Wonka enjoyed a healthy start at the domestic box office, earning $39 million from 4,203 theaters, per Deadline. The musical comedy held strong throughout the weekend, dipping just 3% on Saturday for an impressive $14M, following $14.4M on Thursday/Friday. Worldwide, the pic starring Timothee Chalamet has accrued $151.4M, including $8.7M from Imax. With few obstacles … Read more
“Origin” Ava DuVernay’s astonishing adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s essential novel, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, stars the amazing Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the author who links the injustices made throughout human history by illuminating the unspoken system of caste that fuels them 2. REAL LIFE HEROES “Rustin” No list of this year’s Oscar contenders is complete without Colman … Read more
8. FACING REALITY “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie” I was apprehensive about seeing Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” because frankly I was wondering whether it would be painful taking me back to the challenges we faced with my late husband Roger’s illness. Fortunately, I am happy to report that it … Read more
MARYA GATES“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”“Amanda”/”Fremont”“Blackberry”“The Blue Caftan”“La Chimera”“Godland”“Kokomo City”“Lakota Nation vs. the United States”“Past Lives”“Plan 75” ALLY JOHNSON1. “Monster”2. “Past Lives”3. “The Boy and the Heron”4. “All of Us Strangers” 5. “Plan 75”6. “May December” 7. “Asteroid City”8. “Passages”9. ”Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”10. “Showing Up” VALERIE KALFRIN“American Fiction”“Are You There, God? It’s … Read more
A top-secret movie called Sasquatch Summer is coming to movie theatres in 2024, starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg. Here’s a strange little movie announcement – apparently, The Zellner Bros (Damsel and Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter) shot a top-secret movie called Sasquatch Sunset with two pretty big stars, Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, and the … Read more
There are plenty of pros and cons at the box office this week. We’ll start with the good news. The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, opened with a decent but not spectacular $44 million, enough to propel the Francis Lawrence-directed pic to No. 1 domestically, per Deadline. Internationally, Songbirds collected $54.5M, … Read more
David Fincher’s The Killer reigns supreme on Netflix’s Top 10 chart as the most-watched title of the week with 27.9 million views. David Fincher’s The Killer made its streaming debut on Netflix just a few days ago, but it’s proven to be quite popular, shooting to the top of the streaming service’s Top 10 English … Read more
Top Gun: Maverick took 2022’s Memorial Weekend crown with tons of people contributing to its box office record success. But that doesn’t mean everyone’s seen it yet. One cop pled guilty to pulling a gun on a colleague for threatening to spoil the Top Gun sequel. While no one likes movie spoilers, it’s a whole … Read more
Audiences opted for scares this weekend and powered the latest Exorcist chapter, The Exorcist: Believer, to $27M, per Deadline. The trade notes that Universal Studios purchased the horror franchise from Morgan Creek for $400M in the hopes of making a new trilogy. While this new installment cost just $30M to produce, the numbers, while good, … Read more
American Fiction has edged out films by Hayao Miyazaki, Alexander Payne, Richard Linklater and more to win TIFF’s People’s Choice Award. American Fiction, Cord Jefferson’s drama starring Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross has officially moved ahead in the Best Picture race, winning the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International … Read more