From posthumous footage of a cloaked Bela Lugosi stumbling through graveyards in “Plan 9 From Outer Space” to David Niven appearing in blackface at the end of “Vampira,” Dracula has endured far worse over the years than anything director Radu Jude can do to the character. But that doesn’t stop the cinematic prankster from trying to make his epically sloppy, …
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Jackie Chan told a Q&A audience in Locarno that he believes the big Hollywood studios are stifling contemporary filmmaking with what he described as their obsession with money. “I think the old movies are better than today,” Chan said. “Right now, a lot of big studios, they’re not filmmakers, they’re business guys. They invest 40 million and think, ‘How can …
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This week kicked off with the at-home premiere of Jurassic World Rebirth and the return of Jenna Ortega in “Wednesday” Season 2, and eight more new releases have arrived today. Here’s all the new horror unleashed on Friday, August 8, 2025! For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar. First up, Zach Cregger’s (Barbarian) new horror movie Weapons …
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Willem Dafoe brings star wattage to this watchable drama, playing brooding Greek plutocrat and alpha-patriarch Marcos Timoleon, transparently based on Aristotle Onassis: gazing impassively at people through his heavy glasses, doting menacingly on his dependents and given to exercising in the nude in front of the servants. Spanish film-maker Miguel Ángel Jiménez directs and co-writes this adaptation of the novel …
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In 2022, filmmaker Zach Cregger’s Barbarian left a big impression. Audience, still just venturing back to the theaters following the pandemic, were rewarded with the kind of shocking, has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed moviegoing experience that Nicole Kidman monologues are made of. (“Suffice it to say that anyone willing to go along for the perverse ride will be thoroughly satisfied,” readd The Hollywood Reporter’s …
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This artist’s concept shows what the gas giant planet that orbits the star Alpha Centauri A could look like. R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI hide caption toggle caption R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own …
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The director James Cameron has warned that the use of artificial intelligence in a global arms race could lead to the kind of dystopia fictionalised in his Terminator franchise. Speaking to Rolling Stone to promote the publication of Ghosts of Hiroshima, an account of the first atomic bombing by bestselling author Charles Pellegrino which Cameron intends to adapt for the …
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Bob Iger said during Disney‘s earnings call that the studio does not have a priority when it comes to movie sequels, remakes and original content, despite the upcoming slate being overwhelmingly dominated by franchise fare like “Freakier Friday,” “Predator: Badlands,” “Tron: Ares,” “Zootopia 2” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” Disney is only seeking to make great movies, the CEO stressed. …
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day filming is underway, and fans are happy to see it will finally include some form of practical web-swinging. Videos of a return for Tom Holland’s wall-crawler swung their way onto the internet over the weekend, showing a sneak peek at several potential action scenes coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie ahead of its premiere …
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