Know What's Happening in Movies
Know What's Happening in Movies
Super Mario Galaxy targets $200M-plus Easter weekend opening
Nintendo and Illumination are positioning the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy film to open with over $200M domestically during the Easter holiday weekend, citing the 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron $191M opening as a benchmark.
Searchlight Pictures’ 2023 mockumentary *Theater Camp* starring Ayo Edebiri and Ben Platt is now available to stream on Hulu, more than three years after its theatrical debut. The film, directed by first‑time feature filmmakers Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, earned the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble and holds an 86% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Its arrival expands Hulu’s comedy slate with an award‑winning indie title. The streaming launch follows a broader industry shift toward longer‑term digital windows for festival‑circuit films.
Newcomer production company Highway 10 premiered its first two films, “The Saviors” and “Wishful Thinking,” at SXSW 2026. The comedy‑thriller and relationship‑drama, starring Adam Scott, Danielle Deadwyler, Maya Hawke and Lewis Pullman, showcase the founders’ genre‑agnostic, high‑concept approach. Co‑founders Matt Smith and Dan Gedman, veterans of MGM...
#A24’s over-performs at US #BoxOffice with their new R-rated #Undertone, after grossing SPECTACULAR 9.3M over just 2.570 theatres on #5 BIGGEST 3-day Opening weekend in #A24’s history, and almost on par with 2023 #TalkToMe’s 10.4M debut, with a solid $3.6k...
Oscars 2026 winners are selected through a two‑stage voting process administered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Eligibility requires a minimum seven‑day theatrical run in Los Angeles and adherence to union contracts, ensuring only commercially verified films...
The documentary "The Pink Pill" chronicles the decade‑long fight to bring Addyi, the first FDA‑approved drug for women’s low libido, to market. Founder Cindy Eckert bought the rights after a major pharma abandoned the project, launched a 13,000‑patient trial, and...
‘Whispers in May,’ a hybrid documentary by Emmy‑nominated director Dongnan Chen, follows 14‑year‑old Qihuo on a road trip through China’s Liangshan mountains to purchase a skirt for the traditional “Changing skirt” ceremony marking her transition to womanhood. The film juxtaposes...
BlackBerry, the biographical comedy‑drama starring Glenn Howerton, debuted on Netflix on March 15, 2026. The film, directed by Matt Johnson, recounts the meteoric rise and rapid fall of the BlackBerry smartphone, earning a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. It garnered 14 Canadian Screen...
Midhun Manuel Thomas’s debut *Aadu: Oru Bheekarajeeviyanu* crashed at the Kerala box office in 2015, plagued by a chaotic, non‑linear script and stubborn direction. After a DVD release and an unauthorized leak, the film exploded online, turning its absurd one‑liners...
Alisa Kovalenko’s documentary *Traces* follows SEMA, a Ukrainian women‑led network that supports victims of conflict‑related sexual violence, whose membership has tripled since the 2022 invasion. The film concentrates on older civilian survivors who have remained silent, presenting their stories without religious...
Mothering Sunday, the 2021 British period drama starring Olivia Colman, has been added to Channel 4’s streaming platform and is now available for free. The film marks Colman’s first screen role in more than three decades and introduces French director Eva Husson to...
Prime Video adds the documentary "Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger," directed by David Hinton and presented by Martin Scorsese. The film serves as Scorsese’s personal tribute to Michael Powell, spotlighting his vivid use of colour and...
The Ankler’s latest post recaps three Oscar‑night storylines: Larry Ellison’s protest billboard on the red carpet, Democratic lawmakers publicly rebuking film mogul David Katzenberg, and a cryptic AI‑related rumor surrounding Ben Affleck. The piece links to a live YouTube discussion...
Christopher Walken delivers his most unsettling performance in the 1991 psychological thriller The Comfort of Strangers, anchoring the film with a lengthy, haunting monologue. Directed by Paul Schrader and scripted by Harold Pinter, the movie uses Venice’s labyrinthine backdrop to...
The 2026 Oscars marked a historic shift: none of the ten Best Picture nominees were primarily shot on Hollywood soundstages. Productions now span New York, Louisiana, the U.K., Canada, Europe, and South America, reflecting a migration toward lower‑cost locations. Los Angeles...
Netflix’s weekly schedule for March 16‑22, 2026, rolls out a mix of new movies and series, highlighted by the Cillian Murphy‑headlined film “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.” The horror genre receives a boost with the debut of “Jigsaw” and a...
First Ray Films unveiled the teaser poster for *Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business* on actor‑director Anshuman Jha’s birthday. The sequel, directed by Jha, follows Kolkata vigilante Arjun Bakshi as he combats wildlife trafficking in Indonesia’s West Java forests. The film...
Mayasabha – The Hall of Illusion, a 2025 Hindi psychological thriller, marks director Rahi Anil Barve’s sophomore effort after the critically‑acclaimed Tumbbad. Starring Jaaved Jaaferi, Mohammad Samad, Veena Jamkar and Deepak Damle, the film debuted at the Jagran Film Festival...
One of my favorite things about film festivals is the wealth of first features, and seeing one as bold and assuredly directed as Russell Goldman’s #SENDER is especially exciting and inspiring. Goldman isn’t just stepping into the feature film space....
Solid $9.3M opening wknd #boxoffice for paranormal fright flick #undertone. Produced for only $500k, A24 release takes #3 spot nationwide and is already a moneymaking horror hit.
The British Board of Film Classification’s decade‑long study of Oscar winners shows a clear preference for gritty, adult‑oriented dramas that run longer than two hours. Over the past ten years, 67% of winners in the six major categories were rated...
Surprised to find out that the tickets at the new IMAX at the Regal at LA Live is $5 more than any other IMAX in LA.
Tired of dystopian Hollywood futures... Black Mirror, Terminator? The https://t.co/Dv9y9yFta5 is challenging YOU to share a hopeful and compelling future that you want built. Use your favorite video models, your heart and soul. >$4M in Prize money...
Forevergreen, a 13‑minute animated short nominated for this year’s Best Animated Short Oscar, dazzles with a woodcut‑style visual aesthetic that blends hand‑drawn textures and modern CGI. Despite Disney animators shaping a cute bear protagonist, reviewers criticize the thin storyline and...
The Economist: “‘Main melody’ films, as big-budget productions carrying nationalist propaganda are known, are in a rut. Such titles were once blockbusters, topping the box office every year between 2017 and 2023, except 2019. Those days are now gone.” https://t.co/kCR1KEu0O6
The Perfect Neighbor, an Oscar‑nominee documentary by Geeta Gandbhir, reconstructs the June 2023 killing of Black mother AJ Owens by white neighbor Susan Lorincz using police body‑camera footage, interview‑room video, and phone clips. The film’s editing, led by Viridiana Lieberman, weaves these...
Butcher’s Stain, a 26‑minute Israeli short directed by Meyer Levinson‑Blount, earned an Oscar nomination and a four‑and‑a‑half star rating from Eye for Film. The narrative follows Samir, an Arab employee in an Israeli supermarket, who is accused of removing Hamas...
Ryan White’s documentary *Come See Me In The Good Light* chronicles Colorado poet‑laureate Andrea Gibson’s final year, premiering at Sundance 2025 and released before Gibson’s July death. The film intertwines Gibson’s candid poetry, humor, and humility with the stark reality...
“The Alabama Solution,” an Oscar‑nominated documentary by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, exposes severe overcrowding and violence in Alabama’s prisons, where facilities operate at 200 % capacity with only a third of needed staff. Using contraband‑smuggled phones, inmates provide first‑person testimony...
Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death Of Brent Renaud is a 2025 documentary directed by Brent’s brother Craig, weaving archival footage and new scenes to trace Brent Renaud’s career and his fatal ambush in Ukraine. The film...
Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp’s short documentary All The Empty Rooms captures the personal spaces left behind by victims of U.S. school shootings. By filming preserved bedrooms, the project humanizes the 420 children killed in 2025, shifting focus from...
TikTok star Jake Shane, known for the *Therapuss* podcast, made his film debut in *Wishful Thinking* at SXSW, sharing the screen with Maya Hawke and Louis Pullman. The indie comedy, directed by Graham Parkes, featured heavy improvisation and personalized direction,...
Animation studio SHAFT and veteran director Yasuomi Umetsu have unveiled the trailer for their new original series, Virgin Punk. Set in 2099, the sci‑fi action follows bounty hunter Ubu Kamigori as she tracks criminals exploiting the advanced medical android technology...
"A Song Without Home" premiered at CPH:DOX 2026, becoming the first Georgian documentary ever selected for the festival’s Main Competition and later screened at Thessaloniki. Directed by Rati Tsiteladze, the film chronicles Adelina, a trans woman who flees a hostile...
The documentary “Manhood,” directed by Daniel Lombroso, follows Dallas entrepreneur Bill Moore and his PhalloFill penile enlargement service as it becomes a niche parallel to Botox. It profiles three men—Ruben Ramirez, David Smith, and a third unnamed subject—who undergo the...
The Saviors, Kevin Hamedani’s sophomore feature, follows a suburban couple who rent their guest house to Middle‑Eastern tenants, using the premise to satirize American Islamophobia. Despite a strong cast including Adam Scott, Danielle Deadwyler and Ron Perlman, the film’s humor falls...
Deon Taylor’s new documentary “Drift” follows army veteran Isaac “Drift” Wright, a self‑taught photographer who illegally scales the world’s tallest skyscrapers. The film opens with high‑octane climbing sequences, then pivots to a courtroom drama as federal authorities pursue Wright for...
The Australian‑produced thriller *Hotel Mumbai*, starring Dev Patel, has entered Netflix’s catalog and quickly become a streaming hit. The 125‑minute film dramatizes the 2008 Taj Mahal Palace Hotel siege, earning a modest $30 million worldwide against a $25 million budget. It holds...
Safwan Azeem’s article ranks ten nearly perfect drama movies, from classic "All About Eve" to recent "Drive My Car," emphasizing their precise emotional pressure points and thematic depth. Each film is praised for portraying desire, moral conflict, and institutional forces...
Jason Statham’s 2015 comedy *Spy* has resurfaced on Starz, climbing to No. 5 among movies in the U.S. and entering the platform’s overall Top 10 via Amazon Channels. The film, directed by Paul Feig and co‑starring Melissa McCarthy, has generated roughly $235 million worldwide, keeping...
Eiji Uchida’s new film "The Specials" debuts in Japan on March 6, 2026, merging yakuza mythology with competitive dance comedy. The story follows former assassin Daiya, who must train a rag‑tag crew of killers for a dance‑contest hit‑man mission. The...
Protector, starring Milla Jovovich, attempts to revive the "parent‑rescues‑child" action formula popularized by Taken, but delivers a derivative, predictable story. The film’s screenplay feels assembled from familiar tropes, offering little suspense and weak character development. While Jovovich provides a committed...
Perry Gershkow’s six‑year self‑funded surf documentary Keeping In The Shadows is now on a Southern California premiere tour, hitting venues in Newport Beach, Laguna, Oceanside and Encinitas. The film, co‑created with Noah "Waggy" Wegrich and featuring surf legends like Cliff...
Max Landis, whose career stalled after multiple abuse accusations, was hired by Paramount to draft a treatment for a G.I. Joe reboot, but Variety reports the studio passed on his concept. Sources say the decision stemmed from dissatisfaction with the pitch,...
Irish animator John Kelly’s seven‑minute Oscar‑nominated short “Retirement Plan” turns a personal panic‑attack‑driven bucket‑list crisis into a universal meditation on aging, time, and purpose. The film follows Ray, a flat‑colored character who races to complete life goals before retirement, highlighting...
Mike Judge, co‑creator of "King of the Hill" and creator of "Beavis and Butt‑Head," will be honored with the 2026 Annecy Festival Honorary Cristal. The award, presented June 21‑27, celebrates his three‑decade career and contributions to adult animation. Judge’s catalog...
The 32nd Vesoul International Festival of Asian Cinemas screened award‑winning films at the Guimet Museum’s auditorium in Paris from March 4‑7, 2026, drawing a large, diverse audience. The event received extensive media coverage, including a full‑page feature in Le Figaro and promotion by...
At SXSW 2026, three documentaries—“Adam’s Apple,” “The Dads,” and “Your Attention Please”—center on trans acceptance and the digital era’s effect on youth. “Adam’s Apple” follows a mother’s eight‑year chronicle of her son’s gender transition, offering intimate, unscripted moments. “The Dads”...
Hulu has added the 2025 musical drama “Kiss of the Spider Woman” to its streaming catalog, giving the box‑office flop a second chance to find an audience. The film, starring Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez, earned under $5 million domestically and...
The Oscars’ traditional “Big Five” categories are being challenged to add a Best International Feature award, spotlighting films such as *It Was Just an Accident* and *The Voice of Hind Rajab*. These movies, directed by Jafar Panahi and Annemarie Jacir, present intimate...
Dave Bautista headlines the 2024 indie action film *The Killer's Game*, reuniting with three fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe alumni—Pom Klementieff, Ben Kingsley and Scott Adkins. The plot follows hitman Joe Flood, who places a contract on his own life after a misdiagnosed neurodegenerative...
