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Dune mines an impressive amount at the international box office, while Shang-Chi is the domestic champ

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It’s yet to open in some of the major territories, but Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is mining some impressive spice at the international box, where its takings in France, Russia, Germany, Italy, and Spain, among others, have seen its total rise to $77M. The much anticipated sci-fi opus took $26.3M from 32 marketplaces, with the key […]

It’s all secrets and screams in the full trailer for Amazon’s I Know What You Did Last Summer

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As we approach Halloween, it’s not only Michael Myers gearing up to wield his sharp object in the direction of hapless teens, because October 15th heralds the return of the hook-handed boogeyman from 90s favourite I Know What You Did Last Summer, which Amazon have re-tooled for the small screen; check out the full trailer […]

Vamos! Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story gets an all singing, all dancing TV spot

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Sure to be a major player come awards season, Steven Spielberg’s pandemic delayed adaptation of the Broadway musical West Story Story is starting to make real a song and dance in the marketing department, and if this TV spot is anything to go by, we should all be skipping and twirling our way towards the […]

The Guillermo del Toro-produced, Scott Cooper-directed horror Antlers finally sets a release date

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Originally scheduled for release way back in the halcyon days of April 2020, the Guillermo del Toro produced, Scott Cooper directed horror Antlers is finally set to receive its World Premiere at the Beyond Fest on October 11th, before moving onto Fantastic Fest, Telluride Horror Show and Sitges. That’s not all though, because The Hollywood […]

Kevin Bacon joins Blumhouse’s conversion therapy horror

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Kevin Bacon clearly has a liking for the Blumhouse bucks, because having recently worked for the horror hit-factory on You Should Have Left, he has just signed on to appear in John Logan’s untitled conversion therapy horror for the prolific production company. Deadline reports that the Oscar nominated SkyFall and Alien: Covenant scribe will make […]

Watch Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga in the trailer for Netflix drama Passing

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Acquired for a reported $15.75M following its debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival (read our ★★★ review here), Netflix have released the trailer for Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing. Based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name, Passing follows the events set off by a reunion between two childhood friends named Clare […]

George Clooney’s The Tender Bar gets a release date and first look image featuring Ben Affleck

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Amazon Studios have set a release date for George Clooney’s next directorial outing The Tender Bar, and backed it up with a first look image featuring Ben Affleck (The Last Duel) and Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One). Deadline reveal that the film will hit cinemas in limited release on December 17th, before opening nationwide on […]

Fantastic Beasts 3 is titled The Secrets of Dumbledore and it’s out sooner than you think

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Warner Bros have pulled whatever the Hogwarts name for a rabbit-out-of-a-hat spell is by announcing that the third film in the Fantastic Beasts series of blockbusters will be called Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. But that’s not all magic fans, because they’ve also revealed that it will be released earlier than expected on April […]

Watch Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock in the trailer for family drama A Mouthful of Air

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In her first turn since impressing to the tune of an Academy Award nomination in David Fincher’s Mank, Amanda Seyfried has teamed up with American Horror Story’s Finn Wittrock for an adaptation of I Smile Back, the acclaimed novel by Amy Koppelman, who adapts and directs from her own book; check out the trailer below…. Julie […]