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Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. It tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who would eventually become known as the father of the atomic bomb. It stars Cillian

Return To Dust, an arthouse hit in China last summer before being pulled from release, opens Stateside this weekend with Film Movement presenting on two screens – NYC’s BAM Rose Cinema and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, expanding to LA and Seattle next Friday. The distributor acquired the film directed by Li Ruijun

Even “Barbie” cannot escape the great political divide in America, because the right has folded the flick into its culture wars, lambasting it as a “flaming garbage heap.” Ben Shapiro jumped on Twitter Friday, saying, “My producers dragged me to see ‘Barbie’ and it was one of the most woke movies I have ever seen.”

Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated and highly-reviewed Oppenheimer has begun overseas rollout with strong results versus some of the director’s previous titles. On Wednesday, the Universal film opened in 10 offshore markets, grossing $2.4M and led by France and Indonesia. These are early days as the critically-lauded Cillian Murphy-led biographical drama/political thriller will be playing a total

Play video content Jamie Foxx has spoken for the first time about a medical emergency that he says was so serious he wasn’t sure he was going to make it. The actor posted a video on Instagram Friday night, emotionally opening up about the suffering he went through and why he kept the specifics about

New posters have been revealed for the horror sequel The Exorcist: Believer. This will be the sixth movie in The Exorcist series and a direct sequel to the original movie from 1973. “The father of a possessed child, desperate for help goes in search of someone who has had similar experiences, Chris MacNeil,” reads the official

In a contorted legal case, a Delaware judge today struck down a settlement that would have helped AMC Entertainment move ahead with steps to raise cash and shore up its stock. “To cut to the chase, the settlement cannot be approved as submitted,” Judge Morgan Zurn of Delaware Chancery Court wrote in a 69-page opinion

Jamie Foxx is back in front of cameras for the first time since his medical crisis, and we’ve learned getting back in the saddle was a piece of cake for the Hollywood vet. Sources tell TMZ … Jamie shot a brand new BetMGM commercial Wednesday in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino, and

EXCLUSIVE: The box office event of the year which has Warner Bros. mass female attraction, Barbie, and Universal’s Christopher Nolan directed, Oppenheimer, has officially fired off its confetti guns with the movies seeing respectively an estimated $20M and $9M+ from their previews. Again, these numbers could fluctuate by morning. Even if Barbie falls short of

“In the film, Jonny Baptiste (McKirnan) is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie (Silverstone),” reads the synopsis. “On her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after

Kevin Costner‘s estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is soaking up the sun with her kiddos in Hawaii … just over a week after she was awarded a massive chunk of change in child support. Christine seemed to be having the time of her life on the sandy beaches Thursday, snapping selfies with her daughter as waves

AMC Entertainment is dropping Sightline, a controversial variable pricing program for seating it announced earlier this year. The giant theater chain said today that after a pilot in three locations, it saw little or no increase in patronage of cheaper front row seating, despite a modest price reduction for the seats. The test did show

Play video content X17online.com Jennifer Lopez got locked out of a workout session and then later took out some frustration on the paparazzi with an f-bomb … and it’s all on video. J Lo was trying to get inside Tracy Anderson Method Studio in Studio City for a Wednesday afternoon workout, but her key card

“Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema said CEO Shelli Taylor is retiring in August and named president Michael Kustermann as its new chief executive. The fast-growing dine-in chain, that’s been hugely successful luring post-pandemic moviegoers back to theaters, said its board of directors, including Taylor and executive chairman Tim League, selected Kustermann as Taylor steps down, effective August

Before this New York native with the slicked back hair turned into an actor and a Broadway star, he was just a city kid, hustling and bustling, scurrying through the crowded sidewalks and making his way to rehearsals. This shining star took the stage at The Hollywood Bowl and played the role of Mark Cohen

At a time when the industry is suffering through historic dual strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, the motion picture industry is poised to see an enormous weekend at the box office with Warner Bros./Mattel’s long awaited toy feature adaptation Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s World War II era three-hour adult drama Oppenheimer reaping a combined

Le’Veon Bell says NFL running backs are being treated like a bunch of ants when it comes to contract negotiations … and unless they team up, they’re going to continue to get squashed. The ex-Pittsburgh Steelers star — who famously sat out an entire season over his own contract dispute — went on a Twitter

SATURDAY PM UPDATE: Facts are facts, and Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One set a 5-day opening domestic record for the franchise with $80M, we hear. Previous best 5-day opening belonged to 2000’s Mission: Impossible II which cleared a Wednesday-Sunday take over Memorial Day weekend of $78.8M. The 3-day record still belongs to

Ridley Scott allegedly has his actors interacting with live animals on the set of “Gladiator 2” — something PETA has become aware of, and which it’s urging the production to halt. The animal rights org fired off a handful of letters over the past few days — all obtained by TMZ — and they’re aimed

Talk about respecting a theatrical window: Disney has set a Disney+ global premiere date for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 of Aug. 2, that’s 90 days after the pic’s theatrical release of May 5. While Disney got a lot of slack during CEO Bob Chapek’s era for executing theatrical day-and-date releases on Disney+ during

Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Snow White is based on the studio’s first animated project which debuted over 80 years ago. It was also inspired by the 1812 German fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm. The upcoming Disney flick is set to be lead by Rachel Zegler as Snow White with Gal Gadot gracing

A miracle came down on behalf of one Hollywood show that can now continue to work with its actors amid the SAG-AFTRA strike … and it benefits none other than Jesus, or at least fans of his story. Showrunners for the popular Christian-based TV series “The Chosen” announced Sunday they’d gotten the green light to

Searchlight Pictures’ Sundance-winning original comedy Theater Camp will take in an estimated $281,172 or $46.9k per theater at six locations opening weekend — the best limited opening for the distributor since Jojo Rabbit in the fall of 2019 ($349k in five locations). That’s after the A CinemaScore film on Sunday pulled ahead of Searchlight’s The

Awkwardness was in the air at Disneyland this weekend, where the studio forged ahead with their “Haunted Mansion” premiere amid the SAG strike … without any of the cast in sight. The premiere went down Saturday at the Anaheim park — in front of the actual Haunted Mansion ride, no less. Like we said, none

What was it W. B. Yeats wrote, that line Joan Didion lifted and twisted in her essay “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” about West Coast chaos in 1967? Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. That’s how it felt on Thursday, a few minutes before lunch with some seasoned film executive-friends at the Academy Museum (Salad Niçoise

Tom Cruise is flying high in the new ‘Mission: Impossible,’ but the flick itself is already coming in for a mediocre landing at the box office … at least that’s the outlook. The early ticket sale numbers are in, and with the pace it’s currently at right now … ‘Dead Reckoning: Part One’ is projected

Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is off and running overseas with a $39.8M cume through Thursday in 48 international box office markets. This includes Wednesday openings in some markets and a strong paid preview program. With domestic’s Wednesday/Thursday plus previews, that brings the global total on the Tom Cruise-starrer to $$63.6M through

Tom Holland is playing a gay man in a new TV show … but it’s not sitting well with some of his ‘Spider-Man’ fans while others are defending him. Holland — who recently announced he will return to the superhero role in “Spider Man 4” — came under fire on social media Friday for his

The first look trailer has been released for River Wild, a reimagining of the 1994 thriller which starred Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon. The new remake stars Adam Brody and Leighton Meester. “Joey (Leighton Meester) fears there could be trouble ahead after her brother Gray (Taran Killam) invites Trevor (Adam Brody), a childhood friend with a troubled past, on their