TIFF 2024: The Cut, The Luckiest Man in America, Nutcrackers | Festivals & Awards

Patterns emerge at film festivals, and the opening night of Toronto 2024 might suggest there’s something wrong with the men of America. Whether it’s a boxer brutally abusing his body, a game show contestant trying to save his family, or a real estate mogul learning what matters to him, these three films from the first … Read more

Ridley Scott on Napoleon: The Director’s Cut

Ridley Scott thinks audiences may prefer the recently released director’s cut of Napoleon over the theatrical edition. Apple TV+ recently released the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which adds 48 minutes to the historical epic’s runtime, bringing it to 205 minutes. Going to need a bathroom break for that one. However, Scott told Total … Read more

The Director’s Cut invades Apple TV+ with 48 minutes of never-before-seen footage

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: The Director’s Cut gets an epic trailer as the film, with 48 additional minutes, marches onto Apple TV+. Apple Original Films wants audiences to experience Ridley Scott’s Napoleon like never before with Napoleon: The Director’s Cut, now streaming on Apple TV+. The Director’s Cut includes 48 minutes of new, never-before-seen footage from … Read more

Why Rob McElhenney’s Deadpool & Wolverine cameo was cut

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are good pals, so it came as no surprise that McElhenney made a cameo appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine as a TVA soldier. However, McElhenney’s cameo wound up on the cutting room floor and Reynolds took to social media to explain why. “A word on my ‘darling’ friend, Rob McElhenney. … Read more

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut movie review (2024)

The final film received universally horrible reviews — Variety described it as a “moral holocaust,” and the progenitor of this very site dubbed it “sickening, utterly worthless, shameful trash. If it is not the worst film I have ever seen, that makes it all the more shameful.” Despite, or perhaps because of, such critiques, the film … Read more

Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon’ Director’s Cut Coming to Netflix

Just a few months after both premiered on Netflix, Zack Snyder’s two Rebel Moon films are already getting director’s cuts. The new versions of the films will both begin streaming on the service later this summer. With their new footage, both movies are getting new subtitles as well. Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire is now Rebel … Read more

The Scene That Clint Eastwood Cut to Make Unforgiven a Classic | MZS

Essentially, Clint Eastwood’s character, William Munny, goes through the standard Clint Eastwood hero arc of getting beaten within an inch of his life (in some movies, he’s actually killed and rises from the dead), then coming back to righteously murder a bunch of people. But over time, I grew to appreciate and even appreciate the elliptical nature of … Read more