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Despite the fact that Golden Globe-winning blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer deals with a mighty heavy subject—the advent of the atomic bomb and the moral implications of its use during World War II—it’s clear that both the cast and crew on the Christopher Nolan-directed drama had a great time behind the scenes.  Oscar-bound leading man Cillian Murphy
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Poor Matt Damon. Sure, the Oscar winner is one of the most successful actors around, having most recently starred in the Christopher Nolan awards juggernaut Oppenheimer. Conversely, he’s so often the butt of the joke when it comes to his old Ocean’s Eleven buddies George Clooney and Brad Pitt.  The dashing duo has been known
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Julia Roberts has had a long and fruitful career starring in a number of different kinds of roles over the years. The A-lister has never shied away from challenges like Aaron Sorkin dialogue in Charlie Wilson’s War or leading a performance heavy film like Erin Brockovich. However, Roberts has boundaries when it comes to the
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Margot Robbie is one of the busiest people in Hollywood these days, from acting in high-profile 2023 titles like the billion-dollar blockbuster Barbie and Wes Anderson’s unsurprisingly whimsical Asteroid City, to producing buzzy flicks like Saltburn through her LuckyChap production company. With such a packed schedule, something’s gotta give and, sadly, it looks like that planned
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Director Guy Ritchie is famous for attracting A-list actors throughout his career, as he’s shown through his frequent collaborations with Jason Statham, compiling the star-studded cast of 2019’s The Gentlemen, and getting Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law to play Sherlock and Watson. The filmmaker’s next movie proved this again as it will see John
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M3GAN was one of the biggest box office surprises of 2023. The satirical horror movie launched a successful Internet marketing campaign, which featured plenty of memorable moments from the film. This approach essentially made it a must-see moviegoing experience. After the film’s immense success, a sequel titled M3GAN 2.0 was announced to be in development
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In 2002, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland forever changed the zombie subgenre. While the world had grown use to George A. Romero’s classic shambling undead, 28 Days Later introduced audiences to the Rage Virus and the mindless infected who are basically in a full sprint at all times. It took five years for
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While directors leaving a movie before it begins filming isn’t an uncommon occurrence, it’s rare you’ll find instances where they leave in the midst of production. Arguably the biggest recent example of this was when director Justin Lin, who’d been contributing to the Fast & Furious franchise since 2006’s Tokyo Drift, left Fast X after
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Many would argue that Five Nights at Freddy’s was a fun flick for Halloween 2023. Sure, critics felt it was a “sanitized” video game adaptation, which some would attribute to the film’s PG-13 rating. But, clearly, fans of the video game and of Blumhouse didn’t care what the critics said, as the movie raked in
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants really is one of the best movies about female friendship out there. Not only because four friends use a pair of pants to connect with each other to fight long-distance, but because of the real-life chemistry these co-stars have with one another. Now, all these years later, America Ferrera
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It’s pretty incredible that Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things exists. It’s a bold take on the classic story of Frankenstein with the twist of Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter being a full-grown woman who gets a baby brain placed into her body and discovers the pleasures and pitfalls of the world without the weight of society to
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In 2020, Patrick Stewart reprised Jean-Luc Picard for Star Trek: Picard, which followed nearly 20 years after the movie Star Trek: Nemesis. The show accessible to Paramount+ subscribers took the former captain of the USS Enterprise on a journey that culminated with him reuniting with his Next Generation cohorts in the third and final season
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The Safdie Brothers may be splitting up — yes, that means that anticipated follow-up to Uncut Gems is likely not happening — but that doesn’t mean Benny and Josh can’t still bond over their shared fascination for Tom Cruise and Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Magnolia.  The sibling directors joined fellow filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson on the A24
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Christopher Nolan is arguably on track this year to finally win the Academy Award for Best Director for his blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer—he’s been nominated five times before, including for his devastating war drama Dunkirk. However, that doesn’t mean the famed filmmaker doesn’t often find himself on the receiving end of criticism.  While accepting the Best
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Warning: this article has spoilers for the 2023 film The Color Purple. Though this year’s Blitz Bazawule-directed version of The Color Purple is actually an adaptation of the stage musical, not the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg, the 2023 remake pays more than a few nods to that Oscar-winning drama. However, despite one OG star making a cameo,
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If the trailers to the new Blumhouse horror flick Night Swim had you screaming “Girl, just open your eyes!” during that nonsensical Marco Polo scene, you’re apparently not the only one. Reviews for the pool-focused supernatural thriller on the 2024 movie schedule — which hits theaters nationwide on Friday, January 5 — are officially out,
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From her commanding performances in everything from The Accused to The Silence of the Lambs to the upcoming True Detective Season 4, Jodie Foster has been a formidable presence onscreen for decades. And it’s not just audiences who are “intimidated” in the company of the Oscar winner, it’s acclaimed directors too. The actress-filmmaker revealed this
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