Five films (and one video game) that A24's 'Civil War' builds on in order to create its immersive action sequences ..read more

The first printing of this movie lovers' diary has already sold out but you can still get some movie recs from "The Sweet East" director and cinematographer ..read more

An all-original batch of new wide releases could surprise, but theaters could end the month already fighting to meet the year's modest projections ..read more

Somehow crying tears of joy feels good in a place like this. The viral Nicole Kidman-led AMC ad campaign may be warranting a follow-up segment, according to AMC CEO Adam Aron. “It’s being decided right now. I’m not sure when we’re going to do it — this year or next year,” Aron told Variety. “One version has been written, but whether that’s the one we make or not, I don’t know. We’ll all see it together. We’ll try to live up to your expectations when the time comes.” Oscar winner Kidman appeared in the commercial that first debuted in September 2021 featuring a script written by “Captain P ..read more

Nicolas Cage is carrying the unbearable weight of an in utero memory. The Oscar winner and “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” star shared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that his earliest memory is as an unborn child and seeing “faces in the dark” of his mother’s womb. “Listen, I know this sounds really far out and I don’t know if it’s real or not,” Cage said during the “Colbert Questionert” rapid-fire Q&A, “but sometimes I think I can go all the way back to in-utero and feeling like I could see faces in the dark or something.” He continued, “I know that sounds powerfully a ..read more

Haley Lu Richardson is reflecting on the horror film that got away. The “White Lotus” Season 2 star revealed that she turned down auditioning for Ari Aster’s “Midsommar” due to having already starred in “disturbing” film “Split,” written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. “There are a lot [of roles] that got away. But I did get the script for ‘Midsommar,'” Richardson told Backstage. “I remember reading it; it was such a well-written, creepy script. I actually still haven’t seen the movie because I kind of can’t bring myself to watch it.” She continued, “They wanted to meet me. I had actually ..read more

A clunky but poignant drama that was made with the support of AT&T and the Tribeca Festival, Nardeep Khurmi’s “Land of Gold” effectively distills the post-apocalyptic horrors of “The Last of Us” into a road movie about two brown Americans trying to survive the long drive across today’s United States. Instead of traveling West from Boston to Salt Lake City, our reluctant Punjabi hero and his precocious Latina stowaway make their way East from California to Maine; instead of zombified fungus monsters who hunger for human flesh, the film’s surrogate father-daughter duo are forced to navigate ..read more

The High Evolutionary is a problematic guy. From his use of corporate loopholes to skirt intergalactic regulations against doing eugenics on carrot people to his interest in child trafficking and his belief that he is the closest thing the universe has to God, Chukwudi Iwuji’s new Marvel villain has quite a few flaws. When you factor in all of the bad stuff he does in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” his disturbing face probably doesn’t crack the top 10 worst things about him. Still… his face is really bizarre. The character — whose obsession with performing strange body modifications would p ..read more

John C. Reilly will now help pick which film will have its own winning time at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. The “Winning Time” star and “Chicago” Oscar nominee has officially been selected as the president of the Un Certain Regard jury for the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Reilly’s previous films ranging from Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin” to Roman Polanski’s “Carnage” and Yórgos Lánthimos’ “The Lobster” have formerly debuted at the festival. Reilly most recently appeared briefly in the Cannes Competition-selected “Stars at Noon” helmed by Claire Denis. “I experienced so many unfo ..read more

Ready, set, race. The PlayStation video game franchise “Gran Turismo” inspired the real-life story of Jann Mardenborough, a young teenager who began a racing career. Now, director Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”) is bringing that story to the big screen. “Gran Turismo” stars Archie Madekwe as the aforementioned teen who aspires to become a professional race car driver with the help of his trainer (David Harbour) and a motorsport marketing executive (Orlando Bloom). Djimon Hounsou portrays Mardenborough’s father, while Darren Barnet plays a GT Academy driver threatened by his new opponent. “Top Gu ..read more