Photo: Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Well, this all sounds très chic. The Cannes International Film Festival confirmed its lineup today. Some buzzy films may still be announced, but, looking over the list at the moment, it’s shockingly devoid of American studio films. Prestige Hollywood projects like the Tom Cruise–starring Digger or Disney’s Toy Story 5 are…
The “Super Mario Bros.” world has always been a family affair — it’s right there in the title. The wildly successful 40-year-old Japanese video game franchise features a pair of Italian American plumber brothers from Brooklyn who spend their time powering up and jumping around the Mushroom Kingdom. But their motley crew of friends and…
Actor James Tolkan, known for his role as the Hill Valley High principal in “Back to the Future” and the no-nonsense commanding officer in “Top Gun” has died. He was 94. Tolkan died Thursday in Lake Placid, N.Y., where he lived, his booking agent, John Alcantar, told the Associated Press on Saturday. In “Back to…
Photo: Jonathan Olley/MGM/Everett Collection Mark down another win for the talented Sandra Hüller and that guy named Ryan Gosling. Project Hail Mary scored a second great weekend at the box office, pulling in $54.5 million domestically. That’s only a 32 percent drop from its already fantastic opening weekend. In total, this brings PHM past the…
As “Project Hail Mary” takes off, Ryan Gosling has already set his sights on a new star vehicle. The actor will topline the next film from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, according to Deadline. The Universal Pictures movie will begin filming this summer in Los Angeles and hit theaters…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> In Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama, stairwells are sinister. Hallways hum with invisible menace. The primary colors are drab grays and ugly browns. Faces are unsmiling. And the doors are always locked. There are many ways to portray authoritarianism, but “Two Prosecutors” is penetrating in its depiction of a society being slowly poisoned. The…
Valerie Perrine, the Las Vegas showgirl turned Oscar-nominated actor best known for playing Lenny Bruce’s wayward wife Honey Harlow in “Lenny” and Lex Luthor’s secretary Eve Teschmacher in the 1978 and 1980 “Superman” films, died Monday morning. She was 82. Perrine’s death was confirmed by Stacey Souther, her close friend and the director of the…
The Ryan Gosling-led “Project Hail Mary” rocketed to the top of the box office this weekend, marking a big win for Amazon MGM Studios. The film — which stars Gosling as a science teacher who embarks on a space mission to save humanity — hauled in $80.5 million in the U.S. and Canada, making it…
California’s economy might see a boost from the state’s expanded film tax credits, but local lawmakers say it’s not enough. Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom authorizing a $750-million film and TV tax credit program last summer, the impending merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. and the projected budget cuts that are expected to follow, have reignited…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Space isn’t a forgiving place to be stuck. There’s no air, no pulling over for directions and no margin for error. When something goes wrong, you’re left with whatever you have on hand for however long you can make it last. That fear drives the new sci-fi epic “Project Hail Mary,” opening in…
