryan Reynolds‘ Deadpool & Wolverine, which did $5.3M. It marks the third day in the row that the Sony/Wayfarer Studios romance drama, directed and starring Justin

Though it might seem like superstars Brad Pitt and George Clooney work together all the time, their upcoming 2024 movie, Wolfs, marks the first time the duo has been in the same movie since Burn After Reading way back in 2008. Of course, part of the reason the actors are intrinsically linked in our minds

Charles Cohen’s Landmark Theatres “remains dedicated to its business” and “anticipates a favorable resolution” to ongoing, complex litigation that recently saw a judge set an auction date for the chain and other properties. “Having successfully navigated the pandemic and now adapting to fewer film releases due to last year’s actors and writers strikes, Landmark continues

Disney’s live-action remakes of its animated classics have become a franchise all their own. There have been good and bad movies among all the Disney live-action remakes, but there’s no slowing down the train. Among the upcoming Disney movies in the next few months, we’ll be getting both Mufasa: The Lion King, a prequel to

Gena Rowlands, a highly decorated actress in the world of movies and film across six decades, has died at the age of 94. She is best known for playing the older version of Allie in one of the best 2000s movies (and greatest romantic films), The Notebook. Rowlands reportedly died on Wednesday at her home