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The shadow of Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 drug war classic, Traffic, hangs heavily over all the narcs, cartel members, native gangsters and fentanyl addicts populating director John Swab’s hard-nosed thriller, King Ivory. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Taking cues from a modern classic that depicted the battle to stop crack-cocaine from destroying America, Swab

(L to R) Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci star in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’. Opening in theaters on September 6th is the long-awaited sequel to 1988’s ‘Beetlejuice’, entitled ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’. Once again directed by visionary filmmaker Tim Burton (‘Batman’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands’) and starring Oscar-nominee Michael Keaton (‘Spotlight’), Winona Ryder (‘Stranger Things’) and Catherine O’Hara (‘Home Alone’),

Drew Starkey said heading to the ADR recording booth for Luca Guadagnino‘s Queer was, ahem, a tidge awkward. Starkey recalled the experience while conversing with co-star Omar Apollo in Interview magazine. Both spoke about having to record Automated Dialogue Replacement during postproduction of Queer, which is Guadagnino’s adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same

Opening in theaters on August 30th is the new biopic ‘Reagan’, which tells the life story of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Directed by Sean McNamara (‘Soul Surfer’), the film stars Dennis Quaid (‘Any Given Sunday’) as Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller (‘Carlito’s Way’) as his wife Nancy, and Jon Voight (‘Heat’)

Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden has boarded Renner, the new sci-fi thriller from writer, director and producer Robert Rippberger. The Pollock and Mystic River star joins an ensemble cast led by Frankie Muniz, Violett Beane and Taylor Gray. Harden will voice the role of Salenus, an artificially intelligent companion designed by computer genius Renner (Muniz). The

(L to R) Noa (played by Owen Teague), Freya Allan as Nova and Raka (played by Peter Macon) in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. The latest installment in the ‘Planet of the Apes’ franchise comes centuries

[This story contains spoilers from the third episode of Chimp Crazy, “Head Shot.”] Tiger King documentarian Eric Goode’s intense, sordid follow-up Chimp Crazy has been unfolding on HBO over the past couple of weeks. It centers on the fraught dynamic between exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, the retired Hollywood chimp Tonka she claims to love

Kate Winslet in ‘The Regime.’ Photograph by Miya Mizuno/HBO. Preview: Kate Winslet will star in and produce a new drama called ‘The Spot’. The show was created by ‘Men in Black’ writer Ed Solomon. It’ll follow a successful surgeon who may have been involved in a hit-and-run death. Kate Winslet continues to keep the TV

In December 2023, a report came out that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was building a sprawling underground bunker on a secluded stretch of ranch land on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The project is shrouded in layers of NDAs, but it’s supposedly 5,000 square feet and will have its own energy and food supplies. When

(L to R) Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne in Bleecker Street’s ‘Slingshot’. Credit: Bleecker Street. Opening in theaters on August 30th, ‘Slingshot’ is the latest contender in the already overstuffed genre of science-fiction psycho-thrillers. Largely a three-hander between Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and ‘The Boys’ Tomer Capone, it looks to mess with your head almost

From teenage model to upper-crust caterer to domestic doyenne to media-spanning billionaire to scapegoated convict to octogenarian thirst trap enthusiast and Snoop Dogg chum, Martha Stewart has had a life that defies belief, or at least congruity. It’s an unlikely journey that has been carried out largely in the public eye, which gives R.J. Cutler

(Left) John Goodman in ‘The Big Lebowski’. Photo: Gramercy Pictures. (Center) Jesse Plemons in ‘Kinds of Kindness’. Photo: Searchlight Pictures. (Right) Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’. Photo: Amazon Studios. Preview: John Goodman, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed and more are joining a new Tom Cruise movie. Alejandro G. Iñárritu is in the director’s chair. The

Director Edward Berger, who made one of the best movies of 2022 with a vivid adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front, shifts gears rewardingly to a movie set almost entirely inside the Vatican. Conclave, adapted from the popular novel by Robert Harris, demonstrates Berger’s versatility and also offers one of the best roles

(L to R) Tyrese Gibson and Scott Eastwood star in ‘1992’. Opening in theaters on August 30th is the new action movie ‘1992’, which was directed by Ariel Vromen (‘The Iceman’) and Tyrese Gibson (‘Fast X’), Scott Eastwood (‘Suicide Squad’) and the late great Ray Liotta (‘Goodfellas’). Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with

Conclave, the German filmmaker Edward Berger’s follow-up to his Oscar-celebrated interpretation of All Quiet on the Western Front, had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival’s Herzog Theatre on Friday night. And if my gut reaction to the film, and that of industry insiders with whom I consulted after it ended, are any indication,

Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens in ‘La Bamba’. Photo: Columbia Pictures. Preview: Sony wants to remake ‘La Bamba’. The original movie was released in 1987. ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ writer José Rivera will work on the new script. Though it might better be remembered for its soundtrack and iconic title track, 1987’s biopic of Mexican-American

Yellowstone released the first footage of season 5B — the long-awaited back half of the Paramount Network drama. The short promo includes some narration from previous episodes by star Kevin Costner, who is not returning, and includes some new footage hinting at a Dutton family civil war, with Jaime Dutton (Wes Bentley) warning Beth Dutton

Preview: The first images of ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ are online. Scarlett Johansson, ‘Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali lead the cast. Gareth Edwards is in the director’s chair. While ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ in 2022 seemed to signal the end for the franchise that was spawned way back in 1993 with ‘Jurassic Park,’ turns out it