Best Actor is already too crowded, but I don't know, guys, this looks pretty great and will now have its World Premiere in Venice. Zendaya, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson are in like every movie this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fHXyqQOKL8 From director Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine, in theaters September 25. Real life events: Chris Hansen and his team used increasingly unethical practices to trap various men on camera and convict them of being...

Being that I am a Lizzie Borden fanatic, I have already made my objections to the casting of Abby Borden known. The only thing anyone ever said about her was that she was short and plump - unlike tall and pretty Rebecca Hall. It kind of matters because otherwise, Lizzie might not have been able to overpower her. Andrew Borden likewise was no Charlie Hunnam. But people don't watch ugly people. I will love this show if it is very detailed and...

The lineup for the New York Film Festival includes Chris Rock's Misty Green and Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care. It does not include Fjord, weirdly enough. But here you go. From Variety: Opening Night: “Paper Tiger” (James Gray) Centerpiece: “Behemoth!” (Tony Gilroy) Closing Night: “14th” (Ava DuVernay) “9 Temples to Heaven” (Sompot Chidgasornpongse), U.S. premiere “All of a Sudden” (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi), New York premiere “Bitter Christmas” (Pedro Almodóvar), U.S. premiere “Clarissa” (Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri), New York premiere “Dao” (Alain Gomis),...

Gala & Special Presentations Opening Film: Being Heumann by Siân Heder Closing Film: Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend by Yan Lanouette Turgeon A Talent for Murder by Anton Corbijn Babies by Lauren Miller Rogen Evil Genius by Courteney Cox Misty Green by Chris Rock Onwards and Sideways by John Madden Tenzing by Jennifer Peedom Centerpiece Program Highlights Dorothy by Karthik Subbaraj Four Seasons in Java by Kamila Andini Inherit by Banjong Pisanthanakun Our Loves by Avi Nesher The Surgeon by Roshan...

As we enter the month of August, and the summer movie season enters a phase where the major films of the season (specifically Nolan’s The Odyssey, Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and a few others), are what will drive the box office for the remaining time until Autumn roles around with some films along the way, Oscar watchers and Awards journalists in general will turn towards the Fall Film Festival, and make guestimates, or inferences, over what will be the major standouts,...

Universal is having a hell of a year. They will likely have the most profitable Best Picture contender come Oscar time, as well as one of the most profitable films of all time when factoring in budget. And those two movies are The Odyssey and Obsession(which is Focus Features, but that's under Universal). They have become the first studio to cross the $4 billion mark for 2026, which means this is one of their best years ever. The Odyssey is likely to...

Only one director has ever won four Oscars for Best Directing, and that was the great John Ford, who only won Best Picture with How Green Was My Valley. The films that won instead of John Ford's Best Director wins won just one or two Oscars in total, weirdly enough. Mutiny on the Bounty - 1 Oscar for Best Picture Rebecca - 2 Oscars for Best Picture and Cinematography. The Greatest Show on Earth - 2 Oscars for Best Picture and Screenplay....

Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the HFPA’s $150 million lawsuit against Penske Corp. in an attempt to take back the Golden Globes. Can they break up the unethical Penske monopoly on the trades and the Globes? Also Behemoth! Starring Pedro Pascal. We talk Best Actor and Best Actress. We talk The Odyssey. We talk Ryan Gosling and his chances for Project Hail Mary. And we read from Joseph Kahn’s brilliant piece in the Hollywood Reporter: Bring Back the Hollywood...

Don't let the mirage of The Odyssey's wild success fool you. The industry is as unhealthy this year as it was the last time a Christopher Nolan movie was heralded as saving Hollywood. That was 2023 with the Barbenheimer phenom. We were all so excited to see everyone excited to line up and see both movies because they kind of had to. Even my nieces and my daughter wanted to buckle in for a movie about the guy who helped win WWII...

If you loved The Odyssey, you'll love this video. It's very much in keeping with the tone and sound of the film and will likely be competing with Taylor Swift's song from Toy Story 5 for the win. It's an incredibly beautifully filmed video with James Blake, Travis Scott, Ludwig Göransson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB7sWyhJSs8