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‘First Cow’ Trailer: Kelly Reichardt Returns With Another Tender Frontier Drama Meek’s CutoffandWendy and LucydirectorKelly Reichardthas a talent for portraying the American working class experience through quiet, contemplative frontier dramas — letting humanity shine through the grim wilderness. Her latest film,First Cow, does that as well, but under the cover of a rather quirky premise: a cook and a refugee strike up a close friendship and an unusual business deal by stealing milk from a cow....

‘Halloween’ Trailer: Jamie Lee Curtis Faces Her Fate, And The Return Of Michael Myers [Updated] Update:Anothernew trailer with a ton of new footage has arrived and you can now watch it below. TheHalloweenhype is already through the roof, and you probably don’t need to be sold on it anymore. But just in case you do, here’s an exciting new trailer ahead of the film’s upcoming TIFF premiere.Jamie Lee Curtisis back as final girl Laurie Strode, who is about to come face-to-face with Michael Myers one final time....

‘Hunger’ Director Steve McQueen Making ‘12 Years A Slave’ With Chiwetel Ejiofor Steve McQueenfollowed his debut filmHungerwithShame, which reunites him with actor Michael Fassbender and will premiere shortly at the Venice Film Festival. Now he’s got his post-Shameproject set: a film called12 Years a Slave, in whichChiwetel Ejioforwill star. McQueen wrote the film withRed TailsscreenwriterJohn Ridley, and the story follows Solomon Northrup, born the free son of amanumittedslave and who was living as a free New York citizen when he “was kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853....

‘I Am Chris Farley’ Trailer: A Funny And Tearful Look Back At The Comedian’s Life And Legacy There are far too many great talents who have left us all too soon. Fame can be hard to tame, and its satisfaction can sometimes only last so long until you’re looking for other outlets, like drugs or alcohol, to keep that emotional and mental high going. Such was the success and ultimate tragedy ofSaturday Night Livecast memberChris Farley....

‘Jurassic World’ Congratulates ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ For Smashing Its Box Office Record As expected,Star Wars: The Force Awakensobliterated box office recordsthis weekend — including the one set byJurassic Worldearlier this year for the biggest opening weekend of all time. But apparently there are no hard feelings onJurassic World’s side. Just asthe Marvel team congratulatedJurassic Worldon a job well done when it took overThe Avengers' record, theJurassic Worldgang is gamely toastingStar Wars' stellar performance....

‘Middle School’ Trailer: These Kids Just Can’t Handle The Rules Anymore We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After delivering the bumbling comedyPaul Blart: Mall Cop, directorSteve Carris heading into the world of young adults with anMiddle School: The Worst Years of My Life, an adaptation of thebook of the same name by James Patterson. With flairs ofFerris Bueller’s Day Off, MatildaandDiary of a Wimpy Kid, the film looks like it’s perfectly geared towards the target audience who read the books, but with some familiar comedic talent to make it a little more appealing to adults....

‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ 10th Anniversary Screenings Are Expanding, And A 4K Ultra HD Release Is Coming Too Last weekend,Scott Pilgrim vs. the Worldreturned to select theaters for the film’s 10th anniversary. It’s actually been 11 years since the movie was released in theaters, but the coronavirus pandemic ruined what would have been last year’s celebrations, so here we are. And it turns out fans were so happy to return to theaters forEdgar Wright’s adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series that Universal Pictures will be expanding the anniversary screenings to even more theaters....

‘Some Like It Hot’ Tops BBC’s List Of The 100 Greatest Comedies Of All Time Last year, the BBC polled nearly 200 critics in an attempt to determine the100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. This year, they’ve assembled another cinema poll, one that is bound to spark just as many debates, as they tried to pin down the100 Greatest Comedies of All Time. Billy Wilder’s classicSome Like It Hottopped the list with the perfect satireDr....

‘Sorry To Bother You’ Director Teases His TV Series About A 13-Foot Tall Black Man In Oakland Boots Riley, the filmmaker behind 2018’s savage cinematic satireSorry to Bother You, seems to have found his next project. Earlier today on Twitter, Riley teased that he was developing a new TV series calledI’m a Virgo, which is about a 13-foot tall Black man living in Oakland, California. Whoa. I’m a Virgo Announcement Riley, an activist musician filmmaker, has an intimate relationship with the city of Oakland....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Review Round-Up: Rian Johnson Delivers In A Huge Way After a two year wait,Star Wars: The Last Jedifinally arrives in theaters this week. How does writer/directorRian Johnson’s sequel measure up to what’s come before in a galaxy far, far away? you’re able to read our review from Josh Spiegelright here, Peter Sciretta wrote his ownextended spoiler-free review, and Chris Evangelista has a spoiler review coming soon, but in the meantime, check out our huge round-up ofStar Wars The Last Jedireviews to find out what the rest of the critical community thinks....

‘Takers’ Director To Helm ‘Leatherface 3D’? Remember a couple years back, whenSawproducers Twisted Picturespicked up the rightsto make sequels toThe Texas Chainsaw Massacrefrom Platinum Dunes? Suddenly the idea of another Dunes sequel/remake didn’t seem like such an unappealing idea. But it is taking some time for Twisted to get a film together, and we haven’t heard much about the continuation or rejuvenation of the series with the exception of a screenwriting nugget last fall....

‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ Will Be The First Major Studio Wide Release Of The Summer, Arriving Just Before ‘Tenet’ Everyone wants to be first. When it comes to re-opening movie theaters this summer, Warner Bros. has been hogging most of the limelight, withTenetstill poised to open on July 17. ButTenetisn’t going to be the first new movie this summer. There’s the Russell Crowe movieUnhinged, which is set for a limited release on July 1....

‘The Mandalorian’ Score By Ludwig Göransson Is Streaming Now The first episode of the live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorianis available on Disney+ right now. Thankfully, Disney and Lucasfilm have wasted no time making the score from the first episode available online for fans to listen to over and over again. You can listen to all of the tracks from the show’s first chapter through your preferred music streaming service right now, and we’ll talk more about that score below....