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(L to R) Director Kane Parsons and Chiwetel Ejiofor in ‘Backrooms’. Credit: Asterios Moutsokapas. Preview: Kane Parsons is reportedly directing ‘Backrooms 2.’ The first movie made more than $394 million worldwide. Parsons has said he has ideas for an expanded world. In one of the least surprising decisions of the movie year, horror hit ‘Backrooms’

Kaelen Ohm says what got her as a fearless young skier better and faster down mountains in small-town Canada now drives her climb onto everyone’s call sheets as a go-for-it actor, filmmaker and musician. “For some reason, I have branched out from everything I’ve known from my childhood, in following this path completely into the

(Left) Stephen Thomas Kalyn in ‘Off Campus’. Photo Credit: Jeff Weddell / Prime. © Amazon Content Services LLC. (Right) Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway in ‘The Housemaid’. Photo: Daniel McFadden / Lionsgate. Preview: Stephen Kalyn is joining ‘The Housemaid’s Secret.’ Star Sydney Sweeney and director Paul Feig are back for the sequel. It’ll once again

Roshan Sethi has a résumé that could make the most accomplished among us feel like underachievers. His three previous features include the thoroughly charming 2024 rom-com A Nice Indian Boy. Two months ago his novel, The Simp, a funny Hollywood satire, was published. He was the co-creator of the Fox series The Resident. And as

‘Black Zombie’ director Maya Annik Bedward. Photo: Raven Banner Releasing. Opening in select theaters on September 11th is the new documentary ‘Black Zombie‘ from director Maya Annik Bedward , which profiles the roots of zombie mythology in Haitian Vodou and explores its evolution from a metaphor for slavery into a trope of fiction that has

The dark days of Argentina’s dictatorship return to haunt a man 30 years later in Back to Buenos Aires (Ritorno a Buenos Aires), director Marco Bechis’ brooding portrayal of the deep wounds left by a military junta that tortured and killed thousands of people during its brutal reign over the country. Powerful and well-played, if

A scene from 2026’s ‘Hope’. Photo: Plus M Entertainment. Opening in theaters on September 9 is ‘Hope,’ written and directed by Na Hong-jin, and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander, and Michael Fassbender. Hope “Is this how it ends?” Release Sep 9, 2026Runtime 2h 37mBudget $40M Related Article: Ridley

Comedy helped Caleb Hearon process his own father’s unexpected death. So when the comic and actor co-wrote Trash Mountain with Ruby Caster, Hearon had to consider how much to lean into comedy as tears roll down his cheeks while starring alongside Zooey Deschenal in Kris Rey’s dramedy about love and grief. “No. If anything, I’m

(L to R) Sharon Leal, Taraji P. Henson, and Tasha Smith star in ‘Why Did I Get Married Again?’. Premiering on Netflix September 9th is ‘Why Did I Get Married Again?‘, which is the third film in the franchise and was written and directed by Tyler Perry (‘The Six Triple Eight‘). In addition to Perry,

[This story contains spoilers for Practical Magic 2.] Kicking ass in Cobra Kai, fighting villains in Blue Beetle and trying to dodge the Owens Curse in Practical Magic 2 is just another day in the office for Xolo Maridueña. However, this wasn’t necessarily his intended career path at first. Growing up, Maridueña felt inspired by

(Left) Asa Germann in Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s ‘Scream 7.’ (Right) Angel from the X-Men. Photo: Marvel Comics. Preview: Asa Germann will play Angel in Marvel’s untitled X-Men movie. Inde Navarrette, Sadie Sink, Kit Connor and Adam Driver are aboard. The film will be in theaters in May 2028. While we learned the

Of the sadly many dwindling artforms whose slow (or rapid) declines we’ve been mourning over the years, the original musical is high on my list of sorrows. Broadway struggles to launch successful new works — meaning, ones not based on a movie we’re nostalgic for, or built around the jukebox catalog of a beloved artist

(L to R) Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson in ‘Runner’. Photo: Angel Studios. The new action comedy ‘Runner‘, which was directed by Scott Waugh (‘Expend4bles‘), opens in theaters on September 11th. Runner “Next-day delivery isn’t an option.” Release Sep 11, 2026Runtime 1h 37m The film stars Alan Ritchson (‘Reacher‘), Owen Wilson (‘Loki‘), Rodrigo Santoro (‘Westworld‘),

You Can See Everything, the Elizabeth Holmes documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is set for a Spotlight section screening at the 64th New York Film Festival. The A24 film that captures the disgraced Theranos founder in the weeks leading up to Holmes’ incarceration, and then again two years into her prison sentence, had

Andrew Garfield stars in director Paul Greengrass’ ‘The Uprising’, a Focus Features release. Photo: Betina La Plante/Focus Features. © 2026 All Rights Reserved. In theaters on September 11th is ‘The Uprising,’ the latest film from director Paul Greengrass (‘United 93’) that reframes a historical event (this time stretching back much further than usual in time)

[This story contains MAJOR spoilers from The Shards finale, “Stairway to Heaven.”] The Shards just pointed its finger at everyone. After nine episodes of a serial killer dubbed “The Trawler” terrorizing Los Angeles in 1981, the FX adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis‘ classic novel of the same name, from Ryan Murphy, ended its first season

(Left) Odessa Young attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited. (Right) Ashley Judd and Val Kilmer in ‘Heat’. Photo: Warner Bros. Preview: Odessa Young

Peter Levin is not only a founder and managing director of Santa Monica-headquartered venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners, which is known for investments focused on the global gaming space and related fields, such as sports. He is also, among other things, co-founder and chairman of the board of former Bellator boss and Strikeforce founder Scott Coker’s