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The 25th James Bond filmNo Time to Die, directed byCary Joji Fukunaga, seems to pass some sort of milestone or box office record every week. This weekend it just completed arguably 007 biggest mission to date. It passedF9at the global box office to become the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the pandemic. WithNo Time to Diecrossing the $700 million mark last weekend, we knew it was only a matter of time for this to happen and Bond seemed to have all the time in the world to accomplish this feat, but the only question was when?...

Outlaw Kingis an odd movie that strives for realism everywhere except where it matters most. From a technical perspective, you can see no expense has been spared in trying to recreate 1304 Scotland. You can practically smell the mud and the blood. But when it comes to telling a story in that setting and filling it with interesting characters, the script resorts to boring hero/villain tropes, unworthy of the history its depicting and childish in its simplicity....

If you ever felt too terrified to finish a horror movie, you are not alone, as evenStephen Kinghimself wasn’t able to go through withThe Blair Witch Projectthe first time. Even if King had previously talked about his dreadful experience, the story resurfaced this past weekend when fans uncovered that the horror legend once said the movie was too frightening for him to initially finish during an episode ofEli Roth’s History of Horror....

When news broke in May that actorRobert Pattinsonwas in line to leadWarner Bros.’ highly anticipated rebootThe Batman, most assumed the accomplished actor was sought out for the role. While the Caped Crusader is certainly a coveted part for most young actors in Hollywood, ever sinceTwilightended, Pattinson has eschewed blockbuster filmmaking in favor of working on indies with challenging directors. As it turns out, however, Pattinson was in no way above actually chasing down the role of Batman....

At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the biggest deals was Amazon Pictures acquiring directorMichael Showalter’sThe Big Sickfor $12 million. While at the festival, I’d heard the incredible buzz around the film, but after attending Sundance for almost a decade, I’d seen first-hand how the initial reaction to a film can become more subdued after more people get to see it. I’m not sure if it’s the festival air or being part of the first group to see a film, but sometimes the initial reactions are way off base....

There’s approximately zero things wrong with HBO’s latest teaser trailer forThe New PopestarringJohn MalkovichandJude Law. A follow-up season toThe Young Popefrom the mind of Italian directorPaolo Sorrentino,The New Popepromises just as lots of intrigue, iffy definitions of and adherence to the word of God, and so much flashiness from the Vatican’s number one resident, the Pope. This time around, the Pope will be played by Malkovich — and he’s something of a wild card....

DirectorJorma Tacconeis taking a trip with an all-star cast for his new black comedy thriller.The Tripwill starJason Segel,Timothy Olyphant,Samara Weaving, andJuliette Lewis.The Hollywood Reporterhas the news that the film is now in production in Finland. Segel and Weaving will play a dysfunctional couple who take a trip to a remote cabin, ostensibly to repair their relationship - with both partners unaware that the other intends to kill them. However, their homicidal intentions are put aside when strangers arrive at the cabin who want to kill both of them....

The Toranto International Film Festival(TIFF) for 2021 has come to an end, and over the weekend the annual award took place for the films showcased at the event. At the 46 edition of the TIFF festival, the semi-autobiographical, black-and-white drama from directorKenneth Branagh,Belfast,took home the TIFF People’s Choice Award while the TIFF People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award, an award given to the most popular underground film at the event, went toTitaneby directorJulia Ducournau....

The superhero movie genre is one of the biggest and most popular around, but finding a consensus on the very best superhero movies ever made is tough. Which is why the folks at Collider Video came together to discuss, debate, and downright fight over the Top 50 superhero movies of all time. The result is an in-depth video countdown series encapsulating everything fromRichard Donner’s originalSupermantoSpider-Man: Homecoming, counting down from 50 to 1 (plus honorable mentions) to result in a definitive yet still debatable list of the very best superhero movies ever made....

To help you keep up to date with all the new movie releases of 2019, we’ve put together this release calendar that we’ll be constantly updating as studios announce new titles, shift movies around, and try to stake their claim on various weekends. Hopefully, you’ll find this to be a helpful tool not just for planning, but also to see what movies are competing on the same weekend and when a big title is coming your way....

¡Vampiros en La Habana!, otherwise known asVampires In Havana!is a strange Cuban flick from 1985. The film was notably directed byJuan Padrón, a man with a long and illustrious career in cartooning and animation. Considered the father of Cuban film animation, he was famous for being the creator of a popular anti-colonialist comic strip calledElpidio Valdés, as well as the director behind the first three animated films produced by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry....

Few cerebral animated series in history have found success critically, commercially, and culturally, but that trend has been changing in recent years.The Simpsonshas long been praised for its smart writing just asSouth Parkhas been rewarded for its sharp, satirical commentary over the last 20+ years. More recent additions likeRick and Morty,Big Mouth, andBoJack Horsemanhave taken aim at older audiences in order to present more adult subject material coupled with a mature and cerebral storytelling approach....

With over 15 years spent writing for Marvel’s “X-Men” comics,Chris Claremontco-created many of the properties most enduring and endearing characters like Rogue and Mystique, scripted the iconic arcs “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past” withJohn Byrne, and helped to develop the fan-favorite character Wolverine into one of the franchise’s most recognizable heroes. And yet the surge of the comics' popularity in the 90s has fallen off in recent years....