‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!

Nominations have been announced for the upcoming Critics Choice Awards, and it’s a mix of this awards season’s usual suspects with a few welcome additions. The Favourite leads the charge with 14 nominations in total, including Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos. Just behind the biting period piece is Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, which scored 12 nominations including Best Picture, … Continue reading ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!

‘Green Book’ Named Best Film of 2018 by National Board of Review!!!

The National Board of Review—one of the awards season’s inaugural voting bodies—has announced its Top 10 Films of the Year list, along with other superlatives. If you’re looking for a correlation between NBR and the Oscars, well you’re not gonna find it. The winner of Best Film from the National Board of Review hasn’t won the Best Picture Oscar since 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire, and as … Continue reading ‘Green Book’ Named Best Film of 2018 by National Board of Review!!!

‘Halloween’ Repeats #1, While ‘Hunter Killer’ Sinks at the BO!!

The weekend played out mostly as expected with a repeat of last weekend’s top four films, led by Universal‘s Halloween, which has now delivered over $126 million in just ten days in release. Lionsgate‘s release of Summit‘s Hunter Killer led the week’s new wide releases with a top five finish while A24‘s expansion of Jonah Hill‘s Mid90s secured a top ten finish. The biggest news, … Continue reading ‘Halloween’ Repeats #1, While ‘Hunter Killer’ Sinks at the BO!!

‘Halloween’ Slices Up a Huge $77.5 Million Opening at the BO!!!

With a staggering, $77.5 million debut, Universal and Blumhouse‘s Halloween topped the weekend with the second largest October opening weekend of all-time. The horror film headlined a massive weekend overall weekend, that saw the top twelve combine for over $160 million, making this the second largest October weekend ever. As already mentioned, Halloween’s $77.5 million three-day debut was the second largest October opening weekend of … Continue reading ‘Halloween’ Slices Up a Huge $77.5 Million Opening at the BO!!!

A24 and James Franco’s Stripper Movie ‘Zola’ Lands ‘Lemon’ Director Janicza Bravo!!!

After making her feature directorial debut last year with the off-kilter indie comedy Lemon, up-and-coming filmmaker Janicza Bravo has signed on to direct Zola for A24. The project is based on David Kushner’s Rolling Stone article “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted.” If you aren’t familiar with that epic viral tale, click here, but basically it follows a young … Continue reading A24 and James Franco’s Stripper Movie ‘Zola’ Lands ‘Lemon’ Director Janicza Bravo!!!

Cary Fukunaga Netflix Series ‘Maniac’ Gets Start Date!!!

That’s no fault of his—fresh off the success of True Detective, the Jane Eyre director made his passion project Beasts of No Nation a reality at Netflix, and then entered development on a couple of projects that didn’t pan out. He was lined up to write and direct the high-profile It movie, but departed over creative differences. Then he was set to spearhead the TNT series … Continue reading Cary Fukunaga Netflix Series ‘Maniac’ Gets Start Date!!!

Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara May Join Joaquin Phoenix in New Gus Van Sant Film!!

A formidable ensemble is coming together for the next film from director Gus Van Sant. We previously learned that Joaquin Phoenix was set to star in Van Sant’s next project, a biopic of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan called Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot. And now Variety reports that Oscar nominees Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara are in talks to join the cast. … Continue reading Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara May Join Joaquin Phoenix in New Gus Van Sant Film!!

Jonah Hill to Make Directorial Debut with Coming of Age Film ‘Mid-90s’ !!

From scene-stealing comedian in The 40-Year-Old Virgin to double Oscar-nominee, Jonah Hill is now making another unexpected move by heading behind the camera. Per Variety, Hill is set to direct the coming-of-age dramedy Mid-90s, based on the spec script that he penned. While plot details are under wraps, the film is said to follow a young boy in Los Angeles in the mid-1990s who learns … Continue reading Jonah Hill to Make Directorial Debut with Coming of Age Film ‘Mid-90s’ !!