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Actor Jason Statham is no stranger to starring in movies that put his characters into perilous situations. In 2018, Statham led a creature feature that drew comparisons to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, Jaws.

The Meg, which dropped on HBO Max in Jul., is now climbing up the streaming charts, according to FlixPatrol. The movie, which also stars Bingbing Li (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Rainn Wilson (The Office), and Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black), is in the No. 7 spot in HBO’s Top 10 Movies in the U.S. It’s ahead of I Love You Forever, A Minecraft Movie, and Fahrenheit 451 on the platform.

Despite its 47% Rotten Tomatoes critic score and 44% audience score,The Meg was a massive success, earning $529 million against a budget of around $130 million. It also spawned the 2023 sequel Meg 2: The Trench. Statham stars in The Meg as deep-sea diver Jonas Taylor. Jonas is hired...

Michael B. Jordan first broke out on television with his role as Wallace in the inaugural season of HBO's highly acclaimed drama, The Wire (2002). He subsequently appeared as a series regular on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and later delivered a standout performance in the NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights (2009–2011).

In the past decade, Jordan has become best known for his collaborations with writer-director Ryan Coogler – including Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Sinners (2025) – all of which earned him critical acclaim. He returned to his titular role in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), the latter marking his directorial debut.

Jordan's broader filmography also includes roles in Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he played civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson. However, it's Jordan's dystopian movie, adapted from an acclaimed book, that is seeing a resurgence on streaming, seven years after its initial release.

Romantic comedies hold a special place in the hearts of hopeless romantics, true lovers, and those who simply enjoy seeing love onscreen. Even though the characters in these films aren't real, the storylines they're playing out include real elements and situations that audiences recognize. Jack Nicholson's son, Ray Nicholson, joined the romcom tradition with 2024's I Love You Forever alongside Sofia Black-d'Elia, and now it's steadily rising on HBO Max's list of most popular titles.

The film, written and directed by Cazzie David (comedian Larry David's daughter) and Elisa Kalani, follows Nicholson as Finn, a charming and manipulative broadcast journalist who thrives on being in control. Opposite Nicholson, Black-d'Elia plays a young law student, Mackenzie, whose love life is anything but romantic. The Rotten Tomatoes synopsis reads:

The current dating landscape is bleak at best, and no one is more aware of this than Mackenzie, a disillusioned...

Matt Damon is one of the most bankable stars and highest-grossing actors of all time. He rose to stardom in 1997 with Good Will Hunting, a film he co-wrote and starred in alongside his lifelong friend Ben Affleck. Their work earned them an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, while Damon was also nominated for Best Actor, launching him into Hollywood's firmament.

From there, Damon quickly became a leading man with standout roles in The Talented Mr. Ripley, the Jason Bourne series, and Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy. He earned additional Oscar nominations for Invictus and The Martian. He's also starred in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, Martin Scorsese's The Departed, and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the last of which is Damon's highest-grossing film to date at $975 million.

Despite his many successes, Damon's filmography is not without misfires. Green Zone, Promised Land, Downsizing, Suburbicon, and The Last Duel...

An overlooked comedy movie, boasting a strong Rotten Tomatoes score, has become a streaming hit. The genre has been unpredictable, but in recent years, Anyone But Youmanaged to excite rom-com fans and generate over $220 million, while A Real Pain earned multiple Academy Award nominations.

Among several comedy releases from last year, Dìdi and Problemista garnered praise from audiences, maintaining Tomatometer scores of 95% and 86%, respectively. The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, also performed well critically, despite an underwhelming box office.

This year has produced some highly enjoyable and surprisingly successful comedy movies, notably Novocaine and The Materialists. However, an acclaimed comedy drama, The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden and holding an impressive 97% Tomatometer, seemingly went unnoticed.

I Love You Forever Is Gaining Views On Streaming The Comedy Drama Is On HBO Max

I Love You Foreverpremiered back in February and received a Rotten...

Ah yes, dating in 2025, where love is technically a swipe away, but the effort is buried somewhere beneath Spotify playlists and half-hearted good mornings. Everyone’s emotionally available on their bio, but in real life, you’re probably just another situationship away from losing your sanity. One minute you’re deep in late-night convos and curated Reels, the next you’re Instagram-stalking someone who said they ‘weren’t ready for anything serious,’ and then they pop up in a soft launch two weeks later. But hey, at least your screen time’s through the roof. And sure, let’s all talk more about how the timing is the problem. Anyway, coming to the point, the real issue is you’re likely to catch feelings for someone who shows even the bare minimum interest. And yeah, that’s a dark little rabbit hole too. Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani’s...

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max (soon to be called HBO Max) streaming service in July. The Max July 2025 lineup includes the feature films Sinners, A24’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Opus, and Death of a Unicorn, and Utopia’s I Love You Forever.

The schedule includes the HBO Original documentaries Billy Joel: And So It Goes and Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, as well as the HBO Original series Rage. You can also catch Shark Week beginning on July 20.

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Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. The cast includes Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku,...

Exclusive: Peter Berg’s next film looks to be in a full-on sprint towards production as sources tell Deadline that Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis are set to star in the director’s next film The Mosquito Bowl for Netflix. They join Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård in the pic, which falls under Berg’s deal with the studio that he recently reupped.

Based on Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the film is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.

Berg penned...

Spring is in full bloom here at Film Independent, and the seasons best Indies have blossomed at our Film Independent Presents Screenings. The great thing about this season’s films is the great variety of genres you get. We showed an epic queer romance in On Swift Horses, a of-the-moment anti rom-com with I Love You Forever, a coming of age crowd-pleaser with Bob Trevino Likes It, and a punk time-capsule of a documentary in Secret Mall Apartment.

After each screening, of course, we bring the audience into the filmmaking process with Q&As with the creators and stars of the film. Here are a few of our latest Q&As

Bob Trevino Likes It

Sometimes the love and support you need comes from unexpected places. In Bob Trevino Likes It, Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira) goes looking for her estranged father Bob on Facebook, and instead finds a man with the same name,...

We’ve once again staggered into March by the skin of our teeth. Another awards season, confronted and conquered, the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards still ringing in our ears like the sonic remnants of Blue Angels flyover. But lo! There’s no rest for the wicked. The calendar begins anew right now, with a bumper crop of freshly hand-picked Don’t-Miss Indies for March. So! Whether you’re in the full bloom of Spring or grinding out the last gasps of winter, get ready–there’s a lot more to watch.

I Love You Forever

When: March 9, March 13 (Film Independent Presents)

Where: Film Independent Theater, Theaters,

Directors: Cazzie David, Elisa Kalani

Cast: Sofia Black D’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Jon Rudnitsky, Cazzie David

Why We’re Excited: Rom-com tropes are subverted in a big, big way in I Love You Forever–screening as part of Film Independent Presents on March 13. Law student...

I Love You Forever gets ugly fast in a vapid and nearly unwatchable journey of a toxic relationship's painfully predictable unraveling. Romance isn't on the menu as low self-esteem, psychological abuse, and trauma bonding battle for screen time in a cringe-worthy satire of Gen Z dating malaise. There might have been a sliver of connection in the awful dialogue if any of the characters had even a drop of chemistry. None exists where a sawdust dry cast feels mismatched from the start.

Law student Mackenzie (Sofia Black-d'Elia) prepares to get amorous with her truly despicable friend with benefits. Jake (Raymond Cham Jr.) has been Mackenzie's go-to hookup and couldn't care less about her except for the easy sex. Their opening conversation is particularly revolting and frames Mackenzie's personal woes. She's desperate for affection and doesn't believe anyone can truly love her.

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“I Love You Forever” (2024) is an American comedy-drama that deconstructs the known tropes of the rom-com genre. Sofia Black-d’Elia leads this film as Mackenzie, a young woman desperately trying to be in a stable and secure relationship. It leads her to Finn, a television reporter who charms his way into her life. Their relationship, which seems fine in the beginning, soon takes a dark turn. Through their journey, writer-director duo Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani take a shot at the perceived notions of love, romance, and companionship.

Spoilers Ahead

I Love You Forever (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

“I Love You Forever” follows Mackenzie, a 20-something law student, as she gets into a relationship with television reporter Finn. Through their relationship, the script dives into the darker themes of emotional abuse.

What happens in Sofia Black-d’Elia’s ‘I Love You Forever’?

“I Love You Forever” revolves around Mackenzie (Sofia Black-d’Elia), a 20-something law student,...

Forget romcoms – this year sees new releases focusing on gore, toxic relationships and android romances

It’s mid-February, which means love is in the air, elaborate dates are being planned and couples are flocking to multiplexes, perhaps hoping to see a much-advertised new romantic entanglement from the lovably yearning singleton Bridget Jones. They won’t actually find her there, though; in the United States, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is only playing on Peacock. In US movie theaters, the date crowd can find plenty of Valentine’s Day-themed entertainment, but they’ll have to steel themselves for the sight of reds and pinks that aren’t strictly decorative.

This year’s gory holiday-adjacent offerings including the Valentine’s-set Love Hurts, in which a seemingly mild-mannered realtor reconnects with a lost love and they are violently confronted with all the people who want both of them dead; the Valentine’s-set Heart Eyes,...

Ray Nicholson, with his signature inherited grin, has already gone viral for playing unhinged beaus in “Smile 2” and “I Love You Forever.” Now, Nicholson is getting into “King of Comedy” territory with the “violently romantic comedy” thriller, “Borderline.”

The ’90s-set feature, which is “Cocaine Bear” scribe Jimmy Warden’s highly-anticipated directorial debut, is led by Samara Weaving, who plays a pop star stalked by Nicholson’s deranged character. Eric Dane is cast as Weaving’s bodyguard and only hope of escaping the contrived wedding planned by her obsessed fan. Alba Batista and Jimmie Fails also star.

The official synopsis reads: “‘Borderline’ is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that follows a dangerously persistent stalker (Nicholson) who invades the home of a ‘90s pop superstar (Weaving) with grand delusions of a wedding. With her life on the line and help from her loyal bodyguard, she must escape the stalker’s sinister grip before they tie the knot.

The romantic comedy feature, “I Love You Forever” , directed by Cazzie David (daughter of Larry David) and Elisa Kalani, starring Sofia Black-d’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Jon Rudnitsky, Cazzie David and Raymond Cham Jr., screens February 14, 2025 in theaters:

‘…the current dating landscape is bleak at best, and no one is more aware of this than ‘Mackenzie’, a disillusioned 25-year old law student whose love life consists of non-committal hookups and situationships from hell.

“When she meets ‘Finn’, a handsome and charming journalist, she starts to believe true love may actually exist. However, when the honeymoon phase wanes and the cracks begin to show, Mackenzie is forced to come to terms with whether or not she is to blame or if her love is actually too good to be true.”

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Late Night with Seth Meyers has announced its guest lineup for the first week of February, featuring a mix of actors, comedians, chefs, and journalists. The week kicks off with James Marsden, promoting his role in the upcoming Paradise, alongside writer and actress Cazzie David, discussing her new book, I Love You Forever. Tuesday sees […]

Late Night with Seth Meyers Week of February 3...

For Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani's anti RomCom, I Love You Forever, the key art is all about the blank white wall. I know I have been going on for some time about the death of movie credit blocks on posters, but here we have a nice twist on putting it at the top of the poster in a justified-spacing block. Very satisfying. The blank space also lets the plain chunky title of the film stand out, above the mid-point of the one-sheet. Below that, a figurative field of ever so slightly desaturated pink daisies, tied up with white bows of surrender (or peace?) and the lead character looking annoyed (or bored?)  Sofia Black-d'Elia stares directly at the viewer in a kind of vague, whatever, non-challenging...

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"A fresh take on a toxic relationship." Utopia has unveiled an official trailer for an indie film titled I Love You Forever, marking the feature directorial debut of two filmmakers Cazzie David & Elisa Kalani - who both wrote and directed this together. The film initially premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year. This "all-consuming modern love story" opens at Quad Cinema in NYC in February and will be on VOD after in time for Valentine's Day. Mackenzie is a disillusioned 25-year old law student whose love life consists of non-committal hookups and situationships from hell. When she finally has a "real life meet-cute" with Finn, a handsome and charming journalist who isn't afraid to show affection, she starts to believe true love may actually exist. When Finn's darker side begins to emerge, Mackenzie finds herself trapped in a tumultuous cycle of emotional abuse, and must confront whether her true...

The romantic comedy feature, “I Love You Forever” , directed by Cazzie David (daughter of Larry David) and Elisa Kalani, starring Sofia Black-d’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Jon Rudnitsky, Cazzie David and Raymond Cham Jr., screens February 14, 2025 in theaters:

‘…the current dating landscape is bleak at best, and no one is more aware of this than ‘Mackenzie’, a disillusioned 25-year old law student whose love life consists of non-committal hookups and situationships from hell.

“When she meets ‘Finn’, a handsome and charming journalist, she starts to believe true love may actually exist. However, when the honeymoon phase wanes and the cracks begin to show, Mackenzie is forced to come to terms with whether or not she is to blame or if her love is actually too good to be true.”

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As rom-coms have a resurgence in Hollywood, the anti-rom-com is on its way. Cue the ingenuous “I Love You Forever,” which IndieWire can announce has been acquired by Utopia for theatrical distribution after having premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival.

It’s almost shocking to think that the pitch perfect tone-driven ode to millennial milieu is the directorial debut of co-writers Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani. In contrast, it makes perfect sense that ahead-of-her-time tastemaker Diablo Cody produced it.

“Single Drunk Female” breakout star Sofia Black-d’Elia leads the film as law student Mackenzie, who meets the man of her dreams, Finn (Ray Nicholson), at the birthday party of her bestie (writer/director David). However, charming broadcast journalist Finn is soon revealed to be a narcissist, and Mackenzie’s perfect love story becomes a harrowing nightmare of living in an abusive relationship in plain sight.

Raymond Cham Jr. and Jon Rudnitsky co-star.

Exclusive: This year’s Manchester Film Festival is set to run from March 14 – 23 and will open with a screening of The Penguin Lessons, directed by British filmmaker Peter Cattaneo and starring Steve Coogan.

Based on the best-selling memoir, the film tells the story of an Englishman’s personal and political awakening during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history, brought about by his unlikely adoption of a penguin.

Manchester will screen 37 features, including 15 UK premieres and 4 world premieres. All films will be screening in Manchester for the first time. This includes the Manchester premiere of the UK’s Oscar selection Santosh from Sandhya Suri, Sundance, and Cannes hit Good One directed by India Donaldson, and South by Southwest Audience Award Winner My Dead Friend Zoe from Kyle Hausmann-Stokes.

Other highlights include the UK premieres of Y2K, A24’s latest horror comedy starring Fred Durst and directed by Kyle Mooney, the...

This article contains mild spoilers for "Smile 2."

In Parker Finn's new horror film "Smile 2," Naomi Scott plays Skye Riley, a pop star poised to launch a world tour and in the midst of stressful rehearsals and press events. A lot is riding on the tour, as Skye only recently left rehab after a bout of intense cocaine addiction and alcoholism. She is also still traumatized from a recent drugged-up car accident, one that left her with a pain in her back, a scar on her belly, and a dead boyfriend. During this whirlwind of pain, guilt, and public activity, Skye accumulates a parasitic demon, one that appears to her as people she knows ... and they're always smiling. 

The "Smile" demon has a peculiar modus operandi. It lives inside its host, driving them crazy and feeding off their negativity and trauma. After about a week, the demon forces...

No one would call Larry David a catchphrase comic. And yet, the prolific comedic mind behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm certainly has a way with words that get stuck in your head.

Through 12 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David has authored many a meme-able phrase. Who among us hasn’t said “pretttay pretttaaaaay good” or “you don’t respect wood!” at one point or another? In the Curb series finale, however, Larry opts for some nonverbal communication instead … with predictably disastrous results.

As he vainly tries to garner some sympathy with the jury who will decide his fate, Larry has an undercover Susie Greene (Susie Essman) pose as his sickly girlfriend who Larry rescued from disaster. When that ploy fails, Larry opts for something simpler: he attempts to make a heart sign with his hands. We say “attempts to” because it’s clear that every muscle and tendon...

Cazzie David may have grown up in the spotlight, but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to give audiences what they want.

The “Umbrella Academy” actress, author of essay collection “No One Asked For This,” and daughter of Larry David opted to make her feature debut with SXSW-selected anti-rom-com “I Love You Forever.” David co-wrote and co-directed the subversive dramedy with “Eighty-Sixed” web series collaborator Elisa Kalani. Oh, and did we mention David also has a supporting role in the film?

“I Love You Forever” stars “Single Drunk Female” breakout Sofia Black-d’Elia as law student Mackenzie, whose lackluster love life is resurrected after a meet-cute with charming broadcast journalist Finn (Ray Nicholson). Yet Finn’s charisma and well-timed vulnerable admissions point to a more sinister game at play, and Mackenzie soon finds herself in a year-long toxic relationship solely framed by Finn’s narcissistic abuse.

It’s difficult to...

Director Quentin Tarantino has left an indelible mark on cinema with a selection of classic films from Reservoir Dogs to his most recent project, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. His Oscar-winning 1994 crime thriller Pulp Fiction, however, is often lauded as one of the greatest features ever made, taking a non-chronological approach to the intertwining, violent stories of two hitmen, a crime boss, his wife, and a boxer, among others in Los Angeles. Now, Cazzie David and Jon Rudnitsky are planning a heist of the iconic film with the bizarre upcoming film Stealing Pulp Fiction. While at SXSW for the premiere of David's feature debut, I Love You Forever, which she co-wrote and co-directed with Elisa Kalani, Collider's Perri Nemiroff asked the pair what they could tease about the intriguing title.

“I Love You Forever” has all the trappings of a romantic comedy, for better or worse. In the whipsmart millennial-skewing film where you’re old if you’ve been caught using a third-generation iPhone, there’s something charmingly antiquated about the scene filmmakers Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani set around Mackenzie (Sofia Black D’Elia), a law student who has a pair of bickering best friends (Jon Rudnitsky and Cazzie David) to constantly amuse her and a personal life punctuated by Jessica Simpson and Michelle Branch needle drops. Such retro touches aside, their subversive spin on the genre doesn’t seem as if it could’ve been made any earlier than 2024, amid talk that emotional manipulation in a relationship can be every bit as pernicious as physical abuse, as Mackenzie experiences when she falls for the wrong guy.

For previous generations, the wrong guy was more likely to resemble Mark Wahlberg in “Fear,...

There comes a time in every heterosexual woman or queer man’s life where we have to wonder: What is it about men that is at once so despicable and so alluring?

There are statistically more male serial killers, more male sociopaths, and — let’s be real — more male assholes than there are female counterparts. That’s just scientific fact. Sure, you can click on the hyperlinks, but do you really need to read a Psychology Today post between looking at this review and scrolling through the dating apps?

But the foundation of heteronormative rom-coms goes as follows: Girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, girl changes herself slightly for boy, and boy proposes. The end, happily ever after, everyone is great and good. Yeah, if you’re currently dating (or have been on dates at all in the 21st century), you know that’s not how it works, especially when situationships,...

In honor of International Women’s Day, IndieWire is pleased to share its annual female filmmakers to watch list featuring a rising assortment of women writers and directors with some of the biggest projects of the year.

On the big screen, Theda Hammel’s Sundance breakout “Stress Positions” went on to become a leading title on this year’s New Directors/New Films lineup and is set to close out the festival. Alessandra Lacorazza’s “In the Summers” won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and also earned Lacorazza the Directing prize. Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani co-wrote and co-directed SXSW selected film “I Love You Forever,” which is produced by Diablo Cody.

While David also co-stars in the film, another actress makes her directorial debut with a similarly sinister premiere: Anna Kendrick directs and stars in “Woman of the Hour” based on the haunting true story of the “Dating Game” killer.

March fest announces multiple competition sections.

SXSW announced on Wednesday that Netflix series 3 Body Problem from Game Of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss is the festival’s opening night TV premiere, while Universal’s action comedy The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt is the centrepiece screening.

Top brass at the Austin, Texas, festival (March 8-16) also unveiled feature and short competitions and Midnighters and Global sections, as well as select titles from other categories and Xr Experience for the 31st edition.

Headliners selections include world premieres of Pamela Adlon’s Babes starring Ilana Glazer,...

SXSW Film & TV Festival announced multiple categories for the 2024 event, including Opening Night TV Premiere, Centerpiece Screening and more.

Netflix’s “3 Body Problem,” executive produced and written by “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, along with “True Blood” writer Alexander Woo is set to debut as the Opening Night TV Premiere. The highly anticipated series, which stars Jovan Adepo, John Bradley, Rosalind Chao, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Marlo Kelly, Benedict Wong and Jonathan Pryce, is an adaptation of the best-selling novel.

For the Centerpiece Screening, SXSW will debut the feature film adaptation of the 1980s series “The Fall Guy,” directed by “Atomic Blonde” helmer David Leitch, and starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Gosling portrays a battle-scarred stuntman sent back to work on his a film his ex-wife (Blunt) is directing, when the leading star goes missing. “The Fall Guy” is described as a “big-screen...

Not every TV and film production will stop amid dual strikes by SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America. A host of projects stopped work after writers went on strike against media companies for better pay, streaming data transparency and protections against artificial intelligence (among other issues), and many more have paused since actors walked out on July 14.

There are exceptions, however. SAG-AFTRA’s strike rules allow for work on productions covered under different agreements, and the union can grant waivers or sign interim agreements with independent productions. Below is a list of TV shows and films that fall under those designations; this story will be updated as more productions earn waivers.

Interim Agreements

SAG-AFTRA has reached interim agreements with numerous independent productions, including movies from A24 (Death of a Unicorn, starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, and Mother Mary with Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel) — which is not part...