When the horror comedy “M3GAN” became a hit in early 2023 and turned its killer doll title character into an icon, director Gerard Johnstone — who, throughout production, feared he was “making a career-ending goofy puppet movie” — felt an instant sense of liberation. “As restrained as the first film was, there was nothing restrained … Read more
Actress and filmmaker Tommy Dorfman has launched production banner Good Girl, setting a slate that spans body thriller and graphic novel adaptations. Alyssa Raimann, an alum of Joy Coalition and STX, has been named vice president and will oversee Good Girl with Dorfman where the focus will be on film, television, and theater. Good Girl’s … Read more
After making Midsommar, Hereditary and Beau is Afraid, Ari Aster set his sights on the COVID-19 pandemic as his latest horror subject. Eddington, which Aster wrote and directed, is set in Eddington, New Mexico in May 2020, as a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) faces off against the mayor (Pedro Pascal) over political and social issues … Read more
Peruvian matador Andrés Roca Rey has enormous testicles. Easily one of the largest sets on Earth. We never see them for ourselves, but they’re all that his crew of hypemen can talk about. “Such great balls!,” a member of Roca’s entourage insists. “Your balls are bigger than the whole fucking arena!,” another concurs. The dominant … Read more
From ‘The Shallows’ to, yes, ‘Jaws,’ The Hollywood Reporter definitively ranks the best films ever made that are centered around hostile cartilaginous fish. Published on June 27, 2025 The Shallows, Blake Lively, 2016. Vince Valitutti/ © Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Look, you already know Jaws is No. 1. We’re not going to be pretend like there’s any … Read more
Every 10 years, it looks as though Lisa Kudrow will stage a brand-new “Comeback.” Exactly 20 years after the beloved comedy series’ first season debuted in 2005, and 10 years after Season 2 in 2015, Kudrow officially is reprising her cult favorite role of Valerie Cherish for “The Comeback” Season 3. Creator Michael Patrick King, … Read more
Doc ‘Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print’ Trailer Examining the Magazine by Alex Billington June 27, 2025Source: YouTube “We’re not just a magazine… we’re a whole social movement.” HBO debuted the trailer for a documentary event titled Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, taking a look back at the iconic, groundbreaking magazine known as Ms. … Read more
Sony Pictures Entertainment will handle international distribution on four upcoming releases for Amazon MGM Studios as part of a multi-year agreement, as the latter continues to build its own international theatrical distribution infrastructure. The first title is Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt, a psychological drama starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield that is set … Read more
Apple Original Films‘ critically acclaimed F1: The Movie is off to the races. The Formula One movie, directed by Joseph Kosinski of Top Gun: Maverick fame, has already banked a hefty $10 million in previews at the domestic box office before officially opening everywhere today, June 27. That includes $7 million in Thursday shows and $3 million from … Read more
Torn between action and comedy, irony and sentiment, and rah-rah jingoism and genuine self-reflection, “Heads of State” is a surprisingly entertaining romp. From a distance, the star-studded Prime Video romp feels like a fake movie-within-a-movie — which is ironic, given how many of these it features in it running time — but the stylings of … Read more