It’s time for this strong month at the movies to officially become the March of the Elephants, as Tim Burton‘s Dumbo has lumbered its way into theaters. Right out of the gate, things are…not spectacular for the live-action remake, which flew to $15.3 million on Friday night. (Only $2.6 million coming from Thursday previews.) Early …
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Spoiler Alert! John Krasinski may have died a hero at the end of A Quiet Place, but thankfully he’s still coming back to write and direct the untitled sequel, which is adding an intriguing new name, as Irish actor Cillian Murphy is in talks to join Emily Blunt in Paramount’s horror-thriller. According to The Hollywood …
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It’s only been a few years since the last Macbeth adaptation, but you won’t see me complaining about new takes on one of Shakespeare’s best plays, especially when the talent is there. Deadline reports that Joel Coen is set to do a new adaptation of the Scottish play starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. For …
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– In many ways, Dumbo is the quintessential Tim Burton film: an outsider initially ostracized for his otherness suddenly finds himself celebrated for this very quality, but the sudden limelight takes a toll and the now celebrated “outsider” questions if he was better off before. See Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Ed Wood et al… The only …
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– Now playing in limited release and expanding into more theaters this weekend is Hotel Mumbai. Based on the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India, the feature debut of writer-director Anthony Maras shows he’s a real talent behind the camera. While the film is not an easy watch, Maras …
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One of the people you almost never get to talk with on a set visit is the director of photography. That’s because while the actors get to take a break between setups, the second the production gets the shot, the cinematographer is immediately moving on to the next location or set up and rarely has …
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About a month ago, when it was reported that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) would be starring in the new Candyman movie, many (including us) jumped to the conclusion that the Yale grad would be taking over the title role from horror icon Tony Todd. Apparently, as clarified by the upcoming film’s director Nia DaCosta, that …
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In the immortal words of Hollywood’s newly-crowned Thickest Dad Winston Duke, “You wanna’ get crazy, we can get crazy.” Because crazy is exactly how to describe the opening of Us, which sheared $70 million in its first weekend. Jordan Peele‘s sophomore feature more than doubled the $33 million debut of Get Out, and now stands …
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Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Dora and the Lost City of Gold, the live-action film based on Nickelodeon’s long-running animated series, Dora the Explorer. James Bobin (Alice Through the Looking Glass) directs a script by Nicholas Stoller (Night School), with Transformers: The Last Knight star Isabela Moner swinging into the title role. …
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