Finding Mr. Christmas: Jonathan Bennett on Hallmark’s New Reality Competition | Interviews

Hallmark Movies Now is becoming Hallmark+ this month with exclusive new movies, original series, and more featuring beloved Hallmark stars—or, as Jonathan Bennett calls them, the Hallmark Cinematic Universe (HCU). That’s a lot of happily ever after. Bennett played the handsome love interest in Hallmark’s “The Christmas House” and its sequel, “Deck Those Halls,” and … Read more

WWE’s The Undertaker Urges AEW To Step up and Create Real Competition

Former WWE World Champion The Undertaker has called out AEW to step up and provide competition for WWE. Tony Khan, the owner of AEW, started the promotion back in 2019 when he signed The Elite, Chris Jericho, Pac, and Britt Baker. This move created a huge buzz in the wrestling world, with WWE finally facing … Read more

Netflix Orders Second Season of ‘Squid Game’ Competition Series

In another example of our oh so dystopian lives imitating art, Netflix has renewed their Squid Game competition series, Squid Game: The Challenge — which takes the central conceit of a deadly game with a massive cash prize from the fictional Netflix series Squid Game and turns it into an actual (not deadly, presumably) game with a massive cash prize … Read more

Taylor Swift Dominates the Competition

Taylor Swift: Eras Tour annihilated the worldwide box office, pulling in roughly $95-$97 million domestically and $31M-$33M internationally for a $126-$130M global opening, per Deadline. We’re still awaiting final figures, but anything over $96.2M (earned by Joker in 2019) would be an October record domestically. AMC rivals are calling $94.3M stateside, which is nothing to … Read more

Surviving Paradise Trailer Previews Netflix’s Newest Reality Competition Series

Netflix has released the official Surviving Paradise trailer for its forthcoming reality competition series, featuring twelve strangers fighting for the chance to win the grand prize of $100,000. The show will start streaming on October 20 with nine episodes. The video introduces the contestants who initially believe that they will all live at a luxurious … Read more

KVIFF 2023 Announces Competition Titles, Premieres, and More | Festivals & Awards

The Proxima Competition, in its second year of existence, will present ten world and two international premieres, nine of which are fictional features alongside two documentaries from filmmakers like Swiss author Thomas Imbach, Poland’s Olga Chajdas, Cyprus-born Kyros Papavassiliou, French filmmaker Émilie Brisavoine and Romanian documentarist Alexandru Solomon, etc. NRC critic and Rotterdam International Film … Read more

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Smashes Competition

Universal/Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. movie held strong in weekend No. 2, grossing a whopping $87M at the domestic box office and besting even the loftiest projections for this week’s box office results. Per Deadline, the number marks the best second weekend ever for an animated film, topping previous record-holder Frozen II ($85.9M). How high … Read more