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Norway has selected Joachim Trier’s Cannes hit The Worst Person In The World as its submission to the Oscars’ International Feature Film category. The choice was made by the Norwegian Oscar Committee which had earlier shortlisted three pictures, opting for Trier’s third installment of the Oslo Trilogy which the committee believes “has a unique opportunity to reach all the way to an Oscar for best international film.”

Committee chief, Kjersti Mo, who is also Director of the Norwegian Film Institute, called the movie a “tribute to film art in the form of a drama comedy that conveys deep seriousness with playful lightness and elegance.” This is Trier’s third time repping his home country.

The Worst Person In The World debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in July, winning the Best Actress prize for lead Renate Reinsve. It later went on to play myriad festivals including Karlovy Vary,...

Mark Harrison Oct 31, 2017

Want to enhance your horror movie? Make sure you sign up a cat...

This feature contains broad spoilers for several horror movies featuring cats, including Alien, Cat People, Drag Me To Hell, Fallen, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Pet Sematary and The Voices.

The relationship between humans and cats over time has given way to a number of cultural impressions and outright superstitions. Ancient Egyptians associated them with gods. In the Middle Ages, they were linked with witches and killed en masse, which probably hastened the spread of the Black Plague through the rodent population. And in the modern day, it's interchangeably lucky or not if a black cat crosses your path.

Like anything with such a wide array of symbolic links, movies have presented cats as characters in different ways over the years. It's their abiding association with the supernatural – whether as an omen...

Simon Brew Sep 29, 2017

Following struggles with likes of Valerian, EuropaCorp is scaling back its film slate. But Lucy 2 is moving forward...

The ramifications of the financial failure of Valerian over the summer are being felt at EuropaCorp. The European production company has overseen a slate of films that haven’t struck gold at the box office in the past year, also including Miss Sloane, The Circle and Nine Lives. As a consequence of these assorted box office disappointments, there’s nine figures of red ink to be mopped up.

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As such, it’s been revealed that the firm is planning to scale back its filmmaking operations, with a greater onus on television projects in future. Films are still on the agenda, though, and Luc Besson’s next project – costed at around $30m – is set to press ahead. Furthermore, Besson...

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Outlander‘s Season 3 premiere.

One very important character literally comes to life in Outlander‘s Season 3 premiere, while two others blink out of existence thanks to the Battle of Culloden and its bloody, near*-merciless aftermath.

The Starz drama’s return quickly makes it clear: We’re not just treading water until Mr. and Mrs. Fraser reunite. Both Claire and Jamie’s stories are compelling on their own (though for what it’s worth, I find his a little more interesting — how can housewife ennui compete with a last-minute stay of execution?!), and having...

Timeless titans of the horror genre—including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee—are featured in a new 9-disc, 26-film DVD set fittingly titled Horror Hall of Fame, coming this October from Mill Creek Entertainment.

Fright fans can keep an eye out for the Horror Hall of Fame DVD set (featuring over 35 hours of film footage) when it's released on October 17th. We have the cover art and full list of films below, and to learn more, visit Mill Creek Entertainment's website. Will you be adding this set to your home media collection this fall?

"Hungry for Horror? Stay glued to the edge of your seat with a 26 film bundle including some of the greatest works from the masters of Horror.

Bat, The - 1959 - Vincent Price

Before I Hang - 1940 - Boris Karloff

Black Room, The - 1935 - Boris Karloff

Boogie Man Will Get You,...

Sneak Peek new images of actress Amanda Seyfried ("Lovelace") in the July 2017 issue of "Elle" (Spain) magazine, photographed by Alexi Lubomirski:

Seyfried started her career as a young model, then moved to recurring roles on TV soap operas including "As the World Turns" and "All My Children".

In 2004, she made her feature film debut in the teen comedy "Mean Girls", with subsequent supporting roles in indie films, including "Nine Lives" (2005), crime drama "Alpha Dog" (2006) and a recurring role in the Upn TV drama "Veronica Mars" (2004–2006).

Between 2006 and 2011, she starred on the HBO drama series "Big Love" and appeared in the 2008 musical feature film "Mamma Mia!".

Noted appearances include "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Chloe" (2009), "Dear John" (2010), "Letters to Juliet" (2010), "Red Riding Hood" (2011) and "In Time" (2011).

Other roles included "Gone" (2012), "Les Misérables" (2012), "Lovelace" (2013), "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014) and "Ted 2" (2015).

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Speakers at Sheffield panel discuss boosting inclusivity in creative industries.

A panel of broadcasters, filmmakers and other industry experts debated the need for fresh thinking on diversity at Sheffield Doc/Fest.

Speaking on the New Leaders panel were Fraser Ayre (TriForce Creative Network), Lyle Ashun (BBC), Bob Clarke (Mama Youth Project), Cat Lewis (Nine Lives) and Jacqueline Shepherd (What’s Up TV).

Clarke, founder and CEO of media training organisation Mama Youth Project, said that words such as ‘diversity’ are patronising, and that it’s time people of all ages and backgrounds take action and create their own content.

“I don’t want to be sitting here in ten years talking about the same thing,” said Clarke.

He used Mama Youth Project and his television show What’s Up TV as examples of “tangible outcomes” where young people from under-represented backgrounds are given media training and employment opportunities.

27-year-old Ashun, a researcher...

The deal covers film and television projects through Mockingbird Pictures banner.

Skydance has entered into a multi-year overall deal for feature films and television with producers Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures.

The company has several projects in development with Curtis (pictured) and Lynn, including the upcoming AMC television series Dietland.

Curtis and Lynn first partnered at Mockingbird Pictures after producing Albert Nobbs in 2012. The pair have produced seven films together, including Arie Posin’s The Face Of Love, Victor Levin’s 5 To 7, and Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days In The Desert.

This year the duo has released Life, The Sweet Life, and Wakefield. Next on their slate is Marti Noxon’s To The Bone, which will premiere on Netflix in July.

Curtis’ industry start was as Steven Spielberg’s assistant; the beginning of a 15-year professional relationship with the director. After working on Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List, Curtis transitioned...

Sneak Peek new revealing images, plus footage of actress Amanda Seyfried ("Lovelace") in a recent issue of Vogue (Australia) fashion magazine:

Seyfried started her career as a young model, then moved on to recurring roles on the soap operas "As the World Turns" and "All My Children".

In 2004, Seyfried made her film debut in the teen comedy "Mean Girls", with subsequent supporting roles in independent films, including "Nine Lives" (2005), the crime drama "Alpha Dog" (2006) and a recurring role in the Upn TV drama "Veronica Mars" (2004–2006).

Between 2006 and 2011, she starred on the HBO drama series "Big Love" and appeared in the 2008 musical feature film "Mamma Mia!".

Noted appearances include "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Chloe" (2009), "Dear John" (2010), "Letters to Juliet" (2010), "Red Riding Hood" (2011) and "In Time" (2011).

Other roles included "Gone" (2012), "Les Misérables" (2012), "Lovelace" (2013), "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014) and "Ted 2" (2015).

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Amanda Seyfried...

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

Bomb, bomb bomb bomb, Boooooomb! Things just kept getting worse and worse at the box office as this past weekend saw more new releases not meeting up to their potential. The horribly-reviewed horror movie Rings (Paramount) ended up around where I predicted with $13 million, taking second place to M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. The sci-fi romance The Space Between Us (Stx Entertainment) didn’t make much of a mark, opening in ninth place with just $3.8 million with about $1,300 per theater. Robert De Niro’s The Comedian (Sony Classics) tanked worse than many recent movies, making less than a million in 848 theaters or about $1,000 per theater. By comparison, the doc I Am Not Your Negro made about 78% of that amount in 800 less theaters.

Richard Spencer, a prominent member of the so-called “alt-right” who has called for “peaceful ethnic cleansing,” was punched in the face following Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. As you can imagine, a wave of sympathy (read: gifs, memes and hashtags) immediately followed after video of the incident made its way online. Among the many to chime in is Tim Heidecker of “Tim and Eric,” who recorded a song called “Richard Spencer.” Listen below.

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Spencer — who, contrary to said video evidence, tweeted on Friday that he “can take a punch” — has called Martin Luther King, Jr. a “fraud and degenerate” in the past. He also, in case you’ve already forgotten, got his clock cleaned a couple days ago. Heidecker’s piano ballad chronicling the event revolves around a few key lines: “You can’t wish anyone dead,...

While every year seems to bring with it at least a couple of major disappointments, 2016 seems to have been a particularly weak outing for film. The gems were hidden few and far between and more often than not, we left the theater feeling underwhelmed, upset or just plain angry at what we’d just watched.

It was a year that saw one of the most anticipated films of all-time become one of the most divisive and several promising sequels fall spectacularly short. It was also a year in which fans finally believed that the video game adaptation genre could finally succeed, only to find nothing but disappointment – yet again.

We try not to be cynical, but when we had to sit through films like Collateral Beauty, Warcraft and Nine Lives, among other turds, it’s hard to be enthusiastic about the year in movies. Out of everything we saw in 2016 though,...

"They are a distinct part of everyone's life." Oscilloscope has unveiled a trailer for the documentary Kedi, a story about the many stray cats living in/around Istanbul, Turkey. If you've ever been there, you've probably encountered a few of these furry friends roaming the streets. There are hundreds of thousands of them in the city, however this film profiles (and follows) seven of them specifically. Described as "a sophisticated take on your typical cat video", this film should both "dazzle and educate" animal lovers of all ages. Kedi is the name of one of the cats they profile, and the rest of them are introduced in this trailer. This definitely does look charming, and it looks much better than your typical cat movie (see: Nine Lives). Worth watching. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Ceyda Torun's documentary Kedi, direct from YouTube: Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely.

Led by the Disney/Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” and “Trolls” (20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Animation), the Top 10 box office continues to be strong. And with three new wide releases, totals could be 20 percent over last year.

Those new films — “Arrival” (Paramount), “Almost Christmas” (Universal), and “Shut In” (EuropaCorp) — won’t top the second-week blockbusters. Even if “Doctor Strange” and “Trolls” each drop 50 percent, they’d gross $42 million and $23 million, respectively. None of the new titles are likely to cross $20 million, though “Arrival” and “Almost Christmas” could come close.

This weekend gets an added boost from Veteran’s Day on Friday, a Federal holiday that gives many school kids the day off. That will boost all grosses, but particularly “Trolls” and also the already well-received “Doctor Strange.”

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The release of Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival...

We all know that this summer movie season hasn’t exactly been stellar. To figure out exactly how bad it was, we’re comparing it to last year’s summer movie season as well as some of the best in the past.

Back a few years ago when the studios started announcing the films that would be releasing summer 2015 and summer 2016, it seemed too good to be true. We were licking our lips over an unusually large number of big-budget exciting-sounding titles that were going to be duking it out over two of the biggest summer movie seasons ever. Between long-awaited sequels in the Jurassic Park, Terminator, Independence Day, Jason Bourne, and Star Trek franchises, we were getting more superhero movies, more Pixar films, and more reboots of classic hits than we knew what to do with. It simply seemed like a very good time to be a theater attendee...

The land of the midnight sun has narrowed down its contenders for this year's Oscar race. The three films that will be competing for the honor (to be announced on September 7th) are...

The King’s Choice (Erik Poppe)

A Ww II drama about German soldiers invading Norway The Pyromaniac (Erik Skjoldbjærg)

Dramatic thriller about a southern village terrorized - premiering at Tiff Welcome to Norway (Rune Denstad Langlo)

A comedy about a couple opening a home for refugees

Poppe was submitted once before a dozen years back for Hawaii Oslo and Oscar loves World War II but my guess is it's going to be Pyromaniac or Welcome to Norway. Skjoldbjaerg's history should help with the former since he had a finalist for submission with Pioneer a few years ago, though Norway opted for a lower profile submission, and he was also the co-writer of the internationally popular Norwegian hit...

On its second weekend, “Suicide Squad” was set to repeat at number one. The question was how far Warner Bros.’ latest D.C. franchise bid would drop. The weekend surprise was Sony’s raunchy “Sausage Party” beating out Disney family remake “Pete’s Dragon” among new films.

Overall business is up with a healthy field of offerings in this jammed-up summer. That’s impressive considering competition from the Olympics. Business is surviving this year against them.

The Top Ten

1. Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.) Week 2 – Last weekend #1

$43,770,000 (67-%) in 4,255 theaters (no change); PTA (per theater average): $10,287; Cumulative: $222,875,000

2. Sausage Party (Sony) New – Cinemascore: B; Metacritic: 67; Est. budget: $19 million

$33,600,000 in 3,103 theaters; PTA: $10,828; Cumulative: $33,600,000

3. Pete’s Dragon (Buena Vista) New – Cinemascore: A; Metacritic: 72; Est. budget: $65 million

$21,501,000 in 3,702 theaters; PTA: $5,808; Cumulative: $21,501,000

4. Jason Bourne (Universal) Week 3 – Last weekend #2

$13,620,000 (-39%) in 3,528 theaters (-511); PTA: $3,861; Cumulative: $126,782,000

5. Bad Moms (Stx) Week 3 – Last weekend #3

$11,450,000 (-18%) in 3,188 theaters (-27); PTA:...

Suicide Squad may not have had the momentum to carry over from its record breaking opening weekend (falling to a $43.8 million weekend estimate), but the movie has still managed to best its production costs as it crosses $465.4 million in worldwide gross. In the meantime, Sausage Party was not able to quite duplicate that feat with an estimated $33.6 million and the second-place spot, but at a mere $19 million to make, the well-received (and definitely not for kids) animated spectacle from Seth Rogen looks to become a hit on its own merits in the weeks ahead. Also critically acclaimed, time will tell if business will stay strong for Pete’s Dragon. The remake of the 1977 Disney film has proven a winner with critics and audiences, but its estimated $21.5 million debut weekend needs to pick up steam (here and overseas) if it hopes to make back its $65 million in costs.

Jason Bourne looks...

comScore today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of August 14, 2016, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.

As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, comScore provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using comScore's suite of products.

comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented:

"As Warner Bros.' 'Suicide Squad' continues to dominate the global marketplace, the DC Comics anti-superhero film now sets its sights on the $500 million mark worldwide with $465.4 million earned through this weekend.  Meanwhile, Universal Studios has a very good weekend crossing the $1 billion mark in the international territories this week for the 10th consecutive year as their animated hit 'The Secret Life of Pets' closes in on the $600 million global milestone."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order,...

Last weekend, Warner Bros. Suicide Squad still managed to break box office records, despite David Ayer's controversial remarks and a spate of negative reviews. This DC Comics adaptation took in $133.6 million in its opening weekend, the biggest August debut in history, shattering the previous record set by Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ($94.3 million) two years ago. Still, many wondered how much the movie would drop in its second weekend, going up against a diverse trio of new releases, Disney's family adventure Pete's Dragon, Sony's R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party and Paramount's inspiring drama Florence Foster Jenkins. While it came in far below expectations, Suicide Squad still managed to win with $43.7 million.

Suicide Squad's $133.6 million made it the fourth-highest opening of the year. The debut falls below Marvel's Captain America: Civil War ($179.1 million), Warner Bros./DC's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($166 million) and Disney Pixar's Finding Dory ($135 million...

This weekend while Suicide Squad suffered one of the biggest superhero second weekend dropoffs ever and Pete's Dragon had one of the mildest starts for a Disney remake, Sausage Party was breaking box office ground for adult animation. The high concept comedy had the biggest opening ever for animated film meant for grown-ups, passing 2007's violent Beowulf (apologies for reminding you of its existence).

While Party is unlikely to repeat the animation for grownups Oscar nomination breakthrough that Anomalisa achieved last year, this strong box office opening shows that medium doesn't need to appeal to the kiddies to be commercially viable. The most popular toons often become so partly because they are equally embraced by adults - we love animation just as much, so the rarity of one aimed squarely at us remains perplexing. Sausage Party is on track to surpass South Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut's business, so...

0:00 – Hello, brought to you by honest lemonade

1:55 – “Hell or High Water” review

12:15 – “Florence Foster Jenkins” review

21:50 – “Don’t Think Twice” review

31:25 – “Sausage Party” review (Snider only)

38:40 – “Nine Lives” sort of review (Snider only)

43:40 – Qotw (bad movies that could be remade well)

54:00 – Recap, additional commentary, good day

Qotw: What pre-1960 movie should be remade, and how would it be different today?

Reviews:

Hell or High Water: B+ 8/10

Florence Foster Jenkins: B+ 7/10

Don’t Think Twice: B+ 8/10

Sausage Party: B n/a

Nine Lives: C- n/a

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Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington’s particular brand of cringe humor isn’t for everyone, but the duo’s latest season of their wonderfully deranged (and honestly, kind of sad, but on purpose) Adult Swim movie review show, “On Cinema,” is tapping into the kind of broad comedic strokes the pair don’t normally go for. The result? Ten or so minutes of absolutely bizarre, embarrassing and deeply funny observations about movies and life itself.

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In the newest episode of their series, the pair review (kind of) newbie blockbusters like “Suicide Squad” and “Nine Lives,” making the case for both films while also woefully misunderstanding their plots, mispronouncing their biggest stars’ names and nearly dying from a vape overdose along the way. Given the way this summer has played out, these ten...

After a week that started with director David Ayer's controversial remarks and a spate of negative reviews, Warner Bros. Suicide Squad still managed to break box office records anyway. This DC Comics adaptation took in $133.6 million in its opening weekend, slightly down from Sunday's estimates of $135.1 million, but still good enough to shatter Guardians of the Galaxy's August opening weekend record of $94.3 million. This weekend, DC's supervillains take on three very different movies, Disney's family adventure Pete's Dragon, Sony's R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party and Paramount's inspiring drama Florence Foster Jenkins. Even with a massive second weekend drop, Suicide Squad should still repeat atop the box office with $59.3 million.

When the estimates came out on Sunday, Suicide Squad just barely secured the third-highest opening weekend this year, beating Finding Dory's $135 million, but the actual figure of $133.6 million made it the fourth-highest opening of the year. The debut...

While it's been fairly well-known (or at least assumed) that Stellan Skarsgard's Dr. Erik Selvig might not be back for Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok--since it was mainly taking place in space--the actor still thinks he may be called back for Avengers: Infinity War since he has one more film in his contract.

When talking to Skarsgard for his upcoming Norwegian crime-thriller In Order of Disappearance (in theaters and VOD on August 26), he said that he doesn't known anything for sure yet but thinks that it's likely you'll see him in 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, if only to finish up his current contract, although he half-joked they would probably have to pay him more money.

Skarsgard's Dr. Selvig was first introduced in Marvel Studios' Thor in 2011 and he played a key role in Marvel's The Avengers the next year. He returned in Thor: The Dark World and...

For many years, British filmmaker David Mackenzie’s work had received most of its acclaim on the film festival circuit, whether it was his period drama Young Adam or the thriller Hallam Foe or the prison film Starred Up. These films had Mackenzie working with some of the finest actors in the United Kingdom, many of them early in their careers.

Mackenzie’s upcoming film Hell or High Water may finally get him attention on these shores. It’s a modern-day take on a Western starring Chris Pine and Ben Foster as Toby and Tanner, two brothers committing a crime spree, robbing small banks across Western Texas in order to save their mother’s farm. Hot on their heels is Jeff Bridges’ Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton, who is ready to retire but decides to solve this one last case with his partner Alberto (Gil Birmingham).

Many Australian filmmakers have played within the Western genre,...

This week’s episode of our podcast We Are Movie Geeks The Show is up! Hear Wamg’s Jim Batts and Tom Stockman talk movies. Our guest in the studio this week is Chef Liz Schuster from Tenacious Eats . We’ll discuss the weekend box office and we’ll review Suicide Squad, Nine Lives, Anthropoid, and Florence Foster Jenkins. We’ll then talk to Chef Liz about her Tenacious Eats events including this weekend’s ‘Movies for Foodies’ screening of Julie & Julia (details for that event can be found Here)

Here’s this week’s show. Have a listen:

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Here's your estimated 3-day box office returns (new releases bolded): 1. Suicide Squad - $135.0 million ($135.1million total) 2. Jason Bourne - $22.7 million ($103.4 million total) 3. Bad Moms - $14.2 million ($51.0 million total) 4. The Secret Life of Pets - $11.5 million ($319.5 million total) 5. Star Trek Beyond - $10.2 million ($127.9 million total) 6. Nine Lives - $6.5 million ($6.5 million total) 7. Lights Out - $6.0 million ($54.7 million total) 8. Nerve - $4.9 million ($26.8 million total) 9. Ghostbusters - $4.8 million ($116.7 million total) 10. Ice Age: Collision Course - $4.3 million ($53.5 million total)   The Big Stories It's been a rough week for Suicide Squad and the critics who dared to do their job. After the embargo was moved up...

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2016-08-07T05:27:54-07:00Weekend Box Office: Can 'Suicide Squad' Beat 'Batman v Superman'?

Suicide Squad delivered the big opening weekend it was expected to deliver, but it did even more than that. The DC Comics movie is heading for an opening-weekend gross of near $140 million, and it's likely to move into third place for the year in terms of big openings, ahead of even the year's early blockbuster Deadpool.

In order for Suicide Squad to move ahead of the opening of its fellow DC movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it will have to earn more than $166 million for the weekend. That is not going to happen.

Suicide Squad started strong by setting an August record for Thursday previews and then continued strong by taking in more than $65 million Friday. The movie is performing extremely well, especially considering that it's received terrible reviews from critics.

Wide theatrical releases “Suicide Squad” and “Nine Lives” are tanking with critics, but animation fans can simply turn on their TV to watch one of the most critically acclaimed new movies of the week. “The Little Prince,” which started streaming on Netflix Friday and is also playing in a very limited amount of theaters, has accumulated a 93 percent approval rating from the 59 critics counted on Rotten Tomatoes, with only four reviews being classified as “rotten.” On Metacritic, the animated adaptation of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s popular book of the same name is sitting pretty with a Metascore of...

Critics may hate it, but Warner Bros. “Suicide Squad” is well on its way to the biggest August opening ever, after reeling in $20.5 million during Thursday night preview screenings. The weekend’s only other wide release, EuropaCorp’s “Nine Lives,” is yet to report Thursday numbers. “Suicide Squad,” the latest DC Extended Universe film, has been savaged by observers for its dark tone and jumbled storyline. It has an abysmal 27 percent score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 41 on Metacritic. Also Read: 'Suicide Squad' Review: Margot Robbie, Viola Davis Stand Out in Overstuffed Spectacle “Suicide Squad” nearly...

Call it contrarianism, but in a week when the marketing for “Suicide Squad” is simply begging us to find it daring, edgy and otherwise mind-blowing, the film that really stopped us in our tracks has been “Nine Lives.” Fine, David Ayer‘s tentpole comic book adaptation has Will Smith playing a (somewhat) bad guy for more […]

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Just in time for the opening of DC’s next live action film “Suicide Squad” we have the DC Rebirth issue of Task Force X. This Rebirth issue focuses on only the core characters of the team. The cast includes Amanda Waller, Rick Flag, Harley Quinn, Deadshot and Boomerang. The book beings with a very interesting meeting of Amanda Waller and our President Barak Obama, who is furious at the fact that Task Force X exists and that Waller controls it with no accountability. She convinces him to approve the team with the condition that they install Colonel Rick Flag as the leader. But before Flag can lead the team, he needs to be released from Guantanamo Bay. Where he is imprisoned for not following orders, apparently the officials giving the orders had quite the influence to be able to imprison Flag without anyone’s knowledge. But of course Waller...

Rachel Roy attended the Hollywood premiere of Nine Lives on Monday night with two very special dates: her daughters, Tallulah, 8, and Ava, 16. The trio was all smiles as they posed together on the blue carpet at the Tcl Chinese Theatre. Rachel, who rocked a chic pantsuit, looked almost identical to her teenage daughter, while little Tallulah looked adorable in a gray skirt and white shirt. The fashion designer shares her two girls with her ex-husband, Damon Dash. The outing comes just a little over three months after Rachel was at the center of the drama surrounding Beyoncé's Lemonade album. Rachel was rumored to be "Becky with the good hair" from the hit song "Sorry." Judging from her latest appearance, it looks like Rachel is putting the past behind her.

The Star Trek franchise proved it still has some box office firepower last weekend by winning with $59.2 million. While, admittedly, it was the lowest debut since filmmaker J.J. Abrams rebooted the franchise in 2009, it received glowing reviews and it may have more longevity in theaters than its predecessors. This weekend, it went up against Universal's Jason Bourne, Stx Entertainment's comedy Bad Moms and Lionsgate's Nerve. As predicted, Jason Bourne easily came out on top with an estimated $60 million.

The original Bourne movie trilogy is one of the few to have a bigger box office performance each time out, with many franchises increasing with the second movie and dropping with the third. 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum earned $69.2 million in its opening weekend, en route to a franchise best $227.4 million domestic and $442.8 million worldwide, from a $110 million budget. While Universal tried to keep the franchise alive by going in a somewhat different...

A total of 11 movies will be available in wide release this August in the Us, with Warner’s Suicide Squad potentially starting the month with a huge bang. The month begins with Nine Lives and Suicide Squad on August 5th, and this time we’ll go straight to the big one. Guardians of the Galaxy holds […]

Read Box Office: August Preview – Suicide Squad and Everything Else on Filmonic.

Last weekend, Star Trek Beyond proved there is still life in the iconic Star Trek franchise after 50 years, taking the top spot at the box office with $59.2 million. While, admittedly, it was the lowest debut since filmmaker J.J. Abrams rebooted the franchise in 2009, it received glowing reviews and it may have more longevity in theaters than its predecessors. This weekend, it will go up against three newcomers, Universal's long-awaited Jason Bourne, Stx Entertainment's comedy Bad Moms and Lionsgate's Nerve, which actually opens in theaters tomorrow. We're predicting that Jason Bourne should have no trouble coming out on top in its opening weekend with $60.3 million.

The original Bourne movie trilogy is one of the few to have a bigger box office performance each time out, with many franchises increasing with the second movie and dropping with the third. 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum earned $69.2 million in its opening weekend, en route to...

For the second year in a row, Warner Bros. brought the actors who portray the villainous Task Force X in Suicide Squad to San Diego Comic-Con as part of their massive Hall H panel. The cast and director David Ayer certainly didn't disappoint, debuting an extended trailer that features a new song from the soundtrack by Rick Ross. While we already showed you the trailer, today we have the full panel video from the Suicide Squad portion of this epic event, hosted by Aisha Tyler.

In less than two weeks, Suicide Squad will hit theaters, and if this comic book adaptation meets its box office projections from earlier this month, it could be a huge hit for Warner Bros. Box office analysts are predicting that the movie could open as high as $125 million, which is still below the studio's debut for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opened to quite dreadful reviews.

Bravo, Zelda Williams. Bravo.

Dead of Summer Season 1 Episode 4 met Drew with painful memories of a time long forgotten, while he and Jessie started to butt heads, and Amy dealt with the aftermath of being struck by lightning.

Amy: What are these crazy people trying to do?

Garrett: Best that I can put together... They're trying to awaken some demon.

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Amy is like a cat, isn't she? Nine lives. Struck by lightning and probably ingested enough lake water to drown, but she's back at Stillwater after a day. One day.

As if her life wasn't bad enough, she's now undergoing some sort of demon possession, and is potentially in danger of being the sacrifice for the lake demon whose creepy hand almost dragged her underwater.

Hey guys, I'm not going into that lake anymore. Look what I found!

Earlier this week, the Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice debuted on Digital HD formats, before coming to Blu-ray and DVD July 19. Fans who have already picked up the Digital HD version have started going through the bonus features, which includes a few behind-the-scenes glimpses at the upcoming Dceu movies Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and Justice League, which is currently filming. In case you haven't picked up the Ultimate Edition yet, we have some of these behind the scenes shots below.

The Suicide Squad photos give us a new look at The Joker (Jared Leto) and his new toys. He is seen messing around with Harley Quinn's (Margot Robbie) bat, opening a mysterious briefcase and even checking his cell phone. Another photo features The Joker interacting with an unknown character, while other Suicide Squad photos feature Harley Quinn herself. It seems possible that the sneak preview...

Yesterday, Warner Bros. debuted a new set of character posters for their upcoming comic book adaptation Suicide Squad, featuring the main characters that make up Task Force X. Today we have even more character posters, although these are much different, featuring comic book inspired artwork for the eleven main characters. These posters feature The Joker (Jared Leto), Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Enchantress (Cara Delevingne) and Boomerang (Jai Courtney).

These posters debuted on Facebook, and also feature Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Katana (Karen Fukuhara) and Slipknot (Adam Beach). It feels good to be bad... Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Supervillains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined...

Following IMAX's colorful breakfast-inspired teaser poster this morning, we now have 11 more Suicide Squad character one-sheets featuring the worst of the worst from Belle Reve. The usual suspects are all accounted for, with Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and Jared Leto's Joker leading this pack of raving lunatics. We also get colorful new looks at Will Smith as Deadshot, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jay Hernandez as El Diablo, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Adam Beach as Slipknot and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc.

Last week, we finally got confirmation as to who contributed songs to the upcoming soundtrack, which will be in stores the same week the movie hits theaters. Twenty One Pilots has the lead single with 'Heathens', which is expected to drop a music video soon. And Jared Leto suited back up as...

Over the weekend, director David Ayer shared a new poster for his highly-anticipated comic book adaptation Suicide Squad, and it proved to be one of the most unique one-sheets we've seen this year. As we get closer and closer to the August 5 premiere date, IMAX has unveiled yet another new poster. But this one doesn't exactly show us the members of Task Force X. Instead it teases how they might be portrayed if these characters got their own breakfast cereal. This latest sneak peek shows all the individual logos for each character as breakfast cereal marshmallows.

If that wasn't enough, we also have a new IMAX banner featuring several of the main characters. Last April, Warner Bros. inked a new deal with IMAX through the year 2020 that will cover 30 movies, including Suicide Squad. It's possible that this cereal poster will be given out to fans as an IMAX exclusive during midnight showings,...

Now this is cool! Warner Bros. is actually letting someone in the art & marketing department finally have some fun. And the result is possibly the best poster we've seen this year. Suicide Squad gets a comic book inspired one-sheet that is both colorful and exciting, and it manages to get all of the characters front and center. They are all part of a huge atomic blast that sits atop a pile of pastel colored sludge and comic book phrases that look the the original 1960s Batman TV Show on acid. It's truly unique.

From director David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch) comes Suicide Squad, starring Oscar nominee Will Smith (Ali, The Pursuit of Happyness), Oscar winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), Joel Kinnaman (Netflix's House of Cards) and Oscar nominee Viola Davis (The Help, Doubt). It feels good to be bad... Assemble...

While this year has already given us a slew of superhero movies, the villains will take over later this summer when Suicide Squad hits theaters. While we don't know when the next full trailer will debut, Warner Bros. has released three TV spots which feature new footage. We get never-before-seen moments featuring The Joker (Jared Leto) and even a brief glimpse of Batman (Ben Affleck). With less than three months left until Suicide Squad hits theaters, we'll have to wait and see how much more footage is released.

From director David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch) comes Suicide Squad, starring Oscar nominee Will Smith (Ali, The Pursuit of Happyness), Oscar winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), Joel Kinnaman (Netflix's House of Cards) and Oscar nominee Viola Davis (The Help, Doubt). It feels good to be bad... Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Supervillains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself?

The all-star ensemble cast for Suicide Squad includes Will Smith (Deadshot), |Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Boomerang), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Killer Croc), and Jay Hernandez (El Diablo). Scott Eastwood and Ray Olubowale also appear in the movie, but their characters have not been revealed. We'll have to wait and see if their characters are confirmed between now and the release date.

Suicide Squad will be going up against The Weinstein Company's drama The Founder and EuropaCorp's comedy Nine Lives on August 5. This superhero adventure should have no trouble taking down The Founder and Nine Lives at the box office, but we'll have to wait and see. While we'll have to wait and see how this movie fares in theaters, Warner Bros. is already making plans for sequels and spinoffs.

Warner Bros. recently announced a Harley Quinn spinoff that may also feature characters like Batgirl and the Brids of Prey. Another report revealed that the studio is considering spinoffs for both The Joker and Boomerang as well, but it isn't known how far along in development any of these projects are. Another report claimed the studio wants director David Ayer to come back for Suicide Squad 2, with the studio eyeing an early 2017 shoot, although that hasn't been confirmed. Take a look at these new TV spots for Suicide Squad below.

In just under two months, Warner Bros. will finally unleash Suicide Squad in theaters, but next month, this comic book adaptation is expected to have a big presence at the annual San Diego Comic Con convention. While we won't know for sure if Warner Bros.is holding a panel or a screening of this highly-anticipated movie until closer to the date, the studio unveiled a number of merchandise items that will be available for fans to purchase at Sdcc next month. Among these items is what may be the "worst" Joker (Jared Leto) costume of all time.

USA Today has the first look at these items, with the Joker costume most likely set to be a hot seller. The costume includes a shirt with fake chains drawn on it, along with a purple Joker coat, fake teeth and, of course, the iconic green wig. It seems that this villain's tattoo...

Earlier today, we showed you a new promo for Suicide Squad that introduced Task Force X in the same way a soccer team is announced, along with merchandising photos. Now we have even more from this comic book adaptation with the arrival of some unique posters that bring this squad together. These one-sheets are unlike any we've seen from this movie before, and best of all, they're available to purchase right now.

Gb Posters debuted these one-sheets, some of which feature individual characters like The Joker (Jared Leto), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Deadshot (Will Smith), while others feature the entire team. One of these posters even features The Joker in the center, surrounded by the rest of this Squad including Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Katana (Karen Fukuhara), Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Slipknot (Adam Beach). We'll have to...

Warner Bros. launched its DC Extended Universe (Dceu) in March with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which wasn't terribly well-received by fans and critics alike, but it did fare well at the box office. The movie has taken in $328.1 million domestically and $870.2 million worldwide since its release in March, but many fans are already looking ahead to the next installment in this DC movie universe, Suicide Squad, which is set to hit theaters on August 5. As it turns out, a group of lucky fans had the chance to see the movie in its first ever test screening, and the social media reactions were overwhelmingly positive.

According to a number of Twitter users, Warner Bros. held the screening Thursday night at Union City, California's Century 25 Union City and Xd theater. While the tweets we've assembled may not represent the opinions of the entire audience in that test screening, these fans...

According to the New Testament, Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan for 40 days. During that time of fasting and prayer, Jesus sought the presence of God and sparred with the Prince of Darkness as preparation for ministry and an eventual sacrificial mission. Details related to this story, though significant — Jesus rebukes the Devil and makes it through, unscathed — are also fairly sparse. It’s that empty, speculative space that entices writer-director Rodrigo Garcia (“Nine Lives,” “Albert Nobbs’) to invent a new obstacle for Jesus (Ewan McGregor, called “Yeshua” here) in “Last Days in...

While we've already seen two different trailers for Warner Bros.' Suicide Squad, we still haven't seen much of Jared Leto's The Joker, who has only surfaced in bits and pieces of footage released thus far. Jared Leto's off-screen antics while getting into character are already the stuff of legend, with the actor sending bizarre gifts to his cast members, while never breaking character throughout the production, even between takes. Today we have some more insight into the actor's process in a new interview where Leto reveals how he honed his iconic Joker laugh for the movie.

Before production began last spring, the actor was touring with his hit rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, and videos surfaced of the actor practicing his Joker voice with the crowd. As it turns out, Jared Leto also practiced his iconic laugh with random passers-by on the streets of New York and Toronto,...