Rian Johnson has no desire to kill off his hit crime caper franchise “Knives Out,” despite his lucrative two-picture contract with Netflix having come to an end. Off the back of the success of the first “Knives Out,” the streamer in 2021 paid a reported $450 million for the rights to two sequels, a deal now complete with third installment …
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The new Amazon documentary John Candy: I Like Me takes its title from a famous scene that happens surprisingly early in the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. In what is arguably Candy’s most beloved performance, he plays Del Griffith, a sweet-natured if initially irritating traveling salesman who winds up accompanying uptight Neal (Steve Martin) on a series of cross-country …
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It’s not hard to imagine why documentarian Laura Poitras spent 20 years trying to convince Seymour Hersh to make a film about his life. The 88-year-old Pulitzer-winning journalist has an impressive résumé. It was Hersh who broke the story, in 1969, of the horrific US army massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, invigorating the US anti-war movement; 35 years …
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Graeme OgstonTayside and central reporter Justin Bieber/Instagram Justin Bieber filmed his latest music video in a Dundee pub Justin Bieber has filmed a video for his new single in a Dundee pub during a visit to Scotland. The Canadian singer was seen in Abandon Ship in the city centre at the weekend and has now released a video for his …
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“There are certain filmmakers that I would describe as liberating influences. People whose work kind of allows you to shake off some of the rules that I think you get saddled with as you get going,” said Ari Aster. “And I don’t like prescriptive art. I like difficult work.” In heartfelt comments at a round table devoted to Rebecaa Miller’s …
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A NOTE FROM SCOTT For those of us who cover awards season, the month of September felt like a bombardment — of films, festivals and flacks fighting for attention for their clients. But now that we have emerged into October, I must say that I feel a slight sense of relief, having screened the vast majority of awards hopefuls and gathered …
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US President Donald Trump speaks with the press on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday September 26, 2025. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said he would impose a 100% tariff on foreign-made films and slap “substantial Tariffs” on any country that does not make furniture in the United …
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More than 1,200 entertainment industry figures have signed a new open letter rejecting the recent high-profile pledge by thousands of their peers to boycott Israeli films over the war in Gaza. Stars including Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Debra Messing are among those who have lent their names to the letter, which says the previous pledge “advocates” …
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September 22, 2025 UPDATE Apple previews new immersive films for Apple Vision Pro New titles from Audi, the BBC, CANAL+, CNN, HYBE, MotoGP, and Red Bull will launch in the coming months Apple today previewed a slate of new films in Apple Immersive from top global publishers, broadcasters, studios, and brands, including the Audi F1 Project, the BBC, CANAL+, CNN, HYBE, MotoGP, …
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It would go a little like this. A man would arrive at a house after chatting to someone he believed was underage, with a plan to have sex or engage in a sexual act. The house would be rigged with hidden cameras and the child would be an actor of age, playing the role of an excitable pre- or young …
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