“Once,” writes Elena Ferrante in her 2006 novel The Lost Daughter, “I had a very closeup view of what it means to be in love, the powerful and joyous irresponsibility that it unleashes.” In the span of a sentence, Ferrante — in the voice of heroine Leda Caruso — renders love into something exuberant and
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Mark Rylance‘s turn as a deranged tech CEO in ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a clear dig at our country’s leading billionaire visionaries — but the question … who’s it actually aimed at??? You’ve probably heard about this new Netflix flick — but what you may not have known … Rylance portrayal as chief of a
Spider-Man: No Way Home hit theaters this month, and it ended up having the second-highest opening weekend at the box office after Avengers: Endgame. In addition to shattering box office records, Spider-Man: No Way Home has become a huge hit with moviegoers. The film is currently up on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics score of 94% after 334 reviews, and an impressive
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home had the third-best Christmas box office in history. After earning $19.6 million on Christmas Eve on Friday, the film earned $31.7 million on Saturday, Christmas Day, and is projected to earn $30.1 million on Sunday for a three-day domestic haul of $81.5 million. That brings its
Movies like Extraction, The Old Guard, and Red Notice have shown just how popular a Netflix movie can be when it has a couple of major stars leading the way. Netflix’s newest original film, Don’t Look Up, doesn’t just have a couple of stars; the film features an entire ensemble of A-listers. Jennifer Lawrence and
Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is outed as Spider-Man in the latest Spider-Man: No Way Home clip to swing online. Unmasked by The Daily Bugle‘s J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) and framed for murdering Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the final moments of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter and girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) get mobbed before web-slinging through the city where the wall-crawler is
The Batman will take flight on HBO Max after a 45-day exclusive window in theaters, confirms WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar. Along with DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 last December, Warner Bros. made its entire 2021 theatrical slate available to stream on HBO Max on the same day those films opened in theaters. Under Kilar’s hybrid release strategy created as
The holidays are here again, and the greatest gifts this month came from Marvel Studios. Not only was Hawkeye a delightful Christmas-themed series, but Spider-Man: No Way Home dominated the December box office. In fact, it ended up having the second-highest opening weekend at the box office ever after Avengers: Endgame and already managed to cross $1
The Matrix Resurrections was released last week, and it sees the return of original The Matrix stars, Keanu Reeves (Neo) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity). However, they’re not the only actors from the franchise to return. Jada Pinkett Smith played Niobe in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and she’s back again for Resurrections, but her
Sink your teeth into the runtime of Morbius. After the shorter Venom: Let There Be Carnage (1 hour and 37 minutes) and the longer Spider-Man: No Way Home (2 hours and 28 minutes), the Sony’s Spider-Man Universe spinoff about living vampire Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is taking flight at just under two hours. Tickets aren’t yet on sale for Morbius — playing exclusively in movie
Following the success of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, star Simu Liu has become something of a household name, and he seems to have a major role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward. The actor is already set to star in a Shang-Chi sequel, re-teaming with director Destin Daniel Cretton. Some
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has built itself into Hollywood’s biggest franchise, largely due to its interconnected universe—a world that replicates its source material in that characters and storylines easily crossover from one film or television show to the next. That type of storytelling output has crafted a fandom the produces fan theories like no other.
Tom Holland has co-signed on a scientific conclusion that has a clear impact on his life … that short men have more sex. The ‘Spider-Man’ star clearly knows of where he speaks. The 5’8″ actor has been dating Zendaya, who measures 5’10.” Here’s the way it went down … The LADbible posted a pic of
P.T. Anderson‘s newest movie, “Licorice Pizza,” is getting unleashed to the masses this weekend — and with it, so are uncomfortable themes of racism and would-be pedophilia. The esteemed director’s latest offering got a wide release Saturday — this after a multi-week run in very select theaters throughout L.A. and elsewhere — and now that
The Grinch will be making its way to the NFL this Christmas … courtesy of Indianapolis Colts running back Nyheim Hines‘ super furry cleats!! TMZ Sports has learned … Hines hit up his go-to guy, artist Rodney Jackson, to make some cleats that will get him in the holiday spirit before taking on the Cardinals
New York native Bobcat Goldthwait (real name Robert Francis Goldthwait) gained fame while in his mid-twenties after he parlayed his successful stand-up career into big-screen acting gigs while keeping his signature squawky voice on iconic ’80s movies. BG’s recognizable roles include the zany Zed on “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment,” Fred Chaney on the
Adam McKay knows you’re angry. He’s angry, too. The writer-director partially responsible for some of the greatest comedies of the 21st century — and what is comedy, really, but a more socially acceptable form of expressing aggression — is steaming mad about the state of our nation, our hemisphere, our world. McKay is pissed over
Play video content Alec Baldwin hopped on cam to deliver a holiday message … thanking people who have supported him in the wake of the fatal shooting on the “Rust” set, saying it’s been a rough road for him. Baldwin expressed gratitude to people who reached out to him with messages of sympathy and support
The masculine urge for vengeance hits its zenith in the new trailer for filmmaker Robert Eggers’ upcoming Viking epic, The Northman, set to arrive April 22, 2022. The film tells the story of a Viking prince, Amleth, who watches his uncle murder his father and usurp the throne (if that core plot sounds familiar, Eggers
Play video content @survivordiet/Tik Tok If there’s one thing Chevy Chase‘s Clark Griswold character in ‘Christmas Vacation’ inspired, it’s lots of holiday shenanigans … just ask one man who created a decoration prank based on the movie’s most popular scene. In a now viral TikTok, the decoration’s creator shows how he constructed the homemade decoration