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Chris Aronson, Paramount Pictures’ president of domestic distribution, will be presented with the Career Achievement Award by Variety the Children’s Charity of Southern California for “his exemplary work in supporting and championing children, youth, adults, and families in need.”  “Chris is an admired and highly esteemed member in the motion picture industry whose steadfast leadership,

We’re still a couple of months away from the official start of spooky season, but there are plenty of upcoming horror movies and thrillers to keep you uncomfortable during your trip to the theater. Director Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo is among those, and according to critics who have screened the movie ahead of its August 9

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown will hit theaters on December 25. The movie, which stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, follows the singer’s rise from Minnesota to West Village balladeer to revolutionary folk singer. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement

It’s tough to conjure up a more iconic cinematic romantic moment than Jack and Rose standing at the head of the Titanic in James Cameron’s critically-acclaimed same-named film and commercially successful behemoth. When the 1997 romantic epic hit theaters, it changed both Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio’s lives in a major way, but amidst the

As a film fan and patron of the internet, I love to follow random Reddit boards that come up in my key areas of interest. Sure enough, in this year of 2024 movies that have used large format to some exciting degrees, the thread of IMAX fans keeping track of the brand’s goings on is

Deadpool & Wolverine is nearing the $900 million global box office mark as it enters its third week of worldwide play. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the current total on the Shawn Levy-directed smash is $879.2M, of which $421M comes from domestic and $458.2M from the international box office. When today’s figures are tallied, the global

What’s harder to land than a hit movie? Try a hit series of movies. This list of titles is full of movies that, through one reason or another, we’re shocked haven’t become bigger franchises in the Hollywood landscape. (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) Master and Commander: Far Side of the World Director Peter Weir’s seafaring

Husband and wife Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are set to face off at the box office this weekend, despite the fact that their movies are aimed at dudes and women, respectively. The most wonderful surprise that everyone is buzzing about is Wayfarer Studios and Sony‘s feature take of author Colleen Hoover’s first novel It

When actors take on a character, they have to at least be able to pretend that they’re experts at certain skills. If you’re offered a job on the condition that you can ride a horse, play a sport, do a fight scene, or play an instrument, isn’t it pretty typical to say you can do

Right as Christopher Meloni was starting his work on Law and Order: SVU as Detective Elliot Stabler, the actor had another big acting gig in front of him. Meloni was cast as Julia Roberts’ fiancé in 1999’s Runaway Bride. This movie was a huge deal for many reasons. Not only was Roberts the queen of

Oh, Mary!, a sleeper hit if ever there was one, and The Outsiders, a musical so popular that more than 200 people bought tickets last week knowing they wouldn’t get an actual seat, are continuing what can only be described as blazing hot summers. Consider Oh, Mary!, writer/actor Cole Escola’s campy, hysterically funny period play

Josh Hartnett has had a career full of fascinating roles and unexpected choices. From The Virgin Suicides to his latest film Trap, Hartnett has showcased his range as a performer within many different genres. However, his journey to working with Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer might be one of his most intriguing stories yet. The Pearl

Another day, another box office record for Marvel Studios/Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine. On Wednesday, the Shawn Levy-directed movie set the record for an R-rated movie, making $19.3M. That’s miles ahead of the previous champ Joker, which made $9.6M on October 9, 2019. The domestic total stands at $280.4M. As we told you, Deadpool & Wolverine

Spoiler Warning: The following article contains major spoilers for The Boy and the Heron. If you have yet to watch the Studio Ghibli movie, please return after doing so. Ever since I first heard about The Boy and the Heron a few years ago, I knew it was going to be an instant addition to

Are we done with the Ocean’s franchise? I’m not so sure. After the Ocean’s trilogy was a major success in the 2000s, the stars of the film decided to step away from making any more heist movies within the same world. The franchise came back in 2018 with Ocean’s 8, but that focused on a

Alamo Drafthouse has added five new auditoriums to its Downtown Brooklyn cinema in a major upgrade of the chain’s first NYC location and highest grossing theater since opening in 2016. The eat-in, art house, first run and repertory chain, acquired by Sony in June, has also just purchased six theaters in Dallas-Forth Worth and Woodbury,

Whether you saw the highly publicized Depp/Heard trial live on television or the courtroom docuseries Depp V. Heard on your Netflix subscription, it was bound to happen that a dramatization film about the real-life trial would follow. Tubi members got the chance to relive the scandalous trial in a free streaming flick Hot Take: The

Will J.D. Vance give CatVideoFest a surprise bump this year? “There’s a reason why any mention of cats or cat ladies or anything like that kind of takes off. Because it’s this sort of hidden army online. Until you tick them off,” says Will Braden, founder and curator of the annual compilation that hits theaters

The new summer blockbuster movie Twisters has Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and more fight against multiple tornadoes hitting Oklahoma. However, did you know that the film set of the disaster movie faced a real disaster when a twister blew through? The proof is told in the aftermath of the tornado’s on-set appearance and

Premise has never been a standout issue for M. Night Shyamalan as a filmmaker. I’d go as far as to say that I would probably be a much bigger fan of his work if his filmography entirely consisted of “Story By” credits. The guy clearly has a knack for coming up with smart high concept

The indie/arthouse market is showing some breadth as Kneecap has a great debut, CatVidoFest as well, and holdovers like Didi and Sing Sing are kind of raking it in considering how few screens they’re on. As more wide releases and tentpoles show up and take flight a rising tide may be raising indie boats –

Forest Whitaker has impressed audiences and Hollywood for decades by delivering multiple incredible performances. As an actor’s actor, Whitaker has hopped from genre to genre on his lengthy and legendary resume, from acclaimed films like Good Morning, Vietnam, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai to blockbusters like Panic Room and cult classics like Fast Times

Some minor tweaks on the Disney release schedule this AM. First off, the studio has taken off a Marvel Studios movie that was dated for July 24, 2026. Also, the limited release of the Jesse Eisenberg directed and starring Kieran Culkin movie, A Real Pain, shifts from Oct. 18 to Nov. 1. You’ll remember Searchlight

When I think about Matt Damon and Casey Affleck at the same time, the fact that pops into my head is that they were both in the legendary Ocean’s Eleven cast. While they’ve both had long and illustrious careers, I think it’s safe to say that one of Affleck and Damon’s best movies is the

As the past three Deadpool movies can attest, Ryan Reynolds would win an Olympic gold medal in movie marketing (if it were a sport). And, one of the most hilarious ways that the Wade Wilson actor has promoted Deadpool and Wolverine is through a Wolverine popcorn bucket that mocks the viral Dune bucket from just

The boys are at it again, with yet another milestone crossed. Including Thursday’s numbers, Deadpool & Wolverine has licked the six-century global box office milestone, now counting $630.4M worldwide. Is it bittersweet that this means D&W has overtaken the lifetime of Hugh Jackman-starrer Logan’s $619M global (likewise an R-rated movie and one which is heavily referenced

The Harry Potter series has enchanted audiences like few others, which is probably why they’re some of the highest-grossing movies of the 2000s. The eight classic films — available for streaming with a Max subscription — offer fans a chance to revisit the fantastic cast growing up before their eyes and the richly detailed wizarding

‘Kneecap’, the name of the Irish hip hop group, and the music biopic about — and starring — the groundbreaking trio, opens today on 700+ screens, following up a U.S. tour last fall and leading into another one.   The hybrid documentary, which was a buzzy Sundance title when Sony Pictures Classics nabbed it, recently

Warning: HEAVY SPOILERS for Trap are in play, especially when it comes to the last act of the film. If you haven’t experienced M. Night Shyamalan’s latest just yet, you’ve been warned. For most of writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s 2024 movie Trap, I was able to dig what was going on. I mean, a whole

If you’ve been asking yourself where all the romantic comedies went, the answer is simple: to streaming services. However, at the end of last year, audiences got the rare opportunity to see a rom-com in theaters with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s Anyone But You, ensuing commercial profit. The movie is an outlier for the