Category: Movie News
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‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Ending Explained: The Red Room, Bent Neck Lady, & More
It isn’t easy to explain the ending of The Haunting of Hill House, because Hill House itself—the daunting, ghost-filled mansion at the center of Mike Flanagan’s Netflix series—doesn’t end. That’s one of the points of the show, the eternal nature of this multi-room monster sitting alone in middle-of-nowhere Massachusetts. Like Shirley Jackson wrote in the…
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Superhero Bits: Rumored ‘Avengers 4’ Trailer Surfaces, ‘Venom’ Plot Hole Has No Explanation & More
What can we expect from Batman‘s suit in the final season of Gotham? Who is voicing Scarecrow in the Harley Quinn animated series? What does Venom director Ruben Fleischer have to say about a certain plot hole in the movie? Has a description of the first trailer for Avengers 4 surfaced online? Could a Sinister…
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Busan Festival: ‘Savage’ and ‘Clean Up’ Share New Currents Competition Prizes
Chinese title “Savage” and Korean psychodrama “Clean Up” split the prizes in the main New Currents competition at the Busan International Film Festival. The prizes were announced on Saturday morning.The Kim Ji-seok Award, named after the festival’s co-founder and head selector who died suddenly last year, was also shared. It went jointly to Jamshid Mahmoudi’s…
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Hero For Hire: Netflix Cancels Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’
Well, he’s a hero for hire now, and perhaps it was inevitable. Netflix has canceled their first Marvel show: “Iron Fist” will not be coming back for a third season.In a joint statement released to the media on late Friday, Netflix and Marvel said, “Marvel’s Iron Fist will not return for a third season on…
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Timothée Chalamet Saves ‘Beautiful Boy,’ But What Will Happen to ‘First Man’? — IndieWire’s Movie Podcast
It’s a busy week for new releases, as Timothée Chalamet grapples with drug addiction in “Beautiful Boy,” while Damien Chazelle’s lunar epic “First Man” finally makes its way into theaters, and Paul Greengrass’ harrowing depiction of the mass shooting in Norway “22 July” makes its way to Netflix. None of these movies are guaranteed commercial…
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‘First Man’ IMAX Featurette Reveals Why This Movie is Best on the Giant Screen
This weekend brings First Man to theaters, the latest film from Whiplash and La La Land director Damien Chazelle. However, this time around the director trades in jazz for the wonder of space as he tells the story of Neil Armstrong’s journey from the Earth to the moon. And he does it all with the…
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‘Venom’ Besting ‘A Star Is Born’ With $30 Million, ‘First Man’ Launching at $17 Million
Holdover hits “Venom” and “A Star Is Born” are in a battle for first place at the North American box office this weekend with “Venom” prevailing with about $30 million, early estimates showed Friday.Ryan Gosling’s “First Man” is lifting off with around $17 million for Universal, just ahead of “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” with $16…
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‘Men in Black’ Reboot Photo Reveals The Agents Facing Off Against Their Biggest Threat Yet – Sweltering Desert Heat
Men in Black agents have gone toe-to-toe with some pretty serious adversaries over the course of the agency’s long history: vomiting aliens, Vincent D’Onofrio lurching around with roaches leaking from his body, the works. But in this new Men in Black reboot photo, Tessa Thompson shows off a new look at her and co-star Chris…
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Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh to Star in Thriller ‘The Honest Thief’ From ‘Ozark’ Co-Creator
Liam Neeson and Kate Walsh will star in the independent action-thriller “The Honest Thief.”Mark Williams, co-creator of the Netflix series “Ozark,” will direct from a script by Steve Allrich. Neeson will portray a bank robber who tries to turn himself in because he’s falling in love with a woman — played by Walsh — who…
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‘First Man’ Launches With $1.1 Million at Thursday Box Office
Universal Pictures’ “First Man” grossed $1.1 million in previews on Thursday from 2,850 theaters, of which $370,000 came from IMAX screens.The studio is projecting an opening weekend of $15-18 million, with independent trackers pushing their expectations up to $20 million. In comparison, Tom Hanks’ “Bridge of Spies” took in $600,000 before it grossed $15.4 million…